Chapter 527： Oppo conflict

The establishment of a food reserve system by the British also affected the international food trading market, and the falling food prices finally stabilized.

However, this is of little use, and the situation of oversupply has still not been resolved. Although the black pot in which food prices have plummeted has fallen to the Russians, smart people know that the Vienna government is also the culprit.

Since you are smart, you will naturally weigh the pros and cons. Black Russians don't matter, even the Tsarist government itself is used to being hacked.

Austria is different. The dumping of grain by the Vienna government in the first half of the year would not have been smooth without the participation of capitalists within each country.

Once this cover is lifted, the interest groups involved will become too big. Few people are willing to do such offensive things.

As Christmas approaches, Vienna already has a festive atmosphere. The winter of 1872 was particularly warm in Vienna. There was no snow, and even cold winds were rare.

Trouble came at this time. On December 21, 1872, the Polish government issued a note to Austria's diplomacy: asking Austria to surrender Poland's land, otherwise the consequences would be at your own risk.

Well, after receiving this diplomatic note, the Vienna government was stunned and Franz was frightened. He really couldn't figure out what the horrible consequences would be.

Recently, Poland's anti-Olympic flames have risen, Franz knows. But he didn't take it as a thing, the strong never cared about the weak.

In his opinion, no matter how noisy the Poles were, they were shouting slogans at home, and after submitting to death, they submitted a few diplomatic protests, and what they should do.

In order to recover the old land that Poland and Russia had divided up in Poland, the Polish government also repeatedly requested the Vienna government after its establishment.

Franz understands this behavior. Regardless of whether it is returned or not, the government must do something, otherwise how can it explain to the people?

The Vienna government has never responded to the Poles directly when they did not exist. What surprised Franz was that the Polish government dared to submit a diplomatic note with such a strong tone.

This is not a trivial matter. Formal diplomatic notes are not the same as complaining in private. This requires responsibility.

Nothing to say, Franz immediately convened a cabinet meeting in preparation for the Polish government's obscurity.

"What stimulation did the Poles get, or did some people give them the confidence to think they could be treacherous to us?"

Anyone who knows Franz knows that this is angry. Poland can become independent, and Austria has also secretly contributed. It did not ask for a return. Now the Polish government actually blows its nose.

If you open the history book, you will find that the territorial dispute between Austria and Poland is a bad debt. In this case, it is natural that who is strong is who.

Foreign Minister Weissenberg explained: "His Majesty, Poland is a major agricultural country. After the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, Polish agricultural imports and exports have fallen sharply.

In response to the crisis some time ago, we raised tariffs on Polish agricultural imports, which triggered strong grievances from the Polish government.

About 34% of Polish agricultural products are exported to Austria. After processing, they are sold to the international market. After raising tariffs, agricultural trade between the two countries has dropped sharply by two thirds.

This has directly caused a large number of unsalable agricultural products in Poland, has caused a serious social crisis, and the Polish political situation has become unstable.

The Poles issued a diplomatic note at this time, which may be related to the situation in their country. The government wants to take the opportunity to specialize in domestic contradictions. "

There is no other way. The international market is shrinking. Austria has to cut production capacity. Many capitalists engaged in agricultural processing have begun to transform.

In this context, it is necessary to protect domestic agriculture and reduce the import of agricultural products.

Long before the agricultural crisis broke out, the Vienna government was ready to abandon the agricultural product processing industry. There is no way, this industry does not have much technical content and can only be used as the first generation industry.

In recent years, agricultural processing companies in various European countries have sprung up, and market competition has become increasingly fierce. Austria was able to maintain its hegemony in the agricultural processing industry, mainly by controlling most of its raw grain production capacity.

Obviously, this situation cannot be sustained. After the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, the agricultural product processing industries of various countries no longer worry about raw materials, and Austria's cost advantage no longer exists.

In this context, to continue to increase investment in this deadlock, it is better to invest power in emerging industries and promote the second industrial revolution to open the gap between everyone's strength.

Without the government's support, agricultural products processing and manufacturing industries with higher profits can continue to survive, and the lack of technical content in flour mills will make life difficult.

This is an inevitable result of economic development. The higher the technological content of the company, the more obvious the advantage it has in the competition. Without technical content, companies can only fall into the strange circle of price wars, and it is difficult to go further.

