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Chapter 410 Cromwell's Worries

Britain, here is across the sea from France, only separated by a small strait.

This strait has no effect on Cromwell, and it cannot even guarantee his safety.

Before that, he was originally imprisoned in Paris by Louis XIV like the other monarchs, but he was the most confidant of Louis XIV, so he was finally released by Louis XIV.

The ship he was on encountered Zheng Zhilong's fleet while passing through the strait, but Zheng Zhilong had no interest in such a small ship, even if it was Cromwell.

Because of this, he escaped unharmed.

Now he already knew the news of the fall of France. A while ago, many soldiers fleeing from France came to England in small boats.

These people also brought news of the fall of France at the same time.

A long time ago, Cromwell had taken over the whole of Britain, and his rule gradually began.

The parliament was made into a monolith by him, and all those who dared to oppose him were either exiled or executed. This place became his hall of speech, and he did what he said, and he was the king in name.

Restricted by blood origin, he has not been crowned king. He originally wanted to wait until Louis XIV defeated Zheng Zhilong, and then use the power of Louis XIV to be crowned king, but now the news of France's defeat wiped all his Fantasy bust.

Windsor Castle, originally the place where Charles I lived, the royal family lived here for hundreds of years, but now it has become the place where Cromwell stayed.

There is a lookout tower at the top of Windsor Castle, which is not too big, but you can see far away from here.

Cromwell was standing here at this moment, quietly looking at the Thames River in the distance.

From time to time, you can see boats passing by along the river, with merchants traveling from south to north. This river is the economic lifeline of London. The city of London is prosperous and prosperous. Although you can see a lot of feces everywhere, it still cannot be covered live prosperous.

Cromwell started capitalism after taking over the whole of Britain, largely because of the emerging bourgeoisie behind him.

Without these people as pushers, Cromwell might directly restore feudalism.

Now he is in a mess of moods, Louis XIV's life and death are unknown, and France has also entered decline.

What should he do?The entire West is like a small boat on the vast ocean, unable to withstand setbacks at all.

A long time ago, he once had the idea of ​​joining forces with Louis XIV to attack Zheng Zhilong, but now all his ideas have disappeared.

As strong as France, he didn't last long, and he didn't think that the United Kingdom he led would definitely be able to beat France.

In his opinion, if Zheng Zhilong really wanted to deal with him, he could be beaten so hard that he couldn't look up in two days.

Just as he was thinking about his future situation, footsteps suddenly sounded behind him.

His son Richard came behind him.

Richard is his eldest son, and he looks very similar to him, but this Richard did not inherit his father's wisdom. Instead, he is like a stupid pig, extremely fond of luxury, and full of flamboyance.

He stood behind Cromwell and said in a dull voice: "Father, many people in the entire parliament are dissatisfied with your policies. They feel that now that the enemy is facing you, you should concentrate all your strength on dealing with the enemy, just like you did back then. Just like overthrowing Charles I above his head, drive all those enemies who dare to show their fangs out of the kingdom's land."

Cromwell looked at his eldest son and said in a depressed mood: "Although I have the title of Lord Protector now, this title does not bring me substantial benefits.

If I cannot maintain the interests of these members of Parliament, they will ruthlessly overthrow me.

If I don't do what they say, they will definitely join forces to deal with me, but don't forget that the Eastern Empire represented by Zheng Zhilong has never been that simple. If I concentrate my strength to attack him, then the final result will be a dead end one. "

Richard's face instantly became gloomy, even uglier than before, and he asked with a tangled face: "Father, what should we do now? If we don't resist, then these guys in the parliament will overthrow you, if you We resist, but we are not the opponents of those Easterners, and we will end up dead in the end, this is a dilemma, no matter how we look at it, we have no chance of winning."

Cromwell sighed for a long time, the dilemma is here.

No matter what, he couldn't fall well, even if he surrendered.

Even if he surrendered, how could Zheng Zhilong accept him?Don't forget, Charles I is still there.

For a moment, he was a little confused, he didn't know whether the things he did for his rights were correct.

If he didn't have such big ambitions back then and just obeyed Charles I's arrangement, would it be different now?
After thinking about it, he shook his head again. People's ambitions are endless. How could they know what is going on at that time?
It's too late to say anything, we can only let nature take its course.

Thinking of this, Cromwell said: "A powerful enemy is on our heads. No matter how good we think, it will not help. Our survival time only depends on the enemy. I hope you can understand."

Having said that, the two looked at each other speechlessly, and they felt despair and grief from the language of both sides.

The country that took the lead in the outbreak of the industrial revolution has completely sunk.

This was exactly what Sun Jie wanted to see. Before they had grown up, he trampled them to death completely, cut off their thoughts in this regard, and cut off the fate of the country.

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About 400 miles north of London, there is a small town called Lincolnshire. In this small town, there is a manor called Woolsthorpe.

This manor is the property of Woolsthorpe, a nobleman in the village. The house sits east and west, and the gray-white stone building is quite tall.

There is an apple tree in the southeast corner of the manor pasture. The apple tree is luxuriant and full of apples.

A child about three or four years old was lying under an apple tree, sleeping peacefully.

The war seemed far away from this manor, and everything here seemed very peaceful.

The child fell asleep peacefully, blinking his eyelashes from time to time, as if he had a dream.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, and a few apples fell from the apple tree and hit the child's head accurately.

The child woke up and sat up, looking around in confusion, thinking that something happened. When he saw the apple that rolled down to his feet, he realized that it was the apple that fell from the tree that woke it up. .

