The Emperor and his party arrived at Sofia, the capital of the Bulgaria Kingdom.

Sofia was named Sedika, Sredec and others in ancient times. It was finally named Sofia because of the Hagia Sofia Church in the 14th century.

In 1879, Sofia was designated as the capital of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.

Sofia is a beautiful city. The temperatures vary widely in all seasons. It is not too cold in winter and not too hot in summer. It is spring and the climate is even more pleasant.

"It's pretty beautiful here." Jie Ge looked at the beautiful scenery outside the train window and praised softly.

Emperor Hua was not thinking about the scenery, so he nodded casually, watching with caution if there were any abnormal movements.

The train has entered the city and is about to arrive at the station!

The ancient Europeans in the city had normal expressions, which also made Emperor Hua a little relieved.

Wang Zhankui was even more nervous than Emperor Hua. Princess Katrina Kaf had long told Wang Zhankui that this time the trip to the Kingdom of Bulgaria would definitely be more dangerous than the Kingdom of Greece.

"Will Zeng Jize come to Sofia to meet us?" Hua Huang knew that Zeng Jize was coming, so he confirmed with Wang Zhankui.

Wang Zhankui nodded and said, "Before we set off, Zeng Jize had already arrived from Vienna. He should have arrived earlier than us. I also contacted the local Statistics Bureau of Sofia. There was nothing unusual. The Bulgarian army was not suddenly mobilized."

Emperor Hua said oh, waved his hand, and signaled that Wang Zhankui could leave.

Wang Zhankui nodded silently to Emperor Hua and returned to his own position.

Although Emperor Hua did not show any nervousness, Zhao Qingluo, Li Tae-hee, Katherine and others, as well as a group of people from the President's Secretariat, all had a sense of political smell and had already smelled the nervous air.

However, Timothy Li and several senior engineers from the visiting delegation were not very sensitive to politics and were still chatting quietly. Everyone was interested in the greening here and pointed at them.

Sofia also crossed her feet, sat alone in a long row of seats, lying on the window and looking out.

Sophia wanted to play with Emperor Hua, but it seemed that Emperor Hua was no longer her age. Especially Katherine had instructed Sophia that if Emperor Hua did not look for Sophia first, she would not let Sophia disturb Emperor Hua casually. Sophia is a very sensible girl, so she got used to playing alone on the journey.

"Sophia, this city is also called Sophia." In order to ease his nervousness, Emperor Hua joked with Sophia.

Sofia blinked silly and cutely, "Is this city also called Sofia? The same name as me? Why?"

"Then I have to ask your parents." Hua Huang said with a smile.

Katherine smiled and said, "You have to ask his father, his father didn't know there was a city like Sophia."

Timothy Lee scratched her head embarrassedly, "There are many girls in the UK who call Sophia. I think it sounds nice, so I named Sophia, and didn't think too much about it."

Sofia sat upright and pouted, "Why did you give me a place name?"

Sophia's words made everyone laugh and the atmosphere relaxed a little.

The train walked through a green bush, rows of linden trees, Arabian rubber trees, French sycamore trees, Canadian poplar trees, etc., neatly arranged on both sides of the road.

As the train entered the station, Emperor Hua became even more nervous, but remained silent.

It turned out that Sophia was loose on the outside and tight on the inside. The city looked very calm on the surface, but it was not different from usual because of the arrival of a figure as big as the Emperor of China. However, there were obviously many sergeants in the station.

The number of soldiers lined up on both sides was at least a thousand!

The cute CEO frowned, what did you want so many soldiers to come here to do? Just like the Ottoman Turkish Empire, give me a warning? Show that you have many soldiers?

Apart from Tsarist Russia, China really doesn't take the number of troops seriously.

As expected, neither Alexander I, the prince of the Duchy of Bulgaria, nor Konstantinov, the general who controlled the parliament, came to greet Emperor Hua in person, but a general of the Guards was welcomed.

After Wang Zhankui and the general negotiated the details of Emperor Hua’s itinerary, Wang Zhankui came back to report, "Your Majesty, they have arranged the official post. It is a garden villa outside Sophia City."

Emperor Hua said unhappily: "What a joke? I have never heard of putting guests outside the city. What do they mean?"

"I asked, and this person said he didn't know, and they were all on orders." Wang Zhankui said helplessly.

