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Parmeston fought for: "Mr. Metternich, your asking price is too high, which is more than the affordability of the Kingdom of Sardinia!"

Metternik said calmly: "Mr. Parmeston, we can count as a battle. This time, Austria spent 100 million rupees in war funds and paid 12,000 casualties from officers and soldiers. Even if no one paid 1,000 rupees in pension, it would be 12 million rupees.

The death toll of civilians reached 586,000, while the death to nobles was 26,000. The highest title was to the marquis, and millions were homeless.

According to the calculation that each civilian pays 500 rupees of casualties and each noble pays 3,000 rupees of pension, the total is 371 million rupees. The homeless people will calculate less, and at least 150 million rupees of resettlement fees, right?

Nearly half of the cities in Lombardy and Venice were destroyed by war, the local economy was completely collapsed, and the cost of post-war reconstruction would not be less than 300 million rupiahs.

The Sardinian army also acted recklessly and plundered a large amount of wealth from the people, at least 180 million rupiahs, and these must be returned.

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According to the Austrian algorithm, the Kingdom of Sardinia is probably not clear until the next century. Before Metternich finished speaking, Parmeston spoke:

"Mr. Metternich, the account cannot be settled like this. Most of the casualties and economic losses were caused by the revolutionaries, and the losses caused by the Sardinian army to your country were only a small part of it."

That's right, these losses are the result of the joint efforts of the rebels, Austrian troops, Sardinian troops, and everyone, but the losses are all borne by the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Metternich said without changing his face: "Mr. Parmeston, we have sufficient evidence to show that the rebellions that occurred in Lombardy and Venice were planned by the Sardinian government.

The losses caused by the rebels naturally also need to be borne by the Kingdom of Sardinia. We only demanded 1.66 billion rupiahs of compensation, which is actually very small."

Parmeston naturally would not buy it, and grind it down with Metternich one by one.

For example, civilian casualties: The Sardinian army did not carry out a massacre, how could it be that it could kill so many civilians in such a short time?

Natural disasters, man-made disasters, and natural deaths are recorded on the Sardinian government. It can be said that they are at least related to it.

However, the war caused population outflow, and the person was still alive, so he had to compensate for the death toll. Isn’t it too nonsense?

What rebel members need to pay compensation for casualties? Isn’t this nonsense? They are all sinners, and the Austrian government needs to pay pensions to their families?

No, this must be discounted.

For example: The Sardinian army plundered the place, and they were all in the prisoner-of-war camp. The goods were your spoils, okay? At most, some damage is given, so how much?

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After half a month of dispute, Parmeston finally reached an agreement with Metternier, and the Kingdom of Sardinia paid Austria 338 million rupiah war compensation and 62 million rupiah ransom to end the war. (approximately 93.52 million taels of silver)

This is already the limit. The Kingdom of Sardinia has not yet undergone the Caful reform. Now their fiscal revenue is converted to only more than 10 million taels of silver.

Faced with this huge compensation, they certainly couldn't get it. The existence of the Fa'an Secret Agreement cut off their chances of seeking help from the French financial community. They had no choice but to borrow from the British.

Given the feces and urine properties of John's cow, how could it be impossible not to take advantage of the situation?

It can be said that after borrowing this huge debt, the politics and economy of the Kingdom of Sardinia will have to be fully dependent on the British in the future.

As for the opinions of the Sardinian government in exile, they have lost their voice and can only accept the arrangements of fate.

Just change to another government if you don’t obey. The British spent a lot of money to save them, hoping to support an obedient pawn in the Italian region and enhance their voice in the Italian region.

Of course, another reason is that the British bank consortium was trapped by loans. The Sardinian government still owed the British a lot of debts. If they didn't find a way to protect them, all these loans would be wasted.

This huge compensation is not so much the limit that the Kingdom of Sardinia bears, but rather the limit that the British are willing to continue to invest.

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On July 7, 1848, the Austrian Ambassador to London and the Sardinian government in exile signed a truce treaty. The content was a replica of the secret talks between Britain and Austria, but it was just a different statement.

