"It's a bit big. "When Prince Ruprecht came to the silver hall in Hofburg to welcome her future princess, Her Royal Highness Princess Marie, he was also a little surprised by the large line-up on the other side, and the prince really did not expect that in less than a year, his future wife would be able to gather so many people around him.www.biquge.info Compared with those good female princesses of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in history, Princess Mary of this plane really has the potential to be a queen!

The prince's gaze first glanced at the entourage, Countess Laura and Marquis Audlin are old acquaintances, their arrival is expected, the representatives of Skoda have also met twice, and they are only small roles in the eyes of the prince, and the other two groups of military representatives are also military-level commanders on the surface, although there are many people, but the standard level is not too high.

But when the escort next to him mentioned Kvis and Offenberg to the prince, the prince was obviously a little surprised, because as a traverser, he still had an impression of these two names, if memory serves, Kvis should be the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Kweith Army after the outbreak of World War 1, and Offenberg should be the commander of the Fourth Army! Princess Mary actually pulled the commanders of the two future army groups over like this, which was really beyond the prince's expectations! These two people are potential stocks!

"Ruprecht, I hope you enjoy this welcome ceremony, compared to the fact that you have already experienced too many formal occasions during this trip to the Mediterranean, so this time it will be in the form of a drinking party to relax you." When Her Royal Highness Princess Mary, dressed in a gown, walked up and was accompanied by Laura, she whispered.

"Your Royal Highness, this arrangement of yours makes me even more nervous." The prince whispered in Mary's ear, "Is this too ostentatious?" ”

"Swagger?" Princess Mary smiled slightly. "This is Austria-Hungary, not Germany, in Germany, as the successor of Bavaria, you also have to consider the attitude of the Kaiser, but here, in Austria, as a princess who is about to marry and can bring great benefits to the royal family, I will not have any negative effect by doing so, and in order to increase my influence in Bavaria in the future, my father and Ferdinand will not want to make the momentum even bigger."

"Let your people relax, and we'll talk about some of our own business." The princess took the princess by the way, and then walked to a side room. Countess Laura, on the other hand, is in charge of things in the hall.

"How does it feel? Isn't it shocking? Does Ruprecht know? After I decided to become your wife, I have been working hard for our future and for South Germany! We can't let war ruin our future, our family and our kingdom! When there were only two people left in the room, Princess Mary was a little excited to tell her closest people what she could not say to outsiders.

"Remember what I told you? My dowry will be an empire! If Austria-Hungary is doomed, then I hope we can re-establish our own kingdom on this crumbling enemy country! The Habsburg and Wittelsbach royal families will become one! ”

"And you're preparing for this fusion right now? Ready to truly merge Bavaria and Austria? When the prince heard this, he was astonished! Because he didn't expect that in his opinion, it was just a joke, and his future princess really worked hard in this regard.

"Of course, you said that Austria-Hungary would inevitably collapse, and that we had little time, and that we would naturally race against time, and that neither Prussia nor Austria could stop our plans, Ruprecht, would you like to be subservient to Prussia forever? That's a big difference from what you're doing. The princess said with some excitement.

"I want to improve Bavaria's position in the German League, but if we want to change from quantitative to qualitative, from the second largest kingdom in Germany to a great power on a par with Prussia, our power is far from enough, Prussia is about four times our economic strength, and the military strength is about the same number, as for the merger of Austria and Bavaria, this is not feasible. At least for now. The prince said calmly, trying to convince Her Royal Highness Princess Mary, who was "too bold".

"Are you worried about Bavaria being annexed by Austria? Or are you worried about the future dominance? Is that so? A sneer appeared on Princess Mary's lips. Man, you really can't go without power for a day! ”

"It has nothing to do with this! A dualist empire is not stable in itself, for example, Austria-Hungary, and Bismarck excluded Austria from the German system for this reason, the Prussian government would not agree, and Bavaria is not capable of digesting a country 4 times larger than itself! What's more, there are too many people ahead of you when it comes to succession, whether it's Ferdinand, or Karl, or someone else. You can't take over a kingdom. The prince noticed that the man in front of him was already a little paranoid.

"None of this is a problem, the nobles and the common people will only follow the really strong, you are a strong man, but unfortunately you don't realize how much influence you have! If the Austro-Hungarian Empire really comes to the time of collapse, then only Bavaria, which is closest to Austria, can control the situation, and in order to ensure that Austria's resources can continue to be used on the battlefield, the Kaiser will even ask the Kingdom of Bavaria to stabilize the situation in Austria as soon as possible, we have a lot of room to operate, and there are people in the kingdom who support you! The princess said.

"What's more, do you think that after the collapse of Austria-Hungary, after the German Empire survived World War 1 and gained a large territory to the east, Bavaria would still be able to maintain its current position?" Princess Mary had a rare look of sarcasm on her face.

"You are wrong, if Germany fails, you will certainly lose the throne, but if Germany is completely victorious, and Bavaria does not make great progress, then the Kingdom of Bavaria will not be better either, the status is lower than it is now, and even all kinds of autonomy will be weakened!" Princess Mary said word by word.

"It shouldn't be." Hearing this, the prince also wilted a little. He really couldn't imagine that if Germany had won, what harm would it do to Bavaria?

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