With Palmerston's experience, the British no longer intend to hold a meeting on their own turf, and the purpose of this meeting is to destroy Russia and France, so Paris and St. Petersburg must be excluded, and the only options left are Berlin, Vienna, and Istanbul.

Istanbul is considered the home of the British, but in order to win over Austria, Vienna can only be chosen. Viscount Stratford, also known as Canning, will also travel to Vienna to discuss with Metternich about convening a five-nation conference.

Vienna, Regency Council.

Despite the strong opposition of Count Korolov, most of the people in Austria, both the military and the civilian bloc, were excited about the recapture of Belgrade.

Historically, Austria has recaptured Belgrade three times, and each time represents the highlight of the empire, reminiscent of great names such as Prince Eugen and Joseph II.

And Friedrich's good news gave great confidence within the Austrian Empire. After all, Austria did not have a fleet in the real sense of the word, listen to the name of the main Austrian fleet, and you will understand what kind of navy it is.

The Danube Fleet, the Rhine Fleet, there is no doubt that they were originally river fleets. In fact, the Austrian navy has never had a separate formation, and they are more like an auxiliary branch of the army.

Even the admirals of the navy, which were once held by the army, were very few in the Austrian Empire like Friedrich.

And with this brilliant victory, the Navy has the qualifications to form an army on its own.

In fact, Austria began to build a navy after 1756, but its predecessor was the Danube Navy, which had fought against the Ottoman Empire for many years, and the first and only naval academy was established in 1802, although until the Archduke Friedrich came to the throne, the commander of the navy was always the army.

Friedrich also became the first vice admiral in the history of the Austrian Empire. At Franz's strong suggestion, Friedrich made the naval headquarters in Trieste.

In fact, according to Friedrich, Venice was the best port in Austria at this time.

But Franz was well aware that Venice did not have much potential for development, and that its throughput was even less than half that of the unpopular port of Trieste.

And in the storm of 1848, the city was about to fall, and the Austrian army, under the command of General Litch, gave up the city without firing a single shot.

In the end, a group of Italian sailors refused to surrender, who built barricades on the docks and were all martyred after a day and a night of fierce fighting with the rebels.

In the end, the Venetians captured 90% of Austria's ships, so much so that the Kingdom of Sardinia dared to blockade the Adriatic Sea with only two battleships.

After all, Franz didn't know that the Friedrich Grand Guild would not dissolve in water just before the storm.

Historically, Archduke Friedrich drowned in 1847.

The newly appointed Admiral chose to escape the storms of 1848 and chose to spend a holiday in Belgium. After the end of the upheaval, he was awarded the rank of marshal and lived until he was over eighty years old.

Trieste was originally intended to be used as a military port. The defense here is no worse than Venice, and the relative loyalty of the troops, coupled with the construction of the railway, the potential here is huge.

The nineteen battleships brought back from Egypt could be reborn as long as they were equipped with steam power. Although this fleet was not enough for Austria to dominate the Mediterranean, it was enough for Britain and France and other countries to no longer dare to underestimate Austria's maritime power.

Nor do the ships of the Church have to be flaunted by France and Spain.

Previously, the merchant ships of the Austrian Church could only fly under the flag of the French in order to avoid pirate harassment as much as possible.

With this fleet, Austria would be able to send the original frigates to protect merchant ships.

Although merchant ships had cannons and combatants, Austrian warships cruising the seas could greatly enhance the influence of the Austrian Empire.

Bosnian Governor's Palace.

As soon as Abidal Pasha received an order from McJid that he could withdraw from Bosnia, he couldn't wait to pack up his muscles and prepare to run away.

It is said that the Qing prefect has 100,000 snowflakes of silver in three years, but Abidar has been the governor of Bosnia for three years, and he has not received anything except more than 20 assassinations, and even the guards have to pay for it themselves.

Of the 8,000 soldiers under his command, there are actually only more than 4,000 people, and this is not because he eats empty salaries, but because his subordinates often strike, and he can only rely on money to settle these problems. Of course, Abidal couldn't pay for the money himself, so he had to pay for it.

Although it is the territory of the Celestial Cult, the locals eat pork (pork is considered unclean food) just like the damned infidels, much to Abidal's disgust.

Both Bosnians and Serbs follow a patriarchal system, and ethnic villages often resist paying taxes or barricade robberies.

Sending troops to suppress it, there are fewer people going, I am afraid that I will not be able to defeat the local armed forces, and it may be surrounded and suppressed by nearby villages; If the people go too far, they will go into the ravine, and the army will return in vain; Moreover, the mountain people are fierce, and they are often not afraid of death when they fight, and most of the companions are kinship, and killing one will attract a group of people to retaliate frantically.

Bosnia is located on the border between Austria and the Ottoman Empire, and although there is constant friction between the two countries, trade never stops, but only in the form of smuggling.

The smugglers hired a large number of outlaws to travel between the two countries in order to make huge profits, and the officials and bandits wanted a piece of the pie.

As a result, the blood on this land has never dried up for a moment, and even many local young people yearn for that kind of life of fighting and conspiring to betray.

The most immediate consequence of this situation is that there is not much tax collection in the entire Bosnian region.

In fact, Mejid himself still hoped that Abidal Pasha would be able to resist a little, and it would be better to die for his country, so that he would be heroic and the face of the Ottoman Empire would be better.

The locals of Bosnia really can't say how loyal they are to the Ottoman Empire. Most of their ancestors were Christians, but they were conquered by the Ottomans in 1463 and converted to Celestial Christianity in order to become true Ottomans.

Of course, there were also some Ottoman immigrants from elsewhere, and the Bosnians were the second largest ethnic group in the region at this time.

After hearing the news of the imminent annexation of Bosnia by Austria, a considerable part of them prepared to leave this pagan land and return to the Ottoman Empire.

But the attitude of most people is to prepare to welcome the king, and by the way, change the teaching and change a set of clothes.

The local Serbs had their own ideas, and some people felt that it was a good thing to join the Austrian Empire, after all, they would be civilized people from now on, at least better than in the Ottoman Empire.

But some people don't think so, they feel that heresy and heresy are all the same, and it is very likely that the land will be remeasured and made to pay taxes, which is not a good thing for the local gentry with a certain strength.

Soon they heard that Austria was ready to divide Bosnia in two, handing over Eastern Bosnia to Serbia in exchange for Belgrade.

(End of chapter)