Holy Roman Empire

Bernard was speechless, and the hidden dangers were no greater than survival.Future issues, let's talk about it in the future, only through the present disaster, will we have the capital to consider these issues.

Everyone felt the threat of the Russians personally, and property loss was only a minor issue. The key was that personal safety was not guaranteed.

There was a depression in Gönsburg because of the poor military discipline of the Tsarist army. They must be worried when going to the street. Who dares to do business?

A priest suggested: "Should we discuss with the nobles in the city?"

Bishop Bernard said hurriedly: "No! Father Renn, you should know the situation of the nobles in the city now. The Russians stared at them. Now we send them to the door and we still want to leave?"

The Junker nobles were still very loyal to the Kingdom of Prussia, and many of them were leading the guerrillas behind the enemy, which naturally attracted the Russians ’attention.

It is not that Bishop Bernard does not support guerrillas. It is because East Prussia is too small. There are more than 380,000 square kilometers of land in the area of ​​more than 30,000 square kilometers. How can you still play this?

The end is naturally self-evident. The rebellion against the team is completely destroyed. The people who support the guerrillas have suffered heavy losses. The Russians taught them a lesson with tens of thousands of corpses: do n’t mess up.

This is also the reason why the local nobles have to gather together. They are really frightened, worrying that the Russian barbarian will blow their heads and give them a click.

Everyone gathered together, even if someone had a brainstorm and wanted to start, the noble officers in the Russian army would stop it. This is their common class interest.

The nobles are incapable of protecting themselves, and now it is very likely that they will catch fire.Under normal circumstances, the Russian army will not be able to say to them like these people in the religious circles that they can't be sure if they take the initiative.

James pretended to be worried. "You guys, make a decision early, the Russians will not give us that much time."

There are so many old, weak women and children in Gönsburgh that it is almost impossible to sign a normal employment contract.It is not so easy to convince Austrian companies to hire them."

After listening to James, everyone's face changed greatly.Under normal circumstances, the colonial company employs young and strong labor, and it is difficult for the old, weak women and children to find work.

Now it is not so simple to want to leave through labor employment channels.

Fr Prague was looking forward to asking: "Mr. James, you must have a solution to this problem, right?"

James said hesitantly: "If the number is small, I can still find a friend to help.

At present, there are at least tens of thousands of people in Gnsburgh who need to be transferred, and most of them are still old and weak.Under normal circumstances, no colonial company will hire them.

The only way is to pay the freight by myself, I am contacting friends for help.These companies, looking at their compatriots, should issue a false employment contract."

This is James's cleverness. The people who were still hesitating now changed their positions involuntarily and considered how to organize everyone to leave.

Bishop Bernard frowned and said, "This is very troublesome. There are too many people who need to leave Gennesburg. Most of the people can't afford the toll. Our church can't afford this money either.

Not to mention the African continent, without a job, everyone's life is also a problem."

Tens of thousands of people have to leave, and the travel expenses and settlement expenses required are not small amounts.

If the church had raised the funds before the war, it is now impossible for the banks to be looted by the Russians, and the church has only the property in the church.

The most important thing in religion is faith, as long as there are believers who can earn it sooner or later.With no money in his pocket, Bernard could only give up this opportunity to consolidate his faith.

James thought for a while and said: "The toll can only be borrowed first. When we get there, we can turn to the local church, and we can also ask the German National Revival Association for help.

Although the majority of the elderly, weak women and children, it is not impossible for everyone to work.No matter how bad it is, you can do laundry and cooking, or pick cotton for the plantation owners.

I still have many friends over there who can provide some jobs.If there are special circumstances and we really cannot find a job, we will apply for colonial government relief!"

At the moment of the crisis, the truth was revealed. James certainly wanted to make money, but after returning to Gnesburgh, he really wanted to help his compatriots.

Rather than staying here for an indefinite life, it is better to go to Austria and Africa to start a new life.

Like most people, James is desperate for the Berlin government. He does not think that the Kingdom of Prussia can win this war.

The current operation of digging people is regarded as a sacred rescue operation by James, helping fellow citizens to escape from the Russian claws.

The East Prussia region has long assimilated, and many Poles and Lithuanians have become Germans. In the official documents of the Berlin government, the local Germans have more than seven floors.

The rest have long been used to speaking German and writing German, and their living habits are similar to those of Germans.When you are in Austria, you can pretend to be a German and apply for assistance. No one will be bored to check it.

Franz is very interested in the population, and naturally affected the following officials.Perhaps in the eyes of capitalists, old and weak women and children have little value, but in the eyes of government officials, it is the same population.

