Chapter 704: Disaster Is Coming
The Russians suddenly closed the border. Some people breathed a sigh of relief and could finally relax. Some people felt sad because fate had tricked people. They originally had hope, but there was nothing they could do in front of the power at the national level. Some people were hysterical and hoped to save more people. people
The refugees struggled to survive and did everything they could. Some abandoned their parents, wives and children and crossed the fence alone. Some struggled to throw their children over the fence and blocked the bayonets of the Tsarist Russian soldiers with their bodies. Many more were pushed. Hoping to catch the last spot.
People were crowding and cursing crazily. All the ugliness was not enough to describe the greed of human nature at this moment, and all the beautiful words were not enough to describe the brilliance and greatness of humanity at this moment.
Muskets, bayonets, and a heavy wooden door put an end to it all.
The separation wall on the Russian-Austrian border was officially established, and Governor Wembetrovsky and Governor Stadion met at the border wall.
When facing the refugee flow, the Austrian side built a 1.5-meter-high separation wall, but it was called a separation wall, but in fact it was just a row of fences.
At this time, Russia is preparing to build a three-meter-high separation wall to completely put an end to smuggling at the border and the outflow of people.
After the meeting, Wenbetlovsky and Stadion exchanged simple greetings and some conventional diplomatic rhetoric.
Although Wembetrovsky is here to cause trouble, Russia and Austria are allies after all, and necessary etiquette must be paid attention to.
"Mr. Governor, some of my property has been stolen. Do you have any clues?"
Count Stadion heard that the other party was a rare poet general in Russia and thought it would be different, but he did not expect it to be so direct.
But fortunately, I have dealt with the Russians a lot over the years, and I was not shocked by the other party's outrageously reckless words.
"No, if you have any property lost, you should contact the police in your country."
Wembetrovsky smiled slightly and said something that almost shocked the special official from Vienna.
"Then can you allow me to come and look for you?"
Count Stadion drank the Huoxiang Zhengqi water on the table in one gulp. He felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach and was in a bad mood. He didn't have much thought in playing riddles with the other party.
"If you come with your family, we are always welcome. But if others want to fish in troubled waters, they need to go through inspection, and I will also submit an application to Vienna."
"There are 100,000 troops in Greater Warsaw."
"What a coincidence, the garrison of Galicia is also one hundred thousand."
The special official on the side was so frightened that he didn't know what to say. It was really terrifying that the two of them were so "at war with each other" in such an understatement.
"Nice to meet you."
"Me too."
"I'm going back to deal with some stinking garbage. Would you like to come take a look?"
Wembetrovsky shrugged his nose and made a look of disgust.
Count Stadion waved his hand quickly.
"I've been having trouble with my stomach recently, so I'd better let the priests and reporters help you. As you know, the priests and reporters in our country are always idle and like to talk nonsense."
This time it was Venbetrovsky's turn to wave.
"No, you know there are 100,000 troops in the greater Warsaw area. They can solve all my problems."
"Go slowly, don't send me away."
After the Russians left, the special officer on the side approached and asked.
"My Lord Governor, what if what you just said angered the Russians?"
Count Stadion smiled and said: "No, because there are really one hundred thousand troops in Galicia."
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This is a wall of separation -
After the Russian-Austrian border was closed, Prussia also followed suit and closed the Prussian-Austrian border. As a result, special officials from Vienna came to visit him the next day, and the border checkpoint was removed on the third day.
After all, we are all allies of the German Customs Union. If Austrian Galicia cannot be considered part of the German Customs Union, then agricultural products from the common Polish region must also pay additional tariffs.
This hit the Junker landowners so hard that King Prussia had to personally write a letter to explain to the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand I.
Vienna, Hofburg Palace.
"I want to eat meatballs." Ferdinand I casually threw aside the credentials handed over by his chief adviser Carl von Sluth.
"My poor brother, aren't you going to read the contents of the letter?" Archduke Franz Karl said while eating the emperor's meatballs.
"My stupid brother, does it make any difference whether I see it or not?"
"That's true!"
"Give me my meatballs! You'll finish them in a while! These are the best almond meatballs. You can't eat them after the season!"
"My poor brother, didn't Franz build a refrigerator?"
"My stupid brother, are those chefs saying there are no almonds in winter really because there are no almonds?"
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I am the two brothers who are eating almond meatballs——
Papal States, Rome.
The cardinal position that Metternich spent tens of millions of florins to buy proved to be useless. After the sudden death of Pope Gregory XVI, the number of cardinals was suddenly doubled, and the entire number of cardinals was doubled. He's Italian.
Therefore, at this time, the influence of Austria, France, and Spain on the Holy See is infinitely close to zero.
The old fogies in the Curia wanted neither a foreigner (that is, a religion influenced or controlled by powers outside the Papal State) nor a monk who was too clever.
The monks refer to Gregory XVI and Archbishop Lambruschini. Both of them firmly controlled the power of the Papal State during their lifetimes, and they were very good at calculating and making people feel like they were sitting on pins and needles.
At the same time, some knowledgeable people within the church have realized the crisis. The Papal State and the church must change, otherwise they will be submerged by the tide of the times.
So a "young" man with no background and lack of experience in working in the power center of the Holy See, and who also claimed that he wanted to change the Holy See, fell into their sight.
At this time, Muste Ferre (Pius IX) was only fifty-four years old.
In the eyes of the conservatives in the Holy See, Maste Ferre is just a young boy with no experience in the world of power in Rome. They can use their qualifications to influence him and cultivate him into a church that suits their wishes. Zong, eventually leading him to the "right path".
In fact, this decision will directly affect the entire Catholic world. Those self-righteous old fogies will soon regret their arrogance for the rest of their lives.
All the previous disasters on the European continent heralded the birth of this devil. At the same time that Mastefele was crowned Pius IX, an earthquake occurred in the Mediterranean.
The tsunami devastated coastal towns in Italy, killing thousands and destroying hundreds of ships. The end of the tsunami was a sudden cholera epidemic. At this time, the densely populated northern Italy became a hellish existence.
As the tsunami destroyed a large amount of infrastructure, coupled with the sudden drop in living standards and chaos, what happened in London and Paris was also happening in northern Italy. It is not an exaggeration to say that there are mountains of corpses. What is even more frightening is that due to the existence of railways, the epidemic quickly spread throughout Austria.
At the same time, African locusts crossed the sea and attacked Sicily, turning the beautiful legend into dry bones in the grave.