Chapter 817: Pumping From the Bottom of the Kettle...

Prime Minister Carr: "If you can't hold it back, you can only suppress it.

After so many years of the Russian-Austrian alliance, the Russians have obtained too many benefits, if they are not satisfied, then there is no need to continue..."

The conflict between Russia and Austria is only a matter of time. People's desires will never be satisfied, and it is impossible for Austria to satisfy the desires of the Russians all the time.

Although he had been prepared, Franz did not expect it to come so quickly.

Now it's only the French who are taking action, that's all that trouble; if the British are involved later, things will be even more difficult.

Basically, it is certain that as long as Britain and France are willing to pay, it will be a matter of time before the Russians turn their backs, because Austria has already been unable to bid.

This is determined by geographical location. Austria blocked the way for the Russians to advance westward, and the Vienna government had no way to continue to make concessions on this issue.

Once the international situation has undergone major changes, the huge debt between Russia and Austria is also one of the factors that induces the two countries to turn against each other.

If the foreign debt cannot be repaid, the creditor will be killed. This kind of thing has precedent in the European continent. With Russian integrity, it is not surprising that this happened to Franz.

Foreign Minister Wesenberg shook his head and said with a smile: "Things are not that bad, and there are three main reasons for preventing the Russians from defecting now:

First, Britain and France have not paid enough attention, the price offered to the Russians is not high enough, and the chips for betrayal are not enough;

Second, the friendship between Russia and Austria has continued for three generations since the anti-French war period. From the people to the government, the pro-Austrian faction has an advantage;

The third is the economic and trade exchanges between the two countries. Once they become opposites, the nascent Russian national industry will be devastated.

If these three problems cannot be solved, they will at best ease relations, and the Russian-Austrian alliance can still continue.

Judging from the current situation, the French just want to alienate the Russian-Austrian alliance, and have not yet reached the point where they want to pull the Russians into war with us.

Even if Britain and France make a move together, the Russians will not defect for a while. I can say responsibly that the Russians do not want to meet us on the battlefield. "

This explanation makes many people breathe a sigh of relief, and it is almost impossible to solve the three major problems at the same time.

Especially the latter two, the friendly relations between Russia and Austria have been determined by six monarchs after three generations.

Politicians can change their positions at any time, but it cannot be done in a day or two for the people to change their positions.

The group of "pro-Austrian factions" is not a flickering one, but a real interest binding.

Once Russia and Austria turn against each other, this group will become the biggest victim. On the contrary, there is also a pro-Russian faction in Austria, and these are the vested interests of Russia-Austria friendship.

When it comes to interests, one cannot be persuaded by words. If the tsarist government wants to turn around, it must first suppress the pro-Austrian factions in the country.

The problems in the industrial system are even more troublesome. Even with the help of Britain and France, they cannot be corrected in three or five years.

If Austria suddenly blocks the Russians, in less than half a year, most of the factories in Russia will be shut down due to mechanical problems.

Of course, many people don't realize this. After all, there is no precedent in this regard, and no one knows how to control the industry of a country, and can also start with the spare parts of mechanical equipment.

On the issue of building a safe moat, Franz is still satisfied. With so many protections in place, it is much more reliable than the German Empire in the original time and space.

From the current point of view, as long as Austria does not do anything that is outrageous, the three countries of Britain, France and Russia will not be able to unite at all.

The French feel the threat from Austria and need to win over the Russians to share the pressure, but the problem is that the British are feeling the pressure from the Russians now?

As for Austria, although it is a little stronger and more active, it has not violated their core interests after all.

In the minds of most Britons, the French are Britain's biggest enemy, the Russians are the second enemy, and Austria is at most four or five, with the nasty Yankees ahead.

This ranking has no real value, and there are too many national emotions mixed in it.

On the eve of the outbreak of the First World War, the greatest enemy in the minds of the British people was France, so it is not without reason that John Bull pulled the backs of his allies during the World War and buried mines after the war.

After weighing the pros and cons, Franz said slowly: "Since there is no situation that is under control in a short period of time, then wait and then take action.

The Ministry of Agriculture should make preparations first, and once the French farm plan comes to fruition, it will promote the new potash fertilizer and directly draw money from the bottom of the pot. "

Since Austria can no longer make money in food production, no one wants to make money at all.

