Holy Roman Empire

On June 18, 1861, the Austrian Ocean Fleet visited North Korea.The two sides reached agreement on the friendly exchanges between the two countries, and diplomatic relations were upgraded to the level of ministers.

During this period, North Korea, under the feudal system, rejected foreign trade.Prior to this, Austria had little interest in North Korea. There was no embassy and only one office.

After this friendly visit, Humel signed a friendly trade agreement with the North Korean government, and the two countries granted MFN treatment to each other.

This is the norm. Austria has signed MFN treaties with dozens of countries along the way, including English and French.

By the way, several military purchase orders have been made. In addition to army equipment, Humel also sold five armored ships.

Thailand and Vietnam ordered one each, and the Manchu government ordered three at a stretch.Obviously, they were scared by Britain and France and wanted to consolidate Haiphong.No matter how expensive an armored ship is, it's better than being a dog for the family.

Austria is not prepared to expand in the Far East, so it is natural to do business when it comes to business.As to whether this will cause trouble for the European colonial empire, it is not within Humel's consideration.

Without being able to fool around with the North Korean government, Humel was still somewhat reluctant, and could only see whether the last Japanese in East Asia would gain something.

After all, everyone is selling army equipment. Under the competition, profits have been suppressed.Only the Austrian family sells armored ships, and twice the net profit is really not high.

If someone is willing to pay a high price, the active equipment can also be used as this ocean-going fleet. As long as someone bids more than 30 million Aegis, Franz will not mind selling it.

Anyway, the production cost of these warships will not exceed 7 million Aegis. It takes more than a year to build such a fleet.

With the adoption of the gold standard in Austria, the international gold-silver price ratio has also been hit.

Obviously, there are few countries in this era that have the strength to produce 45 million two-tiered banks.Unless it is forced, no one will come to be the head of this injustice.

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Edo, Hummel just had a friendly visit with the shogunate government, and one of the most favored nations in Austria was added.

Charlie, the Minister in Japan, asked doubtfully: "My Excellency, why not take the opportunity to expand our interests in Japan?"

Hu Meier smiled slightly and said, "Isn't it already expanded? We have signed a treaty that treats each other as the most-favored-nation nation. Any power here expands its rights and interests, and we all directly enjoy the same treatment."

This is a fact. A seemingly completely equal treaty, because of the difference in national strength between the two sides, the final outcome is different.

The most-favored-nation treatment signed with Britain and France is a pure equality treaty.Anyway, in this era, no one has the patience to force them to sign an unequal treaty and betray domestic commercial interests.

It is different when you change to Japan. If the Japanese government grants any country commercial privileges, then Austria will automatically enjoy them.

However, compared with the practices of various countries, Austria is actually quite moderate.There is no force to force the occupation, no damage to everyone ’s sovereignty, it is only limited to commercial cooperation.

Minister Charlie shook his head and said: "Your Excellency, this is not enough. We can establish a concession, a port, or occupy several islands here."

Hu Meier explained seriously: "Your Excellency, we do have the strength to do so now. The ocean-going fleet is currently the strongest armed force in East Asia, and even turning Japan into a protectorate is not a problem.

However, the ocean-going fleet cannot be stationed here forever, and we will leave soon.Will the UK and France watch us take up so much interest then?

Without the suppression of force, the local indigenous people will still accept our rule?With our strength in the Far East alone, we cannot afford such a big benefit at all.

In this case, it is better to have a good relationship with everyone from the beginning.East Asia is not the focus of our expansion, just do business here."

Minister Charlie said unwillingly: "Are there any Russian allies? If our two countries join forces, it is not a problem to defend these interests."

Not long ago, Charles helped the Russians to occupy the island of Isma, and had this consideration.The introduction of the Russian forces was for the two countries to jointly win the biggest cake.

Humel sighed and said, "Russians are too greedy. One Japan cannot satisfy their appetite. If they cooperate with them, they will be tied to the chariot in the future.

This is too far away from Austria, beyond our power input.Do n’t forget that the ocean-going fleet can successfully reach East Asia, and borrowed port supplies from various countries along the way."

The Russians are too greedy, this is a fact recognized by all.On the issue of territorial expansion, the tsarist government never seemed satisfied.

The dissolution of the Russian-Austrian alliance also has a high voice in the Vienna government.Many Austrians believe that cooperation with the Russians is not worth the gains. It is better to cooperate with Britain and France to suppress the Russian empire and obtain greater benefits.

After a moment of contemplation, Minister Charlie said: "Okay, you convinced me. But we didn't do anything, or the Russians would be in great trouble soon."

Pit the Russians?This should not be counted. Charlie is also a diplomatic veteran. He has never given any promises to the Russians.

Out of the obligation of allies, it was unconditionally to help the Russians to occupy the island.Now that the Nagasaki region has been reduced to the sphere of influence of the Russians, Austria has not gained any benefits.

After the departure of the Austrian ocean-going fleet, the Russians could not resist the pressure and keep the Nagasaki area is the Russian's own problem.

After the ocean-going fleet left, the most recent Austrian fleet was far away in the Nanyang region.The support that Austria can provide by then is really limited to words.

After checking it over, Charlie made sure that there were no hidden dangers, and he was relieved.

Humel smiled slightly, stood up and took two steps forward, turned his back to Charlie and said, "My Excellency Minister, don't you think the relationship between Britain and Russia has been too good recently?"

Charlie froze for a moment before responding.It is also one of the responsibilities of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provoke conflicts between Britain and Russia.

Not only the contradictions between Britain and Russia, including the contradiction between Britain and France, the contradiction between Britain and the West, and the conflict between France and Russia ... are all the work of the Austrian Foreign Ministry.

The foreign ministries of all countries are doing this. If it were not for European countries to stab each other, there are so many contradictions in the world.

It's just that these jobs are carried out in secret, and everyone on the bright side maintains a gentlemanly manner.At this time, many people think that the European countries are one.