Chapter 599 Song of Poland·Four
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, and purchase 20 LJ52 steam engines, as well as supporting maintenance services .
According to the assessment of geologist Mr. Peche, currently less than 10% of the silver mine has been developed - which is actually 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.
They have relied on the silver mine for generations. Now that there is news about the expansion of the silver mine, 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 Mountain became busy.
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Polish Royal Palace Warsaw Royal Castle.
Stanislaw II sat in a chair and let the French makeup artist Mr. Veraine play with his face.
Prince Poniatowski looked at the thick powder on Verine's face and the two cherry-like red lips. He couldn't help but feel worried. It was hard to imagine that his uncle would wait for a while. What he painted it like.
He turned away awkwardly and continued to report: "Count Mavakhovsky has just sent back the news that a new mine has been successfully excavated in the Tarnovsk Mountains, and the ore layer is very thick. He estimates that the output of the silver mine will increase to 8.4 million zlotys this year.”
Stanislaw II immediately took a breath, turned to look at the prince, and made the makeup artist pull the corners of his mouth. There was a slash.
No wonder he is so excited. Last year Poland's fiscal revenue was only 20 million zlotys.
This mine alone provides more than one-third of the fiscal revenue!
8.4 million zlotys is approximately equivalent to 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, next year's output will be Probably more than 10 million zlotys.”
10 million zlotys is 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 will 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 mine, we can double the size of the army."
He did not avoid it either. The makeup artist is, after all, the exclusive servant of the French Dauphin.
Stanislaw II nodded repeatedly: "You are Hetman, I will leave all the military expansion matters 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 that 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. 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 snatched from them by Austria. .
Funded and instigated by Belgrade, the rebellion in Slavonia has 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 to care.
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 show the Hungarian nobles 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 Kovontay 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 set of 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 the matter of countering the rebellion, and you must return as soon as possible. Warsaw, the vote on the Great Sejm at the end of the year is the most critical thing.”
He and the patriotic nobles of Poland have been working for a long time to prepare for the establishment of the first Polish constitution at the end of the year.
This was more than half a year later than the historically famous May 3rd Constitution, and the content also deleted clauses such as "abolition of serfdom" and "abolition of aristocratic privileges" that would irritate the nobility.
Afterwards, Stanislaw II stood up and walked towards the palace gate. He would board the 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 Polish Royal Third Division to Slavonia.
This force, mixed with half of the new recruits, will fight the Serbian rebels here, with logistical supplies provided by Austria.
After 3 months, General Judecki will lead the Lithuanian Army to replace them, and then another Polish army will come to "train".
At the same time, the King of Poland, greeted by Catherine II, entered the Winter Palace in a humble manner and delivered a flattering speech in front of all the Russian nobles. Every article is praising the Tsar in disgusting terms.
At the end of his speech, the king warmly mentioned the sincere greetings of Polish nobles such as Potocki, Blanicki, and Gorsakovsky to His Majesty the Tsar, and how they will always Allegiance to His Majesty the Tsar.
These people are the core members of the Tagovica League, a notorious Polish traitorous organization in history.
But this time they no longer had the opportunity to backstab Poland, because Sieyès had told Stanislaw II "the plan of the Polish traitor accidentally obtained by the French intelligence system."
(End of this chapter)