Agriculture accounts for too much of the economy, with tens of millions of people employed in the entire industrial chain, and if it does not withstand the shock, the Austrian economy will be hit hard.

Despite the colonial flooding, the homeland was still the core. It is far from the time to transfer the primary sector, and the bonus period for Austrian agriculture will not end until the birth of chemical fertilizers.

Forced by practical needs, Franz could only promote the development of aquaculture in advance and artificially increase food consumption.

The reason why it is said to be ahead of schedule is that the income level of the people has not yet increased, and the demand for meat in the market is small.

According to the original plan, Franz was going to put the aquaculture industry after 1875, which was determined according to the economic development of the European countries.

Those who study the economy are accustomed to put 1870~1890 in a cycle, mainly because of the outbreak of the second industrial revolution, during which the economies of Europe and the United States are growing rapidly, and the people's incomes have also increased greatly.

The increase in income is accompanied by an increase in the level of consumption, and according to the analysis of economic experts, the golden age for the promotion of animal husbandry will be in five years.

Due to the restrictions of the times, there is no need to worry about the impact of beef and mutton in Argentina, Canada, and Australia in this era, at least in the fresh meat market.

The freezing technology is not up to par, and if you want to send fresh meat to Europe, you have to send it alive.

It is not an easy task to transport live cattle and sheep from thousands of miles away to the European continent, and the slightest accident at sea will cause heavy losses.

Amortize these transportation costs, even if they are shipped to the European continent, this price is not cheap. At most, they sell beef jerky, or cured meat.

In the short term, there are no these strong competitors, and it is another period of agricultural product dividends. However, this bonus period must be generated at a time when the market demand is strong.

Now start to develop the aquaculture industry in advance, and it is still difficult to do the market in the early stage.

In fact, the development of animal husbandry was not the idea of Franz himself. The Ministry of Agriculture had already made plans, but did not expect the Russians to return to the market for the export of agricultural products so soon.

After the tsarist government announced that it would default on its debts, European countries took retaliatory measures, directly confiscating Russian exports to pay off their debts, and imposing debt taxes on those who were more modest.

Well, this debt tax was pioneered by Franz, that is, a certain percentage of the tax revenue from Russian imports is used to pay off the debts previously owed.

The relationship between the Russian-Austrian alliance, this debt tax Austria is only a symbolic collection, and other European countries do not give face in this way.

What the specific proportion is depends entirely on everyone's mood, and it is generally not less than 30%. As a result, the export trade of the Russian Empire has shrunk by eight layers in the last two or three years.

Now the tsarist government's proposal for grain repayment is actually to break these restrictions, otherwise it will be difficult for their grain prices to be competitive in the market, even if they are cheap.

It's easy to find problems, but it's hard to solve them. Sensing the movements of the Russians, the Austrian Ministry of Agriculture got busy.

Christian, the Minister of Agriculture, who is in his seventies, also had to take back his leave report. If this problem is not solved, he should not want to go on vacation in peace.

This time is not far off, and perhaps from the second half of the year, Russian agricultural products will again appear on the international market.

In two or three years' time, Austria's painstakingly managed hegemony in agricultural exports will cease to exist.

The international market is so big, as long as the Russians ship grain out of Ukraine and the Moscow region, they can seize a large market share.

In this era, there were only a few major grain importing countries, Britain, Italy, and the Federal Empire of Germany, and the rest of Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Switzerland, although they were also importing grain, but the demand was not too large.

In total, there is a market for about 30 million people in the European grain market.

Of course, this only refers to staple grains, and the demand for other agricultural and sideline products changes very much, and it is difficult to make effective statistics.

This market is still increasing at a rate of 2 million per year, which is brought about by the population growth of various countries, and the gap has appeared when agricultural technology has not improved, population growth and food production have not increased simultaneously.

At present, 24.6% of Austria's agricultural products are exported, and it is this part that has been hit the hardest.

Sorting out the information, Christian sighed. The Minister of Agriculture is not easy to do, it is too difficult to get results, and it is too easy to make problems.

The biggest problem is that the proportion of exports is too large and it is vulnerable to the impact of the international market. If you want to transfer to domestic sales, the domestic market can't consume it.

The snow is still falling, and this winter in Vienna seems to be in love with silver. The cold wind was blowing, and Christian, who had just come out of the carriage, shivered.

Without a pause, Christian hurried into the palace and changed into another carriage.

Schönbrunn Palace covers a large area, and after Franz succeeded to the throne, the unfinished project began to be rebuilt, and now it covers an even larger area.

Of course, the main thing was to enclose a hunting ground, which was strongly requested by Archduke Karl, because the Queen Mother Sufi was worried about his body and did not let him go out hunting. In order to make it easier for his elderly father to hunt, Franz naturally agreed.

Anyway, Vienna is the domain of the Habsburgs, most of the land is royal, there is no land cost, and it doesn't cost much to add a wall.

