Before coming to Paris this time, Tom had done his homework and rehearsed for a long time in advance.
In truth, Tom's rhetoric was terribly clumsy. If he encountered those old foxes, it definitely would not have any effect.
But Tom's target on this trip was Alfonso XII. Exchanges among adults could still add fuel to the flames for these hot-blooded young men.
Isabella II had just brought Alfonso from Spain to Paris. It was impossible for her not to feel uneasy, though at least in Paris she did not have to worry about being pushed onto the guillotine by the enraged Spanish people.
In any case, the United States was currently in a state where everyone in Europe found it as unwelcome as a dog. No one could go wrong by pinning some baseless matter on the Americans.
While Tom was heading to Paris, Ernst had not been idle either. He was currently in Marseille, France, inspecting the development of the businesses there.
Although Ernst was also in France, there was absolutely no need for him personally to speak with the Spanish Royal Family.
Sending a representative was already conspicuous enough among the governments of various countries. Other than France and Spanish exiles, there were almost no respectable forces that cared about the fate of the Spanish Royal Family at such a time, much less offered support.
Although Hechingen had not sent much money, it was absolutely the only contribution of its kind. More people wanted to make a fortune from Isabella II, after all. She was extravagantly wasteful and had taken quite a few valuable things from the Spanish royal palace when she fled.
Together with the Bourbon family's influence in France, many people could wave the banner of restoring the nation and come under the mother