Chapter 109: Vojvodina (End)
The Kingdom of Serbia, if not as well informed as Austria-Hungary in the East, received news a few days later that the Manchu Empire was preparing to negotiate with the Russian Empire.
The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Serbia visited Russia for the first time, but the final result was destined to be unsatisfactory, and the Russian Empire undoubtedly valued the East more than the interests of the West.
On 15 February, the Kingdom of Serbia sent a mission to Vienna, and the intention of peace was self-evident, and the Vojvodina rebellion was naturally lifted.
The losses of either Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbia were not very heavy, but the negotiations were not so easy, because both sides understood that an important figure in Austria-Hungary was almost left behind in Szeged.
State affairs are important, but Archduke Ferdinand is a father after all, how can Archduke Ferdinand not be angry when his second son has been trapped for several days? These will be undertaken by the mission of the Kingdom of Serbia, which is ready for long-term negotiations before the negotiations have even begun.
By this time Ernst had already returned to Moravia, and although he had decided to stop in Vienna and leave, he could not resist the desire of the Grand Duchess of Sophia to stay in Vienna for two nights.
Back in their own territory, both Massena and Bert were very excited, and they all hesitated to say that Ernst was their future, and that without Ernst they would be useless. The importance of an heir is evident after Ernst leaves, when the usually calm Massena panics when he hears that Ernst is trapped in Szeged.
The Moravian Army Corps did not yet know when it would be withdrawn, but the situation in the Moravian region had stabilized and was back on track of slow development.
On 6 March, the Spanish football club Real Madrid was founded, at the same time that Moravia was experiencing a busy season for spring wheat planting.
At only seven years old, Ernst seemed to have really begun to live at this age, learning martial arts, studying, playing in the wild, riding horses, shooting......
At this time, football was already very influential in Europe, and Britain, France, Germany and Austria had their own football teams, and Ernst also set up his own football team in Moravia in order to add to the chaos.
On March 14, the library of the Eastern Railway (Manchu Northeast Railway) Club was established in Harbin, as part of the Russian Empire's efforts to deepen its influence in the Northeast.
At this time, the mission of the Kingdom of Serbia had arrived in Vienna, and they were still arguing over several conditions, but when this news came out, the mission of the Kingdom of Serbia understood that the matter could no longer be delayed and could only choose to compromise.
The wheat planting season in Moravia was coming to an end, but Massena and his party were not idle, and several generals from the Austro-Hungarian army came to Moravia for the simple purpose of asking if the Szeged machine gun could be mass-produced.
Ernst didn't know that his casual actions had allowed him to make an arms business, at a time when European countries were in an arms race, and the arms business was the fastest way to make money.
The castle Riehnster invited the generals from Vienna to a family banquet, after all, they were members of the royal family, and the generals seemed honored, not caring that it was only a seven-year-old child who invited them.
Massena was also invited to the banquet, although they were both left and right, but Bert, who was the butler, was undoubtedly not comparable to Massena, who was in charge of the new city, on such an occasion.
At the banquet, Massena said that heavy machine guns can naturally be mass-produced, but the price is about 20% higher than the current standard price of heavy machine guns in various countries.
Although Austria-Hungary was not an economic power, it was also at the forefront of Europe, and if it could not even hold a few hundred heavy machine guns, there would be no need for the Austro-Hungarian treasury to exist.
Ernst hopes to maintain his advantage in some aspects, but this does not include the equipment that Ernst has taken out now, because they are only more than ten years ahead of the current technology, and it is easy to imitate them when there is a prototype.
A few hundred heavy machine guns is just an upfront transaction, and the Austro-Hungarian heavy machine gun market is more than 10,000, not to mention that just 10,000 heavy machine guns is a rather terrifying number.
The price of an ordinary heavy machine gun is around £250, while Ernst's offer will end up at around £300, or £3 million for 10,000 heavy machine guns. Even after all the expenses are excluded, there are millions of pounds in profits, which is enough to cost anyone's life for it.
Naturally, the negotiations were conducted by Masséna, and Ernst was a nobleman and a member of the Austro-Hungarian royal family, so how could he personally intervene in such a matter?
The outcome of the negotiations was foregone from the beginning, with the Austro-Hungarian military paying an advance payment of 300 machine guns, and if it suited them in the future, they would increase the order in the future, which was when the Moravian military industry was on the rise.
On 8 April, Ressar, the representative of the Russian tsar, and Wang Wenshao, the representative of the Manchu government, signed an agreement in Beijing on the Sino-Russian "Treaty on the Settlement of the Three Eastern Provinces." Relations between Russia and Japan have become extremely bad.
The period soon crossed from April to May 1902, and April was generally not a major event, except for some disputes between Russia, the Northeast, Japan, and Great Britain, and a little more in May.
At the beginning of May, the Manchu government established the Shanxi University Hall, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions was established in the middle of the year, and the Hubei Normal School was established in the late Zhangzhidong, and the Manchu Empire was about to be reformed.
The important events of May were not only the Manchu Empire, but also the establishment of Cuba, the conclusion of negotiations between Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbia, and the revenue of the Moravian pharmaceutical company exceeding 300,000 pounds. At the end of May, Moravia established a Moravian daily newspaper, whose shareholders were a group of Moravian aristocrats, led by Count Ernst Franz, Count of Moravia.
In June, the cholera epidemic in the Manchu Empire caused tension in various countries, including a major cleaning of Ernst's castle, which kept Ernst at home for more than half a month.
At the beginning of August, Edward VII was officially crowned king, and the monarchs of various countries sent congratulations, only Ernst understood that the period of peace was coming to an end!
At the end of September, the first theater on Broadway in the United States opened for business, and behind this opening, the arms race of European countries began to turn from darkness to light, and Germany and Austria-Hungary began to make their own demands because of the colonial problem!
Eleven years before the First World War, the Moravian Army Regiment was returning home, and the aircraft, an important means of transport, was being tested and would be available next year......