"It's not a big deal, but I heard that the Count of Moravia is also on this ship, and I can't help but want to come over and get acquainted......"

"But it's a little disappointing to see that the Count of Moravia is just a child under ten years old, isn't it?"

Before Count John von Clezio finished speaking, Ernst could not help but add a sentence that made Count John von Clezio chuckle.

"At first, I might have thought so, but not now, the average ten-year-old wouldn't say that."

"Let's get straight to the point! Since Count Clezio knew me, he probably knew that I liked to be straightforward, and that it was easy for me to get bored if I was too tactful. ”

Ernst's words made Count Johann von Clezio pause, and then nodded with a wry smile.

"I lived in Vienna for a while at Christmas, it was my aunt's birthday, and a couple of bottles of wine were nice at the party......"

Ernst had already guessed what he meant, and sure enough, Count Johann von Clezio pointed out that he wanted Ernst to sell some, and he liked the taste of the wine.

Things were not as easy as Count Johann von Clézio had imagined, and Ernst, as if he saw the meaning of his coming, asked: "If there were not many of them, I believe that the Count would not have uttered the word buy, and ...... I don't think Count Johann von Clézio would love this wine. ”

The red wines of Christmas, of course, were the ones that Ernst had taken out of a mysterious space, and were partly sold as gifts at the time.

According to the situation at the time, it was speculated that Count Johann von Clézio might have a similar wine business, and this time he was going to test the price of Ernst in preparation for a later purchase at a low price.

Sure enough, Ernst's deliberate words made Count Johann von Clézio laugh: "It seems that Count Ernst already knows my intentions, so I will say it directly...... Count Ernst interested in selling? ”

Naturally, intentionally, if not for the price, now even I have begun to actively promote it. Ernst said something inwardly, then nodded his intention to sell.

"I'm going to set aside 1,500 acres in Moravia to grow grapes, and I believe you know the quality of the grapes there, but because of the lack of craftsmanship, there may be some differences in taste from the ones you have drunk."

There are some gaps...... It was a completely different type of wine, but Count Johann von Clézio didn't really like it and was going to sell it, so the difference in taste didn't matter.

At this time, there were still very few channels for red wine, and ordinary merchants could not get in touch with good red wine technology, after all, a large number of red wine brewers worked in the private estates of nobles.

The nobles disdained it, or they didn't want the merchants to be on the same level as them, drinking what they could drink, and living in castles and manors that they could only live in.

Unlike the United States, the status of merchants in Europe is much higher than in the East, but the attitude of the aristocracy towards merchants may not be as rosy as imagined.

Unless it is the decline of the family, it is estimated that any noble lady will not want to marry a businessman, and the biggest dream of a rich businessman is to marry a noble lady, because only in this way can he enter that circle and truly get rid of his own status level.

Of course, all this will slowly change after the First World War, and under the influence of the United States and the overall political trend of the whole world, the aristocracy will slowly become a kind of history.

There are signs that merchants are moving into castles, merchants are starting to own their own private estates, and merchants are being able to hold important positions in the state.

At the same time, the aristocracy began to lose their privileges, the nobles began to be less respected, and more and more nobles declined, including John von Clézio, Count Hao Ran.

In the eyes of others, Count Johann von Clézio was still the lord on the high, but only he knew that his finances were beginning to make ends meet.

The Count of John von Clézio who spent a lot of money was the same Count Johann von Clezio as he had been three years ago, and now Count John von Clezio has been largely reduced to the point of selling his property with the failure of the Western Railroad investment.

Just as he was on his way to Vienna to celebrate his aunt's birthday and see if he could borrow some money for a while, Ernst's sale of red wine caught his eye.

Merchants have very few channels to buy the best wines, and they are often only available on the black market. Can they spend a huge amount of money to apply for a winemaker on an aristocratic wine estate?

It's useful, but what's the point?

Their purpose is not to taste the wine but to enjoy the process, and if it is a red wine from their own estate, then even if it tastes good, it lacks that spiritual enjoyment.

They wanted to enjoy the aristocratic life, but the red wine of their own winery certainly did not satisfy these merchants.

In addition, it is worth investing tens of thousands of pounds in the pursuit of profit by businessmen for their own tongue? The answer, of course, is no, and it is better to buy it from the black market.

Although red wine is good, its audience is very narrow, unless it is a true lover of wine, there will be very few people who buy it, and the aristocracy disdains the commoners and cannot afford to consume it.

But it would have been a different story if it was the aristocracy who was selling the wine, but at this time an awkward situation lay in front of Count Johann von Clézio, who had no start-up capital.

If you can't do it yourself, you can only settle for the next best thing, and it is also a good idea to act as an agent of Ernst! That's what Count Johann von Clézio came to the door.

In fact, the behavior of the Enst wine estate was also unpopular, including Bert and Massena, who were against it, and in their eyes it was undoubtedly an act of shame for the Habsburgs.

Of course, Ernst himself did not think so, and if it were not for the fear that Archduke Ferdinand would have come to the door, Ernst would have even wanted to pay special attention to the introduction of this as a Habsburg wine.

The two hit it off, and Ernst was worried that he could not find an agent, and now Count Johann von Clézio came to the door on his own initiative.

Count Johann von Clézio was only a man selling red wine, and even if he made less money than Ernst, he would undoubtedly not discredit the family too much.

"£60 per box, that's a bargain."

"Count Ernst, you should be honest."

"No, no, 40 pounds must not be promised."

……

In a small room, Ernst argued with Count Johann von Clézio about the price, which may seem to others to be a disgrace to the Habsburgs, but in a few years Ernst will be recorded in history.

It turns out that the only criterion for survival is strength, not external factors such as wine, castles, and estates, which many aristocrats of the early 20th century did not see.

Very simple? But there is one thing that people forget, and that is the phrase that the authorities are obsessed!

The aristocracy simply thought that if red wine, castles, and other things became exclusive to the aristocracy, then it represented their special social status, but what they ignored was that such a special status was extremely unstable.