In the scorching sun, a luxurious train rushed past. On both sides of the road, the mature grains seemed to be frightened, bent over and lowered their heads, and were still trembling from time to time.

In the luxurious carriage on the special train, a young man in gorgeous clothes was focused on the newspaper, frowning from time to time.

The young man was Alessandrovic (Alexander III) who visited abroad. He had high hopes for this trip to Paris and did not forget to collect information on the way.

He was too lazy to read the information provided by the Tsarist government. In Alessandrovic's view, those information had obvious tendencies, or were politically correct.

In his opinion, it is enough to have a preliminary understanding of France and look at the French economy and politics newspapers. Alessandrovic is not an expert and scholar, so these basic information is enough.

The more I know, the more I feel Alessandrovic feels. Through the news in the newspaper, he knows that there is a huge gap between France and Russia.

This gap is "qualitative", and is by no means what the St. Petersburg bureaucrats say verbally, and can surpass it in three to five years.

What made him a headache was that the French people had a bad impression of Russia, and you could tell by reading the adjectives in the newspaper.

"Barbarian", "scammer", "rogue", "corrupt"...

These adjectives deeply hurt Alessandrovic's heart. His dissatisfaction had no effect. The French newspapers would not be controlled by him, so they should be written as much as possible.

Although most of the content is exaggerated, it is not entirely fabricated out of thin air. Russia has indeed had many dark history.

Under normal circumstances, no one will turn over these old accounts. Now that Alessandrovic is coming for a visit, the newspapers that are taking advantage of the popularity will become active.

"French-Russia friendship" does not exist. At least these newspapers do not believe that the two countries have traditional friendship and there is a lot of hatred.

What's even more annoying is that they are still losers. Everyone still remembers clearly that it was the Russians who buried the First French Empire.

The French were very dissatisfied with the failure of the Near East War. In the recent Prussian-Russian War, the French people donated the most to Prussia, which exceeded the total of the German Federation of Austria.

There is nothing to be proud of, Alessandrovic is not clear. In short, he understands that many French people are not welcome to visit.

When he was at home, Alessandrovic didn't know that Russia was so unpopular in Europe.

Originally, he was still worried about the failure of the Prussian-Russian War, but now he understands that he is fighting the entire Europe at the same time, so how can he not fail?

After each entered the newspaper, Alessandrovic fell into deep thought. A voice in his heart kept telling him that he had to do something and change the views of European countries on the Russian Empire.

Isolation means danger. Now there are many enemies in the Russian Empire, but only one ally, and even the last ally is leaving them.

If this situation does not change, it will still be difficult for the Russian Empire to win the victory when the next war breaks out.

Although the war has not yet broken out, Alessandrovic already knows that there will be at least the Ottomans in the next war, and several Khanate countries in Central Asia may also appear, and even the Far East may not be stable.

Modern warfare is logistical. The Russian Empire lost in the last war in the traffic. Although some people in China accused Austria of paddling, Alessandrovic knew very well that the reason for the defeat of the Russian army was still himself.

Buy supplies from Austria but do not have the ability to transport them to the front line in time, resulting in insufficient troops on the front line, which gives the Prussians an opportunity to take advantage of.

Without logistical constraints and one million Russian troops were put into the front line, even if the entire Europe provided logistics to Prussia, they would not be able to stop it.

There is no fairness in war. If there is an army that doesn’t have to play and win the more with less, they are all fools. Usually, such fools die miserably.

In the history of war, almost all those with strong strength won the war. The reason why the weak defeated the strong was highly praised was because few things happened.

With the same military strength, in terms of military combat effectiveness, the Russian Empire is indeed at the bottom among the European powers.

The reason Alessandrovic knew very clearly was nothing more than the gap in weapons and equipment and training, and ultimately, he had no money.

Most of the Tsar soldiers were conscripts, and these troops did not need to pay salaries, just give them some symbolic things.

Cheap became a symbol of the Tsarist army. Compared with strengthening training and replacing the most advanced weapons and equipment, economically, the increase in combat power brought by increasing the number of people is greater.

Someone has calculated this account a long time ago. The expenses of a French soldier are enough to recruit two such cheap soldiers by the Tsarist government, and there is still some surplus. On the battlefield, a French army will definitely not beat two Russian soldiers.

This is how gray animals come from. Because of their economic cheapness, the Russians fell in love with the human-sea tactics.

The train slowed down slowly, and Alessandrovic knew that it was Paris. Looking at the buildings on both sides of the road, Alessandrovic showed a hint of fascination.

Paris is definitely among the most desirable cities in the world in the 19th century. Of course, Alessandrovic was interested in Paris, not because it was a revolutionary holy place.

