Chapter 400: Deception

Hearing that Yannick was going to send her to the ballet academy, little Hepburn quickly shook her head. "Mom said you can't accept favors for free."

Yannick pointed to the food in front of little Hepburn. "But you've already eaten these things, aren't you just receiving favors for nothing?"

"..." Little Hepburn was stunned for a moment, and her young face suddenly turned red from her cheeks to the root of her neck. Seeing her looking embarrassed and about to put down the spoon, Yannick waved his hand. "Eat, it doesn't matter. Your mother said you can't accept favors from strangers for nothing, and I am your father's friend, so of course I am not a stranger. I will discuss with your mother and send you to the ballet academy."

Little Hepburn picked up the spoon and shook his head again. "No, I still have very important things to do here."

Yannick lowered his voice and whispered. "The important thing you said is to help those members of the resistance organization deliver things?" He said with a smile as he saw the look of shock on Little Hepburn's face again. "I also know those people, they are just a group of liars."

"Liar, liar?" Little Hepburn didn't react for a moment and looked at Yannick blankly.

Yannick nodded seriously. "Yes, they are swindlers. A group of swindlers who defrauded and abducted people under the guise of resisting the Germans. They did not have the guts to fight against the Germans. They just wanted to defraud some money from their comrades in the name of resistance. They waited until they could no longer deceive. When he was about to be exposed, he took the money and ran away.”

"No way?" Little Hepburn still had an expression of disbelief on his face.

Yannick spread his hands. "What's wrong? Have you seen those so-called members of the resistance organization in the past two days?"

Little Hepburn thought for a moment and shook his head. "No."

"That's it. I said they took the money and ran away. Maybe they got on a passenger ship to the United States and went away. So don't believe some people easily. Does your mother know these things?"

Little Hepburn seemed to have gradually believed Yannick's words, and nodded in frustration. "Know."

Yannick clicked his tongue twice. "It seems that your mother has also been deceived. I will find someone to persuade her and let her be wary of those scammers in the future." After speaking, he turned around and gave instructions to Reinhard in German. "Send someone to talk to her mother and scare her. If she dares to participate in these activities again, she will not end well."

"Understood." Reinhard glanced at the young Hepburn who was about to cry with an annoyed look on his face, and nodded while suppressing a smile.

Yannick picked up a chicken wing and gave it to little Hepburn. "Good boy, don't be sad. It's normal for a kid like you to be deceived. You didn't do anything wrong. It's the scammers who were wrong. Come on, try these chicken wings. They taste good."

Yannick asked as he watched little Hepburn chewing chicken wings depressedly. "Why are you helping those people? You don't like Germans?"

Little Hepburn said absently. "The Germans invaded our country." After saying this, he suddenly reacted. "Brother, you are also German."

Yannick smiled secretly in his heart. Not only was he a German, he was also the "biggest" German. "Yes, I am German. But those people told you about the invasion. It is said that you were born in Brussels, Belgium, but your nationality is British (although you were born in Belgium, according to the law, she followed her father Becoming a British citizen), your mother is Dutch; do you like Belgium?”

"like."

"What about Holland?"

"I like it too."

"Then did you know that Belgium split from the Netherlands?"

Western Europe has experienced many dynasties, divisions and mergers, and many countries were born, such as France and Spain. However, Belgium has never been called a country, and it has even been snatched away as fat.

The Spaniards took the upper hand in this battle and began to rule Belgium, but this guy didn't know how to behave and kept suppressing the Belgians. The Belgians couldn't help it and joined forces with the Dutch next door to revolt against Spanish rule. While the Spaniards were fighting a bloody battle with the rebels, the more powerful Austrians wanted to benefit from the situation, but he succeeded. He also managed Belgium in a decent manner and introduced various preferential policies to encourage Belgians to do business abroad. It also strongly supports financial and industrial development, various banks, stock exchanges, and factories that manufacture guns. Belgium has a new look.

Belgium was originally a treasure land. With a little careful management, it immediately became one of the richest places in Europe. However, the smell of money floating around attracted a pack of wolves.

The French robbed Belgium and then withdrew, and then it was annexed by the Netherlands. How could the Belgians agree to live under someone else's roof? So they launched an uprising in 1830 and demanded separation from the Netherlands. After a long period of fighting, the Netherlands was forced to recognize Belgium's independence with the intervention of other countries.

"You must also like Britain, but do you know that the Netherlands was also a powerful country in the past?"

The Netherlands, a small country with an area of ​​just over 40,000 square kilometers and poor natural resources, is not theoretically insignificant, but it has had a dazzling glory in history. In the first half of the 17th century, it owned 60,000 merchant ships, which was three-quarters of the total tonnage of the merchant ships of France, Britain, Spain and Portugal. The Dutch monopolized the world's trade, and Dutch merchants had footprints in every corner of the five continents. Therefore, the Dutch are called "Sea Coachmen".

However, just like many countries in history, its decline often began with a major catastrophic war. When the Netherlands' monopoly on the sea in the first half of the 17th century became the biggest obstacle and threat to the later British overseas expansion, war was inevitable. It was because of the Anglo-Dutch War that the Netherlands quickly fell from its position as the hegemon of the sea, and never occupied the position of the hegemon of the sea again. This war became a permanent regret for the "Sea Coachman".

"In this way, the Britain you like has beaten the Netherlands you like into a weak country. Who do you think is right and who is wrong?"

Little Hepburn obviously had not considered such a question before, and showed a touch of confusion.

"Do you know how many wars have occurred in modern Europe? The Spanish Restoration, the Crusades, the Bouvines War, the Hundred Years' War between England and France, the Italian War, the Dutch War of Independence, the Anglo-Spanish War, the Thirty Years' War, the War of Succession, the Franco-Dutch War, the War of the Augsburg League, the War of the Spanish Succession, the Great Northern War, the War of the Quadruple Alliance... and so on. You see, the divided Europe is constantly involved in wars of all sizes, and each war will result in countless casualties."

"But once Europe is unified as a whole, all disputes will disappear. You also hope to see no more wars in Europe, and no one will die in wars, right?"

Little Hepburn nodded seriously.

"You see, Germany has now integrated most of Europe. As long as Germany works harder, the whole of Europe will enjoy permanent peace. What reason do you have to hate it? You should support it. I believe that most people can distinguish right from wrong. Only those with ill intentions clamor to oppose the Germans, but most of them are just liars."

Looking at Little Hepburn's confused look, Yannick smiled and said. "Generally speaking, these are adult matters. You are still a child. You will understand when you grow up. Now you have no other questions, right? You can go to the ballet school now?"