The French's small movements were not beyond Franz's expectations. As Austria continued to grow, it was only a matter of time before the French felt threats.

There are not many European continents who are qualified to be French allies. Compared to winning over the British, the French government naturally tends to win over the Russians.

This is determined by geographical location. France and Russia do not have a border sphere of influence. Even if there are conflicts, it is a historical issue. There is little conflict of interest between the two countries.

In contrast, the conflict between Britain and France is not just a historical issue, but also a large number of direct conflicts of interest.

From colonies to local areas, Britain and France have serious strategic conflicts. The conflict between Britain and France these days is still the main international contradiction, and even the conflict between France and the Austrians has to stand aside.

In addition to the threat felt by the French government, the French people were also immersed in the glory of the Napoleon era and did not take Austria as a defeated general seriously.

The overall environment will also affect people, otherwise the French government would have taken action to win over the Russians and would not have waited until now.

In the face of interests, any ally is unreliable. As long as the French bid is high enough, it is inevitable that France and Russia will get closer.

However, it was too difficult for Napoleon IV to fail to experience the failure of the French-Prussian War, which made the French government sell its products and win over the Russians.

You should know that in the original time and space, the alliance between France and Russia was led by large loans. At the cost, the French Navy dropped directly and was surpassed by Germany and the United States in the early 20th century.

The so-called navy's deviation, the development of submarines and small ships is not just the minds of the top leaders of the French Navy, but more importantly, the military expenditure is insufficient.

If you don’t have money, what kind of navy you are playing with?

The cost of building a battleship is tens of millions of francs. If you add a series of problems such as subsequent maintenance costs and port construction, it is not surprising that the cost of amortization exceeds 100 million.

While maintaining the mainland army, dozens of battleships were launched, and the government spent all the money and private financing were spent. Where can I still have money to win over the Russians?

Although the Russian Empire is not as good as the same period in history and its pockets are much shriveled, it is bigger than the original time and space!

Alexander III is not as easy to fool Nicholas II. If the French bid was not high enough, they would not be moved at all.

Of course, winning over will definitely have an effect. After all, "the hands that take people are short and the mouth that eats people is soft", so there is definitely no problem eases the relationship between France and Russia.

If the bid is higher and the political means are more powerful, it is still possible to find a suitable entry point to differentiate and disintegrate the Russian-Austrian alliance.

If the Tsarist government wants to work for the French, this will not be a slight benefit.

If you regard the Russians as mercenaries of this era, they are also the most valuable mercenaries.

But this sky-high mercenary has a bad reputation and is not very good at taking money and not doing anything more than once. How can the employers feel at ease?

Since it is safe for the time being, Franz is not in a hurry. At this moment, he is trying out his car - Royal One.

It is not a battleship, and that thing is not suitable for seasick emperors. Royal One is a luxury sedan under the Austrian Automobile Group. It is a symbol of status and is designed specifically for the rich.

Pure handmade and high-end artworks are not comparable to those of the main road goods on the workshop assembly line.

Of course, "auto artwork" is not popular these days. Family cars themselves are super luxury goods, and they are not something ordinary people can hope for.

The true competitiveness of Royal One is still in its excellent performance. Hesitated that this was produced for the emperor, so there is no need to consider the cost or anything.

The technologies and craftsmanship used are all the limits that can be reached in this era.

4-cylinder engine, 90 horsepower, maximum speed of 120 km/h. After filling up a box of fuel, you can drive at full speed for 3.5 hours.

In addition to its super speed, Royal One also has unparalleled stability and super safety protection facilities, including special steel throughout the surgery and epoch-making bulletproof glass...

Franz personally experimented that bulletproof glass blocking rifles is not a problem, and the body protection of the car can resist grenades.

Of course, this is only limited to throwing it outside and exploding, which can block shrapnel. If thrown under the tire, it will still be lethal.

In a sense, if you modify this thing, you can take it on the battlefield and use it as an assault tank.

However, after seeing the terrifying cost, Franz decisively gave up this tempting idea, and the tank troops were still far away.

There is no way. Most of these high-tech equipment are limited to laboratory products. Not only is it that industrial production costs high, the key is that the defective rate is terrifying and terrifying.

Take the engine as an example. For the 100 engines produced in the same batch, only 2 of them had a horsepower of 90, while the rest were mostly between 80 and 90 horsepower, and some of them had dropped below 70 horsepower.

