Time seems to pass quickly, in the blink of an eye 1925 has arrived, this year Ernst is 31 years old, the most noble prince of the Habsburgs Charlie is also 5 years old, Charles's new life is about to begin, but this is destined to be a very difficult road, at least Charles is very unhappy now. It's actually normal to be unhappy, after all, anyone who suddenly adds a lot of courses will do the same, but as the crown prince of the Czech Republic and the Russian Empire, Charlie should have taken basic courses in etiquette, language, and arithmetic, which is a path he must go through.

Since he was a child, Charlie had very few opportunities to meet Ernst, and even his father was only on a coin, which was a very strange but very familiar person, strange because he rarely had contact with each other, and familiar because people around him often talked about this person's deeds.

It didn't take too long for Ernst to become the Grand Duke of the Czech Duchy, the King of the Polish-Lithuanian Kingdom, the Chairman of the Quadruple Alliance, and the "King of Eastern Europe", and in just over 20 years, Ernst had already traveled a path that many people had not walked in a hundred years.

In the eyes of many people, Ernst is worthy of worship and respect, but in Charlie's heart, he has some resentment towards this father who should be proud, not because of his younger siblings, but because Ernst rarely appears in front of him, but he still gives him a lot of pressure and responsibility.

In fact, Ernst has already discovered this kind of thing, the last time he came to Prague Ernst had met Charlie, but compared with the somewhat indifferent Maria, Charlie's performance made Ernst feel more sad, and for a few days in a row, the father was called very stiff, as if Dad was just a title, no different from uncle and aunt.

Although Ernst was very sad in the face of such a thing. But he didn't have the intention of preparing to save, Ernst has always had a standard in his heart, the less feelings a country has in a country, the better, just like the fairy realm and ascension in the oriental mythology, which needs to cut off his seven emotions and six desires, although the monarch of a country is not so exaggerated. But it is true that a ruthless king is a qualified king.

If it weren't for the inability to convince Maria, Ernst even wanted to make Charlie lose his mother's love at the same time, but these were not something that Ernst could control now, and the only thing he could do was to quietly pay attention to his sons and let them control their anger with a certain degree.

Compared with Charlie's state, the younger Heinrich and Burcht. Franz is much better, Rosa naturally needless to say, Ernst has completely different attitudes towards his son and his daughter, and it is not unfounded for Rosa to be called the second person in Eastern Europe.

The first Winter Olympics have ended. Under Ernst's attention, the results of the four-nation league are really good, football, basketball, baseball, horse racing, track and field competitions have all achieved a lot of results, and the number of gold medals in the overall group can also reach the top three in Europe, Ernst is very satisfied with this result.

In 1925, the economy of Eastern Europe was infinitely close to that of Western Europe, and if it were not for the support of Britain, an "overseas" country, it is estimated that the Four-Power Alliance would have completely destroyed the Western European countries led by France in terms of economy. If there was any big change in the world economy in 1925, it could only be the rise of technology companies.

The film industry hasn't reached its peak yet, and now tech companies are starting to rise again. Those traditional industries are beginning to show signs of being suppressed, and perhaps the biggest impact is the three traditional industries of porcelain, tea, and silk in East Asia. East Asia is now completely a raw material base, and the Quad Alliance sells more elaborate items back after processing, and the previous expenditure on raw materials is not only completely recovered, but also a lot of money.

This is nothing, and one entry and one exit can also make a lot of tax revenue, and the government is naturally happy to see such a thing continue to flourish, although this is actually gradually weakening the vitality of East Asia. But this land is already like this, who cares about such a long-term thing? But with the Quad Alliance abandoning direct purchases of raw materials and bartering, East Asian businesses have completely turned their faces.

Five times as many raw materials as a finished product looks good, but people only use three times as many raw materials to complete it all. Even including the round-trip fare, more than half of the net income, how can East Asian merchants agree to such a price? The most angry are naturally the government departments, because the economy that they really value has become a state of passive servitude, and the phenomenon that this is not a colony but is better than a colony has alarmed the officials.

Dissatisfied? But sorry, you are not qualified to negotiate, if you do not want goods from the Four-Power Alliance, we can refuse to provide you with goods, as long as you want then only this price, it doesn't matter if you accept it or not, we will not negotiate and bargain.

