Chapter 296: "The Eastern Railway"
Because of Gloria, Ernst was also a little estranged from Anne, but Anne didn't care, he knew Ernst's character very well, understood that he was not really unhappy, and the estrangement was only temporary. Ernst did not accompany Gloria, who "came from afar", and Anne, the "sister-in-law", naturally had to come forward, but she was also idle, and she didn't care about accompanying Gloria to visit Warsaw.
Gloria was surprised by the many technologies in Warsaw, as he had thought that Britain and the United States were at the forefront of technology, but now it seems that ...... Maybe the Quad is.
While the United States was still proud of their radio technology breakthrough of 7,000 miles, the radio technology of the Czech Principality had quietly broken through to cover the whole world, although the signal was easily interfered with at a distance, but this has also proved that the radio technology of the Czech Principality far surpassed that of Britain and the United States.
Gloria also told Ernst about these things at the dinner table, but Ernst did not have any pride and pride, he knew very well that although the strategy of this kind of thing was very high, when World War II came, the similar technology of the Czech Principality could only maintain a slight lead, after all, now the scientific and technological strength of the Czech Principality has reached a bottleneck, and it can only watch Britain and the United States slowly catch up without too much force to interfere.
Britain has recently planned a big event, a real big thing, a big thing that can affect the whole world. The airline was about to be launched, an important part of the British policy to connect all the colonies, and their plan was that within three years British citizens would be able to travel freely to and from the colonies around the world.
This startled Ernst, who had been making sure to keep his military fighters far ahead of the rest of the world, forgetting the real significance of the plane. Without any hesitation, the next day Ernst declared the entire alliance about the airlines. Preparations for the construction of airports have begun in major cities.
The technology of the Czech Principality is fully equipped to meet the needs of airlines. Compared with the UK's stable and long-lasting passenger aircraft that is still under development. The Czech principality may be able to produce a finished product in half a year, but airlines are a high-end thing, and such a consumption is difficult for ordinary citizens to afford, even in the wealthy Czech principality.
At best, British aviation technology can support the route from London to Paris, and it will not be able to do anything further away, which means that the purpose of the United Kingdom is only a fantasy, and it will take a long time to achieve it. Ernst saw this as an opportunity, an opportunity to make a fortune.
Diplomats from the diplomatic branch of the Quad Alliance followed Ernst's instructions and began their visit to England. Although the British were very confused when they received the news, they still welcomed it. Of course, whether this welcome is sincere or not is estimated only to be clear to them.
No doubt that Ernst wanted to see a major event in Turkey that affected Ernst, or many monarchies, as he prepared to modernize the country and make it truly into the 20th century, but also closely linked to Western Europe. However, compared to that incident, these can be tolerated, after all, there are many countries allied with Western Europe, not many of them.
Turkey's new president has persuaded his country's parliamentarians to abolish many of the country's religious practices and conventions, including the influence of the imperial power and the hereditary power held by Muslims. Turkey's president, who has just deposed Sudan, is now targeting religion again. This made many monarchies start to panic. They are very worried and worried that such a trend will reach their own countries, and countries with more stable imperial power are better and countries with unstable imperial power......
The International Royal Parliament convened an emergency session for this purpose. A series of heavyweights, including Ernst and the Emperor, will go to Prague, which is also the headquarters of the International Royal Conference, the Royal Castle in Prague, where Maria now lives.
Gloria had not left Ernst but was going to Prague, and Gloria wanted to follow, but Gloria couldn't help but shudder when she thought of Maria's appearance, and discouraged her decision to follow. Many people were afraid of Maria, not because of herself, but because of her status as queen of the Czech Republic.
Hurrying back to Prague, Maria was not as impatient as she had imagined, she seemed very flat, to which she replied that she thought that it might have an impact on Europe, but not too much, and that their meeting was actually of little significance, because it had already happened, and it was difficult to stop it. Ernst was also a little confused at first, but now that he thinks about it, what good way can he come up with in the face of such a thing? Times are changing, and it is really difficult for the imperial power to maintain, and now they only have passive abilities and cannot fight back.
As Ernst imagined, the Emperor who had agreed to come ended up coming with only a Prince, although this was the Emperor's own brother, but the Emperor's attitude can also be seen from here, he has begun to get a little tired, and began to give up the struggle and let the general trend develop.
