Struggle in Russia

Brasov County is located in the southeastern part of the Transylvanian Plateau, with the capital city Brasov, Moldavia to the northeast and Transylvania to the west.

Of course, the current Transylvania has nothing to do with Wallachia or the future Romania. This land still belongs to the Habsburg family and Austria, and more specifically, it should belong to the Habsburgs. Hungary under family rule.

Until the end of the First World War, the Habsburg family was terminated, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided into five horses. As a reward for Romania’s joining the Allied Powers, Transylvania was cut from Hungary according to the Treaty of Trianon. to Romania.

Of course, this is still 70 or 80 years later. For the time being, Wallachia, not to mention coveting Transylvania, doesn't even have the guts to provoke Austria.

It should also be noted that Brasov is exactly located in the basin at the northern foot of the Southern Balkatian Mountains. From here, going south to Prahova County and Bucharest will turn over the mountain, which is equivalent to saying that it is a pass on the foothills.

Therefore, Brasov is very important from the geographical environment. It is a hub connecting Bucharest to Moldavia and Transylvania. In other words, if the Russian army wants to enter Wallachia from the northwest to capture Bucharest, Brasov must pass through.

And this is why Dimitri invited Li Xiao to play, and someone agreed directly. He is very interested in the defense situation of this traffic artery and hub. Although as long as he understands the situation in Bucharest in China, considering the pissing nature of the old naughty Nicholas I, the scope covered by this "area" is very large. It's hard to say, it's good to be a little more proactive and make more first-hand preparations.

Because Brasov is a transportation hub, commerce and handicrafts are very developed, and its economy is also one of the best in Wallachia, second only to Bucharest in the country. It can be regarded as a big city that holds weight!

Of course, this big city must be in quotation marks, because the population of Brasov is really not that big, at least it is incomparable with the big cities of East Asian monster houses in later generations. The population in its heyday was more than 300,000. According to Li Xiao The population in this period of time is smaller, and it is at most the level of a fifth-tier small county in the Celestial Dynasty.

As the capital of Brasov County, Brasov is actually a county seat, so it’s not a problem to call it that. The entire county is in the style of an ancient Eastern European city, and Gothic architectural styles abound. For example, the famous Black Church is located in this city.

"It's really burnt black?" Li Xiaolue asked curiously like a serious tourist.

Dimitri, who was a guest tour guide, immediately replied: "Yes, Mr. Diomede, the outer wall of the church was indeed blackened because of the fire... It was still in 1689, because Brasso, who was dissatisfied with the excessive taxation of the Austrians, The handicraftsmen revolted angrily... Panicked Austria saw that the situation was over,

So he ordered to set fire to the city, trying to stop the uprising of the Wallachia people with raging fire, and later..."

In fact, Li Xiao knows the history of this black church very clearly. As an encyclopedia of human figures, he knows much more details than the half-baked tour guide (really carrying private goods) Dimitri.

The Black Church was indeed blackened for the first time in 1689, but the church was blackened not only because of that fire, after that, the largest Catholic church in Transylvania also experienced Two fires.

And to be honest, this church is not that dark, the outer wall is just a light yellowish brown, which is really not much darker than the surrounding buildings. And mind you, this is a catholic church!

Why should we specifically mention its Catholic attributes? Because in the narration of the tour guide Dimitri, the Black Church seems to be a witness of Wallachia’s resistance to the tyranny of the Habsburg family. In fact, the Austrian ruling group represented by the Habsburg family believes in Catholicism. The common people in Lachia are mostly Orthodox believers. Although everyone is the product of the same mother living in a separate family, the two families are really able to play a dog's brains.

The Austrians burned their own church and had something to do with the Wallachians. Of course, the fire in 1689 burned more than a black church, but this most famous church is not a good place for the Orthodox Wallachians to resist Catholicism. Symbol of Austria!

In fact, on the other side of the Town Hall Square where the Black Church is located, the St. Nicholas Church of the Orthodox Church and the Brasov Orthodox Cathedral stand there to fight against each other. Even these two churches have a longer history than the Black Church, but they don't have the super famous pipe organ of the Black Church, and there is no music disc with the same name in later generations.

In Li Xiao’s opinion, the Black Church is not as famous as meeting people. It’s not tall and majestic, and the light inside is really not good. The performance and the choir sang, and it was really good to speak from the bottom of my heart.

It's just that Li Xiao is not particularly interested in this set of things, but the newsboys who came out of the church and peddled the road aroused his interest.

"The Ploiesti tragedy!"

Li Xiao looked at the impressive headline on the front page, and inadvertently glanced at Dimitri next to him. According to the news, a shooting took place in the Ploiesti City Hall yesterday, resulting in two deaths and two deaths. The injury is really tragic and appalling.

Well, Li Xiao thinks that newspaper editors in this era should learn how to attract attention from the shocking editors of later generations. This title is not shocking at all! Besides, only two people died, what is it called tragic? In later generations, if there were ten or eight shooting cases in the Lighthouse Country, it would be embarrassing to be on the news.

However, when Li Xiao noticed the titles of the casualties, he probably understood why the Wallachians felt so miserable. An earl and a viscount died, and an earl and the magistrate of Prahova County were seriously injured. They are all big shots!

These days, the lives of grassroots people are worthless, not to mention the death or injury of a big man, even the loss of a hair is a big event. Now that so many great nobles have died, can it not be miserable? Even if the grassroots don't feel miserable, the rulers also feel miserable, after all, they feel the same, don't they!

And if you can kill the earl and viscount and shoot the county magistrate today, can you kill the marquis or duke tomorrow and shoot the mayor and cabinet ministers, how amazing is this! It must be horrific, it must be taken very seriously, and it must be an example to others!

Li Xiao suddenly smiled, and asked Dimitri, who pretended to know nothing about my innocence, "Mr. Bretianu, the injured Earl Petrescu seems to be the largest in Prahova County. Landlords? The dead Viscount Berest and Earl Bines are also big landowners similar to him?"