The small actions of the French, which did not surprise Franz. As Austria grew, it was only a matter of time before the French felt threatened.

There were not many allies on the European continent who were qualified to do the same as France, and the French government was naturally more inclined to woo the Russians than to the British.

This is determined by geographical location, France and Russia do not have borders on each other, and even if there is a contradiction, it is a problem left over from history, and the interests of the two countries do not conflict much.

In contrast, the contradictions between Britain and France are not only historical legacies, but also have a large number of direct conflicts of interest.

From the colonies to the homeland, there were serious strategic conflicts between Britain and France. In recent years, the contradiction between Britain and France is still the main contradiction in the international community, and even the Franco-Austrian contradiction has to stand aside.

In addition to the threat felt by the French government, the French people were so immersed in the glory of the Napoleonic era that they did not take Austria's defeat seriously.

The general environment will also affect people, otherwise the French government would have taken action to win over the Russians a long time ago, and it would not have waited until now.

In the face of interests, no ally can be relied on. As long as the French bid high enough, it is inevitable that France and Russia will move closer.

It's just that it didn't experience the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War, so the French government smashed the pot and sold iron to win over the Russians, which was too embarrassing for Napoleon IV.

You must know that in the original time and space, the Franco-Russian alliance was pulled by a large loan. At the cost of falling behind, the French Navy was overtaken by Germany and the United States in the early 20th century.

The so-called deviation of the navy and the development of submarines and small ships are not only the brains of the French Navy's top brass in the water, but more importantly, the military spending is insufficient.

No money, what kind of big navy to play?

The cost of building a battleship alone is tens of millions of francs, and it is not surprising that the cost of amortization exceeds 100 million when a series of problems such as follow-up maintenance costs and port construction are added.

While maintaining the Continental Army, dozens of more battleships will come out, and the government's money will be spent, and the private financing will also be spent, where will there be money to win over the Russians?

Although the Russian Empire in this year is not as good as the same period in history, and its pockets are much more shriveled, it is larger than the original time and space!

Alexander III was not as easy to fool as Nicholas II, and if the French did not bid high enough, they would not be tempted at all.

Of course, co-opting will definitely have an effect, after all, "the hands of people are short, and the mouth of eating people is soft", and it is certainly no problem to ease Franco-Russian relations.

If the bid is a little higher, the political means are a little more powerful, and it is still possible to find a suitable entry point to divide and disintegrate the Russian-Austrian alliance.

If the tsarist government wants to work for the French, this is not something that can be used by a small number of interests.

Think of the Russians as mercenaries of this era, and they are also the most valuable mercenaries.

It's just that the reputation of this sky-high mercenary is not good, and he doesn't do anything more than once, how can employers rest assured?

Since it is safe for the time being, Franz is not in a hurry. At the moment, he is trying out his car, the Royal One.

Not a battleship, that thing is not for a seasick emperor. Royal 1 is a luxury car owned by the Austrian automobile group, which is a status symbol and is designed for local tycoons.

Pure handmade, high-end artwork, not the workshop assembly line of the road goods can be compared.

Of course, "car art" is not popular in these years, and the family car itself is a super luxury, which is not something that ordinary people can hope for.

The real competitiveness of the Royal One lies in its excellent performance. Hesitation This is produced for the emperor, so there is no need to think about the cost or anything.

The technology and craftsmanship used are the limits that can be reached in this era.

4-cylinder engine with 90 hp and a top speed of 120 km / h. After filling up a tank of fuel, it can drive at full speed for 3.5 hours.

In addition to its speed, the Royal One is unmatched in its stability and features superior safety and security, including special steel and groundbreaking bulletproof glass throughout the surgery......

Franz himself experimented that bulletproof glass was not a problem to block a rifle, and the protection of the body against grenades was fine.

Of course, this is limited to throwing it outside and exploding, which can block shrapnel, and if it is thrown under the tire, it can still be lethal.

In a sense, this thing can be modified and can be used on the battlefield as an assault tank.

However, after seeing the cost of terror, Franz decisively abandoned this tempting idea, and the tank force was still far away.

There is no way, most of these high-tech equipment are limited to laboratory products, not to mention the high cost of industrial production, the key is that the defective rate is terrifying.

Taking the engine as an example, of the 100 engines produced in the same batch, only 2 have a horsepower of 90, and most of the rest are between 80~90 horsepower, and some have fallen below 70 horsepower.

