1910 was a very important year for the Manchu Empire, as the Manchu government's control over the local areas had been reduced to the extreme, and the new army and provincial governors were almost independent.

In November 1910, the constitutional deadline for the eighth year of Xuantong was brought forward to 1910, the fifth year of Xuantong, and the system of parliament and local self-government was opened.

For several years, the Manchu government had been trying to find a way to deal with the constitutional monarchy, but the rise of the Han dynasty and the weakening of imperial power left them no longer able to resist, and the only thing the Manchu government could do was to delay as long as possible. Xu saw the thoughts of the Manchu court, and the Hanchen directly advanced the deadline, and the fall of an ancient empire was just around the corner.

In the same month, the United States, Britain, Germany, and France formed a banking group and twice loaned 16 million pounds to the Qing court.

The United States, Britain, Germany, and France needed a constitutional monarchy from the Manchu court, or rather, the situation at this time was created by them, and the extent to which they had interests in local autonomy is estimated to be clear only to the parties and these participants.

On the 10th of the same month, the Russian writer Tolstoy died, Tolstoy had considerable influence in Russia, and even though he chose to criticize the serfdom of the Russian Empire, Nicholas II still gave a gift on behalf of the royal family, and Mary was no different.

For this great writer Ernst is undoubtedly a long-time friend, but it is a pity that he did not meet him on the last trip to St. Petersburg, although it is a little regrettable, but the matter has passed, Ernst can only put these aside for the time being.

Today, the Moravian Bank operates in almost the entire Czech Republic, and although there are still several banks in the region that compete with the Moravian Bank, it is only a matter of time before the Moravian Bank with Ernst behind it emerges as the winner.

The internal contradictions in the Austro-Hungarian Empire began to escalate, and as Emperor Franz's old Archduke Ferdinand began to control more and more power, this was complemented by Ernst. Moravia's economy and military stability allowed Archduke Ferdinand's position to be secured, and Archduke Ferdinand's power allowed Moravia to gain more policy support and military relaxation.

Archduke Ferdinand was still busy with the Balkans, and since 1908, when Austria-Hungary announced the formal annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the occasion of the Turkish Revolution, relations between Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire began to plummet to the lowest point, although there was a slight buffer for Ernst to St. Petersburg.

Due to the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, Russia's strength was greatly weakened, and without the support of Britain and France, and unable to compete with Germany and Austria-Hungary, Russia had to temporarily concede and recognize the Austro-Hungarian occupation of both places. This affair has always been a disgrace to the Russian Empire, and Nicholas II was always looking for an opportunity to regain the initiative.

Archduke Ferdinand knew that Maria was in Moravia, and he wanted to borrow Maria to complete some deals, but Ernst refused without hesitation, so Archduke Ferdinand had no choice but to compromise.

The year 1910 passed quickly, the new year was approaching, the whole of Moravia was lit up on Christmas Day, the football players were playing fiercely in the stadium, the nobles came to the golf course to talk about the business of the past and the coming year, and Ernst stayed in the castle to accompany Maria to read a book.

"St. Petersburg is not in very good form."

Suddenly, Maria suddenly said something that surprised Ernst, but after a moment's pause, Ernst understood what Maria was trying to say.

The revolution had not yet begun, but the people were more and more dissatisfied with the current situation in Russia, they were eager for more rights, more land and more profits, and with the defeat of the Russo-Japanese War, this dissatisfaction was raised to a certain level, although there was nothing on the surface, but many high-level Russians knew that the situation in Russia was almost to the point of detonation at any time.

Patting Maria's little head, Ernst said with a look of pity, "What do you need me to do?" But my kindness, His Majesty Nikolai will not necessarily accept it. ”

It was not necessarily, but it was not necessarily unacceptable, because Emperor Nicholas II at this time did not think that he needed the help of a small Austro-Hungarian lord, and he also did not think that he would be unable to cope with the situation at home.

