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

Taffy is actually not too stupid, and quickly thought of the problem.

"What if the two Assistant Governors disagree?"

"You decide."

"I?"

"Of course! It will take at least two months for the information to be sent to Vienna and then sent back."

Pigeons and boats can be used to transmit information. If it is only sailing by boat, it will take at least four or five months to go back and forth if everything goes well.

In addition, the fastest method of communication at that time was by carrier pigeon, but the cost alone was actually much higher than that of transport by ship.

First of all, in order to ensure safety and communication reliability, the distance between two pigeon stations should not exceed [-] kilometers, ideally no more than [-] kilometers, so it is necessary to build a large number of pigeon stations along the way, and they all require a lot of maintenance costs .

Secondly, this also requires a large number of trained carrier pigeons, because in order to deal with emergencies, generally speaking, a letter requires five carrier pigeons, and they are released five times to ensure the safety of the letter.

At the same time, communication between sites also requires a large number of carrier pigeons.

Usually the flight distance of the carrier pigeon is between 300-2000 kilometers. Although there are not no carrier pigeons that can fly 2700 kilometers or 3000 kilometers (the race from Beijing to Hami), but that is just an example.

The average flight speed of homing pigeons is 76 kilometers per hour, and they can fly in a straight line, which is much faster than the speed of ships.

This method of communication is expensive, but it was the fastest way before the laying of telegraph wires.

As for maritime communication, it can also be shorter than the sailing distance, because the Tanzanian colony can directly choose to go north to Egypt, and then directly entrust Egypt to transport it to Austria.

Although there was no Suez Canal at that time, it was possible to go to the Sinai Peninsula by boat, and the distance on the road after that was only more than 100 kilometers, which could be reached within a few days by camel.

In theory, such a communication distance is shorter and faster, and the information can be sent to Austria in about 15 days.

But in fact, the trade relationship between Austria and Egypt is not close. As a means of communication, there will be great uncertainty. It will be a high incense if it can be delivered within 30 days.

There is even a possibility that not only the letter cannot be delivered, but even the sender is gone.This is not alarmist. Both Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula were places where bandits were rife.

Sometimes the officials will go straight to the scene to rob, so even sending a well-trained team may not be successful.

The expeditions and archaeological teams in Egypt at that time were not missing.

(Generally speaking, it is safe but unstable, and only some classified information will choose to pass it in this way.)
Another pigeon letter that bypasses the whole of Africa. In fact, the British and Portuguese, as well as the colonists of various countries, have put a lot of effort into this, and the route is very mature, so some not-so-confidential information Franz will choose to openly deliver.

The actual speed and cost of these two methods are similar. As for why not use pigeons to go to the red sea?
Good question!Because at that time, Sudan, Abyssinia, and Saudi Arabia (Naijd) were all considered to be uncommunicable wild places. The cost of establishing and maintaining a site would be very high, and there would be great instability.

In addition, apart from the Austrian Empire, other colonists did not have much demand for this route.So Franz can only get through this route by himself, and it will take months to years to train the route afterwards.

The main reason is the limitation of homing pigeons, because it only has the property of homing. It is unrealistic to use the same pigeon to reply after receiving a letter like in some novels and movies, so a pigeon station often needs several batches of pigeons, and it has to be There is a person to transport it back and forth.

In addition, they have to face the threat of war at any time. Even a group of barbarians can easily destroy a pigeon station.

Moreover, a telegraph line will be erected between Egypt and the European continent in another ten years, and the Suez Canal will be opened in another 20 years, so it is of little value for Franz to spend a few years building a pigeon station.

However, Franz still invested a lot of money for this, the purpose is just in case, and to improve the relationship with Egypt and Saudi Arabia by the way.

Closer to home, Franz needed a Tanzanian governor because intelligence and orders could not be communicated in time.

Taffy asked puzzledly, "But what should I do?"

"Do what feels right to you."

"The right thing?"

"Yes." Franz patted Taffy on the shoulder, "I believe in your character."

The latter was a little happy, but soon asked with a bitter face.

"But I don't understand a lot of things, what should I do if I'm cheated? I'm not afraid of being bullied, but what if I'm used against you?"

Taffy was once used by Maximilian. Although it didn't have any impact, it left him with a psychological shadow.

Franz scratched the non-existent beard on his chin and said.

"Where are your canaries?"

"At home, I don't want others to laugh at them."

Franz was speechless for a while.

"You fed them so fat, it's time to use them."

After hearing this, Taffy said with a look of fear: "Ah? Didn't you want to.
"Am I like an ogre?"

"Not like."

"Then say such stupid things?! I mean they can help you."

"Help me?" Taffy asked with some doubts.

"Yes, they have more life experience than you. And they will never find a better master than you."

Hearing Franz say this, Taffy was a little happy, and then said a little embarrassed.

"Is it really okay to do this?"

"Of course! Not only now, but also in the future. Don't you always feel that you are inferior to others? You can find more canaries to help you.

Things that you can't handle can be entrusted to them. These canaries will be more loyal than your retainers, because you have things that others can't give. "

Taffy was still puzzled and continued to ask.

"I"

"Okay, I'll give you a month to prepare for the post. In addition, I suggest that you and your canaries train well, otherwise you may be sunburned to death in East Africa."

Franz pushes Taffy away. In fact, this arrangement is also a protection for his friends.Because there are too many uncertainties in the future, it may be more dangerous to stay in Vienna than the colonies and the army.

After all, many nobles were killed in the year of the storm. Although some people were involved in this torrent under unavoidable circumstances, there are some things that cannot be treated humanly. If they go wrong, they will be sworn enemies .

As for Richard Metternich, Franz was going to let his family solve it by themselves, but no matter where he went as a diplomat, he could theoretically avoid this disaster.

Richard Metternich is the fourth son of Prince Metternich, but the latter's first three sons have died, either prematurely or by accident, so the former is now the eldest son and is well cared for.

Richard Metternich's biological mother passed away not long after giving birth to him. Prime Minister Metternich may be very indulgent towards Richard because of his guilt towards his wife and the difficulty of getting a child in old age.

At the same time, he tried his best to instill his views into him, so Richard became a tragedy of an era in history.