The other members came to Prague in large numbers, they were not Ernst and the Emperor, their imperial power was quite unstable, and a carelessness might be the end of the republic, they were not reconciled, so they could only turn to Ernst, the boss, in the hope that he could come up with some good solution.
The answer is disappointing, and Ernst knows very well that the biggest outcome of this disappointment is that the International Royal Council begins to exist in name only, because you can't bring security and benefit to others, so why should people respect you and unite with you?
Ernst didn't care much about this result, he had done his best for the monarchy, and he was satisfied that the Quadruple Alliance had not changed much, and there was no need to pay attention to other countries. On the contrary, if the monarchs of some countries do something bad, it is difficult to avoid them putting the whole monarchy in hostility, after all, the international royal parliament is one. After much hesitation, Ernst began to think about the dissolution of the Royal Council, after all, it was really easy to get burned, and the main thing was that with this meeting, the International Royal Council no longer had its meaning.
Ernst gave his thoughts to Maria, after all, Maria was also an important member of the International Royal Council, and although many people ignored her title of Emperor of the Russian Empire, the fact that the crown was indeed worn on her head was a fact that no one could veto.
"The Quadruple Alliance has stabilized, we just need to guarantee the monarchy of the Quadruple Alliance, what the citizens want is freedom and wealth, as long as we give them these, then there is not much difference between the monarchy and the republic, don't forget, we still have an army in our hands."
Maria's words are very simple, as long as the hearts and armies are in their own hands, then what can the outside world do with great changes? The quality of a system depends on the degree of national happiness, if the outside is all republics and only the Four-Nation Alliance is a monarchy, but the per capita living standard of the Four-Nation Alliance is three, four or even ten times that of other countries, then it is clear which is better and which is bad!
How could he induce the citizens to stand up and protest against the overthrow of Ernst's rule? In terms of wealth, this is the richest, and it is impossible to overthrow a country that can bring them wealth and rebuild a government that makes them poor! If this can also be successful, then Ernst can only admit it, he has nothing to say.
Morocco is actually a typical example, France wants to take this small country, but other citizens will not agree! Who knows what your French policy is, and whether you will use our wealth to support other cities, after all, those cities are descendants, and we are all latecomers.
The International Royal Conference has just ended, and the affairs in East Asia have once again made the entire Warsaw government busy, and there is only one root cause of these things, that is, the "Eastern Railway" built by China and Russia in the past, and now the Yanjing government wants to take it back. The Russian Empire was naturally not satisfied with such a thing, but he didn't have any other ideas, he just felt that it was a very profitable thing, and he didn't want to let go easily.
Because of the two countries involved, the Cabinet of the Russian Empire did not dare to make its own decisions, so it could only submit the matter to the Council of the Union, and the Archduke Ferdinand and the Prince of Flanders were also slightly embarrassed, and they could not do such a thing, so they could only inform Ernst.
Eastern Railway? It was a T-shaped railway built in 1897 and opened to traffic in 1901, when the Russian Empire wanted to seize the resources of the Northeast. Now that the relationship between the two countries is good, the Yanjing government naturally brings it up again, of course, the real reason is that the Russian Empire has completely suppressed Japan, the Yanjing government's Civil War finances are tight, and their greed makes them set their sights on the Eastern Railway.
In fact, the possibility of the Yanjing government wanting to return to the Eastern Railway is not small, and the Russian Empire is also a little relaxed, the real purpose is still in the distribution of interests, the Russian Empire wants three or seven points, of course, the Russian Empire is the side of seven. The Yenching government also supports this ratio, but he wants to be seven.
At first, the two countries were only very peaceful negotiations, but as the negotiations progressed, the two sides couldn't help but be a little anxious, because the finances of the Eastern Railway were accidentally exposed, and the annual income of 3 million euros made the Yanjing government's eyes almost bleed.
In fact, the achievements of the Eastern Railway today are entirely due to the relationship between the two countries, a large number of merchants from the Russian Empire traveled between the two countries, and the same is true for Chinese merchants, which has long been popular. These days, because of the negotiations between the two countries, to be honest, the popularity of the Eastern Railway has increased by three points again, but it almost turned its face...... (To be continued.) )