Chapter 598 Polish Song 4
5th fourth
In the follow-up agreement between Poland and the Paris Mining Development Company, the former will promise to ensure a sufficient number of workers in the mine, purchase 20 LJ52 steam engines, and supporting maintenance services.
According to the assessment of the geologist Mr. Peche, less than 10% of the silver mines are currently developed - in fact, this is Joseph's assessment.
As more mines are dug, the demand for pumps will increase rapidly, so it is necessary to order in advance.
The mining development company will provide technical support such as ore exploration, water pumping, and mine safety.
On the day after the agreement was signed, more than 500 miners from Krakow flocked to the Tarnovsk Mountains in search of work opportunities.
Their ancestors have relied on the silver mines for their livelihood. Now that there is news about the expansion of the silver mines, they are all excited, looking forward to earning more wages.
These people are also very skilled in digging mines. Even children in their teens can dig four to five meters deep every day, let alone adults.
In this way, the entire Tarnovsk Mountains became busy.
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Polish Royal Palace Warsaw Royal Castle.
Stanislaw II sat upright in a chair and let Mr. Veraine, a French makeup artist, play with his face.
Prince Poniatowski looked at the thick powder on Verine's face and the two cherry-red lips. He couldn't help but feel worried. It was hard to imagine what his uncle would look like later. .
He turned his face away in embarrassment and continued to report: "Count Mavakhovsky has just sent back the news that a new mine has been successfully excavated in Tarnovsk Mountain, and the ore layer is very thick. He estimates that this year's silver mine will be Production will be increased to PLN 8.4 million."
Stanislaw II immediately took a breath and turned to look at the prince, causing the makeup artist to draw a slash at the corner of his mouth.
No wonder he is so excited. Last year Poland's fiscal revenue was only 20 million zlotys.
This mine provides more than one-third of the fiscal revenue!
8.4 million zloty is equivalent to approximately 13 million francs. In other words, the production of Tarnovsk Mountain Silver Mine has increased by more than 6 times in just over a month!
Prince Poniatowski seemed to think that the king was not shocked enough, and continued: "Count Mavakhovsky also said that if the excavation of new mines in the southern mountains goes smoothly, the output next year is likely to exceed 10 million. Zloty.”
10 million zlotys equals more than 15 million francs.
The 40% shares held by the Paris Mining Development Company can be divided into more than 6 million!
Joseph estimated that due to the low mining technology of this era, the production capacity of this silver mine would definitely not be fully developed, but 20 million francs per year should still be achieved.
Prince Poniatowski continued: "Your Majesty, thanks to the profits from the silver mines, we can double the size of the army."
He doesn't shy away from makeup artists, after all, he is the exclusive servant of the French Dauphin.
Stanislaw II nodded repeatedly: "You are Hetman, and all military expansion matters will be left to you."
The prince nodded: "Yes, Your Majesty. Oh, and regarding the training of the army, Mr. Sieyès made a very unique suggestion."
"Please go on."
"He said we can help Austria go to Slavonia to counter the rebellion. Although this may cause some casualties, actual combat can make the soldiers grow up quickly, and His Majesty Leopold II should provide us with some supplies , this way we can also save military expenses.”
Slavonia is a southern province of Austria. The local residents are mainly Serbians, and Serbia in the south has always claimed that this is their territory - and it was indeed taken away from them by Austria.
Funded and encouraged by Belgrade, the Slavonian rebellion almost never stopped. Recently, due to the Prussian-Austrian war in Silesia, Austria had no time to take care of it. As a result, the rebellion intensified and reached the edge of being uncontrollable.
The neighboring Hungarian nobles did not want to offend these fierce Serbian barbarians, and they preferred to expand in the direction of Wallachia. As long as the Serbs don't reach the Danube, they don't bother.
So Vienna had to beg the Hungarians to send troops to Slavonia all day long, and also gave them many benefits.
If Poland were suddenly willing to send an expeditionary force to help suppress the rebellion, Leopold II would definitely be overjoyed. It doesn't matter whether they can really defeat the Serbs, at least they can let the Hungarian nobles see that His Majesty the Emperor can deal with the rebels without them.
Of course, Joseph is actually more concerned about the promotion of relations between Austria and Poland. Perhaps after the "Two Melons" begins, Poland will have one less enemy.
Stanislaw II nodded again: "Then you and Koontay go to Vienna."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The Polish king's face was quickly painted into the most popular look. Mr. Verin looked at his work with satisfaction and began to play with his wig.
When he arrives in Petersburg, he will use this predetermined makeup to meet his "ex-girlfriend" Catherine II.
Stanislaw II looked at himself in the mirror and couldn't help but sigh, and finally said to his nephew: "You and His Majesty Leopold II have agreed on counterinsurgency matters, and you must return to Warsaw as soon as possible. At the end of the year, the Sejm The vote is the most important thing.”
He and Poland's patriotic nobles have been working for a long time and are preparing to start the process of drafting the first Polish constitution at the end of the year.
This was more than half a year later than the famous May 3rd Constitution, and the content also deleted clauses that would stimulate the nobles, such as "abolishing serfdom" and "abolishing noble privileges".
Then, Stanislaw II stood up and walked towards the gate of the palace. He would get on a carriage and go to Petersburg to buy time for Poland in his own way.
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November 2, 1791.
Lieutenant General Kosciuszko led more than 13,000 soldiers of the Third Division of the Polish Royal Army to Slavonia.
This army, which was mixed with half of the new recruits, would fight the Serbian rebels here, and the logistics supplies would be provided by Austria.
Three months later, General Juditsky would lead the Lithuanian Corps to replace them, and then another Polish army would come to "exercise".
At the same time, the King of Poland, greeted by Catherine II, entered the Winter Palace with a humble attitude and delivered a flattering speech in front of all the Russian nobles, almost all of which was flattering the Tsar with corny sentences.
At the end of his speech, the king enthusiastically mentioned the sincere greetings from the Polish nobles such as Potocki, Branicki, and Gorsakowski to His Majesty the Tsar, and that they would always be loyal to His Majesty the Tsar.
These people were the core members of the notorious Polish traitor organization Targowica Confederation in history.
However, this time they had no chance to stab Poland in the back, because Sieyès had told Stanislaw II about the "Plan of the Polish traitors accidentally obtained by the French intelligence system."
