Chapter 464

In the middle of the night, on Vienna's Ring Road, under the illumination of lights, the Austrian International Hotel located here is particularly dazzling.

In Vienna, where every inch of land is expensive, an Austrian hotel with an area of ​​2,888.88 acres is definitely a beautiful landscape.

All kinds of amusement facilities are complete in the hotel. It is the most luxurious hotel in this era, and it is also the most expensive hotel in this era, no one.

Being able to live here is a status symbol in itself. Even the cheapest room would cost hundreds of Aegis.

Different rooms correspond to different identities, and only the nobles can stay in the palace-style buildings inside. Ordinary people, no matter how rich they are, can only live in civilian areas.

So this is Franz's worst investment. Everyone follows the rules. The capitalists will not enter the aristocratic area, and the nobles will not live in the civilian area.

Even the interior of the nobles is strictly hierarchical, and everyone will only choose a room that matches their identities, and never step beyond the thunderous pool.

Nowadays, the business of ordinary rooms is often booming, but there are few customers in the high-end aristocratic areas, especially the highest-end imperial palaces, which have never opened so far.

It's not that the hotel doesn't accept ordinary people, the problem is that no one dares to cross the Thunder Pond. This is determined by social ethos, and once behavior transcends identity, it is ostracized.

Gradually, it became the rules of the hotel. What kind of treatment should one's identity match? If the hotel is full, change to another hotel.

The imperial palace, which was originally priced at 8888 Aegis, became embarrassing, and ordinary people could not stay. If a king came to visit, Franz would not be able to make people pay.

In a fit of rage, Franz added 4 8s to the price tag, and it became 88888888 Aegis, and the price went up all of a sudden.

There is no one of the most expensive hotels in the world, and the price is enough to buy two Austrian hotels, and then no one can really afford it.

Not only is the emperor class uninterested, but the duke class and marquis class below are basically unavailable. It's not a matter of being unaffordable, the key is that a noble of this status, who doesn't have a house in Vienna?

The local aristocrats don’t stay here, and they don’t expect to meet a single customer every year if they count on the foreign aristocrats.

A large number of ultra-luxury rooms have been left unused, and a lot of maintenance costs have to be spent, so the operating costs of the Austrian Grand Hotel will naturally go up.

If it hadn't opened up a civilian area next door in time, attracted a large number of local tyrants with the brand effect, opened the conference room, and started a business membership system, Franz would have lost his life of doubt.

The reality once again proves that things that are too advanced often turn people into martyrs. In later generations, many local tyrants were reluctant to think about the presidential suites, but no one cared about the imperial palaces of this era.

On the contrary, the commercial membership system has become popular later, with an annual membership fee of 12,000 Aegis, and a large group of rich people.

Now capitalists like to talk about business in Austrian hotels, not only to show off their wealth, but also a manifestation of their own strength.

People who pay tens of thousands of membership dues every year will not be liars. The hotel first helps to review the other party's information. Without certain strength, they are not eligible to become members.

All kinds of money-making routines have been added, and the profits of the Austrian Hotel are still only passable, so you know how pitted Franz's original plan was.

Marquis McLean, who was lying on the hotel bed, had no intention to pay attention to the luxury of the hotel. Anyway, it was arranged by the Austrian government, and he did not need to pay a penny.

This is the benefit of a strong country. As the foreign minister of the United Kingdom, there are people to receive him wherever he goes, and he does not need to find a hotel by himself like the Japanese delegation.

For McLean, the more expensive the better, and he can reimburse the London government in return. This is an invisible benefit, otherwise how can this era be the best era of British bureaucracy?

Why not stay in a luxury hotel?

These are all small problems, the British Empire is not short of money, at least not bad for the bureaucrats. Think of it as a business trip subsidy. After all, the British system has not been perfected. This is the golden age of making money.

Thinking about the negotiation during the day, Maclean was unable to fall asleep. The two countries, France and Austria, were not very enthusiastic about their proposed alliance, and even somewhat resisted.

This also proves from the side that the Fa-Austrian alliance is real. Only when Fa-ao has formed an alliance will the three-nation alliance between Britain, France and Austria become tasteless.

This is very unfavorable for his next work. Without the cooperation of France and Austria, the Triple Alliance could not be established at all.

If you can't join in, how can you dismantle the Fao Alliance? Maclean has now decided that the Franco-Austrian alliance exists, and unlike others, he believes that the two countries may have reached an agreement on European issues.

This Vienna meeting can prove that France and Austria have reached an agreement on the Italian issue, and the dispute between the two sides is only in the Central European region.

However, the disputed Rhineland region is still in the hands of the Kingdom of Prussia, and France and Austria have not reached the point of direct confrontation.

If the two countries cooperated, Austria annexed the German Confederation and the French annexed the Italian region.

The Rhineland region is not their territory. No matter who abandons this region, the political risk that needs to be taken is not large.

If compensation can be obtained from other regions, it is very likely that France and Austria will compromise on this issue.

The three small countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Switzerland are all likely to be victims of the Fao compromise. In the face of interests

There is nothing to talk about.

