When the train from Florence, Italy, stopped in Prague, the first thing Count Alvaro saw was a dozen black-clad guards waiting for him holding wooden signs with their names written on them. There is no doubt that this is the person who greeted him on behalf of the Czech royal family, although Ernst did not show up and had some regrets, but he could understand the identity of the other party.

Walking towards the black-clad guards, Count Álvaro saw an acquaintance, not only he was familiar with it, but Madame Mosetti was also very familiar, and as soon as he saw Count Álvaro, he gave each other a big hug.

"Long time no see, Bert!"

Count Álvaro's actions obviously made Bert a little unaccustomed, after all, the other party was an Italian nobleman and he was just a butler of the royal family, but he quickly got used to it, after all, his every move represented the Czech royal family.

"Me too, I haven't seen Mr. Count Álvaro for a long time. His Majesty Ernst was waiting in the car, this was Prague after all, and his identity was ......"

It turned out that Ernst really came to greet him, Count Alvaro was very honored at this moment, he naturally understood Bert's words, after all, Ernst was the Grand Duke of the Czech Republic, and it was inopportune to show up to greet him.

Led by Bert, Count Alvaro and his party walked towards the convoy not far away, because the back seat of the car could only accommodate two people, and Countess Mosetti had no choice but to smile and take her eldest daughter Mara towards the car behind, which Mara seemed a little unhappy.

"Welcome to Prague, my friend!"

"Thank you, but I really didn't expect you to come to greet me personally."

Hugging Ernst in the car, Count Álvaro's face was full of emotion, Ernst has become one of the best figures in Europe in more than ten years, and it is rare that Ernst treated him as in previous years and was not reserved or alienated because of the change of identity.

The red roof is a characteristic of Prague, while introducing the view of Prague to Count Alvaro, Ernst waited for Count Alvaro to speak, or that sentence, he didn't know that he was here for fun.

"Ernst, I have something else to do this time......"

Ernst was so enthusiastic that it was difficult for Count Álvaro to speak, but the king's commission was in front of him, after all, he was an Italian nobleman who could not refuse the king's request.

"I've read the news about Italy, and King Emanuele III should be very embarrassed at this time! The aristocracy and merchants were not so easy to talk to, especially when it came to vital interests. ”

Seeing that Ernst understood that Count Álvaro couldn't help but feel relieved, and said with a wry smile: "The price of grain in Italy has more than doubled compared to previous years, how can they relax with such benefits?" In fact, not only the nobles and merchants everywhere, but also the royal family also had high food prices......"

The rest were royal secrets, and Count Álvaro had heard them, so he said nothing more than halfway through, but Ernst understood them all. This was not surprising to Ernst, for when the Ming Dynasty fell in the East, the imperial relatives of Yanjing still controlled a large amount of wealth and refused to support the salvation of the country, and for the Italian nobility and merchants, the situation in Italy was far from that extent.

The Czech Duchy is almost a dictatorship, which ensures that the same thing will not happen in the Czech Duchy again, and once it appears, Ernst can completely suppress it by direct force by thunder, after all, hundreds of thousands of army troops are in the hands of Ernst.

"Food can be discussed!"

After all, it is not Count Álvaro's private matter, Ernst is more official than he said, Count Álvaro didn't care about these details, he was just a little stunned by Ernst's words. There are two main reasons for being stunned, the first is very strange why Ernst agreed so happily, and the second is that the other meaning of this sentence is that there is no need to say anything other than food?

When he came, Count Alvaro also carefully thought about the commission of the King of Italy, and the result of his guess was similar to now, the Czech Principality had a lot of grain, and the Czech Principality would not insist on importing grain, but the Czech Principality would never agree to Italy's claim for land.

It was not just that Italy had given too little leverage, but that Count Alvaro knew that Ernst was a smart man, and that a smart man would never fall back into the whirlpool of the Paris peace talks.

Count Álvaro was already very satisfied with this result, so he nodded and promised not to mention other things, and the official matter had a result for the time being, and the next thing was naturally some trivial things in life. Count Álvaro was also interested in the private life of Prague and Ernst, but he had heard a lot of scandals about Ernst in Italy.

"I was visiting a friend in England some time ago, and he mentioned you and a Jewish girl, and that couldn't be Jessica!"

When Count Alvaro went to England a few months ago, when Ernst's affair with Jessica was at its hottest, as Jessica's birthplace, there was naturally much more gossip in Britain than in other places.

Ernst was not unhappy in the face of such a direct inquiry, he just nodded a little depressedly: "I didn't expect you to know about this matter, Jessica's father was imprisoned because of the involvement of Irish independence that year, and one of her uncles asked me for the matter, so I will naturally do my best to help." ”

Speaking of the details of that year, Count Alvaro couldn't help but laugh, in fact, he wanted to ask if Ernst was only six or seven years old at that time, did he already know what love and liking were? Of course, this is just a thought, if you really ask, it is not only embarrassing for Ernst, but also for himself to inevitably lose a good friend.

"You once said you liked the Esposito family's red wines, now do you want a chance?"

Opportunity? What kind of opportunity can it be, it must be the opportunity to win the red wine recipe of the Esposito family, Ernst is still very interested in this matter, after all, Moravian red wine has never won the top market in Europe, which is also an opportunity for the red wine industry in the Czech principality.

"Why, could it be that the Esposito family intends to sell the recipe in their hands?"

Count Álvaro shook his head and said: "No, it's the Esposito family who is in trouble, they are asking for help, if you make an invitation, I believe their family will be very willing to relocate to the Czech principality, but it is estimated that you will need to pay a count's title and some shares in the Moravian wine company." ”

The title of earl? This is not a problem, the titles in Europe are almost universal, and it is not a simple canonization of a count, as long as the Esposito family declares allegiance, Ernst will not have a problem with the title of an earl, after all, the Esposito family is also an old noble family.

Speaking of knighthoods, although there are many nobles in the Czech principality, not many actually receive knighthoods. Of course, the Czech Duchy did not deny the titles of those German and Russian imperial nobles, but it did not officially express their status, and they did not use some of the privileges of the Czech Duchy to the nobility.

So far, the Czech Principality has officially registered less than 200 noble families, and there are only about 30 high-ranking nobles such as the Earl, which shows that the title of the Czech Principality is still quite valuable, especially with the increasing status of the Czech Principality in the world.

Ernst wanted the Czech principality to have more nobles, because they were all wealthy, and at the same time, higher consumption was conducive to improving the country's economy. Of course, if the land was in the hands of these nobles, the meaning would be completely different, but fortunately most of the land in the Czech principality was in the hands of the royal family.

The royal family sells land on a large scale throughout the Czech Principality, which is 5 or 10 years after a contract, and these lands require very little rent, and many people with small wealth like to rent hundreds or thousands of acres of land, which is the current agricultural economic system of the Czech Principality.

The war has severely destroyed the whole of Europe, and the Czech Principality, as the largest exporter in Europe at this time, is almost in short supply of its jobs. Of course, the Czech Cabinet is working hard to raise the wages of workers, and I believe that it will not be long before the per capita salary of the Czech Principality will be able to surpass that of Britain, France and even the United States.

"I will not be stingy with the title of an earl in such a matter that is beneficial to the Moravian wine industry, and I will arrange for someone to make an invitation as soon as possible."

Count Álvaro was also very happy, after all, his family also had a deep relationship with the Esposito, and now he had no reason not to be happy for them to see that the family had a good result. It's just a pity that their family is too deeply involved in Italy, otherwise with his relationship with Ernst, it would be most appropriate to go to the Czech principality as well.