Some people are proud and some people are disappointed, Russia and Austria are celebrating their victory, and the atmosphere inside the London government is particularly strange.

Politicians are not easy to be, and even if he is in a bad mood, Prime Minister Gladstone still forcibly sent a congratulatory message.

No way, the British people are still watching? It's one thing to secretly support the Ottoman Empire, but you still can't sit crookedly on the surface.

The influence of the butterfly effect is getting bigger and bigger, the international contradictions are far less intense than the original time and space, and everyone's discipline is correspondingly higher.

There is really only one loss, and the face is passable, and those who should be stabbed and those who should not be stabbed are stabbing each other.

In the Prime Minister's residence in Downing Street, Foreign Secretary George pulled out a document and said: "This is the agreement we have just reached with the Austrians to redraw the spheres of influence of the two countries in the Middle East.

We made it conditional on supporting Austria's annexation of the Ottoman Empire in exchange for their refrain from expanding into Persia. ”

Does this agreement make sense?

Can a contract really bind Austria?

It depends on the angle from which to start. Austria's annexation of the Ottoman Empire was a foregone conclusion, and it was not something that the British government opposed to work.

However, some Britons admit that this expansion can be made more legal. In this respect, the Vienna government has an incentive to compromise.

On the other hand, this is all based on the premise that the Vienna government pays attention to the appearance of food.

If the Viennese government suddenly one day relinquishes its discipline and does not heed the pressure of the international community, these agreements will be waste paper.

Gladstone took a puff of the cigar in his hand and said slowly: "It seems that we still have a few years to settle down, and it will take time for the Austrians to digest the peninsula of Asia Minor, and this agreement will be effective in the short term." ”

Foreign Secretary George added: "According to the information gathered by the embassy, secret negotiations are underway between Russia and Austria. The exact details are unknown, but it certainly wasn't just the post-war spoils.

Not long ago, the Vienna government was also engaged in the relocation of migrants in the Asia Minor peninsula, and millions of people have already been deported, and they still have not stopped, and there is a great intention to evacuate the Ottoman Empire.

The real purpose is unknown, and it is certainly not for the safety of the Ottomans that the relocation was carried out anyway.

We have sent someone to verify that there is no major plague in Asia Minor, and there is no Black Death.

At such a great cost to relocate the population, the Austrians attached more importance to the Asia Minor Peninsula than ordinary people could have imagined.

It is worth mentioning that the war was over, and the tsarist government did not send administrative officials to the peninsula of Asia Minor, not even the intention of establishing an administrative body.

This is very abnormal, and it may have something to do with the finances of the tsarist government, which could not afford to rebuild and recover after the war.

Based on the analysis of these signs, the Foreign Ministry considered it possible for the Russians to give up the Ottoman legacy in exchange for financial compensation from the Austrians. ”

No matter how passive the British Foreign Office may have been in previous dispositions, they are still at the pinnacle of their time in terms of diplomatic professionalism.

Being able to connect several unrelated things together through clues on the bright surface and analyze the purpose behind them is enough to prove their professional ability.

Hearing this explanation, Gladstone stood up directly, walked to the map behind him, and stared at the Asia Minor Peninsula with a dead eye.

After half a ring, he said helplessly: "We will have big troubles in the future, and if we are not careful, Austria will already become bigger and cannot be limited."

The relocation of the Ottomans was probably intended by the Viennese government to incorporate the peninsula of Asia Minor into its homeland. When the time comes, from Vienna to Jerusalem, it will be connected.

If you look at the map, after taking the Ottoman Empire, apart from the absence of Constantinople, what is the difference between Austria's current sphere of influence and the Eastern Roman Empire? ”

There must be a difference. The Italian heel is gone, as are Bulgaria and the Crimean Peninsula.

However, Austria extended its territory deep into Central Europe and colonized most of Africa, controlling a sphere of power far beyond the Eastern Roman Empire.

Overall, it's stronger. Before the fall of the Ottoman Empire, everyone's feelings were not obvious, but now you can see what this means by opening the map at random.

Admiral Astley Cooper Key blurted out, "They want to rebuild the Roman Empire!" ”

Then he denied it: "This is an impossible thing, and all European countries will not agree to it, and it is self-defeating to do so." ”

Foreign Secretary George said indifferently: "It is naturally impossible to rebuild Rome, but the current Austrian Empire is no less than the Roman Empire."

From Central Europe to the Middle East, it was all Austrian territory, and once these areas were digested, the area of Austria mainland doubled.

If the Arabian Peninsula is included, the land connected to their mainland is more than 5 million square kilometers, and the Roman Empire at its peak was no more than that.

However, this is only part of the story. If their overseas colonies are counted, Austria today is essentially surpassing the Habsburgs at its peak.

