The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven

The aftermath of Franz II's death is still spreading, and the small states that had fought fiercely with Austria before are all like frost-beaten eggplants.

Many national governments have lost faith in Austria, after all their ambassadors have come to the same conclusion after meeting the new emperor and his chief adviser.

Emperor Ferdinand I was a good man, but he may not be able to control this huge empire.

And the chief advisor, Mr. Karl von Sloter, is a complete idiot.

The new emperor and his empire will continue to face various challenges and pressures in the days to come.

If we stand on the side of Austria, we have to face challenges and pressures with them, which is not in the interests of our country.

Austria has completed 20% of the 1,400-kilometer railway construction plan, the railway between Vienna and Moravia has been completed, and the construction of the Semmering Railway, the century-old project, has also begun.

The cost of the Semmering Railway is expected to be more than three times that of ordinary railways, but it is also of great significance. It will not only strengthen the connection between the seaside area and Vienna, but also communicate with northern Italy, thereby revitalizing the overall situation.

The Prussians frantically built two hundred kilometers of railways, but they were not on their land.

And Prussia's new economic adviser proposed a new railway standard for the member countries of the North German Customs Union.

The gauge of this railway is different from that of the Austrians, and wider means that more goods can be loaded.

The real purpose of Friedrich List was to help Prussia control Austria's influence in South Germany.

To be honest, Franz admired the economist from the bottom of his heart, who could think of using this method to exclude Austria.

In fact, Austria also had a countermeasure at this time, which was to change the gauge, or force the members of the German Customs Union to build railways according to Austrian standards.

But no matter which option is chosen, it will affect Austria's reputation in the German Customs Union, and more importantly, a stable and strong government is needed.

The Regency Council greatly reduced the efficiency of the Austrian government, and even Count Korolav and Prince Metternich did not realize Friedrich List's sinister intentions at all.

But this is no wonder, because both Count Korolav and Prince Metternich have very limited understanding of railways.

When Franz saw this incident, the overall situation was basically settled, and it was not very meaningful to remedy it now.

And Friedrich Liszt's strategy made Franz see a new possibility for Austria in the future.

At this time, Britain has built more than 1,000 kilometers of railways, and France has nearly 300 kilometers of railways.

In Russia, Franz Gerstner, an Austrian engineer obsessed with railways, wrote a letter to Nicholas I.

The letter described a grand plan to build a railway linking St. Petersburg and Kazan to strengthen the tsar's control over western Siberia.

The total length of this railway is more than 1000 kilometers, which is an unbelievable plan at the time.

However, this aroused the great interest of Tsar Nicholas I, who felt that the railway was a gift from heaven to Russia.

The idea of ​​Tsar Nicholas I was even bolder. He wanted to use the railway to connect the entire Great Slavic Empire.

Constantinople - St. Petersburg - Kazan - Yakutsk (Russian Far East city) - Alaska

In order to realize his lofty ideals, Tsar Nicholas I established a road casting committee.

The result, of course, was fierce opposition from the ministers. The dignitaries disagreed with the emperor's opinion and openly opposed the construction of any railway in the country.

The most dissenting of these was the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Conklin, who stated in a report to the Tsar that there was not a penny in the Exchequer set aside for the railways.

And Russian experts also jumped out one after another to stand for Earl Conklin.

They argued that the trains carried too little freight and could carry as much as three hundred horses, while the Russian Empire had five million mules and horses, which could handle any situation.

In addition, Russia lacks coal, and the forest has to be cut down to drive the train, which will cause Russian civilians to have no wood for fire.

The production of pig iron in Russia is seriously insufficient. To cast such a long railway, a large amount of pig iron must be imported from foreign countries, which will cause the Russian metallurgical industry to enter a severe winter.

Nicholas I's most trusted subordinate, Duke Liubai, even pointed out that this was most likely a conspiracy by the Austrians to use the railway to weaken Russia's national power so as to take the lead in carve-up of Ottomans.

In the end Nicholas I had to give up his grand blueprint, but he was not discouraged.

Russia still has no railways.

The railways built by the Americans in one year are longer than the total length of the French railways at this time, 400 kilometers.

Cotton prices fell as a result of larger-than-expected US cotton production.

But at this time, the wheat in Britain and the United States experienced a super bumper harvest. After the wheat farmers experienced losses, they switched to cotton.

Although the price of cotton has dropped, it is still popular overall, at least it will not lose money.

The income from land sales by the U.S. government this year has been able to fully repay the debt owed by the U.S. government, and it is expected that there will be a large fiscal surplus next year.

Saxony purchased another 500 steam looms from Austria. The addition of Austria and the establishment of the German Customs Union almost doubled Saxony's fiscal revenue.

This is not only because Saxony is the textile center of Germany, but also because he is the biggest second-hand dealer in the German Zollverein.

The friction between Prussia and Austria continued, and Saxony, sandwiched between Prussia and Austria, became the biggest beneficiary.

After all, businessmen will not struggle with money, and friction between the two countries will not prevent businessmen from the two countries from doing business. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Although Austria's machinery manufacturing industry has received a lot of orders, it is still in a half-dead state. This is mainly due to the competition from the British, because the UK has allowed the export of machinery at this time.

Machinery manufacturing in the UK started much earlier than in Austria, and the level of craftsmanship is naturally much higher.

If it were not for the protection of the German Customs Union and Hannover's refusal to join the German Customs Union, Austria's machinery manufacturing industry would go further and further in the direction of agricultural technology as in history.

Due to internal turmoil, Austria increased military spending, but reduced the number of the Austrian Army, which now stands at 440,000.

Considering its own security, France added another 20,000 soldiers and gendarmes, as well as several indigenous troops, bringing its total strength to 530,000.

Prussia is still 200,000, and Russia has launched a war against domestic nomads, and its military strength remains unchanged at 600,000.

Both France and Austria began to update their weapons and equipment this year, with new, more stable front-loading pistols.

The French developed a new field gun, the lighter and more accurate 4-pounder.

And Austria has developed a historically famous suicide artifact. This artillery has a range and power far exceeding that of contemporary artillery of the same caliber.

However, due to the cannon casting technology and the lack of better casting materials, the chance of this kind of artillery blasting is as high as 20%, which is more exciting than the Russian turntable of later generations.

The Austrian navy ushered in their fourth admiral in ten years. The identity of this admiral is still not a professional soldier, but a businessman who operates inland waterways—Valus Taffy.

Austria's fiscal revenue was 158 million florins, up from 132 million florins for the same period in history.