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The British-Russian negotiations were not kept secret. Franz, who was far away in Vienna, received news that even the contents of the negotiations were restored.

Everyone knows how to sell at a price.The Russians deliberately leaked the news, obviously they were waiting for Austria to bid.

Not necessarily higher than the British, as long as it is almost the same, the Tsarist government will definitely choose to stand with Austria.

This is determined by interests. The value of the existence of the Russian-Austrian alliance can be much more valuable than that of the British-Russian alliance, and the British will not form an alliance with them.

When you open the map, you know that the long border line between Russia and Austria doesn't have so many days of danger.Without the covenant, national defense pressure alone will be a headache.

Especially for the tired Tsar government, the situation is more serious.If you turn your face with Austria, it means that all countries bordering them are enemies, or potential enemies.

When the Russian empire was strong, it was an expedition, and a well-established name was established. Now that wearyness is revealed, it turns into a pack of wolves.

The last Russian-Russian war told the tsarist government how many enemies they had.If the second Russian-Russian war fails again, then the Nordic Federation should also rush to divide the meat.

It's no secret that the Finns and Sweden are working together.When the Russian Empire was strong, the Swedes were very peaceful, but with the defeat of the Russian-Russian war, Karl XV dared to openly receive the leader of the Finnish independence movement.

Of course this potential threat cannot scare the Russians.Although it is difficult for the Russians to fight out, it is not a big problem if they want to defend their current career.

Although there are many enemies, not many are willing to contribute.Except for the Kingdom of Prussia, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Ottoman Empire, these three enemies are as deep as the sea and there is no possibility of relaxation. The remaining enemies will just fall into the ground.

Now that the tsarist government is so poor that they have no other cards except for the domestic market, they have to sell a good price.

I originally wanted the three countries of Britain, France and Austria to bid together to compete, but unfortunately the French are very busy now and do not want to participate in the competition.

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Putting down the teacup in his hand, Franz asked with a sullen face: "The Russians have illuminated the chips. Do you think we should compete with the British?"

It can be seen that his mood is very bad.At this time, the Tsarist government was doing things and it completely hit Austria's vital point.

South Africa ’s gold has not yet been mined. In the struggle for currency hegemony, the Aegis-gold system was already at a disadvantage. At this time, the tsarist government fell to the British and basically declared the pound-gold system victorious.

Prime Minister Felix replied angrily: "Your Majesty, we cannot allow the Russians to be blackmailed. We need to teach them a profound lesson."

In order to attract the Russians to join the Aegis-Golden System, Austria also paid a great price.All the benefits were taken, and the incident came again, and in the eyes of Prime Minister Felix, this was betrayal.

Franz nodded, and did not wait for others to speak up, and made a decisive decision: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reminds the Russians that the Russian-Austrian alliance is about to expire, and their approach is very chilling!"

It is impossible to make a bid. How can it be possible to sell the same product twice?The Tsarist government's lack of money is irrelevant to Franz.

No matter for any reason, as long as the agreement is violated, even if it is a verbal agreement, it is also a betrayal.

After a pause, Franz stopped again: "Forget it, don't bother at this time. Send an invitation to the Prussians, William I knows what to do."

Verbal threats, how can actual actions be deterrent?The Russians dared to fall back to the British, and he supported Prussia in the next Russian-Russian war.

Although the Berlin government can't get the chips, the cakes drawn by others are big enough!

Unless Alexander II can lay down the Prussians before the end of the Russian-Austrian alliance, Franz has nothing to say, he is not a betrayal, and Austria will definitely be neutral.

If the Russian-Austrian alliance is dissolved and the Russian-Russian war breaks out, then do n’t blame him.Not to mention, simply cutting off the Russian-Austrian trade can make the Russians hurt.

If this is not enough, it is also a good choice to put the Prussian navy into the Aegean Sea and let them join forces with the Ottoman Navy to block the Russians from entering the Mediterranean trade channel.

Many people will play such things as falling into the rocks.If the Nordic Federation did not know to close the gates of the Baltic Sea, Franz would look down on them.

The two lifelines were broken, and the Tsarist government could never import strategic materials from the Far East to conduct war?

The Siberian railway has not been repaired, and even if it is started immediately, it will take more than ten years.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg analyzed: "Your Majesty, we don't need to be so proactive. The Prussians should be more anxious than we are, and they will come to their own door soon.

Anglo-Russian began to move closer, and their boss would not support them in the next war, which is an unknown.

If the Prussians could not disrupt the British-Russian deal, they would have to move closer to us.Relatively speaking, our voice is the most important in Eastern Europe."

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Every politician is a qualified actor. The Russians tried the currency system and Franz naturally cooperated.

This is not a group of bigwigs in the Vienna government, they have played a big show for them, showing the Russians what they want to see.

