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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)

One wave has not settled, another wave has risen.

Cuba is still fighting, the Philippines is still drilling the ravine, the war in the Far East has not ceased, and Europe is in chaos again.

Everyone has taken care of the European economic revitalization strategy, but France has been omitted.

Although Spain recruited a group of French mercenaries, to some extent alleviated the crisis in France, but this is still a drop in the bucket for a country.

Theory is always just theory, reality is cruel. Franz envisioned "a mercenary to feed a family", which now looks more like a beautiful fairy tale.

Not everyone has a strong sense of responsibility. Except for the initial relocation allowance, which was left behind, most of the mercenaries did not send money back home as soon as they were paid after leaving the mainland.

I have to admit that they have a strong adaptability and quickly adapted to the life of a mercenary. After getting the salary, all of them have lived "the days when I have wine and are drunk now".

Less than half are willing to send money to their homes. Most of these people who are willing to send money only send a small part of their income. Those who can account for 13% of income can be called "Gujiamen".

In this context, the mercenaries whose high hopes Franz had planned to make money to support their families naturally ended in bankruptcy.

People always have to eat, and the French economy has collapsed as early as the war. The European economic crisis is coming to an end, but the economic crisis in France is still far away.

The trauma caused by the war was too great, and the refugees expelled by various countries made this country miserable even more.

Although the French government has worked hard to resettle the refugees, develop the economy and create jobs as much as possible, there are huge war reparations on their shoulders, and the resources they can use are really limited.

The fact that the Vienna government did not collect compensation does not mean that other countries did not send people to collect it. At least the Russian army stationed outside of Paris completed the task of collecting compensation as soon as possible.

That's right, the Paris government can't afford to pay the indemnity, so the Russians do it themselves. The Russian army has been dispatched. The collection of war reparations must go smoothly!

There are no standards at all, and taxes are levied purely based on personal preferences. It is also necessary to charge three or five more. The Russian officers and soldiers who participated in the tax collection activities all made a lot of money.

Just being so tossed by them has suffered the French people. King Carlos, who could not stand the humiliation, directly led the government to a strike in protest.

The angry French people have already taken up weapons to resist the atrocities of the Russian army, including some government forces also participated in the attack on the Russian army.

Just after Franz took a nap, France became a mess again. Looking at the mess in front of him, Franz suddenly regretted leaving the Russian army stationed in Paris.

Yes, suppressing the revolutionary Russian army is indeed a good hand. The problem is that their ability to cause trouble is even better.

It’s no problem to get war indemnities from France, but you have to leave a sigh of relief!

Sending soldiers out to collect taxes, Franz very doubted what kind of commander it was to give such a brain-dead order.

Anyone who is a bit self-aware will know what the Russian army is. Usually stationed in a military camp makes the place miserable.

It is not so much that it is released for taxation, it is better to be released for robbery. It was enough to play this way during the war. Now the war is over long ago. It's strange that the French didn't break out even if they played like this.

Tossing to tossing, as long as he makes trouble, he can clean up the mess, Franz has no objection.

Obviously, things have caused trouble in front of him, the emperor, and the Allied troops stationed in France must be unable to resist it.

Otherwise, who is satiated and is okay to trouble his leader? You must know that this kind of ignorant behavior has a great influence on your "personal career."

It is always easy to create problems, but difficult to solve them. As the leader of the Allied forces, the **** determines the position, and which side to stand on is self-evident.

Many years of emperor's career told Franz that he shouldn't just look at the surface in a hurry when encountering things, but also analyze the inside.

On the bright side, the disaster was caused by the Russians, and naturally it was the responsibility of the Russian troops stationed in Paris. However, do the French have no responsibility?

Now that I know the complaint, why did you go?

If the Carlos government protested to the headquarters of the Allied Forces as soon as the problem occurred, someone might have interfered with the actions of the Russian army.

Even if you didn't expect it at the time, when the problem broke out, you could always report the situation to the Allied Headquarters immediately, right?

There were so many opportunities to prevent the Russian army from taxing, but the French government perfectly missed them all. When things got up, a government went on strike to protest.

Such obvious behavior is clearly deliberate indulgence. Just wait for things to happen so that you can take advantage of the sympathy of caring people in the alliance.

Franz admitted that the French plan was successful and that such a big mess was caused, and the Allies really needed to give the French an explanation.

It's just that this explanation is uncertain whether they want it or not. After gaining insight into the goals of the French, Franz's jealousy towards the Carlos government took another step higher.

In this context, to deal with France's current mess, it must be carefully considered.

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