Holy Roman Empire

The blazing sun was empty, and a luxurious train was passing by.On both sides of the road, the ripe grain seemed to be frightened, bending over, bowing its head, and still shaking from time to time.

In the luxury train, a young man in a gorgeous dress was looking at the newspaper intently, frowning from time to time.

The young man was Alexandrovich (Alexander III) who visited abroad. He had high hopes for his trip to Paris, and he did not forget to collect information on the road.

He has been too lazy to read the information provided by the tsarist government.In Aleksandrovich's view, those materials have a clear tendency, or political correctness.

In his view, to get a preliminary understanding of France, it is enough to look at French economic and political newspapers.Aleksandrovich is not an expert and scholar, and these basic materials are enough.

The more you know, the more emotion Alexandrovich has.Through the news in the newspaper, he knew that there was a huge gap between France and Russia.

This gap is qualitative, and is not what the St. Petersburg bureaucrats said verbally. It can be overtaken in three to five years.

What caused him a headache was that the French people did not have a good impression of Russia. Just read the adjectives in the newspaper.

"Barbarians", "Liars", "Rogues", "Rotten" ...

These adjectives deeply hurt Alexandrovich's heart.His dissatisfaction has no effect, the French newspapers will not be controlled by him, how to write or how to write.

Although most of the content is exaggerated, it is not completely fabricated out of thin air. There is indeed much black history in Russia.

Under normal circumstances, everyone will not turn over these old accounts.It wasn't until Alexandrovich was about to visit, and the hot newspaper became active.

"French-Russian friendship" does not exist. At least these newspapers don't think that there is a traditional friendship between the two countries. There is a lot of hatred.

What's more annoying is that they are still losers. Everyone remembers clearly that it was the Russians who buried the First Empire of France.

The French were not satisfied with the revenge of the Near East War. The French were very dissatisfied. In the recent Russian-Russian war, the French people donated the most to Prussia, and it exceeded the total of the German Federation + Austria.

What can be proud of this, Alexandrovich is not clear.In short, he understands that many French people do not welcome him to visit.

At home, Alexandrovich did not know that Russia was so unpopular in Europe.

Originally, he was still deeply concerned about the defeat of the Russo-Prussian War, but now he understands, how can he not fight against Europe at the same time?

When he was in the newspaper, Alexandrovich was in deep contemplation.Deep inside, a voice kept telling him that he had to do something to change the European countries' views on the Russian Empire.

Isolation means danger. There are many enemies in the Russian Empire, but there is only one ally. Even the last ally is now away from them.

If this situation does not change, and the next war breaks out, it will still be difficult for the Russian Empire to win.

Although the war has not yet erupted, Aleksandrovich already knows that there will be at least Poland + Prussia + Ottoman in the next war. Several Khanates in Central Asia may also appear, and even the Far East may not be stable.

The modern warfare is the logistics, the Russian Empire lost the traffic in the last war.Although some domestic people accused Austria of its ally of paddling, Alexandrovich knew very well that the cause of the defeat of the Russian army was its own.

Buying supplies from Austria, but unable to transport them to the front line in time, resulting in insufficient front-line strength, so that the Prussians have the opportunity.

If there is no logistical restriction, and at the same time put a million Russian troops on the front line, even if there is logistics for Prussia throughout Europe, they cannot stop it.

There is no fairness in the war. There are troops who do not have to play to win less than others. Those are fools. Usually such fools die terribly.

In the history of war, almost always the strong won the war, and the reason why the weak wins the strong is because it happened rarely.

In the case of comparable military strength, when it comes to the combat effectiveness of the army, the Russian Empire is indeed at the bottom of the European powers.

The reason is that Alexandrovich is very clear, nothing more than the gap between weapons and training, in the final analysis is no money.

Most of the Czar soldiers are compulsory soldiers. These troops don't need to pay salaries, just give them a symbol.

Inexpensiveness has become the hallmark of the Czar ’s army. Compared with strengthening training and replacing the most advanced weapons and equipment, economically speaking, the increase in the number of people brings greater combat power.

Someone has already calculated this account. The cost of a French soldier is enough for the Tsarist government to recruit two such cheap soldiers, and it can still have a surplus.On the battlefield, a French army can never beat two Russian soldiers.

That's how the gray cattle came. Because the economy is cheap, the Russians fell in love with the sea tactics.

The train slowly slowed down, and Alexandrovich knew it was Paris.Looking at the buildings on both sides of the road, Aleksandrovich showed a fascination.

In the 19th century, Paris was the most desirable city in the world. Of course, Alexandrovich was interested in Paris, not because it was a revolutionary holy place.

