It is difficult to deal with money, but it is difficult to find intermediaries. If you want this intermediary, you must first have three basic elements: first, you must have a good relationship with the Russians; second, you must have a certain amount of financial resources; third, you must not be influenced by Russia and Austria.

If there is no good relationship, it is difficult to fool the work. Only when the relationship is good enough can the subsequent story be compiled.

There is no love and hate in this world for no reason. Even if the stuffed cakes really fall from the sky, before eating them, you must first verify whether they are poisonous.

This requires a good story, a man who made the Tsarist government think that the middleman helped build the Siberian Railway for its own interests.

Stories alone are definitely not enough, and there must be a certain amount of capital. This capital does not require too much, just advance part of the cost of the Siberian Railway.

Or follow the example of the Vienna government’s aid to build the Central Asia Railway and find a railway company to undertake the construction of the Siberian Railway, allowing the Russians to default on exploration and design management and machinery and equipment leasing costs.

There is no shortage of artificial bears, and the raw materials can also be solved by most of them. Except for the rails that may require import, the Russians can provide everything themselves.

In fact, the most expensive thing about railway construction is labor and raw materials. If these two big ends are solved, the cost will be removed by 70% or 80%.

There are no taxes or fees. For such strategic railways, some people who undertake the construction of the Tsarist government will definitely give the green light all the way, and even the bureaucrats dare not stretch out their hands.

It is not to be bragged or black. The original time and space can build the main line of the Siberian Railway at a cost of less than 2 billion rubles. The bureaucrats responsible for railway construction are definitely working hard.

Perhaps corruption still exists, but relative integrity is still done. If it is really done at the normal level of Russian bureaucrats, this number will not be completed without increasing three to five times.

There is no way, Siberia's conditions are too harsh and the construction is indeed difficult. With limited technical conditions, the construction cost is simply impossible.

Therefore, financial resources are also indispensable. The so-called "not much" is only for the rich man like Britain.

In fact, there are not many countries in the world that can raise tens of millions of pounds, even in installments.

Although Britain is paying money behind the scenes, having financial resources is also an indispensable condition.

If a poor country suddenly takes out such a huge sum of money, it will definitely arouse suspicion from the Russians.

If the Tsarist government knew that the funds came from the London government, it would have been almost gone before the plan started.

In addition to the above two points, the most important thing is courage. The country that dares to participate in the dispute between Shinra and Britain these days is definitely a bold master.

There is no need to rely on the European continent. Denmark is the only one with the Tsarist government. The problem is that Sweden is the leader of the Nordic Federation, but Sweden and the Russians have feuds.

In addition to the bad relationship, what is more important is that it is not within the sphere of influence of Russia and Austria, and can ensure its own safety.

There is no way, the Nordic Federation is under the noses of Russia and Austria. Once the plan is exposed and waiting for their fate can be imagined.

The extremely high risk is inherently determined that countries participating in this plan must have a certain ability to protect themselves. Even if the plan is exposed, it will not cause a catastrophe to itself.

If one cannot guarantee one's own safety, no matter how great the benefits Britain promises, it is impossible for one to participate.

Open the map and you will know that there are only two countries that are not within the sphere of influence of Russia and Austria, and have certain financial and military strength, and are not afraid of being retaliated afterwards.

Considering that they have good diplomatic relations with the Russians, only the United States of America meets the conditions.

As for another candidate, because the Tsar supported the north during the Civil War, the relationship between the Union countries and the Russians was naturally not much better.

The United States met all innate conditions, but the acquired conditions were still lacking. The biggest problem was: not brave enough.

Americans in the original time and space are so cowardly these days. They are obviously attacking Cuba, but they are shocked by Spain's strength and dare not act rashly.

It was just secretly making small moves to test the Spanish's reaction. Of course, the Spanish government did not disappoint everyone and exposed its weakness.

In the end, the US government still wandered until 1898, and it was not until the Spanish-American War that "risk" planned. It was after defeating Spain that the Americans gradually lost their fear of European powers.

Not to mention now, Americans who have been beaten by society must be even more cowardly!

Even the declining Spain dared not move, and it was too embarrassing to ask them to plot against the Russian-Austrian alliance.

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While the British were still worried about how to persuade the United States, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 also came to an end. The Japanese government, which was in its highlight moment, never dreamed that they would be betrayed.

Of course, it is not considered betrayal. It is a chess piece, but before it jumps out of the board, it will naturally be controlled by the chess player.

It is difficult to take advantage of the great powers. Britain has paid so much for the Japanese and always needs to be rewarded.

The Japanese government, lost in the joy of victory and unable to extricate itself, naturally couldn't imagine so much.

