Prime Minister Karl: "If you can't pull it, then you can only suppress it."

After so many years of the Russian-Austrian alliance, the Russians have gained too many benefits, and if they are not satisfied, then there is no need to continue ......"

It is only a matter of time before contradictions arise between Russia and Austria, and people's desires will always be satisfied, and Austria cannot always satisfy the desires of the Russians.

Despite his preparations, Franz did not expect it to come so soon.

Now it's just the French who are shooting, and it's so troublesome; If the British were involved later, things would have been even more difficult.

It is almost certain that as long as Britain and France are willing to pay their blood, it will be a matter of time before the Russians defect, because Austria can no longer afford to make a bid.

This was due to geographical location, Austria was blocking the way of the Russians to the west, and the Viennese government could not continue to make concessions on this issue.

Once the international situation changes drastically, the huge debt between Russia and Austria is also one of the factors that induces the two countries to turn around.

There is a precedent on the European continent for such a thing as having the creditor killed if he could not repay the foreign debt. With the Russian rituals, Franz is not at all surprised that this is happening.

Foreign Secretary Wesenberg shook his head and said with a smile: "Things are not so bad, and there are three main reasons that hinder the Russians from defecting now:

First, Britain and France have not paid enough attention, the offer to the Russians is not high enough, and the bargaining chips for betrayal are not enough;

Second, since the period of the anti-French war, Russia and Austria have continued the friendship of three generations, from the people to the government, and the pro-Austrian faction has the advantage;

Third, the economic and trade exchanges between the two countries will be dealt a devastating blow once they go to the opposite side.

If these three problems cannot be solved, they will at most ease relations, and the Russian-Austrian alliance can still continue.

Judging by the current situation, the French are only trying to drive a wedge between the Russian-Austrian alliance, and have not yet reached the point of pulling the Russians to war with us.

Even if Britain and France were to strike together, the Russians would not have defected for a while. I can say responsibly that the Russians do not want to meet us on the battlefield. ”

This explanation has relieved many people, and it is almost impossible to solve the three problems at the same time.

Especially in the last two, the friendly relations between Russia and Austria have been determined by three generations and six monarchs.

Politicians can change their stance at any time, but it is not possible to change the position of the people in a day or two.

The group of "pro-Austrians" is not a fool, but a real binding of interests.

Once Russia and Austria turn their faces, this group will become the biggest victims. On the contrary, there is also a pro-Russian faction in Austria, and these are all vested interests in Russian-Austrian friendship.

When it comes to interests, it is certainly impossible to persuade by lip service. If the tsarist government wanted to turn around, it had to suppress the pro-Austrian faction in the country first.

The problems in the industrial system are even more troublesome, and even with the help of Britain and France, they cannot be corrected in three or five years.

If Austria suddenly imposed a blockade on the Russians, within half a year, most of the factories in Russia would be shut down due to mechanical problems.

Of course, many people don't realize this. After all, there is no precedent for this, and no one knows how to control a country's industry, and you can also start with spare parts for machinery and equipment.

On the issue of building a security moat, Franz is still satisfied, there are so many protections, which is much more reliable than the German Second Empire in the original time and space.

Judging from the current situation, as long as Austria does not do things that anger the people of the world, Britain, France, and Russia will not be able to unite at all.

The French felt the threat from Austria and needed to win over the Russians to share the pressure, but the question was that the British were now feeling the pressure from the Russians.

As for Austria, although it is a little stronger and more active, it has not violated their core interests.

In the minds of the vast majority of the British, the French were Britain's worst enemy, the Russians were the second-most enemy, Austria was at most four or five, and the nasty Yankees were in front of them.

This ranking has no real value, and there are too many national sentiments mixed in it.

On the eve of the outbreak of World War I, the biggest enemy in the minds of the British people was France, so it was not for nothing that John Bull withdrew his allies in the world war and dug pits and buried mines for his allies after the war.

After weighing the pros and cons, Franz said slowly: "Since there is no situation that is still under control in a short period of time, let's wait before making a move."

The Ministry of Agriculture is ready first, and as soon as the French big farm plan comes to fruition, it will promote new potash fertilizers and go straight to the bottom of the pot. ”

Since Austria is no longer making money in grain production, then no one should think about making money at all.

