The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

When the water wall more than ten meters high reached the shore, the wooden piles on the trestle seemed to be bitten by giant beasts and snapped one by one.

However, that was just an appetizer for the ancient monster in front of me. It smashed the warning lighthouse with one slap, and smashed the bridge with one bite. Everywhere it passes is ruins.

The black current whale devoured everything in front of it, no matter whether it was riding a horse or running, it was just a needless struggle.

When the people running in front looked back, the crowd had already disappeared, and only the endless current behind them could be seen.

Benito was the one who ran ahead despite everything. He was a native of Venice, and he was very familiar with everything here. Every street, every corner was clearly remembered in his mind.

No one can catch Benito, but this time he is not facing a human being, but a natural disaster.The black current broke through the side walls and rushed towards him. At this critical moment, Benito grabbed a high clothes pole.

Looking at the turbulent waves under his feet, he had no choice but to explode with unprecedented strength and use inertia to throw himself onto a high wall.

However, the wall stack under his feet suddenly shattered. Fortunately, Benito adjusted his center of gravity in time.

But when he stood firm and looked forward, he found that the city was already a vast ocean.With a crisp sound under his feet, the ancient city wall that has long been weathered can no longer hold on.
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This is the black ocean current that does not want to retreat—
After the tsunami, there was a mess. Waterlogged goods, scattered clothes, swollen corpses, and debris filled the streets.

Some people are looking for their former home in the ruins, but most of the belongings are gone, and the family members need to identify them carefully.

Occasionally, the survivors would cry when they saw each other. The busy port and the bustling commercial street disappeared in a blink of an eye, replaced by temporary shacks and dilapidated houses in urgent need of repair.

A tsunami took more than 5000 lives, more than [-] houses and [-] boats, and the direct economic loss may be close to [-] million florins.

But people had no time to grieve, and just three days later the Port of Venice was operational again.This is not because the reconstruction ability of the Austrian Empire is strong, but because the handling capacity of the coastline is too weak.

The damage to Trieste was not that great. It was a military port itself, and the terrain was blocked, so the damage was not serious.

The high level of the Austrian Empire still attaches great importance to the tsunami that occurred in the Adriatic Sea, because after all, this is the only outlet of the Austrian Empire.

However, at this time, Prime Minister Metternich had long been submerged in grief. The tens of millions of funds he had embezzled before were all in vain at this time, and the Pope actually went to see God with the Chief Secretary of State.

And the positions of cardinals that they bought proved to be useless, and those old stubborn people in the Papal State were shameless at all. What kind of holy law, the first law is bullshit in their eyes.

Pius IX also proved his commitment with his own actions. The new pope issued three edicts in succession, which caused an uproar in Europe and the whole world.

First of all, Pius IX required all bishops in France to come to the Vatican to show their allegiance to him.

Second, the Papal State will renegotiate tax rates with the Austrian Empire and require the latter to pay back the tithes owed in these years.

Third, reorganize the Jesuits.This one is for the Spanish Church. At this time, Father Clarite, who is highly respected in the Spanish court, is one of the Jesuit monks.

The Jesuits in Spain are powerful and already wield absolute influence over the future queen.However, in the eyes of Pius IX, this should have been his own strength.

At the same time, the Jesuits also had a very strong influence in the Spanish colonies and former colonies.

As soon as these three edicts came out, the three major Catholic powers began to have headaches.The most troublesome of these is the Austrian Empire. After all, Austria theoretically has a veto power over the election of the Pope.

This right was actually inherited from the Holy Roman Empire, but Metternich felt that it had not reached that point at all, and even wanted to sell Pius IX as a favor.

As a result, what the liberal pope did was simply unreasonable. Just last night, the secret envoy of the Papal State even prepared to discuss the issue of abolishing the secret agreement between the two countries.

This has completely exceeded Prince Metternich's bottom line, and the Pope's secret envoy has already been a guest at the bottom of the Danube at this time.

Once the new pope tore up the secret agreement and abolished the defense agreement with the Austrian Empire, then all the investments in the Papal State over the years would be in vain.

It was like stabbing a knife in Metternich's heart and then flicking it hard again, which made him feel extremely angry.

And everything actually came from a little-known little person, which made Prince Metternich feel a sense of shame.

By Talleyrand the cripple, by Canning, by Palmerston, at least he was defeated by the strong and the conspirators.

And Pius IX is obviously a political noob, an insignificant bishop, a ridiculous and arrogant tick.
"How dare he?!"

What Metternich said inadvertently surprised him.

"Master Prime Minister, why don't you take a break first, anyway, what you're talking about now is nothing more than trivial matters. No matter how big the splash is, Venice is still in our hands, isn't it?"

Count Kolarov was not interested in Metternich's Italian strategy, and he was still very upset that the empire suffered such a heavy loss at this time.

Faced with the cynicism of his old opponent, Prince Metternich calmed down. He didn't want to admit it, but the colonial plan led by Franz had huge benefits for the Austrian Empire.

It is precisely because of the continuous supply of materials from the colonies that the industry of the Austrian Empire has always formed a crushing advantage over Germany and Italy.

At the same time, Austria also shouldered the heavy responsibility of resisting foreign commodity aggression. Once the maritime trade was cut off, the entire Austrian Empire and even the entire German Confederation would be affected.

Therefore, the Regency Council immediately approved the aid plan for ports such as Venice and Trieste. However, what they did not expect was that the tsunami was not the whole disaster.

After the tsunami, cholera came unexpectedly, and Franz was still on guard in the north at this time.A cholera epidemic spread rapidly in Italy and quickly spread across the entire Austrian Empire by rail.

Faced with overwhelming reports of cholera, senior officials in Vienna finally gave up.Because according to the previous experience of other countries, each report may indicate 1~2K deaths.

At the same time, the top ranks of the Polish National Restoration Army gathered again in Krakow.

"This is really a godsend opportunity. The current Austrian Empire, Prussia, and Russia are too busy to take care of themselves, which is a good opportunity for us to do it!"

Landry Prome has been in Paris all the time. He knows how terrible the plague is, so he firmly believes that Russia, Prussia, and Austria have no power to fight anymore.