Chapter 780 Statistics
In St. Petersburg, in another room of the Winter Palace, Princess Olga was reciting the love poem sent by Franz repeatedly.
"Waiting for the clouds after a rain, waiting for the brightest star, waiting for you and I to meet again." (Latin)
Although the content is obscure, Princess Olga has figured out a lot of reasons why Franz had to do this.
In fact, it is shameful to say that as the daughter of the Russian Tsar, the 24-year-old has yet to receive a true love letter.
Most of the love letters Olga received before were written by her brothers to tease her, and even if they were true, she would burn them as pranks.
Only Queen Alexandra is worried because her daughter will be 27 years old in three years, which is almost unheard of for an old girl in the royal family.
But her daughter was happy, her husband was ecstatic holding those iron lumps, and her sons were jumping around like monkeys. She had no choice but to hope that everything would go well.
Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.
The statistical report of the Battle of Galicia is out.
This includes important data such as battle damage on both sides, property losses, the number of people killed by the Polish Restoration Army, and the number of nobles who conspired with the Polish Restoration Army.
The total number of civilian casualties in Galicia and the newly naturalized Krakow region exceeded 100,000, the vast majority of whom were serfs, and the rest were mainly Krakow citizens who refused to be coerced, including the former mayor of Krakow and nineteen MPs.
During the entire Battle of Galicia, there were more than 1,300 casualties among the garrison, gendarmes, police, and militiamen. Among them, all 150 garrison members of the Calvaria Fortress were brutally killed.
51 police officers and 249 government officials died in the line of duty in Krakow. The Austrian Empire posthumously awarded them medals of honor and granted pensions in accordance with domestic standards at the same level.
This kind of behavior is actually like buying horse bones for thousands of dollars. These relatives of officials in Krakow don't know when their deceased relatives became officials in Austria.
But they had just escaped from death and naturally could not refuse this wealth that fell from the sky. This money was not only to appease the old forces, but also to set an example for the new forces in the city, making them understand the benefits of obedience and the cost of resistance.
After discussion, the senior officials of the Austrian Empire decided not to take back the status of the Free City of Krakow. In fact, this was a helpless move. After all, it was not good to openly violate the rules and regulations of the German Customs Union.
Moreover, a free city under Austrian control is more valuable than a ruin that has lost its status as a transportation and commercial hub.
In this battle, the Austrian Imperial Expeditionary Force suffered 173 casualties, killed 4,788 foreign separatist forces, and captured 25,674 people.
However, according to the custom of this era, except for the three heinous criminals who were hanged under an order personally signed by Ferdinand I, the others were sentenced to hard labor and exile.
Fortunately, Franz solved some troubles through public trials in advance, otherwise those people might not get the punishment they deserve at all.
Of course, the so-called public trials cannot be made public, so those things can only be done by the people on their own initiative, and the Austrian army cannot stop it, that's all.
In fact, the scale of hard labor and exile in the Austrian Empire was very broad. Hard labor can range from mowing lawns in Vienna's parks to digging coal in mines. The amount of labor and the degree of danger are vastly different.
Similarly, exile can go to international metropolises such as Paris, Vienna, and London, or to resorts such as the beaches of Venice or the snow-capped mountains of the Alps, or even to the tropical rainforests of the Congo, the no-man's land of Dalmatia, or the vast expanses of Namibia. The desert is a restricted area of life.
As for the verdict, it all depends on the judge and the higher-ups. Naturally, Franz doesn’t want to face a group of invincible bullies all day long.
Even if ten years of mining life cannot physically eliminate those rebels, their ambitions will probably be buried deep underground.
However, exiling people directly to death is a bit cruel and wasteful. Filling up the colonial settlements in the interior of Africa may be a good choice.
These colonial settlements that go deep into the inland can be said to be dragons and tigers' dens. The mortality rate of more than 10% every year is normal, and some are even taken away by floods, plagues, earthquakes, and waves of indigenous people.
At this time, the pioneer life in the interior of Africa was like this. It was still farming, hunting, and beating up the natives, but the level of danger was more than ten times higher.
These settlements that go deep into the interior often do not even have rudimentary production capabilities. They have to start from scratch to survive in the wilderness. Almost all tools and weapons come from limited supplies.
The supply team often only comes once every few months. The same problem may not be a problem in the mainland. It is just a minor trouble in the coastal settlements, but it is a fatal matter in these frontline settlements.
Venomous insects and ferocious beasts are almost everywhere in the jungle, and they are even more difficult to find and deadly in the coastal plains.
At the same time, these areas are also paradises for diseases and bacteria. Even if fire destroys the vegetation near settlements, new spores will soon be carried by the wind.
The indigenous people were not much of a threat in the coastal areas. The number of colonists was almost more than a hundred and all problems could be solved. The exchange ratio between the two sides was usually above 1:10, and the colonists were almost invincible.
But in the jungle, it is a completely different situation. Aboriginal people acting alone or in small groups are more difficult to deal with than a coalition of several large indigenous tribes.
Moreover, the indigenous people living in the jungle usually refused to communicate, and the colonists were unable to communicate with them. The indigenous people only regarded the pioneers as a dangerous food.
As for plowing and clearing holes like in coastal areas, it is almost impossible because the jungle terrain is complex, and there are primitive traps in swamps, mire, and ground cracks. They may swallow human lives at any time, and it is almost impossible to pursue them continuously. impossible.
Franz felt that those Polish resurgents probably had no intention of starting a rebellion in a place like this, and as long as they wanted to survive, they had to rely on the Austrian supply team, and they needed Austrian ships if they wanted to return to Europe.
Of course, Franz never fails to give people hope. These people can also end their exile as long as they serve for ten years. If they perform major meritorious services, their sentences can be reduced, and they can even become officials and make a fortune. At the same time, all their food and clothing expenses will be counted. New sentence.
But all of this is based on the premise that they can survive. If they can't survive, this is just a painting.
Even more difficult to deal with than these prisoners were those "Polish nobles who may have been seduced into rebellion."
Although Franz had used various methods to deal with a large number of them before, the serfs were not professional butchers after all.
In fact, they left a lot of legacy. According to tradition, the Austrian government cannot do anything to them. After all, everyone is a noble.
Although the Polish aristocracy had its own circle and usually did not mix with the original Austrian aristocratic circle, there were inevitably a few exceptions.
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