The standard of receiving Gao Hongsheng and his party was very high, and Archduke Ferdinand and his entourage, accompanied by Albert, personally went to the platform of the railway station to greet them.

Archduke Ferdinand was the one who would later start World War I, he was the prince of Austria-Hungary, and after being stabbed to death in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary began to attack Severia, which led to World War I.

At this time, Archduke Ferdinand was dressed in military uniform, he has just become the deputy commander-in-chief of the Austrian army, and this guy loves hunting, and he is also a globetrotter, but unfortunately he has not been to China, but he stayed in Japan for a while, and the Japanese at that time were not lightly tossed, mainly because he happened to visit the prince of Russia when he visited Japan, and was shot by a Japanese policeman, and his prince in Russia arrived in Japan shortly after he left, so he felt the enthusiasm of the Japanese very much.

After Gao Hongsheng and his party politely took off their hats and shook hands with Archduke Ferdinand and his party, he finally gave Albert, who had been the introducer, a big hug, and during the short hug, Gao Hongsheng whispered in his ear: "You damn guy, what the hell is going on?" Why did the prince come to meet us, what the hell are you doing? ”

Albert hugged Gao Hongsheng and whispered, "I don't know, God, when I came to greet you, I was even more surprised than you to find that he was here, and he said that he came to greet a distant guest who brought him good luck. I don't know, really. ”

"You'd better not lie to me, or your £100,000 red envelope will be gone. Hey. Gao Hongsheng laughed in a low voice, and after speaking, he hammered Albert's back hard.

Albert endured the pain in his back, almost screamed, and said with pain and grievance: "I really don't blame me, what's going on with that 100,000 pounds." ”

"Go back." Gao Hongsheng separated from Albert after speaking, and then stood aside and waited for the others to get off the train, and the others also greeted Albert happily one by one.

When Gao Hongsheng and they came down, the door of the carriage behind them also opened, and groups of soldiers lined up on the platform with their bags on their backs and the sound of orders.

At this time, Archduke Ferdinand walked up to Gao Hongsheng and asked, "Is this your army?" ”

"Sort of, but they haven't finished training yet, so they can only be said to be slightly stronger than the militia."

"What kind of weapons are they using, and how effective are they? You know that I just became the deputy commander of the Austrian army, I have seen those artillery pieces you designed, those things are really good, you should know the army, otherwise you would not have invented such a simple and effective weapon, can you tell me! ”

Archduke Ferdinand asked politely, he had just become the deputy commander of the Austrian army, when he went to the Škoda Arsenal to inspect, he saw the new guns designed by Gao Hongsheng, and found their differences at a glance, at that time, the Škoda Arsenal was trapped in a very difficult situation due to the problem of funds, and he facilitated the Škoda Arsenal to sell Gao Hongsheng 15% of their shares, not only to get the design of those new guns, but also to solve the much-needed financial problem, which made Emperor Franz very happy.

He came to greet Gao Hongsheng, firstly, to express his gratitude for investing in the Skoda Arsenal to solve their financial troubles, and secondly, to peek at Gao Hongsheng's huge weapons order, you must know that Gao Hongsheng ordered more than six million weapons in the Mauser Arsenal, which had already reached his ears, and such a big customer deserved his personal greeting and respect.

"This, that's right, their new weapons are all in the back compartment, and some of the weapons are gifts for Austria-Hungary, but if you want to understand their real combat effectiveness, you still need to use new weapons on the training ground, you can only find out the effectiveness of those weapons, just look at the surface." Gao Hongsheng did not miss the opportunity to sell his weapons, if he could sell his weapons to Austria-Hungary, then he could buy more Skoda cannons.

"Okay, so when will your army give us a demonstration?"

"Listen to your convenience, you can do it anytime."

"Okay, I'll let you know when I go back and arrange it, I'm looking forward to your army performance, thank you."

After some politeness, Gao Hongsheng resigned from Archduke Ferdinand's arrangement, and after saying goodbye to Ferdinand at the train station, the group moved into the Vienna headquarters he rented under the guidance of Albert.

When he was on the road, Albert made a report on his work with Gao Hongsheng during this period in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and also explained the reason for obtaining the shares of the Skoda Arsenal, as well as the artillery matters, which are generally good, but there are still some places that do not satisfy Gao Hongsheng, especially the weight of those weapons has increased a lot, which makes him very curious, what makes the weight of those cannons increase so much.

After a short break, Gao Hongsheng and Bo Caiyun, accompanied by Albert, went to Schönbrunn Palace to meet His Royal Highness Franz, the Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but unfortunately Princess Sisi had not yet returned to Schönbrunn Palace.

Not to mention the beautiful scenery along the way, after some tedious life-threatening etiquette and clichés, Gao Hongsheng was invited by His Royal Highness the Emperor Franz to his study for a private conversation.

Franz, who had two gray beards and white hair, smiled heartily and called Gao Hongsheng a little guy, which made him very depressed, but compared to the age when people were nearly seventy years old and could be his grandfather, he had to pinch his nose and admit it.

"Little one, you've done me a great favor, you know? Those damn bankers want to turn my Skoda into a joint-stock company, no, that's my Skoda, not the greedy bankers, it's like my children, these greedy guys want to take advantage of the fire to rob my Skoda and want to take possession of it, but your presence makes their plan bankrupt at once.

Haha, little guy, didn't you see the frustration of those guys, when I told the guys that I still had two million pounds of liquidity, and I was about to have millions of pounds in orders, those people were stunned for the first time in all these years to see them deflated, these greedy guys always wanted to possess a qiē, but this time they failed. Thank you, little one. ”

Franz, who was full of white hair, smiled and put the coffee cup in his hand to the top to express his gratitude to Gao Hongsheng.

The Skoda Arsenal has always been the private property of the Franz family, and he doesn't want the bankers to get involved, if they get involved, they will continue to inject capital and expand their shares to dilute their shares, and finally the Skoda Arsenal will become the bankers' meal like other companies.

But he was happy Gao Hongsheng was depressed, if he knew that the shares of the Skoda Arsenal came from like this, he would not interfere in it, it would be like the birthday star hanging himself for a long time, before World War II, the world was a toy in the hands of bankers, and they could play as they wanted.