In 1836 the winter in the Holy City was a little colder than usual.

Salaman's coffin was buried in a suburban cemetery, with only his former partner, Juliette Bloom, and a handful of relatives on site.

The assassination took place suddenly, and although he had lost his power in the Freedom Council only an hour before he was killed, he was still the nominal head of the Republic, and there were no fewer guards around him than usual.

However, the Assassin managed to launch a suicidal attack, killing Salaman, the Assassin, and several of Salaman's personal guards on the spot. Because the Assassin himself was a member of the Salamaran Guard.

It was one of the most sensational events of 1836, second only to the emperor's ouster.

Fuchs was furious, because most people pointed to him as the mastermind, and he did have this motive and reason, after all, Salamane had great prestige in the revolution or the Liberal Party, and if Fuchs wanted to secure his top position, he had to eliminate Salaman's influence.

On the night of the assassination, the Freedom Committee held a special meeting. At the meeting, Fuchs made an impassioned remark recalling his decade-long friendship with Salaman, but his statements pale in comparison.

But this does not affect the power of Fuchs.

This was followed by a massive crackdown by the reshuffled Liberal Party, which threw many of those who had been spared in the first three months, including those who still supported Salaman, who were shot on charges of treason, espionage and embezzlement.

During this period, five hundred Genoese stranded in the Holy City were imprisoned on the grounds that the Ministry of the Interior considered the Genoese to be suspected of assassinating the leader of the revolution as revenge for the shelling of Poitou.

But none of this has anything to do with Toby Salaman, who is lying in a coffin.

When the last spade of earth smoothed the tomb, Mrs. Bloom wiped tears from her eyes with a handkerchief.

She was not married to Salaman, but she attended the funeral as a relative of Salaman. It was the last thing she could do for her lover.

When a tombstone is erected, it announces the end of someone's time.

Snowflakes fell in the gloomy sky, and soon goose feather snow fell.

Mrs. Bronn packed up her sorrow and got into her carriage, and behind her, the snow soon covered everything on the ground with a white veil.

Instead of returning to the apartment where she lived with Salaman, she returned to her own house, but she fell ill that day because of the cold.

In a trance, Mrs. Bronn felt that someone was watching her. She sat up from the bed and found an old man sitting in front of her bed.

"Ah, Magi!" exclaimed Lady Brown in a low voice.

"Are you surprised by my arrival?" the Sage's tone was always warm and charming, not diminished by his age.

"Well, it's a little, usually you don't show up in person. Mrs. Bloom said.

"I'm just a little worried about you, you're a bloodthirsty person, and while I'm not against you associating with any normal man or even cohabiting or marrying, you seem to be pushing a little too hard. It's dangerous. The sage said lightly, "Bloodthirsty will always be bloodthirsty. ”

"Did Toby send someone to kill him?" asked Mrs. Bronn.

The sage did not answer directly: "This man is too rational and sober, and this is the only reason for his death." ”

"I resolutely submit to your judgment!"

In the face of the virtuous teacher, Madame Broon had no intention of resisting, and she did not dare to show even the slightest trace of dissatisfaction.

The sage was very satisfied with her loyalty, and said with a smile:

"Hehe, you can recuperate in peace, Salaman has completed his mission, and the next time will be when we will truly move towards the throne of power. It was the best of times for us. ”

The Magi is gone, as if he had never come.

Mrs. Bloom collapsed on the bed as if she had collapsed.

As a bloodthirsty person, she used her beauty and intelligence to create a salon that sits between the Holy City's magnates and intellectuals, providing information to the bloodthirsty organization and secretly encouraging liberal intellectuals to rebel against the monarchy.

For Toby Salamane herself, however, she really gave rise to something precious called worship and thus love. So her tears were real, even though she didn't have a simple purpose in bringing in Salaman.

But she still didn't dare to resist, the arrival of the sage was only a warning, and she was just one of the tools in the hands of the sage.

It wasn't until today that she realized that what she wanted most was actually a life like an ordinary person. For her, it was just a luxury.

The death of Salamane did not cause any confusion to the Genoese, who simply saw it as one of the consequences of the power struggle.

However, the arrest and imprisonment of 500 Genoese completely angered the Genoese.

The expansion of the army was suddenly accelerated, the Poitou Chemical Company received another injection of capital, and Kang's Shipbuilding also issued additional shares, raising more than 5 million funds in a short period of time, speeding up the pace of reconstruction.

The whole of Genoa was kidnapped by vengeful and blood-hated public opinion, which also completely shattered the illusions of some people. Compromise and neutrality do not bring them the peace and happiness they want.

On December 1, 1836, the Twelve Southern Provinces proclaimed the Southern Union, and Alexei Byrne was elected the first president of the Southern Union.

The Union Government recognizes that the provinces have a certain degree of autonomy, including the election of senior officials and speakers by themselves, but implements uniform laws and economic policies, and the Union Government mainly controls the military and the formulation of uniform laws.

At the same time, several northern provinces controlled by the National Army also announced that they would obey the orders of the Union government and open their markets to the South in exchange for the Alliance's continued commitment to support the Northwest in the fight against the Bilisians.

In this way, the Southern Union nominally controlled more than half of Europa's provinces.

All this is in Sean's secret control, and he successfully becomes the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Southern Alliance.

Although the reunification of the South was only in its infancy, it succeeded in strengthening the unity of the people in the South and arousing their patriotic fervor.

The initial formation of a unified market has greatly stimulated economic development, which in turn has prompted the coordination of various provinces and localities with the Union in order to eliminate differences in the level of governance between the regions.

By the early summer of 1838, the South was full of new roads and bridges, and several important railways had been opened to strengthen economic ties between the provinces.

At the same time, the civil war in the north has been going on for 18 months, and the forces loyal to the crown prince and the new army of the Holy City have fought fierce battles in several battlefields, and the north has been torn to pieces.

Three divisions of the National Army in Sinou and Guineapoli remained inactive.

It was in this context that Sean led the newly formed five divisions across the Ott Mountains and became a powerful force that influenced the course of the civil war.