Ernst was unhappy with the bumpy gravel road, but Bert's answer was that it was already good, and that many parts of Moravia were still muddy dirt roads.

This is indeed a remote and unnoticed place, not to mention the Czech local council, even if the Czech Republic is captured in the future, it is estimated that it will be easily forgotten by the enemy.

After some time to the north, Ernst first saw a river that was not very wide, but very cool, and it was not necessary for Bert to explain that Ernst already knew that this was the Moravian root, the Morava River.

Seeing the river rushing along the side of the road, Ernst deliberately got out of the carriage and stared hard at the mother river of Moravia, where his future was located, and which was already closely related to Ernst to be precise.

"The source of the river is the Clarice Snow Mountain, and on the other side of the Snow Mountain is the Polish region, but because the situation in Poland is unknown, although they belong to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, there are many opponents, and the society is not very stable."

Since the beginning of the Napoleonic period, Poland has begun to gradually lose its sovereignty, Austria, Prussia (Germany), and Russia divided Poland, the main part of which is occupied by Russia, if it were not for the snow mountain danger there, maybe Moravia is not as safe as imagined.

Ernst sniffed out some changes in the political situation in Poland at this time from Bert's explanation, but he did not speak, after all, across the snow-capped mountains, no matter how bad it was, it did not have much to do with him.

There are still more than ten years left before the arrival of the First World War, and no matter how bad the situation is before the arrival of the First World War, war will not break out! This was Ernst's idea, but was that really the case?

Continuing eastward, soon Moravia was in sight, and a medium-sized city like Clarikki, accustomed to a large city like Vienna, could barely accept it, but the ......

Seeing this, Ernst seemed to think of the medieval scenes he had seen in old photographs in his previous life, the houses piled up with stones, the townspeople in shabby clothes, and the dirty faces that looked like they were poor.

The streets of Moravia were narrow, and the main road consisted of only two or three carriages walking side by side, and from time to time a priest passed by, who was very popular and had a relatively good dress and complexion.

Ernst did not see the nobles, and when he asked Bert, he learned that most of the nobles lived in their castles and estates, and that most of the people living in the cities were low-ranking nobles who did not have lands and the descendants of the nobles who held government positions.

In order to get acquainted with the city as soon as possible, Ernst deliberately asked Bert to go around here before leaving for his territory. And that circle also gave Ernst a general idea of the place, and the location of important buildings such as the government, the parliament, and the church had been memorized by Ernst.

In a small city like this, for example, the government office is far less luxurious than the one built by the parliament, after all, the main rulers of the city are the nobles, and they are the main source of tax revenue in the city.

Church? If in the Middle Ages it was normal for churches everywhere to be the most extravagant, but now the divine right of kingship is only a symbolic thing, and the status of the clergy is naturally slightly lower than that of the nobility. Naturally, the church, as a clergyman, did not dare to continue to be arrogant, and it was the most normal thing to be worse than the council.

Bert gave an overview of the whole Moravian region, and Ernst commented on it: "The population of Moravia is about 2,000 people, accounting for about 8 percent of the whole region, which is a good indication of the degree of industry and commerce here. ”

Nodding in agreement, Bert said: "There is no post office, no bank, no large market in the town, even if you mail something, you need to go to Moravia, and even Moravia has only one post office, and you need to wait in a long line during busy times. ”

Bert didn't complain in his words, some were just helpless, after all, the communication with the outside world here was too inconvenient, which made him, a housekeeper accustomed to big cities like Rome and Vienna, comfortable?

Communication is a big problem, Ernst, who realized this, frowned: "The mailing problem must be solved, and the radio equipment cannot be used?" ”

Ernst remembered that Bert had been worried about a similar problem when he arrived, and had brought a radio machine, but it seemed that it was not used at all.

Bert smiled bitterly: "Maybe it's the geography, the radio can't be connected at all, and you can only work when you go to Moravia, and the only advantage is to avoid the problem of queuing when you're busy." ”

Bert's words made even a somewhat sad Ernst smile, but soon his face turned to the point that the mailing problem must be solved.

"£6,000, I contacted a telegraph company in Brno and they said £6,000 would help us solve the problem, but we would have to pay extra for the current costs."

£6,000 is not too high, and it is more than three times more expensive than installing a telegraph machine in Vienna, but ......

"There is no problem, as long as it can be solved, £6,000 will be able to be disbursed immediately!"

Ernst knew too well the importance of information, it was only 6,000 pounds, and even 10,000 pounds Ernst would not frown, provided that Moravia could really communicate with the outside world.

As if he had expected this, Bert was not too surprised, but there was not only one thing he wanted to say, although it was not within his duty, but Massena's request he had granted......

"Massena has a little bit of his own thoughts......"

Bert's appearance of wanting to speak was very suspicious to Ernst, and when he said this, Ernst had already expected the result, so he couldn't help but laugh: "Needless to say, I understand what Massena wants, nothing more than the position of mayor of the town, if you also think he can, then it doesn't matter if he gives it a try." ”

Ernst would agree to make Bert very happy, after all, he really thinks that Massena is very capable of this, and before he is the mayor of the town, Massena has already used the power he can use to make the town much better, and if he really becomes the mayor of the town, Bert will even think that the town will grow into a small city like Moravia in ten years.

The territory was on the side of the small Moravian town, and it was not far before Ernst came to his own land, barren land, thin snow, and roads that were not too muddy but not very strong.

"This is my territory?"

Ernst looked at Bert, who was a little puzzled, but he quickly realized the reason for Ernst's dissatisfaction, as if he had just arrived......

"This was a no-man's land, and Emperor Franz deliberately gathered these borderlands together in order to deepen his influence here, and even needed to subsidize some taxes to ensure its maintenance at first. It took Emperor Franz about thirty years to make some money here, and the roads here were even worse, and it was only Monsieur Massena who persuaded the Moravian government to repair them to the extent they are now......"

Although it is not explicitly stated, it is already clear what Bert meant, Lord Earl, don't think that this place is bad, in fact, it was more than twice as bad a few months ago.

As if afraid that Ernst would lose interest in building here, Bert said encouragingly: "But there is a lot of potential here, and Monsieur Massena said that there are very good coal mines here, as long as the transportation problem is solved......"

"Mining is a gift from heaven to Moravia, we can't steal it, and I believe there's more to this place than just selling it."

How rich Bert didn't care, seeing that Ernst had not lost interest in building this place, Bert breathed a sigh of relief, he was a qualified steward, and he naturally hoped that Ernst would have some ambitions.