Chapter VII Expanding Production

Regardless of what Bismarck and Prussia decided, the emotional fire of German nationalism was already burning brightly.

The whole German region was mobilized by this general trend, and the people were coerced by public opinion, and at this moment every citizen in the German region was a "patriot".

At this time, the Prussian aristocracy and capitalists would not stop, and the rapid development of Prussia urgently needed new land and markets.

Schleswig, itself economically developed and densely populated, was naturally targeted by the Kingdom of Prussia, not to mention the fact that the Danish government's new bill of attempted annexation of Schleswig prepared a pretext for the Kingdom of Prussia.

It was inevitable that the army would be ready for war, and with Prussia's first-class mobilization capabilities, the army was already ready for war.

Of course, as a fog of war, it was not hyped up, and Prussia itself was a soldier state in the eyes of Europeans, and the movement of troops was not strange to other countries.

However, the Prussian arsenal had begun to secretly increase production, and benefiting from this, Ernst's factories began to work overtime.

This time, Ernst directly pulled Prince Constantine's strong men, after all, if he wanted to sell the tobacco and lighters that had just been produced to the army, it was naturally indispensable to pull relations.

Ernst and Daddy detailed the advantages of their products, and bluntly said that if the Prussian army was equipped with its own cigarettes, the combat effectiveness would be greatly improved.

Ernst did not mention the dependence and harm of tobacco, but only mentioned that tobacco could refresh the tired soldiers, and emphasized the low price of mechanized tobacco (as opposed to handmade). Can be massively and cheaply offered to front-line soldiers.

Konstantin didn't care much about it, but as his own industry, he definitely had to mention something, and it was feasible to provide it to the kingdom's army within a certain range.

When Ernst took out the kerosene lighter, Konstantin became interested, took a closer look, picked it up and began to play with it.

In order to make it easier to carry, Ernst specially produced a batch of small kerosene lighters. It fits perfectly in your pocket and comes with a twine bracelet that can be tied to a belt.

Kerosene lighters, of course, were intended for "cigarettes", and they could also be used by soldiers to start fires.

Cigarettes and lighters are specially made to prepare for war, for example, cigarettes come in large boxes, a box of fifty. Small package, 5 sticks in a pack. Lighters were made in the shape of bullets, and ERNST even directly introduced two shell production lines to produce lighter shells, and in order to grade the products, ERNST also created a single-door version for officers.

Of course, the civilian version is still a classic style of later generations. The army version, mainly for the transportation and distribution of troops, as for kerosene lighters, is purely for cost savings.

Prince Konstantin believed that this kerosene lighter could be of great use on the battlefield, and that it would definitely be a big hit on the battlefield compared to the damp and fragile matches.

The next day, after confessing some innocuous things to Ernst, Konstantin got up again and went to the Prussian palace, this time with a kerosene lighter and cigarettes.

Sure enough, it was a blessing to have a top aristocratic father as a backing up, and Ernst's two new products soon received new orders from the army.

Production had already begun, and cigarettes and kerosene lighters stockpiled in warehouses were pulled directly into barracks and logistics warehouses in batches with small kerosene canisters.

Why so many people get rich in wartime, of course, is that the military pays refreshmently, Ernst thought truthfully.

Of course, the premise is in an orderly country, otherwise a forcible requisition, there is no place to cry.

The order from the military paid for itself in one fell swoop, and now Ernst is going to start increasing the scale of production.

The war does not end in a day or two, and there will be orders to find the door in the future, and at the same time, it is necessary to increase sales through other channels.

As a temporary ally of Prussia, Austrian Ernst will certainly not let go, and with the experience of cooperation last time, of course, it must continue this time.

At the hands of Ernst, the various departments of the Heixingen Development Company went into action.

The burden on the sales department has also increased, and new products have been sold at an accelerated pace, and advertising is the top priority.

At the same time, the hired salesmen were also woven into the network to radiate to Germany's neighboring countries, which reminded Ernst of the vendors who went to the countryside to sell water purifiers in his previous life.

Fortunately, Ernst sells genuine good things, and when people start to use them, and after getting used to them, they will fall into the trap of "real fragrance", which really fulfills the saying that from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift. Except, of course, poverty.

Several of ERNST's factories were working overtime, but ERNST was still not satisfied and did not want to continue to expand production.

Now that it can initially meet the market demand, Ernst mainly wants to open up a few more battlefields.

Now that capital is no longer a problem, the industries in hand have begun to make profits, and it is natural to spend the money.

Ernst decided to set up a single-door R&D center and recruit engineers to tackle the tried and tested everyday objects of the previous life.

As soon as he said so, Ernst quickly chose a beautiful and secluded location on the outskirts of Berlin and built a research and development center.

Unlike the construction of factories because of the constraints of raw materials and energy, transportation.

The R&D center is mainly responsible for experiments, which can be divided into small studios, mainly responsible for the principle of architecture, and finally for drawing drawings and recording specific operation processes.

ERNST classifies these areas into functional ones, including those who specialize in clothing, those who specialize in everyday goods, and those who specialize in metal objects......

With the vigorous arrival of the second industrial revolution, the layout in the field of electric power can also begin, and Ernst is ready to set up a single grant to build an electric power research institute nearby.

In order to attract talent, the development company Hashingen has already started ...... in Berlin, Bonn, Stuttgart, Munich Post job advertisements.

Heixingen Company is also the first step into industrial upgrading, developing towards R&D enterprises.

At the same time that the Heshingen Company was growing, Prussia and Austria were also beginning to grow in arms.

Trains in the German region were frequently dispatched, carriages and horses were intertwined, and soldiers were assembled for large-scale drills.

The dark clouds of war had already hung over Jutland, and the peace of the continent could be broken at any time, and Ernst had begun to mourn in advance for the poor Danes, but Ernst had only one thought in his heart, to fight well.

Without the assistance of the Danes, how could they have made their own fortunes, and war was the best catalyst, and Ernst's enterprises also had a piece of the pie in the coming war.

Even Ernst hoped that the Danes would work hard and not lose too quickly, so that they could make more gains, and the capitalists were so cold and ruthless in their hearts.

It's no wonder that in the previous life, Americans liked to wage war so much, only if you really made money from it, you would also take the initiative to promote the outbreak of war.

This war was in fact the common expectation of the Junker landlords behind Prussia and the Junker capitalists. Everyone wants a piece of the pie in this feast.