Chapter 411: The Russian "gift
"Count Robanov, I am surprised to see you here. I think after this incident, your chances of coming here will become less and less." Count Tuff was leaving the palace. At that time, he happened to ran into the person he least wanted to see-the Russian envoy, Count Robanov.
The Russians are definitely not satisfied with the marriage between Bavaria and Austria. The earl, who hit a nail in the prince’s place, will naturally not let go of this opportunity to mock his rival. In the future, the princess of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will become the mistress of this palace, and the attitude of the Bavarian royal family to Russia will naturally be affected.
"But no one and interests can't get through. And, judging from your face, what you want to do seems to be unsuccessful." Robanov retorted.
"Your envoy, you can go in and don't let the prince wait too long." At this moment, the appearance of Earl Schelling interrupted the conversation that smelled of gunpowder.
"It seems that our situation is not very good." Count Tuft sighed involuntarily after looking at the Russian envoy who disappeared in the corridor.
"First of all, on behalf of the Russian Empire, I send my most sincere blessings to the prince. I wish you and Princess Mary a happy and successful life after marriage. At the same time, I hope that the friendship between Russia and Germany will last forever." Count Robanov's opening remarks It made the prince feel very disagreeable.......
"Should I listen to this in reverse?" The prince complained in his heart. Russia is definitely not willing to see the marriage between Austria-Hungary and Bavaria, after all, Austria-Hungary and Russia are still breaking their arms in the Balkans. As for the friendship between Russia and Germany? As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers unless one male and one female. Up to now, when Germany's expansion ambitions and tyrannical posture are undoubtedly revealed, Russia and Germany still fear each other, right?
"Thank you very much for the blessing of His Majesty the Tsar." However, the prince who has experienced so many years has mastered the necessary skills for politicians to talk to people and talk to ghosts. "To express our gratitude, your country ordered the order in Bavaria. The two super warships, Lurik and Russia, will be completed within one month. I hope that the Earl will immediately notify the Ministry of the Navy of your country when he returns and be ready to receive the ship."
"Completed in one month? The construction period of these two warships is not more than 17 months, right? This is really fast, I would like to thank your Highness again." Robanov said flattered. Stimulated by the German warship Ko by the French fleet in minutes, and by the Japanese again ordering a large number of warships from the UK, the Russians successively ordered 4 super warships from Germany that became Rurik 2nd class. Two of them are additional, and construction has just started in the middle of last year.
The first two warships ordered were originally in service in the second half of this year, but in order to free up the berth and workers to build Germany's first dreadnought ships, the prince decided to work overtime and quickly completed the two ships. Of course, the cost of speeding up the schedule is good, but for Russia, once the two warships reach the Far East, they can rebalance the sea power of both sides. This kind of business, the Russians have no reason not to do!
"I want to know, regarding the military food supply to the Russian Army of the Far East that we will undertake, has His Majesty the Tsar made a decision?" the prince asked. In dealing with the Russians, the prince's eyes were not only on artillery and battleships. These transactions are more than just economic benefits. In addition to money, what the prince needs now is to lay a nail for the collapse of Russia!
And this nail is in Ukraine! Ukraine is Russia’s most important granary. Half of Russia’s arable land and more than half of its grain comes from Ukraine, and the Ukrainians have a certain tendency to be independent. Although they have been included in Russia’s territory very early, there has always been a trend of independence. . Historically, during the Soviet Civil War, leaders of Ukrainian independence movements such as Makhno appeared.
The prince did not intend to swallow Ukraine as a whole, because he knew that even Germany and Austria-Hungary did not have such a good appetite! More than 600,000 square kilometers of land and more than 30 million people! Can't digest at all! So the idea of the prince is to establish a pro-German independent Ukrainian state!
But it is difficult to accomplish this task. For some Ukrainian independents, the Slavs are certainly the enemy, and the Germans who have fought are also not good things. For the prince to achieve this goal, he must at least have a certain "mass basis."
Of course, the main target of this "mass base" will not be Ukrainian farmers, but Ukrainian intellectuals, farmers, and some independents. To make this relationship strong, it will naturally require some economic benefits, and as Russia is the most important For the grain producing areas, Ukraine and Bavaria can only trade agricultural products. So the prince meant to import agricultural products from Ukraine and ship them to Turkey by sea. It is then processed into various cans or other foods that are easy to preserve by the Bavarian factory established in Turkey.
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In order to achieve this goal, the prince did not hesitate to persuade the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Russia to sign a treaty restricting the arms of the two countries, and the two sides will delay the deployment of new rapid-fire artillery in their respective border areas. He also stated that actions in the Balkans will be notified in advance. In history, this treaty was probably signed in 1904. And this time, it was signed in 1899. This was done so that the Russians could safely go to fight the Japanese.
And everything the prince did requires compensation, and the content of the compensation is to allow Bavaria to operate the rations of the Russian Far East army! The grain is imported directly from Ukraine, then processed in the nearest Turkey, and then shipped directly to the Far East.
"With regard to your request, His Majesty the Tsar has paid great attention to it and tried his best to suppress domestic opposition. The purpose of my coming here today is to convey this good news. His Majesty agrees that businessmen from your country will follow suit under the effective management of the government. Ukraine buys grain and then processes it into military rations.” Robanov said. The purpose of Lobanov's coming here was to notify the prince of the news, and to see if he could take advantage of the opportunity to reap some benefits from Bavaria. After all, the Battle of the Philippines was also very shocking to the Russians. The Japanese in their eyes was 1.58 Rice changes to 1.85 meters...
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