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 knots, 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, gendarmerie, police, and militiamen. Among them, all 150 garrison personnel 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 who were guilty of the most heinous crimes and 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 snowy 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 superiors. 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 the rebels, their ambitions will probably be buried deep underground.

However, it would be cruel and wasteful to exile people directly to death. Filling up the colonial settlements in the interior of Africa might be a good choice.

These colonial settlements that go deep into the interior can be said to be like 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, 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 colonies that go deep into the interior often do not even have primary 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.

And the natives living in the jungle usually refused to communicate, and the colonists could not communicate with them. The natives just regarded the pioneers as a dangerous food.

As for the plowing and sweeping of the fields like in the coastal areas, it was almost impossible, because the jungle terrain was complex, and there were primitive traps in the swamps, mud, and cracks in the ground, which could swallow human lives at any time, and it was almost impossible to pursue them continuously.

Franz felt that those Polish restorers in such a place should not have the heart to rebel, and if they wanted to survive, they had to rely on the Austrian supply team, and if they wanted to return to Europe, they needed Austrian ships.

Of course, Franz never gave people hope. These people could also end their exile as long as they served for ten years. If they made great contributions, they could be given a reduced sentence, and they could even become officials and make a fortune. At the same time, all their food, clothing and other expenses would be counted as new sentences.

However, all of this was based on the premise that they could survive. If they could not survive, these were just empty promises.

More difficult to deal with than these captives were those "Polish nobles who might be bewitched and rebel."

Although Franz had used various means to deal with a large number of them before, the serfs were not professional butchers after all.

In fact, a large number of remnants were left behind. According to tradition, the Austrian government could not do anything to them, after all, they were all nobles.

Although the Polish nobles had their own circles and usually did not mix with the original Austrian noble circles, there were inevitably a few exceptions.

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