The birth of the eldest son made many people feel relieved. The entire Vienna court was filled with laughter and joy, telling the joy of rebirth.

The European names are very casual, and they are shocking. As far as Franz knows, there are still people who have more than ten generations of grandparents and grandchildren who use one name in succession.

I really don’t know how they get along with each other. It’s okay to say that father and son have the same name. You can distinguish them by old or young. If you meet five generations of people living together, wouldn’t this title be directly a mess?

Considering this terrible consequence, Franz decided to be more cautious. The unlucky names were ruled out first. The names of the two unlucky guys who committed suicide in history were eliminated first.

At the family meeting, Franz asked: "Do you think the little guy is better to call Caesar, or Peter, or Frederick or Charlie, of course other names can be mentioned?"

Empress Dowager Sophie took the lead and said, "I think it's better to call him Rudolph, so as not to have too many names among the nobles."

Franz finally understood that the origin of the name Rudolph in history, and that feelings were determined by this person.

But the situation is different now. Facing the precocious Franz, Empress Dowager Sophie's influence has been greatly weakened.

He himself has a greater say in the right to naming a child. Now he has taken it out to discuss it. Franz himself is confused and is not sure what the eldest son is called.

Grand Duke Carl suggested: "I think it's better to call Carl. I'm Old Carl, and he's Little Carl. This name sounds so kind!"

This reason for being full of stolen was directly ignored by Franz. He was still not used to such a duplicate name. Even if he wanted a duplicate name, he could not duplicate it with his own family.

Queen Helen suggested: "How about calling Franz, it's easy to call him that."

Franz rolled her eyes. Why did she feel like she was looking for trouble? Looking at her cautious expression, Franz was sure that this was not a problem.

The four people in the court who had the right to speak had their own opinions and could not convince anyone. Franz decided to ignore their opinions.

"Then call Peter!"

"Why?"

"Why?"

"Why?"

As soon as he confirmed his son's name, he was questioned collectively by everyone. Looking at the three people who were angry, Franz felt that if he could not give a reasonable explanation, it was very likely that he would not be able to take advantage of it today.

"Your opinions are different. For the sake of family harmony, we should just rule them out!"

Queen Mother Sophie said seriously: "It's great, so Peter will rule it out too, it's fair to do so!"

This proposal was supported by Grand Duke Carl and Queen Helen, and "Peter" was also defeated in a three-to-one situation.

Franz said indifferently: "Okay, let's vote for the remaining alternative names. The high approval rating is the little guy's name!"

Franz thought he was honest and did not give his son a weird name. After all, he was the crown prince and wanted to save face.

There are many European names in a long list, don’t think it’s strange. It’s very likely that parents argue and finally add all the names proposed by everyone.

One name is a men's team, which can only be considered a pediatrician, and there is also a direct copy of a football team.

As for what to call the future? When you encounter a cheating parent, isn’t it useless to say that these are all done?

"Then vote!"

...

Everyone agreed to a democratic vote, but in the end, "Charlie" won by two votes. Franz speculated that it might be that there were more Charles the Great of the Habsburg family.

...

Navy Secretary Filcos said excitedly: "Your Majesty, our first ironclad ship has been built, and we are waiting for you to name it."

I have to say that this ironclad ship was really time to come, and it was at the moment when the crown prince was born. Needless to say, Franz also knew that this was deliberately arranged.

Coincidence, where are there so many coincidences in the world?

If nothing unexpected happens, the Vienna government will receive a series of good news in the following days, and these good news will happen to be the same day the prince was born.

There is nothing strange about it. The East can make auspicious things, but how can the Western world be free from the common people? Everyone is a bureaucrat, and no one is much worse than anyone else.

Franz said calmly: "Just call Charlie!"

Since his subordinates were so sensible, of course he would not object. These were not too much. At most, they were built by ironclad ships and waited for the crown prince in the dock for a few days.

The purpose is naturally to show a sense of existence. Otherwise, as soon as the crown prince was born, the media of the entire new Holy Roman Empire would pay attention to it. Who would still remember the Iron Craft?

The New Holy Roman Empire is a land-powered country. The people's attention to the navy was limited. Once they missed the opportunity to attract attention from the ironclad ships, the next time there was explosive news to attract everyone's attention, I don't know what time it was.

The people in China are more concerned about the birth of the crown prince, and the eyes of everyone in the international community are on the ironclad ship "Charlie".

Everyone was playing with sailing warships, but Austria suddenly created an iron armored ship, which made many people very abrupt. Can this iron lump run away?

On December 12, 1856, the day after the birth of the crown prince, the Iron-Character ship Charles set off from the Port of Venice and began its trial voyage.

There is no media present, this is a military secret. Franz will not expose the internal information of the warship for the sake of face.

