War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

At this time, Hungary accounted for four of the ten largest steel plants in the Austrian Empire.

However, they occupy the last four places, and the total output of these four steel plants is still not comparable to that of the sixth-ranked Bohemian Steel Plant.

The total output of the remaining nine companies in this ranking is still less than that of a blast furnace in the Franz Steel Works. This is an absolute gap in technology.

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This is the dividing line that I don’t want to show off——

Outside a checkpoint on the Prussian-Austrian border, two soldiers, one tall and one short, both carrying guns, stopped a family. They looked like refugees fleeing, but this was obviously not a checkpoint for refugees.

The young man was used to being asked for cards, so he took out a wad of banknotes and handed them to the leading soldier.

The two young soldiers were a little confused. To be honest, they had only heard of such a thing, but had never encountered such a thing.

The tall and thin soldier among them was moved and stretched out his hand, but the other short and fat soldier quickly knocked the former's hand away.

"what are you doing!"

The tall and thin soldier cried out in pain, but soon realized something was wrong and winked at his brother. The pudgy soldier leaned forward and said.

"Look at this boy, even though he is dusty, but you can tell he is a noble at first glance. Then look at his wife."

The tall, thin soldier looked over and saw a dignified and beautiful woman, smiling politely at him.

"Quite good looking."

"Good-looking! Then you can tell at a glance that they are not refugees, okay? Do you think they look like poor people who can't afford to eat?

I heard that the last time Archduke Albrecht personally visited the border post incognito, a blind man was hit by fifty big-eared melon seeds, and all the teeth in his mouth were knocked out. "

"I heard that Archduke Albrecht was a giant and as strong as a brown bear. The man in front of me looks gentle..."

"Idiot, can't it be some other grand duke? A group of big nobles have nothing to do after they've had enough to eat. Who knows what they're going to do."

"I don't think he's so skinny that he can slap all my teeth out."

The tall and thin soldier was obviously not thinking on the same page as the short and fat soldier, and the latter was furious.

"Then are you sure he won't use any props? For example, that marble fan."

The tall, thin soldier immediately covered his mouth.

Note: The marble fan mentioned by the pudgy soldier is actually the ivory folding fan in the lady's hand, but few ordinary people have seen ivory.

"What should we do?"

"Let old Bart handle it, let's not wade into this muddy water."

Then the squat soldier shouted "Sergeant Bart! Sergeant Bart! Come on! We found a group of suspicious people!"

The young lady was a little nervous. After all, suspicious people were a very scary term in their country. The young man was helpless and had no choice but to comfort his wife while waiting for Sergeant Bart's arrival.

This reminded him of his experience when he first arrived in Prussia, where he was treated as a spy or other suspicious person by a group of soldiers.

Finally, a veteran who had been marinating in the wine vat was called. He burped with wine and asked in a voice that could almost burst his eardrums.

"Who are you! Where did you come from!"

The young man is a very well-educated gentleman, and he is not willing to cause trouble, let alone answer with this rude gentleman.

"It says it on my pass."

"I'm too lazy to look!"

The young couple were speechless for a while. They discovered that compulsory education in Prussia was not as good as they said. At least the person in front of them was most likely illiterate.

Fortunately, the young man had studied Prussian law and had come into contact with Russian soldiers who were more barbaric than the Prussian soldiers.

"Under Prussian law"

However, before the young man finished speaking, the veteran was half awake from his wine. He knew that the guy in front of him was very difficult to deal with and immediately said impatiently.

"let's go!"

The young man still took off his hat politely, but did not smile, for fear that it would be considered a provocative behavior by the other party.

After a while, Sergeant Bart appeared carrying a grilled fish. The Austrians and Prussians all looked similar, at least the officials were similar.

Sergeant Bart casually opened the young man's pass with the hand that was not holding the grilled fish, and his eyes immediately became round.

His move did not frighten the young couple, but it frightened the two soldiers beside them. They felt as if they had offended a big shot.

Sergeant Bart inserted the wooden skewer for grilling fish into a nearby tree stump, then wiped his hands on his clothes, and then carefully picked up the pass book.

"By the order of His Majesty Emperor Nicholas I... I hope that the military and police in various places will inspect and release... High-ranking court attendants, privy councilors, recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, ministers of the interior who were commended by the emperor for their bravery and were awarded golden swords with inscriptions. Perovsky signed..."

The two soldiers didn't understand it, but they thought it was very powerful.

The young couple were amused by the non-commissioned officer in front of them who liked to read aloud. It seemed that the Austrians were not so barbaric and ignorant, but they read slowly and with a strange accent, which seemed a bit funny.

When Russians learn German, they mainly hire teachers from Prussia. Most of their marriage partners are also North Germans, so they feel that the North German accent is the authentic German.

In fact, the destination of their trip was Paris, France, but at the strong suggestion of a friend, they decided to visit Vienna first.

In fact, a friend said that the whole of Austria is worth visiting, because the Austrian tour guides are really enthusiastic and knowledgeable. It is hard to imagine why such women would go out to work.

My friend concluded that Austrian men like to eat soft food, just like their royal family.

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Maria, who lost her friend, seemed a little lonely. Recently, she started to learn to draw.

Her three noisy brothers didn't think there was anything strange about this, and Mrs. Sophie was happy because her daughter finally did something like a girl.

As for Archduke Franz Karl, he thought it was time to have a drink with Maria and have a chat.

Franz had no choice but to pat his father and tell him "next time," and then called the guards to carry him away.

Franz felt that he had to do this himself, so he approached the little girl who was painting seriously.

Then Franz discovered a very modern painting, which was probably a broken ship carrying various strange creatures or things in the sea, and a huge ugly man with crooked eyes and drooling eyes. The captain is at the helm.

At this time, Maria also noticed Franz's arrival, and the little girl began to introduce her paintings enthusiastically.

The three unhealthy-looking mice with one ear, one eye, and half a head are Maximilian, Ludwig, and Victor.

The old monster chasing behind, holding a knife and fork and spitting fire from his mouth, was Madame Sophie, and the seal beside him, drinking and patting his belly, was Archduke Franz Karl.

"Then this is me." Franz pointed at the creature that looked like a captain.

"No, you're the ship."