23 August 1866, German region.

Prussia and Austria signed an armistice treaty in Prague, ending the Austro-Prussian War.

It was also called the Seven Weeks War because it lasted only seven weeks, and the war ended in defeat for the Austrians.

This war laid the foundation for Prussia's unification of Germany and solved Austria, the biggest obstacle on Prussia's road to the unification of Germany.

Austria, on the other hand, not only lost its leadership of the German regions because of this war, but also triggered a political crisis at home.

Because of the defeat in the war and the rise of separatism, Austria had to compromise with the Hungarian aristocracy, the Austrian Empire was about to become a thing of the past, and Austria-Hungary was about to enter the stage of history.

As a dual empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire naturally cannot be compared with the Austrian Empire, which is a monolithic empire, and in terms of the future alone, the pull and struggle between the nobility of the two regions will distract most of the energy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Austria will basically lose its influence on the European continent.

The Austro-Prussian war was so short that Ernst made only a small fortune in the war, and now that the war was over, the Heshingen consortium was back on track.

The war still had some impact on Ernst, for example, Prussia basically established its dominance in Germany, and as the birthplace of the Hexingen Foundation, the Hexingen Foundation would also enter a relatively rapid stage of development with the increasing influence of Prussia in the German region.

It will also be easier and more convenient for the goods of the Heixingen Foundation to enter the German countries, and the Heixingen Development Bank will be able to do business in the German region.

The Austro-Prussian war can be said to have taken the whole European continent by surprise, Britain, France and Russia could not imagine that the Austrians would lose to the rising star Prussia, and a rising star was about to rise on German soil.

One of the most frustrating estimates is the French Emperor Napoleon III, and Prussia's victory also represents the breaking of the old system in Europe, for example, the cooperation between Italy and Prussia will affect the future of the European continent.

As a beneficiary of the old European pattern, Napoleon III naturally wanted to maintain the old order, but he did not expect the Austrians to be so ineffective, if he knew that the Austrians were already in vain, Napoleon III would definitely support Austria in the event of war.

But Prussia fought too beautifully and ended the war in a short time, and Bismarck seized the opportunity to reach an agreement with the Austrians in time to avoid the intervention of other countries on the European continent.

At the same time, Prussia, as the victor, did not punish Austria severely, but only demanded that Austria hand over the administration of Holstein to Prussia, and at the same time demanded a war reparation that could be paid off in time.

Such relaxed conditions made Prussia and Austria, the parties to the war, not estranged from each other because of the war, but became closer.

On the one hand, the Austrians needed the support of Prussia to suppress separatist tendencies at home, and on the other hand, Austria was wary of the Kingdom of Italy in the south.

However, Prussia and the Italians were allies, and Prussia would indeed try to reconcile Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Italy in the future to ease the contradictions between the two countries.

This basically formed the prototype of the Triple Alliance before the First World War, and the contradictions between Austria and Italy would also become a trigger for the rupture of this alliance in the future, so it can be said that the outcome of the future World War I was already planted at this time.

As a major victory on the road to the unification of Prussia with Germany, the Prussian royal palace was filled with laughter and laughter, and the Junker nobles and their Emperor Majesty held a celebration, and smiles were on everyone's faces.

The whole banquet was full of lights, and all the powerful Prussian nobles would find their way to get an invitation to the royal banquet.

Prince Konstantin and Prince Ernst of Heshingen naturally attended the event, as a member of the Prussian General Staff during the Austro-Prussian War, and Ernst's own business also played its part in the war, and with the already prominent aristocratic status, it was naturally easy to attend the banquet.

For big nobles like Konstantin and Ernst, whether they can participate in the banquet is just a question of whether they want to or not, even if they did not participate in the Austro-Prussian War, they can enter the banquet by virtue of their status as top nobles.

In addition to the great Prussian nobles, the largest number of people attending the banquet were Prussian soldiers, who raised their glasses to Kaiser Wilhelm I and cheered for the victory of the kingdom.

In Prussia, the military was respected and the most popular profession in Prussian society, and if a nobleman joined the army, his social status would be further improved.

Wilhelm I, like his own ancestors, toasted these Prussian soldiers, Bismarck and Moltke, the two heroes who made the greatest contribution to the war, stood on the right and side of Wilhelm I.

