Holy Roman Empire

Any reform comes at a price, and Franz realized it quickly.As a victim of this military reform, Franz ’s three younger brothers came to protest.

Undoubtedly, the three little fart boys were brutally suppressed by him, and they were directly said to be speechless and left sullenly.

In fact, Franz also wanted to set up a school for young noble officers, and finally had to give up this plan temporarily because of poverty.

No way, this is determined by Austria's national conditions.The military education costs of the noble children are now borne by the nobles themselves. Once the government establishes the school for young noble officers, the government will bear the expenses.

Cultivation of these noble children can't be sloppy, it must be elite teaching. The educational cost of tens of thousands of noble children will cost tens of millions of dong every year at least.

In addition to military class and cultural class, there must be etiquette class, art class, equestrian class, hunting, fencing, religion, social dance ...

In short, how can one be expensive.This elitist education cannot be supported by ordinary aristocratic families, so what should we do?

The answer is very simple: parents educate the next generation, or let their children learn from relatives and friends.

Of course, this is a noble with a background.Emerging nobles do not have this ability to provide such high-end education to their children, and noble aristocracy can not be cultivated, so people become upstarts.

Anyway, in addition to cultural courses, ordinary schools in Austria also have simple military training, which is a tradition in the German region.

As the so-called upward and downward effects, imitating the behavior of the ruling class is inherently a normal phenomenon in society.The conditions of compulsory education schools in Austria are so poor, and there is no lack of basic military training.

The abolition of the baby bottle army is only a minor episode in military reform, and its impact is not substantial in essence. Such honorary officers do not need Franz.

The real major operation is still in the logistics management system. With the continuous upgrading of military weapons, the requirements for logistics supply are also increasing. The traditional logistics support system can no longer meet the needs of modern warfare.

To put it simply, a specialized logistics support system has been established, and the army's logistics team has grown.

It is worth mentioning that the medical security system has also appeared in the Austrian army and is also an important member of the logistics system. Each company has established a medical and health team, and it has specialized field hospitals to the division level.

Unfortunately, the medical system is still an empty shell. These establishments only exist in theory. The doctors in the field hospital are still single digits, which can only guarantee the safety of the officers.

According to the current situation, Franz estimates that it will take at least three to five years for these institutions to be fully staffed, and it will take time to train medical talents, even if they only learn simple first aid on the battlefield.

Considering the level of medical technology in this era, it can only be said that it is better than nothing.Franz does not expect them to be able to rescue the seriously wounded, as long as they keep the lives of the slightly wounded.

In this era, the mortality rate on the battlefield remained high. The most important reason was trauma infection. There were no high-grade anti-inflammatory drugs. Alcohol in Austria was still not lacking.

Not long ago, Franz also sent someone to make the magic medicine penicillin, which was originally prepared to make money by selling drugs.

It is a pity that even if penicillin can be made by the local method, this penicillin is not equal to penicillin which can be used to save the wounds. There is also a professional thing involved.

Scientists who participated in the production were shocked, but they should continue to experiment.If you can't grasp the middle point, the magical medicine that saves the wounds will also become a deadly poison.

Penicillin was invented in 1928 in history, and clinical trials were not completed until the end of 1940. Of course, research has been interrupted in the middle.

When can we stabilize the drug and make the most suitable penicillin for human use? It is up to these scientists to work hard. Franz said he is really powerless.

Laboratory products are so difficult to deal with. From the transformation of laboratory products to industrial production, this middle road is naturally indispensable.

Historically because of the outbreak of World War II, from the determination of the efficacy of the laboratory in 1940 to the beginning of industrial production in 1942, Americans set a new record in the history of drug development.

Franz does not think that Austria's industrial technology can now rival the Americans during World War II.Not to mention three years, if we can accomplish this goal within ten years, it will be a celebration of the world.

Franz can only sigh, anti-Japanese dramas are harmless.

The time for Americans to achieve mass production of penicillin was in 1943, before it was provided to the Allied forces.I really don't know from which fake drug dealers the penicillin that the Japanese protagonists robbed was actually earlier than the laboratory products.

