Chapter 596 The Emperor's Recipe

Gerston was not dazzled by the good news in front of him. It was good to take advantage of the Ottoman Empire, but it was not something the British family could do to support the Ottoman Empire to contain Austria.

Now that the Ottoman Empire is in decline, the Vienna government can stand by and let them do what they want. Once the Ottoman Empire showed signs of rising, the situation changed immediately.

If one day the Vienna government has a whim and wants to pull out the nail in the back, the British will actually be beyond their reach.

The London government cannot fight for the Ottomans and Austria, and no matter what the outcome is, it will only cheapen the French.

Therefore, pulling the French into the water is the best choice. I don't want the Ottoman Empire to play a big role. As long as they exist, Austria can not fully enter the European hegemony.

Without being able to go all out, Austria naturally had no way to break through the obstacles to the unification of the German region, and even for its own strategic security, the Austrians had to drag the French back.

Fao pulled each other back, and the British could play a balance between the two and achieve their own strategic goals.

Maclean shook his head: "Prime Minister, I'm afraid this is a little troublesome. The French financial community is not optimistic about the Ottoman Empire. After the Second Near East War, French banks have not issued a loan to the Ottoman government.

During the reign of Napoleon III, the relationship with the financial world was very bad, and it still has not eased. Even if the Paris government was willing to support the Ottoman Empire, they couldn't come up with much money. "

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

Napoleon III in the original time and space was ousted by the financial capitalists. Now that there is no great defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the financial capitalists naturally have no strength to jump back.

However, it is an indisputable fact that the relationship between the financial world and the Paris government has deteriorated. After Napoleon IV succeeded to the throne, although the Paris government was noisy, it still continued the policy of the Napoleon III era economically.

For example: imposing heavy taxes on the financial industry, restricting the maximum interest rate on loans by legal situation, cracking down on financial speculation and so on.

For national development, these practices are undoubtedly correct. But for financial capital, this blocks their way of making money.

Of course, in this era of booming French economy, financial capitalists still took the biggest cake, but people will never be satisfied, especially capitalists.

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

The overall situation and long-term development have nothing to do with them. The capitalists just want to take more benefits. How well does the country develop, what does it have to do with them?

Conflict between the two sides has thus arisen, and the relationship has become complicated.

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

The deterioration of the relationship between the two sides has the most direct impact on the weakening of the Paris government's financing capacity. When it wants to mobilize a large amount of funds, it must first obtain the approval of the capitalists.

If both parties have the same position and both believe that they can make money, then everything is negotiable. On the contrary, the financial world will not cooperate.

The French financial community now believes that providing loans to the Ottoman government is a high-risk business. In this context, unless the Paris government personally guarantees it, the capitalists will not buy it at all.

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

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

Every year, more than three-digit banks and securities companies go bankrupt around the world, and a large part of them are intentional by capitalists. In any case, both the executives and the boss made money, and in the end it was only ordinary investors who lost money.

Gerston 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."

Capitalists are the hardest creatures to deal with, but also the easiest creatures to deal with. As long as the interests are in place, all problems are not problems.

Prime Minister Gerston's initial promise to let the French train the Ottoman army was effectively giving up the Ottoman arms market.

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

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

By contrast, tariffs and currency issuance are where the real benefits lie.

Controlling a country's tariffs means controlling a country's market; controlling a country's currency issuance means controlling a country's economic lifeline.

There is no better way to buy financial capitalists than to involve them in currency issuance.

It just so happens that the British have the ability to eat this part of the interest, but there is no way to keep this part of the interest, and it is also a practical need to share it with the French.

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

Originally, he thought that in his previous life he was a "home"

"It's because there is no money, and now he finds that it's not just a "poor" problem, he is essentially a "house".

This does not go back to his old nest, and he relaxes all of a sudden. To celebrate the return, the fish in the artificial lake suffered another disaster.

As a pragmatist, Franz never raises ornamental fish and the like, and all the artificial lakes raise edible fish.

This aspect is almost contrary to the cultural tradition of Austria. Most Austrians do not like to eat seafood, especially fish, shrimp, crabs and the like. They must not be served on the table during the festival.

The reason is very strange. I don’t like crabs because crabs walk sideways, which violates the natural law given by God; I don’t like shrimps because they walk backwards, which has a bad symbolic meaning.

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

Of course, most people in this era are not qualified to be picky eaters. It doesn't matter whether you like it or not, the key is that fish, shrimp and crab are relatively cheap meat products.

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

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

The outside world's cognition did not affect Franz's recipe at all, but the emperor's recipe affected the Austrian's eating habits.

Up-and-down effects are indispensable in any society.

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

Under the butterfly effect of Franz, many delicacies from all over the world were introduced in advance, and took root here, and the table of the Austrian people was enriched a lot.

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

The movement in the water is getting bigger and bigger, and the fish that are hooked are all out of the water, and Franz's joy is gone.

What caught my eye was a small fish about seven or eight centimeters in size. Franz, who was a breed of horses, didn't care anymore. He was wondering how such a small fish could be eaten?

Deep-fried, steamed, braised, unfortunately, it is too small even for soup. There is no way, this is Franz's record in one morning.

Haikou has stepped out, and he promised to cook the fish he caught at noon today, but no fish was 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 scourge of the emperor Franz, usually no one will pay attention to them.

As far as Franz was standing, he could see that there were fish swimming in the clear lake water, and they were not small in size, but no fish were hooked.

After hesitating again and again, Franz decided to release this hard-won record. With this body, it is estimated that it is less than one or two. Franz really does not want to embarrass the chef.

As for the question of lunch, it doesn't matter. Now the rules have been changed. If you don't take the bait, then use the Internet cafe. In short, you must have fish.