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Following the supplementary agreement between Desai and the British envoy in Warsaw, from the second month after the army loyal to the Grand Duke of Warsaw fully occupied Universal Silesia, high-quality copper ore from southern Poland to Britain will be increased from 2,000 tons per month to 2,800 tons per month. By February 1812, this number will continue to grow to 6,000 to 8,000 tons per month. 80% of the copper ore resources will come from the new territory that Desai just acquired - Upper Silesia.

At the same time, with the encouragement of the British government, some powerful investment groups including the Rothschild family chose to cooperate with the Mediterranean Bank owned by Desay to jointly establish a "United Mining Investment Foundation".

The purpose of establishing the foundation is to make long-term commercial investments in the Silesia region with rich coal, iron and copper resources in southwestern Poland, including investing in hiring British engineers to explore various ore resources, building coalfield mines, coking coal plants, copper and iron smelting plants, forging workshops and mechanical processing, etc., and also being responsible for cleaning the main trunk of the Oder River, its tributaries and canals...

The British Isles are not short of coal and iron, but copper mine resources are extremely scarce. Before Napoleon issued the Berlin amnesty, not only the "continental blockade policy", 70% of the copper mines imported from Britain came from France and the Baltic Sea, and the other 30% belonged to North and South America. After November 1806, this number was reversed, and copper mines in the Americas, especially North America, became the largest supplier to Britain.

In 1811, when the restless Americans actively instigated the Second North American War, the merchant ship flying the British flag was repeatedly intercepted and detained by pirates played by the US Navy, causing the British to encounter a serious copper famine again. Therefore, when Desai timely threw out the olive branch hidden in Silesia's rich copper mineral resources, London took it over without hesitation.

London merchants need to make profits, and the British government needs strategic resources. As for Desay, he wants both money and resources, of course, based on sharing with the British. In the next three, five years, or even longer, the entire Poland will be in a long-term war against Russia and Poland, either succeed or end, and there is no third path to go.

When war is the norm of national politics, peaceful development and economic construction cannot proceed smoothly, and all resources must be concentrated in the wartime system. In view of this, Desai simply chose to sell the rich resources of Silesia, use the British funds to build mines, factories, arsenals, develop transportation, and obtain profits to support this unknown Patriotic War that will last.

According to the agreement, the initial share capital of the "United Mining Investment Foundation" is 8 million pounds. London merchants, guaranteed by the British government, jointly invested 60% and 40% with Mediterranean Commercial Bank, each accounting for 30% and 20% of the shares; and the remaining 50% of the shares will be owned by the Grand Duke of Warsaw. Desai himself does not need to contribute capital, but must provide policy support, including sending troops to protect factories and mines, opening supporting service facilities, and giving priority to the public mining resources of Silesia to the commercial management agency of the United Foundation.

The agreement is obviously not fair to investors in terms of the distribution of shares. However, considering that the Grand Duke of Desai sent troops to the Silesia region and had absolute exclusive rights for this territory for 5 to 10 years. Moreover, Desai's spokesperson in London repeatedly emphasized that the Polish monarch would never forcefully interfere in the internal affairs of the foundation by administrative means, and the agreement was eventually recognized by all parties.

In addition, Desai also made a commitment to the foundation's management agency: from 1812, he would gradually reduce the shares of the "United Mining Investment Foundation" directly held in the name of the Polish monarch, and do public cash out in the London bond market, or sell them to internal shareholders of the United Foundation first. After 1815, most of the 50% of his shares would be diluted, and in the end he would only retain 8-10% of the total share capital. Of course, the shares held by Mediterranean Bank were not included.

In the eyes of British businessmen, although Desai is like other politicians in politics and diplomacy, he seems to be intrigue and treasonous, but at the same time, the regent of the Kingdom of Catalonia and the monarch of the Principal of Warsaw, expressed honesty and credible in terms of commercial trade and contract rules, and complied with commitments. All economic disputes are settled privately in civil courts.

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"Oh, what are Sir Robert doing at this time?" Desai began to murmur in his heart.

William Robert, as a business agency, should not be here to discuss business issues with himself. From the first week of occupying Silesia, Desai has cooperated with the engineers sent by the United Mining Foundation to guide local coal, copper, iron and other mines in Wroclaw, Legnica, Waubujik and other places to resume work, use advanced machinery to mine, and expand new mineral sources.

When inspecting Legnica the day before yesterday, a chief engineer from the UK told Desai that at most three months, the mining volume of Legnica copper ore will exceed the historical highest level, reaching 10,000 tons per month, which is enough to fill the gap in the UK's local copper ore. As for ore selection and smelting processing plants, they will also spring up like mushrooms after a rain in Silesia.

Thinking of this, Desai ordered to his adjutant: "Go and check, where did the British come from?"

Two minutes later Captain Cedro came back and told the Grand Duke of Warsaw that Sir Robert's carriage was from Berlin.

