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The establishment of a grain reserve system by the British also affected the international grain trading market, and the falling grain prices finally stabilized.

But this is useless, and the situation of oversupply has not been resolved.Although the black pan of food prices plummeted to the Russians, smart people know that the Vienna government is also the culprit.

Since they are smart people, they naturally weigh the pros and cons.Black Russians do not matter, even the tsarist government is used to being hacked.

Austria is different. The grain dumping of the Vienna government in the first half of the year would not be so smooth without the participation of capitalists from all countries.

Once this cover is lifted, the interest groups involved will be too big.Few people are willing to do this kind of offending thing.

Christmas is approaching, Vienna already has a festive atmosphere.In the winter of Vienna in 1872, the weather was exceptionally warm.Without snow, there is little cold wind.

It was at this time that trouble came to the door. On December 21, 1872, the Polish government issued a note to Austrian diplomacy asking Austria to surrender Poland's land, otherwise it would be at your own risk.

Well, after receiving this diplomatic note, the Vienna government was stunned, and Franz was also scared. He really couldn't understand the horrible consequences.

In recent times, Poland's anti-Olympic arrogance has skyrocketed, and Franz knows it.But he didn't take it seriously, the strong never cared about the weak.

In his opinion, no matter how the Poles make trouble, that is, they shout a few slogans at home, and when they are dead, they submit a few diplomatic protest letters, and then what should they do.

In order to recover the old land that was divided between Poland and Austria by the three countries, the Polish government also made many requests to the Vienna government after its establishment.

Franz understands this kind of behavior. Regardless of whether it is collected or not, the government must do what it does, otherwise how can it explain to the people?

The Government of Vienna has never responded to the Poles directly when they did not exist.What Franz did not expect was that the Polish government dared to submit a diplomatic note with such a strong tone.

This is not a trivial matter. An official diplomatic note is not the same as complaining privately. This requires responsibility.

There is nothing to say, Franz immediately called a cabinet meeting, ready to find the grudge of the Polish government.

"Why did the Poles get stimulated, or did someone give them a sigh of relief and think they can be arrogant to us?"

Anyone who knows Franz knows that this is angry.Poland was able to become independent, and Austria also secretly contributed. It did n’t matter if it did n’t ask for a return. Now the Polish government is rubbing its nose.

If you open the history book, you will find that Obo's territorial dispute is a bad debt.In this case, it is natural who is strong and who is reasonable.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg explained: "Your Majesty, Poland is a major agricultural country. After the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, Poland's agricultural imports and exports fell sharply.

In order to deal with the crisis some time ago, we increased the import tariffs on Polish agricultural products, which caused strong dissatisfaction from the Polish government.

Approximately 34% of Poland ’s agricultural products are exported to Austria, and after processing, they are sold to the international market. After the tariff increase, the trade volume of agricultural products between the two countries has dropped by two thirds.

This directly led to a large amount of slow sales of agricultural products in Poland, which has caused a serious social crisis and the political situation in Poland has become unstable.

The Poles issued diplomatic notes at this time, which may have something to do with the situation in their country. The government wants to take the opportunity to specialize in domestic conflicts."

This is something that cannot be done. The international market is shrinking, Austria has to cut production capacity, and many capitalists engaged in the processing of agricultural products have begun to transform.

Against this background, it is certain to protect domestic agriculture and reduce the import and import of agricultural products.

Even before the agricultural crisis broke out, the Vienna government was ready to abandon the agricultural products processing industry.There is no way, this industry does not have much technical content, and can only be regarded as the first generation industry.

In recent years, agricultural product processing companies in various European countries have sprung up and market competition has become increasingly fierce.Austria's ability to maintain the hegemony of the agricultural products processing industry is mainly due to the control of most raw grain production capacity.

Obviously, this situation cannot be sustained. Since the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, the agricultural product processing industries of various countries will no longer worry about raw materials, and Austria's cost advantage no longer exists.

Against this background, if we continue to increase investment in this area, we might as well invest our power in emerging industries and promote the second industrial revolution to widen the gap in our strength.

Without the government's key support, the more profitable agricultural product processing and manufacturing industry can continue to survive, and the lack of technical content in the flour mill will make life difficult.

This is an inevitable result of economic development. Enterprises with higher technological content have more obvious advantages in competition.Enterprises without technical content can only fall into the vicious circle of price war, it is difficult to go further.

