The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1551: Taking the Lead (Part )

The fact that the treaty between the Austrian Empire and Mexico was renewed until 1950 did not attract much attention in Europe. Although Tasan Anna bought some hype, most Europeans paid very limited attention to Mexico.

In contrast, the North-South sparring in the United States is more likely to attract the attention of Europeans. The sparring here is a real spitting of saliva at each other, and even fistfighting.

In order to deal with this special situation, both the North and the South selected strong young men to replenish fresh blood. Unfortunately, Lincoln had his jaw knocked out by a punch from Tom Hale, the Southern boxing champion.

You have to know that the bare fists were used at that time, and the power of bare fists is completely incomparable to that of boxing gloves. If the boxing champion had gone over and added two more punches, Lincoln would most likely never have the chance to become the President of the United States.

However, another young congressman nearby knocked down the boxing champion Tom Hale who was about to step forward. Even so, Lincoln was seriously injured and had to rely on liquid food and milk to fill his stomach for a long time.

Compared with the public indifference, Britain and France still criticized the actions of the Austrian Empire.

The actions of the Austrian Empire directly led to Britain and France increasing their investment in colonial activities. Regardless of whether it could be developed or whether it had potential, they would just occupy it first.

The actions of Britain and France stimulated the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and other countries, and even William IV announced that he would start colonial activities.
However, Franz was not too worried. After all, he had already occupied all the areas that were easy to occupy and not likely to conflict with other powers.

More colonies are not necessarily a good thing, after all, you can't bite off more than you can chew. Moreover, if Franz can develop the existing colonies in the next few decades, he will feel that he has exceeded his mission.

After all, it is not easy to go from zero to one. The rest depends on other countries beating their pig brains into dog brains.

The loser will inevitably accumulate hatred, and the winner may not be much better off, after all, the initial investment in the colony is astonishing.

Moreover, most countries in the world were not prepared to colonize Africa, except in North Africa, where malaria alone was enough to repel the British Empire, not to mention other small fry.

No matter how good the money is, you have to be alive to get it.

1851, April 5.

London, England.

Before the morning mist in London had dissipated, people had already arrived in front of Hyde Park, looking forward to the event.

A huge building finally unveiled its mysterious veil. The Crystal Palace consists of 3300 cast iron columns, 2300 iron beams, and nearly pieces of glass.

The entire Crystal Palace is 563 meters long, 124 meters wide, with a vault height of 39 meters and an average height of 20 meters. It covers an area of ​​7.4 square meters, which is equivalent to the size of ten football fields.

The length, width, height and floor space of the entire Crystal Palace were all carefully planned. Since the British wanted to create a wonder, they had to make it the largest in Europe.

At this time, the huge Crystal Palace was reflecting the sun's rays, lighting up the whole of London.

However, in the eyes of Hugo and others who came to watch the ceremony, this was a huge light pollution. Many foreign celebrities had to squint their eyes.

Some people would call it "dazzling", but in the eyes of others it is "sensational". But no matter what people say, the Crystal Palace is too dazzling. Looking at it, it really looks like a palace made of crystal, which makes people love and hate it.

What I love is its beauty, uniqueness, and fantasy, but what I hate is that it is not a wonder of my own country.

However, the shock caused by this Crystal Palace was far less than that in the original time and space, because the Austrian Empire caused an even greater shock to people the day before the opening of the World Industrial Exposition.

Although it was an International Industrial Exposition, in reality only 25 countries and 15 colonies participated in the exhibition.

This is the consensus of the academic community in later generations. However, according to early historical documents, the British government officially announced that there were only ten participating countries, namely:
Britain, the United States, France, Prussia, Austria, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland. Britain at that time attached great importance to sovereignty and "civilization" and would not give the so-called humanistic care to other countries.

However, this was still the biggest bustle in London at that time, with ships of foreign envoys arriving at the port every day.

They really wanted to see what those poor inferiors and savages looked like. After all, they had only heard about them from the British government's propaganda and had never seen them with their own eyes.

So the docks are always crowded with people, and every time a foreign ship docks, it always attracts boos. Some people also throw flower petals, but more people throw stones and rotten tomatoes.

But there were no obscene gestures or the most frequently used English word in the modern world.

Because in the Victorian era this was the bottom line of the British state, society, and religion, and anyone who did these things in public would face real social death.

First, the user will be arrested by the military police, and then will be fined, imprisoned, flogged, etc. The community church and state departments will blacklist them, and if they hold a public office or teaching position, they will be directly dismissed.

In short, the Victorian era was an era of extreme piety and moral conservatism, and many things were very different from now. Even homeless people and gang members would never say these words until they died.

On the other hand, British upper-class gentlemen are much more polite. They will take off their hats to greet foreigners docked at the Port of London, and may even say "Welcome to London" in French.

Unfortunately, there was a thin mist on the sea today. Just as people were discussing whether there would be any new fun, a long whistle broke the original atmosphere.

A gigantic steel monster rushed out of the mist, the jet-black metal glowing with a cold luster just like the scales on the monster's body.

The nine-meter-high ship's side was like a three-story building, forcing people on the terrace on the shore to look up. Coupled with its huge size, people instantly felt insignificant.

The towering chimney makes people wonder if it is taller than the spire of Westminster Abbey.

The length of this giant ship was four to five times that of the surrounding ships, and some people had already fainted from excessive fright.

But more people were surprised, extremely surprised. They could even fit two eggs in their wide-open mouths. Some stevedores even fell into the water because they were too surprised.

After a long time, someone finally spoke.

"Oh my God! What the hell is that!"

At this moment, people seemed to wake up from a dream, and they pointed at the huge ship in front of them and asked questions.

"Today, at this time, it should be the Austrian ship, the 'Karl Augustus'"

However, as the giant ship slowly approached, the huge roar made it difficult for people to hear anything else and they could only barely hear the word "Austrian Empire".

"Why doesn't it have a paddle wheel?"

“The Austrians really do practice witchcraft”

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" The old captain of the pilot boat banged the triangle and yelled, "Don't you want to live? Pull over!"

Normally, the owners of those small boats always like to quarrel with each other, but now, in front of this huge object, they want to jump into the water and push their boats away, and they all flee away from the center of the waterway.

When the giant ship finally entered the waterway, the huge hull almost filled the entire water area, and the water level in the river seemed to have risen a lot.