When everyone heard this fantasy news, they were shocked. The Americans wanted to build the "Siberian Railway". Didn't the sun come out from the west?

Americans want to strengthen economic exchanges and cooperation between Russia and the United States, but everyone can barely accept it. After all, the split United States has severely lacked a commodity market.

Both are members of the marginal world and have no conflicts of interest. The relationship between Russia and the United States has been good in recent years. It is a bit funny that Americans want to build the "Siberian Railway".

The Siberian Railway has such great effect and can promote economic and trade cooperation between Russia and the United States. Why don’t we know?

Everyone knows that when the distance is not large, the cost of railway transportation is much higher than that of sea transportation. What's more, special railways such as Siberian Railway, the transportation cost is even higher.

Whether it is starting from the East Coast or the West Coast, directly loading goods to the Russian Empire is better than running to the Far East to transit.

If you really want to promote economic and trade between the two countries, there are actually some. It is just not promoting commercial trade between the Siberian region and the United States.

Unlike Siberia in later generations, the Siberian region in this era can be said to be useless except for its large size.

The Siberian region, which has a population of more than 13 million square kilometers, is only less than 7 million. This is still the result of Ottoman immigration, otherwise this number can be discounted in half.

The Siberian region developed after the railway was opened to traffic. It was mainly due to Stalin's exile policy and increased the local population.

Just such a small population is still distributed on more than 13 million square kilometers of land, and talking about trade is a joke.

The market purchasing power of Siberia is probably not even as high as that of St. Petersburg.

If Americans are attracted to this "universe" market and want to go deep into business, they probably won't believe it even if they are a normal person.

Nicholas II asked, "What do Americans want?"

There is no love and hate in the world for no reason, and this is even more so between countries. As a normal person, Nicholas II does not believe that there is no interest, and Americans will come to do charity.

You should know that the construction cost of the Siberian Railway is not a small number, and it ranks second in the entire human history, second only to the Shenrona Ring Railway.

As early as a few years ago, the Tsarist government completed the exploration of the Siberian railway. If the budget cost was not too scary and the Tsarist government was not boring, the railway would have started construction.

Although the United States of America has a stronger financial resources than the Russian Empire these days, it is also limited, and it is also heavily in debt.

Even though his own railway was not completed, he suddenly ran away and asked to help build the Siberian Railway? Nicholas II could not doubt their motives.

Foreign Minister Mikhairovic explained: "In recent years, the United States has encountered bottlenecks in its development and urgently needs to open up a larger commodity market.

But now the world has been divided up? Including America, which was originally regarded as a back garden by Americans? Now it has also become the sphere of influence of Britain and Shenluo, and there is no room for them to intervene.

In order to change this situation, the Americans turned their expansionary attention to the Far East. However, their strength is limited and they are unable to compete with the British? Even the Japanese are difficult to suppress.

If there is no external force involved?      It is only a matter of time before the Americans are expelled in the Far East competition.

Judging from the current international situation, we are the only ones who can provide help to Americans and are likely to provide help.

Apart from joining forces with us? They have no way to deal with the British-Japanese alliance. The Americans proposed to build the Siberian Railway? It seems to be helping us, but in fact this is also their strategic helplessness.

Of course, Americans are not vegetarians, and their appetite is quite good.

In addition to joining forces with us to expand in the Far East, they also want to get the Siberian Railway franchise? and the most-favored-nation treatment in international trade."

Since defeating Napoleon, the Russians have a kind of "confidence"? Especially after seizing Constantinople, they reached their peak.

The Prussian-Russian War once awakened the Tsarist government? But after winning the war, everyone soon became addicted to it.

This "confidence" is also reflected in political and diplomaticism, including the strategy of going south to India? It is based on this "confident self-confidence".

After hearing this explanation, everyone, including Nicholas II, was moved.

Most-favored-nation treatment? That's the same as not giving. Anyway, the Russian Empire is already the world of Shinra industrial and commercial products. It's better to let an American come in and act as their competitor.

For Nicholas II, who wanted to get rid of Shinra's influence, he was just worried that the Americans would be useless, and even if the market was opened, he would not be able to compete with Shinra.