At this time, companies must either undergo transformation or upgrade their technology.For example, the development of more new products, the variety of foods in the supermarkets of later generations, are forced by reality.

In order to survive, agricultural product processing enterprises cannot simply process a product, they must increase the number of links, increase the technical content, and increase the added value of the product.

From a long-term perspective, this agricultural crisis has also promoted the upgrading of the Austrian agricultural product processing industry.In 1872, the number of biscuits, cans, and various types of junk food added to the market in Vienna was more than the total increase over the past five years.

The emergence of these high value-added products has caused many enterprises to fall into a new life and renew their vitality.Unresponsive companies are still struggling.

From the perspective of future generations, competition in this era is nothing.Even the most competitive flour mills, as long as they are properly managed, still have a good profit, far from making money.

Prime Minister Felix said sternly: “For whatever reason, the Poles provoked us to give a hard response and let them know how powerful. If necessary, military action can be taken to make the Poles sober.

Franz frowned as he took military action.He didn't think things were so simple on the surface, even if the Poles had brainstorms, there was no reason to provoke Austria.

Not waiting for Franz to speak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Karl objected.

"It's easy to teach the Poles, even if it's not difficult to overcome Warsaw, the question is what benefits can we get?

The current international situation is not suitable for external expansion, and the Kingdom of Poland is clanking poorly. Unless we accept compensation from Polish agricultural products, we may not even be able to collect military expenses."

It is a taboo for the strategists to rise up in anger.

Although the land in Poland is good, Franz ca n’t afford to be ambitious.After the War of Independence, Polish nationalism has risen, it is too difficult to digest them.

For the sake of a land suitable for growing grain, the hidden dangers of division for the empire are totally outweighed.This time bomb, whoever wants it, will return it. Anyway, Franz is not going to leave it at home.

It is a joke to accept compensation for Polish agricultural products.Just like after the same war, Britain and France accepted German industrial products for debt relief.

The Germans did not rely on the war to open the British and French markets for domestic industry and commerce. Instead, they achieved their goals through post-war compensation.

Britain and France, who are greedy for the moment, have also paid a terrible price for this.Shocked by cheap industrial and commercial products from Germany, the British and French industries have declined.

At the beginning of World War II, as a side of the defeated country, German industry actually surpassed the sum of Britain and France, which has to be said to be ironic.

The Vienna government can't do this kind of stupid thing.It's too late to protect domestic agriculture. How can it be possible for a little benefit, it ignores the fundamentals.

"First warn the Polish government and order them to quell the domestic anti-Olympic movement before Christmas, otherwise we will have a military parade in Warsaw."

No interest in Poland does not mean that the threat of force cannot be used.If the Polish government really gets into their heads, then Franz does n’t mind fighting a battle daringly.

Only in this way, the Russians are cheap.If Poland was disfigured, Franz was very suspicious of the next Prussian-Russian war and what the Kingdom of Prussia would rely on to fight.

Neither Alexander II nor Alexander III is an easy generation. The war potential of the Russian Empire is far above Prussia.

After a loss, it is difficult for the Russians to take advantage of greed.As long as the Tsarist government fights steadily and the war becomes a war of attrition, the Kingdom of Prussia can't consume the Russians.

At this time, the Kingdom of Poland is very important.If you are a little bit harsh and recruit millions of cannon fodder from the Kingdom of Poland, then in the face of gray cattle, Prussia will not be submerged in human tactics.

Other Franz are not sure, but one thing is certain, that is, this time the tsarist government will not be short of food.

Even if the transportation of the Russian Empire is still unresolved, the tsarist government will reserve sufficient strategic materials before the outbreak of the war.

This time the Prussians could not beat the Russians by surprise. Before the preparations were completed, the Tsarist government could not take the initiative to provoke war.

The Russian-Austrian League has a few years to go. During this period, the Kingdom of Prussia could not take the initiative to launch an offensive, otherwise Austria would be dragged into the water.

Shaking his head a bit, Franz dispelled these messy thoughts.Despite all that, the international situation is ever-changing, and no one can guarantee what will happen tomorrow.

Perhaps by the time the Pu-Russian war broke out, the situation changed again.Now Austria's strength is also growing rapidly. Perhaps when the Russian-Russian war broke out, Austria had already left them far behind.

As long as you are strong enough, any challenge is not a concern.Perhaps at that time, the result of the Russo-Prussian War will become irrelevant for Austria.