Chapter 81, Austro-Hungarian Bank

This sudden marriage is both unexpected and reasonable.

The marriage of European nobles pays attention to the right family and attaches great importance to blood. As a result, the range of options is already small, and if political factors are taken into account, the options become even narrower.

Historically, Ferdinand, the original owner, would not have dragged on until 1893, when he married Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma, daughter of Roberto I, Duke of Parma and Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicily.

And in 1894, in order to prevent the destruction of the noble bloodline, the Grand Duke of Xenia hurriedly married her cousin Archduke Alexander. (There is also a less reliable speculation that Alexander III was already ill and dying, so he hurriedly married his daughter!) )

This world is no exception, Ferdinand's life's events have dragged on, although Princess Clementina has also made a lot of arrangements before, but in the end they all gave up, and the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Kohali family cannot lose face.

Ferdinand's marriage is not only a personal matter, but also involves the honor of the family, and if there is no suitable candidate, many European nobles have come over like this.

It's not that they don't want to get married sooner, it's that the choice is too small, and the factor of blood is more important than politics in this regard.

The situation of the Grand Duchess Xenia was similar, and historically, due to the poor diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Russia at that time, the two were naturally not considered.

After Ferdinand's crossing, relations between the two countries have improved under the butterfly effect, and each other has come into sight.

The relationship between the European aristocracy was intricate, and almost all the major nobles had marriages between them. For example, Ferdinand's cousin, the wife of Edward VII, and the queen of Alexander III, Maria Feodorovna, were sisters.

And that's not all, the marriages between European nobles are a mess anyway. Ferdinand also knew that his mother, Princess Clementina, the French princess and Queen Maria Feodorovna were also cousins, and they had a good relationship with each other, so they naturally hooked up.

(I'm sorry that the author doesn't know how to calculate, three or four different answers are few, and it's okay to push a few more generations to do a dozen answers.) )

The two sides are on the right side, and politically they are now allies, and under normal circumstances, it can be finalized just by Ferdinand's party in St. Petersburg.

Well, none of this is in a hurry, and Ferdinand will have to solve the domestic problems if he wants to go. Now there are still a lot of troubles in Bulgaria, the economic crisis has been detonated in advance, the government has taken measures to deal with it, and although the destructive power has been weakened, the aftermath is still indispensable.

Comparing the situation in the Balkans, Ferdinand was still very happy.

Bulgaria was a Russian sphere of influence until 1886, when Russian capital was dominant. However, during the period of the Stamm government, Russian-Bulgarian relations broke down, and even broke off diplomatic relations, and began to introduce large-scale British, Austro-Hungarian, and German capital, frantically suppressing Russian capital, and by the time of Ferdinand, it was already a group of heroes.

This is too exaggerated to use in Bulgaria, and the small Bulgaria cannot attract the prying eyes of the capital predators, that is, a few bank offices and a gang of compradors.

The comprador had long been killed by Ferdinand's murder with a knife. Oh, and there are still fish that have slipped through the net and are busy overturning the case!

Unfortunately, Bulgaria is now a society based on the rule of law, and unless evidence can be provided to show that it was wronged, the case cannot be overturned.

Since Ferdinand announced his rehabilitation, the exception of those who have died, and the rest have really been rehabilitated, and as for the return of assets, take the evidence!

At that time, the accounts of the house were destroyed in an accident. So far, except for a few properties, the rest of the assets should be certified by the Stamm government!

Don't have money and want to make a comeback? Are the rising star capitalists who were whipped by Ferdinand really vegetarian and can't even get a few miscellaneous fish?

But the banks are disgusting, and the loans of previous governments have mortgaged a lot of sovereignty, and now that the economic crisis has erupted, the major banks are shrinking their funds to cope with the possible run in their respective countries.

If Ferdinand hadn't taken the opportunity to fall off the rock, he would have crossed in vain. The major powers have always been the targets of the intelligence services, and now it is Fuhu's turn to perform.

Ferdinand always believed, "Eat one bite at a time"! Due to geopolitics, Bulgarian financial capital is currently led by Britain and Austria, followed by Russia (forgive them, with Russia's poor financial conditions, it would be good to maintain its influence, but it is still short of money?). Germany has just entered the market.

During the Stam government, Bulgaria's customs duties were mortgaged to the British, and most of the mineral resources were mortgaged to Austria-Hungary.

This multiple-choice question is very easy to do, and the persimmon is found to be soft and pinched. The current financial system of the British Empire cannot be shaken by a small economic crisis; In contrast, Austria-Hungary's financial system was much worse, there were not enough colonies to vent the floods, and the key was too closely linked to the German economy, which was more affected by the economic crisis.

Well, this time the opponent is much smaller, just one bank - Austria-Hungary. As you can tell from the name, this bank is not simple.

The predecessor of the Austrian Bank was the Austrian State Special Bank, which was founded in 1816 and restructured into the Austro-Hungarian Bank in 1878. (Don't get me wrong, it's still a private bank, and it became a state-owned Austrian bank after the collapse of Austria-Hungary.) )

In a secret room in Vienna, Fuhu convened a meeting of several intelligence chiefs, which can also be said to be assigned tasks.

"Your task this time is simple: to spread the word that the Austro-Hungarian Bank is going bankrupt. This is information, there are true and false, you just declare it as true! "Forhu

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Soon a street tabloid in Vienna published the news that the Austro-Hungarian Bank had provided a loan of 50 million kroner to the Serbian government three months ago, and this news was true, but the editor commented that Serbia was about to go bankrupt in the economic crisis, and this loan may not be recovered!

It immediately caused a sensation in Vienna, and 50 million kroners was not a small amount, which was already about the amount of Hungarian customs revenue for a year.

Everyone is talking about the bad luck of the Austro-Crarian Bank, and such a huge sum of money is enough to break its bones.

However, this did not immediately cause concern among the top management of the Austro-Hungarian Bank, which nominally issued a loan of 50 million crowns.

Such fat is not something that the Austro-Hungarian bank alone can swallow, in fact, the loan was issued together with the formation of a banking group.

Moreover, the loan at that time was deducted from interest and then disbursed in batches, and now only half of it has been disbursed. In addition, a large part of this money was used by Serbia to purchase weapons and equipment in Austria-Hungary, and part of the funds flowed back, but in fact there was not much cash released.