Black Corporation: Joseon

Chapter 894

Chapter 894: Prologue (9)

Meanwhile, Florence, who had received the order, was also in a difficult situation.

“No, there are degrees of Geojeolmido! Just ‘do something!’ ‘Do something!’ And that’s it!”

The officials at the embassy who received and read the order sent from Seoul, from the ambassadors to the lowest-ranking officials, were outraged.

Recently, there was a feature seen in most secret official documents sent from Seoul.

Even though it was brief, it was too brief.

Many documents of all types were being exchanged between Seoul and Florence.

Among these documents were many confidential, and both Seoul and Florence wrote them in encrypted text and then mixed them with regular documents.

The problem was that, as mentioned above, the content of the ciphertext sent from Seoul had become very brief recently.

Shin Sook-ju, who confirmed the contents of the confidential document sent from Seoul, complained to other ambassadors who were also checking the contents.

“No matter how concise the password document is, don’t you think this is too much?”

Seong Sam-moon nodded his head and added to Shin Sook-ju’s statement asking for consent.

“No matter how briefly I said it above, it is common sense to add some explanation. Sending orders like this? “I guess the higher-ups in Seoul don’t hold their tongues these days.”

“That’s right!”

Shin Suk-ju responded to Seong Sam-mun’s words with a congratulations. However, Yu Eung-bu, who was sitting next to him, reacted differently.

“Isn’t this inevitable in Seoul? There are more than one eye spying on us these days. “No, I’m glad I just peeked and didn’t even touch it, right?”

“Even so...”

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As Yu Eung-bu said, the number of eyes watching the imperial embassy in Florence and the imperial military port in Livorno and the imperial residence area was increasing.

-The saying that the Empire has established a base in Florence means that the Empire will also intervene in the war in Italy.

This was because the surrounding powers that made this decision dispatched a large number of spies.

Because of this, embassies and military ports had to pay special attention when hiring workers. At least, one could work at embassies and military ports only with the guarantee of the Florence city hall or the Medici family.

However, even this was canceled as some people came forward by forging documents or taking bribes.

In the end, the empire had to hire people from their home country and bring them in.

“What a waste it is to have to pay multiple times the wages to hire a day laborer!”

“Let’s use a crane and a tow truck instead!”

In the end, the military port of Livorno and the imperial residential area had the largest number of tow trucks and cranes except the port of Suez.

The problem was that the great powers were not enough to just spy on it and began to take action.

The liaison troops traveling between Livorno and Florence were attacked.

As the liaison troops consisting of 5 people per unit were wiped out and their bags disappeared, they had to move in units of 25 people per unit.

Even after the iron horse was laid from Livorno to Florence, this happened several times.

When the iron horse stopped at a station in the middle, people came out and attempted to rob a freight car loaded with various supplies and travel bags to be used at the embassy.

Of course, the imperial and Florentine troops stationed at the station stepped forward and suppressed them immediately. Subsequent investigation revealed that these people were simple thieves.

But questions remained.

“How did they choose just that freight car to rob it?”

To resolve this question, investigators from Florence and the Empire conducted additional intensive investigations. And as a result of the investigation, the shoplifters confessed to what they had been hiding.

“Some men designated that boxcar.”

“Who are you? “What country are you from?”

After the successful battle at Pottendorf, both sides were repeating boring trench warfare.

When making a detour using cavalry, Hungary had a problem with the Habsburg reserves. On the other hand, in the case of the Habsburgs, the problem was the numerically superior Hungarian cavalry.

In the end, both sides had no choice but to continue a war of attrition over the trench lines laid in Pottendorf.

Both sides, feeling burdened by the greater than expected loss of men and equipment and expenditure on war effort, secretly sent messengers to the Pope.

Pope Paul II, who received bribes and bribes, immediately sent his loyalists to urge negotiations, and both sides pretended not to win and accepted the Pope’s proposal.

In the negotiations that soon took place, both sides engaged in a fierce war of words.

If one side overturned the negotiation table, the other side overturned it the next time, and the Pope’s loyalist, who was in charge of mediation, busily went back and forth between both sides and continued to coordinate.

He also held banquets whenever he had time and invited dignitaries from Habsburg and Hungary.

The reason negotiations took so long despite these mediation efforts was because there was no clear winner or loser.

“We are winners!”

“That’s ridiculous! “We are winners!”

“Those who lost their territory are the winners? “Say something that makes sense!”

“Then shall we fight again? Do you really want to join us?”

“Do you have an army to fight?”

“Are you guys there? “Let’s really stick together!”

When both sides fought with blood on their necks, the Pope’s messenger in the middle looked tearful and stopped both sides.

“ruler! ruler! Don’t do this! Isn’t this an end-of-war negotiation? “Let’s negotiate!”

In the end, Paul II stepped forward to negotiate with no end in sight.

-It is not right to continue conflict between Catholic countries when pagans occupy Constantinople! Give both sides a little bit! Otherwise, I will excommunicate you!

In response to the Pope’s threat of excommunication, both sides took a step back and concluded the negotiations.

-The Habsburgs officially recognize Matthias I, who was elected by the Hungarian Parliament, as the King of Hungary.

-Hungary returns all occupied Austrian territories to the Habsburgs.

The negotiation plan based on the two points above soon received approval from the monarchs of both countries and came into effect.

With the entry into force of the treaty ending the war, the Hungarian army retreated. The Hungarian troops returning to the border were all radiating confidence as winners.

“We are the ones who got right in front of Vienna!”

“Ottoman? Bohemia? “Tell everyone to attack!”

The Hungarian army’s morale was soaring with pride that they were the winners.

This was followed by a noisy triumphal procession and a public performance parade.

After the excitement subsided to some extent, Matthias I gathered his subjects and generals together and talked to them.

“This war was truly pitiful. If only I had a little more strength...”

Matthias I was speechless, but the nobles and generals were able to fully anticipate what would happen next.

“We need to import more new imperial long guns from the Ottomans.”

“you’re right. “Full-loading long guns are now at their limit.”

When more aggressive military expansion became the trend, a nobleman pointed out a problem.

“The problem is that the Ottomans no longer sell long guns and ammunition. So, I think it would be a good idea to purchase a Florentine long gun.”

“Florentine rifle?”

“This is a long gun made in Florence. However, it is difficult to regard it as Florence’s own long gun. It is said that ‘Land of Flowers’ provided all parts and technical tools. That’s why they say they use imperial bullets.”

To those words, all the generals responded with one voice.

“If you’re going to use imperial ammunition, you’ll need to get a Florentine rifle!”