Eder sat in his chair and watched Serbia issue a telegram recognizing Austria-Hungary's sovereignty over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and said sincerely to his chief of guard. "Calustre has worked hard for you." This sentence made the chief of the guard feel that all the hard work was worth it.

Edel had been watching Calustre's recent moves, and knew that during this time, the chief of his guard had arranged for a guard to wait in the telegraph room, just so that he could get the news as soon as possible. Now that the crisis facing Romania is over, and he is not a ruthless person, he deserves to thank the chief of the guard.

"Your Highness, you are too polite, I just do my duty and don't work hard." Calust, who has always been calm and indifferent, speaks in a somewhat unsharp voice. As a close person to the crown prince, he knew Eder too well, and there were no more than five people in Romania who could hear the crown prince speak in such a tone. How could this not move him, Calust, who was born as the second son of a small nobleman, can now be said to have done a flawless job.

Eder, who was implicated in the crisis in Bosnia-Herzegovina because of a move by the Kaiser, can finally rest easy. Now it is necessary to continue to build Romania and strengthen itself. If this kind of scene happens a few more times, the crown prince himself will feel that he will not be able to bear it, which is also the helplessness of a small country.

"These damned Audreys always want to encroach on our territory. We can't go on like this, we have to give them a taste of the Serbs' wrath. "In the General Staff of the Serbian army, Colonel Dimitrievic, who was in charge of intelligence, spoke to his friend and companion Lieutenant Colonel Mikevich about his determination in his office.

After Serbia was forced to issue a statement abandoning Bosnia and Herzegovina, the most dissatisfied with this situation was Colonel Dimitrijevic, then the head of Serbian intelligence. He was a fanatical Great Serbist who believed that all Serbs should live in one country, and was identified with many Serbs during the years of the great explosion of nationalism in the early twentieth century.

"It's a solution, but where do you start?"

Lieutenant Colonel Kevich was not a timid man to be a good friend of Colonel Dimitrievic. He had previously participated in his friend's coup d'état in 1903 to overthrow the pro-Austrian king, and had personally killed the former king Abrenovich and his queen.

(In 1903, Colonel Dimitrievich led a group of nationalist officers in a raid on the Belgrade palace and killed King Aleksandar Abrenovich and his new queen for the king's fall to the detriment of Serbia by turning to Austria-Hungary.) At that time, the Serbian government opened its market to Austria-Hungary in exchange for the protection of Austria-Hungary. ）

In response to his friend's questions, Colonel Dimitrievich preached in the back and forth. "Are we recruiting people in Bosnia who want us, training them, and creating unrest in the country when they return to the country, causing discontent among the people?"

Speaking of this, he found a big loophole, and if the people who returned after training were caught by Austria-Hungary, it was very likely that they would be confessed. It's not that Dimitrijevic is afraid of death, but that he doesn't want to cause trouble for Serbia. Now the Austro-Hungarian ambitions for Serbia did not dare him to take such risks.

Kevic, who watched his friend circle in front of him, proposed. "We can use civil society as a cover."

"Austria-Hungary is not stupid, they can find out." As a senior intelligence chief, Dimitrievic still knows the level of intelligence of Austria-Hungary.

"We need to do something, otherwise the local people will be pulled away by Austria-Hungary without our support." The same fanatic Kevich voiced his concerns.

"The more critical the time, the more you can't be impatient, Kevic, you are impatient." Colonel Dimitrievich admonished his friend.

"Then we will pray to God and wait for the accident of the Austro-Hungarians in Bosnia, but unfortunately God he will not hear." Kevic knew if he was in a hurry, but he casually defended himself.

The speaker had no intention of listening to the listener, and in the face of Kevich's unintentional words, Colonel Dimitrievich stopped and secretly calculated in his heart.

Seeing his friend's sudden move, Kevic didn't dare to disturb his train of thought, and even his breathing was as calm as possible, and his eyes looked at Dimitrier with anticipation.

Dimitrievic, who was expected by his friends, was calculating in his head. If you want the Bosnians to remember, you need big events, and the riots are too easy to get caught and can't be used. If you want to hide, you need fewer people, and the killing of a governor or high-ranking official is a big deal. Then assassination, a means of small investment and big return, entered the eyes of Dimitrievic.

This is indeed the means that is most in line with his ideas, the concealment of the small number of people, the assassination of high-ranking officials has a great impact, and it is easy to shirk the accusation, and if you want to keep it secret, you can scrutinize the personnel more strictly. (It was indeed the best way to do it in those days, and it was well known in Russia and the Qing Dynasty.) ）

"Kesvich figured out a way." Dimitrievic said with a smile to his friend.

"Yes."

"We can form an organization with assassination as the main goal." Dimitrievich whispered his thoughts to his friend.

"This is indeed the most appropriate approach to our situation. It can make the struggle of the Bosnians visible in the country, arouse the national complex of the countrymen, and slow down the control of Austria-Hungary over the region, and most importantly, it is safe and hidden. "Kevich wasn't stupid either, and immediately after thinking about it, he talked about the benefits of doing so.

Dimitrievic also expressed his frustration in doing so. "Yes. Now that Austria-Hungary has annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, they can see their threat to Serbia as long as there are eyes. Only by arousing the indignation of the people against Austria-Hungary can they withstand their threats. For the sake of my motherland, even if I sacrifice myself. ”

It was in this office that Dimitrievic and his friend Kevich discussed the new organizational structure, personnel recruitment, etc. In the end, it was decided that the newly formed organization should be named "Black Hand Society", and with the goal of "unification of the Serb region", the recruitment of personnel was voluntary, and the new members were required to take an oath to the death.

Seeing the terms and conditions of the negotiation, both of them felt full of enthusiasm.

"It's better for you not to come forward in person for this organization, and leave it to me." Kevic preached to his friend after a moment of contemplation.

When Dimitrievich heard this, he knew that his friend was trying to protect him, so he paused and said slowly. "It's fine, but you have to be careful."

Facing the concern of his friend, Kervich sat on the sofa, played with the apple in his hand, and spoke sharply with his eyes. "Rest assured, no one can threaten me."

In a small, separate building on the outskirts of the capital, Belgrade, the Black Hand Society was officially established. The Black Hand Society also flourished with the rise of Serbian nationalism, and the final result was something that the founders, Dimitrievic and Kevich, did not expect.