Ferdinand was the Crown Prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was almost forty years old this year, and he was still very irritable in speaking and doing things.

"Your Majesty the Emperor! Ming Dynasty has agreed to give us a war loan.

Moreover, they will allocate a batch of weapons to us in Crete. We can quickly arm the army and march to Crimea as soon as summer."

Ferdinand was so excited that he was able to gain the support of the Ming Dynasty, which in itself was a brilliant political achievement.

"Great! You immediately take the airship and go to Paris to contact the Ming envoy. We must get the weapons as soon as possible!

Oh, that's right! Use the borrowed money to directly purchase a weapons production line. Especially bullets and shells, we have to produce them ourselves.

It is too expensive to rely entirely on Ming production." The Austro-Hungarian Empire was the poorest among the European countries.

Even poorer than Russia.

Looking at Europe, perhaps only the Romanians can compete with the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Although Ming Dynasty is willing to borrow money, it must also consider the cost of fighting.

"This Ming Dynasty envoy has already said that he can sell us a production line to produce guns and ammunition, mortar shells, grenades, etc.

However, Daming's loan needs to use our mines and forests as collateral. If the loan is not repaid, they will cut down our forests and dig our mines.

The envoy of the Ming Dynasty also said that if forests and mines are cut down, a company can be established and 20% of the shares of the royal family can be left to us!" Ferdinand said hesitantly.

It seems that things like mortgaging mines, etc. still require Franz Joseph's nod.

"Hmph! Twenty percent of the shares, the Ming Dynasty people are very generous. Don't forget, these things belong to the Austrians.

They are generous! The generosity is the generosity of us Austrians, and you still feel that you have earned it!" Franz Joseph glanced at Archduke Ferdinand with dissatisfaction.

This nephew is good at everything, but he is just greedy for petty profits.

"Hey...!" With a deep sigh, Franz Joseph helplessly looked at Crimea on the map again.

“If you want to get things done, you can’t do anything without paying a price. Sevastopol is the best port on the Black Sea.

Our efforts for this port are worth it. As long as we have these ports, our Austro-Hungarian Empire's things can be sold to the Ming Dynasty or other places by sea.

We will also be able to receive more taxes, and people will gradually become richer.

Call the Ming envoy back. We agree to all the requirements of the Ming Empire. We just want the loan to arrive as soon as possible and the weapons to be shipped as soon as possible.

As for the arsenal and production lines, the Ming Dynasty engineers needed must be in place as soon as possible." In order to make the country strong, Franz Joseph quickly placed his bet.

He had no doubt that his army could defeat the newly established state of Israel.

Although in the war against Russia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not able to defeat the Russians, but suffered heavy losses under the strong Russian defense line.

But they are Russians after all, and they are considered an established European power with a population of tens of millions.

What is Israel?

The country was founded less than a year ago, and its total population is only one hundred thousand. These are the Hebrews who have fled with their families in the past two months as persecution of the Hebrews has become common in Europe.

Not to mention factories, their food is still growing in the ground. It will take until autumn for the harvest to be harvested. Before that, they can only eat the food purchased from various places by the Hebrew plutocrats.

How strong can a country that relies on imported food become?

As for the army!

I didn't hear how powerful their army was, but I did know from the Russians' mouths that the behavior of these Hebrew soldiers was more like bandits than a national army.

Franz Joseph, there is no doubt about the war.

When Ferdinand saw that his uncle had agreed, he immediately ran out of the Ming Dynasty Embassy. The Austro-Hungarian Empire didn't even have an airship.

If you want to go to Paris, you have to take the Ming Dynasty's airship.
Chapter completed!