Chapter 609: The Emperor’s Recipes

  Chapter 596 – The Emperor’s Recipe

Gerston was not overwhelmed by the good news in front of him, the sole possession of the interests of the Ottoman Empire is certainly very good, but to support the Ottoman Empire to hold Austria, it is not the Britannia family can do.

Now the Ottoman Empire is in decline, the Vienna government can look on coldly, let them do. Once the Ottoman Empire has risen signs, the situation immediately back to change.

If one day the Vienna government whim, to pull out the back of this nail, the British is actually also too far away.

The London government could not possibly go to war with Austria for the sake of the Ottomans; no matter what the outcome, it would only be cheaper for the French.

So pulling the French down is the best choice, do not ask the Ottoman Empire can play a big role, as long as they exist, can make Austria can not enter the European continental hegemony with full force.

In the case of not being able to go all out, Austria naturally has no way to break through the obstacles to the unification of the German region, and even for their own strategic security, the Austrians must also drag the French back.

France and Austria pull each other’s leg, the British can play the balance between the two, to achieve their own strategic purposes.

McLean shook his head: ”Prime Minister, I’m afraid this is a bit troublesome. The French financial community does not look favorably on the Ottoman Empire, and after the Second Near East War, French banks have not issued a single loan to the Ottoman government.

When Napoleon III was on the throne, the relationship with the financial community was terrible, and it still hasn’t eased. Even if the Paris government was willing to support the Ottoman Empire, they wouldn’t be able to come up with much money.”

Don’t look at the French financial sector as a supporter of Napoleon III and think that there is no contradiction between the two sides, in fact, from the time Napoleon III encouraged the development of the real economy and the establishment of state-owned banks, the two sides have already gone their separate ways.

In the original time and space Napoleon III was ousted by the financial capitalists, and now without the great defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, the financial capitalists naturally do not have the strength to jump back.

However, the financial sector and the Paris government relationship deterioration is also an indisputable fact, after Napoleon IV succeeded the throne, the Paris government, although quarrelsome, but in the economy is still a continuation of the policy of the era of Napoleon III.

For example: heavy taxes on the financial sector, to limit the maximum interest rate on loans by law, to combat financial speculation and so on.

For the development of the country, these practices are undoubtedly correct. But for the financial capital, it blocks their way.

Of course, in these times of economic boom in France, the financial capitalists still take the biggest cake, but one is never satisfied, especially the capitalists.

The emperor thought that the financial capital could make money by lying down and got enough benefits to be able to afford what they paid, however, the financial capitalists did not think so.

The big picture and long-term development had nothing to do with them, the capitalists only wanted to take away more benefits. What does the good or bad development of the country have to do with them?

Conflicts between the two sides thus arose, and the relationship became complicated.

On the one hand, the capitalists recognized Napoleon III’s contribution to the development of the economy; on the other hand, they resented the fact that Napoleon III had set up restrictive conditions that prevented everyone from making money.

The most direct effect of the deterioration of the relationship between the two sides was that the financing ability of the Paris government became weaker, and when it wanted to mobilize large sums of money, it had to obtain the approval of the capitalists first.

If both sides have the same position and both believe that they can make money, then everything is negotiable. On the contrary, the financial sector will not cooperate.

Now the French financial community considers lending to the Ottoman government as a high-risk business, and against this background unless the Paris government personally guarantees it, the capitalists simply won’t buy it.

Of course, secret exchanges of interest are also possible. A lot of international loans, from the beginning we all know that put out can not be recovered, but still put out, that is the result of the exchange of interests behind the scenes.

For capitalists, even if the loan becomes a bad debt, the loss can still be transferred out. For example: get a vest company to undertake business, and then sold to the public in the form of bonds.

Every year, more than three digits of banks and securities firms go bankrupt around the world, and a large part of that is intentional on the part of the capitalists. The executives and owners make money anyway, and it’s only the average investor who ends up losing money.

Gerston frowned, “Then let the French participate in the Ottoman Empire’s currency issuance, and we can make some concessions on everything except the tariffs we have to get.”

