18th century total war

Chapter 304 The Rothschild Family

In the end, the Kingdom of Prussia watched as all of Europe, except for the younger brothers of the Livy government, joined the Fourth Anti-French Alliance, and also gritted its teeth and joined the Fourth Anti-French Alliance.

The Prussian veteran who had just returned home was once again conscripted into the army by a mobilization order!

The powerful reserve policy of the Kingdom of Prussia to hide soldiers from the people has once again been booming.

After the third anti-French coalition ended, the Berlin government carried out a series of reforms with very high efficiency, such as strengthening the reserve system and establishing a national mobilization system!

The education industry has even begun to spend huge financial resources, trying to make more than 90.00% of the citizens literate.

Therefore, the current Kingdom of Prussia is much stronger than the mobilization force during the third anti-French coalition period. On the other hand, the Russian Empire is still the same...

The reform of Paul I is still full of difficulties. If it is not for the continuous war of the Russian Empire, which has delayed the assassination plan of the Russian Duma nobles against Paul I, perhaps the Russian Empire has changed to the tsar now...

Now, the fourth anti-French war broke out again, and the nobles of the Duma in the Russian Empire became hesitant again. Killing the tsar during the war and carrying out a coup d’état would easily destroy the country!

The Li Wei government is not a good stubble.

Li Wei's fierce reputation indirectly saved Paul I's life, and Paul I, the person involved, never thought that the Duma nobles of the Russian Empire would have the courage to kill the king from the beginning to the end!

The establishment of the fourth anti-French coalition forced the Li Wei government to slam on the brakes on the rapid military advancement.

However, the situation in Hungary and Transylvania has not been restored after all. The Li Wei government is only willing to retain the private property and fiefdoms of those local nobles, and will never retain government positions.

Under the threat of the Eastern Army led by Karl, Hungary and Transylvania reluctantly accepted the conditions of the Livy government.

Li Wei held a coronation ceremony in Vienna non-stop, put on the Hungarian crown, and became the Grand Duke of the Principality of Transylvania.

Then, within a few days, a full-fledged governing team arrived in Budapest and the Transylvanian capital.

The two countries can be regarded as a peaceful transfer of power.

When the Livy government annexed Hungary and Transylvania, the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia did not directly launch an offensive against the French Empire and its vassal states. Instead, they launched a two-front assault on the Austrian Republic!
The Allen government was shocked three times a day. Since there were not many regular troops of the Republic of Austria, most of them were transferred to the Balkans. Facing the strong attacks of the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, they lost a large area of ​​territory in a short period of time.

After obtaining Li Wei's consent, Allen quickly mobilized his presidential guard and the regular army of the Austrian Republic back to defend, barely blocking the offensives of the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia.

As for Karl's Eastern Group generals, Li Wei had no intention of letting them return to defense. Li Wei's order was very simple, to flatten Greece and then come back to clean up the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian Empire.

Pick the soft persimmons first.

The Li Wei government does not want to be trapped in a two-line battle for a long time.

After the resurgence of the European War, the Greek government launched an unlimited conscription model. Unfortunately, the Greek government has limited financial resources, and those high-ranking people in Greece are unwilling to build an army out of their own pockets, so most of the Greek government's military expansion plan remains on paper.

At this time, the influx of Jewish financial groups from the United Kingdom instantly gave the Greek Republic a shot in the arm!

Interestingly, the influx of Jewish financial capitalists rarely went to the Greek government and seemed to have no interest in the impoverished Greek government.

They are looking for investment from the Greek generals who are directly in charge of the army!
The Greek Republic is too young, and because of the frequent wars after independence, the hilltopism in the army has already risen, but the external pressure is too great, so independent warlords have not been formed.

However, it is not that there are no warlords. Those national armies liberated and supported by the Greek army are actually warlords. They are only allies with the Greek army, not superior-subordinate relationships.