There is still technical difficulty in producing synthetic ammonia in large quantities. There is not much technical difficulty in mining potash ore buried in the ground.

Phosphate fertilizers have already appeared, and adding another potash fertilizer is too much to guarantee. It is still easy to increase the current output by more than ten percent.

It is not realistic to promote it to the whole world, but it is still very promising to increase the grain production in most parts of Europe within three to five years.

Needless to say, the outbreak of the agricultural crisis is appropriate, and even more tragic than ever.

Open-minded French people have always been at the forefront of world agriculture and are still very keen on promoting chemical fertilizers.

The domestic agricultural production in France has increased by more than ten percent, coupled with the contribution of colonial farms, the domestic food is basically

Enough to eat, the Paris government can't suppress its own agriculture and make room for the Russians?

The outbreak of the agricultural crisis, the collapse of international food prices, and the French default. I wonder if the tsarist government can withstand this double blow. Franz has already paid a moment of silence for Alexander III in advance.

The Russians will definitely take revenge after being slapped hard, and this is Austria's chance.

Whether it is interests or strategies, it is people who decide all of this. As long as you are a human being, you cannot avoid being influenced by your personal perception, and it is impossible to be 100% rational.

There's no harm in fooling around, how do you know if you don't try it? If you succeed, you will earn blood; if you fail, you will pretend that nothing happened. Anyway, you are thick-skinned and fearless.

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With an order from Franz, the Ministry of Agriculture got busy. It has not been a day or two since "potash fertilizer" was discovered, but the relevant news was blocked by Franz.

At present, only agricultural experts are studying in the experimental area, and they have not been applied to agricultural production. Halls, the Minister of Agriculture, is only known by his name.

After getting the report, Halls knew the specific ingredients of this thing.

The demand for potash fertilizer in agriculture is huge, which cannot be filled with a little grass and tree ash.

According to Franz's memory, it can be known that plant ash is equivalent to a weakened version of potash fertilizer, which is due to the news that the burning of wheat straw is prohibited before crossing, which has caused a lot of uproar.

So this achievement is to allow scientists to study the ingredients in plant ash that are beneficial to agricultural production, and then go to nature to compare and find.

Franz doesn't know what the potash ore looks like, let alone the specific distribution area.

However, this is a small problem. The Austrian government has the habit of counting resources, but any minerals found will be registered regardless of whether they are useful or not.

After knocking on the door of the Mining Bureau, Halls was not calm. According to the data, Austria is actually a potash-poor country.

"Director Rogers, could it be that the Austrian Austrian country can't even find several large potash mines?

Look at the information on this, it hasn't been updated for seven or eight years, can't you all..."

Even though he was not a direct leader, Rogers lost his temper in the face of the chattering Minister of Agriculture.

He explained patiently: "Your Excellency Minister, potash ore is not an important resource, and the Mining Bureau naturally did not organize personnel to detect it.

These discoveries are all unexpected discoveries by the outgoing exploration team, and the reserves above are only a preliminary estimate and do not represent real reserves.

If the Ministry of Agriculture needs, we can send people to conduct detailed exploration to determine the final reserves. "

This is also impossible, there are too many types of ores in nature. Even if it is a unified ore, it may have different characteristics because of different contents.

Common ores can naturally be identified by prospecting teams, and it is common for some niche mines to be misjudged. There are even thousands of mines in the archives that cannot determine the type of ore and are directly marked as unknown.

Of course, these thousands of unknown mines are not equal to thousands of unknown ores.

Exploration team members do not know, there are only two reasons, either an unpopular mine that is extremely rare but has no use value in a short period of time, or a mineral that has not yet been discovered by human beings.

For the Bureau of Mines, sometimes too large a site is a burden. The number of large and small mines registered in Austria has long been in the hundreds of thousands.

Mines with economic value cannot be developed, and who cares about "potash mines" that have little value, it is normal for the Mining Bureau to not care.

Halls nodded: "Then hurry up, anyway, you have to find enough potash for me in three years or something.

Don't make excuses, I don't believe in the great Austrian Empire, not even a few potash mines. "

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