Princess Katrina Kaifu came over and took Emperor Hua's arm and whispered: "Your Majesty, forget it, if it really doesn't work, let them meet with their foreign affairs personnel tomorrow. If the other party is not enthusiastic, we will leave. They are obviously driving people."

Emperor Hua held his breath and nodded, "Okay."

Seeing that Emperor Hua no longer had any objections, Wang Zhankui went down to arrange negotiations.

Hua Huang and his party arrived at this garden villa in the suburbs. The accommodation provided to Hua Huang was quite good. It was a holiday villa by Konstantinov himself. The environment was elegant, and the key was that it was relatively remote and could avoid contact between Emperor Hua and others.

Zeng Jize did not receive Hua Huang at the train station, so he followed him all the way to the villa and then met Hua Huang.

Zeng Siping hasn't seen Emperor Hua for a long time. Zeng Siping and Sophia were 11 years old, but they looked more like a European girl than Sophia.

The main reason is that Zeng Jize is in charge of diplomatic affairs in Europe for many years. In addition to being in primary school, Zeng Siping went to China and later received European education, so his personality was the same as that of a young foreign devil.

"Your Majesty." Zeng Si performed the squatting etiquette of a European aristocratic girl calmly and generously.

The cute CEO was secretly amused: "Siping, you have grown up."

Zeng Siping smiled sweetly and was secretly amused. Although he was almost the same as Emperor Hua and Emperor Hua grew taller, he was bigger than Emperor Hua. However, Zeng Siping did not talk much.

Zeng Jize was satisfied with his daughter's performance, especially when he saw the look of Emperor Hua's eyes that made him look at him, he was even more pleased. He knew that Emperor Hua was definitely not a boy on the outside, and he was more comprehensive than he thought about things, and he had long been like an adult.

After a few simple greetings, Zeng Jize took Zeng Siping and joined Hua Huang and his party into the garden villa.

This is like a semi-artificial and semi-natural park, beautiful and charming.

The bright flower beds and neat lawns cover every corner of the city. Every household has vitality planted flowers and plants under the doors and windows, and in front of the houses and behind the houses.

The fragrance of flowers can be smelled almost everywhere, and the whole villa is like a blooming flower. With the white or light yellow houses, the outskirts of Sofia look particularly beautiful and elegant.

Sofia has a population of millions, with straight and wide roads crisscrossing, and residential areas reflected by old and new are connected in scattered areas. A prominent feature of Sofia's urban layout is that each residential area forms its own system, like an independent small town.

There are already schools, kindergartens, medical stations, shops, libraries, hotels, casinos and other facilities here.

There are more than 100 street parks, road parks and large and small parks in the city, with many meticulous statues and monuments standing, including pioneers of the national liberation movement in Bulgaria, talented writers and poets, and unknown soldiers who dedicated themselves to the war for independence and freedom of the motherland.

There are exquisite fountains in many gardens in Sofia. Water columns are shot from the squirt pipes of the fish mouths that are shaped like jumping. The water mist shows rainbows under the sunlight, which is really dazzling.

There are many hot springs in the city and suburbs. The spring water is crystal clear and does not contain any sediment and tastes a little sweet. Many residents of Sofia have been drinking it for many years. These hot spring waters, known as "Longevity Water", are also loved by tourists.

The garden villa where Huahuang temporarily lives has a hot spring.

The only thing that President Meng is dissatisfied with this temporary residence is that he is in the suburbs.

"How is the situation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire?" Emperor Hua had many questions. His visit to the Balkans was just a routine matter, but his attention was more focused on the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At present, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was still the first choice for Emperor Hua to form an alliance.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great monarchy, was an ancient supranational monarchy in the 19th century nationalist torrent. It had most of the shortcomings of modern powers, but also had many beauty that modern powers did not have.

"Your Majesty, when you listen to the waltz of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's court, when you stand on the ring road and watch the Thanksgiving Church in the afterglow of the sunset, you can feel the warmth of this empire that disappears." Zeng Jize smiled.

Seeing Zeng Jize laughing, Emperor Hua was a little annoyed, but he didn't show it. He was so angry that he was so angry. Are you still not impatient?

However, Emperor Hua knew that Zeng Jize had such a personality.

