King's Landing in France

Chapter 85 In the Tavern
While the gentlemen in the old Royal Equestrian Stadium were discussing where to lead the country, the people of Paris were also discussing politics enthusiastically.

Three months ago, the hottest topic in Parisian pubs was usually a new arrival from the hospital, or a new charming Cambodian girl on the street.

Alcoholics in Paris were obsessed with discussing whether Cambodian girls had made a deal with the devil, causing their eyes to be fixed on their chest muscles when they appeared.

But now, Cambodian girls are out of favor, and drunks don't talk about their tricks teaching goats to read, or their figures.

The most popular topic in the tavern now is which gentleman has given another impassioned speech.

A considerable number of alcoholics are illiterate and cannot understand the speeches published in various newspapers, but they can vividly imitate every move of the gentlemen on the podium and learn the intonation vividly.

It has become a fashion for Parisians to go to the parliament and various clubs to watch speeches, not only drunkards, trousers, gentlemen in trousers, even noble ladies in the city. .

During this time period, as long as you can get applause and cheers on the podium of the parliament, you will become a household celebrity in Paris the next day

On this day, the Wild Rose Tavern, as usual, was discussing the gentlemen who gave the speech today.

The drunkards were happily discussing, when someone suddenly sighed: "Hey, have you noticed that since the king moved to Paris, that Mr. Frost rarely appeared on the podium?"

The drunkards looked at each other.

"Indeed, I haven't seen the king since he moved into the city."

"The last time I saw Parliament sitting, I saw him dozing off in the back seat."

"Has Mr. Frost lost his power?"

At this moment, an old man with a beard said, "Hmph, what do you know? Mr. Frost is hiding something. Now that the parliament is doing well, he is dormant. Anyway, before Taking the Bastille and rescuing His Majesty at Versailles had already earned him enough reputation.

"When he speaks now, everyone should stop and listen to him carefully. If you talk too much in this situation, you will easily make enemies, don't you understand?"

Immediately a fool said, "Why is it easy to make enemies?"

"Didn't you see the recent meeting of the parliament, did you copy it and fight it? Yesterday morning, a member of parliament said he was in a hurry, and he took off his shoes and threw them on the table!" The old man narrowed his eyes, showing an inscrutable expression. "Mr. Frost saw this situation, so he just stopped talking, let you argue, anyway, when the parliament comes to a critical juncture, he will stand up!"

After everyone listened, they nodded repeatedly: "So that's the case. Sure enough, Mr. Frost is far-sighted."

At this time, a young man working in a dyeing workshop asked suspiciously: "Is there a possibility that he is just lazy?"

As soon as the voice fell, the young man was immediately stared at by everyone.

He immediately hesitated: "I... just said that there is such a possibility."

"You thought it was you! You're a foreign worker every three days! I saw it yesterday. Mr. Muller from the dyeing workshop poked your back and scolded you, calling you a slacker." Someone said so.

Just as the young man was about to refute, the mysterious old man spoke again: "Mr. Frost is an ambitious man, and he won't just muddle through errands like us. It's just that he likes to use the smallest investment to get the biggest benefit.

"He's not going to waste his time arguing about bills that don't work.

"Tell me about it yourself. It's been a few months since the Declaration of Human Rights was signed. Has your life changed? Except that the topic in the tavern has changed from girls to gentlemen's speeches. Has there been any change?"

Everyone thought about it one after another, and then nodded in agreement.

The old man continued: "Mr. Frost must be waiting for that kind of opportunity that can change the situation at once!"

After the old man finished speaking, he stroked his beard triumphantly, picked up his wine glass and took a sip.

At this time, a middle-aged man spoke up: "But, according to what you say, Mr. Frost is an ambitious man, so will he get too little benefit from the previous revolution?
"Obviously he captured the Bastille, and he was the first to rescue Versailles, but now the commander-in-chief of the National Guard is Lafayette, and the speaker of the parliament is Mounier. After Mounier retired, he was replaced by Michelle." Rapo, it's all right.

"Tell me, what benefits has he gained from tossing around for so long?"

The old man laughed loudly: "Don't you understand? Mr. Frost was originally just the son of a cobbler's family, and at most only a few regular customers and neighbors would know him. But now you see, people who are not related to us Knowing him, and discussing his situation with great interest, this is his benefit!"

As soon as the old man finished speaking, another strong man interjected: "I heard that he also has a high reputation in the army. He has implemented a system of voting for non-commissioned officers in his artillery unit. Now the entire National Guard is making trouble. According to artillery standards.

"Before I passed by the barracks, I saw Lafayette whipping a soldier who made a mistake in anger. It is said that the soldier asked to follow the example of the artillery to establish a soldiers' committee to elect non-commissioned officers."

"Really? But I don't think the non-commissioned officers selected are reliable. Think about how other non-commissioned officers come out. They are trained from the age of ten in a military academy like Brienne. The soldiers vote for themselves Sergeant, does he have the ability to lead a team to fight?"

This statement was endorsed by many people.

At this time, the old man said: "If you can fight a war, you will know if you take it out to practice. It just so happens that the church on Konta's side seems to be dissatisfied with the resolution of the parliament to withdraw sovereignty and incite the congregation to rebel.

"Recently, the parliament has been discussing this matter. It seems that they want to settle the rebellion by relying on the National Guard instead of relying on the old army of the kingdom.

"It is said that the local self-defense army went to suppress it, but was directly beaten away by the rebels. The local self-government council sent an urgent report, asking the parliament to send troops."

The drinkers immediately began to discuss:
"Is there such a thing?"

"Konta, isn't that the Pope's place? It's not the same country as us, so what does it matter?"

"Didn't you just say that the council wants to take Konta back from the Pope! It's like confiscating the Pope's land like confiscating the church's property!"

"I heard that the parliament plans to send people to Rome to confiscate the Pope's property, because the Pope's land was given by Emperor Pepin back then and belongs to France!"

While everyone was chattering, the old man coughed, and after everyone's eyes focused on him, he said slowly: "In short, the parliament should take action soon. Mr. Lafayette may have already As far as being disturbed by Mr. Frost's reputation, he will certainly find ways to give Mr. Frost this job, make him look bad, and detract from his reputation.

"Look, it's just these few days!"

(End of this chapter)