; Although Sawyer was taken away by the Prussians, the Sabatier family did not give up the rescue of Sawyer, after all, the Sabatier family was not very prosperous, and Sabatier's father only had a younger brother, so as an important descendant of the family, the Sabatier family naturally could not give up Sawyer.
Later that day, Sabatie, the patriarch of the House of Sabatier, found Leopold's bedchamber.
"Dear Lord Kautz, please also help me to say a few kind words, the Sabatier family is grateful.""?
br/> Old Sabatier did not see Leopold directly, but first asked to see Kaunitz, and the moment he saw Kaunitz, Old Sabatier's face became extremely sad as if his face had changed.
Although Kaunitz had just returned from the Reichstag with Leopold, he was naturally the first to report on the major events that happened in Frankfurt today, so Kaunitz did not care about the performance of old Sabatier.
"Your Excellency Sabatie, if there is anything, you can just say it, if it is within the authority of the subordinates, you will definitely try your best to help your Excellency!"
Hearing Kaunitz's words, old Sabatier breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but of course his face was still sad "Your Highness Kautz, although my unsuccessful brother has a somewhat corrupt life, as the sheriff of Frankfurt, he is still very dutiful.
Yesterday, two Prussians went on a rampage in the city and even beat up the nobles in the city, and it was naturally incumbent upon my brother, as the magistrate of Frankfurt, to stand up and stop the atrocities of those two Prussians.
But who knows, just because of the formalities, the Prussians did not care in the slightest about Frankfurt as a free city of the Reich.
With a well-established legal system, he openly stormed the Frankfurt Public Security Department and rudely took my brother away!
This is simply trampling on the laws of the Empire!
” As he spoke, old Sabatier's face became filled with righteous indignation.
Kaunitz, on the other hand, just sat quietly in his chair and listened calmly to what old Sabatier had to say.
After saying that, the elder Sabatier looked at Kaunitz with a blank eye, and he expected the prime minister to immediately express his support for him, but to his disappointment, Kaunitz did not mean to speak at all.
The room fell silent.
As time went on, old Sabatier's ass in the chair began to writhe, and although he was a little dissatisfied with Kaunitz's attitude, he did not show it on the surface.
Rumors of a marriage between the Sabatiers and the Habsburgs were not unfounded, although Leopold had already ascended the throne in Vienna.
But the Habsburgs still faced a series of difficulties, the most important of which was the financial problem.
Although during the reign of Joseph II, the rule was relatively close to the people.
However, with the loss of important Austrian granaries such as Silesia and Bohemia, the instability of the situation in Austria, the Netherlands and Hungary, and the surrender of Austrian Poland, the local power of the homeland is still huge.
All of this required Leopold to solve it as much as possible, and the most important thing to solve the problem was finances.
Although the Habsburg family was strong, it was impossible for them to be fully invested in the vast bottomless pit of the state, even if Leopold wanted to.
Nor would the numerous collateral members of the Habsburg family agree.
And the Sabatian family, which was considered rich in the entire Holy Roman Empire, fell into Leopold's eyes.
Kaunitz had communicated with the elder Sabatier that as long as the Habsburgs agreed to marry, the Sabatiers were willing to pay a dowry of up to five million imperial silver coins for this.
For the Austrian government, which was facing financial difficulties, five million silver coins was not a small amount, like Prussia, even if it had recently trained three divisions, the total cost was about 10 million, and the initial investment was only 3 million silver coins.
Of course, the Sabatier family was not without requests, and how could the old Sabatie, who was a shrewd businessman, make a loss-making deal.
The Sabatier family hoped to obtain the title of Marquis of Austria after their marriage to the Habsburgs, and the elder Sabatier was to enter the Austrian government's treasury as a prominent official.
"I already know the matter, but Your Excellency Sabatier.
I think you should also know that the most important thing for us in Austria right now is the throne of the Holy Roman Empire, and for this purpose we must unite the majority of the people.
If it were someone else, maybe you don't need His Majesty Leopold to speak, as long as I intervene and solve it, but at this moment, the importance of the Prussians, you know.
If the Prussians disagree with us Austria over this matter, it will definitely not be conducive to our goal."
"Your Highness, do you mean that I'll just leave it at that?"
