"I'm rubbing! Something is going to happen?! "Ruprecht really wants to slap himself, Frederick III just said that he didn't want Bavaria to connect with the other two kingdoms, and he directly connected with Austria-Hungary, which is even worse in nature, the former is just looking for trouble, and the latter can be said to be treason!

"It was me and Heinrich who went with the Austro-Hungarian representatives, this is your arrangement, you don't know it, do you? Among the Austro-Hungarian delegations was Princess Mary, my cousin! This should be met both publicly and privately. Ruprecht wanted to cry without tears.

"That's right." The old emperor remembered that Prince Heinrich was indeed going to meet with the people of Austria-Hungary tonight. After all, Princess Mary is here, and she has to arrange the right person on her side. There is no need for the crown prince to come out, so arrange a prince with real power. And as a member of the family, Prince Ruprecht, who is in Berlin, really deserves to meet. Besides, if there is a deal between Bavaria and Austria-Hungary, it is convenient to negotiate directly in Munich or Vienna, there is no need to go to Berlin.

"I'm just with my cousin, really." Ruprecht said with a sincere face. Of course, it would be better if I didn't accompany him, for this cousin who is nominally taller than himself, and a cousin who is so wide, I am really afraid.

"Marquis Audlin, his family was a trusted friend of the Habsburg royal family. He's here today to talk to you about something. "Following the guidance of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Ruprecht saw the old marquis who was entertaining in the crowd." He has a huge factory in Bohemia, and he also has some financial industry, but he has been doing a little bad lately, so he wants to come to us. ”

"Why? Ruprecht asked with some curiosity.

"Quite simply, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was so big that the market was limited. Moreover, there are no colonies, there is no way to invest and expand, and if they want to enter the world market, neither the strength of these nobles nor the strength of government support can compete with other countries. At this point, the situation of the Empire and Bavaria was somewhat close, but unfortunately Austria did not have armor and diamonds. Princess Mary smiled wryly.

"Huh." Ruprecht smiled a little embarrassedly, the former is naturally known to everyone, and Bavarian hardened armor is world-famous. As for the latter? That, of course, was a diamond mine in Namibia. Diamond mines already produce a large number of diamonds, and when they have rough diamonds, they naturally have to consider processing and sales. Princess Mary, as an ally of Rupprecht, will naturally share part of the sales pressure and at the same time get some profits.

"Cherish this friend, he is not alone, he represents a lot of nobles with similar ideas, and he has some money or some power in his hands, but the crisis is approaching, and they need to find a way out for their future. And if you can provide that way out, we'll be good allies. When Princess Mary had finished speaking, she motioned to the attendants that they could arrange a meeting.

"This is a marquis of science and engineering, absolutely!" When he saw the Marquis of Audlin's style, Ruprecht immediately made a qualitative analysis of the person in front of him. After a simple politeness, this buddy directly took out a part of the document, and Ruprecht took a cursory look at the quality and description of the various products in the marquis's factory, including many very professional things, and asked Ruprecht how he knew, the reason is very simple, the content on this is related to what Ruprecht learned in his previous life.

After about half an hour of nonsense, Ruprecht finally knew the whole thing. Marquis Audlin is definitely the kind of person who grasps the pulse of the times, and has the courage to work hard and make a foundation, the heavy chemical and machinery manufacturing plant under Marquis Audlin is still very powerful, and many of Skoda's equipment are from the Marquis's factory, only in terms of technology and scale, it is almost the top level of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

It was his luck and his misfortune to be born in Austria-Hungary, fortunately in Austria-Hungary, which was full of weak chickens, and relying on his own rights, through various light or dark means, the marquis's factory successfully survived the early stage of development, and successfully became the industrial giant of Austria-Hungary, but after the small fish that was used to being the king and hegemony in a small pond suddenly jumped into the big lake of the world, he immediately did not adapt.

The problem of technology is not serious, the key is market, financial support and state support. Why did German industry develop so quickly after the Franco-Prussian War? Isn't it because of the 5 billion franc reparations and the strong support of the state? Bismarck was able to use the word "at any cost" when ordering Dingzhen in Beiyang. At a time when the German shipping industry was expanding greatly, domestic companies were instructed to order from German shipyards. But not Austria-Hungary! On the one hand, the country does not have so much energy, and on the other hand, the domestic rift is too serious! What Austria wants, Hungary doesn't necessarily want to do, and vice versa!

Therefore, the industrial situation of Austria-Hungary is that although there is no lack of bright spots, it is generally lackluster, and the industrial level is stronger than that of Italy, and it may be better than Russia in terms of technology, but the overall scale cannot be compared. And Marquis Audlin is indeed very discerning, although he is not bad now, but he has also begun to prepare for a rainy day, preparing what to do next, but sadly, the marquis soon found that there is really no solution within the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the environment is like this, and he can't come up with new tricks!

However, the changes in Bavaria in recent years have attracted the attention of the marquis, and the Kingdom of Bavaria, which was unknown until 1890, suddenly began to exert its strength! The advent of hardened armor, rapid-fire guns, machine guns, mortars, and all kinds of new equipment not only made Bavaria profitable, but also made the old marquis see opportunities! The Bavarian royal industry is all high-end industries, but the upstream of the industry is still weak, and a large number of machinery and equipment need to be imported. So the Marquis wondered if he could, well, sell some through connections.

"This price is a bit high, well, I am prepared to say that after adding tariffs, you have no advantage compared with domestic companies. And because of compliance issues, if we buy your product, we need to retrain our staff, and the time to production will be delayed. It's not cost-effective. Ruprecht's face was full of impatience.

"Even if you refuse, save me face!" Her Royal Highness was not satisfied, and glanced at Ruprecht with resentment. And Ruprecht also understood and specially added: "But we can consider another way of cooperation, such as a joint venture?" Whether it is capital or sales, it can be solved. ”

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