Chapter 145: Despicable means

At the same time as the railway plan was launched, Franz did not forget the other two core industries, but in these two industries, the government directly intervened much less.
To some extent, the manufacturing industry can be viewed as a whole. The agricultural product processing industry can be separated separately, without other factors, simply being able to make money.
At present, the largest source of foreign exchange for the Austrian Empire is agricultural exports. These include exports of refined agricultural products and exports of original ecological agricultural products.
There is no doubt that the grain export profits after processing are much higher, which can drive a large number of people to employment and bring a lot of taxes to the country.
From the perspective of economic development, this is the growth point of GDP. Franz also counts on the profits from agricultural exports to make up for the trade deficit.
In international trade, the Austrian empire has been in deficit for most of the time, which is also the main factor that causes the continuous depreciation of the Austrian Shield.
This year's currency is not the credit system of later generations. It is completely real gold and silver. In international trade settlement, everyone uses gold and silver.
International Monetary? The pound was barely counted, but it did not reach the status of the late 19th century, and most countries and regions did not recognize it.
In this context, the continued trade deficit will cause wealth to flow out and affect domestic economic development.
After the Franz administration, in order to allow the normal development of the domestic economy, the value of the Austrian rupiah was stabilized.
Finding ways to calm the trade deficit as soon as possible has become the government's top priority.
If the Austrian government can achieve trade balance in the short term, it can only earn value-added products by exporting refined agricultural products.
In August 1849, the Austrian government issued a rule: to reduce the tax rate of agricultural product processing enterprises by two points, and also announced that after 1850, the original ecological agricultural product export tariffs will be increased by one point.
In order to encourage more people to invest in this industry, the Austrian government also stipulates that newly established agricultural processing enterprises enjoy tax-free treatment in the first year and half-tax treatment in the next three years.
Affected by this policy, Austria added 221 agricultural processing companies in the later months of 1849, including Franz.
Austria is already a big exporter of agricultural products. It has natural advantages to develop agro-processing industries. Encouraging policies will suffice.
The manufacturing industry is troublesome. The scope is too broad. In some areas Austria has advantages. Most industries have begun to fall behind.
However, this backwardness is only relative to the British who have completed industrialization. Austria's industry in Southeast Europe still has an advantage.
In Franz's view, advancing the development of manufacturing is actually accelerating the pace of industrialization, and mechanized production has too much advantage over handicrafts.
This can't be done in a short time, but the government still supports heavy industries, such as the steel industry and machinery and equipment manufacturing industries.
This care is not only about lowering tax rates, but also local governments will help solve infrastructure problems, such as industrial water and transportation problems.
To develop the manufacturing industry, the most important thing is to live with loneliness. Not to mention one year, even if it is three or five years, you may not see results.
Innovation?
It is too early to say that this problem. Before the completion of industrialization, Austrian manufacturing followed the path of plagiarizing the British. Of course, there were occasional unexpected gains and it was also pleasant.
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In general, from the second half of 1848 to the end of 1849, the economic reforms carried out by the Austrian government were aimed at removing obstacles to domestic economic development.
As a unique country with a semi-planned economy and a semi-market economy, Austria achieved remarkable economic results in 1849.
The most intuitive feeling of the citizens of Vienna is that the price of food has fallen, which is 15% lower than in 1847.
Don't look at this data. It seems inconspicuous. In fact, this is very important in industry. The decline in food prices means that the cost of supporting workers is reduced.
The reduction in the cost of living has also made the lives of citizens at the bottom better. Many people have insignificant savings in their hands. Some people choose to save and others choose to consume.
One or two are inconspicuous. When more people come together, it is not a small number. The prosperity of the market has increased.
These inconspicuous consumptions were finally fed back into industrial production. Naturally there was production in the market, which promoted the increase of industrial capacity.
If this impact is negligible, then without internal tariffs, the market in Hungary will be open and the impact will be significant.
No matter how economically backward, there are more than 10 million people. After liberation of serfs and redemption of land, these people became property owners.
Buying power naturally has purchasing power. Perhaps this market has not fully grown yet, but the increase in total consumption is an indisputable fact.
Without tariffs, the competitiveness of Austrian industrial and commercial products in Hungary has greatly increased, and the expansion of the Hungarian market has naturally stimulated the development of domestic industry and commerce, and there has been a small prosperity.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Industry, the industrial capacity of Austria in 1849 increased by 15% compared with 1847. This figure is unexpected and reasonable in Austria.
