69novels Chapter 532
Chapter 532
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: 0.112s Scan: 0.028sAfter hesitating for a while, Roosevelt finally accepted Mainz’s invitation and flew from Berlin to the Eiffel Tower to participate in the grand military parade held by the German army in the Eiffel Tower!
Before the military parade began, Mainz invited Roosevelt to visit the Louvre.
This is a museum that houses a large number of literary and artistic works from all over the world, and the collection even includes Leonardo da Vinci’s world-famous Mona Lisa’s Smile.
“What a magical oil painting, it is worthy of being a treasure in the history of human art!”
In response to Mainz’s invitation, Roosevelt gladly took his wife, the first lady of the United States, Ms. Eleanor, to visit the Louvre.
There are many treasures in the Louvre, but among these collections, the most famous is the Mona Lisa’s smile created by Leonardo da Vinci.
This painting is a national treasure jointly certified by Gaul and Italy. The two countries once had a dispute over the ownership of this painting.
In 191, an Italian even stole the painting from the Louvre and secretly brought it back to Italy.
This incident caused tension between Gaul and Italy.
At that time, Italy was still an ally of Hans.
At that time, Italy had just joined the Central Powers, and Gaul was an Allied Power, so the tension between the two countries almost caused a war.
But for some reason, in the end, the Italian Parliament decided to return the painting to Gaul, so that the Gauls recovered it.
After losing this famous painting, they were lucky to welcome back this treasure of the town before the outbreak of the world war.
If this matter was delayed for another year, when the First World War broke out, I am afraid that Mona Lisa’s smile would never return to the Louvre.
However, because it was lost for two years, the authenticity of this work was in doubt. Although many experts have identified this work as authentic, many people in the folk claim that they own the authentic one, and the one in the Louvre is just a fake!
This debate lasted from 1913 to a hundred years later.
After that, various versions appeared during this period.
Dozens of people around the world claimed that they had the real Mona Lisa’s smile.
And it is foreseeable that this debate will never stop, because this kind of porcelain-touching behavior will greatly increase the fame of the speculators.
If they succeed, the oil paintings in their hands can be sold at sky-high prices.
They will naturally not let go of this kind of porcelain-touching behavior with little cost!
Mainz is not very interested in oil paintings. He has seen real oil paintings from Elizabeth’s best friend Miss Sophia before. At other times, he has hardly studied this thing, so Mainz can’t tell whether the Mona Lisa in front of him is real or fake.
However, the Gauls have been offering this thing here as a national treasure for so many years. It’s not that they say it’s fake, right?
If it’s fake, then haven’t the Gauls been blind for so many years?
So for President Roosevelt’s praise, Mainz smiled and said,”If Mr. President and Mrs. President like it, you can come to visit often. The door of the Louvre will always be open to you!”
Mainz said this very naturally, without any affectation.
So Eleanor’s eyes immediately lit up after hearing it, and she asked excitedly:”Really? That’s really great!”
Compared to a simple wife, Rose felt the boastful tone in Mainz’s words.
Mona Lisa’s smile is not something that belongs to them, the Hans people. It is a national treasure. Why does President Hans allow outsiders to visit so casually?
Isn’t it to show off their martial arts and show off that they defeated Gaul, so they can control Gaul’s things at will?
To be honest, Roosevelt didn’t like this feeling. He felt that Mainz was a bit overbearing!
Mainz had been paying attention to President Roosevelt’s expression. After seeing the unhappy expression on the other’s face, he basically judged the other’s true attitude in his heart.
It seems that the alliance between the two countries has really come to an end. President Roosevelt doesn’t like Hans, nor does he like himself. He will definitely abolish this alliance during his term of office!
In this case, Mainz has nothing to worry about!
He decided to leave President Roosevelt with an unforgettable memory in the Eiffel Tower City parade two days later!
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On December 12, 192, outside the Gaul capital of Eiffel Tower, a total of 350,000 elite German troops were on standby, ready to enter Eiffel Tower for inspection at any time.
The entire city was decorated with new lights and colorful decorations on the streets and alleys, with large Hans national flags and German iron cross flags hanging.
The streets in the city were crowded with millions of people, including local residents of Eiffel Tower and Hans people who came from Hans.
After learning that their country’s army had conquered Eiffel Tower and defeated Gaul, the whole of Hans was jubilant, and the people celebrated with gongs and drums!
Ten years have passed, and it has been nearly ten years since the First World War. Today, they have finally completely gotten rid of the status of a defeated country and washed away the shame of the disastrous defeat in the First World War and being bullied!
At this moment, the people of Hans had waited too long, so they were particularly excited. Anyone who had the time and conditions wanted to go to the Iron Tower City to see their wise and brave leader and their brave and skilled army.
Then they took photos at several famous scenic spots in the Iron Tower City as a souvenir!
According to incomplete statistics, there were at least 200,000 Hans people who went to the Iron Tower City from Hans, so at this time, half of the streets in the Iron Tower City were Gauls and half were Hans.
It was strange that although the Gauls were the defeated party, their people did not resist Hans’s military parade in their own capital.
Instead, they curiously rushed to the streets and celebrated with the Hans people with peace of mind, as if they were also the winners of this war.
To be honest, Mainz still admires the open-mindedness of the Gauls. He thinks that the Hans will never learn this. If Hans loses the war and others hold a military parade in the capital of Hans, the Hans will be furious!
However, the Gauls are quite strange. They think that although they lost the war, their casualties are not serious. Compared with World War I, their casualties are much smaller, and the war lasts for a shorter time, so the impact on their economy and people’s livelihood is not great. Many people may only be slightly scared for a while when the German army attacked the Iron Tower City, and then they act as if nothing happened.
For the Gauls, they used to be on guard against the attack of Hans. Every year, they had to spend a large amount of money to build defenses and feed nearly 3 million troops. Ordinary people were also conscripted into the army and could die on the battlefield at any time.
Such a life is not as comfortable as the life now!
At least, now that they have been defeated, they don’t have to continue fighting, so they don’t have to maintain so many troops, military expenses are greatly reduced, and the people don’t have to worry about being drafted and then dying on the battlefield.
Moreover, the German army has strict military discipline, and did not burn, kill, or loot during its garrison in Gaul, so it did not have much impact on their lives.
In this comparison, many Gauls really feel that the days after the defeat are more comfortable than the days before the war.