The governments of East Asia are very depressed, but they can only pinch their noses and admit it, watching people just provide technology to buy raw materials in their own countries, then process them, and finally sell them to their own people, waving their hands and taking away all their wealth, leaving behind only a mess of hard work but little benefit. Of course, the benefits are not completely absent, after all, they support a lot of ordinary people, although the salary they give is not very high.

Perhaps the biggest change in the Quad Alliance in 1925 was the increase in salaries, which were originally only more than 500 euros a year for ordinary citizens, but now the overall salary has increased to about 800 euros, and the civil service and the military have naturally also increased, basically reaching 1,500-2,500 euros.

This is naturally a very high annual salary, and now a very good Mercedes-Benz sedan is only more than 1,000 euros, with an annual salary of 1,000 euros, which means that you can almost enjoy a petty bourgeois life, and you can also buy some things you like and want, go to restaurants, drink a cup of expensive coffee, and travel to other parts of Europe......

The greatest impact of the prosperity of petty bourgeoisie was the prosperity of the entertainment industry and the tourism industry, and at the beginning of 1925, the Quadruple Alliance launched more than 20 large-scale tourism projects with an investment of more than 3 million euros, including landscape castles and amusement parks, which was the real theme and the main goal of 1925.

The first airline of the Quad Alliance has been established in Warsaw, which is invested by the Warsaw City Government, the Cabinet of the Czech Principality, and the royal family, and the routes are the capital of the Quad Alliance and several important large cities, with a total of 11 cities as the main routes, which has basically covered the entire Quad Alliance.

This year Ernst also has a big project, that is, to completely take East Prussia, for which Ernst actually does not find it too difficult, because some time ago there was a small vote in East Prussia under the impetus of Ernst, and 80 percent of the citizens expressed their willingness to become a member of the Four-Power Alliance, but they also wanted the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania to become the Kingdom of Poland-East Prussia-Lithuania.

No one would deny that East Prussia was a German root and an important economic region, and this was the main reason why Ernst valued East Prussia. There are more than a million citizens living in East Prussia, and their education and affluence are comparable to Prague's.

Warsaw Airlines is very service-oriented, so in less than four months of its existence, they have made a number of changes, including the most frequent changes in food and beverages, seating, and so on to make most of their guests happy, and in February, they even loaded movies on the plane for guests to watch. However, no matter how frequent Warsaw Airlines moves, the airline never has too many passengers, because people do not have a new understanding of the safety of this thing.

In January and February 1925, the Warsaw Airlines had no more than 300 passengers, some of whom were government officials, and this could not but cause some frustration on Ernst. Of course, he didn't care about this, because he knew that the popularity of aviation was a matter of time, and all he needed to do was wait.

At this time, the East also began to be in chaos, the reason is very simple, Mr. Sun, who has gone north, has been lying on the hospital bed because of physical reasons, it can be guessed that maybe he will not survive this spring at all, no matter what people's attitude is towards him, his contribution to that country is obvious, so even Ernst can't help but be a little sad when he gets the news. It's just a few, after all, it's hard for him to feel the emotion that Mr. Sun has brought him.

Mr. Sun's influence in that land is undoubted, and his imminent death will affect the layout and plans of the Quad Alliance in East Asia in many ways, especially the plan that the diplomat has just mentioned, without which it may be much more difficult.

On the one hand, he was really grateful for the help made by the Quadruple Alliance (mainly Ernst) for this country, but on the other hand, the actions of the Quadruple Alliance were somewhat aggressive, so before he died, he specially instructed his wife that he could go to Warsaw to have a face-to-face meeting with Ernst instead of him, and if he could, it would be best to share his thoughts with Ernst.

The staff of the Yenching Embassy immediately used radio technology to put Mr. Sun's last wish in front of Ernst, and after a little hesitation, Ernst agreed to the first lady's request to visit Warsaw, and at the same time Ernst publicly announced that Warsaw welcomed the arrival of the first lady and was also saddened by Mr. Sun's health.

As if everything was predestined, with Ernst's public declaration, before his death, Mr. Sun specially met with Freud, the first diplomat of the Four-Nation Alliance and Czech Foreign Minister who had already arrived in Yanjing, the specific content is unknown, but according to the people outside the venue at the time, Freud was very happy when he left. (To be continued.) )