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 Tsarist Russian soldiers with their bodies. Many more were pushed. Hoping to catch up to 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, Wenbetrovsky and Stadion exchanged simple greetings and some conventional diplomatic rhetoric.

Although Wenbetlovsky 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 didn't 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 also need to 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 scary 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 advisor Carl von Sloot.

"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?"

——

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 of no use. After the sudden death of Pope Gregory XVI, the number of cardinals was suddenly doubled, and the entire 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 Lambruscini, both of whom firmly controlled the power of the Papal States when they were alive, and were very calculating, making people feel uneasy.

At the same time, some knowledgeable people in the church realized the crisis. The Papal States and the Church must change, otherwise they will be submerged by the tide of the times.

So a "young" man with no background, no experience working in the power center of the Roman Curia, and claiming that he wanted to change the Curia fell into their sight.

At this time, Mastai Ferre (Pius IX) was only 54 years old.

In the eyes of the conservatives in the Curia, Mastai Ferre was just a young man with no experience in the world of power in Rome. They could influence him with their qualifications and cultivate him into a pope who suited their wishes, and finally lead him to the "right path".

In fact, this decision will directly affect the entire Catholic world, and those self-righteous old stubborn people will soon regret their arrogance at this time.

All the disasters that had occurred on the European continent before were foreshadowing the birth of this demon king. Just as Maste Ferre was crowned as Pius IX, an earthquake occurred in the Mediterranean.

The tsunami engulfed coastal towns in Italy, killing thousands of people and destroying hundreds of ships. The tsunami ended with a sudden cholera epidemic, and the densely populated northern Italy became a hellish existence.

Because the tsunami destroyed a lot of infrastructure, coupled with the sudden decline in living standards and chaos, what happened in London and Paris was also staged in northern Italy at this time. It is not an exaggeration to say that the corpses piled up like mountains, and what was more terrible was that due to the existence of railways, the epidemic was quickly spread to the whole of Austria.

At the same time, locusts from Africa attacked Sicily across the sea, turning the beautiful legend into dry bones in the tomb.