Austria, Danube Dam.

The tune of "A Thousand Years Against the Waves" is passionate, and although the content of the lyrics is slightly sad, it lacks a lot of moaning content, which is more likely to resonate with German workers.

The idea of ​​Greater Germany throughout the song, but never mentions Germany, only the Holy Roman Empire and Austria, and even the wandering artists who play the music may not understand the true meaning of the song.

The Danube Dam was successfully completed, and Feist Raubin chose to reclaim wasteland for the royal estate. He was accompanied by many Germans who were allocated the same piece of land.

The royal family gave them food and tools, but they had to carve out a piece of land that belonged to them on their own.

After the completion of the dam, some laborers returned to their original countries with the money they earned from their work, but what they brought back was not just money.

Ottoman Empire, Istanbul.

Palmerston never expected that Muhammad Ali would be so shameless. He obviously did not abide by the Ottoman laws, but he had the nerve to say that he was the Ottoman minister and that Egypt was not independent.

And the Ottomans can really do it, obviously the Egyptians are slapped, but they dare not send troops.

In fact, only Britain and France were more concerned about the mess between Ottoman and Egypt at first, Russia was watching the show, Prussia was indifferent, and Austria was studying which side to bet on.

Although the Austrian Empire is heavily in debt, its fiscal revenue is much higher than that of the same period in history.

The fiscal revenue of the Austrian Empire at this time was 201.6 million florins, compared with 140.61 million florins in the same period of history.

Prince Metternich hoped to use this crisis in the Near East to expand his influence in the Near East. Of course, he did not want to compete with Russia for hegemony, but he wanted to continue to maintain relations with Russia.

Because he knew that the tsar would not sympathize with the weak, but only respect the strong. The treaty signed between Russia and the weak was as pale as paper, and to become an ally of Russia must be strong enough.

And for centuries, Serbia has been stuck in Austria's throat like a fishbone, preventing the Austrian Empire from advancing or retreating in the direction of the Balkans.

The key to the Balkans is not the gate of Central Europe. From Serbia to the Fruska Mountains, across the Danube River is the Great Plain of Voyinvodina, which in turn connects the Great Plains of Croatia and Hungary.

When the Ottomans besieged Vienna twice, they took this route, which made the Austrians always worry about this area.

But in general, Metternich felt that maintaining the status quo between the Ottoman Empire and Egypt would be more beneficial to Austria, or the powers would carve up Ottoman together, and Austria just took the opportunity to solve the worries of the Balkans.

Compared with the Balkans and German regions, Prince Metternich wanted to continue the emperor's last wish and let the Austrian Empire rule the Apennine Peninsula.

Count Kororav hopes to join forces with Britain to completely defeat France, which is the best choice.

Of course, he didn't want to open trade with Egypt. As a Croat, he didn't want to rescue those Slavic compatriots trapped in the Balkans.

Count Kororav even sneered at the wimpy Italians. What he wants is to completely exclude the influence of France from South Germany, take the opportunity to bring it into the sphere of influence of Austria, and annex it when the time is right.

In fact, there is a third faction, that is, the high-level military headed by Earl Latour. They feel that the Ottoman Empire is in decline, and they should take the opportunity to launch the Turkish-Austrian War, just like the Russians did, to expand Austria’s territory and enter the Balkans.

It is best to win the two principalities of the Danube, so that Russia can completely cut off the road to the Balkans, and the Austrian Empire can monopolize the Balkans... For this reason, they designed a variety of combat plans.

Franz called the third one death-seekers, not to mention that Wallachia and Moldavia are Russia's protectorates, and Austria sent troops to the Danube duchies. Will Britain and France agree?

At this time, the five major European powers, except for Prussia, all had ambitions for the Ottoman Empire, and it was absolutely impossible to sit back and watch Austria monopolize the Balkans.

As a result of the disagreement between Metternich and Count Kororav, the Regency Council was thrown into chaos, while the Austrian military "secretly" dispatched troops and distributed supplies.

As a result, Russia and the Ottoman Empire responded quickly. The three countries assembled hundreds of thousands of troops near the Carpathian Mountains, resulting in a serious shortage of troops on the southern front of the Ottoman Empire.

Looking at the situation in front of him, Palmerston was very annoyed. How could things have turned out like this? The "British-Turkish Merchant Treaty" did not benefit Britain much.

Britain wanted to obtain not the market of the Ottoman Empire, but the cotton producing area of ​​Egypt through the "British-Turkish Merchant Treaty".

Of course, it is not that the market of the Ottoman Empire is not big enough, but after the United Kingdom, European countries have signed business agreements with the Ottoman Empire.

On the other hand, the Ottoman Empire signed new commercial agreements with European countries in line with the principle of "no worries if there are too many lice".

As a result, the frantic influx of goods from various European countries into the Ottoman Empire, although a heavy blow to the industry and commerce of the Ottoman Empire itself, but due to the increase in import and export taxes, the Ottomans have an illusion of prosperity.

For the UK, this is not what they want. The UK’s industrial level ranks first in the world, but it can’t hold back the shamelessness of other European countries. The crazy trade war~lightnovelpub.net~ makes British businessmen no longer want to do business in Ottoman up.

In fact, it was not just Palmerston who was upset at this time, Mahmud II was also very upset. The protagonists of this Near East crisis should have been Egypt and Ottoman, but I don’t know why the Austrian Empire and Russia suddenly gathered heavy troops in the north.

The Ottoman Empire could not resist the joint attack of Austria and Russia in any case. All he could do was to send troops to the north to garrison, expressing that he would never give in easily, and hoped that the other party would retreat in spite of difficulties.

Palmerston and Mahmud II let out a long sigh together, and then Mahmud II spoke first.

"Mr. Palmerston, why did Russia and Austria concentrate their forces near the Carpathians?"

"The replies from both countries are normal transfers, and there is no plan to attack your country." Palmerston replied calmly, although he himself did not believe this statement.

"So can your country guarantee the security of our country's territory under the joint attack of Austria and Russia?" Mahmud II continued to ask.

To be honest, if Austria and Russia join hands, it is impossible to meet their opponents in the Balkans, but Palmerston still said with a smile.

"Great Sultan, please rest assured that we, Britain, are the most powerful country in the world, and no one can defeat us."

"So what about Russia, France, and Austria joining forces?" Mahmud II continued to ask.

"What do you mean? Don't you trust us, England?" Palmerston retorted.

"Forgive me, I just want to keep my country safe. I don't intend to go to war with Egypt until Austria and Russia withdraw their troops."

Mahmud II made it very clear that he did not want to take any chances. And Palmerston also wanted to know what Russia and Austria were going to do, so he decided to go to Russia and Austria.