Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

He told the court physician that Feletlia had a stomachache, and that it was an old injury from Poland, so he got some pain relief medicine.

After taking the medicine, Nv Wenqing finally recovered a little.

I found a carriage in the small town, and on the road the next day, I stuffed Wen Qing into the carriage.

After more than ten days of driving all the way, I finally arrived in Austria.

On the border of Austria, the captain of the cavalry squadron who escorted us took us to the place agreed by the Austrians.

Austria brought almost the same number of cavalry and waited there early.

On the square flag waving in the wind is the black eagle of the Habsburg family that looks like a vulture, and two griffins with black upper bodies are guarding the shield-shaped imperial emblem.

Below this flag, the cavalrymen are wearing the traditional Austrian white military uniform, yellow shoulder straps, yellow epaulets, brown sash and black leggings, wavy gold-rimmed three-cornered hats on their heads, and some yellow braids hung on them to show that they are The identity of the royal cavalry.Everyone rides a good horse from the lower Danube plain.

We were greeted today at the border between the two countries by a royal stable master.

It's a very medieval word. If you say it, you will think that he is doing the work of a stableman.But the fact is that, according to the medieval tradition of Western Europe, the chief steward staying in the royal stable often has two meanings, one is a high-ranking military nobleman, and the other symbolizes trust and confidant, because in the past, those chief stewards all led horses for emperors and kings Honor, of course, also has the obligation to block the sword and gun for the king at critical moments.

After five days of being escorted by these people, a group of one hundred of us arrived in Vienna, the heart of Europe.

In front, the sparkling Danube River meanders through the city. Houses and buildings are built on the hills, surrounded by gardens and vineyards. Church towers of various styles attract attention, casting shadows and adding solemnity to the colorful city. The solemn color is worthy of being the base camp of the Catholic faith that the Holy See has been relying on for many years. It really has a strong religious atmosphere.

Here, looking back, the diplomatic missions can still see the green peaks of the Carpathians of the empire, the lush Hungarian plain forests, and beyond the Carpathians, Constantin, the capital of the Millennium Empire dingbo.

The head stable of the Habsburg palace brought us into the city, and Count Werner Buchholz, the foreign minister of the empire in Vienna, led the horse and waited at the gate of the city early with two attendants.

The accompanying Habsburg cavalry escort dispersed the curious crowd, and the groom was able to drive the carriage over. I opened the door and greeted the chubby Earl of the Empire who had been waiting so long that his forehead was sweating. Say hello.

The imperial foreign minister with the name of the standard German region greeted: "Your Highness, it is a pleasure to serve you in Vienna."

"You worked hard on the road!"

"It's okay." I told him some nonsense like today's good weather, and then asked, "Where is the Russian embassy?"

Werner didn't know my intentions, but he went to discuss it with the Austrian royal stable master who escorted us. Now, the work that the imperial foreign minister usually does in Vienna is reflected.

The two are obviously old acquaintances. After a while, he took a look at me and thought that there should be nothing wrong with the Russian embassy instead of escorting directly to the embassy of the Roman Empire, so he readily agreed to our request.

In the city of Vienna, there are two types of criss-crossing streets. The avenues are wide and flat, and the cobbled streets are extremely narrow. You will smell a stench faintly when you pass by.

Wherever you pass, there are few high-rise buildings. The towering towers of St. Stephen's Cathedral and the Twin Towers Church are particularly eye-catching. The Chamblon Palace of Habsburg and the beautiful classical architectural style of the Summer Palace are very conspicuous. According to Werner, it is the residence of dignitaries, including the Russian embassy. Werner also said that any mansion there cannot be bought without 15 Dutch gold marks.

Mao Zi paid such a large amount of money, it seems that they are really full of food in Poland, 15 Dutch gold marks are converted into more than [-] Ore of the empire.

But Werner, the foreign minister, has not finished his words. The land price in that place is expensive, but the Russians bought a mansion worth more than 20 Dutch marks for a small price. their embassies.

"The owner of the original mansion, Baron Dieter von Hallerwoden, is a very nice man." The royal stable chief interrupted at this moment, "He used to have a very beautiful wife, and A wonderful family."

