Eagle's Glory

Theozolos-Kolokotronis is a national independence fighter. He threw his head and blood for the cause of independence and exhausted his energy, but he did not intend to retire immediately after the success of independence.

On the one hand, the taste of power is very tempting; but more importantly, in the previous internal struggles of various factions in Greece and the coup d'etat led by him later, he had very intense vendettas with some political factions. At the worst, his support Many victims were bloody massacred.

So this time, he can't let go and let his supporters face the tragic situation of being isolated and killed again.

He must be in power for a period of time, at least to stabilize the political situation and ensure that he and his party will not be liquidated before he is willing to step down safely.

And this will require the cooperation of Aegron and the new king - so it is also a matter of fate for their father and son.

Just because he knew that Panos was most concerned about this question, Aegron didn't intend to hang his appetite, but answered him with a smile. "I'm still discussing this issue with Metternich. Because it's very important, we can't draw a conclusion right away, but I can assure you that if nothing happens, the throne will fall into the hands of the Wittelsbach family. .”

"The Wittelsbach family?" Panos froze again.

However, he was not surprised at all—after all, the Wittelsbach family is a famous princely family in German history, and its family history is longer than that of the Habsburg family. If a member of this family becomes I am afraid that no one can question the words of the King of Greece.

"If this is the case, we can accept it." After pondering for a moment, Panos nodded, "We will make preparations for this, no matter who the throne falls to in the end, he will find that we are his The best helper to rule Greece."

"I hope so too." Aigron replied with a smile, "Since I chose the king, I will support his rule. If we cooperate happily, the Kingdom of Greece and the Principality of Ioannina will work together to welcome Come a new era."

After a pause, he added another sentence, "When the matter here is settled, I plan to go to Bavaria to finalize this matter. I will keep in touch with you. Your father and son will be the first to get The man with the news of the new king."

"Okay, I wish you a smooth journey then." Panos also replied with great interest.

But soon, he sighed with some regret, "It's a pity, you are destined not to belong to our place. Our place is just a small corner of Europe, and your body cannot be accommodated... But I wish you to spread your wings and soar in the future, Get everything you can dream of."

"Thank you." Aigron extended his hand to the other party while thanking him.

Panos held the hand tightly, and then replied in a deep voice, "For the new era."　　

234, negotiation

After finalizing the tacit understanding of the next joint action with Panos, Aigron bid farewell to his allies, and watched him leave the church with his entourage and return to the Peloponnese Peninsula.

Because the current situation has become increasingly clear, Panos is also in a very good mood, but now both of them have a lot of affairs and need to deal with them as soon as possible, so he didn't stay for another two days to have a drink with Aigron—but the two of them It has been agreed that when Greece is formally established, it must be a happy gathering for two days to celebrate the hard-won victory.

On Aigron's side, now that Haidee's baptism ceremony is over, he will start the next step.

Just today, he officially announced Haiidee's identity to the outside world, and planned to bring her back to Ioannina, where his grandfather once ruled, and the next step is to implement this step.

During the first half month of his preparations for Haiidee's baptism, he has been observing the movements of all parties, especially the progress of the Russian Imperial Army.

Sure enough, as he expected, this time the Russian-Turkish war, the Russian Empire marched very smoothly, and even because of his own relationship with stirring up wind and rain, it performed better than the original historical line. From the beginning of the war, it was close to Within a month, it has broken through the Turkish Empire's defense line in Wallachia, and has broken into Bulgaria.

Judging from this progress, Turkey has no power to fight back against the Russian Empire this time, and the Russians will hit Adrianople soon, and then force the Turks to make an alliance under the city.

And what happened next can also be expected-the European powers will collectively come out to mediate, "persuade" the Tsar to stop his troops, and then come to a collective compromise at the expense of Turkey's interests.

And what Aigron has to do is to divide up his own interests in this "collective compromise".

The more progress he made, the more things he could get.

Now that Haiidee's conversion ceremony has been completed, he will march into Ioannina, and then turn it into a new independent principality, which will also become his next shelter.

After the ceremony, the crowd dispersed, and he and Teresa also took Haiide back to Mesolonghi.

Because of his order, the troops stationed everywhere are already regrouping, preparing to march northward and prepare for the next journey.

That's right, this time he will take his fiancée, Hai Dai and others with him. He is not worried about any troubles, because he has already sent Michelle Ney and Edmond Tante Si and others entered the Ioannina area as an advance team.