Joining expansion in the Far East is not a condition at all. The Russian Empire itself needs to share the pressure with allies.

As for dominating the Far East and completing the Yellow Russia plan, that is a future event and will not affect the current US-Russia cooperation at all.

It can be said that the Americans’ requirements, except for the somewhat embarrassing railway franchise, are all within everyone’s bottom line.

Prime Minister Sergei Witt: "It is naturally a good thing for Americans to help build the Siberian Railway, but it shouldn't be the present.

The power of the empire is not infinite. The French rebellion requires the empire to suppress it. The Central Asia Railway is halfway through, and we really don’t have the ability to start another big project.

Judging from the current construction progress, if the later project progresses smoothly, the Central Asia Railway will be opened to traffic in 1899, and it will not exceed 1900 at the latest.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can talk to the United States to put the construction of the Siberian railway for three years, so that we can deal with it calmly."

Even if the Americans were willing to help, the Tsarist government of the Siberian Railway would still have to pay for it and bear the big deal.

Including the Central Asia Railway under construction, it seems that the Vienna government is helping, but the labor and raw materials are provided by the Tsarist government.

In the era of lack of machinery and equipment, almost all processes were completed manually. Labor and raw materials accounted for more than 80% of the cost of railway construction.

As for the long-term demolition that would face in future railway construction, it does not exist at all. Including the taxes in each link, they are now zero.

On the surface, the Tsarist government did not pay much, but it hurts the national strength! Free labor is not limitless. Once the recruitment is over, a major event will happen.

Foreign Minister Mikhairovic shook his head: "This may not work. It is the American steel giant that leads the construction of the Siberian Railway.

Their main purpose of promoting this plan is to clear their inventory. If they delay the time for three years, their losses will be huge.

What's more, the US government will change its term in two years. If the project is not finalized as soon as possible, a new government will come to power..."

Unlike oversupply of agricultural products, it can only be scrapped, and oversupply of steel can still be backlogged. However, this backlog time is also limited, and the longer the backlog time, the higher the cost it will cost.

Capitalists are the most realistic. Once it involves damaging their own interests, then nothing can be done.

If capitalists are not easy to handle, it will be even more difficult for the US government to handle. It would be fine if it could be re-elected. If the government changes people, the policy continuity will not be expected at all.

This government is pro-Russia, and the next government may be anti-Russia. The political change of Americans is comparable to that of women changing clothes.

Nicholas II's indecisive character was exposed and he could not make up his mind. He now wanted to build the Siberian Railway, but also worried that the railway would consume too much national strength and could not support it.

...

The scorching sun is scorching the earth. Franz is now surviving the summer heat in the Albis Mountains, accompanied by a small pond in the mountains. It has a bit of the charm of "the spring is silent and the spring is cherished and the trees are shining on the water and the soft and gentle."

Since he had a son to be a strong man, Franz has been liberated from the cumbersome government affairs and lived a beautiful life of traveling around the country.

Once people are idle, they like to make trouble. If it weren't for the pain of taking transportation these days, Franz might have begun to realize his dream of traveling around the world in his previous life.

Think about it, you can enjoy the beauty all the way, and experience the exotic style. It is definitely a pleasure.

Unfortunately, I had no money in my previous life and could not take action; now I have money, and the conditions for traveling around the world are not met.

If you can't travel around the world, then you can travel around Shenra. If you go to a poor mountain and bad water, you will suffer, so you can enjoy it in your prosperous comfort zone.

Anyway, at this age, Franz doesn't have to worry about slapping his will and making himself fall into depravity.

I ran out to play with willfully, which made Frederick suffer. Although he had been in contact with government affairs for many years, he was still tired now that he has become a decision maker.

There is no way. Now any decision involves great interests, and he cannot help but be careful.

As the crown prince, Frederick does not have the prestige of Franz. Before making decisions, it is necessary to coordinate the relationship between all parties.

Fortunately, the bureaucrats of the Vienna government have been trained by Franz in recent years, and no one dares to stab the crown prince. Otherwise, Frederick's life would be even more sad.

