Holy Roman Empire

St. Petersburg, got a positive response from the Vienna government, but Alexander III was not happy.

"Franz has always seen no rabbits and no eagles. This time, I promised to be so refreshing. I didn't mention the conditions at all. Do you think there is any conspiracy?"

It's no wonder that Alexander III was suspicious of the gods and ghosts. In fact, in recent decades, the Russian empire has suffered a lot of losses, and has caused him a psychological shadow.

Foreign Minister Oscar Jimenez replied: "Your Majesty, you think too much. It seems that the Austrian government has helped us, in fact they are helping themselves.

The British wanted an arms race, which was aimed at the two countries.Now that the three countries of Britain, France, Austria, and France are already in a difficult situation, they can't stop until they win.

With or without the Afghanistan issue, the Austrian government must passively join this arms race.

Supporting us now not only caused trouble to our competitors, but also sold us a favor along the river."

There is no problem, the Vienna government promised to help contain the British. It is true that they now need to do nothing but vocally scream.

The arms race itself is going on. Many warships are already under construction. Ca n’t they stop working?

Even if the British disperse their power because of the Central Asian issue and want to suspend the game, the two countries that have participated in France and Austria cannot agree.

The British, French and Austrian countries have been competing for decades, and no one thinks that they are worse than others. If you say stop, stop it. Where does everyone lose their face?

The enemy of the enemy is a friend. Although this sentence is not completely applicable, there is no obstacle to the joint effort between Russia and Austria in the fight against the British.

After listening to this reasonable explanation, Alexander III's uneasiness in his heart eased slightly, and he immediately got a headache.

"Ah! Even with the support of the Austrian government, our competition with the British in Central Asia is at a disadvantage.

Afghanistan is separated by the Central Asian Khanate. Because of the European War, we have reduced our focus on Afghanistan in recent years.

Afghanistan did not fall to the British because of the hatred left by the last Anglo-Afghan war.

If the British take Huairou measures, the Afghan government may not resist, after all, we can give them too little support."

After hearing the czar's complaint, Oscar Jimenez sighed with relief.It would be great if the Tsar could be sensible, and if he did the hard work regardless of the situation, he would be in trouble.

Now that the Russian Empire really does not have the ability to fight the British in Afghanistan, and seek Austrian support, it still wants to solve the problem by negotiation.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is making diplomatic efforts. If you can gain the support of the French, maintaining stability in Central Asia is not a problem.

What we need now is time, and as long as we drag on for a few more years, the situation will be very different."

It has been some years since the end of the Russian-Russian war, and the Russian empire has regained its vitality. The most critical moment has passed.

The problem now is not wanting to fight, not "can't fight".

Perhaps it is not a rival of the British in Afghanistan, but the few younger brothers supported by Britain can still do it.

Without military action, the most important thing is not enough money in your pocket.Alexander III was a rationalist, and naturally he would not blindly confront the British before he was ready.

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Along with the roar of machinery, flying dust was raised, and a group of indifferent workers started another day of work under the whip of the leather whip.

Suddenly, the guards of large stocks appeared, and after the managers stepped forward for a brief exchange, they sent the workers mercifully and ordered the workers to take a break.

The guards dutifully inspected the construction site, confiscated the "murder weapon" including the shovel, and expelled the laborers to an open space.

There is no doubt that a big man is coming, and any hidden dangers must be investigated.

Including flying dust is also one of the hidden dangers, which may stain the clothes of big men, so they must be allowed to fall first.

Time passed in a hurry, and at noon, the sound of Wan Ma's gallop came to mind. From afar, he could vaguely see the flying dust stirred by the distant cavalry.

Nearly, Allinglen, who was in charge of the scene, was excited.Pointing to the front with a finger, he whispered to the captain of the guard: "Your Majesty, have you come in person?"

Only three words of indifference responded to him: "I don't know!"

I really do n’t know. The exact time of the emperor ’s trip is not what these people should know.

Especially for such inspections, many places are temporarily determined to notify, and it is still an unknown number to go in the end.

Seeing the larger and closer troops, Allingren breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the posture was not the emperor himself, it was also a big man who was driving.

