Holy Roman Empire

The little brothers have a fighting spirit, and Franz is happy to see it.Success or failure does not matter. The most important thing is that this positive spirit is worthy of encouragement and promotion.

Austria is now a big business, and its fault tolerance rate has increased greatly.The success or failure of the South African war has nothing to do with the overall situation of the country.

Of course, it's better to succeed, and it can smash the British ambitions in one fell swoop.After avoiding gold mining, the British had unrealistic illusions and another war broke out.

The colonists of this year have no resistance at all in the face of interests, and only after experiencing failures will they know that the sky is thick.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer submitted a report to Franz, said frowningly: "Your Majesty, this is the military expenditure of the South African War in the last two months, totaling 12.486 million Aegis."

War is a golden beast. There is nothing wrong with this sentence.It's just a local war. On average, it consumes more than six million Aegis every month. If it is a full-scale war, it will be worth it.

It is impossible to save military expenses. The expeditionary weapons and ammunition of the labor division are all shipped from the country, and the cost of transportation alone is not a small expenditure.

In fact, the current military expenditure is already low.At least the cannon fodder does not need Franz to pay salaries or pay pensions, otherwise this number will increase several times.

But no matter how cheap, these people still have to dress to eat, and eliminate old-fashioned muskets, swords and spears, which are also costly.

Franz looked at the report. The expenditure of hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder troops accounted for about 23% of the total military expenditures, and the rest were the expenses of the tens of thousands of "Boer Republic" troops.

Although it is to protect the family and protect the country, military pay is still indispensable.Including the aristocratic private army who brought their own dry food, they all had a military pay.Pensions are also paid out in accordance with the standards of the Austrian regular army without discrimination.

Franz did not save in this regard, he personally rejected the government's money-saving plan.In theory, if you do n’t give money, you can also recruit nobles to fight. You only need to divide up the spoils after the war. This has been the case in continental Europe since ancient times.

But Franz knew that times were different.It is okay to occasionally recruit a noble aristocracy to fight, and after a few more passes, it is estimated that the emperor will not be able to call anyone.

Loyalty also can't stand the wear and tear, people's hearts will change.If you have won the war and have enough loot to share, then it's okay to say.

If the war loses money and the spoils are not enough to make up for everyone's losses, then complaints are indispensable.After eating a loss, the next time they will be violating Yang Fengyin.

The South African War naturally does not have the problem of insufficient loot, and the gold mine has nothing to lose.But in this way, there will be nothing for the government.

When the nobles paid for it, why did the government intervene?At least during the tax exemption period under the colonial law, the Vienna government had no way to benefit from it.

Empathy, without knowing that a large amount of gold is buried underground, few nobles dare to invest so much.

The monthly expenditure of more than six million Aegis, even the last top noble of the Shinra Empire, can't afford this risk.

In case the money runs out and the war is not over, you can only cry on your nose.This kind of negative textbook has appeared a lot in continental Europe. Many noble lords have war with others, and they have no money just after half of the fight.

Habsburg ancestors have had it before, it was all emperors, and they were forced to go home by the creditors.Of course, the main reason is to be too face-saving. If the debts are not paid, what can several businessmen do?

Half of the anti-Semitic movements in Europe came this way.The nobles could not afford the money, and they did not want to bear the bad reputation of being lame. They simply went against it, and directly wiped out the creditors for a hundred.

Now the government is different, and everyone's risk is reduced to a minimum. Don't worry about losing money because of accidents.

There have been many successful aristocrats on the African continent in recent years, but more failed aristocrats.Those who do not know how to control the risk and greedy the progress, now the graves have grown grass.

Any colonial empire is made of piles of bones. Afterwards, the colonial empire collapsed. The main thing is that no one wants to continue to bleed for the colony.

In the final analysis, it is still a matter of interest distribution. The bureaucracy and the capitalists have divided up almost all the benefits. The rest of them have not even been able to drink soup. Who wants to continue to sell their lives?

Throughout the major colonial empire, few people said that the colony was losing money in the early days of entrepreneurship. Instead, it had been operating for decades, or hundreds of years later, when the empire went downhill.

Is there less wealth created?Or is the cost of domination really skyrocketing, to the point where it can't make ends meet?

