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The internal problems of the Anti-Turkish Alliance were resolved, and the last link is now left to find a king for the newly independent Armenians.

The Kingdom of Armenia has perished for thousands of years, the former royal family has long disappeared in the long history, and the legal heirs simply do not exist.

The sandwich biscuits between Russia and Austria are destined not to be too comfortable in the future of this new country.

Russia-Austria relations have always been friendly. Once relations between the two countries deteriorate, Armenia will be forced to stand in line.

Franz had no interest in such a hard position.The renunciation of the Habsburg dynasty does not mean that other royal families also gave up.

The most important thing in Europe is the decline of the royal family, not to mention the core members. The prominent identity can still enter and leave the upper class. With these resources, it can be a rich man for the most part.

The sidelines are miserable, and the fallen royal family has no extra resources to provide them, and they must make their own living.

If you are lucky, you can still live under a short title; if you are unlucky, you will become a civilian.

These people who have nothing will not give up any chance. The success of Napoleon III has inspired everyone to work hard.

Hot potato?

What's so scary about being a king when one day is king.As long as it is recognized by European society, it is a class transition, and it is still one of the kind.

Since the Habsburg dynasty announced its abandonment, the sequelae of many relatives have been exposed, the Vienna Palace has become particularly lively, and there are countless people who come to climb relationships.

Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "Your Majesty, the Russians want to support Vladimir Aleksandrovich to become the King of Armenia.

The tsarist government has begun lobbying the high-level Armenians, and they have imposed conditions that the Armenians cannot refuse.As long as we do not object, the results of the subsequent elections are doomed."

Franz smiled slightly: "Oh, the Russians are willing to give up Batumi?"

(Remarks: Batumi, now a port city in southern Georgia)

The Kingdom of Armenia exists as a buffer between Russia and Austria, and its territory and original time and space have also changed. The current territory is like a banana.

East to Persia and West to the Black Sea.The territory is about 30,000 square kilometers, and the capital is Yerevan.

If this is the case, the Armenians should have made a lot of money.It is a pity that the Russians did not let go of the estuary, and the newly established Kingdom of Armenia was still a landlocked country.

The small city of Batumi in the Caucasus is the closest estuary to Armenia, and it is also the area most wanted by Armenians.

Weissenberg shook his head: "No, the Tsarist government was still reluctant to give up, but Alexander III turned Batumi into the territory of Archduke Vladimir Alexandrovich.

If the Armenians accept the transformation of this king, their import and export trade will not be subject to any restrictions, otherwise they will ... "

This is normal operation. With such a good bargaining chip, how could the Russians easily give up?

Perhaps Armenians can borrow from Austria, but even if they go to the nearest port of Hopa, they need to walk hundreds of miles.

From the perspective of future generations, the issue of being a few hours away is naturally nothing.But in this era, it means that two days of transportation time is added.

It doesn't matter if it's once or twice.From the beginning, the Russians dug the pit.

Having figured out the ins and outs, Franz replied indifferently: "Since the Russians are so well prepared, then they will be all right."

The value of Armenia is not high, and it is not worth spending too much energy on Austria.The special terrain of the Caucasus region has been decided in nature-this cannot be the main battlefield of the Russian-Austrian war.

It is not impossible to win over the Armenians, mainly because the pay is not directly proportional to the benefits, it is better to give them to the Russians and entice the Russians to go to Persia.

Prime Minister Felix reminded: "Your Majesty, the Russians may not really want to control the Kingdom of Armenia.

Although we have determined the territory of the Kingdom of Armenia, the migration of people requires not only time but also a lot of money.

From the relocation to the subsequent reconstruction, there is no tens of millions of Aegis, this Armenian kingdom can not be established at all.

Although the tsarist government has just concluded a deal with us, most of the funds have been used to offset the debt. Only 20 million Aegis can be obtained by the tsarist government.

For the sake of an Armenian kingdom, half of the proceeds are thrown away, I am afraid that the Russians have not been so generous."

There is no problem. The Kingdom of Armenia only exists in theory. The interim government is still on the way to the capital. In fact, the country still has nothing.