In the past half a month, judging from the replies of these people, their progress was extremely smooth. The Turks' already extremely weak ruling order was even more precarious in the turmoil of the past few years, and they did not encounter any resistance.

And after Ali Pasha's avant-garde captain Isaac Valleolo played the banner of Haide, the locals cheered even more. They were able to accept Ali Pasha's last orphan as their ruler.

It is precisely because of these reports that Aigron is very relieved about his expedition this time-it is not so much an expedition as it is more like an armed parade.

In addition, the advance team also reported that after several months of action after arriving in Greece, his reputation had spread throughout Ioannina, and the local influential religious figures and wealthy landowners all Not daring to organize resistance, for fear of becoming a victim of his anger.

Aigron understands that it is very easy for him to win this expedition, and it is even easier to kill and set fire, but if he wants to build a stable rule, he must show both "deterrence" and "softness".

So he wants to bring Teresa and Haide together to show his prestige and deter those local people who are still dissatisfied. He will mostly stay with the influential local upper class and let them cooperate with him. Take over and rebuild the local ruling order with minimal cost.

However, he will deliberately find a small number of people from the local upper class to kill chickens and monkeys, firstly to deter the local upper class who have dissidents; secondly, just to "borrow" their wealth.

As for the charges, it is easy to find. Whether it is "against the Grand Duke" or "blasphemy", or simply "running wild and causing disaster to the village", there is always one suitable for them. Egron has secretly ordered Edmond Dantès and Yi Sac Valleolo, let the two of them secretly draw up a list of the worst-known local upper-class figures, and when he arrives in Ioannina, he will clean up this group of people according to this list and laugh at them land without causing violent local riots.

Before marching, Aigron had already thought about all the necessary details, so he was calm and confident during the conversion ceremony.

He has already survived the most difficult and darkest days, and now there is a broad avenue in front of him. As long as he walks along that avenue, he will be able to harvest the fruits of victory that are waiting for him.

Messolonghi, who had calmed down, began to fall into the hustle and bustle again. People were packing their bags everywhere, even those small items-these officers and soldiers knew that this time Egron went to Joa After Nina, they will stay there for a long time, and Mesolonghi will be returned to the new Greek government, so they will definitely not be able to come back here in the future, so they will take everything they can take away now .

Aigron could understand their feelings, so he didn't stop them, but ordered that all members must be assembled after the specified time was up, and there was no direct military law in place.

He also rewarded the soldiers who followed him by letting the remaining Turkish captives serve as laborers to help the soldiers pack boxes and deliver salutes.

As for his own residence, Teresa's maids are already packing their luggage, ready to go north with the masters.

Because these trivial matters are handled by special personnel, Aigron and Teresa are actually free.

Eggron, who was always busy every day, felt free to spend some time at this time, so he invited Teresa to take a walk with him on the city wall by the sea—and Teresa naturally accepted it.

So, they handed Haidee, who had just completed the baptism ceremony, to Chanel's care, and then they came together to the city wall of Mesolonghi by the sea.

It was almost winter at this time. Although the temperature in the Mediterranean Sea was relatively warm and humid, it was still bitingly cold under the sea breeze.

But at this time, both of them were in a good mood, so they didn't care about it anymore.

Standing on the city wall and looking around, the sun is lazily floating on the sea surface, weakly spreading the sunlight on the sea surface, and then breaking into golden spots as the waves roll, and between the sandbars in the distance, the waves break out. There are white traces, like a circle of silk thread, wrapping them.

Looking at this majestic scene, Aigron couldn't help being very interested. He raised his hand and pointed to the small sandbars to the east, "Look, Teresa, those death squads rushed over from those sandbars at that time!"

After Teresa came to Aigron, she had already heard the details of the siege of Messolonghi from other people, so she couldn't help admiring these warriors.

"Just by watching the scene, you can see how difficult it was for them at that time... What's more, they crossed the sandbar in the middle of the night."

"Yes, they showed their wisdom and courage to complete the most important task for me. It is because of them that we can stand here and speak so calmly." Speaking of this, Egron couldn't help but feel a little Sadly, "Unfortunately, only one of them survived...they all died for us."

"I think this is also the honor they dream of." Teresa quickly comforted Aigron, "Your Highness, in Marengo, wasn't your father also on the verge of extinction? If there was no General Desai, how could it be possible? How about a glorious empire for the next ten years? No matter how great a person is, sometimes he can only make up his mind, close his eyes and wait for God's judgment without saying a word. Since fate favors you, it means that God It's on your side, you just need to fulfill God's will."

