Chapter 1037： Mess (1/2)

Money is hard to get, and the middleman is hard to find. If you want this intermediary, you must first have three basic elements: first, to have a good relationship with the Russians; second, to have certain financial resources; third, not to be influenced by Russia and Austria.

Without a good relationship, fudge work is not easy to start. Only if the relationship is good enough can the following story be continued.

There is no love and hate for no reason in this world. Even if the heavens are really pie, before eating it, you must first verify whether it is poisonous.

This requires a good story, one that made the Tsarist government believe that the intermediary was for its own benefit and helped to build the Siberian Railway.

Stories alone are certainly not enough, and a certain amount of capital is also necessary. This capital does not need much, as long as part of the cost of the Siberian Railway is paid in advance.

Or follow the example of the Vienna government in assisting the construction of the Central Asia Railway and find a railway company to build the Siberian Railway, allowing the Russians to default on the costs of exploration, design, management and machinery and equipment rental.

There is no shortage of artificial bears, and raw materials can also solve most of them. Except for rails that may need to be imported, the Russians can provide everything else.

In fact, the most expensive part of railway construction is labor and raw materials. After solving these two big heads, the cost has been removed by 70% or 80%.

There are no taxes and no fees. For this kind of strategic railway, someone undertaking the construction of the tsarist government must give the green light all the way, and even bureaucrats dare not extend their hands.

If you don’t talk about it, you can’t black out, the original space-time can build the main line of the Siberian Railway at a cost of less than 2 billion rubles.

Corruption may still exist, but relatively incorruptible still achieved it. If it is really performed at the normal level of the Russian bureaucracy, this number will not increase three to five times, it will be impossible to complete the work.

No way, the conditions in Siberia are too bad, and the construction is really difficult. With limited technical conditions, construction costs cannot be low at all.

Therefore, financial resources are also indispensable. The so-called ”not much” is only for local tyrants like Britain.

In fact, there are few countries in the world that can raise tens of millions of pounds, even if it is raised in installments.

Although it was Britain who paid the money behind the scenes, having financial resources was also an indispensable condition.

If a poor country suddenly made such a huge sum of money, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of the Russians.

If the Tsarist government knows that the funds come from the London government, it is estimated that the plan would have been cold before the start.

In addition to the first two, the most important thing is to be bold. Countries that dare to participate in the disputes between Shenluo and Britain these days are definitely the most audacious.

There is no need to count on the European continent. Only Denmark has good relations with the tsarist government. The problem is that the Nordic Federation is in charge of Sweden, but Sweden and the Russians are feuds.

In addition to the bad relationship, what is more important is that they are not within the sphere of influence of Russia and Austria and can guarantee their own safety.

There is no way, the Nordic Federation is under the nose of Russia and Austria, once the plan is exposed, the fate waiting for them can be imagined.

The extremely high risk inherently determines that countries participating in this plan must have a certain degree of self-insurance capabilities. Even if the plan is revealed, it will not bring itself to death.

If you cannot guarantee your own safety, no matter how big the benefits Britain promises, it is impossible for others to participate.

When you open the map, you will know that there are only two countries that are not within the sphere of influence of Russia and Austria, and have certain financial and military strength, and are not afraid of being retaliated afterwards.

Considering that it has good diplomatic relations with the Russians, then only the United States of America will meet the conditions.

As for the other candidate, because the Czar supported the North during the Civil War, the relationship between the Confederate States and the Russians after independence was naturally not much better.

The United States has met all the innate conditions, but the acquired conditions are still lacking. The biggest problem is: lack of courage.

The Americans in the original time and space have been so persuaded these years, they are clearly paying attention to fighting Cuba, but they are shocked by the strength of Spain and dare not move.

Just keep making small moves in secret to test the Spaniard's reaction. Of course, the Spanish government did not disappoint, exposing its own weakness.

In the end, the U.S. government lingered until 1898 before it ”risked” and planned the Spanish-American War. It was after defeating Spain that American talents gradually lost their fear of European powers.

Needless to say now, Americans who have been beaten up by society must be even more embarrassing!

Even the fallen Spain did not dare to move. It was too embarrassing for them to calculate the Russian-Austrian alliance.

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While the British were still worrying about how to move the United States, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 came to an end. The Japanese government, which is in the high light, never dreamed that they would be betrayed.

Of course, it is not betrayed. It is originally a chess piece, and it is naturally controlled by the player of the chess before it jumps out of the board.

The advantages of the great powers are not easy to take advantage of. Britain has paid so much to the Japanese and it always needs to be reciprocated.

The Japanese government, lost in the joy of victory and unable to extricate itself, naturally could not think of so much.

It doesn’t take that long, and the Japanese government won’t be able to laugh. The intervention of the international community has started, and I want to eat... (brain supplement)