Chapter 3339 General Satan (Part 2)

The Adriatic Sea is shaped like the territory of Italy. It is a gradually narrowing waterway. The narrowest point is the Strait of Olanto, where the Adriatic Sea flows into the Ionian Sea through Corfu.

Sediments carried by the Po River from the distant Alps have formed a spectacular lagoon marsh, so that the Po River delta pushes towards the sea every year. There used to be a port here called Adriatic, from which the Adriatic Sea got its name, but it is now inland.

Due to the geological structure, the two coastlines of the Adriatic Sea are completely different. The Italian coast on the west side is a curved and low-lying beach. Such geographical conditions cannot form an excellent port, but it provides an ideal opportunity for potential invaders. landing field.

The annual Ascension Day is the day when the sea opens to the Venetians. Around this festival, the raging winds on the Adriatic Sea will gradually calm down, and the sea surface will become silky, and people will not have to see the sea surface being blown by the strong wind. The wind was turbulent, and the waves crashed into the limestone on the east coast of the Adriatic Sea.

Although the coasts of Dalmatia and Albania are densely covered with many islands, they are also intertwined with many sheltered harbors. The intricate coast can shelter an entire fleet or provide an excellent ambush point. Georgiana's guardian Bougainville is now with the French Navy They are busy "clearing out pirates" in this area.

After the Romans decided the winner with Carthage, they regarded the conquest of Greece as their next goal. The Roman envoy told Queen Illyria that it was her connivance that allowed piracy to become more and more rampant, and many Italian merchants were killed. The purpose of the envoy coming here was to ask the queen to restrain her subjects and ensure that such incidents would not happen again.

Later, the Roman envoy was murdered on his way back, which became Rome's excuse for "retaliation by force."

Venice is said to have been founded to hide from Attila, after the city was razed to the ground on the coastal plain, and it prospered in the aftermath because of its inaccessible location.

But the city is very vulnerable to the vagaries of the sea. Apart from the fish and saltworks of the lagoon, the city produces nothing. Its only skills are navigation and transporting goods.

The first problem Venetian sailors encountered was that sailing south from the Adriatic Sea was unsafe, especially in the no-man's land in the central Adriatic Sea, where pirates often appeared. Venice's struggle with these pirates lasted for many years. Finally, a governor believed that Venetians must be able to travel freely in the Adriatic Sea, otherwise they would be permanently blocked in their home waters, and the consul refused to pay tribute to the pirates. , he organized a huge fleet to force the pirates into submission.

From then on, Venice's ruling tone was aimed at seizing the Dalmatian coast. However, becoming the master of Dalmatia was not easy. For several centuries, until the end of the Republic in 1797, Venice invested a lot of resources in Dalmatia. Matthias "governed."

But in the Treaty of Campo Formio, Dalmatia and the former Venetian Islands in the Adriatic were given to Austria - with the recognition of the kings of Hungary and Bohemia. In addition, the former Levant and the latter Venetian Islands were given to the French Republic, and part of Hungary and Bohemia was ceded as compensation for the loss of Italian territory to the Duke of Modena and his heirs.

Hungary and Dalmatia, which had been peaceful for centuries, had conflicts over the issue of a common language, but this happened before the Peace of Campo Formio was signed, and Bernardo Zamagna was not teaching in Milan. In the past two years.

This treaty also required the German Empire to give up its suzerainty in Italy. However, with the defeat of the French Republic in Italy during the Second Anti-French Alliance War, this treaty basically existed in name only until the Treaty of Luneville was signed after the Battle of Marengo. , only reaffirmed the ownership of Dalmatia and the Venetian Islands in the Adriatic Sea in the Treaty of Campo Formio, the two Italian republics, Batavia, Belgium and the Helvetic Republic.

The Helvetic Republic was established in 1798 and covers most of Switzerland. The French royal family has a group of Swiss mercenaries, but there are more than these Swiss serving in the French Legion. There are a total of 25,000 people. For example, there is one in Marseille. The Swiss rebelled when they heard they were going to Santo Domingo.

If neutral Switzerland was attacked, France would send troops to help. In addition, the Swiss Confederation enjoys privileges in the French market and can purchase grain and salt in France at low prices.

Now France has obtained an army of 16,000 through mediation with Switzerland, but they are not serving in France. Bonaparte had authorized Georgiana to use this army if Murat disobeyed her orders.

Compared with the Italians in the "south", the Holy Roman Empire in the "north" is certainly much more difficult to defeat. What's more, when the Treaty of Luneville was signed, Murat heard that he would send Bernadotte and Joseph Bonaparte together. Bernadotte was "neutral" during the Brumaire Coup.

It was Joseph who suggested that Bernadotte go to negotiate. Bernadotte didn't want to go, and Joseph didn't want to go with "Observation Commander" Murat, so Joseph went to negotiate alone.

The Treaty of Lunéville also included the French giving up their ownership of the right bank of the Rhine and agreeing to return the fortresses of Dusseldorf, Allen Brezstein, Phillips, Kasselburg, and Mann. The corresponding fortress. Fort Cole and the old Fort Brisach, located on the right bank, will remain in the same condition as they were when the French retreated when conditions are clear.

This time after Bonaparte broke up with Georgiana, he patrolled along the Rhine, and he didn't just go to Aachen. Koblenz Fortress had been destroyed during the war, it had not been rebuilt and remained in ruins.

But on the other side of the Rhine River, there is the Ehrenbreitstein Fortress. Around 1000 AD, a small castle appeared here. This place originally housed an elector who moved to the other side of the Rhine from Ehrenbrestein, and over the following centuries the elector's successors built the small castle into a fortress.