Shaking her head, Maria looked at Ernst expectantly: "I only hope that if, if you can keep Dad safe in the future, he needs an ally, even if the ally is a future enemy." ”

Thinking of the great changes in the Russian Empire a few years later, Ernst smiled bitterly in his heart, at that time, when the First World War was officially at its most intense, it is estimated that Austria-Hungary and Germany are looking forward to such a great change in the Russian Empire, how can they guarantee it? Of course, Ernst's thoughts were different from Maria's, and Maria never thought that her throne would be overthrown by revolutionaries, but that the Russian Empire would be defeated because of domestic instability.

Ernst could only agree for the time being, and if the truth was told, Ernst actually needed such a civil strife, because only in this way could he be given the opportunity to set foot in the Russian Empire.

Suddenly Ernst remembered his own land in Siberia, was it ...... Whether Nicholas II also thought of it, after all, it was his own opportunity, and at the same time it was an opportunity for Nicholas II and the Russian royal family.

Shaking his head, Ernst didn't want to think of Nicholas II as terrible, his mind returned to the book, and Maria quietly looked in the direction of the east.

In 1911, if there was any difference between this year and the previous year, it was that the Air Force began to be taken seriously by various countries, and a large number of fighters were built, but their combat effectiveness was only two machine guns strapped to the planes and a box of bombs that needed to be dropped manually.

On January 18, 1911, American pilot Eugene Erie landed on the heavy cruiser USS Pennsylvania in a Chlutis biplane, which announced the birth of naval aviation.

According to the statistics of the Moravian government in 1910, the education coverage rate in 1910 reached 80 percent, most of whom graduated from high school, and more than 3,000 university graduates.

The Moravian Army Corps has about 15,000 regular troops and 30,000 reserves, and the local policy in Moravia is that young people over the age of 18 are required to undergo a year of military training to ensure that they can become qualified soldiers after a short period of training in the event of war.

Although these reservists had their own occupations in life, they were still marked as reservists in the Moravian government register, and they were to be assembled for restorative training in the event of war. There was a large amount of cash in hand, and in addition to ensuring the normal maintenance of Moravia, the rest of the surplus was all used to build munitions and train the army, and the combat effectiveness of the Moravian army regiments with experience in war was not much different from that of the German army.

Secretly there is a flying group in Ernst, more than 50 fighters are on standby at any time, more than 100 tanks can be thrown into the battlefield at any time, as for field artillery and mortars, it is naturally needless to say, and it is not a problem for the entire Moravian Army Regiment to pull out to block 100,000 Russian troops.

Just blocking? Although the Russian army is only second-rate, it is also a regular army, and it is already very good that the Moravian Army regiment can block it, and it is expected that the counteroffensive will only be able to retreat after a long time, unless there is a contradiction within the Russian army or a serious mistake in command.

Under the light of peace and prosperity is the undercurrent of busy war, the situation has gradually become clear in the past two years, and Bert has begun to understand Ernst's actions, he naturally will not continue to prevent but wholeheartedly help Ernst take care of these matters, and he admires Ernst's vision very much.

With the increase of land, Ernst did not continue to expand the scope of the vineyards, but devoted himself to increasing the range of grain cultivation, after all, logistics is also an indispensable and important procedure in the war.

The cattle and sheep from the pastures were slaughtered, and they were packed into cans, which were not only the favorite food of the soldiers but also loved to be bought by civilians, as well as military-style cotton coats and hats. The quilts in the Soviet military base brought by Ernst were exhausted at this time, and the quilts may still be in the army, but the cotton coats were really worn out, after all, it had been 11 years since Ernst first arrived in Moravia.

In February 1911, Russia demanded to expand its interests in the Manchu Empire, and the governor of the new cities already built in the Far East, Stanis Gross, accompanied the Russian team to the Manchu Empire.

The new city of Maria was completed on January 12, 1911, with a population of 150,000 and an army of 10,000, but only 6,000 soldiers actually had combat power and equipment, and the rest could only be counted as local forces. As long as the economic source of the new town is agriculture, although the land is in a cold area, it is not without grass, and it can also cultivate grain in spring and summer and harvest in autumn, but the yield here is very small compared to the plain area.

Compared with Moravia, the citizens of Maria Nova are very unhappy, and all they can do is ensure food and clothing, but the cold environment has long been fierce for the people here. Don't look at the army of only 10,000, as long as they have sufficient equipment, the number of soldiers they can form at any time can reach more than 30,000.