Hearing the inexplicable mention of the Habsburg nobleman, I looked at Werner, and he explained: "His Excellency Baron Carlson was friends with that Lord Baron Dieter before his death, but later Earl Dieter In a duel with the Russians, he was killed by the Russians."

On the way to the former Habsburg baron's mansion, I heard a very vulgar story.

Baron Dieter's wife is a noblewoman who married from Poland to Austria. When Russia went to war with Poland, the Polish family of the baroness suffered. More than 20 people in the family were all taken away by the Russians.

If it's just that, that's fine, but when the Russians learned that they still had relatives in Vienna, they used their hostages to negotiate with the old baron.The bargaining condition that the two parties had originally planned was that the baron would give 20 Dutch gold marks.But they did not expect that the baron and his son, who brought the money to the designated place in exchange for hostages, could not wait for his wife's family. In the end, they were told that the money was only to pay for the care of more than 20 people for several months. They wanted to exchange the hostages. Take [-] Netherlands Gold Marks in exchange.

The little baron, who was troubled by this incident, returned to Vienna and told his friends about it, and someone introduced him to the Russian ambassador in Vienna, but he did not expect that the ambassador in Vienna was the same as those people.He pretended that the other party was tough and only made a compromise negotiation.The content is to allow the baron to use 20 in exchange for his wife's family's land in Poland and some other nearby manors.And those land estates seem to be worth more than 30 on the surface.The Russian ambassador attributed this to his merits and the reason that the Russian Kingdom was in a hurry to spend money.The old baron didn't know what to do, and because he couldn't come up with the cash, he wrote the house as part of the exchange agreement in gratitude.When they changed back to their family members and happily ran to see the new land, the large manor had been burned to a piece of wasteland, let alone 30 Dutch marks, even [-] were not counted.

The frantic old baron returned to Vienna to ask the king for a ruling, but the agreement was written there in black and white. No matter what he said, it was his fault, because he had obtained the land and hostages in the agreement.Coupled with the fact that both Habsburg and Russia were in the honeymoon period of cooperation at that time, in the end Leopold III was only forced by public opinion to make a judgment that the Russians would give [-] Netherlands Goldmarks as compensation.

Baron Dieter, unable to swallow his breath, ran to a duel with the Russians.How could a pampered and pampered son of an aristocrat be the opponent of a polar bear man, this baron was decisively beaten to death.

After hearing the story, our party also let the royal stable chief, Baron Carlson, take him to the mansion that the Russians obtained by stealing.

Standing at the door are two Russian soldiers wearing Russian military uniforms with green borders, white clothes and red shoulder straps. The mansion behind them looks unique and beautiful at first glance.

The column-style main building with classical architectural style, together with the front yard and the back garden, can be described as exquisite even if it is placed in the high-ranking area where the Habsburg dynasty used to keep dog officials and mistresses.

I dismissed Baron Carlson on the grounds that I needed to find a place to park the carriage for some business here, and the Habsburg dignitaries and dignitaries who passed by accidentally saw a large group of us and stopped. their carriage.

"Master Werner, what do you think about our mission to Habsburg this time?" I stopped by the gate and glanced at the mansion where there seemed to be no one inside. Do some foreshadowing.

"I learned from the secret letter the purpose of His Highness's visit to Austria. Generally speaking, I think it is difficult, very difficult to achieve the purpose of the mission perfectly!" Werner looked down at me and continued Said, "First of all, the Empire and Habsburg have cooperated with each other for many years. It is not difficult for us to use Habsburg as an intermediary to bind Germany into a customs union and eliminate tariffs. But the problem is that we War was declared with the Russians, and the Habsburgs signed the Polish alliance agreement with the Russians as early as when Poland was partitioned. But this is not our biggest obstacle! We try to prevent France from expanding their commodity markets with a customs union, but if we It reveals that too much focus is placed on the east to compete with the Russians for Polish territory, which means that our customs union in the west will not be strongly protected. The Germans are not stupid, and at this time the French are also They're making their own alliance! Which side to choose then, I'm afraid..."

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