Chapter 222 Accidental Fire
Consul Goriti was very happy that Ladislaus had completely given up on maritime strategy. The port of Trieste that had been rebuilt with Venetian funding would be very small and would have no military use. In his opinion, Ladislaus
In order to save thousands of dollars, Si handed over all the reconstruction work to Thaler, which means that he is really concentrating on mainland affairs.
On his way back to Venice, he made up his mind to broker an economic alliance with Austria.
Mr. Jevich, the Pale Lord, was appointed captain of the navy by Ladislaus for his outstanding performance in naval battles. He is the number one person in the Austrian navy in the current bleak Austrian navy.
All living naval soldiers and sailors of Lasiris's merchant fleet were placed under his jurisdiction.
But he really couldn't be happy, because Ladislaus not only showed his goodwill to the Venetians in port affairs, but before returning to Vienna, Ladislaus also packed up all the remaining small ships of the Grand Duchy of Austria.
The Republic of Venice was exchanged for tens of thousands of talers.
This captain's title seemed to be purely an honorary title. In Jevich's view, he had finally fulfilled the value of his mage status and became the leader of hundreds of people. He also found a friend in the court of Vienna.
Cassano Cavalier has been dating him in recent days.
Although Knight Cassano hinted that he still had strong support in the harem of the Austrian monarch, Yevich, who had seen too many palace struggles, always felt that Knight Cassano did not tell the whole truth, but there is no rush.
Vienna can certainly figure it out.
What's more, even if everything else is fake, the Cassano Knight is already very close to a "protecting the country" figure, and it will only be a matter of time before he gains influence among the Austrian top brass.
Although Jevich still had doubts about his own future and the future of the Austrian Navy, he still tried hard to do his part. He enthusiastically devoted himself to organizing the team and allocating manpower to different types of personnel according to their special skills.
In the process of grouping people with sailing experience, he also had to consider factors such as nationality and seniority, but he handled them well, and his status as a spellcaster also helped a lot.
By the time he returned to Vienna, he had considerable control over his more than two hundred people.
Jevich already knew about Ladislaus' new city project from the Cassano Knights, so he was mentally prepared to go to the construction site and move bricks as soon as he returned to the city. No matter what, he would have a say as long as he could play a role.
Quan. This principle is always good.
He did not expect that the palace needed more manpower than the city wall. Before going to the city wall to move bricks, he and his men were taken to the palace to clean up the ruins. One wing of the entire palace no longer existed, and most of the rooms in the middle also needed to be cleaned. Only.
There is room for people to live in the other wing.
"The palace treasury and the private treasuries of several ladies were protected immediately and there was no loss. Most of the royal collection of books was also rescued, and the losses to unrelated personnel were not huge."
Ladislaus was certainly depressed about returning to Vienna and having to face the burning of one-third of the palace, but what was even more depressed was the cause of the fire.
"What about the personal losses?" There may indeed be accidental fires in this world, but in the palace any accident is not an accident.
"There is no direct evidence that Her Royal Highness Princess Katharina planned or participated in the operation. But there is no doubt that half of her maids, mainly female mages and female warriors, died in the fire. At present, except for a few final bodyguards
Female warrior, Your Highness the Princess has no other force." Both Machiavelli and Mrs. Reinhard knelt in front of Ladislaus to apologize to him.
In fact, Machiavelli's authority basically had nothing to do with the internal affairs of the harem, but this time things were too big and he was also dragged into the water.
"Where's Anna?" There was no emotion or anger in Ladislaus's voice.
"Lady Anna and her children are fine. Although several maids assigned to her were burned to death, I have rearranged the servants and temporarily arranged them to live in the royal convent of the Habsburg family."
Mrs. Reinhard found that this hot housekeeper position would be very hot if she had to compete with a Spanish princess.
"That's all? She has nothing to say?" Ladislaus turned to Machiavelli, who was the one who really had a say compared to the chamberlain.
"Mrs. Anna did not make any accusations. She only said that it was an accidental fire and she was sorry for the losses caused." Machiavelli was actually very grateful for Anna's statement. If the incident turned into a pot of porridge, he would be even more embarrassed.
"Find a new area for Anna in the palace. She should not leave the palace with my child. The convent is a cold palace, and I have no intention of relegating her to the cold palace. This is not the way the warlock royal family treats women who are pregnant with their own offspring.
Just find an area away from Princess Katherina, and the Royal Palace.
There is no need to rebuild the destroyed wing, just clear out the rubbish. It’s enough to squeeze in a little bit after so many people died." It was impossible to say that Ladislaus was not angry, but he still waved his hand to signal the two of them.
The manager can resign. "Just do your job well, don't worry, this matter is not your fault."
Although it was not in Ladislaus's opinion to send Anna to a convent, Mrs. Reinhardt was really not qualified to participate in this contest.
Watching the two people leaving with a huge sigh of relief, Ladislaus sat on the throne for a while before finally deciding to go see Anna first.
In fact, she lives not far away. It only takes ten minutes to go there on horseback.
However, "Knee" refused to approach the area where Anna was. All the other horses also had varying degrees of fear, as if they were unwilling to approach a tiger and were unwilling to approach Anna.
This strange phenomenon gave Ladislaus a headache even more, and he had to walk half the way back.
However, Anna was very calm when she saw her. She bowed to Ladislaus naturally and made tea for her with her own hands, as if she were an ordinary palace lady welcoming her monarch.
At this distance, Ladislaus also felt something that frightened the horses.
Although she has been pregnant for several months, Anna's figure shows no change at all.
"I'm sorry this time. Please believe that I have no ill intentions towards your child. I promise you that I will stop any further actions from the Spanish side." Ladislaus's words were quite polite, far more than what he would say to a fallen mistress.
You are so polite. Several of his followers were surprised. Could it be sympathy?
Only the two superpowers Sazhastan and Frenzberg who came with him understood the real reason.
"Thank you very much. Of course I believe that you will not endanger your children. If it is inconvenient, I can just live here. There is no need to move back to the palace and make Her Royal Highness uncomfortable." Anna was too friendly, not only as if
He had forgotten Ladislaus's vengeance to exterminate his family, and he didn't care at all about the murderous intention of the Spanish princess.
When all three strong men entered Anna's room, they suddenly realized that what they were facing was not a tiger but a terrifying thing far above the tiger.
Ladislaus understood that from the moment he inserted the "invitation to the feast" into Anna's heart, the woman he loved and hated had completely dedicated her soul to the Lord of Fire.
Cassus kept this fact hidden until Spanish killers forced Anna to take action.
Chapter completed!