"Damn it! Something is going to happen?!" Ruprecht really wanted to slap himself. Frederick III just said that he would not connect Bavaria with the other two kingdoms, and he directly connected with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This is even worse. The former is just a troublesome, and the latter can be said to be treason!

"It was Heinrich and I to meet the Austro-Hungarian representatives together. This is your arrangement. You won't know? There is Princess Mary in the Austro-Hungarian delegation, and that's my cousin! This should be seen both public and private." Ruprecht was in tears.

"That's it." The old emperor remembered that Prince Inrich, Shanghai was indeed going to meet with the people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire tonight. After all, Princess Mary came, and she also had to arrange equal people here. There is no need for the prince to come out, so let's arrange a prince with real power. As our family, Prince Ruprecht, who is in Berlin, should indeed meet. Besides, it is very convenient to negotiate with Bavaria and Austro-Hungarian directly in Munich or Vienna, so there is no need to come to Berlin.

"I'm just accompanying my cousin, really." Ruprecht said sincerely. Of course, it would be even better if he could not accompany him. I was really afraid of this cousin who was nominally taller than him and who was so wide-minded.

"Marquis Odrin, his family is a trusted friend of the Habsburg royal family. He came here today to talk to you about something." Following the guidance of His Royal Highness, Ruprecht saw the old marquis who was socializing in the crowd. "He has a huge factory in Bohemia and also has some financial industries, but he has been a little bad recently, so he wants to join us."

"Why? Ruprecht asked curiously.

"It's very simple. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is so big, the market is limited. There is no colony, and there is no way to invest and expand. If you want to go to the world market, neither the strength of these nobles themselves nor the strength of the government's support can compete with other countries. In this regard, the situation between the Empire and Bavaria is somewhat similar, but unfortunately, Austria has no armor or diamonds." Princess Mary smiled bitterly.

"Haha." Ruprecht smiled embarrassedly. Everyone knows the former, and Bavarian hardened armor is world-famous. As for the latter? It is naturally a diamond mine mined in Namibia. Diamond mines have produced a large number of diamonds, and after having raw diamonds, they naturally have to consider processing and sales issues. As an ally of Ruprecht, Princess Mary will naturally share part of the sales pressure and obtain some profits.

"Cherish this friend well. He is not alone. He represents many nobles with similar ideas. They still have some money or some rights in their hands. However, the crisis is approaching, and they need to find a way out for their future. If you can provide this way out, we will become good allies." After Princess Mary finished speaking, she signaled that the attendants could arrange a meeting.

"This is a Marquis of Science and Engineering, absolutely!" When he saw Marquis Odrin's style, Ruprecht immediately made a qualitative analysis of the person in front of him. After a simple and polite manner, the buddy took out part of the documents directly. Ruprecht took a rough look at the quality and description of the various products in the factory of this Marquis, including many very professional things. I want to ask how Ruprecht knew, the reason is very simple. The content above is related to what Ruprecht learned in his previous life......

After about half an hour of nonsense, Ruprecht finally knew the whole story. Marquis Odrin was definitely the kind of person who grasped the pulse of the times, and was brave enough to work hard to create a foundation. Marquis Odrin’s heavy chemical and machinery manufacturing plants are still very powerful. Many of Skoda’s equipment came from Marquis’ factories. From the perspective of technology and scale alone, it was almost the top level of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

It was his luck and misfortune to be born in Austro-Hungary. Fortunately, he was in Austro-Hungary, where the weak chickens were everywhere, and relying on his own rights, the Marquis' factory successfully passed through various light or dark means, and successfully became an industrial giant of the Austro-Hungary Empire. However, after a small fish that was used to being king in a small pond suddenly jumped into the world's big lake, he immediately became unacceptable.

The technology problem is not serious, the key is market, financial support and national support. Why did German industry develop rapidly after the Franco-Prussian War? Isn’t it because of 5 billion francs of compensation and strong support from the state? When Bismarck ordered the town in Beiyang, he could use the word “at any cost”. He could instruct domestic enterprises to order from German shipyards when the German sea operation industry expanded greatly. But the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not good! On the one hand, the country did not have that much energy, and on the other hand, the domestic dispute was too serious! What Austria wants to do, Hungary doesn’t necessarily want to do it, and vice versa!

So the industrial situation in Austro-Hungary is that although there are many highlights, it is generally not good. The industrial level is stronger than Italy, and may be better than Russia in technology, but the overall scale is incomparable. Marquis Odrin is indeed very good. Although he is doing well now, he has already begun to prepare for what to do next. But sadly, the Marquis soon discovered that there is no solution in the Austro-Hungary Empire. The environment is like this, and he cannot come up with new tricks!

However, the changes in Bavaria in recent years have attracted the attention of the Marquis. The Bavarian Kingdom, which was unknown before 1890, suddenly began to exert its strength! The emergence of hardened armor, rapid-fire cannons, machine guns, mortars, and various new equipment not only made Bavaria profitable, but also allowed the old Marquis to see opportunities! The Bavarian royal family has made all high-end industries, but the upstream of the industry is still weak, and a large number of mechanical equipment needs to be imported. So the Marquis was wondering if he could, well, sell some through relationships...

"This price is a bit high. Well, I'm going to say that after adding tariffs, you have no advantage compared to domestic companies. And because of the problem of conformity, if we buy your product, we need to retrain employees, and the production time will be delayed. It's not cost-effective." Ruprecht looked impatient.

"Even if you refuse, you will give me some face!" His Royal Highness the Princess was dissatisfied and looked at Ruprecht with resentment. Ruprecht also understood and added: "But we can consider another way of cooperation, such as how to set up a joint venture factory? It can be solved in terms of funds and sales."
Chapter completed!