Struggle in Russia

The Austrian restaurant is Alexei's favorite restaurant in Bucharest. The Austrian goulash in this restaurant is very authentic. When I was working in Bucharest, whenever I had time, I must come here to taste the food. I even think it is better than the goulash in the Vienna restaurant. Be authentic.

Of course, the more important reason why Alexei likes this restaurant is that the owner and chef of the restaurant is his good friend Olic from Croatia, because he saved the lives of Olic’s wife and daughter back then. The superb chef has since regarded Alexei as family.

Alexei at the Austrian restaurant is quite different from worrying about safety. In fact, from the moment he entered the restaurant, he was cordially welcomed into the private box specially set up for him by Oliqi to prevent his identity from being leaked.

"My friend, hasn't Fontana arrived yet?" Alexei asked strangely.

Because he made an appointment with Fontana to meet at seven o'clock, and Fontana was very punctual, and she was never late after making an appointment with him. Why is it almost half past seven today and there is no sign?

This inevitably made Alexei a little worried. After all, the security situation in Bucharest is not very good. Emotional civilians are often incited to attack some conservative nobles and old landlords who are disliked by them. There have been ten incidents on the street before. There have been several cases of attacks on noble carriages. Alexei didn't want Fontana to be in danger, but considering that the carriages that Fontana went out recently were all plain and unpretentious, it shouldn't be a big problem, right?

To be honest, Alexei resented himself for being useless. At this moment, he could only let Fontana, a weak woman, go out to inquire about news, which made him a little ashamed. It would be great if he was more capable!

Olic saw that Alexei was not in a good mood, and comforted him: "My friend, don't worry, Miss Fontana has always been smart, and nothing will happen!"

Alexei could only show a bitter smile, such comforting really didn't work for him. Olic could only change the topic, and served him the beef stew he cooked himself: "My friend, come and try my new recipe, and see if it suits your taste!"

To be honest, Alexei really didn't want to taste the food, but his good friend's kindness was not disappointing, he reluctantly ate a little and praised: "It's very good, the taste of cinnamon is very good, your craftsmanship is getting better and better Well, the chefs in Vienna have to rejoice secretly, thankfully you didn't plan to go to their place to develop, otherwise they can only watch helplessly as you snatch away all the guests!"

"Haha, I like to hear you say that, but Vienna is not a good place. I don't like Austrians. They all have their eyes above their heads. They think they are the best in the world and look down on us foreigners..."

Alexei knew what Olic really wanted to express, Croatia under the rule of the Habsburg family, although Croatia was also a subject of the empire,

But they will never enjoy the treatment of subjects, and belong to the ruled minority.

Although Olić cooks Austrian cuisine more authentically than a serious Austrian chef, so what, in the eyes of the Austrian ruler, he is still a foreigner, how can he give him a good face.

This is actually a problem that Austria and the Habsburg family have not been able to solve for thousands of years. The territory ruled by this family has complex ethnic composition and various religious beliefs. Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant and Christian churches have turned this empire into It's a pot of chaos, and everything is mixed in it. People of all nationalities and beliefs are alienated from the empire. Once the control of the empire declines, fragmentation is the inevitable result.

Alexei believed that Olic also wanted his country to win independence and establish an autonomous Croatia free from Austrian control. And this makes Alexei a little embarrassed, because what he is doing in Wallachia now is to strangle Wallachia's national liberation and independence movement. In the final analysis he was the same as Russia and Austria.

Olic also quickly realized this little embarrassment, but the chef quickly covered it up with a new dish, because he also knew Alexei, and knew that although the extremely conservative Nicholas I Serving, but in fact, they still advocate freedom in their hearts, and they are more sympathetic to the minorities in Central and Eastern Europe.

Alexei ate two new dishes of Orlich's. It was already eight o'clock in the evening, and Fontana was already an hour late. Commanded to the left and right:

"Go to Miss Straka's apartment and have a look at the situation and find out what happened."

Before Alexei finished speaking, there was a bang on the door, the door of the private room was slammed open, and a man covered in blood rushed in panting, screaming at Alexei:

"Count, let's go! Something happened to Fontana, this place is no longer safe, come with me!"

Alexei was taken aback, because it was Fontana's brother Haji who barged in. At this time, this burly man was covered in blood and had several cuts on his body, making him look extremely ferocious.

Alexei was also anxious, rushed up, grabbed Haji's skirt and asked, "Mr. Straka, what's the matter? What's wrong with Miss Fontana?"

"Ahem!"

Haji coughed twice violently, because Alexei's grip was really tight all of a sudden, and suddenly locked his shirt tightly, strangling him out of breath.

Only then did Alexei discover that Haji's condition was not very good. The strong man seemed to have been shot in the stomach, the wound was still oozing blood, and his left arm was drooping, with a bullet hole on it.

Olic also screamed: "Mr. Straka, are you injured?"

Haji showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and said firmly: "I can't die! Brother Bretianu sent people to arrest Fontana just now. Although I was shot twice, I also killed two dogs. Cub!"

Speaking of this, Haji's expression suddenly became serious, which made him look even more ferocious: "Count, Fontana asked me to inform you that you'd better leave Bucharest immediately, those brothers may have discovered your existence, and they are now Ready to round up you!"

Alexei didn't care about that, he just wanted to know about Fontana's safety: "Where's Miss Straka? Is she safe? Where is she?"

Haji's expression was both a little sad and a little relieved. He choked up and said, "Fontana was also shot. She was seriously injured and bled a lot, but she was worried about you and asked me to come to you quickly! Please hurry up Get out of Bucharest!"

Alexey became angry immediately, and roared: "How can I leave? The incident was caused by me, and I should be responsible to the end! Take me to find Fontana, and we will go to the Austrian Consulate General, which is the only place that is safe now." ,quick!"