He picked up the apple on the ground, scratched his little head, and didn't know what he was thinking. About three to five minutes later, he stood up, looked at the apple tree above his head, and looked at the apple in his hand, and asked One of the most shocking questions in history: "Why did this apple fall to the ground? Why didn't it fly to the sky?"

This child is none other than the famous Isaac Newton in history.

"What are you doing standing there? Come here quickly!"

A woman stood not far away, frowning tightly, and kept yelling at him.

This person was his mother, Hannah Escue.

Three months before Newton was born, his father passed away.Not long ago, his mother remarried and moved into the home of her new husband, Reverend Barnabas Smith, and entrusted Newton to his maternal grandmother Margery Escu.

The young Newton disliked his stepfather and was somewhat hostile towards his mother because of her remarriage.

Newton even wrote: "Threatened my stepfather and my mother to burn them down together with the house."

Looking at his mother standing not far away, Newton's face was full of hostility instead of joy.

"Hmph, what are you doing here? I won't go to that smelly man's house with you!"

Newton turned his head, still holding the apple that hit him on the head, with a look of resentment.

Hannah came over, grabbed Newton's ear, pointed at his nose and yelled loudly: "I am your mother, did you talk to me like this? I think you want to be beaten again?

Let me tell you, I am your mother no matter what, besides, he is your father now, don't be a stinky man. "

How could Newton listen?Although the pain in his ear made him open his mouth, he still cursed unrelentingly: "Smelly man, stinky man, just stinky man."

Seeing that Newton was so clueless, Hannah raised her empty hand and wanted to whip him, but seeing Newton's stubborn face, she still felt a little distressed.

So she let go of Newton's ears, and sighed a long way: "I am not here today to bring you back. I want to tell you that things have been rough recently. I will send you to your grandmother later. Go there, just follow her and don't run around anymore."

"I don't want it, why should I go?" Newton pouted with disdain.

How could Hannah listen to what Newton said there?Just grabbed his arm and walked outside.

Soon, they came to the street outside.

As soon as I came to the street, I saw a group of well-equipped soldiers passing by holding matchlock guns.

Several of Newton's friends followed behind the soldiers, shouting excitedly, and when they saw Newton walking on the side of the road being dragged by Hannah, they also ran over.

"What's going on? They suddenly have more soldiers?" Newton looked at a partner named Andre.

Andre shouted excitedly: "They are going to London, and they are going to follow the Lord Protector to beat slaves from the East."

"Really? I want to go too!" Newton's eyes lit up, and he became more playful.

"Go to hell, you just stay at home obediently!"

Hannah directly twisted Newton's arm and sent him to his grandmother, Margery.

Margery is already very old, but he still feels very distressed about this grandson who lost his father since he was a child.

When Hannah sent Newton to her place, she hurried to bring the biscuits that were just baked yesterday.

Newton couldn't help but pick up the biscuits and stuff them into his mouth.

The biscuits of this era were not very tasty, and they were a bit blunt, almost knocking Newton's teeth out, but he still gnawed them happily.

Seeing such a flattering grandson, Margery grinned, and Hannah explained some things and left here.

At this time, she was very anxious, walking quickly on the street, trying to rush home.

His husband, Smith, is a pastor. He originally had a good life and good treatment.

But not long ago, Cromwell suddenly issued an order for Smith to go to London as a chaplain.

The threat of the Orientals has already spread throughout the UK, even in this small town, things about the Orientals have already been spread.

Cromwell knew that he was not Louis XIV, and knew that he could not beat Zheng Zhilong, but the ants were still alive, and he wanted to struggle again, so he issued a national mobilization order.

Summon all the young and strong that can be summoned, and at the same time recruit a large number of priests to go to the army.

Religion is a very suitable tool for brainwashing, so Smith was included in Cromwell's selection.

Hannah returned home and saw Smith standing inside as soon as she came to the door.

There were two soldiers in military uniforms sitting in the room, they were frowning, talking to Smith.

Smith kept nodding and couldn't get in the middle of the conversation, but the frowning told Hannah that things might not be optimistic.

Not long after, the two soldiers got up and walked out, passing Hannah.

Watching them leave, Hannah then hurried into the house.

Looking at Smith who was packing up his things, Hannah hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? Why did two soldiers come over suddenly?"

Smith smiled and said, "Tomorrow I'm leaving for London. I don't know when I'll be back. I hope you will be happy."

When Hannah heard this, tears welled up uncontrollably, "Is it really going to be so fast? Can't the Lord Protector give it a few more days?"

Smith touched Hannah's forehead, "Some things are not that simple, the Lord Protector also has his difficulties, we can only obey orders.

Besides, I'm a priest, and I don't have to go into battle with a weapon, so I have nothing to worry about. "

Hannah said: "But after you leave, I don't know when you will come back. I am really worried, or I will go with you."

Smith hurriedly said, "What are you going to do? It's not as peaceful as here."

Hannah still said stubbornly: "If those Orientals are really as powerful as they are rumored to be, do you think there is still a safe place in the world? Why not stay by your side."

"Then can you let go of your son?"

"I've handed him over to his grandmother, there's nothing to worry about."

"In that case, follow me!"

Early the next morning, Smith took Hannah and left with the army.

However, what Hannah didn't know was that shortly after they left, Newton also ran out secretly with a few friends.

They followed the footsteps of the army and ran out of the city secretly.

A merchant traveling to London found them and took them with him when he saw how pitiful they were.

Newton was not worried about his safety, and was even very excited.

(End of this chapter)