"Yes, in order to thank the blessing of fate, we must succeed. Only in this way... all sacrifices are worthwhile, and those who died for us can rest in peace." Aigron looked at the sea, and then nodded heavily nod. "I don't have the ability to part the sea like Moses, but I still want to lead my followers back to the promised land! It must belong to me!"

Seeing the menacing young man, Teresa secretly rejoiced, she liked to see His Highness look so bold, satisfying all the girl's imagination of romance.

Who can compare with His Highness among the princes and grandchildren who are all over Europe?

Of course, although there is light surrounding the two of them, there is inevitably a little shadow in it.

The most important and urgent problem is - not enough money to spend.

All the treasures that Aigron brought out from Monte Cristo Island were handed over to Teresa after he led the army. She is also the only one who has a detailed account of Aigron's property and knows it well.

Just because she knew about it, she was quite worried about it.

The wealth of tens of millions of francs can make a large group of people live comfortably for several lifetimes in this era, but when it is put on the balance of "war", it seems so insignificant.

Fortunately, this was only a small-scale war, so Aigron could support it for a few months without any difficulty, but if the war continued until next year, things would be difficult.

In addition, Aigron has to spend a sum of money to support his allies-so, after rapid consumption, Aigron's seemingly inexhaustible treasure chest is now only a quarter of it left .

In public, Teresa naturally kept her mouth shut so as not to disturb the morale of the army, but now there are only the two of them left here, so she can naturally speak freely.

"Your Highness, I'm going to write to my parents again, asking them to give us some more money. If it doesn't work, let's just lend it to us..." Teresa suggested in a low voice, "Although the money is still enough, we must do more. Be prepared to avoid being caught off guard in the future.”

"How can this work? Silly girl!" Aigron shook his head immediately, "I have already taken a large dowry from them, how can I bother your parents again? It's too embarrassing. Besides, what will they think? I?"

"You don't have to worry about that." Teresa shook her head, "Judging from my mother's letter, my father is quite satisfied with you, and if you ask, he will be willing to give you more, and he won't laugh at you. On the contrary, you will understand your difficulties - after all, to him, money is definitely not as important as noble character and aggressiveness, besides, we will not be able to pay back in the future, but just borrow a little..."

"No, we can't do this anymore." Aigron still shook his head and rejected the proposal.

Originally, he was enough to cause trouble for Grand Duke Karl. If he continued to ask him for money, even if he could get it, this debt of favor would be so embarrassing to him.

"Then what are you going to do?" Teresa asked helplessly. "We can't really watch the cash box bottom out, no matter how loyal your followers are, they still need to survive."

It's not that Aigron hasn't thought about this question, so he immediately answered Teresa.

"After we take Ioannina, I will disarm immediately, dismiss the temporarily recruited Greeks, and allocate land to them within the Principality."

This is a way to achieve the best of both worlds. On the one hand, these Greeks can get enough rewards; on the other hand, they will also serve as the foundation of Aegron's own rule and maintain a reliable basic disk in the mls area.

And the remaining thousands of people are Aigron's current core force. They can temporarily act as the garrison of Ioannina, relying on Ioannina's local income to support them, and no longer have to worry about spending Aigron's own money bag.

Therefore, as long as there is a piece of land, things are much easier to handle, and the money can form a stable cash flow cycle instead of bleeding on its own.

The Principality of Ioannina will be a key step for him to settle on the mainland, and he must take this step well.

After talking about this plan, Aigron continued to talk about his other idea.

"Teresa, after the matter on the Greek side is settled, I will ask the Pope and Cardinal Vittorio Esposito to invite me to Rome - this time I will be open and aboveboard. Come to Rome, enjoy the Pope's recognition of me, and then I will go to see my grandmother..."

"Great!" Teresa cheered, "I miss her too..."

For her, Rome is not only a glorious holy city, but also her lucky place, where she seized her own destiny and reunited with His Highness.

For Aigron, in addition to enjoying the cheers, he also has to take over most of the remaining property of his grandmother Letizia—this time, the grandmother should agree to his request with great satisfaction.

Then he figured out how to get from Rome to Bavaria.

When he thought of this, he suddenly felt that he couldn't wait for time.

Facing the hunting sea breeze, he took a deep breath, sniffing the fishy and salty smell.

"Your Highness, how about paying a visit to your mother then?" Teresa suddenly suggested. "She has helped us this time..."　　

235, appointment

"Your Highness, how about paying a visit to your mother then?"

This sudden question left Aegron at a loss as to how to answer it.

