The plan did not change quickly, and looking at the French government, which was only noisy and did not move, Franz had to admit that he had made a mistake in judgment.

The table was overturned, but without the participation of the Frenchman, the situation did not develop as Franz had expected.

The Parisian government seems to be staging a farce, but in fact it happens to be the most in the interests of France.

What France needs now is to keep a low profile and reduce its presence as much as possible. If they jump out to fight for the Rhineland region at this time, Britain and Austria, which are in awkward trouble, will immediately give up their prejudices and suppress them together.

France is powerful, it happens to be adjacent to the Rhineland, and geopolitics determines that this issue cannot be bypassed by the French. The government in Paris did not take a stand, but was co-opted by all sides.

Vienna Palace, looking at the information in his hand, Franz shook his head helplessly.

Whether Austria made a profit or a loss this time overturned the table is still uncertain, but the Kingdom of Prussia certainly made it.

If, according to the plan of the British, there was a sudden attack at an international conference, there would be only one buyer in the Federal Reich of Germany.

A business that is forcibly bought is naturally not as expensive as the competition between two buyers. It is estimated that the Rhineland region will be sold and the financial crisis of the Berlin government will pass.

Foreign Secretary Wesenberg: "Your Majesty, the Berlin government has announced its intention to sell the Rhineland, and now Belgium and the Federal German Empire have expressed interest.

However, Belgium lacked the support of the Great Powers, and unless they could get the support of the French, it would be difficult for the Prussians to sell to them.

Problems also arose in the Federal Reich, where the question of the Rhineland's ownership had already been raised in the Reichstag, and many representatives of the states had made it clear that the Rhineland must join as a state.

Had it not been for George I's timely adjournment, perhaps the Parliament would have made a decision to cut off the possibility of direct administration by the central government. ”

(George I of the Federal Empire of Germany: George V of Hanover, the original time and space of Hanover has perished, there is no such monarch)

It can be seen that Wesenberg is still regretting that the German Federal Diet is one step too slow, and if a resolution has been made, then Austria's goal has been achieved.

As for supporting Belgium for the Rhineland, it was a cover from beginning to end. The reason is very simple, Belgium and France are too close.

If it weren't for France's support, maybe they would still have a chance to compete; If they had the support of the French, they would not even have a chance to fight.

The French are not philanthropic, and since they support Belgium, they are bound to reap the rewards.

If the Kingdom of Prussia sold the Rhineland to Belgium on the front foot, and Belgium gave the above resources to the French, wouldn't it be in vain?

In terms of industrial development, the value of the Rhineland's resources to France is still higher than that of Italy.

Napoleon III's seizure of the Italian region made almost no gains in terms of resources except for increasing territory, population, and markets, which made France's resource crisis even more serious.

Before the occupation of Italy, there was no need for the Paris government to worry about the energy of Italy. Now it's different, these problems have become the French themselves.

France imports hundreds of thousands of tonnes of coal every year, and this figure will continue to rise as industry grows.

The impact on the French economy in the short term may not be obvious, and in a decade or eight, France's heavy industry will be left behind.

In the original time and space, France became a usury empire, but the lack of local resources and the need to import from the outside world raised the cost of industrial production.

Production costs are high, and selling prices have to be raised accordingly. As a result, many French industrial and commercial products lost their international market competitiveness, forcing the capitalists to transform.

For the purpose of containing the French, the acquisition of a country in the Rhineland cannot be pro-French, this is a matter of principle.

There is no doubt that the Federal Reich of Germany has done a better job in this respect, and has been diplomatically hovering between Britain and Austria, more reliable than Belgium, which has oscillated between Britain and France.

Prime Minister Felix: "Let's look at Belgium's choice first!" If the Belgians have ambitions and want to build a strong state and can say no to the French, then it is not impossible to give them the Rhineland.

We also need a nail to contain France, and we can't do it without a certain strength. Originally, Prussia was the best choice, but they developed too fast.

If it weren't for the fact that we needed the strategy of German unification as a cover, in fact, it would be a good choice to let Hanover gain the Rhineland region and integrate the German Confederation. ”

The integration of the German Confederation with Hanover did not in fact affect the unification of Austria with the German region.

Because by the time Franz felt that the time was ripe to make a move, Austria already had the strength of a world hegemon and was not afraid of being beaten by the group.

Purely from the perspective of interests, the Federal Empire of Germany was already a piece of chicken ribs, and only by taking the Rhineland region could it barely be regarded as meat.

