We have to admit the Japanese acting skills. On the one hand, we promised Britain and France to join the battle against Austria; on the other hand, we promised Austria that we would never invade the Austrian South Ocean.

As for the rumors that were circulating, it was all French conspiracy, trying to provoke relations between Japan and Austria through such despicable means.

It doesn’t matter whether it is true or not. Anyway, after a series of diplomatic operations, the Japanese government has gained real benefits.

By fooling Dafa, on April 11, 1891, Ito Hirofumi signed the "Japan-France Far East Treaty" with French Minister Gretlas, at the cost of joining the war against Austria in exchange for the French government's abandonment of privileges in Japan, which kicked off the Japanese government's abolition of unequal treaties.

Immediately on April 18, Ito Hirofumi re-used the same trick and signed the "English-Japan-Tokyo Treaty" with the British, regaining the British's privileges in Japan.

Also relying on fraud, on April 26, Ito Hirofumi signed the Japan-Austria Security Treaty with the Austrian minister. The Japanese government at the cost of alliance between different French people in exchange for Austria to give up his privileges in Japan.

All three major powers have been settled, and the rest naturally cannot become a climate. With the help of coercion and inducement, the Japanese government miraculously abolished the unequal treaties signed by various countries and became the first country in Asia with complete sovereignty.

The news reached Europe. Well, Japan's presence is too low these days, and no one is interested at all. The media are busy reporting on the news of the European War, so naturally they have no time to pay attention to it.

Not to mention that the people do not pay attention to it, even governments of various countries do not take this seriously. It is good to have privileges, but it doesn’t matter if there is no privilege. Anyway, Japan has just a little market, and there is nothing left after Britain and France has left it.

In fact, after seeing the treaty submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Franz remembered that Austria also had privileges in Japan.

Then there was nothing. The Japanese are so poor these days. Only a few limited quantities of goods can be sold here, and the most profitable one is naturally the arms trade.

Unfortunately, the Japanese navy learned from the British and the Army learned from the French, and the arms market was not as good as Austria.

The Vienna government has implemented a mineral export approval bill, blocking the way to sell resources. Apart from the Austrian-owned Nanyang selling some rubber and grain, there are only a small amount of industrial products exported.

With less exports, even less imports. Compared with poor and careless Japan, Austria basically lacks nothing.

Even the Japanese flagship product, raw silk, lost its market after it was converted to rice into mulberry in Lombardy and Venice.

The total annual import and export trade between Japan and Austria is less than 300,000 ASCH, which is completely negligible and there is no reason to pay attention to it.

After being an emperor for so many years, Franz has long become a qualified politician. Apart from causing some trouble to the Japanese government at the beginning, he has rarely caused trouble later.

In fact, Austria also paid for the emperor's willfulness. The Vienna government's mineral export approval bill was originally intended to attack competitors, and the target was mainly the French.

The Austrian South Ocean is too far from Europe. If you travel so far to import ore, the freight cost alone will increase, and there is no need to limit it.

However, when demarcating the range, Franz shook his hand and drew a big circle on the map, and accidentally circled the Austrian Nanyang.

Then, if the Japanese government wants to import ore from Austria, it must pass layers of approval, and it will not be able to get it in less than a year or two.

For this reason, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also made a lot of efforts. Unfortunately, for the Vienna government, this is just a trivial matter, and no one is willing to change a decree for the sake of the Japanese's feelings.

To put it bluntly, the interests are not enough. Changing a law in Austria is very troublesome and a legislative meeting needs to be held again.

Even if the restrictions are abolished, the trade volume of hundreds of thousands of ASCHEs will be increased every year, and the tax revenue falling into the government's pocket is only tens of thousands of ASCHEs.

For the sake of this little money, I went to amend the law. The Vienna government is not that idle yet. Even if I know it is wrong, I can only make mistakes to the end.

Affected by this, Japan-Austria relations have never been hot and cold. I have to admit that in this regard, the book is still talented and is absolutely unambiguous when it comes to pretending to be a grandson.

Putting down the treaty in his hand, Franz said slowly: "The negotiations between Britain and Russia have begun. It seems that our actions on the African continent have attracted the vigilance of the British.

According to John Niu's previous style, they definitely don't want to see us coherent across Asia, Europe, Africa and the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa. If nothing unexpected happens, Britain and France have now moved closer.