Technically, this was no problem - as his mother, Empress Luisa of the Empire, is now the Grand Duchess of Parma in Italy, so close to Rome that he could take the time to visit her if he wanted to .

But... From an emotional point of view, he didn't want to see her.

Since coming to Austria, he and his mother had been separated from each other, and the gap between them had been irreparable-and he didn't want to.

"Why?" Aegron asked after a moment of silence.

He knew that Teresa had always wanted to bridge the relationship between him and his mother, and he had persuaded him to improve the relationship with his mother many times before, and he obeyed, but going to meet his mother was another matter...Why?

He couldn't find any reason in his heart to see her, and he never missed his mother.

"Do you still need to ask why? After all, she is your mother. Is it necessary to have a reason to visit your own mother alone?" Teresa asked the young man, "I know you have a bad relationship, and she owes you too much, but Isn't the past all over? She didn't cause you any trouble anymore. "

"That's not a reason." Aigron retorted Theresa annoyedly. "Blood relationship doesn't mean I have to respect her unconditionally! It's true that I don't hate her anymore, but I don't want to have anything to do with her either. As long as the two of us live our lives well with each other, I sincerely wish her a long and healthy life."

It is extremely rare for Aigron to speak to Teresa in this tone. On the one hand, he hates being kidnapped by this kind of morality. On the other hand, mentioning his mother reminds him of the dark days before, and the old enemy New hatred is welling up in my heart, how can I be calm.

Seeing Aigron's performance, Teresa was a little flustered for a while, but she still insisted on her opinion.

"Your Highness, maybe you don't like to hear it, but the starting point of my saying these words is for your consideration - I know that although you are open-minded in your mouth, you are still full of resentment towards her in your heart, but it is precisely because of this that you should go to Looking for a chance to clear up the resentment, don't you? Are you going to spend your whole life cutting off your mother and ignoring each other? That's too sad. Think about it, if we start a family and have a child in the future, and the child asks How should we respond to the question of where his grandmother is? What will your children think of you when they know you see your mother as your enemy?"

This question made Egron speechless.

Seeing that the young man was shaken, Teresa continued to chase, "Also, think about it, after we came to Greece this time, she actually helped us a lot. Without her approval, we wouldn't have been able to do so easily. She has exchanged all the jewels for cash to support your war - from this point of view, she is kind to you, can you deny this? In this case, even for the sake of this kindness, we Wouldn't it be okay to visit her once?"

Aigron finds himself persuaded by Teresa.

Anyway, it won't take much time to see each other when the time comes, so let's treat it as a "homecoming".

"Well, if she writes to me saying that she wishes to see me, then in the light of our blood relationship, I would like to spend a little time to visit her—" At last, he replied stiffly.

"Pfft haha..." Teresa couldn't help but covered her mouth and laughed when she saw his arrogant and stubborn appearance. "Well, I will fight for it. Today you promised, if Queen Louisa writes to invite you, you will find time to visit her. Don't regret it then, let me embarrass you..."

"Of course, I never go back on what I promised." Aigron nodded with a wry smile.

Now only Teresa dared to insist on such opinions in front of him.

This is a good thing, if everyone only promises to themselves, such a life would be too boring.

After this little argument, the two held hands and continued to look at the distant sea together, enjoying the rare leisure that only belonged to the two of them.

Before he knew it, Teresa had already leaned against him, and then buried her head in his arms, using his chest to shield her from the howling sea wind.

Then, with her eyes closed, Teresa uttered her emotion with a sense of enjoying comfort.

"Your Highness...In retrospect, although I have suffered and suffered in the past few months, this is the most intense chapter in my life. In these short few months, I bid farewell to the study and truly touched the world... ...I seem to see fate is weaving under our feet, weaving it by our own hands, this is the extraordinary I dream of!"

Then, she smiled slightly, "Thank you for leading me to achieve something extraordinary together... Next, we will be together, always together, to achieve those extraordinary careers, I will always look forward to it, and will never feel tired , I am so grateful to God for bringing you to my side."

Aigron also replied with a smile, "Then I hope I can keep you happy forever."

Teresa is like a young girl who is not familiar with the world, full of romantic imagination developed in the study, but she does not lack the reason and judgment in the world, which is really commendable.

Perhaps only in the environment she lived in since she was a child can she have the opportunity to develop these two seemingly contradictory qualities.

After the two hugged for a long time, they parted ways.

"By the way, Your Highness, if we leave, what will happen to the Principality of Ioannina?" Teresa asked again. "Have you figured out who to take care of?"