St. Petersburg received a positive answer from the Vienna government, but Alexander III was not happy.

"Franz has always been absent from seeing a rabbit and not showing off his eagle. This time he agreed so readily and did not mention any conditions at all. Do you think there is any conspiracy here?"

It’s not because Alexander III is suspicious. In fact, in recent decades, the Russian Empire has suffered a lot of losses, which has caused him to have a psychological shadow.

Foreign Minister Oscar Jimenez replied: "Your Majesty, you are too worried. It seems that the Austrian government has helped us, but in fact they are also helping ourselves.

The British wanted an arms race, but they were aiming for France and Austria. Now Britain, France and Austria are already in a difficult position, and they can't stop until they decide the winner.

Whether there is or not the Afghanistan issue, the Austrian government will passively join this arms race.

Supporting us now not only causes trouble to our competitors, but also sells us a favor."

There is nothing wrong with it. The Vienna government promised to help restrain the British. In fact, they now have nothing to do except verbally shouting.

The arms race itself is in progress, and many warships have already started construction, so we can't stop work and put it aside, right?

Even if the British dispersed their power due to the Central Asian issue and wanted to suspend the game, France and Austria, who had already participated, would not agree.

The three countries of Britain, France and Austria have been competing for decades, and no one thinks they are worse than others. If you stop, stop. Where can you put everyone's face?

The enemy is a friend. Although this sentence does not apply completely, there is no obstacle to the joint efforts of Russia and Austria when it comes to fighting the British.

After hearing this reasonable explanation, Alexander III's uneasiness eased a little, and then he had a headache again.

"Ah! Even with the support of the Austrian government, our competition with the British in Central Asia is at a disadvantage.

Afghanistan is separated by the Central Asian Khanate. Due to the continental war, we have reduced our attention to Afghanistan in recent years.

Afghanistan did not turn to the British, but was due to the hatred left behind in the last British-Arab war.

If the British take gentle measures, the Afghan government may not resist. After all, we can give them too little support."

After hearing the Tsar's complaints, Oscar Jimenez secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It would be great if the Tsar could be rational. If he did it without hesitation, it would be a big trouble.

Now the Russian Empire really does not have the ability to fight with the British in the Afghanistan region. They seek Austrian support and essentially want to resolve the problem through negotiations.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is carrying out diplomatic efforts. If we can gain support from the French, it will be no big problem to maintain stability in Central Asia.

What we need now is time. As long as we drag it out for a few more years, the situation will be completely different."

The Prussian-Russian War has ended for some years, and the Russian Empire has also recovered a little bit of vitality. The most crisis has passed.

The problem now is that you don’t want to fight, rather than “can’t fight”.

Perhaps he is not a match for the British in Afghanistan, but he is still able to solve the problems of the younger brothers supported by Britain.

The most important thing is that there is not enough money in your pocket. Alexander III was a rational person, so naturally he would not blindly confront the British before he was ready.

...

Accompanied by the whistling of machinery, dust was raised, and a group of spiritless workers began another day of work under the whip.

Suddenly, a large number of guards appeared. After the managers stepped forward for a brief exchange, they mercifully ordered the workers to rest for a while.

The guards conducted a conscientious inspection of the construction site, confiscated the "murder weapons" including shovels, and drove the workers to an open space.

There is no doubt that when a big man comes, any hidden dangers must be checked.

Including the flying dust, it is also one of the hidden dangers, and it may stain the clothes of big shots, so they must be let fall down first.

Time flies, and it is noon in a flash. The sound of thousands of horses galloping is recalled. From a distance, you can vaguely see the flying dust stirred by the cavalry galloping in the distance.

As he approached, Alin Glenn, who was in charge of the scene, became excited. He pointed his finger in front and asked the captain of the guard in a low voice: "Your Majesty, have you come in person?"

The only response to him was the three words of indifference: "I don't know!"

I really don’t know the exact time of the emperor’s trip, not what people like them should know.

Especially for this kind of inspection, many places have temporary notices, and it is still an unknown whether to go there in the end.

Seeing the large army getting closer, Alin Glenn breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that this attitude was not the emperor himself, he was still a big shot.

