I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 599 Polish Song

In a subsequent agreement between Poland and the Paris Mining Development Company, the former will commit to ensuring a sufficient number of workers in the mine and purchasing 20 LJ52 steam engines, as well as supporting maintenance services.

According to the assessment of geologist Mr. Peche, less than 10% of the silver mines have been developed so far - this is actually Joseph's assessment.

As more mines are dug, the demand for pumps will increase rapidly, so it is very necessary to order them in advance.

The mining development company will provide technical support for mineral exploration, pumping, mine safety, etc.

Just the day after the agreement was signed, more than 500 miners from the Krakow area flocked to Tarnovskoe Gora in search of job opportunities.

Their ancestors have relied on the silver mine for their livelihoods for generations, and now that the silver mine has announced the expansion of production, they are all very excited and look forward to earning more wages.

These people are very skilled in digging mines. Even children in their teens can dig four to five meters deep every day, not to mention adults.

In this way, the entire Tarnovsk Mountain became busy.

……

Royal Castle in Warsaw, the Royal Palace of Poland.

Stanislaw II sat upright in a chair and let the French makeup artist Mr. Vereen play with his face.

Prince Poniatowski looked at the thick powder on Vrine's face and his cherry-red lips, and couldn't help feeling a little worried. It was hard to imagine what his uncle would look like in a moment.

He turned his head away awkwardly and continued to report: "Count Malachowski just sent back news that a new mine has been successfully excavated in Tarnovskaya Mountain. The ore layer is very thick. He estimates that the output of the silver mine will increase to 840 million zlotys this year."

Stanislaw II immediately gasped, turned to look at the prince, and the makeup artist drew a slash at the corner of his mouth.

It's no wonder he was so excited. Poland's fiscal revenue last year was only 2 million zlotys.

This mine alone provides more than one-third of fiscal revenue!
840 million zlotys is equivalent to about 1300 million francs. In other words, the output of the Tarnovskaya Silver Mine increased more than six times in more than a month!

As if Prince Poniatowski didn't think he had shocked the king enough, he continued, "Count Malachowski also said that if the new mines in the southern mountains are successfully excavated, the output next year is likely to exceed 1 million zlotys."

1 million zlotys is more than 1 million francs.

The 4% shares held by the Paris Mining Development Company can be divided into more than 600 million!

Joseph estimated that due to the low mining technology of the time, the production capacity of this silver mine would certainly not be fully developed, but 2 million francs per year should still be achievable.

Prince Poniatowski continued: "Your Majesty, thanks to the proceeds from the silver mines, we will be able to double the size of our army."

He did not avoid the makeup artist, after all, he was the personal servant of the French Crown Prince.

Stanislaw II nodded repeatedly: "You are the Hetman, and the expansion of the army is entirely up to you."

The prince nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty. Oh, and regarding the training of the army, Mr. Sieyès made a very unique suggestion."

"Please continue."

"He said we can help Austria quell the rebellion in Slavonia. Although this may result in some casualties, actual combat can allow soldiers to grow up quickly, and His Majesty Leopold II should provide us with some supplies, so that we can save military expenses." Slavonia is a southern province of Austria. The local residents are mainly Serbs, and Serbia to the south has always claimed that this is their territory - this place was indeed snatched from them by Austria.

With Belgrade's support and encouragement, the rebellion in Slavonia has almost never stopped. Recently, due to the war between Prussia and Austria in Silesia, Austria has no time to pay attention to this place, which has led to the rebellion becoming more and more intense and has reached the edge of being out of control.

The neighboring Hungarian nobles did not want to provoke these fierce Serbian barbarians, and they preferred to expand in the direction of Wallachia. As long as the Serbs did not cross the Danube, they did not bother to care.

As a result, Vienna had to beg the Hungarians to send troops to Slavonia all day long and offer them a lot of benefits.

If Poland suddenly agreed to send an expeditionary force to help quell the rebellion, Leopold II would be delighted. It didn't matter whether the Serbs could be defeated or not, at least the Hungarian nobles could see that the Emperor could deal with the rebels even without them.

Of course, Joseph actually cared more about the promotion of the relationship between Austria and Poland. Perhaps after the start of the "Second Melon War", Poland would have one less enemy.

Stanislaw II nodded again: "Then you and Koontai should go to Vienna."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The Polish king's face was soon painted in the most fashionable style of the day, and Mr. Vereen looked at his work with satisfaction and began to adjust his wig.

When he arrives in St. Petersburg, he will use this set of predetermined makeup to meet his "ex-girlfriend" Catherine the Great.

Stanislaw II looked at himself in the mirror and sighed. Finally, he said to his nephew, "You have agreed with His Majesty Leopold II on how to quell the rebellion. You must return to Warsaw as soon as possible. The vote at the end of the year in the Great Sejm is the most crucial matter."

He and the patriotic Polish nobles had been working for a long time, preparing to start the process of drafting the first Polish constitution at the end of the year.

This was more than half a year later than the famous May 3rd Constitution in history, and the content also deleted clauses that would stimulate the aristocracy, such as "abolition of serfdom" and "abolition of aristocratic privileges."

Then Stanislaw II stood up and walked towards the palace gate. He would board a carriage and go to St. Petersburg to buy time for Poland in his own way.

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1791 11 Month 2 Day.

Lieutenant General Kościuszko led more than 1 soldiers of the Polish Royal Army's 3rd Division into Slavonia.

This force, half of which was made up of new recruits, would fight the Serbian rebels here, while logistical supplies would be provided by Austria.

Three months later, General Juditsky will lead the Lithuanian Legion to replace them, and after that another Polish army will come for "training".

At the same time, the King of Poland, greeted by Catherine II, entered the Winter Palace with a humble attitude and delivered a speech in front of all the Russian nobles, which could be called flattering. Almost the entire speech was filled with corny words, praising the Tsar.

At the end of his speech, the king enthusiastically mentioned the sincere greetings of the Polish nobles such as Potocki, Branicki, Gorsakowski and others to His Majesty the Tsar and their eternal loyalty to His Majesty.

These people were the core members of the Targowica Confederation, a notorious Polish traitor organization in history.

However, this time they had no chance to stab Poland in the back, because Sieyès had told Stanislaw II about "the plan of the Polish traitors that was accidentally obtained by the French intelligence system."

(End of this chapter)