The merchants paid attention to time. Within two days, Anthony sent someone to bring the agricultural machinery. Anna was idle, so she simply brought Ebia, Svetlana and other guards to go out in the name of patrolling the fiefdom.

Anna's fiefdom was not far from the imperial village, and she arrived in an hour after taking a carriage. In order to please Anna, the big customer, Anthony had already been waiting there.

"Your Highness, please allow me to introduce it to you: This is a seeder. After filling up the oil, you can work for 5 hours and sow more than 200 pute seeds; that is a harvester. After filling up the oil, you can harvest crops of more than 400 Russian acres at one time." Anthony introduced these bulky machinery to Anna very professionally.

Although she was not interested, Anna still pretended to be serious and listened to the other party's explanation. After Anthony introduced the last earth loosening machine, Anna made a summary speech, "These machines are great, I don't have to worry about the harvest next year."

Anthony expressed his gratitude to Anna again and promised: refund and repair within one year

After Anthony left, Anna continued to walk in the fields with a group of guards. The endless fields gave people a sense of emptiness. Whether in their past or present, Anna smelled the smell of the land so close for the first time.

"By the way, Abiya." Anna turned around and asked, "have you found a few workers who can operate machinery?"

"Don't worry, your highness, I have found the people. They are all experienced veterans. Look, those hired farmers are bowing to you." Abia pointed to the distance.

"Oh?" Following Abiya's finger, Anna saw many farmers working in the fields bowing to her. Anna grabbed Abiya and whispered, "What should I do? Do I say thank you, or give me a gift?"

Abiya shook his head, "No, Your Highness, you are a noble princess, and it is your duty to salute you. By the way, Your Highness, since you are going to farm with machinery in the future, what should these hired farmers do?"

"What actually?"

Abiya's voice was even smaller, "Actually, they were nominally hired, but they were actually serfs who belonged to you, and you were their only masters. Before you were born, they were just landless farmers, and after you were born, they were rewarded to you by His Majesty the Emperor as a gift, just like this fief of 20,000 Russian acres. After all, these hired farmers are your lifelong servants, just like me."

"Haha, it turns out that I have so many servants." Anna fell into deep thought as she looked at the busy figures of the farmers. Originally, Anna was going to disband these hired farmers on the spot, but later she thought that she should make good use of this rare human resources. Now, after Ebiya said, these farmers must follow themselves for life. Since that's the case, this is the case.

Anna looked at her guard captain Svetrana. This elder sister from a military family should be able to do some training skills!

Thinking of this, Anna waved to Svetrana.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Svetrana stood straight.

"Sister Svetrana, can you train the army?"

"Train the army?!" Svetrana shook her head, "I don't have the ability to do this. I can only use a gun. But when it comes to training soldiers, Andre may know some methods. After all, he has served in the army for more than 10 years. Before my father's accident, he had become a captain."

"Captain?" Anna's eyes lit up and she hurriedly greeted, "Sister Svetrana, please bring people to gather all the hired farmers, I have something to say to them."

On October 8, a middle-aged officer in the Tsar's office was reporting the latest news to Nicholas II. "This morning, Negoro of the gate declared war on the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece also seemed to be ready to move."

Listening to the officer's report, Nikola gradually smiled. When the officer's report was completed, Nikola was already smiling, "Very good, this is an opportunity to order the border troops to be ready to support our allies at any time."

After the officer took the order and left, Nikola leaned on the sofa, rubbed her temples and murmured, "It's such a big deal!" Although Nikola was not a saint, he was also paying attention to the situation in Europe. In 1911 just now, two major events occurred one after another: the Moroccan crisis and the Italian-Turkish war. Although Russia did not directly participate, Nikola smelled the opportunity: he had always wanted to obtain all areas around the Black Sea, especially the Black Sea Strait, the good harbor and the Balkans, which were also related to the interests of the empire.

Nikola is convinced that if the four Balkan countries win the war, Russia will not only gain control over the Black Sea Strait, but also infiltrate its power into the Balkans and suppress the power of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through its ally Serbia.

"Your Majesty, Saint Galina asks for a visit!" a maid said respectfully.

"Tell her come in." Nicholas sat up straight, and it was time to take the medicine again. Nicholas still trusted this saint. Since obeying the saint, he felt that his weak body had gradually become strong since childhood. Even though the weather was much colder, Nicholas was not afraid of the cold at all, and his daily appetite improved a lot. Even the couple's life that had been abandoned for several years became harmonious. Thinking of his wife and his cousin's still charming figure from a distance, Nicholas seemed to have regained his youthful feeling.

The situation is unpredictable. After October 8, 1912, Negoro of the Gate first declared war on the Ottoman Empire. Bao, Sey, and Xi also issued an ultimatum to the Ottoman Empire on the 17th and 18th, demanding that the Turkish army withdraw from the Balkans and grant autonomy to all ethnic groups. The Ottoman government rejected this request and began to mobilize the army. On the 18th, Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece also took military actions against the Turkish. The Balkans were once again in war.

On October 19, the Tsar ordered his full support for the military operations of the Balkans, providing them with military supplies and intelligence, and at the same time strongly supported the Balkans in public opinion, saying that they were fighting for national liberation.

When the Balkans were on the rise, Andre was trying hard to train these illiterate farmers. Although he bought machinery, Anna did not abandon the hired farmers, but selected young and strong people from them and formed a unit of more than 300 people.

Andre started from the most basic teaching, such as marching and running. Which man is not interested in military affairs? Although he has transformed, Anna comes to the training ground to inspect the troops every two days. After a long time, Anna finds it meaningless. Seeing the hired farmers standing at attention or running monotonously, Anna seems to have seen the military training in college in her previous life, which is also boring.
Chapter completed!