Old Sabatier looked at Kaunitz in disbelief, but there was also a look of embarrassment on Kaunitz's face.
After a while, Kaunitz said: "Well, I'll report this matter to His Majesty Leopold, and I'll do my best to use my power to coordinate the Prussian side, but you also know that it's impossible to coordinate this kind of thing, and I need some chips."
As he spoke, Kaunitz closed his eyes, and the meaning of his words was naturally hidden, which needed to be understood by old Sabatier.
And the old Sabatier has been crawling in the mall for decades, and he is naturally thorough about some aspects, of course he knows about Sawyer, if the Sabatier family does not pay a little price, it is impossible, but thinking about the price that his family has to pay, the old Sabatier is distressed.
Old Sabatiya said: "Your Highness Kautz, you see that our Sabatier family is very sincere in marrying the noble daughter of the Habsburgs, if you can help me solve this matter and save my brother who cannot be killed, then Your Highness is willing to add a million to the dowry of His Highness Clementine!"
After saying this, old Sabatier's face was full of pain, but it was clear that the decision he had made did not satisfy Kaunitz, and the Prime Minister waved his beard silently.
Seeing this, old Sabatier gritted his teeth and said: "Add two million!"
"Four million!"
Kaunitz spoke, but his opening startled old Sabatier.
Although the Sabatian family is a rich party in the entire Holy Roman Empire, this does not mean that the wealth of the Sabatian family fell from the sky, even the two million he added were made with the pain in his heart.
"Your Highness Kaunitz, this is not suitable, this is equivalent to doubling, and I can't come up with that much money in a short time!"
Old Sabatie's face has become more aggrieved, although the Sabatian family is very united, and the family relationship between Sawyer and old Sabatier is also very strong, but as old Sabatier said, the Sabatian family does not have the strength to take out nine million silver coins in one go.
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"Your Highness Kaunitz, in order to show your respect for the Habsburgs, I have decided to give His Highness Clementine a dowry of eight million silver coins, and these money will be paid in three years!"
After saying that, old Sabatie's face was already red and even his eyes were swollen and bloodshot, obviously this was already the limit of the Sabatian family.
After listening to old Sabatier's words, Kaunitz's face finally showed that signature fox smile "The sincerity of the Sabatie family is really touching, since Your Excellency is so sincere, then naturally you can't live up to Your Excellency's kindness, so let's do it, tomorrow Your Excellency will provide two million silver coins first, and I will fight this old face of my own, and I will definitely help your brother get out of trouble for Your Excellency!"
Looking at Kaunitz's face, it was as if to say, "Thank me!"
Thank me!
I have made a great sacrifice," the old Sabatier's heart was almost bleeding.
But in spite of the depression in his heart and the desire to vomit blood, on the bright side, old Sabatier still showed a grateful expression and said: "Thank you very much Your Highness for your help to my family, I must be grateful!"
Old Sabatier endured the pain in his heart and hurried out of Leopold's bedchamber.
Standing upstairs, looking out the window at old Sabatier who had left in a hurry, Leopold heard the door open and asked without even looking back: "How's it going, have you negotiated?"
"Your Majesty, it has been negotiated, that miser is willing to come up with another three million silver coins, I think this is close to the limit of the Sabatier family" It was Kautz who pushed the door in.
Hearing Kaunitz's answer, Leopold nodded with satisfaction and said: "You did a good job, the Sabatians, the parasites that live on the Empire, should have made them bleed a long time ago, if it weren't for the current financial difficulties, how could the glorious Habsburgs marry such people!"
"But Your Majesty, I'm a little puzzled as to why you think the Prussians would promise us to let Sawyer go" Listening to Kaunitz's words, Leopold shook his head and said: "My Excellency, Austria has given a great deal to win over Prussia, and I have married my own daughter to that boy, and in such a situation, if the Prussians are still holding back on such a small demand, then I should really consider what we should do with Prussia in the future!"
Leopold was very confident in front of Kaunitz, but Kaunitz had a different view on this, as Austria's foreign minister and the old fox who was old in the world, Kaunitz always thought that he was very accurate, and in Kaunitz's opinion, the Prussians led by Wilhelm were definitely villains who resolutely did not do anything good, and it was very difficult to make the Prussians back down!