This thing is similar to the copycat machine of later generations, and the performance depends on luck. It's not even as good as a copycat machine, at least the defective rate of people can't reach 98 percent.

The rate of defective products in small-scale production is so high, not to mention large-scale industrial production, and that data is even more disastrous.

If you look at the ordinary cars in the world, you know that cars that can reach a speed of 40 km/h are high-quality conscience products.

Most cars can only reach the speed of theoretically, or in the first two years, they can reach a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, and in the later stage, only 20 or 30 kilometers per hour remain.

If you're in a hurry, you don't necessarily have a horse that can run fast. The only advantage is probably that the battery life is stronger.

If it's just a little slower, it's nothing, after all, it's faster than a horse-drawn carriage, and it's easier to travel short distances than a train.

However, the breakdown rate of cars is alarmingly high. When I first started selling in the world, on average, every 200 kilometers I ran, or 100 kilometers at once, I needed to overhaul every 100 kilometers.

Let's put it this way, in the 19th century, those who could drive a car not only had money in their pockets, but also had to learn how to repair cars, or else they had to hire drivers.

In order to better sell cars, the Austrian automotive group is now setting up a maintenance and rescue point every 20 kilometers, which relieves everyone's worries, which lays the foundation for the vigorous development of the Austrian automobile industry.

There is no doubt that these messy problems will not happen to the Royal One.

If it breaks down after running 180 kilometers, the people below don't dare to send it to the emperor, and if something happens, it will kill someone.

You get what you pay for, and the Royal One, which has excellent performance, is also smashed out by money, and the total cost is approaching one million Aegis, which has already caught up with the construction cost of the former dreadnought battleship.

This epoch-making product is still very collectible. That's right, it's a collection. Franz is a dead house and rarely goes out.

There are special trains to go out, and Austria's railways cover every city, which is convenient enough; When you go out hunting closer, it's also horseback riding, and you don't need a car to travel.

If there is a local tyrant who pays for it, Franz really doesn't mind selling this sky-high car. However, this is not possible.

The manufacturing cost alone is as high as 600,000 Aegis, and the most important thing is that a lot of new technologies are used, which is the highest embodiment of Austria's industrial level.

After all, this is not only a product, the product is only worth hundreds of thousands of Aegis at most, and the real value is the new technology used in the car.

Getting this car and disassembling it as a research and development template, and reversing these technologies can be much faster than self-development.

There is no doubt that this is not possible. Not to mention how much technology there is in it, it is highly confidential and cannot be sold to the outside world, just looking at this price, you can know that you can't find a buyer.

Although the technology is good, not everyone can eat it. No one, including the powerful Anglo-French consortium, has perfected its technical system to this point and can digest all the technologies in it.

Limited by R&D capabilities or different industrial systems, many technologies are not essentially a template, and they can be reversed.

Of course, if there are enough templates to be experimented with multiple times, they can basically be reversed.

The derivation of technology does not mean that it has the capacity for industrial production. This also tests the industrial level of a country, and the products that transcend the times are definitely not so easy to imitate.

If you can't apply these technologies to industrial production to create wealth, then buying this car is buying a super luxury product.

It's really extravagant, seventy or eighty million Aegis is equivalent to gold, then it costs more than two hundred tons.

Such a tyrant can only exist after the collapse of the gold standard, and it is impossible to exist in the era of the gold standard.

Then, there is no then. The super luxury car that pushed the Austrian automobile industry forward by a big step, the Royal One, could only be kept by the emperor as a collector.

Even if you want to sell it, you have to wait for ten or twenty years, and these technologies are almost widely used, and there is no need to keep them secret.

It's just that when the time comes, the value of Royal No. 1 will also drop sharply. Maybe only tens of thousands of Aegis, or even thousands of Aegis, will be able to produce them at that time.

When the Royal No. 1 only has a collection value, then it is also worth it in the hands of the emperor, and if it falls into the hands of ordinary people, it will directly fall in value.

This is similar to antique cultural relics, even ordinary bottles and cans, as long as they are used by the emperor, stained with the word "court", the value will rise sharply in an instant.

There is no artistic value, and experts can find out the artistic value; It's really not good, and it can also be related to historical value.

At a speed of 80 kilometers per hour, after walking around the palace, Franz decisively got out of the car.

No way, he hadn't made such a fast car for too long, and Franz found himself showing signs of motion sickness for the first time.

Theoretically, the driver will not get motion sickness, but unfortunately no one dares to let the emperor sit in the cab and be the driver himself.