At this time, companies must either transform or upgrade their technology. For example, the development of more new products and the assortment of foods in future supermarkets have been forced by reality.

In order to survive, agricultural product processing enterprises cannot simply process a product. They must increase the number of links, increase the technological content, and increase the added value of the product.

From a long-term perspective, the agricultural crisis has also promoted the upgrading of Austria's agricultural processing industry. In 1872, the number of biscuits, canned food, and various types of junk food added to the market in Vienna was more than the total increase in the past five years.

The emergence of these high value-added products has rejuvenated many enterprises. Unresponsive companies are still struggling.

From the perspective of future generations, competition in this era is nothing. Even the most competitive flour mill, as long as it is properly managed, still has good profits, and it is still far from losing money.

Prime Minister Felix sternly said: "No matter what the reason, we must give a tough response to the Polish provocations and let them know how powerful. When necessary, military action can be taken to keep the Polish awake.

Franz frowned as a result of the military action. He felt that things were not so simple on the surface. Even if the Polish had a brain blow, there was no reason to provoke Austria.

Waiting for Franz to speak, Chancellor of the Exchequer Carl raised his objection.

"It is easy to teach Polish people, even if it is not difficult to conquer Warsaw. The question is, what benefits can we get?

The current international situation is not suitable for external expansion, and the Kingdom of Poland is drowsily poor. Unless we accept compensation for Polish agricultural products, we are afraid that we will not be able to collect military expenses. "

Anger and prosperous divisions are taboos of soldiers.

Although Poland's land is good, Franz really can't raise his ambitions. After the war of independence, the nationalism of the Poles has risen, and it is too difficult to digest them.

For the sake of a land suitable for growing grain, it is completely worthless to bury the hidden dangers of division in the empire. This time bomb, whoever loves it, belongs to anyone, Franz is not going to put it at home anyway.

Accepting compensation for Polish agricultural products is even more of a joke. Just as after the same war, Britain and France accepted German industrial products for debt.

By virtue of the war, the Germans could not open the British and French markets for domestic industry and commerce. Instead, they achieved their goals through post-war compensation.

Britain and France, which are eager for the moment, have also paid a bitter price for this. Affected by cheap industrial and commercial products from Germany, Britain and France's industries are declining.

At the beginning of World War II, as a defeated country, German industry actually surpassed the combined total of Britain and France, which has to be said as irony.

Such a stupid thing the Vienna government cannot do. It's too late to protect domestic agriculture. How could it be for the sake of some interests, the basics are ignored.

"First warn the Polish government and order them to quell the anti-Austrian movement in the country before Christmas, otherwise we will have a military parade in Warsaw."

No interest in Poland does not mean that the threat of force cannot be used. If the Polish government really gets into the water, Franz wouldn't mind fighting the battle.

Only in this way, the Russians were cheaper. If Poland is broken, Franz is very skeptical of the next Prussian war, what the Kingdom of Prussia will do.

Neither Alexander II nor Alexander III was easy to deal with. The war potential of the Russian Empire was far above Prussia.

After a loss, it is difficult for the Russians to advance in greed. As long as the Tsarist government fights steadily and the war becomes a war of attrition, the Prussian kingdom cannot consume the Russians.

At this time, the Kingdom of Poland became very important. If you were to be a little harder and recruit millions of cannon fodder from the Kingdom of Poland, then when facing gray animals, Prussia would not be submerged in the sea tactics.

Other Franzs are not sure, but one thing is certain, this time the Tsarist government will not be short of food.

Even if the transportation of the Russian Empire is still not resolved, the Tsarist government will reserve sufficient strategic supplies before the outbreak of the war.

This time the Prussians were unable to catch the Russians by surprise. Until the preparations are completed, the Tsarist government can no longer proactively provoke war.

There is still a few years for the Russian-Australian alliance. During this period, the Kingdom of Prussia could not take the initiative to launch an attack, otherwise Austria would be dragged into the water.

Shaking his head, Franz dispelled these messy thoughts. Regardless of so much, the international situation is ever changing, and no one can guarantee what will happen tomorrow.

Perhaps when the Pu-Russian war broke out, the situation changed again. Now Austria's strength is also growing rapidly. Perhaps by the time the Prussian-Russian war breaks out, Austria has left them far behind.

As long as you are strong enough, any challenge is not a concern. Perhaps by then, the results of the Prussian-Russian war will also become irrelevant to Austria.

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