Soon, the armored warships sailed down the vast ocean and into the inland waterways.

This river is the Seine, whose turbulent waters flow all the way to Paris, the capital of the French Empire.

The armored warships led the way.

Behind them was a huge treasure ship.

In those days, the Seine River was very wide.

Even Zheng He's enormous treasure ships could only move forward slowly.

Zheng He's team has already sent people to conduct surveys in the vicinity.

Zheng He's fleet had sailed less than 10 kilometers ahead when they heard a series of sounds coming from ahead.

Zheng He stood on the Liaowang Tower, looking into the distance with a telescope.

Just then, a fleet of boats came from the Seine.

Meanwhile, a large force was also rapidly advancing along both banks of the Seine.

Immediately afterwards, the booming sound of cannons rang out.

The French fleet in the Seine has already opened fire on Zheng He's fleet.

At the same time, artillery units from both banks of the Seine opened fire on Zheng He's fleet.

The cannonball landed in the water, creating a towering column of water. Zheng He was furious when he saw it.

"What are these bastards trying to do? I haven't even launched an attack yet! And they've already attacked us first."

Just then, two fast boats rushed toward Zheng He's troops.

On the speedboat, the men of the French Empire waved their signal flags rapidly.

"Look at what they're saying!" Zheng He was already annoyed by these beasts.

The flag bearer watched the other side wave their signal flag and quickly translated the signals they were receiving.

"Sir, these guys are arrogant and ignorant. They want us to leave the fleet behind and give them everything on board."

Otherwise, they will sink all our ships and kill us all.

Zheng He had seen shameless people, but he had never seen anyone as shameless as this.

These guys didn't even know their own limitations, and actually wanted to attack Zheng He.

"Give all gunners 20 minutes to sink the fleet ahead."

"Also, blow up all the gunners on both sides of the Seine."

Soon, Zheng He's orders reached every ironclad warship.

And at this very moment.

Cardinal Richelieu on horseback.

"Your Excellency, this fleet comes from the Great Xia Empire."

"It is said that there are countless gold, silver, jewels, silks, satins, and all kinds of exquisite porcelain on this ship."

"If we plunder everything on this fleet, each of us will be richer than a country."

"I saw that their fleet consists of wooden boats, which are no match for our cannon fire."

"Faced with these barbarians of the Great Xia Dynasty, we have only one way to deal with them: to kill them all without exception."

The cardinal nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this. To these barbarians, who were covered in green hair themselves, it was strange that they mocked others as monsters.

When Zheng He's merchant ships were selling goods in France.

The French Empire was captivated by the fleet, from the upper class to the common people; they had never seen such priceless treasures as those carried on board.

Whether it's exquisite porcelain, ironware, priceless gold and silver jewelry, or fine scattered silks.

These things deeply moved the people of the French Empire.

For these people of the French Empire, they had never seen anything so good before.

However, each of the items sold by Zheng He's fleet was extremely valuable.

For the cardinals of the French Empire, there was no reason to spend money to buy these things.

Rather than spending huge sums of money to buy these things, he would rather rob them all.

If he could just seize these things, the cardinal would be richer than a country.

By then, he will have considerable wealth.

With immense wealth, the cardinal was able to dominate all of Europe.

"Since that's the case, then we don't need to give them any face. Pass down the order to completely crush them."

"Be careful not to damage those treasure ships. Make sure they appear before me intact. I want to take them all for myself."

Just as the cardinal was filled with excitement, the musketeers dressed in imperial military uniforms rushed up to him.

The cardinal's men were all dressed in red uniforms, while the court's musketeers were all dressed in blue uniforms.

"Your Excellency, His Majesty the King requests your presence."

"I have important matters to attend to now. Tell His Majesty the King that I will see him naturally after I have finished these matters. Until then, no one is to let me leave." The cardinal's attitude was quite arrogant; at this moment, he did not take Louis XVI of the French Empire seriously at all.

In his view, he could replace Louis XVI of France at any time.

Besides, the Cardinal's current strength is already enough to overwhelm Louis XVI.

Moreover, the cardinal held a much higher position in the hearts of the French people than Louis XVI.

"His Holiness the King has invited you. He says he has important matters to discuss with you. Several countries have already sent special envoys."

The people of the Great Xia Dynasty have assembled, and their army is on the border of the German Empire.

His Majesty the King has instructed His Holiness the Bishop to make time, despite his busy schedule, to meet with the envoys from various countries.

The cardinal looked at the fleet in the distance. He had no interest in such trivial matters. To him, the German Empire was still far away. Even if the German Empire was destroyed, so what?

The cardinal had never taken the people of the Great Xia Dynasty seriously. In his eyes, they were nothing but a bunch of barbarians, and he could lead his army to destroy the Great Xia Dynasty at any time if he wanted to.

As the King's Guard pressed closer, the people around the Cardinal were all furious.

"Listen to me, those guards before His Majesty the King are nothing but ants in my eyes, utterly insignificant." The cardinal roared at his men, "When you show your strength, kill them all. I don't want to hear a swarm of flies buzzing around in front of me."

At the cardinal's command, everyone raised their muskets.

The King's Guard never expected that the Cardinal would order his men to attack them.

"Your Excellency, what are you doing? We are merely conveying His Majesty the King's orders." Just then, a gunshot rang out.