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Chapter 459 Alexander

Egyptian breakfast is much simpler than in China, and there is not much choice. Since Li Xiwen has already disliked eating local Egyptian dishes, Said not only sent his Central Asian chef, but also hired a Chinese chef.

There are two options for today's breakfast. One is chickpeas with fried eggs, poured with olive oil, chili and sesame paste, plus a little garlic and lemon juice. This is a try-in dish that Central Asian chefs combine Egyptian local recipes and Central Asian recipes. Liu Jinpeng believes that it will be unfilled. Another is golden fried dumplings with sauce, with steamed egg custard sprinkled with chives and sesame oil, and sliced ​​Cantonese sausage and kidney beans.

Of course, Liu Jinpeng chose the latter type, and Li Xiwen ordered an extra bacon slice for him. This is the unique skill of a chef in Central Asia, and it can be regarded as a way to save face for others. Li Xiwen was educated to not speak when eating, but Liu Jinpeng did not have this habit. He was not honest when eating and took out all the breakfasts from other countries to belittled.

"The foods of all countries are very distinctive, but the difference in food culture can be seen in the breakfast link." Liu Jinpeng first straightens the principles, and then talks in a skewer way, "For example, American breakfast is meat slices and bread, Russian breakfast four pieces of cake, Swedish breakfast two pieces of meat, Hungarian breakfast three pieces of cake, Pakistan breakfast one big piece of cake, other well-known Korean breakfast and lunch kimchi bibimbap, Indian breakfast and lunch curry cake, Japanese breakfast and lunch tofu."

Li Xiwen sucked the steamed egg custard and listened to her boyfriend talking nonsense. She was in a very slight mood and encouraged with a smile: "Then tell me the breakfast you like, is it Hawaiian breakfast?"

Liu Jinpeng was the most resentful to Hawaiian breakfast. He said resentfully: "I know that I like to eat meat, but Hawaiian breakfast is full of fruits, which requires people to live. And Annan is the same. He drank porridge early in the morning, but he didn't even have some dry ones, and he was just fooling his stomach. There is also Iceland, in such a cold place, I would eat some cereal porridge in the morning. It's not as good as the Germans. Smoked sausages, grilled sausages, and fried sausages."

It sounded like this guy had gone to many places, and Li Xiwen also became envious and sighed and said, "You are fine. I have traveled to so many places, but I have never been to foreign countries."

Liu Jinpeng curled his lips and said, "You haven't gone to play yet. Didn't the Maldives go with me? You can't tell lies."

Li Xiwen rolled her eyes again and complained: "You have the nerve to say that I haven't enjoyed it since then. It's the last supper." From then on, Zhang Yu has been thinking about it, so Li Xizhe missed the days before.

Speaking of this, Liu Jinpeng shut up. No matter how he said it, he was inappropriate. After eating for a while, the guy suddenly suggested: "I haven't gone out for a long time. Let's go swimming today."

Li Xiwen didn't think so much, and lazily pulled the kidney beans on the plate and said, "Okay, but the open-air swimming pool is going to be cleaned today, so I can only play indoors."

Liu Jinpeng put down his fork and mysteriously came over and said, "We are not playing at home today. How about going to the beach?"

Li Xiwen narrowed her eyes. Of course she wanted to go to the beach to play in the water. The beach and the swimming pool were completely different, but she had to consider the safety issues. "Sayed probably has to clear the venue again. Do you think we want him to clear the venue or go there secretly?" Li Xiwen was also a bold guy, and she even asked such a question.

Liu Jinpeng didn't want to cause trouble for others, and he also considered whether to go to the Red Sea or the Mediterranean. If he went to the Red Sea, it would be safer near Suez, and to go to the Mediterranean, Alexander was the one who wanted to go to the Mediterranean. Since Egypt was an Arab country, the customs here must also be taken seriously. Apart from the designated tourist cities, it is not allowed to expose the body, which means that if you want to play in water, you can only play in those cities.

Li Xiwen had no objection to where to play, and she was not interested in Suez. She had seen many canals dug by hand. In this way, Liu Jinpeng could only place his destination in Alexander. After Said knew their ideas, he did not object, but sent his own guard adjutant and took the guard with a number of more than 50 people to take them to Alexander on a special plane.

Before leaving, since Liu Jinpeng was not used to the weather in Egypt, Said specially brought out a set of traditional Arab robe for him, and even prepared a headscarf. Said said that this kind of clothes were breathable and could block the sun and dust, and the white fabric would not absorb heat, so Liu Jinpeng reluctantly accepted it. In fact, Liu Jinpeng also wanted a set of gauze skirts like Arab dancers, but he was not embarrassed to speak.

Alexander was a city established by the famous Macedonian king Alexander the Great and named after him. Historians believe that the one who truly completed the construction of the city should be Ptolemy, the general who obtained ownership of Egypt and Womaya in the war of the successors.

Alexander arrived at India as far as the expedition, and he hoped to find the end of the earth, but the army was tired of endless war and eager to enjoy the plundered wealth, and Alexander died shortly after retreating. It was said that he was poisoned. How this matter is still a mystery.

