Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

"Prince Metternich has a new mistress!"

Franz had long been accustomed to Talia's gossip, but this time Franz couldn't calm down.

"Prince Metternich is 63 years old, and you still refuse to let him go, Talia!"

"Why I won't let him go! Can you explain why a 63-year-old is still keen to find a new mistress? Talia retorted.

"Oh? How old is Prince Metternich's mistress? Actually, Franz was also a little curious.

"20 years old, maybe less than 20 years old, how can a woman's age be exposed casually!"

"This is an old cow eating tender grass, but this is not strange in aristocratic circles!"

"Hey," Talia said mysteriously.

"There's even more explosive!"

"What?" Franz asked.

"Count Korolav has also found a mistress." Talia replied.

"I'll let you find out the news, how did you collect all the gossip..."Franz said helplessly.

"Don't worry, you listen to me."

"Okay." Franz had no choice but to listen patiently.

"Prince Metternich and the mistress of the Count of Korolav, are the same person." Talia whispered.

“.... Aren't they mortal enemies? It seems that some of the views are quite consistent. ”

"My esteemed Grand Duke, perhaps you should stretch your imagination."

"No, I just think that woman is dying, and where is Metternich and Korolav to deal with, you can all know about it, can the two of them still not know?" Franz said with a smile.

Talia spread her hands.

"Anyway, now this woman is in the upper circle of Vienna, and she is very popular, and even caused several duels."

In fact, Austria is a very strange country, this country does not allow duels in the army, starting with Joseph II, as long as soldiers participate in duels in the army, they are all executed.

But here's the strange thing. As long as there was no duel in the army, it was not illegal, and nobles, commoners, and even Jews and Gypsies had the right to duel.

Duels were very popular in Austria, and the most famous duel took place between two women, in the shirtless battle between Metternich's granddaughter and the wife of the governor of Lower Austria.

The swift sword was the most beloved weapon of the Austrians until the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

A Viennese rector once said that "a scholar should never die in a duel", and his successors inherited this motto, and fencing was a compulsory subject at the University of Vienna until World War II.

"It's just a red face, there's nothing to pay attention to. Let's talk about something else. "Franz isn't too interested in this kind of thing.

"People say that she is the most beautiful woman in Vienna, the masterpiece of Venus, with the appearance of an angel, but with a pair of devilish eyes, which can seduce the soul..."

Franz stopped Talia from continuing.

"Okay, don't you just want to see beautiful women? What is her name, and if I have the chance, I will ask my mother to take us there. ”

"Adjani."

Talia nodded in satisfaction.

"Any other news?" Franz asked.

"The Polish Restoration Army intends to establish a branch in Vienna." Talia replied.

Franz almost threw up the juice he had just drunk.

"What! This is Vienna! ”

"Yes, this is Vienna, but this is what an exiled Polish nobleman said openly in another tavern, and now all Viennese knows."

"Are the Poles crazy? What do those secret police do. ”

"I don't know, but the budget of the secret police, it seems that Count Korolav did not approve it, and it is said that now Metternich's subordinates can no longer afford to hire professional detectives, so they can only find some homeless people instead."

Franz was embarrassed for a while, forgetting that Count Korollav, a liberal who was very opposed to the secret police system. It seems that he can only rely on himself, and his own guard of twenty people seems to be a little insufficient.

"Talia, keep an eye on this matter, I think we'll have to solve it on our own."

"Hmm. There is another recent thing, and that is that the record of civilian killers has been broken again, and it has reached 670 people. ”

"Civilian killers?" It was the first time Franz had heard of this name, and the number of 670 people was too exaggerated, considering that the famous Jack the Ripper in history has only been recorded to have killed five people.

"Oh, it's Dr. Thomas. He was the director of the General Hospital in Vienna and the authority of obstetrics in Austria, and the mortality rate of his deliveries was very low, but only for the nobility, and the commoner women he delivered were nine deaths, and 670 civilians had died at his hands in ten years of medical practice. ”

In Europe at this time, medicine was still very backward, and it was not a joke to have a minor illness and a major illness to amputate a limb.

At that time, the best obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Europe had an annual maternal mortality rate of about 20%.

It may not be intuitive, but the birth mortality rate of pregnant women in China is now 0.0000016.

At that time, the maternal mortality rate in Europe was 125,000 times that of China today, and the premise was that it was in the best hospitals in Europe.

In the vast majority of hospitals in Europe, it is common for the mortality rate to exceed 30%, and it is not surprising that it even reaches 40%, and the Vienna General Hospital has even created an exaggerated figure of zero maternal survival rate within three months.

As a reminder, the mortality rate at home in Europe at that time was around 10%.

"He's not going to wash his hands."

At that time, one of the most important causes of the high mortality rate was infection.

At that time, there was no concept of clean surgery, no doctor would wash his hands before surgery, and it was not uncommon for one operation to be performed before another, and even some doctors went to operate on patients just after going to the toilet.

At that time, European doctors believed that water would weaken the function of human organs, cold water would make people cold and diarrhea, and hot water would open people's pores, thereby inhaling more harmful germs, leading to serious diseases such as tuberculosis. In short, water is the root of all diseases.

There is also a religious factor at work, the church has canonized people who have not bathed for many years, and a Mr. Abraham was finally canonized because he insisted on not bathing for 50 years, which gave these doctors a reason not to bathe and wash their hands.

Talia: "Then how do I know? ”

Franz thought about it, but when he thought about it, why was the death rate of the nobles so low, and the death rate of the commoners so high.

"Talia, print a few more copies of this six-step handwashing method, give it to all the hospitals in Vienna, and let them follow it before the operation, and say it is a royal decree."

Talia had developed a habit of washing her hands around Franz, after all, she would steal Franz's snacks with her hands when unattended, and Franz didn't want to die of diarrhea for no apparent reason.

"Okay, what's going to be done?"

"Save people." Franz replied.

Talia picked up the copy of Franz's "Six Steps to Handwashing" and prepared to make a few more copies, after all, according to Franz's personality, first in Vienna and then in the whole country.

"Wait." Franz stopped Talia, "You go in my carriage." ”

"I'm going to die!" Talia made a motion to wipe her neck, then stuck out her tongue and rolled her eyes.

"If only you had one less horse!" Franz said.