Franz was not very fond of staying in the original palace and took the opportunity to add a few more buildings as daily living quarters.

This made the palace gate farther away from the emperor. For security reasons, the palace prohibits the entry of any outside carriages. Either transfer or walk. It's a multiple-choice question that's easy to do, and Christian doesn't want to get cold yet.

……

The phone was a good thing, and as soon as Christian entered the palace, Franz was informed.

Franz, who is sympathetic to the old minister, has already made people prepare coffee according to his preferences.

Of course, if anyone knows that all kinds of drinks in the palace are always available, and they are changed every fifteen minutes, maybe the effect of buying people's hearts will not be much.

Of course, even if someone knows, most of them will pretend to be confused. Some of them are good to drink, where is there so much nonsense, if they all tell the truth, they can't live this day.

The personal preferences of the ministers, how could Franz remember, only the subordinates always paid attention to the preferences of the superiors, which emperor was full of food and ran to care about the personal preferences of the ministers?

Taste hobbies, not specifically someone is making a record. In case you get it wrong, it's a big deal to change the glass. The relationship between monarchs and ministers in Europe is not so complicated, and the small details of daily life are not worth mentioning, so you don't have to worry about accidentally losing your head.

After taking a sip of coffee to dispel the chill, and after a break of ten minutes, Christian reported to Franz.

"Your Majesty, this is the data compiled by the Ministry of Agriculture, and the current domestic supply and demand of meat products are basically balanced. If you want to expand domestic demand, the best way is to bring prices down.

It's not that people don't like to eat meat, it's just that the current domestic meat price is still a bit high relative to their income.

The international market is even worse, although the supply and demand of the fresh meat market are still balanced, but the supply of beef jerky and cured meat is somewhat large, and most of these products come from the United States of America.

According to the preliminary judgment, an annual increase of 600,000 tons of beef supply, 400,000 tons of mutton supply, and 350,000 tons of other meat products is the limit of the market's tolerance.

If this supply is exceeded, it will have a huge impact on the market and will most likely cause the price to plummet. ”

Franz obviously couldn't do anything that would blow up the market. As the largest exporter of agricultural products, the market was shocked, and Austria suffered the most.

After thinking about it, Franz asked, "What if we put this time in a year, or two years?" ”

Animal husbandry also takes time, and feed is not popular in this era, all of which are forage and grain, and the slaughter time is relatively long, and the shortest is more than one year.

The Minister of Agriculture, Christian, pondered for a moment and replied: "Your Majesty, although the population of Europe is growing steadily, the aquaculture industry itself is expanding its production capacity. If you put the time in two years, it will increase by about 10% at most. ”

After wandering around the room for a few steps, Franz made a decision: "The Ministry of Agriculture is ready to promote the breeding program, calculated on the basis of an increase of two million tons of meat products.

First of all, the price of meat products should be pushed down to cultivate the market. If the market can't digest it, we will increase the strategic reserves. That's about two or three years, and it doesn't take much money. ”

The direct food consumption of cattle and sheep is not large, but the cultivation of forage will inevitably crowd out the land where the grain was originally grown, thereby reducing the grain production.

Unlike later generations, pork was not very popular in this era, which was determined by eating habits, and it would take a long time to change.

In fact, the per capita consumption of meat products in Europe in this era is not too low, perhaps it has been pulled up by the rich. In Austria, for example, meat consumption per capita is 82 pounds. (Approx. 37 kg)

After a pause, Franz added: "It is possible to increase the production of pork, which is relatively cheap and more acceptable to the public than beef and mutton."

If pork production goes up, I'm going to add 300 grams of pork per week to the tables of my children who are in compulsory education. ”

Don't say like it or not, those who are qualified to be picky eaters go to private schools. Austria's compulsory education schools are not as good as private schools in terms of facilities, and they are all children of the common people at the bottom.

It's nice to have meat to eat, but now the school only provides meat once a week. Don't think about beef and mutton, unless it is a festival, or Franz's birthday, it can appear.

In normal times, the only meat served at the school is fish. There is only one reason, and that is cheapness. More meat can be bought for the same money, and the budget-conscious Ministry of Education can only provide this cheap meat.

There is no way to promote pork, the price of beef and mutton is too high. It's not like you can drop it if you want to, pork is cheap, so promote it.

Prior to this, the government had already promoted fish, and only marine fish was popular in the market.

This is the sequelae of industry, with the development of industry, the inevitable environmental pollution, many rivers have appeared fish and shrimp mutation.

Mutated fish and shrimp are not a good thing, and after food poisoning, no one dares to eat them. The Vienna government has also legislated to prohibit the sale and consumption of mutated fish and shrimp.

This has affected entire schools of freshwater fish, making them undesirable. Except in the mountainous interior, almost no one eats freshwater fish.

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