...

Prime Minister Carl: "Your Highness, the Russian troops stationed in France sent a telegram to the Allied Command last night, hoping that the commander could solve their logistics problems."

Frederick knew that the trouble was coming again, as it seemed ordinary.

The Vienna government has long controlled the Allied Command, and naturally no one would have any opinions during the continental war, and the situation after the war was completely different.

No one wants a mother-in-law to take care of her, and the anti-French alliance countries are no exception. Given this situation, the Vienna government, which focuses on eating habits, naturally did not insist.

Soon the Allied Command became a liaison and coordination agency from the highest military command of the Alliance.

Except when politically needed, stand up and show your presence, you don’t care about specific military command most of the time.

No matter how real power changes, the Allied Command is still the highest military command in the anti-French alliance.

Now that the Russians are asking for help, the Allied Command, as the nominal supreme command organization, cannot sit idly by.

Perhaps in the eyes of the outside world, the Russians came to the door at this time, providing the Vienna government with an opportunity to re-intervene in command of the military forces of various countries in France.

However, Frederick would rather not have this opportunity. He intervened in the command of the troops stationed in France, which seemed to be huge, but in fact it was useless to Shinra.

France is like this now, and there is no oil at all. If you go too deep into the French military command, what else can you do besides taking the blame and causing hatred?

We can't take this as an opportunity to interfere in the internal military and political power of various countries, right?

Not to mention that it has been implemented, if any signs are revealed, Shinra will be attacked by the public.

The Habsburg dynasty was personally experienced by our ancestors. When they were young, they were excited and shouted a few unified slogans. After they succeeded to the throne, they were targeted by the princes.

The situation is similar now. European countries are willing to recognize the overlord of Shenluo. In addition to their own strength, the most important thing is that Franz doesn't like to mess around.

It is rare to meet a boss who doesn’t make trouble, so everyone naturally has to flatter. Others flatter, but you still have to be self-aware.

If he really gets away, Napoleon is a role model. Even if he wins on the battlefield, he will lose politically.

In this context, the telegrams requested by the Russian army stationed in France are a hot potato. Once it is not handled properly, it will cause great trouble to the Vienna government.

The Vienna government has encountered similar things. However, it was handled by Franz before, and Frederick was just a bystander. Now that he encountered them, he still had some headaches.

After a moment of silence, Frederick asked, "What advice does the Prime Minister have?"

"Now we choose to either allocate some materials to the Russian army on the front line first and take the opportunity to take the command of the Russian army, but we must grasp the degree and not intervene too much.

Either send diplomatic notes to the Tsarist government to urge them to provide supplies to the front line as soon as possible. However, in this way, the effectiveness of the Allied Command will be wiped out and there will be no ability in the future..."

Frederick sighed secretly. The two choices given by Prime Minister Carl are actually one choice.

In the name of the anti-French alliance, a note was sent to the Tsarist government to urge the Russians to provide supplies to the front-line troops, isn’t it also interfering in Russia’s internal affairs?

What's more, you have to take advantage of the majesty of the Allied Command. This kind of thankless thing is obviously better to do less.

Providing logistics supplies to the Russian army is also not a good job. It seems that he has obtained command of the Russian army stationed in France, but it has also deteriorated the relationship between the two countries.

It can be said that no matter what choice the Vienna government makes now, it will eventually affect Russia-Austrian relations. If a poor operation is done, it may also affect Shinra's international image.

However, it is not OK to not choose. Since the Prime Minister mentioned it, it is obviously the result after careful consideration. Perhaps there is a better way to deal with it, but everyone has not thought of it yet.

After pondering for a while, Frederick nodded: "The most important thing on the battlefield is efficiency. The Russians are busy now, and it will definitely be too late to handle the time they themselves.

For the overall situation, we will suffer some losses and provide logistics supplies to the front-line Russian troops first. When the situation in France stabilizes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will communicate with the Tsarist government."

Other abilities are uncertain, but Frederick has moved closer to Franz with his eyes open.
Chapter completed!