Due to the financial difficulties of the Greek government, in order to expand its army as much as possible, it began to call on all Greeks with ambitions (actually, money) to form their own mercenaries and go to the front line, and receive commissions based on the results of the battle.

The Legion of Honor, which had long been marginalized, was neatly included in the line of mercenaries by the Greek ruling committee, cutting off most of its supplies and providing only basic musket ammunition.

In the wars of this era, what the army consumes the most is not firearms and ammunition, but food supplies!

After all, with the rate of fire of the previous musket, after a fierce battle, each soldier fired less than ten bullets on average.

If there is no artillery, the consumption of black powder will be very little.

In addition, the British have shipped a batch of muskets to support Greece from time to time, so Greece does not lack weapons and ammunition.

All that is missing is artillery, which is a very valuable thing, and it is impossible for the British to aid Greece in large quantities.

Cut off most of the logistical supplies at once, Aristotle couldn't help being in trouble.

Even if the Greek government compensates him with two thousand muskets!

Aristotle quickly consumed the two thousand muskets, and together with the weapons and equipment seized during this period, he expanded his Legion of Honor to more than 4000 people.

Fortunately, Aristotle has been leading the army to suppress bandits, and has gained a lot of income, so that he did not lose his food when his supplies were cut off, and he still had enough energy to recruit poor people to join the army.

The current Legion of Honor is basically supported by spiritual slogans. From officers to soldiers, there is no military salary. At most, officers can eat better. In a true sense, officers and soldiers are treated equally.

And Aristotle took the initiative to reduce his food and clothing expenses, and ate big pot meals with the soldiers to set an example.

Apparently, this performance of Aristotle was widely applauded by the soldiers.

However, as the scale of the Legion of Honor grew, Aristotle felt obvious financial difficulties. He had to send people everywhere to contact the Jewish financial capitalists who were pouring into Greece, intending to obtain a loan.

Aristotle heard that those Jewish capitalists were quite willing to invest in Greek generals.

Because if you invest in the Greek government, the loan will be peeled off layer by layer, and if you fall into the army, you don't know how much of it will be left...

Docking directly with the Greek general, even if the Greek general embezzles part of it himself, he will spend most of it on his own army.

Compared with politicians, generals are obviously more concerned about the cost of their own food, not to mention this is an era of war!
With the influx of British capital, the Greek general has seen the hope of confronting the Holy Alliance, and is no longer filled with pessimism.

As long as Greece still exists, these generals will have a glorious future, and for soldiers, isn't the future just to be fought for with the guns in their hands?
"General Aristotle, I have brought the Jewish businessman here, and he calls himself Meyer Rothschild.

He is an agent of a Jewish financial capital consortium in the United Kingdom, and the amount of gold in his hands is beyond our imagination! "

After hearing the adjutant's introduction, Aristotle couldn't help but asked in doubt: "Why did a Jewish businessman with such strong financial resources find our poor army?"

The adjutant shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "Sorry, General.

I am also puzzled. This Jewish businessman named Meyer approached us on his own initiative and seemed to be very interested in our Legion of Honor system.

He claimed that we are the only army in all of Greece, and maybe there will be a different future. "

Aristotle smiled after hearing this: "This is a Jewish businessman with great vision. I can feel that the next negotiation will go very smoothly."

Soon, Aristotle met Meyer, an elderly Jewish businessman.

"Mr. Mayer Rothschild, I am very honored to have you here."

Aristotle greeted very friendly.

"Hello.

I just saw a group of energetic young men in the general's barracks. They spoke very highly of the general. You are the most beloved general in all of Greece that I have ever seen. "

"Thank you for your appreciation, but it is a very headache to feed these lads, I am almost broke, so I will take them to the front in a short time.

I believe that the French there will bring me enough to gain. "

Meyer's eyes lit up when he heard that, which was exactly what he hoped for.

What better investment than an army brave enough to go to the front?

