Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

In the hall of education, the seals bounced away as they saw Franz coming, and several puffins also made ugly sirens.

Maria, who was still playing in the water, ran back to the classroom as fast as she could, and then heard a rustling sound inside, and soon the noise turned into the sound of reading.

Franz could only sigh helplessly, through the window he could see the disdainful eyes of the second child, Maximilian seemed to have a lot of opinions about his eldest brother.

Ludwig still has a dumbbell in one hand and a book in the other, but he doesn't know if he can read what is written in the book.

The other companions also made a very hard effort, after all, Franz should be considered to be in Chagang at this time, and the former also knew that the latter would rule the country, and no matter what he did, as long as he was still in Austria, he had to deal with him.

In fact, Franz also hopes that these people can be smarter, after all, the starting point of these guys is too high, and even Franz cannot guarantee that these people will not be in high positions in the future.

However, so far, Franz has not found anything extraordinary about these people, but at the same time, the resources, connections, and vision they have are almost beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Who is the most hated person in the whole of Vienna, is it Madame Sophie, who has a tough attitude and demands feudal etiquette? Is it Count Korollav, who has been corrupt and bribed to control the interior department for decades?

Is it Lord Summer, who claims to be in command of a hundred thousand secret police forces to monitor the people's every move? Or Prince Metternich, known as the "first national thief in the history of Austria"? Or was it Ludwig von Lens, a student who twice embroiled Austria in the war?

Neither!

The head of the Central Bank of the Austrian Empire - Baron Brooke, who was probably the most assassinated and slandered man in the Austrian Empire.

During his three years in California, he was hit by more than 100 gunmen, which is exaggerated, even though it has to do with the poor security and aggressive policies in the area.

But even more exaggerated, during the three years that Baron Brooke was officially the governor of the Central Bank, he was assassinated and attacked in Vienna thirty-five times, and the articles criticizing him were stacked two meters high.

You must know that Vienna is the core of the Austrian Empire, and it is the safest city in the whole empire.

But even so, there are still people who risk almost 100% certain death to assassinate and attack Baron Brooke, what kind of deep hatred can do this.

In fact, among the members of the royal family, Lady Sophie has been assassinated seven times, followed by Archduke Albrecht with only four, and Franz Joseph and his father Franz Carr in third place with three times.

In the most recent attack, Baron Brooke was accompanied by 21 men who were killed and 13 wounded, and the severity of the incident was so severe that Franz could not bear it anymore.

The Baron's Mansion was less than three hundred meters away from the Imperial Central Bank, and in such a short distance, nearly a hundred gunmen were planted.

What is even more outrageous is that the two sides fought for nearly ten minutes, and the nearby police, gendarmerie, and escort units affiliated with the central bank did not respond.

June 5, 1845, cloudy.

Klaus was a very good soldier with an amazing talent for shooting moving targets, so he was selected early on to train as a bodyguard.

After five years of hard training, he was not selected for the Royal Guard, but he was offered a good job as Baron Brooke's bodyguard.

Although Klaus didn't know what a central bank and a central bank governor did, he knew that it must be a great man.

After all, usually the big people will only bring 2-4 bodyguards, and even the Imperial Prime Minister and Home Secretary will only have eight bodyguards.

And the adult in front of him actually has twenty full-time guards, and its importance can be seen.

However, what he didn't know was that the lord had a company of guards when he was in California, and of course this had something to do with the local people's fierceness, after all, the western North America was still wilder.

"Klaus! Don't be in a daze! Remember what your duties are! ”

It was Captain Calvin who spoke, and it is said that his experience is definitely legendary among the guards, after all, he has survived more than 20 attacks in his life.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Captain. It's just over two hundred meters away, and it's time for your coffee, and we're there. And this is Vienna."

"What about Vienna?"

"Does anyone really dare to carry out an attack here?"

In fact, few of these bodyguards would dare to carry out assassinations in a bustling downtown area or an important city like Vienna, because the cost was too great for local officials to sit idly by.

"Where do you think I met with the twenty dozen attacks? I was just like you when I first came, but I advise you to take it seriously, after all, you only live once. ”

Klaus knocked on the special steel carriage of the carriage with some disbelief.

"It's a little five tons and it takes four horses to pull. The bullet didn't even get a dent when it hit, and it could block the explosion of a 1.5-kilogram grenade at close range, and I suspect that unless a cannon is used, no one can do anything with this four-centimeter-thick steel plate. ”

Poor talked, however, Klaus carefully examined his weapons, two of the latest military revolvers, and a new air rifle.

Although the air rifle can only be used with a bottle on its back and looks like a toy, it is unmatched in the close-quarters combat of this era.

There are only four air rifles, and the rest of the people are also two short and one long, but the rifles equipped are all lever rifles.

The lever-operated rifle originated in Italy, but it was not taken seriously, and due to Franz's request for the development of a breech gun, the Austrian army bought the patent directly.

Then, after the improvement of a group of experts, and the level of Austrian technology at this time was much higher than that of Italy in 1820, so the lever-operated rifle that could be used in real combat was still created.

The advantages of this gun are obvious, the number of reloads is large, the reload speed is fast, the firing rate is also fast, plus the rifling also has a fairly high accuracy.

However, the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, instability, poor power, high mechanical failure rate, difficult to shoot in a lying position, but it is very suitable for queue shooting tactics.

It can be said that the guns designed by the Austrians are quite in line with the characteristics of the times, and it seems that they are ready to carry out the line of shots to the end.

When the time came, Baron Brooke boarded the carriage on time, and the procession marched mightily towards the Imperial Central Bank.

However, as soon as he went out, he encountered an unexpected thing, a carriage full of logs suddenly lost control, and huge logs broke free from the ropes and scattered everywhere

(End of chapter)