These days, Eugen is always busy, and he has no other concerns at all.

After accepting a large number of refugees, the Po River defense line has now officially entered a period of stability, and the impact of the refugee flow has gradually decreased, and more problems are in the quarantine areas inside the defense line.

It's still the same, people die every day in the quarantine area, and new people are infected every day, but under all-round monitoring and management, newly infected people will soon be found and isolated.

Overall, the frequency of infections is not high, and only a dozen or so people in the entire line of defense of nearly a million people are accidentally infected with the Black Death every day.

The week leading up to the influx of refugees is a time of concentrated outbreaks, during which hundreds of people die on average every day.

They had all been infected with the Black Death beforehand, but they were in the incubation period and showed no symptoms, and they suddenly became ill and died after being isolated.

The total number of deaths in a week exceeded 10,000, but then there was a long period of plateau, and the number of daily deaths dropped significantly.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and there have been several heavy snowfalls in the area of the Po River defense line for several days, and in winter, the Black Death has correspondingly entered a dormant period, and the spread of the disease has been greatly slowed down by the influence of low temperatures.

However, in this case, the demand for coal and timber has increased, and most of the isolation areas have just been built, which can only barely shelter from the wind and rain, and the thermal insulation effect is much worse.

For this reason, people often freeze to death because they can't bear the cold temperatures, and even on several occasions, more people are frozen to death than people die from the Black Death.

This is also something that cannot be helped, most of the people who are frozen to death are old, and their physical condition is not good, and they may never wake up if they fall asleep at night.

When Eugen heard the news, he immediately ordered a number of warmer old buildings to be circled in the city, transformed into temporary quarantine areas, and some old, weak, sick and disabled people were transferred inside, which curbed the number of people who froze to death.

November passed, and December quietly arrived in silence.

The quarantine area has officially entered a stable period, and most of the quarantined refugees have adapted to the current life, and their resistance to being quarantined has been reduced a lot.

From time to time, the forward sector receives several groups of refugees from the south, most of whom have been hesitant or ill-prepared, and have delayed their departure until now they have reached the defensive line.

Naturally, the frontier area will not refuse to come, no matter what your situation is, first close it to the temporary quarantine area to check it, and then transfer it to the quarantine area after a few days to confirm that there is no problem.

Seeing that the pressure in the forward area was decreasing, Eugen transferred some soldiers from the forward area to the quarantine area to assist in the work there.

In addition, some people in the quarantine area have completed quarantine observation and have been transferred to the rear evacuation area, where they can choose to leave freely.

However, it is winter, and these people have nowhere to go, and most of them have stayed in nearby cities, working and living directly in the cities.

During the month, Eugen was dealing with the big and small affairs of the defensive line, and from time to time he had to talk to Father Luther, and the schedule was so tight that sometimes he didn't even have time to sit down for a meal.

Seeing the results of the Po River Defense Line within the empire, the evaluation of Eugen has gradually turned, through the fall of Rome and Florence, most people have seen the horror of the Black Death, so there is more respect for this Count Eugen who can resist the Black Death.

The performance of the royal family was even more active, and directly said that he would award a medal of imperial hero to Eugen, but Eugen had a tight time and could not leave the defense line to go to Vienna to confer the medal, so it was temporarily shelved.

By this time, no one in the country was clamoring for Eugen to be tried, and as the causes and consequences of Count Mead's beheading were gradually revealed, and everyone gradually understood Eugen's behavior, the trial was directly closed.

Of course, even in this case, some people will not stop their hostility towards Eugen, they only temporarily put away their blades, and are quietly waiting for a suitable moment.

Francis, son of the Duke of Lorraine of the House of Wittelsbach, was one of them, and since the beginning of winter he had been watching the corner of Schönbrunn Palace in Viana, looking for a chance to meet Princess Maria.

Whenever he went, however, a maid came out of the palace and respectfully invited him back, telling him that Princess Maria was no longer a guest.

For a whole month, Francis never saw Princess Maria, but he still persevered and insisted on waiting in front of Princess Maria's palace for half an hour every day to show his sincerity.

Seeing what happened a few days ago, Francis thought that he was afraid that he was not as good as Eugen in terms of talent, and he was too lazy to do those hard work, thinking about it, he felt that he still had to use his charm to conquer Princess Maria, after all, he was also a veteran of more than ten years of crisscrossing the flowers, and it was not easy to deceive a fledgling little sister?

In order to grab Princess Maria's attention from the first moment he saw her, Francis also specially learned two tricks from a circus playwright, ready to show off in front of Princess Maria.

As a result, one day just a month later, Francis suddenly heard the news: Princess Maria had already left Viana for Eugen's territory of Leber.

The news hit Francis like a thunderbolt on the top of Francis's head, and in an instant anger filled his chest, Francis only felt as if he had been slapped hard, his face was hot, and there was a feeling of vomiting blood in his chest.

"Eugen !!" Francis was stuffed in his room, growling low like a wounded lion, his tone full of hatred for Eugen.

If he could, he would even want to go straight to Verona to find Eugen and start a duel between nobles with him until one of them died!

However, when he thought of Eugen's name as a master of swordsmanship, Francis wisely dispelled this idea, and after thinking about it, he still felt that he had a high IQ, even if he wanted to deal with Eugen, he had to use his IQ instead of brute force to deal with it.

Francis then set his sights on the trade route between Lebor and Munich.

Previously, Eugen put together a trade certificate signed by the Duke of Gerloch, which opened the trade route with the Wittelsbach family, and the trade between the merchants of the two sides became extremely frequent.

In just a few months, the profits generated by the trade road reached 100,000 kild gold coins.