Before Meyer came here, he had already inquired about the situation of the Legion of Honor. They were either suppressing bandits or on their way to suppress bandits, fighting non-stop!
The bandits all over Greece have heard the name of the 'Legion of Honor' and changed their colors!
The most commendable thing is that under such frequent bandit suppression battles, the battle damage of the Legion of Honor was unexpectedly low, and their morale did not drop because of frequent battles, but because they never entered a bustling town to rest , has always maintained a simple and plain style.

A piece of cheap black bread can make the soldiers of the Legion of Honor eat beautifully for a whole day!

Meyer is not someone who has never seen the army. He knows what it means. This army has unimaginable adaptability!
What Meyer didn't know was that the poor soldiers in the Legion of Honor, compared to the previous life of eating without a second meal, could be full of black bread every day, and they already felt very satisfied!
As for fighting, it is what this group of poor soldiers desire most, because after every battle, they can find some valuable spoils from the corpses and prisoners.

Including the stinky clothes on the bandits!

Aristotle has always controlled the supplies of the Legion of Honor. He did not distribute all the supplies issued to him by the Greek government in full. Instead, he exchanged for the cheapest food and tents for marching and combat, so that the soldiers could always keep Hard-working mental state.

Aristotle, who was once a writer, knew very well that a person's slack often begins after he has seen luxury enjoyment.

In the eyes of these poor soldiers, the best days are nothing more than having enough to eat and drink, and having a place to sleep that is not so cold. In their eyes, the emperor's life may be to have meat every meal.

Frequent battles have transformed these poor soldiers completely. They have enhanced their marksmanship in actual combat and realized the importance of queues in the era of queuing and shooting!
"The Legion of Honor is a bloody army. I believe that the performance of this army on the battlefield will not disappoint, so I bring the friendship of the Rothschild family."

After speaking, Mayer took out a check and handed it to Aristotle.

After the influx of Jewish capital into Greece, a Jewish capital-controlled bank was immediately opened in Athens.

This is a bank jointly funded and established by all British Jewish consortiums. It is not purely for profit, but just for the convenience of their lending business.

The lending and investment of the Jewish capital consortium actually have huge risks. Once Greece is over, they will lose all their money.

However, why are there so many British Jewish capitalists pouring into Greece?
Everything starts with the compromise between the London government and the Jewish capitalists...

Continental Europe has become the site of Wallace's business alliance. If Jewish capitalists don't want to be hypnotized and brainwashed by Levi, they can only choose Britain and the United States!

Compared with the United States, which is still in the stage of pioneering wasteland, the British Isles with mature capital development are obviously more suitable for Jewish financial capitalists to reside.

There is a lot of wealth gathered here, and British colonies around the world are constantly transfusing blood to the British Isles!

Abundant materials are the material basis to support the development of the financial industry!

Because of this, the conditions offered by the London government were irresistible to Jewish financial capitalists. In order to complete the tasks of the London government, Jewish financial capitalists made large-scale venture capital investment in Greece for the first time!
Meyer of the Rothschild family was just one of them, not the top group, and Meyer took a fancy to Aristotle's Legion of Honor at a glance.

Since it is a venture capital investment, once it succeeds, there will naturally be rich returns. Those Greek generals, no matter who wins the French Defense Forces, will become the heroes of the Greek people.

It can be said that this venture capital investment is also a gamble on controlling the lifeline of a country's economy!
With the endorsement of the London government, Jewish capitalists naturally don't have to worry about the Greek generals going back on their word or reneging on their debts after they succeed.

The more owed to the Jewish financial capitalists at this time, the more compromises will be made to the Jewish financial capitalists in the future!
After Aristotle saw the amount on the check, he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and he stared at the old man Meyer with burning eyes.

"I'm really flattered by the friendship of the Rothschilds, but what do you want me to do?"

"Europe cannot submit to the tyrant Livy, as long as you can bring Greece out of the shadow of France, we are happy.

Of course, if you can go to the end in the country of Greece, the Rothschild family will be your most solid backing! "

(End of this chapter)