As a crown prince, especially the crown prince of the tsarist government, he was born to be a member of the reactionaries, and it is impossible to play with the revolutionary party.

The reason Alexandrovich is interested is simply because Paris is the capital of France and has the most developed industry in France.

As the three most well-known European cities in this era, although Paris is known as a revolutionary holy place, it is not bad in other respects.

After the reconstruction of Napoleon III, now Paris has got rid of the messy hat, the urban environment is better than stinky London, not too much.

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Alexandrović's trip to Europe, Franz did not have any interest, even this famous in later generations, can not make him move.

History is the easiest to deceive. Exaggeration is always the favorite of literati.For example, the three Italian masters highly regarded by future generations, because of changes in the international situation, have become nothing.

Franz admitted that their abilities are indeed strong, but unfortunately they were unlucky this time.Just a little bit of change has changed their lives.

Garibaldi and Mazzini failed to lead the revolution and were forced into exile.The well-known Prime Minister of Cavour was even more miserable, and the art of vertical and horizontal struck the street at the beginning.

Austria ’s position is not the same as in history. Letting France expand in the Italian region, Napoleon III felt that annexation of the Italian region would have greater benefits than cooperation with the Kingdom of Sardinia.

A higher decision made all his efforts useless.No way, the success of the original time and space was based on luck, and now it is a little bit of luck.

Numerous real-life cases tell Franz that the ability of the losers is not necessarily poor, and they are often only a little luck away from success.

With this slight difference, the final result is often the difference between heaven and hell.

Napoleon III is also an example, the original time and space this has already fluttered the street.As a result, because of Franz ’s butterfly effect, Napoleon III is now known by the French as "Napoleon the Great".

Looking at the information in his hand, Franz frowned, and if nothing went wrong, his unlucky brother would soon be out of luck.

No buyers were found internationally, and the Paris government decided to withdraw its troops from Mexico.Without the support of French soldiers, Franz does not think Massimilino can stabilize the situation.

Without any hesitation, a secret order flew from the Vienna Palace to the Austrian Central American colony.In any case, this is a nominal younger brother, and it is impossible to sit idly by.

Even the resettlement issue was considered by Franz.Throw it in the country castle. Anyway, there are not many other Habsburgs, but there are many castles.

An idealist like Massimilino, who has failed and has no courage to come back to meet people, just lives in the country.

At the time, Massimiliano refused to run, and Franz suspected that he was afraid of losing face, being ridiculed by others, and daring not to return to continental Europe.

This kind of heart is not strange, just like the people who didn't make money by working, and are embarrassed by the new year.

Franz is not a doctor in mind about Massimiliano's question.Knowing how to know, how to treat, is beyond his ability.

Perhaps this question can be thrown to Empress Sophie, just to find something for her to share the nagging in Franz's ear.

Mexico City is not far away, as long as you are prepared in advance, it is not too difficult to carry out an armed intervention. Anyway, in the end, you can let the new Mexican government pay.

Unlike the French, the Austrian Central American colonial empire is next door to Mexico.The farmers there have long wanted to annex the Yucatan Peninsula.Just because of face, Franz embarrassed to start Mexico.

By the time Massimiliano I threw the street, there was no such obstacle.Beat the rabbit by the grass, how much meat is bitten off.

The power of the Austrian Central American colony may be equivalent to one or two big states for Americans. Even if the Germans can fight a little, it is equivalent to the power of two or three big states, which is not worth mentioning at all.

But for the beginning of the Mexican Empire, this strength is enough to make them awake.Of course, this is based on the situation of the Mexican rebel army seeking to fight.

If they are smart enough to send Massimiliano I directly out of the country, there is no excuse for war, and Franz, who pays attention to eating, will not deal with them.

To put it bluntly, the Americas region is not the focus of Austria's expansion.The energy of the Vienna government is limited, it is impossible to take care of so many places at the same time.

Even in the strategically important Panama area, Franz can be a ninja, not to mention Mexico.

Now Franz is thinking about which son to go to Central America as king.

With such a colony thousands of miles away, with the rise of nationalism, it is still too difficult for the central government to directly control it. It is easier to establish a state.

This is also in line with the tradition of the Habsburg dynasty. At that time, the ancestors can separate Spain and Austria, and now Franz can naturally be divided into a colony.

It is not only the colonies of Central America, it is also possible for the Nanyang region to establish states in the future.Anyway, the meat is rotten in the pot, which is better than thrown out.

Putting these states under the name of the Shinra Empire, everyone playing in an economic circle is not a failure.