Desai nodded and said nothing more. He just ordered Captain Cedro to arrange for Sir Robert to wait in the lounge, and he still needed to handle some urgent official duties and could not meet the British secret envoy who had come from afar.

"Generals, what do you think?" Desai raised his eyes again, and he turned his inquiring eyes to Dongbrovsky and Mokronovsky, wanting to listen to the explanations of the two subordinates first.

"It has something to do with General Blücher!" Almost at the same time, Dombrowsky and Mokronovsky said in unison. Britain and Prussia had participated in the anti-French alliance several times, and it was natural to come forward to rescue the powerful generals of Prussia.

"Not bad!" Desai kept tapping the table with his fingertips. The monotonous and dense "bang" sound conveyed the displeasure in the hearts of the superiors. After a moment, Desai stood up angrily again, and he shouted in a deep voice:

"Damn British, they are ready to bring the old trick of balanced power to my head. Although I am very unhappy, I can't help it! Two gentlemen, what good suggestions will you give to the monarch?"

After looking at each other, the two generals remained silent. As pure soldiers, they really couldn't figure out why the release of a Prussian general would have a direct connection with the changes in Britain's foreign policy?

Desai couldn't help but sigh, thinking that it was no wonder that Poland had perished several times in history. Both the politicians in Warsaw and the generals in front of them were all stubborn animals. They were short of small countries and few people, and they had always had a clear distinction between love and hate, brave wars, and focused on immediate interests and gains and losses. This narrow limitation caused Polish politicians to rarely stand at the overall level and consider complex issues in a comprehensive manner.

So Desai changed his topic and asked: "If we use the bad state shown by the Berlin Palace and the Prussian army in Silesia, we will lead our troops north and concentrate our 80,000 priests to continue attacking East Prussia, how likely will we win?"

"The Prussians are also vulnerable!" Mokronovsky seemed full of confidence. If the recovery of the Danze Corridor was mainly based on the secret assistance of the French army; then the unstoppable capture of the entire Silesia proved that the Prussian army had lost the glory of the era of Frederick the Great and transformed into a group of mobs without combat effectiveness.

"If other factors are not taken into account, there should be no big problem in taking over the entire East Prussia by the end of 1811!" Similarly, Dongbrovsky also expressed cautious optimism.

"Very good!" Desai explained the mystery, "If I guess correctly, General Gnezenau, who once served as deputy envoy to London, convinced William Robert that he made the British realize that a too strong Poland and too weak Prussia were also not in line with Whitehall's political layout in Eastern and Central Europe. Especially now, the entire Danube and Rhine are under the control of Napoleon. Perhaps it will not take long before Prussia and Austria will sign an alliance agreement with the French Empire. So,"

At Desai's words, he paused for a moment, and asked with a smile, "Should I order Colonel Poch to execute Blüchel? Then there will be only two generals left in the Prussian army, Schánhorst and Gnezenau, if I send people again..."

Before he finished speaking, he encountered the simultaneous opposition from Dombrowsky and Mokronovsky again. Fortunately, Desai did not insist, but only asked the two to replace him and come forward to receive the British envoy waiting in the reception room.

Desai instructed: "While conveying his apology, please tell Sir William Robert that General Blücher was the peace envoy sent by the Berlin Palace and a guest of honor for the Grand Duke of Warsaw. I just invited him to visit Wroclaw, that's all. If the British asked other conspirators, tell him directly that everyone had executed a firing one hour ago!"

When the room returned to peace and only Desai himself was left, he lit a cigarette, half lying on the sofa, thinking quietly about the next plan. After the simple test just now, it was shown that both Dombrowsky and Mokronovsky were too straightforward, too soft-hearted, lacking the shameless style of using any means to achieve his goal, and not suitable to be the plenipotent Governor of Silesia.

In this way, the only correct candidate in the minds of the superiors is General Tomash Maroushevsky. Although Desai is not absolutely assured of Maroushevsky, there is no replacement for him at present.

In addition, in the Austrian army's "typhus incident", Malusevsky performed very well, and he carried out any order issued by Grand Duke Desai without any discount, but never asked the previous sentence "Why?"

A few weeks ago, Desai urgently dispatched Count Kava of Poland to lead his men to extinguish the fatal disease that broke out in the middle of the Silesian Legion, typhus, while Desai also secretly ordered General Malusevsky, who was stationed on the northern foot of the Sudet Mountain, to find ways to spread this infectious disease that could cause death to people to the middle of the Austrian army.

Soon, Malushevsky successfully completed the task. What he did was sacrifice 20 "patriotic prostitutes" who were brave enough to sacrifice themselves, and created a century-old plague among the Austrian army. In just over a month, the Austrians lost one-fourth of their combat effectiveness. At the same time, Prince Schwarzenberg was unable to have any doubts.

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Chapter completed!