Capitalists were the most difficult creatures to deal with, and the easiest to deal with. As long as the interests are in place, all problems are not problems.

Prime Minister Gerston’s initial promise to let the French train the Ottoman army was actually equivalent to ceding the arms market of the Ottoman Empire.

It is true that the “arms trade” is profitable, but the Ottoman arms market is different, the biggest problem is that the Ottoman government has no money.

The biggest problem was that the Ottoman government had no money. If the government had no money, it could not renew its armaments, so this seemingly lucrative market was actually a cake.

In contrast, tariffs and the issuance of currency were the real benefits.

Controlling a country’s tariff is the same as controlling a country’s market; controlling a country’s currency issuance is the same as controlling a country’s economic lifeline.

There is no better way to buy off financial capitalists than to involve them in currency issuance.

As it happens, the British have the ability to eat this part of the interests, but there is no way to keep this part of the interests, take out and share with the French is also a practical need.

……

Vienna Palace, having just finished an exceptional trip, Franz felt nothing but physical and mental exhaustion.

Originally, he thought that in his previous life he was a “nerd” because he didn’t have any money, but now he realizes that it’s not just a matter of being “poor”, but that he is essentially a “nerd”.

Now he realized that it was not just a matter of being “poor”, but essentially he was a “nerd”. Returning to his lair, he was instantly relieved. To celebrate his return, the fish in the artificial lake suffered again.

As a pragmatist, Franz never raised ornamental fish and the like, and all the fish raised in the artificial lake were edible fish.

This aspect and the Austrian cultural tradition is almost contrary to the vast majority of Austrians do not like to eat seafood, especially fish, shrimp, crabs and so on, in the festive season absolutely can not be on the table.

The reason is very strange, don’t like crabs, because crabs walk horizontally, against the God-given laws of nature; don’t like shrimp, because shrimp walk backwards, symbolizing the moral is not good.

Because you don’t like it, you don’t love it.

Of course, the vast majority of the populace in this day and age are not yet qualified to be picky eaters. It doesn’t matter if you like it or not, the point is that fish, shrimp and crab are relatively cheaper meat products.

In addition to festivals, fish is still the main meat on the table of civilians in ordinary times. Taking the prices in Vienna as an example, the price of 1 pound of beef = 1.4 pounds of lamb = 2.3 pounds of pork = 3 pounds of goose = 4 pounds of fish.

Prices vary from place to place, coastal and riverine areas where fish is relatively cheap, grassland areas where beef and mutton are relatively cheap, but on the whole it is still the most expensive beef, fish and poultry meat is the cheapest.

The perception of the outside world does not affect Franz recipes in any way, but rather the Emperor’s recipes affect the Austrian eating habits.

Upward mobility is rare in any society.

Franz never cared whether the ingredients were expensive, or cheap, as long as they tasted good.

Under Franz’s butterfly effect, many cuisines from all over the world were introduced in advance and took root here, enriching the table of the Austrian people.

Looking at the constantly swaying buoy in the water, Franz quickly turned the pulley and tightened the fishing line.

The movement in the water grew louder and louder, and the hooked fish were crossing out of the water, and Franz’s elation was unmistakable.

Into the eyes of a small fish of about seven or eight centimeters, the species of God’s Franz does not care, he was wondering how to eat such a small fish?

Fried, steamed, braised, unfortunately, even if it is used to make soup are too small. There is no way, this is Franz a morning’s results.

The sea mouth has crossed out, said that today at noon to take the fish he caught for cooking, but the result is no fish on the hook, which makes Franz very difficult.

To know that this artificial lake is not small, the fish in the lake has been living for many years, except Franz, the emperor came to scourge once in a while, usually no one will hit their attention.

From where Franz was standing now, he could see fish swimming in the clear lake water, and they were not small in size, yet no fish took the bait.

After much hesitation, Franz decided to release this hard-earned achievement. This body, probably less than one or two, Franz really do not want to be difficult for the chef.

As for the problem of lunch, no matter, now change the rules, since not hooked then use the net, in short, the fish is a must.

(End of chapter)