After hearing Valerovsky's account, Jerome Bonaparte's emotions were somewhat mixed.
No matter which perspective it's viewed from, the Liberians who have suffered the blows of imperialism can quickly adjust their state, using the unique geographical advantages of the Far East to ensure their own interests without engaging in large-scale conflict with the imperialist Great Powers.
Jerome Bonaparte speculated that the reason why the Satsuma Domain and Choushuu Domain were willing to purchase ships and guns from France might be based on two possibilities.
Firstly, Satsuma and Choushuu wanted to test whether France intended to colonize them like they did with Ryukyu by purchasing these military supplies. After all, a nation that intends to colonize would never arm the nation about to be colonized. (Historically, Japan has always feared being carved up by the imperialist Great Powers.
Only after the end of the Russo-Japanese War was Japan's fear completely eliminated.)
