Chapter 1057: Rotten Mess

  Chapter 1037 – Rotten Mess

Money is hard to get, and a middleman is hard to find. If you want this middleman, you must first have three basic elements: one, you must have a good relationship with the Russians; two, you must have a certain amount of financial power; three, you must not be influenced by Russia and Austria.

Without a good relationship, the flim-flam work does not unfold well. Only if the relationship is good enough can the story go on.

There is no love or hate in this world without a reason, even if the sky really falls pie, before eating it in the stomach, it is also necessary to verify whether it carries poison.

This requires a good story, one that makes the tsarist government think that the intermediary is for self-interest, only to help aid in the construction of the Siberian Railway.

A story alone is certainly not enough, but a certain amount of capital must be available. This capital didn’t need to be much, just to advance part of the cost of the Siberian Railroad.

Or follow the example of the Vienna government to aid the construction of the Central Asian Railway, to find a railroad company to build the Siberian Railway, allowing the Russians to default on the costs of exploration and design management and machinery and equipment leasing.

There is no shortage of artificial woolly bears, and raw materials can be solved for the most part. With the exception of rails, which may need to be imported, everything else can be supplied by the Russians themselves.

In fact, the most expensive railroad construction is labor and raw materials. Solved these two big head, the cost removed 70% or 80%.

No taxes, no fees, this strategic level of railroads, someone to build the tsarist government must be all the way to the green light, even the bureaucrats do not dare to reach out.

Do not blow not black, the original time and space can be less than two billion rubles cost, repair through the main line of the Siberian Railway, the bureaucrats responsible for the construction of the railroad is absolutely sold out.

Perhaps corruption still exists, but relative cleanliness was achieved. If the Russian bureaucrats had played at their normal level, it would have been impossible to complete the line without increasing the figure three or five times.

There was no way around it, the conditions in Siberia were so harsh that construction was really difficult. With limited technical conditions, the construction costs simply could not be low.

Therefore, financial resources are also essential, the so-called “not much”, that is only for the United Kingdom, such as the landlord.

As a matter of fact, there are not many countries in the world that can raise tens of millions of pounds, even in installments.

Although Britain is behind the money, but have the financial strength, is also an essential condition.

If a poor country suddenly came up with such a huge sum of money, it would certainly arouse the suspicion of the Russians.

If the Tsar’s government knew that the funds came from the London government, it was estimated that the plan would be mostly cold before it even started.

In addition to the above two, the most important thing is still bold. These days, the country that dares to participate in the dispute between Shenla and Britain is definitely considered a bold master.

European continent don’t need to count on, and the tsarist government good relations only Denmark. The problem is that the Nordic federation is in charge of Sweden, and Sweden and the Russians are feuds.

In addition to bad relations, more importantly, not in the Russian and Austrian sphere of influence, to ensure their own safety.

There is no way, the Nordic Confederation in the eyes of the Russians and Austrians, once the plan is exposed waiting for their fate can be imagined.

Ultra-high risk, inherently decided to participate in this plan of the country, must have a certain ability to protect themselves. Even if the plan is exposed, it will not bring about their own destruction.

If you can’t guarantee your own safety, no matter how much benefit Britannia promises, people are unlikely to participate.

If you open the map, you will know that there are only two countries left that are not in Russia and Austria’s sphere of influence, and have a certain amount of financial and military power, and are not afraid of being retaliated against afterward.

Considering the good diplomatic relations with the Russians, only the United States of America fulfills the conditions.

As for the other candidate, because of the Czar’s support for the North during the Civil War, relations between the independent Confederate States and the Russians were naturally no better.

The United States of America fulfilled all the innate conditions, but the acquired conditions were still lacking, and the biggest problem was: not enough guts.

The original time and space of the Americans, these days, are goose-stepping, obviously in the attention of Cuba, but deterred by the strength of Spain do not dare to move.

Only in the dark constantly engaged in small actions, test the reaction of the Spaniards. Of course, the Spanish government has lived up to its name and exposed its own weakness.

In the end, the U.S. government still lingered until 1898, before “risking” the planning of the Spanish-American War. It was only after the defeat of Spain that the Americans gradually lost their fear of the European powers.

Now, not to mention, after suffering the social beatings of the Americans, it must be only more cowardly ah!

Even the decline of Spain do not dare to move, let them to count the Russian-Austrian alliance, is really too difficult for people.

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The British were still worried about how to talk to the United States when the Sino-Japanese War also came to an end. The Japanese government, which was on a high, never dreamed that they were about to be betrayed.

Of course, they were not betrayed. They were originally pawns, and before they jumped out of the chessboard, they were naturally subject to the remote control of the chess player.

It is not easy to take advantage of the Great Powers, Britain has paid so much on the Japanese, always need to return.

