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After Christmas, Britain and Austria successively recognized the Great French Empire, which was regarded as the default for France's annexation of Italy.

Affected by this, European countries also recognized the legitimacy of Greater France in 1871, and resumed diplomatic relations with France. Napoleon III finally got rid of the diplomatic dilemma.

The international tension caused by France's annexation of the Italian region ended.But the impact is far-reaching.

The undercurrent began to surge, the ambitions became active, expansion became the theme of the times, and many small European countries lost their sense of security.

The era of imperialism has arrived, and the French's approach has once again refreshed the power line.From now on, a powerful country can annex a sovereign state without any excuses.

Shameless cloth is no longer needed, weak meat and strong food have never been so incisive, and the rules of the game have become more unfavorable for weak countries.

I do n’t know who released the news of the alliance between the three countries, which made the newly relaxed international situation tense again.At this moment, the rest of the European countries could not sit still, and the foreign ministries of the three countries, Anglo-French, Austrian, French, and Austrian, became lively.

Even Alexander II, who was busy with internal reforms, personally sent a telegram to ask.Confidentiality is impossible. Both Britain and France have publicly acknowledged that alliance negotiations are in progress.

Originally intended to use this alliance to increase Austria's influence in the world, Franz will naturally not add undeniable denial.

As for what Alexander II would think, it is not important now.Not to mention the half-dead Russian empire, even at its peak, the Russian empire had to retreat from the Three Kingdoms.

The formal alliance treaty between the three countries has not yet been signed, and discussions have begun on the construction of a new international situation.

Everyone can't resist the temptation in front of the interests, and formulating a game rule that is beneficial to them happens to be the biggest interest.

Even Franz, who has little interest in the three-nation alliance, is also very interested in establishing a new international order.

Austria has experience in this area and has dominated the Vienna system twice.A set of game rules that are beneficial to oneself can bring benefits no less than those of any colony.

Now everyone needs a stable Europe, the British need a European balance, the French want to digest the results, Austria needs time to continue to develop.

Other countries are no exception. The Kingdom of Prussia needs to digest the results. The Russians are busy reforming, not to mention the small countries. Everyone wants a stable Europe.

With the common will of everyone, a new international order is about to be released.This time it is more cruel than ever. It is enough for the three major countries to follow the rules after they make the rules.

The second-ranking powers Prussia, Russia, and the Nordic Federation also have a certain right to speak, and more small nations are completely reduced to caterpillars.

As one of the vested interests, Franz did not mean to surrender them.

Now he is busy carrying out economic reforms. Compared with the first industrial revolution, the second industrial revolution has changed. Some economic policies in the past have now become outdated.

The famous "Austrian Economics" of later generations also began to emerge, but it was still in its infancy.Perhaps because of the butterfly effect, it has been affected by the environment and has changed.

Franz did not know exactly what happened.He did not study the economy and was not very clear about these issues.

In the era of free market economy, Austria's economic policy has been considered positive, of course, this positive is also very limited.

The main reason is that the market develops freely. The government only provides a sound infrastructure and formulates some encouragement policies when necessary.

As long as you have money, you can enter any industry field, and whether you can survive is your own problem.

As a pragmatist, Franz has always pursued "the best is the best."Under the general framework, economic measures in different parts of Austria are not exactly the same.

Different regions have different development directions and different policies are required.If all worry about the central government, it is not too busy.

Vienna Palace, the economic report meeting that decided Austria for the next ten years is being convened, this time the economic reforms are only fine-tuning.

Generally speaking, the previous economic policies are still used, and only a few industries need to be changed, which is not very involved.

Economic Secretary Andrew analyzed: "In the past two years, the overall domestic economic development has been in good shape, and the economic growth rate has remained at 7.8%.

It is worth noting that the new energy industry, mainly the growth rate of the power industry is particularly prominent. From the industry scale of less than 10 million Aegis in 1868, it has rapidly climbed to the current 200 million Aegis.

The entire industrial chain involves multiple fields, driving upstream industries including copper smelting, rubber, power generation equipment manufacturing, and downstream hardware accessories, electrical machinery and equipment, transportation and other industries.

638,000 new jobs were created, making a major contribution to getting rid of the economic crisis.The most typical is the copper smelting industry in Saxony and the Balkans, with significant breakthroughs in production capacity.

The Ministry of Economic Affairs believes that power and energy will become the biggest economic growth point in the future.

At present, only Vienna has fully popularized electric lighting in China. Although Frankfurt, Munich, Venice, Milan and other cities have launched projects, it will take some time to complete.

In Africa, we have found many copper mines, all of which are rich ores. The ore quality is very high, and the reserves exceed the sum of the copper mines that are being mined in continental Europe.

We have built a large ore transport ship of 20,000 to 30,000 tons in a domestic shipyard without any technical problems.Transport costs can also be reduced, and copper, which restricts the popularity of electricity, can be solved immediately.