It doesn't take that long, and the Japanese government will soon be unable to laugh. The international community's interference has already set out and I want to eat it... (Please make up for it)

One wave has not yet settled, and another wave has started again.

Cuba is still fighting fiercely, the Philippines is still hiking the ravine, the war in the Far East has not stopped, and Europe is in chaos again.

Everyone took care of the European economic revitalization strategy, but France was missed.

Although Spain recruited a group of French mercenaries to a certain extent eased the French crisis, this is still a drop in the bucket for a country.

Theory is always just a theory, reality is cruel. Franz’s expected "a mercenary supports a family" now seems more like a beautiful fairy tale.

Not everyone has a strong sense of responsibility. Except for the initial settlement fee, which left some, most of the mercenaries did not send money home as soon as they were paid after they left the local area.

We have to admit that they have strong adaptability and quickly adapted to the life of mercenaries. After getting their salary, they all lived a "day of being drunk today."

Less than half of the people who are willing to send money to their homes, and most of the people who are willing to send money only send a small part of their income. Those who can account for 1/3 of their income can be called "Gu family men".

Against this background, the plan to hire mercenaries, which were highly anticipated by Franz, naturally ended in bankruptcy.

People always have to eat, and France's economy collapsed as early as the war. The European economic crisis has come to an end, but France's economic crisis is still far away.

The trauma caused by the war is too great, and the refugees expelled by various countries have made this country miserable.

Although the French government has worked hard to resettle refugees, develop the economy as much as possible, and create jobs, there are huge war reparations on their shoulders, and the resources they can use are really limited.

The Vienna government did not collect compensation, which does not mean that other countries did not send people to collect debts. At least the Russian troops stationed outside Paris completed the compensation collection task as soon as possible.

That's right, the Paris government cannot afford the compensation, so the Russians do their best to make up for themselves. The Russian army has dispatched, and the collection of war compensation must be smooth!

There is no standard at all. It is necessary to collect three or five dou more than one. The Russian officers and soldiers who participated in the taxation activities made a fortune.

It was just that they were troubled by this. King Carlos, who could not stand the humiliation, directly took the government to strike in protest.

The angry French people have taken up weapons to resist the Russian atrocities, including some government forces, and have also participated in the attack on the Russian army.

Just as Franz took a nap, France became smoke again. Looking at the mess in front of him, Franz suddenly regretted leaving the Russian troops stationed in Paris.

That's right, suppressing the revolutionary Russian army is indeed a good player. The problem is that their ability to cause trouble is even better.

There is no problem in getting war reparations from France, but you have to leave a breath for others!

When sending troops out to collect taxes, Franz was very suspicious of what kind of commander he could give such a stupid order.

Anyone who knows a little about himself will know what the Russian army is. It will cause miserable places when stationed in military camps.

Rather than letting it go out and robbery, it would be better to let it go out and rob. It would be fine to play like this during the war, but now the war has long ended, so it would be strange if the French don’t break out.

No matter how hard it is, as long as you cause trouble, you can clean up the mess, Franz has no objection.

Obviously, everything was in front of him, the emperor, and the Allies stationed in France must have been unable to withstand it.

Otherwise, whoever is full and can cause trouble for his leaders if he has nothing to do? You should know that such ignorant behavior will greatly affect the "official career".

It has always been easy to create problems, but it is difficult to solve them. As the leader of the Allied Army, his butt determines his position, and it goes without saying which side he should stand on.

Years of emperorship told Franz that when encountering things, you should not rush to look at the surface, but also conduct analysis inwards.

From the perspective of the situation, the disaster was caused by the Russians, so it was naturally the responsibility of the Russian troops stationed in Paris. However, are the French no responsibility?

Now that I know how to complain, what have you done?

If the Carlos government had protested to the Allied Headquarters as soon as the problem occurred, someone would have interfered in the Russian army's actions long ago.

Even if I didn't expect it at that time, I could tell the Allied Headquarters immediately when the problem broke out. Is it possible?

There are so many opportunities to prevent the Russian army from collecting taxes, but the French government missed them all perfectly. When things got worse, a government strikes to protest.

Such obvious behavior is clearly a deliberate indulgence. It is just waiting for things to get bigger, so as to take advantage of the sympathy of caring people within the league to gain benefits.

Franz admitted that the French had succeeded and caused such a big mess, the Allies really needed to give the French an explanation.

But this explanation is uncertain whether they want it. After understanding the French goals, Franz's fear of the Carlos government has risen one step further.

In this context, to deal with the mess France is now, we must consider it carefully.

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Chapter completed!