Chapter 1027: Crisis Lurks in Every Direction

  Chapter 1007: Ambush of Crisis

One wave is yet to subside, and another wave is yet to rise. At the same time that Japan was plunged into the “Yonexao Movement”, the situation in Europe also rapidly deteriorated, and the voice of revolution once again resounded through the continent.

Unlike the previous revolutions, this time, France was no longer in the lead. Perhaps because the shadow left by the former revolutionary government was too horrible, the people of Paris have recently behaved quite peacefully.

Likewise it was not the Belgian and Italian states that Franz was most concerned about, even though these countries had the most serious crisis, but they couldn’t help having the French pulling the strings!

From the government to the people, they all blamed the French invasion for the outbreak of the economic crisis in the country, and now was the time when the country was most united.

Together with the Vienna government to provide timely assistance to them, relying on the government issued relief food, the general public can barely be able to eat a half-full, but the social order has stabilized.

Spain, caught up in the Philippine War and unable to extricate itself, certainly could not escape. However, they are not the origin of the crisis, the first to fire the first shot of the revolution is no one expected Bulgaria.

A fire in the city gates is a calamity for the fish in the moat.

Bulgaria is the fish in the pond. As a raw material for high-grade cosmetics, the limited capacity of rose essential oil in the international market has always been in short supply, and as the king of rose essential oil, Bulgarian rose essential oil is the object of everyone’s pursuit.

It is the time of the rose blossom again, in the past years at this time the factory’s capacity has long been booked up, just hate the limited capacity.

This year’s situation is special, affected by the economic crisis, rose oil in the international market volume and price have fallen. When it comes to the season of purchasing rose oil, there are only a few foreigners arriving in Bulgaria.

Even the limited orders, the purchase price has been pressed very low, less than one-fifth of previous years.

Processing enterprises are having a hard time, and the whole industry chain is not going to have a good time. Farmers who grow roses for a living, workers engaged in picking and processing, are in a difficult situation.

The suffering of the people was invisible to the officials of the tsarist government. Not only did they not provide relief, but they also collected taxes that could not be reduced.

No money is no money, and no matter how much money is squeezed out of it, it is still no money. The peasants and workers of Bulgaria, who were driven to desperation, launched a campaign against taxes.

Under the rule of the Tsarist government, the people of Bulgaria were not having a good time, and the anti-tax movement soon gained the support of all social classes.

On June 26, 1894, hundreds of thousands of Bulgarians simultaneously staged a demonstration to petition the Tsarist government for tax relief and the granting of national autonomy to Bulgaria.

Unfortunately, the Bulgarian people ran into a governor who wanted to cover his tracks. For the sake of his own official hat, Aristotle Vichy persuaded the people to leave on the grounds that it would take time to submit a resolution to the Tsarist government.

Immediately after the people’s retreat, Governor Aristotlevich flipped out and sent his men overnight to arrest the leaders who had organized the petition march.

Needless to say, the deceived Bulgarian people were completely enraged, and the spark of revolution was ignited.

Revolution is contagious. The Bulgarian people started a national uprising, which directly stimulated the Poles, who also wanted to get rid of the Russian rule.

On July 11, 1894, the Polish Independence Organization launched an uprising in the Warsaw area. Caught off guard, Warsaw fell before the Russian army could resist.

Once the valve was opened, it was difficult to close it again.

On July 16, 1894, the Portuguese Republicans launched an uprising in Porto; on July 21, the Greater Hellenic National Union revolted in the Peloponnese; on August 2, a workers’ uprising broke out in Bilbao, Spain; and on August 13, the Irish people launched a national independence movement in Cavan. ……

Within a short period of two months, more than twenty revolts, large and small, broke out on the European continent, affecting seven countries, namely, Russia, Spain, Britain, Portugal, Greece, France, and Godroe.

That’s right, the Holy Roman Empire did not escape the impact of the revolutionary wave. There is no way, the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and it is normal that some strange things happen in many countries.

At the end of July, a bourgeois revolutionary movement broke out in the Duchy of Nassau, a country that can hardly be found on the map. Then, it was suppressed on the same day by Duke Adolf of Nassau with his guards.

As long as the end result was good, what exactly happened in between, Franz didn’t care and didn’t want to know.

Opening the map of Europe and planting small flags in the areas where revolutions had broken out, it was as if the flames of the revolution had already flourished in the continent, with the momentum of a prairie fire.

Of course, these were all illusions. Although revolutions broke out many times and spread over a wide area, not many of them really became a climate.

In fact, from the beginning of the 19th century, revolution was not a new word. Almost every year, revolutions appeared on the European continent, only that very few of them really made a stir.

Compared to the Revolution of 1848, the impact of this wave of revolutions was significantly weaker. Ultimately, it was still not pushed to the brink, and the population had an option – to go to the colonies.

Don’t think that politicians are fools, there are no stupid people who can beat out many competitors to come out on top, and choosing to be stupid will only be just because the interests require it. People are usually smarter when it comes to defending their rule.