After this failure, Franz cut off the idea of ​​selling drugs and making money directly.

In an age when biotechnology, medical technology, and industrial technology all do not meet the conditions, he does not have a systematic presence, why?

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St petersburg

Since the signing of the Russian-Austrian secret contract, the Russians have begun to prepare for war.

The tsarist government is not a fool. They know that the European continent has just experienced a great revolution. Governments of all countries are busy consolidating the regime and carrying out social reforms. This is the best time for them to expand.

"When will my chancellor of finance be able to gather the war funds." Nicholas I asked dissatisfiedly

Naturally, it costs money to prepare for battle. If there is no money, what battle?It has been almost a year since last year, and the Ministry of Finance still hasn't made up for the war. Nicholas I will naturally be dissatisfied.

Later generations thought that the backward agricultural country Russia was a power and a poor country. The Russian Empire in this era was not poor at all, with a fiscal revenue of up to 200 million silver rubles.

(1 gold ruble = 10.3 silver rubles, one silver ruble is about half a silver)

As a feudal dynasty, the industrial development of the Russian Empire is naturally unacceptable, and agricultural technology is also unacceptable, but can't hold their own mine?

In the mid-19th century, the tsarist government discovered a large number of gold and silver mines in the newly expanded territory. In 1840 alone, the tsarist government minted 439.9 million silver coins and 134 million gold coins.

The production of so many gold and silver coins, in addition to showing that the Tsarist government is rich in money, there is another cause for frustration. Their paper currency is not good.

During the Alexander I period, the Russians also issued banknotes in line with the trend, but European merchants believed that the Tsarist government had no credibility and refused to use paper rubles, and then the currency value of the paper rubles naturally went wild.

In 1817, Alexander I changed the monetary policy to prohibit the issuance of banknotes. The government adopted a policy of shrinking banknotes, and successively recovered the banknotes circulating on the market.

Without paper currency trading, it is natural to rely on gold and silver coins.Facts have proved that this thing really works, as soon as the gold and silver standard system came out, it was immediately praised by European businessmen.

From these data, the tsarist government of this era should be very wealthy. The 100 million yuan before the devaluation of silver is not a small number, which is much higher than Austria before the reform.

As a feudal dynasty, the Russian Empire had no social welfare to spend. The government ’s financial revenue was mainly to support the army and administrative organs, which should be enough.

Nicholas I and Franz faced a common social problem—corruption, and the richest nations should not expect financial prosperity as long as this problem cannot be solved.

"Your Majesty, this cost is too large, I am afraid to wait until the second half of next year." Finance Minister Arestan replied

Nikolai I frowned and asked, "Isn't it already levied a war tax?"

"Your Majesty, the nobles have not paid the war tax. They demanded that the money be paid after the war broke out, so the war tax is now lower than we expected." Arestan explained

This is normal operation, and the taxes of the Russian imperial nobles have always been well collected.The Tsar ’s credibility is not so good. The nobles are afraid of being cheated by the Tsar. Unless the war has broken out, it will be difficult to receive taxes in advance.

Of course, if Nicholas I is a little tougher, it can be collected in advance, but this will affect the domestic unity and stability.

However, Nicholas I will not do that, and everyone in Europe has a clear distinction between rights and obligations.

During the war, the Tsar had the right to collect war taxes, and the nobles were also obliged to pay war taxes. But hasn't the war yet broken out?

"Can't they be paid in advance everywhere?" Nikolai I asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty, we have commercial contracts, and if they are required to pay taxes in advance, we have to pay too much." Arestan explained patiently

That's right, this is the legendary tax package system.

Now all European countries have basically been abolished, but Russia is too big. The government wants to directly tax the management cost is too high, and it is difficult to protect tax revenue, it has not been abolished.

Nicholas I frowned and said, "Then forget it. Anyway, we still need time to raise strategic supplies. However, the Ministry of Finance must pay close attention to raising military expenses. I don't want to delay our military operations because we have no money."

Unlike other tsars, Nicholas I was a responsible person. He did not like to break the rules, and he would persevere in the determined goals.