From 1777 to 1786, the Elector also built a French neoclassical-style Elector Palace in Koblenz, but in 1792 he fled to avoid the French army and never returned.

The fortress was supposed to be demolished, but when Bonaparte went to see it, it was still there because the engineering team was "blocked" by the citizens who were unwilling to provide any equipment to the French.

The reason they gave was that the fortress was not on the list of ruins that must remain intact under the Treaty of Luneville, and it was also located in Austria on the right bank.

Then we inspected all the way and found that many fortresses did not maintain the appearance of "the French had withdrawn" in accordance with the provisions of the treaty. Many medieval cities were built in fortresses, river mouths and other places. Residents who escaped the war came back to rebuild their homes.

"Can this be a reason to declare war on Austria?" Georgiana almost jumped up angrily.

"It's not a declaration of war, it's a reaffirmation of the Treaty of Campo Formio, madam." Rohrban said loudly. "After the Treaty of Amiens was signed, we also signed other treaties, including a peace treaty with the Ottomans. Since we recognized The Ionian Islands Republic has been affected, and our relationship with the Ottomans has been affected. When I came here just now, I told you that the First Consul had sent a new ambassador to repair the relationship between the two countries. The Ottomans also wanted to do this, because the Tsar Eastern Georgia is about to be annexed, and the Georgian king is dying.”

She was shocked and speechless.

"We set aside Modena, Ferrara and Bologna to establish the Shannan Alpine Republic, and took away the Principality of Parma as compensation. Do you think this reason is reasonable?" Rolban asked.

"Who are you loyal to? Ugly guy?" Georgiana asked subconsciously.

Rohrban didn't mind being called that at all.

"I can only tell you that England does not want Tsarist Russia to expand in Persia. You have a compatriot who is now the governor of Mysore. Before that, he was the ambassador of Persia." Rolban said.

"What about the current Persian ambassador?" Georgiana asked.

"India is currently the primary issue for England. If your proposal succeeds and exchanges certain conditions for freedom of navigation for France, then we will strengthen and stabilize the Ottoman Empire and use it against Russia." Rohrbon said.

She felt incredible.

"It's too early to talk about supplying cotton to Naples. Cotton from Trieste can also be supplied to Piedmont, especially after the Simplon tunnel is repaired," Rohrbon said.

"The problem is that I've already told Mullah." She said helplessly, "Even if I tell him, he might think I'm crazy."

"When Caroline was in Paris, Murat often used family visits as a request to return to Paris. The First Consul's response was that a soldier should be loyal to his wife, but he should not always think about returning to her unless he has nothing to do. But do you know why General Leckie is so trusted by Mullah?"

"Because he has a beautiful sister." Georgiana said coldly. "I heard she has beautiful eyes."

"General Lecky once shot and killed an Austrian nobleman. He once bribed a priest, dressed up like him, and hid in the confession booth to listen to his mistress's confession. It was because of her that General Lecky was imprisoned. He entered the prison in Venice. He bribed the jailer and gave him 36 hours of freedom. Then he came to Brescia and killed the marquis in front of the whole city because the content of his mistress's confession was her adultery with him. "Rolbang said calmly, "I heard that Brescia is a city rich in beautiful eyes, but Countess Gherardi's eyes did not confuse Murat."

Georgiana remembered Rollebon's past. Did he really send Princess Marie Theresa to Austria?

"I need time to think," she said tiredly.

"The First Consul said that peace is not an ideal, it is not just a moral goal, but a complex interaction of power relations and state and non-state affairs. I have always felt that the Marquis de Choiseul put everything on a marriage. It's too risky." said Rollebon. "Talleyrand also married an Englishwoman, the daughter of a British royal officer in Pondicherry, who, like you, was considered a spy."

She was stunned for a moment.

"The pursuit of peace is the most honorable goal of diplomacy and international law. Napoleon needed peace to consolidate his power. If he could not achieve peace, then he needed to convince the French people that he had done everything to achieve peace. And now, the people do not need it. Peace of shame, that's why you're here, Georgiana." Rohrban said, "If you don't believe it yourself, who will believe that love can bring miracles?"

"I thought... you didn't believe in marriage," Georgiana said.

"I just don't believe in the 'diplomatic revolution' and that a woman alone can bring peace." Rohrban said coldly, "Think about it, now the price of bread has dropped."

Then Rohrban bow-legged and left.

Georgiana looked at the letter on the table.

In the old days, hotels often also took care of the postal service. This was the case with Mullah's father. Perhaps it was because he knew the ropes so well that Mullah was able to "observe" the postal service.

Fortunately, Georgiana's letter to Padma was sent by an owl.

So should she use the same method to send a letter to William Pitt Jr?

She has not agreed to his proposal, so she cannot be counted as his fiancée. Just like the French did not agree to the Louisiana Purchase, the premise of Monroe's "merit-based termination of the contract" is that the latter buyer's "overall" offer is higher than The former one is more favorable and cannot be sold if taken apart.

Even according to Talleyrand's estimate of 60 million francs, it would not only be able to close the deficit, but also start a war.

After all, Sicily also belonged to the Bourbon dynasty after the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht. Just now Rollebon said that other treaties were signed after the signing of the Peace of Amiens, but he ran away without explaining it clearly.

After hesitating for a while, Georgiana left Mulla's house and went to Marino Palace.

Polina didn't know when she would come back from playing. How long would she continue to wait?