Holy Roman Empire

The essence of pioneering colonies is to make money. For the Austrian government, only two kinds of colonies are valuable: profitable and strategic.

There is no doubt that Lanfang Autonomous Province is profitable and has certain strategic value.

The Lanfang Autonomous Province and other Austrian regions in the Southern Ocean have jointly established Austria's regional supremacy in the Southern Ocean.

The Vienna government is not without the call of the municipality of Lanfang Autonomous Province. The key is that no one can guarantee that after the municipality manages, it will be able to obtain more abundant benefits.

The economic value of the Lanfang autonomous province to the Vienna government is far more than the 3.764 million Aegis per year.

Since joining the Austrian system, there have been no threats to safety, and Lanfang Autonomous Province quickly entered the fast track of development.

Perhaps the two neighbors of Spain and the Netherlands did so well. As early as a decade ago, Lanfang Autonomous Province became the home base of overseas Chinese businessmen.

The influx of large amounts of capital naturally led to the development of the local economy. If not restricted by geographical conditions, Lanfang Autonomous Province will develop better.

Now Lanfang Autonomous Province imports tens of millions of Aegis industrial and commercial products from Austria every year, and at the same time exports raw materials such as rubber, sago, dried coconut, kachi dye, sago powder, pepper, gold and silver.

If listed separately, Lanfang Autonomous Province is enough to rank among the top five among all Austrian trading partners.

The greater the interest involved, the more cautious the Vienna government.

In the event of an operation error that caused a turmoil in the situation, someone was pried at the foot of the wall and lost the hegemony in the Nanyang region, then there is nowhere to go.

Driven by interests, the status of Lanfang Autonomous Province is naturally different, and it has become a special existence that is higher than the colony and lower than the state.

If it were not for the local ruling class to be heavily influenced by tradition and disliked participating in politics, now an seat has been added to the Imperial Parliament.

Lanfang Autonomous Province is not without people of insight. As early as more than a decade ago, some people proposed to build railways. However, the traditional power is too strong, and the "ancestral tomb" cannot be avoided.

In addition, Lanfang Autonomous Province is an island with developed sea transportation and not much development in inland areas. The demand for railways is not large, so it was put on hold.

This also shows from the side that the ruling class rubbish in Lanfang Autonomous Province, the original time and space these guys are compradors of the Dutch, the morale is naturally not high there.

Franz did not mean to intervene in Lan Fang's internal affairs. He used people's money to eliminate disasters. He was a reputable emperor.

Even in the face of paying tribute to goods every year, Franz is also a supporter of Lanfang's autonomy.

This is not Franz ’s greed for money, mainly because he understands the traditional culture of the East.If this emperor did not accept money, those guys would cry anxiously.

In this bad age, as long as the sky is full of anger and anger, it is considered qualified.

I do n’t know what will be written in the history book in the future. Anyway, now everyone takes what they need, and the cooperation is very happy.

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Seeing that the parties reached an agreement, Franz, as the arbiter, put forward a new requirement: "The railway plan should be like this first, but this is not enough.

The duration of this economic crisis should be relatively long. To get rid of the crisis, the government must create more jobs with as little expenditure as possible."

It is not difficult to reduce expenditures and create jobs, it is not easy to balance both.

The construction plan of the Vienna government is essentially to better develop the economy, and investment projects must also consider profitability.

If the time is postponed to twenty years later, Franz University can upgrade the road and build a highway.

Not now, the car has just been born not long after, people's main vehicle is still a carriage.

Carriage on the cement road?

Think about it very much, the problem is scrap horse!The horseshoe won't last for so long.

Construction of water conservancy projects?

This thing has already been built in the previous economic crisis.Those who haven't started construction yet are of no economic value.

It is not only the completion of these projects, but also the urban upgrading and reconstruction is basically completed, and these issues need not be considered for at least thirty years.

Austria ’s mainland Europe is such a big place, and infrastructure has been built for so many years, there is really nothing to toss about.

Africa's native area is large enough, but unfortunately its population is limited and there is not enough need.Government investment must also consider the economic rate of return, and it is impossible to build blindly.

This is a problem that a country must face after it has developed to a certain extent, but Austria is facing it earlier.

Prime Minister Felix: "The domestic infrastructure is gradually improving, and the days of relying on government investment in infrastructure to boost the economy cannot last forever.

It may be that for a long time in the future, our economic growth will slow down. It is expected that the next period of rapid economic growth should be after the completion of Africa ’s localization strategy.

For long-term development considerations, we must now launch as many projects with long-term and sustainable development as possible."

This is a fact. At present, the major projects in Austria, namely the canal plan and the hydropower station plan, have already been launched, and naturally it is impossible to come again.

After a pause, Prime Minister Felix continued: "In recent years, the internal combustion engine technology has developed rapidly, and it has shown great potential in many fields. It may even replace the steam engine.

If this happens, petroleum will replace coal and become the most important industrial raw material.

The only question is whether oil production can meet the demand. From the current situation, the world's crude oil production is very scarce.

Especially in continental Europe, few large oil fields have been found.Although we own the traditional oil-producing region of Ploiesti, 110,000 tons of crude oil was imported from the Russian Empire last year.

This figure seems inconspicuous, calculated based on the current international oil price, but only a few hundred thousand Aegis.

But only three years ago, we were still a crude oil exporter.In just three years, domestic demand for crude oil has increased by at least 200,000 tons.

According to the estimates of scientists, our demand for oil will double in five years, and will double again in ten years. The crude oil gap in the market will reach millions of tons.

Many scientists in the energy field have issued early warnings of energy crisis to the government.To solve this problem, the government organized oil exploration teams.

In general, the harvest is good. Many oil fields have been found in the local area, but unfortunately the output is not high.

The biggest gain was the discovery of a large oil field in the lower reaches of the two river basins, with reserves exceeding the total of all local oil fields.

After analysis by geologists, it is believed that the two river basins may contain a large amount of oil, and the government sent an exploration team to verify.

Not long ago, oil was discovered at the border between the Ottoman Empire and Persia, confirming this speculation.Since the area is not under our control, for safety reasons, no further exploration was done."

Needless to say the latter, that meaning is very obvious, it is not within the control range, just try to get its own control range.

If the oil ca n’t be moved underground, it can only allow Austria to extend its control. This is the consistent style of the powers.

Frankly speaking, Franz never thought that Austria would run out of oil, and he never cared about this issue.

There are many things about the emperor, and unimportant things are naturally ignored.At present, Austria's sphere of influence has covered half of the world's oil reserves. Isn't it a joke to lack oil?

However, this joke really happened.The oil in Africa has not been discovered, and the oil in the Middle East is only exposed. After realizing the importance of oil, it is inevitable for the Vienna government to plan ahead.

Then the Ottoman Empire is going to be a tragedy. There were blood and vendettas, and now they are guilty of crimes. Who is unlucky?

Franz stopped talking, and it was a matter of time before the Ottoman Empire.The energy crisis just provided an opportunity to shut up the anti-war factions in the government.

Prime Minister Felix did not directly say that he would start a war, but the "sustainability and longevity" project, coupled with the subsequent emphasis on the importance of oil, has already given the answer.

Compared with investing in other projects, launching a war against the Ottoman Empire is indeed the most economically valuable.

The most important thing is that the opportunity is rare. The European continent is caught in a wave of revolution, and all countries are busy fighting fires.

They are too busy to care for, who can care for the Ottoman Empire?

At this time, no one can stop the footsteps of war.Even if there is no opportunity for oil, there will be other reasons.