As a crown prince, especially the crown prince of the Tsarist government, he was born to be a member of the reactionary faction and could not be together with the revolutionary party.

The reason why Alessandrovic is interested is simply because Paris is the capital of France and has the most developed industry in France.

As the three most well-known cities in Europe in this era, although Paris is famous for its revolutionary holy land, it is not bad in other aspects.

After the reconstruction of Napoleon III, Paris has now gotten rid of the dirty and messy hat, and the urban environment is not much better than that of stinky London.

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Franz had no interest in Alessandrovic's trip to Europe, and even this person who was famous in later generations could not move him.

History is the easiest to deceive people, and exaggeration is always the favorite of literati. For example, the three Italian masters who were highly praised by later generations have achieved nothing due to changes in the international situation.

Franz admitted that their abilities were indeed strong, but unfortunately they were not lucky this time. Just a little change made their lives change.

Garibaldi and Mazinni failed in leading the revolution and were forced to go into exile overseas. The famous Prime Minister Cafur was even more miserable, and his art of joining the league failed at the beginning.

Austria's position was different from history. He allowed France to expand in Italy. Napoleon III felt that annexation of Italy would be more beneficial than cooperation with the Kingdom of Sardinia.

A decision that was in power made all his efforts useless. There is no way, the success of the original time and space is based on luck, and now there is only a little luck.

Countless real cases have told Franz that the ability of losers may not be worse, and they are often just a little bit of luck from success.

With just this slight difference, the final result is often the difference between heaven and hell.

Napoleon III is also an example. The original time and space person has failed. As a result, because of Franz's butterfly effect, Napoleon III is now called "Napoleon the Great" by the French.

Looking at the information in his hand, Franz frowned. If nothing unexpected happens, his unlucky brother will be unlucky soon.

If there was no buyer internationally, the Paris government decided to withdraw its troops from Mexico. Without the support of French troops, Franz did not think that Massimirens could stabilize the situation.

Without any hesitation, a secret order flew from the Vienna Palace to the Austrian Central American colony. No matter what, this is the nominal younger brother, and it is impossible for him to really sit idly by.

Even Franz considered the issue of resettlement. Forget it to throw it into the country castle. Anyway, there are not many other Habsburg, but there are many castles.

Idealists like Masimirino have no courage to come back to meet people when they encounter failure, and they are just a good time to live in the countryside.

Masimirino, the original space-time, refused to run away. Franz suspected that he was afraid of being embarrassed and afraid of being ridiculed, and did not dare to return to the European continent.

This is not surprising in my heart, just like a person who has not made money by working and is embarrassed to spend the New Year at home all year round.

The problem that Masimirano had in mind was that Franz was not a psychiatrist. Knowing that, how to treat it was beyond his ability.

Maybe I could throw this question to Queen Mother Sophie, just find something for her to share the nagging in Franz's ear.

Mexico City is not far away. As long as you prepare in advance, it is not too difficult to have an armed intervention. Anyway, the new Mexican government can pay in the end.

Unlike the French, the Austrian Central American colonial empire is next door to Mexico. The farmers there have long wanted to annex the Yucatan Peninsula. However, for the sake of face, Franz was embarrassed to attack Mexico.

When Masimirino lost his life, this obstacle would no longer exist. Beat the rabbit by catching a rabbit, and count as much as the meat you bite.

For Americans, the power of the Austrian Central American colonies may be equivalent to one or two large states. Even if the Germans can fight a little, it will be equivalent to the power of two or three large states, which is not worth mentioning at all.

But starting from the Mexican Empire, this little power was enough to awaken them. Of course, this was based on the Mexican rebels who were looking for a fight themselves.

If they were smart enough, they would send Massimirino I out of the country directly, without any excuses for war, and Franz, who was paying attention to his appearance, would not attack them.

To put it bluntly, the Americas are not the focus of Austrian expansion. The Vienna government has limited energy and cannot take care of so many places at the same time.

Even in the strategic Panama region, Franz can't do anything, let alone Mexico?

Now Franz is considering which son to go to Central America to serve as king.

With the rise of nationalism, it is still too difficult for the central government to directly control such a colony thousands of miles away. It is easier to establish a state.

This is also in line with the tradition of the Habsburg dynasty. At that time, ancestors could separate Spain and Austria, but now Franz can naturally separate them into a colony.

Not only is it a Central American colony, but the Nanyang region may also establish states in the future. Anyway, the meat is rotten in the pot, which is better than throwing it out.

If you attach these countries to the name of the Shenluo Empire, you will not be a failure to play in the same economic circle.
Chapter completed!