Every economic crisis is the culmination of European emigration abroad, and it’s not just by private initiative – how could thousands of emigrants have left so easily without the cooperation of governments?

Despite the floodgates, Franz still dared not take it lightly. The Holy Roman Empire has so many lords in the country constantly pulling people, even the social unemployment rate can be they dry to the lowest point in history, naturally do not need to worry too much.

The real worry of Franz is still a lot of small brothers, seemingly stable situation in Belgium, Italy, seven states, who knows how long they can support the morale of the people?

Even though there are French people pulling the hate and diverting the public attention, but there is a limit to the endurance of the public. I am afraid that a mere half-full meal will not be enough to satisfy everyone’s needs.

Not to mention Spain. Don’t look at the Bilbao Uprising being extinguished, but the social conflicts in Spain remained unresolved.

While others relied on war to divert domestic crises, Spain exacerbated its crises because of war. There was no other reason for the delay in achieving victory, and the people were already waiting impatiently.

“Japan is strong” is an explanation that would probably make a European laugh. In everyone’s impression, the world’s strongest countries are in Europe, and overseas are all weaklings.

In the original time and space, there were Italians who kept setting new records, and everyone was much more tolerant, and even though the Spanish-American War was a failure, the Spanish public survived.

Now it’s different, without the Italians contracting for laughs, the Spanish army is now the object of ridicule for its performance.

The Philippine campaign broke out almost two years ago, the Spanish government has invested more than 100,000 Spanish Army + more than 100,000 mercenaries, spending hundreds of millions of Guilders in military spending, but can not get a decent war performance, disgrace are disgraced to the maternal grandmother’s home.

In addition to these hard-hit areas that may crash, there are also some light areas affected by the wave of revolution, such as: Greece, Switzerland, also need to focus on.

If the little brother just has a hidden danger of revolution, then as the cradle of the revolution, France, that is a bomb to ignite the firebrand.

As the big boss in the continental war, and through a civil war, the loss of France simply cannot be counted. It was not easy to wait for the Bourbon Dynasty to come to power, the situation was stabilized, and immediately encountered an economic crisis.

From the world’s top powers fell to the third-rate countries, this kind of heart drop, I guess normal people can not stand. Now even the stomach is not full, the people’s grievances are even greater.

After several rounds of dynasty change, no matter how to guide people’s emotions, the Bourbon Dynasty had to bear the aftermath.

In a sense, the Philippine War also saved France. Behind the more than 100,000 mercenaries were more than 100,000 families, millions of people had their livelihoods secured because of this war.

In this respect, the Philippine War was also positive. Theoretically, if the number of mercenaries was tripled, the difficulties faced by France would be solved.

After all, the current France was no longer the previous French Empire. After a wave of pandemonium, the total population of France had dropped to less than thirty million.

If there were more than 400,000 mercenaries, the monthly income from their salaries alone would be more than six million divine guilders, and it would be even greater if they added in the gains from the battlefield.

The return of so much foreign exchange would not only solve the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of families, but also stimulate the domestic economy and increase a large number of jobs.

However, this is impossible. Even if the Japanese head iron to die to the end, with the Spanish government’s family money can not afford to raise so many mercenaries.

Modern warfare, salary overhead is only a small part. Even if the weapons and ammunition were picked up second-hand from the victory in the war against France, other logistical supplies would cost a fortune.

In fact, the Spanish government was able to hold out until now because the mercenaries were cheap enough.

Not cheap in terms of pay, but mainly cheap in terms of pensions. Out of humanitarian concern, just give a little bit of symbolism, do not give also no big problem, do not have to worry about family protests.

The combat effectiveness is not bad, cheap and good, do not need to worry about family protests, the cost-effective. Franz once wanted to sell French mercenaries to the major colonial empires as a way to help the French government survive the crisis.

Thinking about it, but still can not have concrete action. The reason is very realistic, this is the capitalization of the enemy. With cheap and useful mercenaries, the maintenance cost of the colonies will be reduced, and the advantage of the Holy Roman Empire will be weakened.

Of course, the most important thing was that French mercenaries were unpopular. Despite the fact that France fell from grace after the defeat, the European countries’ fear of them still existed.

If French mercenaries were hired to maintain the stability of the colonies, it would be a case of inviting the wolf into the house once France re-emerged. Including Spain that is using French mercenaries is no exception, people are only hired temporarily, after the war will send people back.

If they were replaced by Swiss mercenaries, everyone’s acceptance would probably be much higher. At least there’s no need to worry about the Swiss turning against them.

Solve the internal hidden trouble of France’s number one program bankruptcy, Franz can only passively activate the number two program, namely: funding the Bourbon dynasty, the use of the power of the aristocratic group to stabilize the situation.

Fortunately, the people of Paris did not participate in the uproar this time, and King Carlos’s political skill was not bad, and barely stabilized the situation. But overall, it is still not optimistic.

Now the situation is that the economic crisis is not over, the situation of the European continent can not be stabilized.

The only thing to be grateful for is the wave of revolution will be Britain and Russia also pulled down the water, we have reached the edge of the cliff, no one dares to blindly fold at this time.

(End of chapter)