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A blonde man, about fifty years old, pointed to the construction site and said, "Your Majesty, this is the Sharif River Dam under construction.

Once the project is completed, more than 150,000 hectares of land in the downstream can be effectively irrigated and get rid of the predicament of relying on the sky to eat.

At the same time, it can also ensure that the downstream towns and farmland are free from the threat of flooding, and is one of the key projects in the agricultural plan."

Napoleon IV nodded slightly, looked at the river that ran down to the sea, and saw a ragged, barely neat team in the distance.

He frowned and asked, "What's going on, why did the work stop suddenly? Is there a strike movement here?"

Seeing the emperor's ugly face, the old man responsible for the introduction hurriedly explained: "No, how could there be a strike here, they should be on an intermission.

Your majesty, you see these soils are newly excavated. They are still working just now, or they will call the project leader over ... "

Napoleon IV waved his hand and interrupted, "I said, don't engage in these messy formalisms.

The farm plan has something to do with France ’s future. If I come to inspect it and it will be delayed, it will not be beautiful.

The scene is here, and the progress can be seen at a glance. If I don't understand the project, I won't cause confusion to them.

Let them resume the construction immediately, and we proceed to the next place."

After that, Napoleon IV turned directly on the horse and left, leaving the waiting hard, Allingren secretly hurt himself.

The opportunity to get close to the emperor flew away.

After the guards evacuated, Allingren immediately waved his leather whip and walked among the workers, scolding loudly: "You mediocres, get me up to work immediately."

Seemingly to vent his dissatisfaction, Allingren also used the whip to entertain several laborers who responded slowly.

Seeing the boss start to take action, the surrounding supervisors also joined in, and the site resumed the hustle and bustle again for a while.

The inspection of Algeria was completely a surprise for Napoleon IV.

The main reason is that the bureaucrats under their opponents are not at ease, fearing that some people will embezzle the public funds of the project and cause the ranch plan to fail.

Facts have proved that his judgment is correct.The planned progress of the ranch is far below the official report data.

For example, this is the Sharif River dam, and it is obvious that it is just after construction, and the information reported is that the project is nearing its end.

There are many similar cases. In theory, in 1887, state-owned farms were able to deliver 1.2 million tons of wheat and 580,000 tons of corn to the mainland ...

After these agricultural products are delivered, the food shortage in France will be reduced by one third, and the country's foreign exchange expenditure will be greatly reduced.

The reality is that the grain from state-owned farms is in place, and even exceeded. It is said that this year's grain harvest is good.However, the country's foreign exchange expenditure has not decreased much, but has increased slightly.

Needless to say, where is the problem?After smuggling grain back to the country internationally, it entered the grain market under the banner of self-produced state-owned farms.

Because of the barriers to tariffs, the officials who get in and out of it in this way will earn a lot of money, which is far greater than the income from honestly operating the farm.

In the interest trend, similar things are constantly increasing.Almost all projects linked to the farm have shown amazing speed.

The most powerful is a farm named Thales. From the establishment of the project to the harvest of grain, within half a year, it opened up 50,000 hectares of land and also achieved a bumper harvest of 1,000 kilograms per mu.

Greed is the devil. In order to obtain greater benefits, the bureaucrats who handle it are not even professional in data fraud.

Probably they think that as long as the money is in place, the people above will pretend to be stupid with them.

Needless to say, this kind of loopholes are full, and the government's high-level government is regarded as a fool's project report, and it is naturally caught by the French government.

Napoleon IV has always hated such things as digging the foundation of the country.

The main purpose of spending huge sums of money to build a state-owned farm is to achieve food self-sufficiency and reduce foreign exchange outflows to balance the trade deficit.

Now it has become a machine for bureaucrats to make money, and in a rage Napoleon IV committed suicide to Algeria.

No matter how fake it is, so many projects cannot be achieved overnight.

Then, like the Sharif River Dam, a project that falsely reported progress, one by one overturned in front of Napoleon IV.

As one lie after another was pierced, the mentality of Napoleon IV was about to collapse.

Can hold back, did not take down these bureaucrats on the spot, even if there is self-cultivation, don't think about your good face

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