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

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

"Prince Metternich has a new mistress!"

Franz had long been used to Talia's gossip, but this time Franz couldn't calm down.

"Prince Metternich is 63 years old, Talia, why don't you let him go!"

"What do you mean I won't let him go! Then can you explain why a 63-year-old man is still keen to find a new mistress?" Thalia retorted.

"Oh? How old is Prince Metternich's mistress?" In fact, Franz was also a little curious.

"20 years old, maybe less than 20 years old, how can a woman's age be exposed casually!"

"This is an old cow eating young grass, but it's not surprising in the noble circle!"

"Hey," Thalia said pretending to be mysterious.

"There are even more explosive ones!"

"What?" Franz asked.

"Earl Korolov also found a mistress." Thalia replied.

"I asked you to inquire about the news. Why do you collect gossip..." Franz said helplessly.

"Don't worry, just listen to me."

"Okay." Franz had no choice but to continue listening patiently.

"Prince Metternich and the mistress of Count Korolaf are the same person." Thalia whispered.

"...Aren't they dead enemies? It seems that some views are quite consistent."

"My esteemed Grand Duke, perhaps you should expand your imagination."

"No, I just think that woman is trying to kill her. How can Metternich and Kororav be easy to deal with? You can know about it. How can the two of them not know?" Franz said with a smile .

Talia spread her hands.

"Anyway, now this woman is doing well in the upper circles of Vienna, and even caused several duels."

In fact, Austria is a very strange country. Dueling is not allowed in the army of this country. Starting from Joseph II, as long as soldiers participate in duels in the army, they will be executed.

However, something strange happened. As long as you don't fight in the army, it is not illegal. Nobles, civilians, even Jews and Gypsies have the right to duel.

The dueling atmosphere in Austria is very serious, and even the most famous duel took place between two women, that is, the shirtless fight between Metternich's granddaughter and the wife of the governor of Lower Austria.

The swift sword was the favorite weapon of the Austrians until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

A Viennese principal once said that "scholars should not die in a duel". His successors have inherited this school motto very well. Before World War II, fencing was a compulsory subject at the University of Vienna.

"It's just a beauty, there is nothing to pay attention to. Let's talk about something else." Franz is not too cold about this kind of thing.

"People say that she is the most beautiful woman in Vienna, a masterpiece of Venus, she looks like an angel, but she has a pair of devil's eyes, which can take the soul away..."

Franz stopped Talia from continuing.

"Okay, don't you just want to see a beautiful woman? What's her name? If there is a chance, I will ask my mother to take us there."

"Ajani."

Thalia nodded in satisfaction.

"Is there any other news?" Franz asked.

"The Polish Restoration Army plans to establish a branch in Vienna." Thalia replied.

Franz almost spit out the juice he just drank.

"What! This is Vienna!"

"Yes, this is Vienna, but this was said publicly by a Polish nobleman in exile in a tavern, and now everyone in Vienna knows it."

"Are the Poles crazy? What do those secret police do?"

"I don't know, but the budget of the secret police seems to have not been approved by Earl Kororav. It is said that Metternich's men can no longer afford to hire professional detectives, so they can only find some homeless people instead."

Franz blushed for a while, forgetting that Count Kororav, a liberal, was very opposed to the secret police system. It seems that he can only rely on himself, and the twenty guards in his own guard seem to be insufficient.

"Talia, keep an eye on this, I think it's up to us to sort this out."

"Well. There is another thing recently, that is, the record of civilian killers has been set again, and it has reached 670 people."

"Civilian killer?" This was the first time Franz had heard of this name, and the number of 670 people was too exaggerated. It must be known that the famous Jack the Ripper in history only killed five people.

"Oh, it's Dr. Thomas. He is the dean of the General Hospital in Vienna and an authority on obstetrics in Austria. The death rate of his delivery is very low, but only for the nobles. The commoner women who are delivered by him are close to death. He has been practicing medicine for ten years. 670 civilians died at his hands."

In Europe in this era, medicine is still very backward. Bloodletting for minor illnesses and amputation for serious illnesses are not a joke.

In the best obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Europe at that time, the annual maternal mortality rate was about 20%.

It may not be intuitive, but the death rate of pregnant women in China is now 0.0000016.

At that time, the maternal mortality rate in Europe was 125,000 times that of China today, provided that it was done in the best hospitals in Europe.

In the vast majority of hospitals in Europe, it is common for the death rate to exceed 30%, and it is not surprising that it even reaches 40%. The Vienna General Hospital even created an exaggerated figure of 0 maternal survival rate within three months.

Tips, at that time, the death rate of Europeans at home was about 10%.

"He doesn't wash his hands."

At that time, the death rate remained high, and one of the most important reasons was infection.

At that time, there was no concept of clean surgery~www.readwn.com~No doctor would wash his hands before the operation, and often just after one operation, he went to another operation, and some doctors even went to the toilet immediately Operate the patient.

European doctors at that time believed that water would weaken the functions of human organs, cold water would cause people to catch a cold and have diarrhea, and hot water would cause people’s pores to open, thereby inhaling more harmful germs, leading to serious diseases such as tuberculosis... In short, water is The source of all diseases.

There are also religious factors at work. The church once sanctified people who did not take a bath for many years. A Mr. Abraham was finally canonized as a saint because he insisted on not taking a bath for 50 years. reason.

Thalia "Then how would I know?"

Franz thought about it too, but there was something wrong when he thought about it, why the death rate of the nobles was so low, while the death rate of the civilians was so high.

"Talia, print a few more copies of this six-step handwashing method, and give it to all the hospitals in Vienna, so that they can follow it before the operation, saying it is a royal decree."

Talia has developed the habit of washing her hands by Franz's side. After all, she would steal Franz's snacks with her hands when she was unattended. Franz didn't want to die of diarrhea for no reason.

"Okay, what is this for?"

"Save people," Franz replied.

Talia picked up the "Six-Step Handwashing Method" that Franz had just written, and was going to make a few more copies. After all, according to Franz's personality, Vienna first, and then the whole country.

"Wait." Franz stopped Talia, "You go in my carriage."

"I'm going to die!" Thalia made a gesture of wiping her neck, then stuck out her tongue and rolled her eyes.

"I wish you had one less horse!" said Franz.