After Alexander's death, his subordinates began to compete for the vast territory left by the Emperor. Ptolemy grabbed Egypt and Womaia. Although Womaia was not saved in the end, he still established the famous Ptolemy dynasty in Alexanderia. Ria means a port in Egypt. Alexanderia was one of the largest and busiest ports in the Mediterranean at that time.

Alexander rose and fell in the long river of history for thousands of years. In the early period of the Age of Discovery, Alexander's status plummeted due to the discovery of the Cape of Good Hope and was gradually forgotten by the world. In 1798, Napoleon expeditioned to Egypt, and Alexander became an important base for the French army. The British and French army fought two battles in Alexander. After Napoleon's failure, Alexander was temporarily taken over by Britain.

In 1881, Egypt's mutiny broke out. Before that, the Egyptian royal family had sufficient communication with the Han Empire and took this opportunity to draw a clear line with Britain. The British and French joint fleet arrived at Alexander and bombarded the city fortress. Governor Alexander insisted on refusing to surrender, but the British army soon landed on the outskirts of the city and Alexander was occupied by the British army. Immediately afterwards, due to the interference of Russia and the Ottoman Seljuks, the British and French coalition forces failed to further attack Cairo.

With this precious time, the Han Empire's army fleet set out from India and entered the Red Sea. The army went from Suez to the Sinai Peninsula, and the other passed through Cairo to besiege Alexander and Rosetta. The navy blocked the Suez Canal. At this time, the old enemy of the British and French coalition forces, the Ottoman Empire and the Han Empire, landed in Cyprus and captured three thousand British troops.

The final decisive battle began in 1882. The Ottoman fleet entered Alexander directly from Crete and Cyprus. At the same time, the British-French combined fleet set up a formation in the north of Alexandria to fight against the Sino-Austrian joint fleet. This regular battle lasted for 17 hours, and more than 19,000 soldiers sank into the seabed, and more than 150 large and small warships sank.

Just when the war situation between the two sides was in a stalemate, the news that Alexander was captured by the Han Empire's army came, and the British and French coalition forces decided to withdraw their troops. The even-match naval battle turned into a massacre. When the British and French fleet retreated to Gibraltar, the total force was reduced by 68. At that time, the boss of Europe was still Britain, so Britain was determined to fight a century-long battle with the Han Empire. By the way, he also wanted to avenge the former abandoned Australia.

France retreated at this time. Although the Suez Canal was built by the French, it was now a forbidden body by the British. Beating to death and beating to life has a dime relationship with the French. In the end, Britain did not receive support from France, and Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not support him. In addition, the Han Empire showed through diplomatic means that the Suez Canal could still be managed together, so the British stopped the battle after receiving Egypt's redemption. Egypt was thus preserved and the royal family was also retained.

During the entire war, Egypt basically did not play any role, except for the fact that it was very easy to pay for money in the end. As a result, the relationship between the Egyptian royal family and the royal family of the Han Empire was very close, especially the Han Empire did not plunder Egypt like Britain, and did not intend to treat Egypt as a colony, which was very popular. After the World War, the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and the only major Eastern powers with close ties to Egypt was the Great Han Empire.

Alexander is currently the second largest city in Egypt. Its status in the Mediterranean has not yet restored its original scenery. After leaving the airport, you can see the towering obelisk in the distance. This is a later imitation, twice as high as the original one. The obelisk was built in ancient Egypt to commemorate the first ray of sunshine and symbolize the bright sun god.

The most famous local area of ​​Alexandria is the yellow tram. This tram was built by the British a long time ago, and later it has undergone several technical transformations and has been used to this day. For this reason, tram lines are basically parallel to the coastline, and there are few tram lines inland.

There are many beaches in Alexandria. Several beach baths were specially marked in this tourist city, which were specially provided to foreign tourists. As for locals, they rarely see them in the water. It is probably because of the doctrine. Sayed's adjutant of the guards followed Liu Jinpeng's opinion and did not specifically clear the venue. He just set up a sun lounger in a place with fewer people on the outside.

Along with the security officers who protected Li Xiwen, there were more than 70 people distributed on a small beach, some disguised as tourists, while others disguised as lifeguards. Liu Jinpeng looked at the defenders around him who pretended to be nothing, and he also had to comfort Li Xiwen: "Forget it, just play around. I should have thought of this a long time ago. When I return to China, we will find a place to have fun."

Because there were too many onlookers, Li Xiwen simply stopped going into the water and wore an extremely conservative swimsuit and stayed on the lounge chair. Liu Jinpeng couldn't persuade her and could only ask Lin Lin to play with her for a while. The temperature in Alexander was usually around 30 degrees in June, but it was 34 degrees today. However, there was no heat wave in the water. Liu Jinpeng even dared to dive, but the waves near the beach were relatively large, so he came back shortly for safety reasons.

Li Xiwen didn't get into the water, and Mo Xu naturally didn't get into it. Xiao Qiao was a little embarrassed. She looked at Mo Xu and the boss, but finally gritted her teeth and got into the water. As a result, the Northeast girl became addicted to playing as soon as she got caught. After being flirted by Liu Jinpeng, she actually got angry and flirted back. Li Xi was jealous and muttered angrily: "I knew he was uneasy and dared to attract bees and butterflies in front of me."
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