The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace

The royal garden at the turn of spring and summer seemed a bit stuffy. This kind of weather made Franz feel irritable, and the damn sense of ritual aggravated his feeling.

Obviously, they were going to discuss important strategic decisions, but they actually ran to such a beautiful place. This kind of aboveboard conspiracy is really a bit against the law.

But one thing to say, although he is already a frequent visitor to this place, he still can't help lingering.

The scenery here is really charming, fully in line with the feeling of climbing a height and looking far away. There are no clouds but beautiful royal buildings, royal gardens and beautiful artificial lakes.

wait what is that?Something was coming through the waves, and at this time a fat seal like a torpedo was dragging Friedrich rushing in the artificial lake.

Just 5 minutes ago the young Grand Duke found himself seemingly running late.

So he planned to take a shortcut, and after climbing up a neat tree wall, he jumped down.It's just that his leap of faith was ruined by a tree branch hanging from his trouser leg.

Although Friedrich swung his arms vigorously, he had no wings after all, and finally fell straight down.After the smoke and dust passed, he found that he was not injured and still felt the touch of a soft Q bullet in his hand.

Friedrich suddenly became excited. He still remembered that Franz once told a story about a young prince and a beautiful princess.

It's just that the princess climbed over the wall and knocked down the prince, and she was just the opposite.

While Friedrich fantasized about the appearance of the other party at the moment, he was also a little distressed that he was already a person who was about to enter the palace of marriage. He wondered if this kind of behavior was considered infidelity to his fiancée?

Friedrich finally opened his eyes after a battle between heaven and man, and he found a pair of big black and moist eyes staring at him.

Only it was not a princess, but a huge seal.

"what!"

"Ah!"

"Ahhh!"

Shocked, Friedrich was about to get up and run away when the angry sea beast bit his trousers.There was only one thought in his mind at this moment, why wasn't this damn rag torn?

However, the quality of military products has been tested by practice at this moment. Seeing that his foot could not be pulled out, the young Grand Duke had a plan to lift the seal in front of him with both hands and throw it out.
After all, he had witnessed Franz's father being able to hold it up with one arm, presumably this thing should be puffy like a balloon and not too heavy.

The idea is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.The "little giant", who is only 1.6 meters tall, couldn't even hug the giant beast's waist, but it accidentally touched the itchy flesh of the seal.

The result was that it was stimulated and wanted to speed up to leave here, and the young archduke who was also frightened subconsciously pressed his whole body tightly against the seal.

So a seal carried a man on the back of the palace and began to rush forward in the palace garden. Along the way, he passed through the bushes, crushed the flowers and plants, and knocked down several pieces of exquisite porcelain.

A team of maids delivering meals was still talking and joking, but they suddenly heard a strange sound. When everyone was wondering, one person and one leopard rushed out of the bushes, rushed into the crowd like bowling, and knocked down all the maids. , Drinks are flying all over the sky.

The marching seal also took a fish in its mouth and sucked it in.Although Friedrich's trousers had been loosened, how could he notice them as he was already in such a mess along the way.

In the end, a man and a leopard rushed out of the garden, rushed to the pier, soared into the air, and then landed heavily on the water.

Before the water surface returned to calm, the seals launched a sprint again, one man and one leopard cleaving the waves in the artificial lake.

Although the picture of Leopard Chong is very cool, Friedrich as a passenger is not happy at all.Soon he couldn't hold on and fell, but what was even more unfortunate was that his leg was still cramping.

"I'm the admiral of the navy! How could I die in the sea!"

"Damn it! I can't float anymore!"

"No wonder, Franz always keeps himself away from the water, so he is really hated by the sea!"

The lack of oxygen in the brain in the water caused Friedrich's consciousness to gradually slacken. Before he lost consciousness, he saw a figure swimming towards him.
After half an hour.

Franz: "Mr. New Tepner, how is he?"

"The Grand Duke is fine. He just drank some water and swallowed a fish. He might suffer from indigestion."

"Thank you doctor, this way please."

Franz was speechless for a while, Friedrich seemed really not suitable for "playing with water".

"Cough cough!"

Friedrich coughed up another big mouthful of water, and only then did he wake up.

"Frantz?"

