Chapter 524： Dealt with (1/2)

Most of Berlin's top government officials are from the military, and their work has always been fierce. Since it was decided to pit the Poles, naturally they will not relent.

Because of the dispute over the Polish throne, nails were also planted between Popov. It was not easy for the Poles to gain independence, but they were not willing to be annexed by Prussia.

Coupled with the interference of international forces, the contradiction between the general and the Bo is constantly magnified. If there was not a great enemy of the Russians, the two countries would have separated.

Even so, the radicals in the Polish government did not want to see the Prussians pointing their fingers and wanted to kick away the Prussians alone.

These issues, the Berlin government is looking at it urgently. Secondary 2 radicals are not easy to deal with, and a bad operation will trigger a sharp rebound.

The Berlin government has long been thinking of killing with a knife, but the hidden dangers of operation are quite large. A bad one is a disaster.

To deal with the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia needed Polish cannon fodder, but Poland could not be beaten.

If Russia-Austria relations were not broken, Mao Qi would never dare to make this proposal. Otherwise, the Russians took the opportunity to join in and forcibly drove Austria into the water. Popov was not Russia's opponent.

Now that the Russian-Australian alliance has a problem, Austria also needs to weaken the Russians by using Popo's hand. In this context, the Vienna government has at most taught the Polish that it is impossible to physically kill them.

The Berlin government doesn't care how much the Poles have to pay for it. Although Poland is regarded as something in the bag, there is a reality that they have to face.

For the Kingdom of Prussia, Poland's bulk was too large, and if swallowed, the end result was most likely to be stung.

In the first Russian-Prussian war, the reason why the Poles suffered heavy losses was Prussian writing. It's just that it's hidden and unknown to the outside world.

It is really simple to inspire the second and middle school children. It is enough to stir up public opinion. Newspapers are the most advantageous weapon. Overnight, the old story of Poland and Austria dividing up Poland was revealed.

Of course, the Kingdom of Prussia has been hidden, the newspaper has become a part of Poland between Russia and Austria, and the role of Austria has been artificially amplified.

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Saint Petersburg, since the beginning of the dumping in Austria and the collapse of international food prices, Alexander II has been bad for everyone.

After so many years of hard work, the land problem of the Russian Empire was finally solved, and before the fruits of victory were harvested, it came to a head.

Austria's revenge is too harsh. If this agricultural crisis cannot be weathered, the Russian Empire will soon be in dire straits.

It is mainly a fiscal issue. Russia is not an industrial country. Agricultural taxation is still the most important government revenue, accounting for more than half of all fiscal revenue.

The collapse of food prices means that the tsarist government's finances will be cool. The loans obtained from the British were used to build railways and develop industries, but not to maintain the daily expenses of the government.

This is still based on the performance of the British. If John Niu does not pledge, the Tsarist government will really go bankrupt. Although they went bankrupt only once a few years ago.

Don't look at the contract signed between the two countries, but the loan is not a one-time deal. The British lent in batches, and now the Tsarist government has just received more than 5 million pounds.

For individuals, this is a huge sum; for the Russian Empire, this money is a matter of hundreds of kilometers of railway.

Don't feel expensive, the complicated terrain, the bad climate, the railroad tracks have to be imported from Britain, if the final cost is not high, there will be ghosts.

John Bull's loan is not easy to obtain. Fifty percent of it must be used to purchase British goods. The construction of railways is even forced to purchase railroad tracks from the United Kingdom.

Foreign Minister Chris Basham produced a document and handed it to Alexander II.

”Your Majesty, the Austrians yesterday again issued the” Food Reduction Initiative ”to the world's major food exporters, and they proposed that countries reduce their food production capacity by 8% in 1873 in response to the agricultural crisis.”

The 8% food production capacity is not 8% on the international market for export, but 8% of the total food production of various countries. When converted into output, the global food production has fallen by tens of millions of tons.

If this can be done, then the agricultural crisis is over. The overcapacity announced by Austria is 21%, which is a theoretical figure calculated by formula.

It just estimates the demand for food, brewing demand, demand for industrial use, and demand for making feed.

In real life, food is inevitably wasted. For example: loss during transportation, mildew and deterioration of grain due to weather, waste in daily life ...

If several grain exporting countries reduce their production capacity by 8% at the same time, the grain that can flow into the international market will basically return to the level of 1870.

Because the population is constantly growing, at most two or three years, the extra grain on the market will be consumed and the price of grain will be normalized.

On the surface, Austria's proposal is fine. All major grain exporting countries have reduced their production in the same proportion and maintained market prices stable, which is equivalent to accepting the Russian Empire as one of them, and Austria has also given up a large market.

In fact, this is very terrible for the tsarist government. Reducing production is easier said than done. If the Russian empire is to increase grain production by 8% next year, it is easy to expand the planting area.

At present, the Russian people are highly enthusiastic about grain production and their output is rising steadily. As long as the transportation problem is solved and Austria is replaced as the world's largest food exporter, there is no problem.

But reducing production is not easy. The government cannot ban the people from planting food, right? There are tens of millions of peasants in Russia. No one can stop them from increasing the area of ​​grain cultivation.

Even if plagiarism was copied from Austria, it wouldn't be useful. Russia had land. As for the Austrian wasteland law, the Tsarist government did not dare to follow suit. It was an accident.

After a while of contemplation, Alexander II set his sights on everyone.

”What do you think, is the Austrian proposal feasible?”

An obese middle-aged man stood up emotionally and said indignantly: ”Your Majesty, this is an Austrian conspiracy. How can we reduce grain production capacity by 8% within one year?

Even with the current low international food prices, waiting for farmers to adjust their cultivation habits is a long process.

The government cannot directly stipulate what farmers are allowed to plant. The surplus of agricultural capacity is similar to the excess of industrial capacity. After a crisis, the market will choose to survive the fittest.

If we forcibly reduce production capacity, it will have no value at all, except to cause a chaos.