Charlie parameters:

Displacement: 8708 tons;

Captain: 118 meters (107.2 meters in length between vertical lines);

Ship width: 17.6 meters;

Drain: 7.9 meters of power;

Steam, sail hybrid, 1-seat horizontal reciprocating steam machine, 10-seat coal-fired boiler, output power of 5770 horsepower;

Maximum speed of single-axle single-pad: 14.56 knots

Coal load: 860 tons;

Weapons and equipment: 10×110 pound tail-mounted rebirth gun, 20×68 pound front-mounted smoothbore gun, 4×40 pound tail-mounted rebirth gun;

Armor: The armor belt is 4.5 inches thick, and the inner lining is 18 inches thick;

Crew: 695 people;

Cost: 800,000 ASCH.

Franz is just a navy novices and can't understand these messy parameters, but one thing he knows is that the era of sail warships is over.

As soon as the "Charlie" was born, it broke many world records. It is currently the world's largest tonnage and most powerful warship.

Before the birth of similar warships, there was no pressure to bully sailing warships, and that was enough.

This was originally used to scare people. No matter how strong the combat effectiveness was, it was impossible to rely on a warship to smooth out the strength gap between the Austrian Navy and the British and French Navy.

Franz still understands the simple truth that many ants bite the elephant to death. Just use it to scare people, why do you need to fight and kill?

London

As a maritime power country, the launch of the USS Charlie ironclad ship directly shocked the London government.

Prime Minister Granville roared: "I need an explanation, why the Austrians came ahead of us, what does the Royal Navy spend so much military expenditure every year?"

If the army is surpassed, he can be content with coffee. Anyway, they are maritime power countries. If they rank the army of European countries, they will not be able to enter the top five.

The navy is no longer possible. The world's number one Royal Navy actually lags behind in warship technology, and thousands of sail warships can all be eliminated overnight.

This kind of mental gap is obviously not something that the British can accept. Even if they are surpassed in a short period of time, they should not be that they have no sense of existence.

Navy Secretary James explained: "Prime Minister, the Royal Navy is already conducting ironclad ship research. The Austrians created ironclad ships first. It is not that their shipbuilding technology is advanced than ours, but they took action earlier.

Since 1850, the Austrians have invested a lot of money to develop ironclad ships. They began to be officially built in early 1855, and it took nearly two years to complete the construction.

The Royal Navy has only received funding this year to start research and development. Temporary backwardness is inevitable. We can catch up with it in up to five years and surpass the Austrians."

Prime Minister Granville shook his head and said, "I don't want to listen to your explanation. If you want to explain, go and talk to the members of Congress!

Now all you have to do is announce our ironclad ship plan. We must build ironclad ships in the shortest time. Even if they are just like goods, we must have them!"

This is a typical way for politicians to consider problems. Prime Minister Granville does not care about a ironclad ship, but the chain political reaction it brings.

The arrogant British cannot tolerate any backwardness in the navy. Now that they are overtaken, the opposition will definitely not miss this opportunity.

Fortunately, the Navy launched the Iron Craft Project shortly after the Granville Cabinet took office. Then this responsibility could be put on the predecessors. They missed the opportunity to develop Iron Crafts, which caused the shipbuilding technology to temporarily lag behind.

Foreign Minister Thomas reminded: "Prince, based on the information we have collected, the ironclad ship built by the Austrians may have a displacement of between 8,500 and 9,000 tons, and is also equipped with tail-mounted reboots.

After this ironclad ship was put into service, the naval balance in the Mediterranean was broken, and our Mediterranean fleet was no longer able to suppress the Austrian Navy.

In this case, the Vienna government is likely to make new small moves. Of course, they dare not provoke us, but it is not certain to the Ottoman Empire."

Granville rubbed his forehead and found that the position of Prime Minister of the British Empire was really difficult to do. The Russians had just started a trouble in Central Asia, and the Austrians were coming again.

This is the international order these days. If you have strong strength, you have to get more benefits. It is normal for the Austrian Navy to expand after gaining a short-term regional advantage.

"Can we suppress the ambitions of the Vienna government?" asked Prime Minister Granville.

Thomas analyzed: "It's hard unless we are willing to spend a lot of money to mobilize more fleets into the Mediterranean, or take the lead in occupying their targets without leaving them a chance."

Granville denied: "This is impossible. We don't have so many fleets to be deployed to the Mediterranean, and it's even more impossible to attack the Ottoman Empire first.

We have promised the Ottoman Empire to ensure their territorial integrity, even if it is just for international reputation, we cannot sit idly by at this time.

Is it possible to introduce the Austrians to other regions and make them abandon their actions against the Ottoman Empire?”

Thomas thought for a while and said, "You can try it. If we join forces with the French to put pressure on it, the Vienna government is likely to give up its expansion in the Mediterranean. After all, they don't want to break the Vienna system that has just been established."
Chapter completed!