The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven Chapter 74

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A sudden heat wave swept across Europe, with much of southwest Europe exceeding 40°.

Austria Vienna.

The temperature in this city does not exceed 25° all the year round, and the continuous high temperature of 35° is a bit unbearable. Many people are too hot to sleep, and have to wander outside until late at night to fall asleep.

In Schönbrunn Palace, Franz also felt very uncomfortable. The high temperature made him very uncomfortable. After all, he had been in Vienna for eight years, and he was used to wearing long shirts in summer.

Europeans don't have many ways to escape the heat. All they can think of is to soak in the water or find a cool place to travel.

As a result, Russia, which has always been regarded as a barbarian by Europeans, suddenly ushered in a peak of tourists, and rich Europeans fled to Russia to escape the summer.

In the eyes of Nicholas I, this is an excellent opportunity...

When you think this is the perfect opportunity to showcase his hospitality, you're dead wrong. It is the intention of this iron-fisted tsar to silence those who speak ill of Russia forever!

The first unlucky ones were the Jews, followed by the French, and later, the Russians also lowered their nationality standards in order to generate income. Any foreigner who looked down on Russia would be treated with the Tsar's iron fist.

Russian Jews said that they have long been used to the fact that the Russians ruthlessly slaughtered foreign merchants.

However, the Franz family did not go on a trip. Mrs. Sophie originally planned to go to her sister's house to visit relatives and escape the summer heat, because Bavaria belongs to the plateau and the temperature is relatively low.

However, Earl Hussel, who went back to explore the road first, said that now that Bavaria is hotter than Vienna, Mrs. Sophie had no choice but to give up this plan.

Franz was in his room, in front of the two ice ovens, Thalia and Ajani were fanning vigorously.

They were already sweating profusely, and even their clothes were soaked in sweat, and now Franz felt even hotter.

Franz simply developed an air conditioner driven by steam power. In fact, in 1834, Jacobi Perkins of the United Kingdom had successfully developed a human-operated refrigerator that used ether as a working medium and could work continuously.

It's just that the power of this refrigerator is too small, and the workmanship is too rough. Franz used the knowledge of later generations to modify it, adding a crank connecting rod system connected to the steam engine. A steam-powered air conditioner was completed.

Jacobi Perkins' refrigerator can freeze two cups of water, which is not enough for Franz's house of several hundred square meters.

And the price of that refrigerator was too expensive, it cost 50,000 florins, which was unacceptable to most nobles, even members of the royal family.

So Franz decided to make it himself. After all, the principle is not very complicated, so he uses ether to evaporate and absorb heat... Then he uses an air compressor to let the ether flow from the high-pressure area to the low-pressure area, and sprays it into the evaporator through the capillary tube, and the pressure drops suddenly. The liquid refrigerant immediately turns into a gaseous state, absorbing a large amount of heat from the air through the cooling fins.

In this way, when the compressor works continuously, it can continuously absorb the heat at one end of the low-pressure area into the refrigerant, and then send it to the high-pressure area to dissipate into the air, thereby reducing the temperature.

In the end, Franz spent 70,000 florins to complete the design, but Franz couldn't care less. When the cold wind blew out, Franz felt that everything was worth it.

Franz wanted to install a steam engine next door downstairs. At first Adjani and Thalia thought Franz was fooled by the heat.

However, the moment the cold wind blew out, they fell.

"It's so cool!"

"It's really comfortable!"

Ever since, both of them refused to leave Franz's room.

When Franz was going to bed, he found that they hadn't left yet, so he had to watch them.

Talia was the first to speak, "Frantz, I'm your tutor. In fact, it's not wrong to say that I'm a nanny. You often slept on my lap when you were young."

Franz looked at Adjani again, and Adjani immediately explained solemnly.

"Grand Duke Franz, I am your attendant, or the bedroom maid. I am supposed to serve you in your room. If you need anything, please let me know. After all, this is my duty."

Although Ajani said so, she was lying on Franz's sofa drinking coffee and reading the newspaper at the same time, and Thalia occupied Franz's table at this time.

Franz looked at the two helplessly, and said something indifferently.

"If you don't mind, you can sleep on the bed..."

Before Franz finished speaking, the two quickly squeezed up, squeezed Franz in the middle, and covered the quilt.

In fact, Franz still has a camp bed, which was arranged by Mrs. Sophie herself. Although Mrs. Sophie finally agreed to let Franz sleep on a soft bed under Franz's repeated requests, the camp bed was still kept. .

Before Franz could continue speaking, Thalia and Adjani blew out the candles on both sides.

"Good night, Grand Duke Franz."

"Good night..." In fact, what Franz thought was "how can I sleep here?"

Southwestern Europe, Spain.

The two sides in the Spanish Civil War even had to truce to avoid the hot weather. The last Woodford I attack was very successful, capturing the French Lieutenant General Pierre, wounding the Earl of Sabie, and Gabriel was killed because of his hesitation. The queen regent was dismissed and replaced by Oduart, a banker who had never fought a war.

But the French sent Henri Gratien Bertrand, a veteran who participated in the Napoleonic Wars, and the army led by UU Reading www.uukanshu.com was also an elite French army.

It's just that fighting in the mountains is really not the specialty of the French. Although they have won successive victories against the Carlists, they are of no help to the overall battle situation.

Because of the hot weather, the morale of the soldiers was low, and even the old general himself fell into a coma due to heatstroke, so the French army had to retreat and cease fighting.

The continuous high temperature caused a large-scale drought. A once-in-century drought swept across the whole of Europe. France and Spain continued to suffer wildfires. The money spent by the French on fighting the fire could already build several battleships.

"Hunger stones" are frequently found in Germany. These hunger stones were sunk into the bottom of the river during the famine years. Their reappearance also means that the famine is coming again.

The drop in the water level of the Elbe River and the appearance of the Hunger Stone caused panic throughout Germany.

"If you see me, please cry for me." This hunger stone records the catastrophe in 1616, and more languages ​​on the hunger stone are like curses and epitaphs.

1473, 1616, 1654, 1666, 1746, 1790, and 1800 were the years with the most hunger stones, and they were also disaster years in the history of the German region.

Hunger Rocks are river bed rocks that only emerge from the water when the water level is extremely low.

Historically low water years are inscribed on these hunger stones along with various signs and warnings. The Hunger Stone is a hydrological landmark, a witness to drought, and is considered a "bad omen".

Austrian domestic.

Hunger stones have been reported frequently across Austria.

The church followed suit "Here's a revelation..."

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