Make France Great Again-Chapter 898 - 889: Joint Pressure

After receiving authorization from the Queen of Spain, Wilder Pugot returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office and also wrote a letter to Ambassador Rafael Desca in distant Paris.

In the letter, Wilder Pugot first praised Ambassador Rafael Desca’s previous correspondence, and then told Rafael Desca: Her Majesty the Queen has agreed to Rafael Desca’s proposal. Please convey to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs that the Kingdom of Spain is willing to cooperate fully with the French Empire on the issue of the Morocco Duchy, and is also willing to reach a consensus with the French Empire on other matters...

After finishing the letter, Wilder Pugot sealed it in an envelope and handed it to his secretary.

"Your Excellency Minister, should this letter be sent directly, or should it be secretly sent to the Paris Embassy through special channels?" the secretary holding the letter immediately asked Wilder Pugot.

"Send it directly! There’s nothing in the content that can’t be seen!" Wilder Pugot said to the secretary without hesitation.

"Yes!" The secretary put the letter into his pocket and then left the office.

That night, the letter was sent from Madrid, and after a journey of five days, it finally arrived within Paris at the beginning of the following January.

The postman responsible for delivering the letter arrived at the doors of the Spanish Embassy in France and knocked on the embassy door.

After a moment, Rajir appeared before the postman to inquire about the postman’s purpose.

"Here’s a letter for your embassy, please sign for it!" said the postman, handing the letter to Rajir.

Rajir took the letter and glanced at the recipient column on the front of the envelope, indeed addressed to the Spanish Embassy in France, and the sender address column was from Madrid.

"Madrid?" Rajir muttered softly and then immediately realized that this letter should have been sent by the Madrid Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

However, what puzzled Rajir was why the Madrid Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not use special channels for the letter and directly sent it to their hands.

Isn’t the Madrid Ministry of Foreign Affairs afraid of the news being leaked?

With these doubts, Rajir went to the study of Ambassador Rafael Desca and knocked on Ambassador Rafael Desca’s door.

"Come in!" The flat voice of Rafael Desca came from inside the room.

Rajir entered the room and then said to Rafael Desca, who was reading documents: "Your Excellency Ambassador, the letter from the Madrid Ministry of Foreign Affairs has arrived!"

Rafael Desca raised his head, squinting his somewhat tired eyes, and said to Rajir: "Bring the letter over!"

"Yes!" Rajir stepped in front of Rafael Desca, handing the letter to Rafael Desca.

Rafael Desca first weighed the envelope in his hand, then skillfully tore it open.

Through the torn opening, a piece of white stationery lay quietly inside the envelope.

Next, Rafael Desca pinched the letter paper out of the envelope with his right thumb and forefinger.

He unfolded the folded letter paper and, after carefully reading its contents, Ambassador Rafael Desca revealed a hint of joyful smile.

Seeing the joy on Ambassador Rafael Desca’s face, Rajir also smiled and said to Rafael Desca: "Your Excellency Ambassador, did the Madrid Ministry of Foreign Affairs adopt your suggestion?"

"Indeed!" Rafael Desca nodded, then pushed the letter to Rajir across from him and said: "Here, read it for yourself!"

Rajir took the letter from Rafael Desca and read it carefully word by word.

After a while, a smile also appeared on Rajir’s face, "Your Excellency Ambassador, you succeeded!"

"It is still too early to claim success! We must give our utmost effort to complete all the remaining tasks!

During this time, we must treat it with seriousness..." Although Rafael Desca’s words were grave, he maintained a smile at the corners of his mouth, "Rajir!"

"Here!" Rajir promptly responded to Rafael Desca, standing at attention.

"Prepare a carriage for me immediately, I need to go to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and personally inform Minister De Luyss of this news!" Rafael Desca told Rajir.

"Your Excellency Ambassador, I think the French side might already be aware of the letter’s contents!" Rajir said to Rafael Desca.

"Why is that?" Rafael Desca looked at Rajir in confusion.

Rajir explained the situation when he received the letter from the postman to Rafael Desca, and then shared his thoughts: "Your Excellency Ambassador, I suspect that by the time this letter reached the Franco-Spanish border, it underwent an inspection!

Minister De Luyss might be aware of its contents even before we are!"

"So does that mean we shouldn’t inform them? Moreover, how can you be sure that Minister De Luyss doesn’t know the contents, did you see it with your own eyes?" Rafael Desca retorted to Rajir.

