Chapter 90 Our Goal Is

“.” Franz was speechless for a while. It seems that heroes are not easy to resist beauty.

Franz looked at Talia, and saw that Talia's head was shaking like a rattle.

Franz originally wanted to tell Friedrich that Talia was going to be the dean of the Vienna Royal Women's Academy, and he didn't want to consider such things for the time being.

But then he thought, wouldn't this make him a target again? The guy opposite obviously regarded himself as a competitor. If he spoke for Talia again, he was afraid that the boy's misunderstanding would deepen.

Although it might be a bit cruel, Talia had to face it herself, and Franz didn't have much energy to give her.

"As long as Miss Talia agrees, after her term ends, it is her freedom to stay or leave."

Franz kicked the ball back to Talia. Talia herself did not yearn for the marriage of the nobles, and even sneered at the nobles' view of love. She didn't want to be anyone's lover.

Compared to being a lover of a noble, she would rather be the principal. Talia understood Franz's intention, which was to give her the opportunity to choose, and also to give both parties a cooling-off period to think.

Franz's approach was very rational and thoughtful, and there was nothing wrong with it, but Talia was a little disappointed.

Friedrich looked at Talia expectantly, and Talia responded with a very standard smile, but her eyes did not look at him.

Friedrich was not a man who was sentimental, and he quickly entered the role and led the topic to the conflict between Turkey and Egypt.

"Franz, you said that the Egyptians are expanding their military and preparing for war, and are ready to move? Why didn't the intelligence department of the empire notice it? I am a naval staff officer after all, but I have no news at all. Is it that Count Tural deliberately concealed it?"

Franz shook his head.

"The Treaty of Kutahya allowed Egypt to obtain a large amount of Ottoman territory, but Ali Pasha still had to pay tribute to the Ottoman Sultan and pay symbolic taxes every year. At the same time, the Ottoman Sultan always regarded it as a humiliation and always wanted to retaliate against Egypt.

In short, in one word, the Treaty of Kutahya is not a peace agreement, but an armistice agreement, and the deadline is when one party feels the time is ripe."

Friedrich knew the content of the Treaty of Kutahya, but this treaty was signed at the urging of the five major European powers. Did Egypt and the Ottomans really have the courage to challenge the order set by the Europeans?

"Does one side really dare to break the order? Don't they know what the consequences will be?"

"But now Britain, France and Russia have their own ulterior motives. The French are now flirting with the Egyptians. The Egyptians' technology was given by the French, and France is also the largest financier of the Egyptian Ali government.

The Russians are busy encroaching on the legacy of the Ottoman Empire. As long as the Egyptians don't touch the bottom line of the Russians, they hope that the Egyptians will continue to weaken the Ottoman Empire.

Only Britain wants to maintain the integrity of the Ottoman Empire in order to maximize its own interests, but in this way Britain has conflicts with Russia, France and Egypt.

Will we and Prussia really pay a huge price for the Middle East issue?

Theoretically, the Egyptians have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters by taking advantage of the conflicts and interest distribution issues among European countries."

But in history, the European powers did not give the Egyptians a chance, and directly united to sanction Egypt, so that Egypt completely withdrew from the historical stage of the struggle for hegemony.

"But Franz, you know that our Austrian Empire has almost no interests in Egypt and West Asia, so why should we get involved in such things?" Friedrich asked.

"But the Austrian Empire is the maker and maintainer of order. If the Austrian Empire retreats, then the face of the empire may certainly be lost, and even its original status will be deprived." Franz replied.

"But this is just your guess, or your wishful thinking. Even if you are the future heir to the throne, if I send what you said to the Ministry of War, I am afraid I will only be laughed at."

"As you said, all this is just my child's guess, but I can give you some data. These are all documents from the Prime Minister Metternich's office."

Talia took out a box and opened it, which contained a thick stack of documents.

The Egyptian government took tough measures in the economy, controlling 95% of exports and 40% of imports. Among them, the trade volume of cotton has increased 256 times compared with before the last war. This alone can provide the Egyptian government with nearly one million pounds of income each year.

The Egyptians built their own arsenal in Cairo, using technology that the French have eliminated, and can produce four cannons and 700 rifles every month.

The total strength of the Egyptians is as high as 210,000, and they are trained by French instructors.

In terms of the navy, two large shipyards can increase the combat power of the Egyptian navy every year, and they have purchased dozens of warships in France, and their strength has far exceeded that of the past.

What shocked Friedrich the most was that there were actually nine first-class battleships under construction in the Alexandria Shipyard in Egypt.

There was an exaggeration in it, because most of the warships sold by the French to the Egyptians were converted from scrapped ships, and the Egyptians' shipbuilding technology was not up to standard. The first-class battleships they built were equivalent to the level of European third-class battleships.

Just reading the report, Friedrich's palms were full of sweat. After all, according to the navy's intelligence, the Egyptian ships were mainly light gunboats and sloops.

What Friedrich didn't know was that the naval intelligence he saw was compiled ten years ago.

Perhaps it was the huge contrast between the two. Friedrich's hands were shaking at this time. Franz was also thinking whether he had over-modified Prime Minister Metternich's government report. After all, the opponent's real strength was far beyond the previous expectations.

At this time, Friedrich laughed and tapped the intelligence in his hand.

"Interesting! If we can block the Egyptian navy in their docks and annihilate them, then our Austrian navy will definitely be famous."

Sure enough, young people are not frivolous. In just a few minutes, Friedrich not only decided to destroy the Egyptian navy, but also formulated a set of tactics for this purpose, and even anticipated the battle process and results.

"If the existing naval ships of the Austrian Empire are modified, how long will it take to form combat power?" Franz suddenly asked.

"One to three months, modification is not difficult, but the soldiers need to be familiar with the operation. The military expenditure of the Austrian Empire Navy has always been insufficient, and many departments of the navy usually have no people, but are only hired when the war is imminent." Friedrich explained.

"So how long will it take to gather the troops needed for an ocean-going war?"

"Ocean-going war? Since its establishment, the Austrian Imperial Navy has not conducted a real ocean-going voyage."

"What? Are you scared?"

"Such a poor provocation, do you think it will work on me?"

"What do you mean?"

"Where is the enemy? Is it Mexico?"

With the support of the United States, the Mexican rebels blocked the ports of the Mexican government forces. Mexico asked France for help, but was rejected. Tasan Anna's vice president sneaked to Vienna by boat, asked the Austrian Empire for help and asked to see Archduke Franz Karl.

But it was ruthlessly delayed by the Regency Committee. Count Korolov supported helping the Mexican government forces to fight the rebels, while Metternich opposed intervening in Mexican affairs. After all, the Austrian Empire did not have enough troops and financial resources to fight for others.

"No, it's Zhenla." Franz replied.

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The plot of Zhenla was omitted a lot because of its low evaluation, but it is time to recycle the main line.

However, it also depends on the opinions of the book friends. If there are more objections, then it will be passed over in one stroke, but the naval battle will be mentioned.

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