Receiving old and weak can buy people's hearts, and the Vienna government does not lack this kind of food; not to mention women and children, not to mention that women are also laborers, and children can grow up and are valuable.

Young and strong means good management, and the immigrants who drag their families are the best immigrants.Once settled in the local area, these people could not leave.

Borrowing travel expenses is nothing more than setting a threshold to leave, extending their working hours in the colony.

After three or five years, whether the Russians occupied East Prussia or the Prussian kingdom regained their homeland, there will be new residents in these places, and it will be difficult for the immigrants to survive back then.

The only way to live is to allow everyone to refuse.The members of the church are not all fierce villains. The black sheep are only a few. Ordinary people are most greedy for money and their private lives are not checked.

In the face of tens of thousands of lives, everyone still knows how to choose.

This is a characteristic of European society, and want to organize the people to leave, as long as two groups have such influence: nobility and church.

Huyou Junke nobility left, James did not think he had the capacity to be patient.The Kingdom of Prussia can give them the treatment that Austria can't afford.

Therefore, from the beginning, local nobles were put under house arrest. The outside world thought that it was the handwriting of the Russians. It actually happened after James bribed the Russian military officer.

The Tsarist government has no shortage of population, and it is completely inviting trouble to keep a group of guerrillas at any time. It is better to sell waste to Austria.

With the intentional cooperation of the Russians, the immigration activities organized by James went very smoothly.The Russian army seemed to see nothing, let them organize.

Colonel Nicolas stationed in Gnsburg, looking at the employment contract submitted by James, he was too lazy to read the dense names on it, and tossed aside.

"Mr. James, according to the laws of the Russian Empire, you need to pay an employment tax of 5 rubles for every labor hired, for a total of 448,000 rubles."

James was shocked in his heart and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Colonel, we just hired 12,000 people, and the rest are accompanying family members."

Colonel Nikolai sneered and said, "It's a pity that it's a time of war and the situation is a little special. We have to check the criminals, and these family members can't leave for now."

James, who responded, immediately handed over a check of 5000 Aegis.This is a cheque issued by Royal Bank, which can be redeemed in major European cities.

After looking at the numbers and carefully discerning the true and the false, Colonel Nikolay's face was slightly slower, and he took it away casually.

Tear off the tax ticket in his hand, and reissued a 60,000 ruble tax ticket, and handed it to James.

This is the benefit of the war. The Gnsburgh can be robbed almost the same, there is no tax at all, the Tsarist government will naturally not send a tax officer.

Colonel Nikolay made James difficult, naturally to make a fortune.Don't look at James organizing so many immigrants, but the real youth is less than 6000 people.

The entry of 12,000 people is mainly due to the need to ensure that each household hires one person before they can legally take their family members away.In order to avoid unforeseen circumstances, James did not dare to save the money.

After getting the approval, James was relieved.The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also has an office in East Prussia. With this legal procedure, he can let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs intervene.

After sending away James, a young officer asked doubtfully: "Uncle, it's not a good idea to blackmail them. Why should he let him go?"

Tax collection, have you ever seen any military collect taxes?Moreover, this is a newly occupied area, and there is no concept of tax at all.

From beginning to end, it was the temporary tax bureau that Colonel Nikolai and others wanted to blackmail before taking advantage of the opportunity.

"Boris, you are still too tender. If I really want to blackmail, it is estimated that I won't get the last ruble, and I have to go home for retirement in advance. Do you remember the telegram I received last night?

Boris reacted and said: "You mean that the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has intervened?"

Colonel Nikolay nodded, and the money for this population transaction was already collected by the St. Petersburg government, which was included in the Russian-Austrian loan.

Now it is James, a private businessman, who dares to extort money. If the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is changed, the situation will be different.

Most of the Russian logistics materials are provided by Austria.If the dispute between the two countries is provoked at this time and the war is affected, they, the perpetrators, will definitely not have good fruit.

The Tsarist government is indeed corrupt, but this does not mean that Alexander II wanted to see government corruption.If they jumped out at this time, they would be killed if they could not.

Gnesburg is just an index, the entire East Prussia area is full of immigrant businessmen, and everyone is working hard to evacuate East Prussia.

No, it should be said that everyone is working hard to save their compatriots.It was the official answer given by Austria to rescue his fellow countrymen from the Russian magic.

Believe it or not, the participants believed it anyway.The people of East Prussia who chose to leave also believed.

This is a good coordination of the Russian army. Their completely natural performances have scared the local people.

No one thought about the unpredictable days. Recruiting Zhuang Ding Shao to fight against his country was even more difficult for them to accept emotionally.