"Yes, uncle, here I am. How did you fall into the water?"

Friedrich gasped with difficulty: "There is a seal, it dragged me in. Who would have thought it would be so heavy?"

After hearing the cause and effect, Franz was even more speechless.

"The seal my father clamped was only about 60 kilograms, and the one you tried to lift weighed at least 150 kilograms. Even my father knew that the persimmons should be picked softly. Obviously, your challenge has leapfrogged."

Friedrich gave Franz a blank look, then changed the subject.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, what's your business with me?"

"Do you remember that little island in the Pacific Ocean I described to you?"

"Hawaii? Isn't that where the British are?"

On February 1843, 2, the Royal Navy's "Callisterford" battleship arrived in Honolulu.

British businessmen Richard Charlton and Alexander Simpson claimed that the British and their property had been treated unfairly on the island of Hawaii.

So the British commander George Paulett made a series of demands to the then King Kamehameha III of Hawaii, and threatened that if the legal rights of the British were not met, he would launch an attack immediately.

In fact, similar things have not happened before. Both the Americans and the French used similar reasons to blackmail this kingdom surrounded by oceans.

But the former blackmailed only money, while Britain's target was the entire Hawaiian Islands.

Although Kamehameha III wanted to fight hard, after all, he had 10,000+ subjects and thousands of warriors, but these natives who were only equipped with spears, daggers, axes and some old-fashioned flintlock guns were powerless against the British spears short cannon.

Although George Paulett actually had only about [-] marines and [-] marines.

But just a simple contact with one hundred of the bravest warriors in the Hawaiian army destroyed more than half, and only one recruit on the British side was burned by the gunpowder gases of his own rifle.

In the end, Kamehameha III could only choose to submit, and finally on February 1843, 2, the Kingdom of Hawaii and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on the provisional cession of the islands.

After that, the British established a committee on the island of Hawaii and began to rule the islands with high pressure. They began to occupy the port, drive away businessmen from other countries, erase the traces of the Kingdom of Hawaii, support puppets, and even established a puppet army composed of Hawaiians. .

However, the behavior of the British eating alone was quickly protested by businessmen from France and the United States.The French even sent a fleet to reason with the British.

So the British soon restored the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii, but in fact they still secured the seat of the overlord.

It has to be said that the strategic vision of the British Empire is indeed unique. This island country in the deep Pacific Ocean has indeed become the strategic core for the Americans to control the Asia-Pacific region in the future, and one of its places was also destroyed by aircraft from another island country nearly a hundred years later. Patronize.

Although there are three forces on the island of Hawaii, Britain, France, and the United States, Britain and France obviously did not ask the Americans for their opinions when they carve up the islands, and they did not intend to let the latter join the party.

An American businessman on the island of Hawaii wrote to the US President James Knox Polk at this time, hoping that the most powerful president in American history would send a fleet to threaten Britain and France like the French, so as to protect the United States. The interests of businessmen.

But toughness does not mean toughness, especially after being tricked by the British once in Sierra Leone, Polk began to re-examine himself and the United States, which seemed not as perfect as he imagined.

The U.S. government rejected the businessman's request, so the businessman named Thomas Faner wrote to the Austrian imperial government instead, claiming that his ancestors were subjects of the Holy Roman Empire.

The Austrian high-level has little interest in this kind of operation that spans half of the world. After all, the output of those small islands may not be enough for transportation.

But Franz is quite interested in this, and he has other purposes, which is to knock on the door of Japan.

After all, if Austria wants to develop California and Nevada, the current manpower alone is far from enough, and Japan's financial system is also very chaotic at this time, but it can still make a lot of money, and it may even take advantage of the loopholes in it to control its financial system in one fell swoop.

In fact, Franz still has some private goods. Like some music
In Schönbrunn Palace, Friedrich expressed incomprehension to Franz's strategy, because Japan at this time was still very mysterious to Westerners.

Although Austria has a lot of information provided by the Dutch, there is still not much understanding of its internal structure, military strength, and resource allocation.

Friedrich: "My navy has launched a new ship, this time is just a try."

Franz: "You can try it, but I don't think it will work."

Friedrich: "I'm not talking about the British and the French. The big Japanese don't fight a few wars. How can they sit down and talk with us?"

