Chapter 483 Drinking and Talking (Part 1)

Sayed was terrified that his plan was seen through. He did not expect that this unprepossessing dwarf had seen through his thoughts.

Yes, the ambitious Sultan did set up a Hongmen Banquet, waiting for the Austrian naval commanders to be introduced into the palace before designing a siege and finally seizing the fleet in the port.

If someone is arrogant, stupid and unfamiliar with the rules of the game in the East, he may indeed make such a mistake. But unfortunately, Franz is well versed in the rules of the game in the East, and although Friedrich is arrogant, he is not stupid.

Sayed's words just now caused Friedrich to think deeply, and he felt that he was almost at the age to get married.

Generally speaking, the marriage of a royal family member like him must be in the interests of the family, that is, it is usually decided by the patriarch.

But the current Emperor Ferdinand I probably doesn't have the ability or the mood to study his marriage.

There have been pagan marriages in the history of the Habsburg family. The first one was his father, Archduke Karl.

But marrying an Arab is exciting, but there are other ways, such as directly converting the Queen of Zhenla like Archduke Ambrose did.

But there is still a big difference between Friedrich and Ambrose, after all, one is a direct royal family, and the other is a branch of a branch.

Although Friedrich wanted to make trouble, he didn't have the right, let alone the courage. But it's okay to see what the other party looks like first.

Friedrich looked at the panicked Sayid in front of him and comforted him.

"It's not that I don't believe you, but I recently got a disease that will kill me if I leave the ship too far. So why don't you hold the dinner on my flagship. You can bring the food and the princess."

A lie that Friedrich made up immediately overloaded Sayid's brain.

He didn't believe it at first, but then he thought about the fact that the Emperor of the Austrian Empire at that time was an idiot who could only wake up for two hours a day, and he was relieved.

The latter couldn't help but sigh that the world is so big and there are all kinds of things, and at the same time he began to worry about his daughter's second half of life.

Although he was reluctant, Sayyid could only offer his favorite daughter, Princess Sineka, because only this princess was the smartest, most beautiful, and most capable of fighting for the interests of the Oman Empire, and she could speak German.

Sayyid separated power and family affection very clearly. For his power and his empire, he could abandon his parents, brothers, wife and children.

The conversation between Friedrich and Sayyid made the entourage of both sides look confused. They were just on the verge of a fight, and now they were talking about marriage. This really made it difficult for people to react.

However, the officials on the Oman side could understand it. After all, they saw with their own eyes that the Austrian fleet was more terrifying than the legend, so they could fully understand the Sultan's behavior at this time.

After all, a good man does not suffer a loss in front of him, and in the Arab world, daughters are really not valuable "items". At this time, women in the Arab world were in a subordinate position, and sometimes women could even be honorably executed for the sake of family reputation.

So being able to use it for marriage is simply making the best use of it, and dying for a good cause.

When Sayyid boarded the super-class battleship "Venecia", his performance was not much better than that of his second son Majid.

Sayyid was not without knowledge. He had boarded the British 74-gun battleship and bought two of them with his own money.

But the "Venecia" in front of him was twice the size of an ordinary 74-gun battleship, which was indeed a bit shocking for the East African overlord. He stayed there stupidly for a long time.

The Omani princes and officials who were traveling with him also lowered their heads. They couldn't help but admire Mayed a little, because if it were them, they would not dare to engage in a firefight with such a terrible fleet.

Friedrich only invited some officers and Omani senior officials to dinner, so the security alert work was not difficult to handle.

The Omani side was still very efficient. They immediately set up a temporary tent near the port, and all kinds of delicious food were continuously delivered to the ship.

There were even dancers and bands to cheer them up. Friedrich seemed to be in low spirits, while Sayid was preoccupied.

On the contrary, the officials in charge of the economy on both sides were talking very speculatively.

After all, the conditions offered by Austria were too favorable compared to those offered by the Portuguese and the British, and the market was not ordinary.

This was natural. After all, Austria had a monopoly on Oman's spices, so it was natural that it would do its best. As for the so-called vast market, it was naturally the German Customs Union, the Apennine Customs Union, and Russia.

Compared with the British and Portuguese, who were greedy and ruthless, Franz was naturally much more generous. But in fact, the latter's profits were higher than the former because of the monopoly.

Franz could adopt a policy of small profits but quick turnover, which would benefit the people and allies on the one hand, and Austria and Oman could also make more money on the other.

The only consequence was that it seized the market share of the Netherlands, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, forcing these greedy and ruthless guys to lower their prices.

Of course, if these idiots could come up with a price alliance, Franz would make sure they would be beaten to a pulp.

The Austrian disturbance caused huge losses to the Dutch East Indies, but it didn't matter to the Netherlands, especially since the Dutch king himself wished that those guys in the Dutch East Indies would die soon so that his government could better control the overseas colonies.

England and Portugal were completely driven out of the German and Italian markets by Austria, but now they are not too concerned about the spice trade, but focus their main energy on opium, the "most valuable" commodity in the 19th century.

The Austrian Empire prohibits the abuse of opium, and there is no reason. The emperor does not like it, the church does not like it, and the lower class people are not desperate enough to live without opium.

Therefore, opium has always been treated as a harmful drug in Austria, which is inseparable from the propaganda of the nobility and the church. The so-called upper-down effect is just like this.

In fact, Austrian medicine has also developed much faster than in history, so many diseases do not require doctors to use anesthetics.

While the church was frantically promoting traditional Chinese medicine, it killed a large number of rogue doctors who only bled patients and drank opium tincture.

In fact, the level of traditional Chinese medicine in the church has developed very rapidly. Because there are a large number of believers and poor people who can use them to practice skills, and there is no so-called private possession within the church.

The doctors of the church believe that this is the property of the church. A large amount of exchange and practice, coupled with mutual learning, has rapidly improved the overall level of this organization.

Of course, the Austrian church was also divided into two factions. One faction believed that the same disease should be treated in the same way. If the disease could not be cured, it was God's will and the patient and the rescuer were not pious enough.

The other faction believed that God was merciful and that the rescuer did not understand God's language, and the symptoms of the patients were actually a revelation. Therefore, the same disease should not be treated in the same way.

Finally, the two sides started a competition to determine the winner, and the latter was naturally the winner.

As a result, the development of traditional Chinese medicine in Austria entered the fast lane, while the Western medicine funded by Franz did not produce any decent results.

The anesthesia technology that was finally born under the urging of Franz himself was plagiarized by the church.

In fact, although the ideas of these charlatans were outrageous, they found another way to touch the threshold of the highest realm of traditional Chinese medicine - awakening in a moment.