Chapter 96 Drinking
Mr. Rouvel has been troubled recently.
As the Vice President of Mexico, he had to come to Vienna alone to seek help from the mysterious Archduke Franz Karl.
This also starts with the Battle of Texas. As a southern Mexican general, General Jose Epra stabbed Tasan Anna in the back and besieged Mexico City at a critical moment in the US-Mexican War.
Ruvel habitually ran away, abandoned the Mexican capital, and was scolded by Tasan Anna after joining him in the north.
Because the French took the opportunity to refuse to pay the remainder of the purchase of Texas, claiming that it would only be given to the true ruler of Mexico.
As a result, the French bought the entire Texas for 33 million francs, and Tasan Anna had no choice but to admit defeat. After all, the civil war was not over yet, and it was really not a wise move to offend the French again.
In fact, Tasan Anna's army was much stronger than Jose Epula's rebels. At first, they took Mexico City with overwhelming force, but the situation of the battle soon changed. That is, the rebels suddenly seemed to have their eyes opened, and they were everywhere. Can predict the enemy's opportunity.
All of Tasan Anna's plans seemed to be in the hands of the rebels, so Tasan Anna lost a lot of troops, but it was not enough to close the gap between the two.
At this time, the Mexican navy suddenly rebelled, blocked Mexico's sea lanes, and shipped a large amount of equipment and materials to the rebels, turning the war situation once again to the unfavorable side of Tasan Anna.
After some investigation, all the contradictions pointed to the United States. It was the Americans who planned Epula's rebellion, the Americans who instigated the Mexican Navy, and the Americans who took advantage of the Mexican Civil War to make a lot of money.
Americans are using Mexican blood to fill the wounds caused by the economic crisis.
The Mexicans will certainly not sit back and watch their own demise. While they continue to fight the rebels, they also seek help from Europe.
At the same time as the Epra uprising, Britain, France and the United States severed diplomatic relations with Mexico. Obviously, a strong Mexico is not in the interests of the three countries.
The only ones Tasan Anna could turn to were Spain and Austria. Although he drove the Spanish away with the Mexicans, it was not impossible to invite the suzerain country back.
The Queen Regent of Spain is debauched but not absurd. She can accept Mexico's return to Spain and is willing to let Tasan Anna's treason be forgotten, but she will not send a single soldier to Mexico.
Tasan Anna tore into pieces the letters involving the queen, and then he thought of Archduke Franz Karl again.
In fact, Tasan Anna's first thought was Archduke Franz Karl, but he had to give up due to the weakness of the Austrian Empire's maritime power.
But now he can't do much about the people who are in urgent need of treatment. Vice President Reuvel came to Vienna alone on his order to save Mexico from the fire.
In fact, Ruvel didn't pay much attention to the position of vice president. He was originally supposed to be a messenger who shuttled between battlefields, but he became vice president only after his superiors rewarded him with a meal.
This narrow escape attempt was just a return to his old life for him.
It has been almost a month since Ruvel arrived in Vienna. He has met Prince Metternich and Count Korolaf. Neither of the two powerful men in power has any interest in Mexico as an ally.
Ruvel proposed that he could use the silver mines belonging to the rebel family as collateral, which caught the attention of Count Korolaf, but because he had been busy wrangling with Prince Metternich, he had not responded to Ruvel for a long time.
Of course, this is a gamble where one's own life and reputation are used as a bet. If it fails, the outcome is either being hit by a carriage or shot to death by a guard, or being taken away by the gendarmerie and interrogated strictly.
But Ruvel was lucky, he was not beaten to death by the guards and then thrown into the gendarmerie.
Rouville stopped the carriage, and just as he was about to shout, a cavalryman put a noose around his neck.
As soon as the two guards restrained him, Franz Karl opened the car window.
"Call him over."
The two guards brought Ruvel in front of Archduke Franz Karl.
"Your name is Ruvel?"
Ruvel's mouth was tied with a rope, and he could only nod with his eyes widened.
"can you drink alcohol?"
Ruvel was a little confused, but nodded anyway.
"Great, my son said that a man from Ruvel will come to drink with me tonight. Sure enough, you came." Franz Karl said to the guards, "Let him go."
Lord Sommerlet, the aide-de-camp to Archduke Franz Karl, asked in a low voice, "Are you sure?"
"Sure."
"Okay." Lord Somelet summoned two guards and asked them to search Ruvel's body carefully, even his hair, mouth and socks were not left behind.
Ruvel entered the carriage and sat opposite Archduke Franz Karl. Lord Sommeret also got into the carriage and sat down next to Archduke Franz Karl. Then another strong guard without weapons sat on Ruvel's side. Weir's side.
The strong guard and Lord Somoret stared at Ruvel with cold eyes, which even reminded him of the negotiation with the Aztecas.
But Ruvel calmed down quickly, and he took a deep breath and was about to speak.
"What are you drinking?" Archduke Franz Karl asked.
Ruvel scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I"
"Tequila! A Mexican friend gave it to me last time. You will definitely like it. It's cool and spicy, but a little bitter."
After saying that, Archduke Franz Karl poured a full glass for Ruvel.
"Archduke Franz Karl, I am here to ask for help on behalf of President Tasan Anna. The Republic of Mexico has suffered a shameless betrayal, and we need Austria's help."
Archduke Franz Karl was minding his own business, drank the contents of the cup in one gulp, and poured himself a second cup. Seeing that Ruvel hadn't finished the drink yet, he seemed a little unhappy.
Ruvel had no choice but to drink the wine in one gulp. The alcohol content of this kind of wine was not low, and normally one would not drink it like this. However, seeing that Archduke Franz Karl did not seem to have any intention of stopping, Ruvel had no choice but to do something like this. Follow suit.
Archduke Franz Karl poured Ruvel another glass, and then drank his own glass in one gulp.
After three consecutive drinks, the bottle of wine was already empty. Three consecutive drinks made Ruvel, a soldier, a little unbearable. Moreover, he had been under a lot of mental stress recently and had not eaten well, so he got drunk very quickly.
Archduke Franz Karl brought out a second bottle of wine and a whole ham to entertain Reuvel.
Ruvel didn't know how much he drank that night. When he got up, he found himself lying in a clean bedroom. His luggage and belongings were neatly placed in the corner. There was a list on the table and a wine list. The bottle is pressed.
"Fifty thousand rifles, 50 4-pounder cannons, 100 6-pounder cannons, 70 8-pounder cannons, 100,000 military uniforms, 20,000 pairs of military boots, and 600 tons of flour."
After reading it, Ruvel burst into tears, unscrewed the bottle of wine and drank heavily.
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