Solved the problem of raw materials, the copper price in the market will soon fall, and the cost of promoting electric lighting will be greatly reduced.

In addition, electric machinery equipment also has great potential to be tapped, and may even replace the current steam engine in the future.At present, electric machinery equipment is already used in some areas.

In addition, another economic growth point is that the number of newborn babies has repeatedly reached new highs, and the sales of baby and infant products continue to grow.

There are too many products involved in this aspect, and it is too cumbersome to count. We can only make a preliminary estimate.There are currently about 35 million Aegis in the market each year, but the growth rate is very fast, and it is expected to grow by 12% this year.

In contrast, the traditional economic market has shown decadence.The last economic crisis has proved that many domestic areas have been saturated.

At present, in the traditional economic field, the fastest growth is in the steel, mining, shipbuilding and construction industries, which are 13.2%, 9.6%, 10.1%, and 8.9%, respectively. The textile industry, which grew rapidly in the past, grew only 3.1% last year.

Our most advantageous food processing industry is now experiencing bottlenecks, although it still maintains a 5.8% growth rate, but the downward trend is very obvious.

From these data, the development of emerging industries has become a pillar industry for future economic development.The Ministry of Economy plans to promote electric lighting in the country and encourage technological innovation."

This is very in line with the habits of the Vienna government. If power is to be popularized, it is inseparable from the government's policies. If there is no government promotion, it is estimated that no power company will selflessly dedicate a power supply network.

In contrast, baby supplies are different. There is no need for the government to intervene, and the capitalists will do very well. All the government needs to do is regulate and regulate the market.

The old-fashioned Prime Minister Felix took over the topic: "There is no problem in promoting electric power technology. Everyone has experienced the benefits of this technology. The electric light above us is one of them.

However, in the promotion, we must also consider the issue of upfront costs.The cost of building an urban power supply network is not a small number.

Not every city can afford it, and the government does not recommend promotion in cities with lower fiscal revenues.If someone has made this policy of benefiting the people, and finally made it a policy of harming the people, we have to be held accountable."

Whether the power technology is good or not, the answer is: very good.Unfortunately, the time is too early, and the cost has not dropped.

A big city with a high local fiscal revenue can follow the popularization of electric lighting in Vienna. There is no problem, and it can be done if it is affordable.

It is a heavy burden for some cities that are so poorly clanking.Taking Vienna as an example, the city government spends 1.2 million Aegis electricity and lighting system maintenance costs each year.

For the prosperous Vienna, this money can be directly distributed to the businessmen in the urban area. They are the biggest beneficiaries of the night city, and the revenue generated by the night market is enough to make up for this expense.

If you change some small cities, there is not much business, and the annual financial income is only a few hundred thousand Aegis, even the maintenance of the government is difficult.

If you ran to follow suit, this expense would eventually fall on ordinary people.For the local people with low income, it is a disaster.

Cities with lower population densities have higher electricity costs per capita, and the Vienna government has long forgotten this account.

In order to avoid the worst, Prime Minister Felix stood up and poured cold water in advance.Lest some bureaucrats blindly follow suit in order to brush up their political achievements.

After hearing Felix's warning, many local officials attending the meeting were sweating for their previous ideas.

Sure enough, cheap achievements are not easy to pick up. If you don't have the conditions, go to blindly follow suit. It is estimated that the report will hit and your career will be over.

In addition to the greater autonomy of a few states, the remaining cities need to be reviewed by the Vienna government to launch such a large project.

So far, only large economically developed cities that can be approved, or are in coal-producing areas themselves, have generated electricity at a cost that is unimaginably low.

For most cities, it is better to wait for technological innovation and reduce the cost of power supply before considering this issue.

The power revolution in the original space-time Europe began in Germany. The most important reason is that Germany ’s copper output was the first in Europe at that time, and coal output was also the first in Europe. The cost of promoting power technology is lower than that of Britain and France.

The United States has nothing to say, it is not lacking.Whether it is copper output or coal output, that is how much.

Therefore, from the beginning of the second industrial revolution, the following new technological innovations, Americans gradually came to the front of Europe.

It is not that European countries do not have technology, the problem is that European countries lack raw materials, increase costs from overseas transportation, and do not have the ability to promote.Without waiting for the maturity of industrial technology, Britain and France cannot afford the high cost.

At present, Franz is carrying out the power technology revolution with great fanfare, and there is no meaning of secrecy at all. The main reason is that Austria's raw material costs are lower than Britain and France.

In addition to the Russian Empire, Austria ’s copper reserves are more than the combined value of European countries, not to mention the output, which directly accounts for half of the world ’s share.

In rubber production, Austria also has a very important share.The colonies of the South Ocean are not white, and almost every island can grow rubber. Together with the rubber plantations opened in Africa, Austria is now the world ’s largest supplier of rubber products.

To promote power technology, Britain and France must first import copper and secondly import rubber.France is even worse, they also have to import coal.

The cost has been decided. In this industrial revolution, Britain and France fell into the disadvantage.