Unlike any previous empire, the Austrian Empire had very little internal trouble. The Viennese government's unwavering policy of population migration kept the newly expanded territory free from the prospect of rule.

The stability of this empire far exceeded that of the historical Habsburgs, and it was simply impossible to expect them to collapse internally.

If the Austrians had been allowed to continue to develop, digesting these regions, all our previous plans would have been a joke. ”

Regardless of the harsh natural conditions in the Middle East and the Arab region, it is also relatively speaking, at least Siberia is more suitable for human survival than the Russians.

If Austria is really allowed to develop it, there is no other guarantee, and with the productivity of this era, it is still very easy to feed 200 million people.

If Austrian Africa is included, the carrying capacity of this population is at least more than 500 million, and the development potential is comparable to that of the entire European continent.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Xiaoji-Childers laughed: "Sir, you are too pessimistic. It is not the case that the larger the territory of a country, the stronger it becomes, otherwise the number one power in the world would be the Russians.

However, the Russians, who have the largest land area in the world, are the fourth in Europe in terms of overall strength, and do not have the strength to match the territory.

This is not only the decay of the tsarist government, but also the geographical conditions, and the harsh environment of the ice and snow country has congenitally limited Russia's economic development.

Austria is now in a similar situation, seemingly expanding to acquire a large territory, but most of this land is desert and cannot be exploited at all.

The peninsula of Asia Minor, which had slightly better conditions, was also reduced to white land because of the war, and it could not produce benefits in the short term.

If you want to develop the economy, you must first improve the environment yourself. Otherwise, the Vienna government would not have implemented the Land Fallow Law in the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula.

Nature is not so easy to change, and after all these years, and still nothing has come out, the Viennese government's plan must have failed. ”

Foreign Secretary George shook his head: "No, the Austrians still have results. I don't know about the rest of the area, but there is a lot of forest outside Jerusalem.

Now that the sandstorm could no longer threaten Jerusalem, it was published in the newspapers of London, and it was always considered a gift from God by religious personnel.

Since the implementation of the land fallow law, at least two or three hundred thousand square kilometers of woodland and grasslands have been added to the area under Austria's control. ”

There is nothing strange about it, people have left, and the original farming place is now growing grass and warblers flying, and the greening rate has naturally gone up.

This is a virtuous circle, without water-consuming agriculture, plants and trees inherently have the effect of preventing wind and sand fixation, preserving soil erosion, and the gradual enrichment of water resources has promoted the expansion of the oasis area, and the local ecology is slowly recovering.

Of course, this kind of restoration is mainly due to the obvious effect in the early stage, from farmland can be turned into grassland, woodland is naturally very fast, and it is not easy to increase the area of oases later.

Relying on nature to restore the ecology on its own is not an overnight problem. Jerusalem is an exception and is driven primarily by political and religious interests.

Declining religions need miracles to strengthen declining faiths; The Vienna government needed a beautiful Jerusalem to demonstrate its contribution to Christendom, improve its international reputation, and increase the support of the people for the government.

Located 24 kilometres from the Dead Sea and 56 kilometres from the Mediterranean, Jerusalem's water scarcity has been resolved after hundreds of thousands of people have been relocated.

After a large amount of money is invested, the effect is naturally leveraged. If there were to be an environmental ambassador this year, Franz and Leo XIII would be the top contestants.

Seeing that the topic was getting farther and farther away, Gladstone interrupted, "Okay, two. It doesn't matter if the Austrians are fruitful or not, they want to turn the desert into an oasis, which is not something that humans can accomplish now.

The immediate priority is to limit the growth of Austria's power, or to disrupt a possible Russian-Austrian deal.

After the annexation of the Ottoman Empire, there was only one Egypt in the middle from Vienna to Austrian Africa.

The French only look strong now, in fact they have not yet come out of the civil strife. In the future competition, they may fall behind.

As time goes on, the gap between France and Austria has widened, and it is possible that they will compromise one day.

I can't imagine that horrible image. ”

No matter what era it is, the most important thing is to be a mouth cannon expert, and the topic of turning a desert into an oasis has long been raised.

It's just that they are still shouting in the corner, and they have not won the recognition of the mainstream society, let alone influence.

Including the Vienna government's desert oasis plan, only the Jerusalem area has a specific plan, and the rest of the area only has a fallow law, waiting for nature to slowly recover.

In contrast, it was the Franco-Austrian compromise that had more serious consequences.

You must know that France and Austria are still maintaining a superficial alliance relationship, as long as the gap in strength between the two sides is constantly widening, and one side thinks that it has lost the strength to compete for hegemony, compromise is a matter of course.

Foreign Secretary George: "The best way to prevent this from happening is to drag Austria into war and deplete them."

Politics and diplomacy were the strength of the Habsburgs, and their only weakness was in the military.

Of course, this shortcoming is only relative, and only France and Russia can be opponents in the world. ”

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