Prince Constantine and Prince Karl Anton, the great Prussian nobles, also stood in the front row, and Ernst followed behind his father.

After Wilhelm I read the declaration of victory in the war, Wilhelm I said that this victory represented that the Kingdom of Prussia would eventually lead the German region towards greater unity and unity, and make an important contribution to the prosperity of Germany.

After the speech, the hall resounded with warm applause, which lasted for a long time.

The second half is a time for free activities, and those who can participate in the banquet are all big people with heads and faces, or some children of nobles.

Ernst also met some acquaintances, such as Leopold and some other nobles, and as a young man, Ernst could still attract some attention, and now Ernst was a miracle of wealth for the nobles.

Although Ernst could not go to the battlefield as a soldier to achieve military merits, in this era of increasingly important wealth, great financial achievements can be obtained, and there will be people who will take the initiative to fight it.

If an ordinary person creates such a miracle of wealth, you will not be respected by the nobles, because you are not from an aristocratic background, and even if you achieve achievements that are difficult for ordinary people to achieve, you are at most an upstart in the eyes of the nobles.

Ernst was different, as a member of the top aristocracy by nature, Ernst achieved great wealth, which was a model of aristocrats who relied on their industrious hands to start a business.

In Europe, aristocratic status does not mean that there is nothing else to want, as we all know, the European aristocracy is more serious, even in a country like Prussia, it cannot be avoided, in Europe, in order to show the status of the noble nobles are extremely expensive, especially those who want to save face, even if it is a top aristocracy, there will be a huge demand for money.

Therefore, it was common for European nobles to borrow money, and this was one of the reasons why the Jews were able to mix in Europe, and even some European kings would borrow money from the Jews.

If it is not accounted for, then everyone will have a very bad impression of the Jews, in fact, this is also the Jews themselves, as aliens, the Jews were excluded from the periphery of Europe, and they did not take the initiative to give up integration

Moreover, Jews often engage in unclean business activities such as usury and money laundering, and the European aristocracy, as one party to the debt, or ordinary European people who borrow money from Jews, the whole European society is permeated with a hostile attitude towards Jews.

However, the Jews are indeed a little clever, and the industries they are engaged in are indeed quick to make money, and they are more grouped, and business information is more advantageous, so they are getting bigger and bigger, and as long as they mention the financial industry, people will think of Jews.

The Jews, as the representative of Europe's rich and inhumane, can be described as idle and unkind, and Ernst's Heshingen Development Bank is one of the few large banks in Europe that has nothing to do with the Jewish consortium.

Now everyone knows that Ernst has a great deal of wealth in his hands, and it is good that he is not short of money, and if he is short of money, there is always one more way to do it, so that the Jewish banks will not unilaterally increase their exploitation.

Moreover, as a member of the aristocracy, Ernst himself was embarrassed to ask for too much interest like these nobles, and in a short period of time, many nobles did cause many nobles to take loans from the Heixingen Development Bank.

Some nobles are not good at running the economy, and they really can't pay their accounts in a short time, and Ernst really can't collect the accounts in a short time

However, there are also some unexpected benefits, since you are not on the account, then you can always introduce and guarantee the deposit business of the Heixingen Development Bank to the people in your own territory.

In this way, Heixingen Development Bank unexpectedly entered some markets that it could not enter, so everything is good and bad.

And the arrears of those nobles are not too worried, when taking out loans, Heixingen Bank has already made the choice of customers, which are generally collateral for real estate, so the difficulty of Heixingen Bank's loan is among so many banks in Europe, it is also considered to be above average, even if someone really does not pay the account, Ernst can also temporarily take away the rest of the property, which should offset part of the loss, and if the arrears can be repaid in the future, you can regain the mortgaged property, so although the difficulty is relatively high, The Heshingen Development Bank still has a good reputation among the aristocracy.

Seeing his son dealing with a group of nobles, Konstantin inadvertently felt that his son had grown up and was able to develop independently from his own protection, and he had achieved good results.

Thinking of his age, Prince Konstantin couldn't help but be a little worried, he was already in his 60s, if Ernst married too late, wouldn't he not be able to see his grandson? Prince Konstantin thought to himself that it was time to find a family for Ernst.