The Sun Never Sets In Spain

The decision of the Hofburg Palace quickly spread throughout Europe.

This time, Habsburg really swallowed thousands of miles, eating 80,000 square kilometers of land in one breath, and all of it was the most beautiful place in Italy.

The population increased by 8.2 million, and the population of 43.7 million is more than the entire North German Confederation combined.

Today's Austro-Hungarian Empire is second only to Russia in terms of population and territory.

And unlike it, Austria-Hungary's industrial capacity is steadily above the European average.

Although I have not dared to touch the United Kingdom, there is a faint tendency to become the second strongest country in the world.

The significant changes in power have brought about the reorganization of European geopolitics.

Fortunately, the popularization of law is fighting, otherwise neither of them would sit idly by.

But excluding the two countries, there are still countries that are free to take action.

In the eastern part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Czar Alexander II had already learned of this, but his news was a little later. He only knew that Austro-Hungary had put Italy on the negotiating table and did not know how the Habsburgs actually operated. of.

The delay in the news did not affect the czar's response.

The main direction of Russia's expansion in recent years has been Central Asia and the Far East, but it was only because the Crimean War hurt them. In fact, the Czar's eyes never left Europe.

Inside the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg,

"This is a good opportunity, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Gorchakov's words were filled with excitement: "French popularization is already in the quagmire of war. The Austro-Hungarian Empire alone cannot stop the great Russia. What's more, we still have the support of Britain this time. "

On the day of the Hofburg Conference, the excluded Britain sent a diplomatic assembly to Russia, hoping to cope with this change together.

Britain has no economic influence on Austria-Hungary, but this does not mean that they have nothing to do with Austria-Hungary.

Russia, which has a widespread conflict with Austria-Hungary on the Balkan issue, is their best fighter.

"What did the British say?" Alexander II was also smiling, and it was good that the old opponent felt begging for himself.

"They hope we can increase the army on the border and put pressure on the Austro-Hungarian Empire." Gorchakov said here with contempt: "Britain wants to keep Italy."

"Oh, Russia will not be the thugs of these Western countries again."

Alexander said lightly: "This time we will only act according to our own interests."

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Soon, Gorchakov made a public speech, announcing that the ban on Russia after the Crimean War was invalid.

The abolition of this ban allowed Russia to regain the ability to maintain a fleet in the Black Sea and build naval facilities on the coast of the Black Sea.

Only 15 years have passed since the Crimean War.

In addition, Russia also requires Romania to return South Bessarabia, which was the land she ceded during the Crimean War.

In order to strengthen the persuasiveness of his own words, the Russian army is constantly marching towards the Russian-Austrian border.

In addition, Russia has also carried out a small-scale mobilization in Ukraine, and it is expected that the number of border troops will increase to 400,000 in a week.

When the news reached Vienna, it was already the third day of the meeting.

Emperor Franz is hunting with Alfonso in a hunting ground southeast of Vienna.

Although it is winter, there are still a considerable number of prey because it is privately owned by the royal family.

"This group of Slavs is like this." Emperor Franz laughed and continued to observe the surrounding woods intently.

It's snowing in Vienna, but it's not too big.

Not only can the snow not show the footprints of the prey, but it will make the mud solid. In this case, the hunt for the prey needs to be more meticulous.

"Russia is about to return to the world stage." Alfonso reminded: "This statement is likely to be recognized."

Franz nodded: "I know, the British. But it has no effect on Austria-Hungary."

Alfonso was surprised when he heard this. Although Franz's political sense has not been very good, but Russia is going to move the Balkans, how can it be said that it has no influence on Austria-Hungary.

At this moment, the hound seemed to be smelling something, and trot to drill into the forest to the east.

A few people hurriedly rode to keep up. Fortunately, the woods were sparse here, otherwise they would have to dismount and run.

This level of movement cannot interfere with Alfonso's thinking at all. While driving the horses, he couldn't help but ask: "Russia may be entering Romania next step. Does Habsburg leave it alone?"

"Haha." Franz laughed twice, and the wind and snow were blowing, and he was a bit royal.

"Romania is not mine, let others worry about it."

Alfonso was speechless for a while, who didn't know the fierce conflict between Russia and Austria on the Balkan issue.

Had it not been for the balance between the two powers, how could the weak Ottoman maintain its rule in the Balkans?

Even so, Ottoman's suzerainty over Romania and Serbia was faltering, and the two countries were highly autonomous and would not listen to him at all.

But Franz's words still gave Alfonso an idea: "Does Austria-Hungary want to abandon the Balkans?"

"It should be a gray wolf." Franz said sternly when he saw a few shadows jumping in the distance.

Without continuing to discuss political topics with Alfonso, the emperor drew Wendell's rifle from his horse and raised his hands flat.

"boom!"

Along with the smoke bursting from the muzzle, the wolves in the distance were startled and started to speed up and ran in the opposite direction.

Obviously, such a reckless shot did not result in any results, but scared away the hard-won prey.

"Bang!" "Bang!"..."Bang!"

For a time there was a loud gunfire, and the accompanying nobles shot one after another, trying to save one or two.

It is a pity that the wolves are more than 200 meters apart, and none of the gray wolves have fallen.

"Hey..." Just when everyone sighed,

"His" an arrow tore through the air, making a sharp piercing sound, directly hitting the biggest gray wolf among them.

The speed of this arrow is so fast that human eyes can only catch a flash of silver light for a moment.

When the reaction came, the gray wolf had fallen to the ground motionless.

You know, because bows and arrows have limited lethality, they can usually only be shot at long distances, and the prey has to run a few steps before dying.

"This..." Emperor Franz was horrified and inexplicably horrified. With such a spike, he has lived for 40 years and has been hunting since he was 9 years old. It was really the first time I saw him.

Alfonso, who made this move, put away the bow and arrow casually, and drove the horse forward to check his prey.

Everyone awakened like a dream, and they followed suit.

When he got closer, the scene was beyond imagination, and the large gray wolf with a length of 1.5 meters was lying quietly on the ground.

On its body, a huge wound took away half of the musculature from the neck, and blood was pouring out of it.

The arrow that caused all of this was inserted obliquely into the ground not far away, and only 13 of the arrow body remained exposed.

"God..." Emperor Franz murmured.