This thing is similar to the counterfeit machines in later generations. The performance depends entirely on luck. It is even worse than the counterfeit machines. At least the defective rate of others cannot reach 98%.

The defective rate of small-scale production is so high, not to mention large-scale industrial production, the data is even more terrible.

If you look at ordinary cars on the world, you know that cars with speeds of 40 kilometers per hour are all high-quality conscientious products.

Most cars can only reach speeds of 40 kilometers per hour in the first two years, but in the later stage, there are only 20 to 30 kilometers per hour.

If you really have time, you may not be able to run fast. The only advantage is probably that your battery life is stronger.

If the speed is just a little slower, this is nothing. After all, it is faster than a carriage, and short-distance travel is more convenient than a train.

However, the failure rate of cars is astonishingly high. When it first started to be sold in the world, on average, every 200 kilometers or 100 kilometers at a time, it requires maintenance.

Let me put it this way, those who could drive cars in the 19th century were not just money in their pockets, but also had to learn how to repair cars, or they could only hire drivers.

In order to better sell cars, Austrian Automobile Group now sets up a repair and rescue point every 20 kilometers, which relieves everyone's worries and thus establishes the vigorous development of the Austrian automobile industry.

There is no doubt that these messy problems will not happen to Royal One.

If there is a failure after running hundreds or eighty kilometers, the people below dare not send it to the emperor. If there is any accident, it will cause death.

The Royal One, which has excellent performance, is also made by money. The total cost is approaching one million ASUS, which has caught up with the construction cost of the former Dreadnought battleship.

This kind of epoch-making product is still very valuable for collection. That's right, it's collection. Franz is a dead house and rarely goes out.

There are special trains when you go far. Austrian railways cover every city, which is convenient enough. When you go out to hunt a little closer, you will also ride a horse and do not require car transportation.

If a rich man pays for it, Franz really doesn't mind selling this sky-high car. However, this is impossible.

The manufacturing cost alone is as high as 600,000 ASUS. The most important thing is to use a lot of new technologies, which are the highest reflection of Austrian industrial standards. If you don’t sell for 70 or 80 million, you will be sorry for everyone’s hard work.

After all, it is not only the products sold, but the products are worth hundreds of thousands of ASCH. What is really valuable is the new technology used in cars.

After taking this car and disassembly as a R&D template, it can be much faster than developing its own R&D.

There is no doubt that this is impossible. Not to mention how much technology there is, it is highly confidential and cannot be sold to the public. Just looking at this price, you can't find a buyer.

Even though the technology is good, not everyone can eat it. Including the strong British and French consortiums, no one has improved his technical system to this point and can digest all the technology here.

Due to the limitations of R&D capabilities or different industrial systems, many technologies are essentially not a template and can be reversed and restored.

Of course, there are enough templates to be tested multiple times, and they can basically be reversed out.

Deriving technology does not mean that it has the ability to produce industrially. This also tests a country's industrial level and products that transcend the times are definitely not so easy to imitate.

If these technologies cannot be applied to industrial production to create wealth, then buying this car is buying a super luxury product.

It's really luxurious. Seventy or eighty million ASIS is equivalent to gold, which costs more than two hundred tons.

Such a rich man can only exist after the collapse of the gold standard, which is impossible to appear in the era of the gold standard.

Then, there was nothing. The super luxury car that pushed the Austrian automobile industry forward a big step forward, Royal One, was finally allowed to keep it as a collection.

Even if you want to sell it, you have to wait for more than ten or twenty years. These technologies are almost widely used and do not need to be kept confidential.

But by then, the value of Royal No. 1 will plummet. Perhaps only tens of thousands of ASHI shields, or even thousands of ASHI shields, can be produced by then.

When Royal No. 1 is only worth collecting, it is only valuable in the hands of the emperor. If it falls into the hands of ordinary people, its value will drop sharply.

This is similar to antique cultural relics. Even ordinary bottles and jars, as long as they are used by the emperor, their value will instantly increase.

Without artistic value, experts can find out the artistic value; if it really doesn't work, it can also be related to historical value.

After wandering around the palace at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour, Franz got off the bus decisively.

There is no way. I haven't built such a fast car for too long. Franz found himself showing signs of motion sickness for the first time.

Theoretically, drivers won’t be able to move motion sickness, but unfortunately no one dares to let the emperor sit in the cab and be the driver himself.
Chapter completed!