Obviously, a colony that has operated for decades can create more wealth.But the government's fiscal revenue has rarely increased, and the money has gone into private pockets.

Instead, various expenditures are constantly increasing.The already declining Portuguese are an example. As far as Franz knows, the Portuguese colonial system can no longer bring wealth to the government.

Not only Portugal, the cost of rule of the major colonial empires is constantly increasing, but most of the colonial tax can still cover this cost.

The bureaucracy is decaying, and the greed of interest groups is almost an unsolvable problem.Similar problems exist on the mainland, not to mention the colonies?

The emerging free trade doctrine has begun to attack the colonial system, thinking it will bring a heavy financial burden to the government.

It cannot be said that it is prescient. This group of people mainly attacked morally from a moral point of view mainly because they did not directly benefit from the colonial system.

In Franz's opinion, this is a typical example of picking up the bowl and putting down the chopsticks to scold the mother.Obviously enjoying the dividends brought by the colonial system, he refused to admit it and believed that maintaining colonial rule was costly.

As everyone knows, the industrial revolution is to eat people, and the original accumulation of capital is bloody, either external or internal.

There was no so-called free trade in the 19th century, and the British just shouted slogans and wanted countries to open their markets to them.

Of course, while maintaining their competitive advantage, they do not mind opening the market to other countries.Once this advantage has disappeared, it will turn a blind face.

Otherwise, why should the Germans challenge the old world?It is not the lack of industrial raw materials and the dumping of commodities in the market that have been driven by capital and started the chariot.

After the Anglo-French free traders got their wish and got rid of the decaying colonial system, they were not ushered in, but rather quickly declined.

The local area is small and the resources are scarce. Industrial development is inherently restricted. In the face of the cruel reality, we have to play to industrialize drinking thrush to quench thirst.

These problems are not considered troublesome for the time being.Before the colonial system entered the era of great losses, this kind of voice could not become a climate.

No matter how loud the free trade is, we need everyone to cooperate.Now they are all playing trade protection. Is your family going to play free trade? Are you afraid of dying fast enough?

Franz said calmly: "Don't worry, we have already learned about the geological conditions in South Africa.

The local land is fertile, the climate is pleasant, and the mineral resources are also relatively abundant. The future development potential is still expected.

After comprehensive evaluation, South Africa should be the land with the most potential for development on the African continent.The current investment can be recovered in the near future."

Franz didn't mention the question of gold. Before the dust settles, it's best not to have extra branches.Anyway, driving the British out of the African continent is also one of Austria ’s national policies.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer explained: "Your Majesty, whatever the development potential is, it is a question of the future. We do not lack a piece of land with unlimited development potential.

In fact, this kind of land with most resources is not necessarily a good thing.If you do not prepare in advance, there may be a big deal in the future.

The top priority is to end this war as soon as possible.Now that the French have stabilized the situation in Italy, our purpose of sharing the pressure for them has been achieved, and there is no need to continue to consume with the British."

There is nothing wrong with this statement. It is not necessarily a good thing if the resources are too abundant.Whatever resources are available, the dependence on the empire is reduced.

Franz nodded thoughtfully, and it seemed imperative to fragment South Africa.It is necessary to implement the management of the provincial system as soon as possible, replacing the current Governor ’s Palace in South Africa, so as to avoid the occurrence of regional groups in the future.

"We don't have to worry about the war. Officers and soldiers on the front also want to end the war as soon as possible for Christmas. It will only take a month or so, and there is no need to put more pressure on them.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs found an opportunity to remind the French that we have fulfilled the agreement, but this time they dragged down half of the British Army for them."

There is nothing wrong with this argument. Judging from the number, the British have invested more than half of the army in South Africa.

Good deeds also need to be named. How can you tell if others do n’t know?The more you pay, the greater the gain. This is an era of equivalent exchange.

All brothers and sisters must settle their accounts, let alone allies?This kind of thing is better placed in the light.

Even if the countries only talk about interests, this is a testimony to the friendship between the two countries when talking about friendship between Fau and Austria.

It doesn't seem to work very much now, and it may be needed in the future.It ’s enough to take out the second boy in Fooling.This kind of propaganda material is needed when France cultivates pro-Austrianism.