The British bank consortium provided loans to the Sardinian government, paying 200 million rupiah in one lump sum of Austria's war reparations, and the remaining ones were paid in 20 years with an annual interest of 5%.

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Franz made the decision to ask for money and not land. If there is no problem with this teammate of France, then everyone will join forces to divide the Kingdom of Sardinia and Austria can obtain the rich Genoa and Turin, which is indeed worth taking action.

But now the French are too busy to take care of themselves, so Austria can only go on the battlefield alone. Unfortunately, Austria has a bad appetite and cannot swallow the Kingdom of Sardinia in one bite.

If the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot be destroyed and only occupied part of their territory, it will take a long time to face the threat of national uprising and it will be difficult to transform these areas into national strength.

Moreover, there are enough Italian nations in Austria, and Franz does not want to continue to increase, which is not conducive to the national integration policy he implemented.

Austria made concessions on the issue of the Kingdom of Sardinia and naturally received compensation.

For example: The British will support Austria's expansion in the Balkans, and default to Austria joining overseas colonial expansion.

Compared with the complex Italian region, after gaining support from the British, Austria expanded in the Balkans and only needed to communicate with the Russians.

Overseas colonial expansion is even simpler. As long as Austria opens up its colonies and does not conflict with the core interests of Britain and France, everything else will be small problems.

I have to say that Parmeston's judgment is very accurate, and Austria's strategic focus is no longer on the Italian region.

What now dominates is the German faction headed by Prime Minister Felix, who advocates expanding power in the German region.

Following closely behind was the Near Eastern faction headed by the Army Secretary Prince Wendy Schgretz, who advocated expansion into the Balkans.

And the colonial faction led by Grand Duke Louis advocated the opening of overseas colonies.

The butterfly effect has a huge impact. At this time in history, the Austrian government was busy suppressing the rebellion, and there were absolutely no such many people who wanted to expand outside.

Behind these strategies are one or multiple interest groups. On the surface, everyone has very good reasons, but in actual operation, there are a series of problems.

Franz was not in a hurry to make his position. In many cases, politics cannot only consider right or wrong, but also depends on the interest groups involved and the changes that may be caused.

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Parmeston's visit was not only for the Italian issue, but also for the mediation of the Pundant War. Austria also has a strong voice on this issue.

"Mr. Metternich, I think it is necessary for our two countries to communicate more deeply on the issue of the PKD War.

The act of the Kingdom of Prussia to provoke war without authorization should be condemned by the international community. As a peace-loving country, it is necessary to take more active measures." Parmeston said

“Of course, Mr. Parmeston, the Austrian government has long stated its position:

The two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein are traditional German states, and Austria hopes that they will return to the Union.

However, they must return as an independent state, rather than becoming part of the Prussian kingdom.” Metternich replied tentatively

Parmeston said seriously: "Mr. Metternich, Schleswig and Holstein have already belonged to the Kingdom of Denmark, which is a historical issue.

The German region is just a place name, not a country. The German Federation is just an alliance, and there is no so-called sovereignty!"

There is no doubt that the British oppose the unification of the German region. Once a unified empire appears in the Central European continent, the hegemony of the British Empire will be impacted again.

Parmeston directly made his position in order to break the fantasy of Austria's possible unification of the German region.

Metternich opposed the establishment of the Greater Germany. He believed that it was impossible to unify the German region. After testing the attitude of the British, he would naturally not have any excessive reaction.

"Mr. Parmeston, this problem is not what we think about, but the public opinion led by the Prussians. Now the Austrian government is kidnapped by public opinion.

After just experiencing a domestic rebellion, we had to take into account the feelings of the people. In this war, we had to support the Prussians diplomatically."

Metternich was very serious about the word diplomacy, and Parmeston naturally heard the implication. Austria did not want Prussia to continue to grow, and its support for them was limited to diplomacy and would not take practical actions.

This reply did not satisfy him, but it was not unacceptable. It was nothing more than that Austria was preparing to make a soy sauce during this PDA war.
Chapter completed!