Bratislava County is located in the southeastern part of the Transylvanian Plateau. Its capital is the city of Bratislava, with Moldavia to the northeast and Transylvania to the west.
Of course, the current Transylvania has nothing to do with Wallachia or future Romania. This land still belongs to the Habsburg family and Austria. To be more specific, it should belong to the Habsburgs.
Hungary under the Family.
It was not until the end of World War I that the Habsburg family was ended and the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided into five pieces. As a reward for Romania's joining the Allies, Transylvania was cut off from Hungary according to the Treaty of Trianon.
Gave it to Romania.
Of course, this is still seventy or eighty years later. For the time being, Wallachia does not even have the courage to provoke Austria, let alone coveting Transylvania.
It should also be noted that Brasov is located in the basin of the northern foothills of the South Balkhatian Mountains. From here, heading south to Prahova County and Bucharest requires climbing over the mountains, which is equivalent to a pass on the foothills.
Therefore, Brasov is very important from a geographical perspective. It is a hub connecting Bucharest to Moldavia and Transylvania. In other words, the Russian army wants to enter Vlach from the northwest.
If Asia captures Bucharest, Brasov will definitely be a must-stop.
And this is the reason why Dimitri invited Li Xiao to visit, and someone immediately agreed. He was very interested in the defense situation of this transportation artery and hub. Although he only needed to understand the situation in Bucharest in China,
Considering the urinary nature of Nicholas I, it is difficult to say what the scope of this "area" covers. It would be good to be a little proactive and make more preparations.
Because Brasov is a transportation hub, its commerce and handicraft industry are very developed, and its economy is one of the best in Wallachia, second only to Bucharest in the country. It can be regarded as an important city!
Of course, this big city must be put in quotation marks, because the population of Brasov is really not that large, at least it cannot be compared with the big cities with monster houses in later generations of East Asia. At its peak, the population was more than 300,000. According to Li Xiao
The population during this time period was even smaller, and it could only be considered as a fifth-tier small county town in China.
Brasov, as the capital of Brasov County, is actually a county town. There is no problem in calling it that. The entire county town has the style of an ancient Eastern European city, and Gothic architectural styles are everywhere. For example, the famous Black Church
located in this city.
"Is it really burnt black?" Li Xiaoluo asked curiously like a serious tourist.
Dimitri, who was a guest tour guide, immediately replied: "Yes, Mr. Diomede, the outer wall of the church was indeed blackened by the fire... That was still in 1689, because Brasso was angry because he was dissatisfied with the Austrian expropriation.
The craftsmen revolted angrily... Seeing that the situation was over, the panicked Austria ordered the city to be set on fire, trying to use the fire to stop the uprising of the Wallachian people. Later..."
Actually, Li Xiao knows the history of this black church very clearly. As a humanoid encyclopedia, he knows much more details than the half-assed tour guide (who is really carrying private goods) Dimitri.
The Black Church was indeed first blackened in 1689, but the church was not only blackened because of the fire. After that, the largest Catholic church in Transylvania also experienced
Two fires.
And to be honest, this church is not that dark. The exterior wall is just a light yellowish brown. Compared with the surrounding buildings, it is really not that dark. And please note that this is a Catholic church!
Why should we specifically talk about its Catholic attributes? Because in the narration of tour guide Dimitri, the Black Church seems to be a witness of Wallachia's resistance to the tyranny of the Habsburg family. In fact, the Habsburg family represents
The Austrian ruling group believes in Catholicism, and the people of Wallachia are mostly Orthodox believers. Although they are the product of the same mother living separately, the two families are really very smart.
The Austrians burning their own churches has something to do with the Wallachians. Of course, the fire in 1689 burned more than one black church, but this most famous church is not easy to be regarded as the Orthodox Wallachians' rebellion against Catholicism.
The symbol of Austria!
In fact, at the other end of the Town Hall Square where the Black Church is located, the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas and the Bratislava Orthodox Cathedral stand opposite each other. Even these two churches are older than the Black Church.
It just doesn’t have the super-famous pipe organ of the Black Church, nor does it have the musical disc with the same name in later generations.
In Li Xiao's opinion, the Black Church is not as famous as the first sight. It is neither tall nor majestic, and the light inside is not very good. It is so dark that nothing can be seen. The only thing that shocked Li Xiao was the sound of the pipe organ.
The piano and the choir sang, and it was really good to speak from the bottom of my heart.
It's just that Li Xiao wasn't particularly interested in this set of things, but it was the newsboy who came out of the church and hawked news on the street that aroused his interest.
"Ploiesti massacre!"
Li Xiao looked at the impressive headline on the front page and inadvertently glanced at Dimitri next to him. According to the news, there was a shooting at the Ploiesti City Hall yesterday, killing two people.
The injury is truly tragic and appalling.
Well, Li Xiao thinks that newspaper editors of this era should learn how to attract attention from the shock editors of later generations. This headline is not shocking at all! Besides, only two people died, what is it called a tragic event, a beacon for future generations?
If there is a shooting case in the country, not ten or eight people would be embarrassed to make the news. If it is of this level, it can only be criticized as a bad thing.
However, when Li Xiao noticed the titles of the casualties, he probably understood why the Wallachians felt so miserable. A count and a viscount were killed, and a count and the magistrate of Prahova County were seriously injured. They were all.
Big shot!
These days, the lives of ordinary people are worthless. Let alone the death or injury of a big shot, the loss of a hair is a big event. Now that so many nobles have died, how can it not be miserable? Even if the ordinary people don't feel miserable, the rulers do too. After all, they feel the same way, right?
!
And today we can kill counts and viscounts, shoot county magistrates, tomorrow we can kill marquis or dukes, shoot mayors and cabinet ministers, how is this amazing! It must be brutal, it must be taken seriously, it must be
It would be good to kill one person as a warning to others!
Li Xiao suddenly smiled, and asked Dimitri, who was pretending to know nothing about me and was innocent: "Mr. Bretianu, the injured Count Petrescu seems to be the oldest in Prahova County."
A landowner? The deceased Viscount Berest and Count Biness were also big landowners similar to him?"