Princess Katrina Kaf saw that Emperor Hua wanted to ask the Austro-Hungarian Empire in detail and asked Emperor Hua for instructions. Should they go to a separate room and talk slowly?

Emperor Hua nodded and agreed to Princess Katrina Kaif's suggestion.

"I want to stay, Your Majesty, can it be?" Zeng Siping combed the girl's bangs, black hair, white dress, and a bright smile.

Emperor Hua nodded and said, "Okay. But, have you and Sophia not met for a long time? Should you chat with Sophia more?"

Zeng Siping looked at Sofia and exclaimed softly, "I didn't even notice it, Sofia, are you here too?"

Sofia was also happy. Everyone didn't have time to introduce each other just now, especially adults. Who would introduce two little girls?

Zeng Siping and Sophia studied with Emperor Hua for half a year when they were young, and they were enlightened together.

"Siping." Sofia smiled sweetly.

Zeng Siping smiled and blinked at Sophia, and said to Emperor Hua: "Your Majesty, then I'd better go and play with Sophia?"

Zeng Jize secretly was funny and praised his daughter for being smart. Originally, his daughter asked about these things. When she saw Emperor Hua, she knew that she would take the initiative to talk to Emperor Hua and ask for instructions.

Emperor Hua smiled slightly, "Of course."

After that, Emperor Hua and Zeng Jize talked about the current political situation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The internal contradictions of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, all the noise and all the struggles are protests within the imperial system, and ethnic minorities strive for equal status within the empire, and even demand more on the basis of equality, rather than destroying the empire.

Emperor Franz Joseph saw it more clearly than the young but weak Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1879 was a major Central European power that was rapidly industrializing and progressing.

Its people are in excitement and uneasiness at the same time, and this period is an era when the political democratization of the empire is at least in "Netagna", economically industrialized, and culturally advanced.

The empire had more than a dozen ethnic groups and spoke more languages, but they were merging. Although there were deep-rooted contradictions between them, the empire's democratization reforms, at least in Neletania, opened a window to the new future of the multi-ethnic monarchy.

In Vienna at the end of the empire, you can't see the aura of death that is about to perish.

On the contrary, it flourished. Czech nobles, Germanic nobles, Hungarian nobles, Jewish new nobles who converted to Catholicism and were named after the title, Germanic bourgeoisie, Czech bourgeoisie, Jewish bourgeoisie, intellectuals, artists, and emerging middle class gathered on the brand new Vienna ring road.

In this city, everyone can say a word "Kitchen Czech" because the chefs are all Czech, and they can say a word "Polish" when ordering orders and tips in cafes because most of the waiters in cafes are Polish.

The imperial government, which was desperate in the war, imposed an unpopular "cafe tip tax", which seriously stimulated the national sentiment of the Poles. However, from another perspective, we can also see that the Polish waiters in Vienna were still working in Vienna until the last few years of the empire. Moreover, their dissatisfaction was not because they could not return to the Polish nation-state, but because their income in the imperial capital was taxed.

The dissatisfaction of all ethnic groups in the empire is actually the same in Neletania. We all know that the Imperial Parliament has no official language, and representatives of all ethnic groups have the right to express their opinions in their own language, and the Imperial Parliament does not provide translation services.

So the Imperial Parliament was in chaos. The Imperial ministers made speeches in German and announced policies. Czech nationalist parliamentarians angrily scolded the minister in Czech. The Czech conservative MPs whistled while he spoke.

Hungarian parliamentarians used Hungarian to indicate that the financial clauses involved the Austro-Hungarian agreement was not within the authority of the Imperial Parliament. Rare Croatian parliamentarians angrily criticized Hungarian representatives in Croatian. Galician Polish parliamentarians used a patriotic poem in Polish to answer all their dissenting opinions. Galician Ukrainian representatives took this opportunity to sing a song affectionately.

But everyone is in the cement building of the Imperial Parliament, and no one chooses to go to their hometown.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire provided a framework in which every nation and every class hoped to win more interests for themselves under this framework, rather than breaking down this framework.

The parliament of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as a barometer of imperial public opinion, reflects this point. The empire had more than a dozen ethnic groups, but not only a dozen parties. On the contrary, the people divided into more parties for their own interests, such as Bohemia radical nationalists, Bohemia moderate nationalists, Bohemia conservatives, and Bohemia socialists.
To be continued...