Chapter 73 No Poland
Vienna, Prince Metternich's residence.
Since arriving in Vienna, Adjani seems to have returned to that carefree time.
Wandering around various dance parties and tea parties every day, I witnessed the jealousy, drunkenness and death between all kinds of men and women.
A lot of suitors are obsessed with her and fight for her, but Adjani is no longer the sixteen-year-old girl. The six years of wandering life have made her accustomed to the wind and rain, and she no longer wants to see anyone because of her. Bleeding for such meaningless things.
Adjani stopped several duels, which earned her a reputation for kindness, but also earned her some jealousy.
Soon there were rumors that the duel was staged and just some show. There were even more vicious rumors that she was a prostitute and the one with the highest price got it.
Adjani didn't care about these rumors, she just felt that human life should not be wasted on such things.
The Battle of Warsaw was an unforgettable experience for her. In the first five months, the Polish army won fifteen consecutive battles and wiped out 30,000 Russian troops.
Everyone was very excited. Everyone felt that Tsar Nicholas I would accept peace and that the restoration of Poland was in sight.
But this is not enough to offset the huge gap between Poland and Russia.
Tsar Nicholas I's approach to Poland was simple, crude, direct and effective. If 30,000 didn't work, he would send 50,000; if 50,000 didn't work, he would send 100,000.
Three months later, there was no food in the city of Warsaw, and even the wild vegetables had been dug up. The Polish soldiers fired all the bullets in their guns, but the Russians fired more and more.
The European powers at that time had different attitudes towards this uprising.
Prussia was afraid of the expansion of the influence of the Polish uprising, so it sent troops to blockade the Polish border. In Silesia alone, it confiscated 10,000 rifles and gunpowder worth 100,000 pounds, and arrested thousands of volunteers who were preparing to go to Warsaw to fight against Russia.
An agreement was even signed with Russia, and the Russian army was responsible for suppressing the Polish uprising.
The agreement stipulates as follows:
First, Prussia will complete the construction of the bridge before the Russian army crosses the Vistula River.
Second, the city of Torun will be used as a base for the Russian army, and Torun will provide weapons, ammunition and food to the Russian army.
Third, if the war is delayed or fails, Prussian territory will be open to the Russian army and the safety of the Russian army will be guaranteed.
Although British Foreign Secretary Palmerston verbally condemned Russia's atrocities and expressed his willingness to sell weapons and ammunition to the Poles, the prerequisite was that the Poles must buy them with real money and pay in advance.
In France, Louis Philippe, who had just ascended the throne, was sympathetic to the Poles in his heart and was very grateful that the Polish uprising attracted Russian firepower. This allowed the July Monarchy, which came to power through the revolution, to avoid the possibility of Russian interference.
But being a coward, Louis Philippe immediately sent an ambassador to assure the Tsar that the French government would unswervingly abide by the terms of the Congress of Vienna.
French Foreign Minister Sebas even coldly rejected Warsaw's request.
During his visit to Paris, Russian Foreign Minister Neserlov repeatedly declared that the Polish issue was Russia's internal affair, and any attempt to intervene would be regarded by His Majesty the Great Tsar as an act of hostility to Russia.
Nescherlov's arrogant attitude made French government officials indignant, but Louis Philippe did not want or dare to intervene in the Polish issue.
Given Louis Philippe's weak attitude, the cabinet would naturally not agree to intervene in the Polish uprising.
Only Austria's attitude was different, and Francis II's warning to Russia was nothing more than fart.
Austria is deeply uneasy about Russia's expansion in the Balkans, and hopes to divert the disaster eastward and weaken Russia through Poland.
That's right, instead of closing its borders, Austria chose to open its doors wide.
Not only can the Poles enter and exit the Austrian border at will, but Austria also allows volunteers and arms dealers from other countries to enter and exit at will.
The Austrian army even started business directly on the border, selling ordnance, food, medicine, and military training if necessary to Poles and volunteers.
As a result, a large number of armed personnel entered Poland from Austria. Of course, when Poland was defeated, a large number of armed personnel fled into Austria, causing turmoil in Galicia for more than ten years.
In the end, the city of Warsaw was captured. Russian soldiers broke into Adjani's home, killed her parents, set the house on fire, and she was dragged into the street by the soldiers.
Fortunately, a friend of Adjani arrived in time. This friend was a Russian colonel. He stopped the soldiers' atrocities and saved Adjani.
Later, with the help of the Russian friend, Adjani moved to Paris.
During her time in Paris, the Russian friend wrote to her every month and supported her with a hundred rubles.
At this time, a Russian soldier's annual income was 38 rubles, a cow cost 80 rubles, a girl serf earned 300 rubles, and a colonel of the Guards Corps earned 700 rubles.
Adjani's life was relatively prosperous, and she even had money to go to the opera. But one day she saw a beggar wearing a Polish military uniform at the door of the opera house.
After some searching, Adjani discovered that many Poles had fled to Paris. She was very happy to meet so many compatriots in a foreign country.
However, most people did not live well. Due to the loss of land and property in Poland, most Polish soldiers could only support themselves by doing coolies and doing part-time jobs for others. Some widows even had to sell themselves in order to survive.
Adjani began to help these people, but one ruble could only buy 10 250-gram baguettes.
She quickly ran out of money and later had to sell her jewelry and old clothes, but there was simply not enough.
At this time, there were approximately 10,000 Polish exiles in Paris, the vast majority of whom had no stable source of livelihood.
So Adjani found those Polish officers and politicians in exile. She wanted to form a Polish Restoration Army and give these people a home.
Later, the widows of Polish officers were organized by Adjani to cooperate with the actions of the Polish Restoration Army, accumulate funds for the Polish Restoration Army, and gather intelligence.
Engaging in this arduous but glorious work allowed the women in the Zionist Army to regain their self-esteem, and they decided to establish three knightly orders with the pansy, the national flower of Poland, as their symbol.
They are violets, tulips, and edelweiss, corresponding to the three colors of pansies, purple, yellow, and white.
The three knights were sent to Austria, Prussia, and Russia, the three countries that participated in the partition of Poland. The intention was obviously to use the enemy's money to fight against the enemy.
Of course, the ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny. Except for Adjani's Violet who is prosperous in Vienna, the first three generations of tulip leaders are already fighting landlords in Prussian prisons, while Edelweiss is in Siberia. Digging potatoes in the ice and snow.
Adjani has obtained an "absolutely safe" territory as the Vienna branch of the Polish Nationalist Army.
The top brass of the Polish Nationalist Army have not stopped seeking death, and have assigned some new impossible tasks.
But there is a bigger problem at hand that bothers Adjani.
The destruction of Poland taught the sisters of the Violet Knights a lot, including enduring hardship and being strong.
However, the luxurious and glitzy life in Vienna awakened the original memories of their bodies, and soon some of them chose to perish. Many sisters even chose to quit the Polish Restoration Army, directly find a good man to marry, and forget about this past.
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