Gelston was not carried away by the good news in front of him, it was good to monopolize the interests of the Ottoman Empire, but it was not something that Britain could do to support the Ottoman Empire to contain Austria.

Now that the Ottoman Empire is falling, the Vienna government can sit on the sidelines and let them do what they want. As soon as the Ottoman Empire showed signs of rising, the situation immediately changed.

If one day the Viennese government had the whimsical idea to pull out the nail in the back, the British would actually be beyond the reach of the whip.

It was impossible for the London government to fight a war for the Ottomans and Austria, and no matter what the victory or defeat, it would only cheapen the French.

Therefore, it was the best choice to pull the French into the water, regardless of how much role the Ottoman Empire could play, as long as they existed, Austria could not enter the European hegemony with all its might.

Unable to go all out, Austria naturally had no way to break through the obstacles to the unification of the German region, and even for the sake of its own strategic security, the Austrians had to drag the French back.

By pulling each other apart, the British could play a balance between the two and achieve their own strategic goals.

Maclean's shook his head: "Prime Minister, I'm afraid this is a bit troublesome. The French financial community was not optimistic about the Ottoman Empire, and after the Second Near East War, the Bank of France did not issue a single loan to the Ottoman government.

During the reign of Napoleon III, relations with the financial world were very bad, and they have not eased up even now. Even if the Paris government was willing to support the Ottoman Empire, they would not be able to come up with much money. ”

Don't look at the French financial community as supporters of Napoleon III and think that there is no contradiction between the two sides, in fact, the two sides have parted ways since Napoleon III encouraged the development of the real economy and the establishment of state-owned banks.

Napoleon III was ousted by the financial capitalists, and now there is no defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, and the financial capitalists naturally do not have the strength to rebel.

However, it is also an indisputable fact that relations between the financial community and the Paris government have deteriorated, and after the succession of Napoleon IV, the Paris government has continued the policies of the Napoleon III era economically, although it has been noisy.

For example, imposing heavy taxes on the financial sector, limiting the maximum interest rate on loans under the legal situation, cracking down on financial speculation, and so on.

These approaches are undoubtedly correct for national development. However, for financial capital, this is in the way of their finances.

Of course, in this era of vigorous economic development in France, the financial capitalists still took the biggest cake, but people will never be satisfied, especially the capitalists.

The emperor thought that financial capital could make money lying down, and that the benefits they had received were enough to be worthy of their efforts, but the financial capitalists did not think so.

It has nothing to do with them about the overall situation and long-term development, and the capitalists just want to take away more profits. What does the quality of the country's development have to do with them?

In this way, the contradictions between the two sides arose, and the relationship became complicated.

On the one hand, the capitalists recognized Napoleon III's contribution to economic development; On the other hand, they resented Napoleon III's restrictions that prevented everyone from making money.

The most immediate effect of the deterioration of relations between the two sides is the weakening of the financing capacity of the Paris government, and in order to mobilize large sums of money, it must first obtain the approval of the capitalists.

If both sides agree that they can make money, then everything is negotiable. On the contrary, the financial community will not cooperate.

The French financial community now considers lending to the Ottoman government a high-risk business, and the capitalists simply do not buy it unless the Paris government personally guarantees it.

Of course, it is also possible to exchange interests secretly. Many international loans, from the very beginning, everyone knew that they could not be recovered, but they were still released, which was the result of the exchange of interests behind them.

For the capitalists, even if the loan becomes a bad debt, the loss can still be transferred. For example, get a vest company to undertake business, and then sell it to the people in the form of bonds.

Every year, more than three digits of banks and securities companies go bankrupt all over the world, and a large part of this is deliberately done by capitalists. Anyway, the executives and bosses make money, and in the end it is only ordinary investors who lose money.

Gelston frowned: "Then let the French participate in the currency issuance of the Ottoman Empire, except for the tariffs that must be obtained, we can make some concessions in other aspects." ”

Capitalists are the most difficult creatures to deal with, and they are also the easiest creatures to handle. As long as the interests are in place, all the problems are not problems.

Prime Minister Gelston's initial promise to let the French train the Ottoman army was in effect a transfer to the Ottoman arms market.

The "arms trade" is profitable, but the arms market in the Ottoman Empire is different, and the biggest problem is that the Ottoman government has no money.

When the government has no money, it is naturally unable to renew its armaments, and this seemingly lucrative market is actually a pie.

In contrast, tariffs and the issuance of currency are the real benefits.

To control a country's tariffs is to control a country's market; Controlling a country's currency issuance is equivalent to controlling a country's economic lifeline.

There is no better way to buy off financial capitalists than to involve them in the issuance of money.

It just so happened that the British had the ability to eat this part of the benefits, but they had no way to keep this part of the benefits, and it was also a practical need to share them with the French.

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The Vienna Palace, having just finished a special trip, Franz only felt physically and mentally exhausted.

Originally, he thought that he was "home" in his previous life because he had no money, but now he found that this was not only a problem of "poverty", but essentially a "house".

This is not back to his lair, and he is relaxed all of a sudden. To celebrate the return, the fish in the artificial lake have suffered again.

As a pragmatist, Franz never kept ornamental fish, and the artificial lakes were full of edible fish.

This aspect is almost contrary to the cultural tradition of Austria, and the vast majority of Austrians do not like to eat seafood, especially fish, shrimp, crabs, etc., which must not be eaten during the holidays.

The reason is very strange, I don't like crabs, because crabs walk sideways, which violates the laws of nature given by God; I don't like shrimp because shrimp walk upside down, and the symbolic meaning is not good.

Because I don't like it, I don't like it.

Of course, the vast majority of people in this era are not qualified to be picky eaters. It doesn't matter if you like it or not, the key is that meat, such as fish, shrimp and crabs, are relatively cheaper.

In addition to festivals, fish is the main meat on the table of the common people in normal times. Taking the price of Vienna as an example, the price of 1 kg of beef = 1.4 kg of mutton = 2.3 kg of pork = 3 kg of goose meat = 4 kg of fish.

Prices vary from place to place, fish and meat are relatively cheap in coastal and riverside areas, and beef and mutton are relatively cheap in grassland areas, but in general, beef is the most expensive, and fish and poultry are the cheapest.

The perception of the outside world did not affect Franz's recipe in the slightest, but it was the emperor's recipe that affected the Austrian eating habits.

Upward and downward effects are indispensable in any society.

Franz never cared if the ingredients were expensive or cheap, as long as they were delicious.

Under Franz's butterfly effect, many delicacies from all over the world were introduced in advance and took root here, enriching the tables of the Austrian people.

Looking at the bobbing buoys in the water, Franz quickly turned the pulley and tightened the line.

The movement in the water grew louder and louder, and the hooked fish came out of the water, and Franz's joy was gone.

It was a small fish about seven or eight centimeters in size, and Franz of the variety of gods didn't care anymore, he was thinking about how to eat such a small fish?

Fried, steamed, and braised are unfortunately too small even for soup. There is no way, this is Franz's record in one morning.

Haikou all crossed out, and said that he would cook the fish he caught at noon today, but no fish were hooked, which made Franz very embarrassed.

You must know that this artificial lake is not small, the fish in the lake have lived for many years, except for the occasional disaster of the emperor, the emperor, usually no one will pay attention to them.

From where Franz is standing now, he can see that there are fish swimming in the clear water, and they are not small, but no fish are hooked.

After much hesitation, Franz decided to release his hard-won achievement. It is estimated that there are less than one or two of them, and Franz really doesn't want to embarrass the chef.

As for the lunch, it doesn't matter, now the rules have been changed, since you don't take the bait, use the net bar, in short, the fish is a must.