...

A blond man in his fifties pointed to the construction site and said, "Your Majesty, this is the construction of the Shelif River Dam.

Once the project is completed, more than 150,000 hectares of land downstream can be effectively irrigated and get rid of the embarrassment of relying on the weather to make a living.

It can also ensure that downstream towns are exempt from the threat of flooding in farmland and is one of the key projects in the agricultural plan."

Napoleon IV nodded slightly, looked at the river that flowed to the sea and never returned, and then looked at a ragged and barely orderly team in the distance.

He frowned and asked, "What's going on? Why did the work stop suddenly? Is there a strike movement here?"

Seeing the emperor's face look ugly, the old man in charge of the introduction hurriedly explained: "No, how could there be a strike here? They should be having an intermission break.

Your Majesty, you see, these soils are newly dug. They are still working just now, why don’t you call the project leader here..."

Napoleon IV waved his hand and interrupted, "I said, don't do these messy formalisms."

The farm plan is related to France's future. If it is delayed by my visit, it will be unsatisfactory.

The site is here, and you can see the progress at a glance. If I don’t understand the project, I won’t cause any trouble for them.

Let them resume construction immediately, and we will go to the next place."

After saying that, Napoleon IV turned around and left, letting the waiter Alyn Glenn secretly hurt himself.

The opportunity to get close to the emperor flew away like that.

After the guards evacuated, Alin Glenn immediately waved his whip, walked to the workers, and scolded him sternly: "You little guys, get up and work for me immediately."

As if to vent his dissatisfaction, Alin Glenn also used a whip to entertain several workers who had reacted one step slower.

Seeing that the boss started to act, the surrounding supervisors joined in one after another, and the construction site resumed the noise again.

The inspection of Algeria was entirely a sudden whim of Napoleon IV.

The main reason is that the bureaucrats under his command are worried that someone will embezzle public funds for the project, which will lead to the failure of the farm plan.

As it turns out, his judgment was correct. The progress of the farm plan was far lower than the official report data.

For example, when we are doing the Shelif River Dam, it is clearly just a short time since the construction was completed, and the reported information is that the project is coming to an end.

There are many similar cases. Theoretically, in 1887, state-owned farms were able to transport 1.2 million tons of wheat and 580,000 tons of corn to the local area...

After these agricultural products are delivered, France's food shortage will be reduced by one third, significantly reducing the country's foreign exchange expenditure.

The reality is that the food in state-owned farms is in place, and there are even more things. It is said that the grain harvest has been bumper this year. However, the country's foreign exchange expenditure has not decreased much, but has increased slightly.

Needless to say, we all know what the problem is. We smuggled grain from the international market and entered the grain market under the banner of self-produced state-owned farms.

Due to the tariff barriers, the officials who handled the company make a fortune as soon as they go in and out, which is much more profitable than running a farm honestly.

Under the trend of interests, similar things are still increasing. Almost all projects linked to the farm have shown amazing speed.

The most awesome farm named Tales. From the project establishment to the bumper grain harvest, 50,000 hectares of land were opened in less than half a year, and a bumper harvest of 1,000 kilograms per mu was achieved that year.

Greed is the devil. In order to gain greater benefits, the bureaucrats in charge are not even professional in falsifying data.

Perhaps they think that as long as the money is in place, the people above will pretend to be stupid with them.

There is no need to say that such project reports that are full of loopholes and regarding senior government officials as fools, were naturally caught by the French government.

Napoleon IV always hated this kind of thing that tapped the foundation of the country.

The main purpose of state-owned farms that have spent huge amounts of money to build is to achieve self-sufficiency in food and reduce the balanced trade deficit of foreign exchange outflows.

Now he has become a machine for bureaucrats to make money. In a rage, Napoleon IV committed suicide in Algeria.

No matter how fake it is, there will be no so many projects overnight.

Then, projects like the Schellif River Dam that falsely reported progress were overturned in front of Napoleon IV.

As one lie after another was exposed, Napoleon IV's mentality was about to collapse.

I can hold back and fail to take down these bureaucrats on the spot, even if I have been well-educated, I don’t even think about it.

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Chapter completed!