It won't take long for the content of this meeting to be transferred to the desk of Alexander II through secret channels, and it will be his headache.

It ’s true, false and true, even Franz himself does n’t know whether the content of this meeting will become a fact.

The only certainty is that Franz is falsely "angry".The emperor who has been doing so for many years, has learned to be moody, how can it be revealed?

Moreover, everyone has their own position and thinks in the position of the Russians. They are not wrong in this approach.

Franz teammates often do things, pitting teammates also happen from time to time.If it were all angry, Franz would have been angry.

If he was really angry, Franz would not have a meeting.Instead, he took direct action to retaliate, for example: raising a pirate in the Aegean Sea to block the Russian door.

Or it might be a grant to the Russian Revolutionary Party to allow them to block the tsarist government.

In contrast, supporting the Kingdom of Prussia is entirely a strategy.Falling down to Russia, and rising to Prussia, is not a waste of time?

The act was to "repair the plank road and cross Chen Cang secretly".After preparing for so long, Austria has to take action.

It wo n’t take long for the strategic value of the Persian Gulf to manifest itself, and Franz will naturally intervene.In any case, it is not possible to let the British dominate here.

If it were not too close to the Indian region, the British would stare too tightly.Franz acted long ago.

When not taking advantage of the opportunity of the alliance of the three countries, do you want to extend your tentacles to the Strait of Hormuz to Oman?

Austria knocked the British sap in South Africa, and the London government pulled the Russians into the free trade system and pried Austrian corners.Franz took the opportunity to reach out to the Persian Gulf where the British were staring, and everyone used their own means.

The Russians may not have dreamed, and from the beginning Franz was ready to sell them to the British.

There is no way to seize a large area of ​​British South Africa, and now want to snatch the Persian Gulf that the British regard as a thing in the bag, always need to appease the British emotions.

Currency hegemony is not so easy to establish, especially in the golden standard era.If the British do not have enough gold in hand, is the pound-gold system still playing?

In this case, it is better to make the British happy for a few days.Use the aura of victory to cover up their failure in overseas colonial expansion.

As for the Russians, I am sorry that as the conflicts of interest between the two countries are increasing, this alliance is almost unsustainable. This cannot be recovered by individuals.

Unless the Russian Empire continues to decline, everyone can become a good friend.Obviously this is impossible, the reform of Alexander II has made Franz feel the threat.

In this reform, Alexander II had too many places to imitate Austria.Compared with the original time and space, this social reform is much more thorough.

Not only did the liberation of serfs, Alexander II resolved the land contradiction, and even industrial development was very fast.

Since the end of the civil war, the Russian commerce and industry have entered a period of rapid development.Although industrial products are still garbage, the growth rate of production capacity is still amazing.

The industrial capacity lost in the Russian-Russian war recovered after only a few years, and the total amount of industry exceeded that before the war.

If it were not subject to transportation and lack of capital, the Russian Empire would have been reborn.Once any of these problems are solved, it will enter a period of rapid development.

They already have the basic elements of industrial development: abundant resources, cheap labor costs, and suitable development policies.

There is no way. After the great wasteland opened up, Russian grain appeared to be unsalable, and domestic grain prices fell again and again, resulting in a significant drop in labor costs.

The labor cost in Russia is only one-fourth that of Austria and only one-fifth of that of the British.For a labor-intensive industry, this is simply an unparalleled advantage.

Not only is labor cheap, but industrial raw materials are also very cheap.The only expensive thing is the transportation cost, but it is not true everywhere, and there are rivers in the Russian Empire.

Capitalists will see these advantages sooner or later.As long as the tsarist government can maintain its current level of governance, it will sooner or later develop.

This is the credit of Alexander II, who successfully deterred Russian bureaucrats by killing chickens and monkeys.Up to now, he has exiled thousands of bureaucrats to Siberia to enjoy the scenery of the Northland.

Corruption and corruption in the Tsarist government are still serious, but the execution capacity has been improved by several grades.

The more he knew, the more Franz knew the terror of the Russian Empire.Perhaps now Austria is no longer afraid of the rise of Russia, but there is no need to train yourself a competitor.

Therefore, when the Russians were emotional, Franz no longer appeased.To obtain benefits by this means, the tsarist government made a mistake from the beginning.

Including the currency reform carried out by Alexander II, Franz was not active anymore.Although there are a lot of benefits involved, the Russians are the ones who benefit the most.

Since the Tsarist government wants to make a deal to sell for this price, then simply drag it on.Even if the tsarist government fell to the British, it does not matter.

The British are not charitable. If the bankers in London do n’t take a layer of skin from them, are they embarrassed to be a banker?

In order not to bear the name of betrayal, this interest Franz was thrown away.Anyway, the credibility of the Tsarist government was so bad that it would not be a big deal to let them bear the charges of back alliance.

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