Lost in the joy of victory, unable to extricate themselves from the Japanese government, naturally can not think of so much.

Does not need so long, immediately the Japanese government is going to laugh out loud. The intervention of the international community has already set off, wanting to eat …… (Brainstorm)
One wave has not yet subsided, but another wave has arisen.

Cuba is still fighting fiercely, the Philippines is still drilling ravines, the war in the Far East has not stopped, and Europe is in chaos again.

The continental economic revitalization strategy has taken care of everyone but France.

Although Spain recruited a group of French mercenaries to alleviate the crisis in France to a certain extent, it was still a drop in the bucket for a country.

Theory is always just theory, and reality is cruel. Franz expected “a mercenary to support a family”, now seems more like a beautiful fairy tale.

Not everyone has a strong sense of responsibility. Apart from the initial settlement money, which was left behind, most of the mercenaries did not send money home as soon as they were paid.

It had to be recognized that they had a strong ability to adapt and quickly adapted to the life of a mercenary. After receiving their paychecks, all of them lived the life of “drinking today and getting drunk today”.

Less than half of them were willing to send money home, and most of those who were willing to send money only sent a small portion of their income, and those who were able to account for 1/3 of their income could be called “family men”.

In this context, Franz’s high hopes for mercenaries to earn money to support their families, naturally ended in bankruptcy.

People have to eat, and the French economy had already collapsed during the war. While the European economic crisis entered its end, the French economic crisis was still far away.

The trauma of the war was too great, and the refugees expelled from various countries made the country even more miserable.

Although the French government has tried to resettle the refugees, develop the economy and create jobs as much as possible, but with the huge war reparations weighing on their shoulders, the resources they can use are really limited.

The fact that the Vienna government did not collect the reparations does not mean that other countries did not send people to collect the reparations. At least the Russian troops stationed outside Paris completed the task of collecting the reparations in the first place.

That’s right, the Parisian government couldn’t afford to pay the reparations, so the Russians took matters into their own hands. The Russian army was mobilized, and the collection of war reparations had to go smoothly!
There were no standards at all, the collection was based on personal preference, and it was necessary to collect three or five pounds more than was necessary. Participate in the tax activities of the Russian army officers and soldiers, one by one, all earn a lot of money.

Only by them so tossed, the French people suffered. King Carlos, who could not bear the humiliation, directly led the government to play a strike in protest.

Angry French people, have taken up arms against the atrocities of the Russian army, including part of the government troops also participated in the attack on the Russian army.

Just as Franz took a nap, France once again became a wolfish mess. Looking at the mess in front of him, Franz suddenly regretted leaving Russian troops stationed in Paris.

Yes, it is true that the Russian army is a good hand at suppressing revolutions. The problem is that their ability to get into trouble is even better.

Want to get war reparations from France no problem, but always have to leave a breath for others!
Sending troops out to collect taxes, Franz was very skeptical of what kind of commander could give such a brain-dead order.

But anyone with a bit of self-awareness would know exactly what kind of Russian troops were. Normally stationed in barracks, they made the place miserable.

Instead of being put out to collect taxes, they were put out to rob. In wartime this play is just, now the war has long been over, still play like this French people do not break out only strange.

Tossing and tossing, as long as they make trouble, they can clean up the mess, Franz also has no problem.

Obviously, things have come to him as the emperor, must be stationed in France, the allied forces can not be recruited.

Otherwise, who has enough to eat, nothing to find trouble for their own leaders ah? You know that this kind of unintelligent behavior, but very affect the “career”.

It is always easy to create problems, but difficult to solve them. As the leader of the allied forces, the ass determines the position, it is self-evident which side to stand on.

Years of Emperor’s career had taught Franz not to look at the surface of things, but to analyze the inner workings of things.

On the surface, the Russians were responsible for the trouble, so naturally the Russians in Paris were to blame. However, were the French not responsible?

Now you know to complain, what did you do earlier?
If the Carlos government had protested to the Allied headquarters at the first sign of trouble, I am afraid that someone would have interfered with the actions of the Russians.

Even if it hadn’t occurred to them at the time, it would have been possible to inform the Allied headquarters as soon as the problem broke out, wouldn’t it?
There were so many opportunities to stop the Russians from taxing, and the French government missed them all perfectly. It was only when things got serious that a government strike was called in protest.

Such obvious behavior is clearly a deliberate indulgence. It’s waiting for things to get out of hand so that it can capitalize on the sympathy of caring people within the coalition.

Franz recognized that the French plan had succeeded, and having tossed up such a big mess, the Allies did need to give the French an explanation.

Only this account, it was uncertain if it was what they wanted. Having gained insight into the French objectives, Franz’s scorn for the Carlos government was taken up another level.

Against this background, dealing with the current mess in France would have to be carefully considered.

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(End of chapter)