Chapter 101: Mercenaries
Although agreed, the opinions of the parties still need to be asked, even if it is understood that Viscount Rossi has basically said that David Pussing has no problem here.
"The regiments of the Moravian Army are only local corps, and only regimental officers in the army are under the direct management of the Vienna side, and the personnel rights of the rest of the soldiers, including officers, are in the hands of the Moravian region."
Ernst made this clear, for the Moravian Army Regiment was more of a national army than a local reserve. No ambitious officer would want to waste his time in the reserves, and the road to promotion here is too difficult.
"I prefer the military to the police environment, even if there is little chance of war."
Isn't it small...... Ernst repeated silently in his heart, then nodded to officially settle the matter, and his eyes turned to Viscount Rossi again.
"The Moravian municipality is ready to take a railway to Kraliki, but Moravia's funding is not very loose, if it can be ......"
Before Ernst finished speaking, Viscount Rossi said with a wry smile: "Not to mention that I am just an ordinary councillor in Kraliki, and even Clariki's financial situation is not much better than that of Moravia, but since Ernst has spoken, my uncle cannot refuse anyway." ”
Ernst suppressed the anger in his heart, and said with a reluctant smile: "Then I thank my uncle first, according to statistics, 200,000 pounds can meet the demand without counting manual and local materials, of which the Moravian parliament can contribute 100,000 pounds, the local nobles contribute 30,000, and the rest ......."
Viscount Rossi's head shook and almost brought out the afterimage, meaning that it was obvious that 70,000 pounds was beyond his limit, and this was something he could never agree to.
"70,000 pounds, you can't get this money if you sell the entire Clariki City Council, if it's 7,000 pounds or not, it's about the same, and only this amount can make the Clariki City Council ......"
"For £200,000, the materials for the railway will be purchased by Clarikhi, and I'm sure some of my uncle's friends will be very interested in it."
The city government had as much money as it was, and now that Ernst had shown that he was willing to give up some of the benefits he might have in it, it was enough to attract the nobility of Klaliki to remain neutral in this matter.
If Viscount Rossi was startled and complained about Ernst opening the lion's mouth just now, then in his eyes at this time, Ernst is undoubtedly the embodiment of an angel, and such a money-making opportunity is rare.
Black pot Ernst to back, direct benefits they can also enjoy, secretly benefits Ernst chose to give up, where to find such a good thing?
"If that's the case, I'm sure the city council can still come up with £30,000 with the help of some of my friends, but that can only be pulled out of other projects, and the future ......"
Ernst was not interested in what he said, because it was just a lie from Viscount Rossi for what he had just said, and if the city council of Clariki could not even pay 30,000 pounds, then it could only be said that the members of the local council had reached the point of emboldenance.
£30,000 was not much, but Ernst was satisfied, and he knew that even if he continued to entangle, nothing would come of it, and it was better to take it as soon as he saw it.
Both sides had achieved their goals, and Ernst was very happy, and so was Viscount Rossi. Viscount Rossi's second daughter looked at David Pussim with a happy face, waiting for him to return in his future uniform and put the title of Lady of Sir or Baroness on her head.
The eldest daughter and eldest son-in-law of Viscount Rossi were slightly threatened, and they looked at Ernst and didn't know what to think, as did David Pussin.
It was not early, and after lunch, Ernst did not stay here to rest, but went straight home, and the Moravian city government came to discuss the railway.
"David Pussing has his own ideas, Lord Earl."
Bert, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said such a sentence, which made Ernst look a little strange, but recalled that Ernst nodded involuntarily just now.
"It doesn't matter, as long as he is honest and capable, then it is okay to stay in the Moravian Army Regiment, what is the current situation of the Moravian Army Regiment?"
"General Andrei had re-enlisted in the Moravian region and discharged some unqualified soldiers, and the number of Moravian Army regiments was now maintained at about 4,000 men, which was ...... overnumbered."
"There is no problem with supernumeration, can you support it financially?"
"Your Excellency Earl has put a lot of pressure on the city government, public schools are being built, and now they can only be responsible for two-thirds of the army's expenditures, and the remaining third of the council has said that it can be shared by the nobles."
Bert's words came to a sudden halt at this point, because he saw the sneer on the corner of Ernst's mouth: "Share, they have a good idea, do they think that I will stay in London and never come back?" ”
At this time, Bert dared to speak casually, he was just a microphone, and these things were all the words that André and Massena knew that he had gone to Clarici to meet and deliberately asked him to report to Ernst.
The matter is not Bert's, Ernst has no need to vent his anger on Bert, and tries to calm himself down and says: "The finances of the Moravian Army Corps are all the responsibility of the city government, if the funds are insufficient, you can take out a loan from the Moravian bank, how is the development of the bank now?" ”
"Very good."
Three simple words, but these three words have already made Ernst very satisfied, as long as he does not lose money, then it is a good thing, after all, the financial environment in Moravia is really poor.
Once the railways, the reclamation of large quantities of land and the sale of red wine are completed, there will be no problem for the citizens of Moravia to achieve food and clothing in the next 10 years.
Clothing? This is already very good, although this is one of the few prosperous periods in Europe, but it only refers to a small number of countries and regions, such as Moravia, which is very difficult to ensure food and clothing.
It is not easy to feed 4000 soldiers in vain, and no matter how good the training of soldiers who have not gone through the war, it is useless, what should they do?
Suddenly, Ernst remembered that in South America and Africa, if he let some of his soldiers go as mercenaries, wouldn't he be able to achieve the purpose of training and reduce his own expenses at the same time?
Inexplicably, the soldiers of the Moravian Army Regiment who were training couldn't help but shudder, even their commander Andrei.
ps: Thank you xiaotang246 for your reward, and if you understand the war-torn areas of Europe during 1901, please take the trouble to say in the book review, mercenaries are too far to be deployed to South America or Africa, and Europe is the most suitable.