Franz: "You don't need to do the negotiation."

Friedrich looked at Franz with some doubts, and the latter snapped his fingers.Kagura put on the maiden costume again, but the feeling was completely different from before.

"Don't you say that Japan is a patriarchal society? Are you sure this chick won't be quartered?"

Franz: "That depends on whether you have enough deterrent power!"

Friedrich sighed.

"I don't know what you are thinking? But I must tell you that Britain and France have made a lot of small moves at sea,
If they come out in full force like before, in case there is any trouble, the previous US-Mexico War is the best example. "

In fact, because the main force of the Austrian Imperial Navy went to the east and failed to return in time, Franz had few choices during the Mexican-American War, leaving Austria in a strategically passive position, especially in the direction of California, which was almost lost.

If the Austrian Imperial Navy was there at that time, I am afraid that the US military would not dare to attack California at all.Even if there is a fierce battle between the two sides, the former has a high probability of sending the latter to the bottom of the sea.

Franz: "So you only take ten ships this time."

Friedrich: "Ten ships?!!! Are you kidding me? Didn't you say that country has at least 3000 million people and 50 navy and army troops?
Are you going to send me ten ships to fight France? "

Franz: "Don't worry, that country has many islands and mountains, and the local separatist forces are very strong. The shogunate only has 20 troops, and they can only mobilize 10 at most, and it will take at least half a year, so you don't have to Worry."

Friedrich: "Do they have artillery?"

Franz: "Yes."

Friedrich: "You're murder! Your toy soldiers just killed [-] British troops on Kalimantan!"

Franz reminded: "That's the British Indian Army."

Friedrich was speechless.

"Aren't Indians considered British?"

"Not counting."

"Why?"

"If you don't believe me, you can ask the British."

Friedrich was speechless again. When he went to India before, those British really said so.

"Just treat them as native Africans."

Franz comforted, and Friedrich immediately retorted.

"To deal with those African natives, you only need a few incendiary bombs, and then wait for the fire to recede to identify the corpses. Can you do the same with the shogunate?"

"It's really good!

The vast majority of houses in Japan are wooden buildings, and the layout is extremely unreasonable, with dense buildings, narrow roads, and extremely poor fire resistance.

In addition, there is no advanced fire extinguishing equipment, and the fire may be worse than the dry season of the African grassland!

It's just that Huo Gong is detrimental to Yin and virtue, so you'd better do it less. "

In fact, there are not many super fires in Japanese history, and there have even been city-destroying disasters like the Edo fire.

A fire directly burned two-thirds of the buildings in Edo Castle at that time, and directly killed [-] people.

"What is Yinde?"

"A comparison table of Eastern gods killing people."

Friedrich was confused, but he was still looking forward to this trip, after all, it was his first time sailing around the world.

Franz's route was to start from Austria, bypass South America to California, then set off for Hawaii, and finally Japan.

"Okay then. I have one more question."

"Go ahead."

"It's not suitable to bring women at sea, or is this Ms. Kagura ready to 'dedicate her life' to the navy?"

"You don't have to worry about it, I have my own solution. As long as you arrange her in the same room as your fiancee."

"Seneca?"

"Yes, it's really annoying."

"It's not you! You actually put my fiancée and Carolina together!"

"how could I know!"

"Fortunately, you are still regarded as a saint by the archbishop. You don't even know that my sister is the most expensive girl in Vienna?"

"How would I know!
I just thought it would be inconvenient for her to live in Schönbrunn Palace alone, so I sent her back to your house, after all, Princess Sneka will be your wife sooner or later, and it is completely reasonable to live with your sister."

"Damn it, my salary and annuity are not enough for her."

"Isn't your family famous for spending money too much? Why do you still worry about this little money?"

"Who says our family spends too much? We're just not stingy with the money we should spend."

"Then how did Aunt Carolina develop her habit of spending money?"

Friedrich said somewhat helplessly.

"Hey! My father thinks girls are born to spend money."

"Okay. I'll help you solve the money problem. It's better for you to bring her with you. As your wife, she should also get used to your life well.

Besides, I think it's kind of romantic to think of this trip around the world as my own wedding. "