Chapter 9 When Going North (Part 2)
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When the Paris Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an announcement to the dismissal of the ambassador to Manresa, he was traveling south along the mechanical telegraph line (arm signal) from Paris to Manresa, in the newly completed golden music hall in Barcelona, Beethoven and his Vienna symphony orchestra were playing the Seventh Symphony as the Regent, Lady Litisia, and hundreds of officials present, envoys from various countries, and their families.
This movement was created in his private apartment two months ago by a European-renowned music master. As for the inspiration for the creation of the "Seventh Symphony", Beethoven witnessed the Catalan people spontaneously gathering in the square of the Regent after learning that the Kingdom's heir, Princess Isabella, was successfully born. Therefore, "Seventh Symphony" is also affectionately called "a symphony of dance" or "a tribute to dance" by Barcelona who love music.
While everyone was intoxicated by the bright and cheerful flowing melody, Desai, who was sitting in the luxurious private room, was indifferent and yawning. The monarch frequently covered his mouth and nose, trying not to disturb his relatives and nearby guests. But in the end, he could not bear the various wonderful "noises" that were desperately blocked in his ears, created by instruments such as violin, viola, cello, bass, wood tubes, clarinets and large tubes.
Like Napoleon, music in their eyes was just a temporary relaxation of nerves or something to give people happiness, but except for the strong military music, it can make people feel bored and full of fighting spirit. So, the Regent mentioned through one of his captains and adjutants to the invited German music masters and wrote a great music to praise his army, but encountered Beethoven's rejection. The musician also sarcastically said that the music he created was not to cater to the monarchy and war dealers.
After listening to Captain Cedro's retelling, Desai felt that ten thousand grass horses were whizzing by his heart. As a time traveler, he admired Beethoven's unparalleled musical talent, admired his tenacious and tenacious will, and occasionally became intoxicated by popular classic works written by the master. However, this German was too proud and arrogant, looking down on his peers and despised the monarch.
At some point, the Regent's demeanor was no better than the European monarchs. When he cursed the Germans in his room, he also began to complain that Dr. Kava was a little meddling in other people's business. The old man over forty was actually Beethoven's most loyal supporter.
A few years ago, Dr. Kava was personally hosting a transnational medical seminar on labor in Manresa Medical College, and learned from a colleague in Vienna that the most outstanding musician in Europe suffered from a certain infectious disease for a long time (hehe, ask what kind of disease is my mother), and his health was damaged, his hearing was severely depressed in both ears, and his ears were already showing signs of complete deafness.
The admiration for the great musician prompted Dr. Cava to write a letter to Beethoven and invite him to come to Catalonia for free ear disease treatment. In addition, Dr. Cava also asked someone to send 500 francs to be used as the cost of Beethoven's journey to Barcelona.
After receiving a letter from a doctor's music fan, Beethoven, who had lost the sponsorship of Duke Rudolf, a big financial supporter, was living a poor life in Vienna, immediately gave up his original intention of returning to Germany to meet with the great writer Goethe, and then changed his route to Catalonia. This decision largely stemmed from the strong instigation of the Vienna doctor.
Because there is such a miracle on earth circulating in the medical community of European countries: the team led by Dr. Kava has extracted a magical drug from the cinchona cream produced in the Americas, which can cure any known disease. However, the production is rare, making the price too expensive. Only a few rich people and kingdom nobles can enjoy this magical potion.
This is of course nonsense, and is a rumor deliberately spread by the Military Intelligence Agency. After the Third Portugal War, many foreign doctors paid attention to the fact that the middle and senior British officers captured by the French army were only required to pay a valuable medical fee, and then they could recover in a short period of time through a light blue potion.
Based on this situation, in order to ensure the long-term monopoly of penicillin, Desai, who had been arranged, instructed the spies from various countries to create rumors, and attributed the raw materials of this special potion to cinchona frost so that doctors in Britain, France, Austria, Sweden, Prussia, Russia, and even the United States were busy.
Beethoven is not a doctor. He doesn't care about the real formula of expensive blue potions like this. He only cares whether it can cure his chronic disease and restore the normal listening skills a musician should have.
Fortunately, Dr. Kava did not disappoint him. Although the large dose of penicillin cannot completely cure Beethoven's chronic illness for many years, it can at least greatly alleviate various complications, especially the serious impact on ear hearing. After the first treatment cycle, the refreshing music master walked out of the hospital for the first time and walked to the Regent Square in the face of cheerful singing and dancing...
When the third movement of "Symphony Seven" was opened, Desai had already stood up and greeted Leticia, and walked out of the luxurious private room in the concert hall alone. He needed to breathe outside or smoke a cigarette.
When he arrived at the concert hall corridor, Desai was about to light a cigarette when he saw two close servants reaching out to stop a hurrying messenger. The guards needed to test the visitor's true identity and intentions. Given the painful lesson of President Lincoln, who was assassinated by the Ford Theatre in Washington, the Regent always had many fully armed personal guards around him to prevent various accidents.
After the messenger passed the inspection, he submitted a secret order from Paris to Desai.
"Damn Aristide, you can finally get out!" Desai cursed angrily, and then started dancing.
Penduwas informed Desay in a secret order that Napoleon not only accused of Alexander and Isabella's marriage, but also instructed the new Foreign Minister Mali to remove Aristide from the French ambassador to Manresa and recall him to Paris. Because the emperor hoped that Desay could set off north to Warsaw as soon as possible and lead the Polish people to resist Russia's military threat on the eastern border.
The situation was so bad, but Desai seemed extremely calm. He knew that not only Napoleon and his 500,000 troops had not yet prepared the final preparations for the Russian war, but also the Russian Tsar Alexander I. The latter's actions were only angry at the fact that Napoleon ordered the annexation of the Principality of Oldenburg (a small country with close ties to the Russian Tsar).
Under the instigation of many Russian nobles, Alexander I also wanted to show off the huge armed forces of the Russian Empire through signs of a large army, prompting Napoleon to finally compromise and did not issue any combat orders to invade the Grand Duchy of Warsaw.
Desai's exact information from the Military Intelligence Agency shows that the 300,000 Russian teams stationed on the Polish border were too much water, not only were the number of people greatly reduced (less than half of them), but even the majority of the soldiers in the real Russian army were among the more than 100,000 Russian soldiers who had just joined the army for less than two weeks, and their combat effectiveness was simply vulnerable. At this time, the most elite legions of the Russian army were still deployed on the borders of Turkey or Persia.
But even now, Desai dares not be too rashly optimistic. Any accidental incident of accidental fire may also lead to a military conflict or even a large-scale war. Therefore, the schedule for his northbound Poland cannot be delayed.
After making the final decision, Desai threw down an unsmoked cigarette and quickly returned to the opera house. He sat next to Litisia without saying a word, grabbed the woman's arm, and took her into his arms.
Litisia's heart trembled, as if she had already felt the decision Desai had made, and she snuggled tightly on her lover's broad and thick chest and enjoyed the last moment of the wonderful time.
Wait until Desai murmured, "I'm sorry, I have to leave!"
At this time, Litisia finally couldn't help but let the tears that were full of her eyes roll down one after another.
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Two days later, at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25, 1811, the Palace of Manresa.
The Regent gently broke free from Littisia's hands, and walked to the baby room and kissed the forehead of the sleeping little Isabella for the last time. Outside the carriage in the Palace Square, Desay delayed leaving slightly. He hugged Littisia who came to see him off again, and then, he made up his mind, turned around, jumped onto the carriage, and never looked back.
Chapter completed!