The main force of the British Army is still in the Afghanistan region. In the short term, they are unable to interfere with the continental war, and the danger will only come from overseas.

Order the Governor of Nanyang and the Governor of Central America to strengthen their vigilance, beware of all neighbors around, and do not give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage of it.

As for other regions, our strength is too weak. If a war breaks out, they will be allowed to surrender directly. "Although I don't think the Japanese will be full and run to attack the Austrian Nanyang, I think of the Japanese who are trying to kill themselves in the original space-time, Franz still ordered to strengthen his vigilance as soon as possible.

Other regions are naturally a result of imagination. In the context of possible collaboration between Britain and France, it is not difficult to fool a few fools into charging into battle.

There can be Japanese, and there can be other countries. Among Austria's overseas colonies, except for the well-managed Nanyang and Central America, and the strength to play a friendly match with their neighbors, the remaining areas are not very good.

Especially in Austria Alaska, there is only an infantry battalion guarding there, and there are less than 50,000 immigrants, including one-third of the criminals.

As long as the British take action, they may fall into trouble in a minute. Anyway, they can't win, so they'd just admit defeat.

It is not easy to run these places. If you have lost all your money, you have to invest again.

Anyway, when the European War ends, no matter who takes it, he will have to spit out the capital and interest, and there is no need to make meaningless sacrifices.

After so many years of time traveling, Franz has been influenced by European culture. When thinking about problems, he is becoming more and more like a European politician.

Foreign Minister Wesenberg: "Your Majesty, maybe we can dispel these guys' unrealistic fantasies from the outside world."

Although the Austrian army had torn through the Suez defense line and even approached Cairo, the Egyptian war continued.

Not long ago, the French government sent reinforcements to the Egyptian region. Although it could not reverse the overall situation, it still delayed the Austrian army's occupation of Egypt.

However, this does not hinder the Vienna government has rumored to the outside world. Anyway, the Austrian army has already arrived in Cairo, so it is only a matter of time before the city is destroyed.

Whether it is an ambitious or a speculator, these guys are all fence-bearers, and they will fall to the side wherever the wind is strong.

Although the combination of Britain and France can be a fool, Austria's power cannot be underestimated. When you receive such news, no one can easily take sides before it is confirmed that it is true or false.

It is not easy to verify the news these days. After all countries understand the situation, it is estimated that the Austrian army will almost take Egypt.

When the strategic situation reverses, fencemen will naturally know how to choose. The essence of politics is to increase the number of friends and reduce the number of enemies.

In the face of interests, people cannot stand the test and apply politically. Franz is not a war maniac, and he has no interest in attracting snakes out of the hole and creating enemies for himself.

"Try it, but don't do it too obvious. Just post some photos of our army's operations in Egypt and release a few gossips, so that they can figure out the progress of the battlefield by themselves."

True and false are the most difficult to judge. If you publish marching photos on other battlefields, you can naturally judge the progress of the battlefield through landmark buildings.

However, the battlefield in Egypt was different. The Austrian army attacked on the third line, and the French army could only defend strategic locations and big cities, and the remaining areas were completely allowed to be galloping by the Austrian army.

Judging simply from the marching route of the Austrian army, it is easy for everyone to conclude that the French army is over. As for the truth, it is no longer important.

...

Everything has two sides. Once the news of the Austrian army occupying Egypt came out, it caused a sensation all over the world.

Not only the fencemen who wanted to take advantage of the situation were shocked, but even the Russians, a good ally of Austria, were also shocked.

Perhaps it was too exciting, or perhaps it was to allow the British to be good enough that Austria was hindered, the Tsarist government changed its carelessness in the negotiations and quickly completed the exchange of interests with the British, reached an armistice agreement, and ended the British-Russian war.

European countries, which were originally stuck with the French, have also changed their positions and opened the door to convenience when exporting strategic materials to France, as if everyone's relationship with the French entered a honeymoon period overnight.

However, this is also the limit that governments can do. Just like not participating in the anti-French alliance before, it is impossible for everyone to participate in the anti-Austrian alliance for no reason.

Relaxing restrictions on the French is just to balance the strength of France and the Austrians so that they can fight more fiercely on the battlefield, and not everyone will become friends.

In the eyes of most politicians, France has always been the biggest instability factor in the continent and is the target of key attacks.
Chapter completed!