There are still technical difficulties in the production of synthetic ammonia in large quantities, and there is not much technical difficulty in mining potash ore buried in the ground.

Phosphate fertilizer has appeared a long time ago, and adding another potassium fertilizer is too much to guarantee, and it is still easy to increase the existing output by more than ten percentage points.

It is not yet realistic to spread it to the whole world, but there is still hope that in three to five years, there will be an increase in grain production in most parts of Europe.

Needless to say, the outbreak of an agricultural crisis is appropriate, and even unprecedentedly tragic.

The open-minded French people, who have always been at the forefront of world agriculture, are still very keen on the promotion of chemical fertilizers.

With the increase in agricultural production in France by more than ten percentage points, coupled with the contribution of colonial farms, the domestic grain is basically enough to eat, and the Paris government can't suppress its own agriculture and make room for the Russians, right?

With the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, the collapse of international food prices, and the default of the French, it is not known whether the tsarist government can withstand this double blow, and Franz has already observed a moment of silence for Alexander III in advance.

If it is put on a hard beating, the Russians will definitely hold a grudge, and this is Austria's chance.

Whether it's interests or strategy, it's people who decide all of this. As long as you are human, you are inevitably influenced by your personal feelings, and it is impossible to be 100% sensible.

There's no harm in fooling around, how do you know if it's okay if you don't try? If it succeeds, it is blood gain; If you fail, it's like nothing happened, and you're thick-skinned and fearless anyway.

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With Franz's order, the Ministry of Agriculture was busy. It has not been a day or two since the discovery of "potash", but the relevant news has been blocked by Franz.

At present, only agricultural experts are studying in the experimental area, and it is not applied to agricultural production, and Halls, the Minister of Agriculture, is only known by his name.

It was only after getting the report that Hall knew what it was all about.

The demand for potash fertilizer in agriculture is huge, which is not something that can be filled with a little plant ash.

From Franz's memory, he was able to know that the plant ash was equivalent to a weakened version of potash, all thanks to the news of the ban on the burning of wheat straw before the crossing, which caused a lot of uproar.

Therefore, this result is for scientists to study the components of plant ash that are beneficial to agricultural production, and then go to nature to compare and find.

Franz didn't even know what the potash ore looked like, let alone the specific distribution area.

However, this is a minor problem, and the Austrian government has a habit of counting resources, but all minerals found, whether useful or useless, will be registered.

Knocking on the door of the Mining Bureau, Halls was not calm, according to the data, Austria is actually a potassium-poor country.

"Director Rogers, can't we find even a few large potash mines in Austria?

If you look at the information on it, it hasn't been updated for seven or eight years, so can't you ...... more?"

Although he was not a direct leader, Rogers lost his temper in the face of the chatter of the Minister of Agriculture.

Patiently explained: "Your Excellency, potash ore is not an important resource, and the Mining Bureau naturally did not organize manpower to explore.

These discoveries were made by accident by the expedition team, and the reserves above are only preliminary estimates and do not represent the real reserves.

If the Ministry of Agriculture needs it, we can send someone to carry out detailed exploration to determine the final reserves. ”

This is also something that cannot be helped, there are too many types of ores in nature. Even if the ore is uniform, different characteristics may occur depending on the content.

Common ores, the prospecting team can naturally identify, some niche mines are misjudged is a common thing, and even in the archives there are thousands of mines that cannot determine the type of ore, directly marked unknown.

Of course, these thousands of unknown mines do not mean thousands of unknown ores.

The exploration team members do not know each other, and there are only two reasons, either it is a particularly rare unpopular mine that has no use value in a short period of time, or a mineral that has not yet been discovered by humans.

For the Mining Bureau, sometimes the site is too large and a burden. The number of large and small mines registered in Austria has long been in the hundreds of thousands.

Mines with economic value cannot be developed, and it is normal for the Mining Bureau to not care about the "potash mines" that have little value.

Halls nodded: "Then hurry up, anyway, no matter what, you have to find enough potash ore for me in three years or something."

Don't make excuses, I don't believe in the Austrian Empire, which didn't even have a few potash mines. ”

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