There were so many states in the German region, and if they were all let in, the Reichstag would be lively. It is estimated that more than half of the energy of the future central government will be used to reconcile internal relations.

However, the German region has been divided for hundreds of years, and the people have long been accustomed to state politics, coupled with religious factors, changing the rules of the game will inevitably be counterattacked.

This must find someone to carry the black pot, otherwise it will be a crisis to rule. Neither of the two empires of the original space, space, and Germany has been able to completely solve this problem, which is enough to explain the problem.

Prime Minister Felix wanted George I to carry this black cauldron, and when he killed many small states, Austria jumped out to pick peaches, and the hatred value could be much less.

Franz nodded: "This problem can't be rushed, it's easy to make a wedding dress for someone else if you're in a hurry."

The national policy has been formulated, so we will go on step by step. It is a big no-no to change your plans rashly. This drama must be played, and we will have to fight for at least ten years.

Even if it's a goof, we're on the move. Even if Britain and France want to make trouble, they must have that strength. ”

For another ten years, this is the minimum requirement for Franz. If possible, it would be better to stay for twenty or thirty years.

At that time, the French themselves will be left behind, and the two countries will successfully escalate into a feud. Even if the British wanted to be a demon, they would give up because they couldn't find a thug.

The London government did not go all out to suppress the Americans, but chose to smash the German Second Empire, one of the most important reasons was that it could not find thugs.

Under Franz's butterfly effect, this space-time industrial revolution is advancing much faster. Not only did electricity begin to spread ahead of schedule, but even the internal combustion engine developed much faster, and the diesel engine was born.

Although it is still in the laboratory stage and there is no way to promote its application, this is also a major progress in the power system. When the power system developed to a certain extent, it was the turn of the aircraft to be born.

The development of the air force was the time when Austria replaced the British hegemony. This is not Franz's instigation, it is really that the Royal Navy is too strong, and it is simply unrealistic to rely on the Navy to overtake directly.

"With your own shortcomings, you can learn the strengths of others." Isn't that boring? The Second Empire of Time and Space proved that the British would not leave a chance for their competitors to catch up with the Royal Navy.

Austria's geographical location was better than that of the Second German Empire, but the essence of multi-front warfare remained unchanged, and it did not have the geographical advantage of the United States to dominate a continent.

The birth of the Air Force was different, and Franz did not hesitate at all to compete with the British in emerging fields. Deploying a circle along the Mediterranean, the communication line between the African continent and the mainland is stable, and Austria is also stable.

Austria's native population has exceeded 75 million, almost the same as the Russian Empire, more than twice that of the British mainland, and there are more than 10 million African colonies, and the longer it drags on, the more obvious the demographic advantage becomes.

As an old empire with vested interests in its own right, Austria now has no shortage of resources and markets, and no urgent desire to challenge the world order.

The task of challenging the world order should be left to the nascent empire. Unless there are soft persimmons to pinch, otherwise challenging the world order is a high-risk and low-reward business, and more than 90 percent of the results are not enough to make up for the war losses.

From God's point of view, the old empires are not really enemies, but the new ones are the threats.

The most typical is Britain, France and Austria, everyone is each other's biggest competitors, and there are still many contradictions, but the three countries not only did not break out into war, but formed an alliance first.

The biggest problem is that there is not enough motivation to start a war, everyone is a vested interest, there are large colonies under their hands, and their own food is supported, who still has the heart to rob others?

You must know that wars also have costs, and from the first Near Eastern war, wars that broke out directly between European countries were almost always at a loss.

Even if the Kingdom of Prussia, which had gained a large territory in return, wanted to make a profit, it would be decades later, and it would still be a loss-making deal for a short time.

From the perspective of investment, the outbreak of war between major powers is a high-risk, low-return investment, and is naturally unpopular.

……

London

The countries condemned the invasion of Poland by the Russian Empire, and the tsarist government, which was not afraid of boiling water with dead pigs, naturally did not achieve any effect.

The Russians refused to retreat, and no one in Europe would intervene. This did not affect the continuation of the meeting, and the question of the legitimacy of Wilhelm I's assuming the throne of Poland became a new focus.

To put it simply, as long as the Kingdom of Prussia was willing to give up the Rhineland, Wilhelm I was the legitimate king of Poland, and even the merger of Prussia and Poland could be legal.

On the contrary, it goes without saying. The iron fist of imperialism will tell everyone what legitimacy is.

Justice and justice came to naught at the London Conference. Unconsciously, everyone's discipline was pulled down a few points.