Rajir showed an embarrassed expression to Rafael Desca and said: "These are just my speculations!"

"Since it’s just speculation, everything is still unknown! All you need to do now is prepare the carriage I need! Understand?" Rafael Desca said sternly to Rajir.

Honestly, he was somewhat annoyed with this person who loved to play clever tricks.

If it weren’t for his father’s sake, Rafael Desca would have long sent Rajir back to Madrid.

Rajir hurriedly went to prepare the carriage for Rafael Desca. After a while, Rajir returned again, "Your Excellency Ambassador, the carriage is ready!"

"Hmm! Thank you for your hard work! You stay at the embassy and watch over it!" Rafael Desca responded to Rajir before slowly walking towards the embassy’s exit.

...

Riding the carriage towards Ossai Pier, Rafael Desca sped along the way, quickly arriving near Ossai Pier.

Getting off the carriage, Rafael Desca first instructed the driver to wait aside and then walked alone straight towards the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Upon entering the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rafael Desca was immediately stopped by a secretary who asked about Rafael Desca’s purpose and identity.

Rafael Desca told the secretary that he was the ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain, and this time he came to discuss the issue regarding the Morocco Duchy with Minister De Luyiss.

After listening to Rafael Desca’s reply, the secretary immediately said to Rafael Desca, "Please follow me."

Rafael Desca followed the secretary to one of the guest rooms in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Please wait a moment! Minister Luyiss will be here soon!" The secretary bowed slightly to Rafael Desca and then left.

About fifteen minutes later, Minister De Luyiss entered the room, followed by an interpreter.

After Minister De Luyiss introduced the interpreter to Rafael Desca, their conversation officially began.

Rafael Desca told Minister De Luyiss that the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs was willing to join France in exerting pressure on the Kingdom of Morocco and also willing to improve relations between the two countries.

After hearing this, Minister De Luyiss also showed a joyful smile on his face.

Minister De Luyiss told Rafael Desca that the French Empire was very grateful for the Kingdom of Spain standing with them, and he believed that with the joint efforts of the Kingdom of Spain and the French Empire, the Morocco Duchy would definitely recognize its mistakes and thus make positive response strategies.

And he personally was also pleased that the Kingdom of Spain was willing to actively embrace the policies of Europe (France), believing that the relationship between the French Empire and the Kingdom of Spain would surely become closer.

...

A few days later, Rafael Desca received a private invitation from Tuileries Palace.

When Rafael Desca arrived at Tuileries Palace, he immediately received a warm welcome from Emperor Jerome Bonaparte, Empress Augusta, and Crown Prince Friedrich.

Rafael Desca suddenly felt overwhelmed, hurriedly expressing to Emperor Jerome Bonaparte his honor in receiving the invitation from Tuileries Palace.

During the private banquet, Emperor Jerome Bonaparte frequently invited Rafael Desca to drink together.

The entire banquet went very well, with both Emperor Jerome Bonaparte and Rafael Desca having a great time.

When leaving the banquet, Emperor Jerome Bonaparte also asked Bashirio to give him some gifts.

Rafael Desca’s favorable impression of Emperor Jerome Bonaparte also rose sharply.

...

In February 1857, the French envoy to Morocco and the Spanish envoy to Morocco met under orders from their respective ministries of foreign affairs. After a brief discussion, they chose to go to the Royal Palace in Rabat on February 10 to seek an audience with Sultan Abdul Akman.

Upon arrival at the Rabat Royal Palace, the two ambassadors were immediately stopped by the Imperial Guard stationed at the gates of Rabat.

"What are you here for?" the Imperial Guard questioned the two ambassadors without any warmth.

"We are under the orders of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inquire some matters from your Majesty the Sultan! Please announce our arrival!" the French ambassador said contemptuously with a hint of arrogance towards the Imperial Guard.

"Please wait here for a moment, I will go and report immediately!" Facing the French ambassador’s arrogance, the Imperial Guard responded politely to the French ambassador.

Entering the Rabat Royal Palace, the Imperial Guard quickly found the black eunuch residing in the palace (a feature of the Ottoman Empire) and reported the matter to him.

The black eunuch hurriedly went to Sultan Abdul Rahman’s chamber to inform the Sultan of the visit from the French and Spanish ambassadors.

"I knew they wouldn’t let it go easily!"