Immigrants are easy to relocate and difficult to resettle.Even if all go to farming, the first year of rations, seeds, basic tools, houses for daily living, these must always be there?

The war lasted for more than a year, without income for such a long time, the family of Armenians had long been exhausted in the war.

In the middle and late period, the Armenian Uprising can support it, relying on Austria to airdrop supplies to them, otherwise they will be cold.

If the Russians want to take this younger brother, they have to pay for help to build the Kingdom of Armenia.

It is a pity that not only the Tsarist government has no money, but Russian financial institutions have no money now.

This involved the Russian-Russian war and the reform of Alexander II. The old financial institutions stood in the wrong team and were erased. The new financial institutions were still in the stage of primitive capital accumulation and had no extra funds for international loans.

As the so-called "soft man", the tsarist government that lives on Austrian loans has to be influenced by the Vienna government, not to mention the small Armenia?

Once the loan from Austria is accepted, the Kingdom of Armenia can only be confused with the government of Vienna, or the financial collapse will happen in minutes.

Franz shook his head: "It's not certain. The funds needed by the Kingdom of Armenia are not going to be spent soon.

The Russians can fully invest in batches, and first give emergency relief to 1.8 million Aegis, and the rest should be paid for three or 400 thousand Aegis per month.

After this debt reduction, the Tsarist Government can reduce the debt expenditure of 950,000 Aegis per month, and the monthly crowding of 300,000 or 400,000 Aegis comes out.

It is better for us to encourage the Russians to do it. It is really possible to introduce capital without the British and French capital."

Not only was the Tsarist government's moneybags shrivelled, but even the Vienna government's moneybags were not wealthy now. Franz really didn't want to take this kind of loan with uncertain returns.

The war is to devour gold beasts. For this war, the Austrian government has successively spent nearly 260 million Aegis military expenses. This is still based on the joint dispatch of troops.

Otherwise, hundreds of thousands of more military expenses and tens of thousands of casualties will be paid. Without 400 million Aegis is absolutely not enough.

In order to fully rely on the Ottoman Empire, the Vienna government also paid a price. The resettlement costs and compensation for allies were all converted into cash. It was almost 300 million Aegis.

This is not over yet. The real money spent is post-war reconstruction.

Because of the migration of people, Asia Minor Peninsula will be uninhabited for thousands of years in the future.

When immigrants from Austria were in place, grass and warfare would have flown, cities would become ruins, roads would become jungles, and farmland would have changed ...

According to the plan of the Vienna government, within the next ten years, the government will invest 1.2 billion Aegis to rebuild the Asia Minor Peninsula.

Even if it is average, it is 120 million Aegis per year.

With so much money being spent in the short term, the Vienna government's money bag naturally dried up.

If the domestic financial market in Austria had grown up and had sufficient financing capacity, Franz could not laugh now.

Of course, compared to other countries, the Vienna government's finances are still loose.

Austria has enough gold production, and as long as the domestic economy continues to grow, it can print money.

Sufficient gold reserves + huge economic volume, Aegis is already the world currency, and the annual mint tax revenue of the Vienna government is an astronomical figure.

Let's put it this way, Austria's annual mint tax revenue is already approaching the Russians' fiscal revenue.

Simply calculating the economic volume, the Russian Empire is one-third of Austria's own land, but the gap in funds that the two governments can mobilize is already several times.

The advantages of the industrialized country over the agricultural country are most vividly reflected here, and only Britain can compete with Austria in the world.

The large amount of money that can be mobilized does not mean that one can squander at will.British people with a small territory may be able to, but Austria is not.

To develop newly acquired territories, it is necessary to squeeze a lot of money.Just one billion Aegis invested by the government, wanting to develop millions of square kilometers of land, is totally dreaming.

Government investment is only an introduction, and the development of the Near East requires more private capital.

Of course, the first step is to emigrate.Otherwise, if the railway is repaired and there are no people along the way, there is no need to open the train at all, which is embarrassing.

There are places for domestic capital to go, and such chicken ribs like Armenia will naturally be thrown out.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Foreign Minister Weisenberg replied

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