This is not what the London government wants to see. France and Austria are already very strong and have threatened the security of Britain. If they are allowed to grow further, there is really no limit.

Provoking a war between France and Austria, making them both lose. The London government already has no less than a hundred plans for this kind of plan, but in practice, they don't know where to start.

Now France and Austria are restraining each other, and the European continent as a whole can maintain a balance. Once war breaks out, the balance is upset.

If both sides are not injured in the end, the two sides will decide the winner in a short period of time, and Europe will dominate.

Another war against France, or war against Austria? Except for the whimsical gangsters, no one is hopeful.

The Russian Empire and Prussia + Poland are completely on the same page. The power of hatred prevents them from uniting together, and the remaining countries may not have enough power together.

At that time, Britain will have to fight in person again. Now the anti-war sentiment in the UK is high. The several wars in the past ten years have made the British people very disgusted with war. If they want to participate in the war, they must first settle the domestic situation.

Maclean was not an idealist, and he did not think that European countries had to follow their script. Whether it was Napoleon III or Franz, their main achievements were in politics.

Faced with such an opponent, it is much more difficult to deal with than Napoleon. If the operation is not good and the hatred between the two countries is full of hatred, the two countries will not kill each other, but directly kill them, what should we do?

You must know that the Fao Alliance has not been disbanded. This alliance is not aimed at them, but who can it be aimed at?

Joining this alliance and further dividing the two countries is the best policy.

If the latter point cannot be achieved, the big deal is to take a step back, and the three countries will join forces to dominate the world, and Britain only needs to find a way to become the leader of the alliance.

It can be said that the British considered all issues comprehensively, and the only trouble now is how to convince France and Austria to agree to an alliance.

Maclean was thinking in his heart that the original plan had failed. Now we can bribe the two countries with the interests of some place, and we can protect the interests of Britain to the greatest extent.

It is impossible to cut one's own flesh. At most, it is to be generous to others, sacrificing the interests of other countries to achieve their goals, which is what they are best at.

It was late at night, and Maclean fell asleep during the calculations. In the dream, he completed this diplomatic game, established Britain's world dominance, and became the greatest prime minister in British history.

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It wasn't just MacLean that was troubled by the Triple Alliance, the Palace of Versailles was brightly lit, and Napoleon III was also troubled by this issue.

Don't think that the Anglophiles will not be anti-British. In the face of interests, the positions of politicians can change at any time.

Napoleon III, who lived in Britain, was very aware of the horrors of the British, and even suffered from Anglophobia at one point.

Time will always dilute everything. After more than ten years of imperial career, Napoleon III's fear of the British gradually faded away.

The current France is far from comparable to that of the past, and the difference in strength with the British is actually not that big. However, Napoleon III's fear of the British never faded.

It is clear that the British are a powerful naval power, and although the threat to France is great, it has not yet reached the point of being lethal. If they fight together, the French can still do it.

On the contrary, Austria, which is also an army power, may pose a fatal threat to France. However, Napoleon III had full confidence in Austria and was not so afraid at all.

The concept in the heart is also an important factor in determining the direction of politics.

Just like Russia in later generations, it is clear that its comprehensive national strength has fallen behind, but it is still the second most powerful country in the world in everyone's consciousness. Instead...

The problem is that Franz, like Napoleon III, also feared the British, but did not see the French as a mortal threat.

What about the same army as a powerful country? I don't want to be a coward in my heart. Anyway, the geographical location is determined, and it is difficult for France and Austria to reach each other's core areas.

The Albis Mountains are not suitable for large army operations, which means that it is impossible to fight from the Italian area, let alone the other side.

Throughout the two world wars, the Germans attacked France from Belgium, knowing that the southern region was not suitable for large army operations.

Bypassing Belgium means crossing Prussia at the same time before the two sides can start a fight.

Although there is no allusion of the false way to cut down the country in Europe, the Berlin government still does not dare to borrow it. Of course, even if they are willing to borrow the way, no one dares to pass.

Unless the Belgian and Rhineland regions are occupied first, otherwise the army will be cut off as soon as they pass. Wouldn't it be a tragedy.

Because they did not regard each other as a threat, France and Austria formed an alliance based on common interests. Both sides confidently waited for the strategic layout to be completed, and then slowly overwhelmed each other.

It is impossible to deal with the British. Neither the Austrian Navy nor the French Navy has suppressed the strength of the Royal Navy. The most optimistic estimate is that both sides will suffer.

This is also the reason why, in the era of Napoleon III, after the relationship between Britain and France warmed up, it was not able to form a further alliance.

Now is no exception. Both France and Austria regard the British as their worst enemy, and the British hold the same attitude. It is naturally not easy to form an alliance with one's own enemy.

Taking a sip of freshly ground coffee, Napoleon III sighed. He didn't want to turn his back on the British, but John Bull was preventing him from annexing Italy.

Deep down Napoleon III has made a decision

Certainly, if the British are willing to acquiesce to the expansion of France, then everyone will form an alliance, otherwise there is no need to talk about it.

If the alliance doesn't bring benefits to France, then don't play with the British.

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