Industrial capacity cannot be achieved in a leaps and bounds, and it takes time to expand production. This era is no better than future generations. Equipment can be obtained immediately after placing an order.
The next few years will be the outbreak of Austrian industrial capacity.
In addition to the expansion of the domestic market, the establishment of the Holy Roman Economic Alliance, the domestic industry and commerce has a wider market, which will naturally stimulate industrial production.
While Franz was thinking about a better future, bad news came.
"His Majesty, there is news in St Petersburg that the Russians have run out of patience.
A week ago, after the Prussian government announced a national mobilization, Tsar Nicholas I made a tit-for-tat decision, and the Russian Empire's army was marching towards the Prussian border.
Yesterday morning, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Prussian ambassador to Russia.
If nothing else, the Prussian government would soon compromise with the Russians and they would not dare to fight the Russians now. "Metternich frowned.
It is in Austria's interest that the Russian-Prussian confrontation because of the Danish war not only consumes the strength of the Prussian government, but also worsens the Russian-Prussian relationship, highlighting the importance of the Russian-Austrian alliance to the Russians.
But the Russians were impatient, so the Prussian government could not hold on.
At first, the Prussian government also had confidence in the annexation of the two principalities of Schleswig-Holstein, and after seeing the tough attitude of the Russians later, their confidence gradually decreased.
By now, the factor supporting them not to give up is no longer the annexation of the two principalities of Schleswig-Holstein, but the public opinion in the German region does not let them flinch.
The Russians are terrible, and their deepest feelings are their neighbors. The German state separated by Pu'ao will not feel it.
In order to please the public opinion in the country, the government of the Principality of Saxon-Gorda declared publicly: "For the territorial integrity of the German Federation, we do not hesitate to fight the Russians!"
The Kingdom of Hanover also strongly stated: "As long as the Russians dare to invade Schleswig-Holstein, we will fight the Russians to the end!"
Even Franz had to say: "If you need to defend Schleswig-Holstein, Austria will not fall behind."
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The toughness of these kingdoms and principalities has only remained verbal, so the area ruled by public opinion in Free City has already taken practical action.
The German National Expedition in Hamburg, the Luebeck German National Guard, the Bremen Hansad German National Volunteer ...
You don't need to pay too much attention to it, these very loud names actually consist of three-digit nationalist elements, and their political significance is greater than their actual significance.
Everyone did this, and the Prussian government naturally shrank.
Frederick-William IV said that he also has a face. If there is no reason to convince everyone, he will back down, or should he hang out in the German region?
But the hard cap is not enough. If Prussia and the Russians fight, believe it or not, these shocking people with slogans will change their positions in an instant?
In the eyes of a politician, what's the matter? Are you afraid you can't find the excuse?
It really isn't working. Organize a group of volunteers to serve as reinforcements in the past, and cramp enemies that are not pleasing to the eye. Cannon fodder.
Just look at the practices of the Austrian government. You can sign up for anyone who wants to go to the front to participate in the war. After the outbreak of the war, send them over.
In the end, the parade was gone, and the Austrian government did not suppress or expel, but sent a few clerks to record the list of participants.
The people on the list are all activists who love the German Federation. Get ready to go to the front. The war has broken out, and the Federation needs your defense. Shouting slogans is not enough. You must prove your patriotism with actual actions.
The artillery parties persuaded them to let these shouting slogans be okay. Let the front line desperately let others go.
It should have been the main force of the student army, and now it is still in the school books. Although they care about what happened outside, they can't get out?
Coupled with the government's performance, it seems to be very positive. They don't need to do anything, can't they violate school regulations?
Everyone has a job to support the recovery of Schleswig-Holstein is one thing, and the procession on the street is another thing. Can the procession recover the land?
Everyone is rational. It is enough to cheer the Kingdom of Prussia. There is no need to add chaos to the country. You must know that demonstrations and demonstrations also affect economic development.
"The Prussian government has to compromise, and we can't do anything about it. For so long, I think the Prussian kingdom will have a hard time this year.
Frederick-William is probably regretting it. It cost so much back and forth, but now it is a bamboo basket to fetch water, and it is empty. Franz smiled bitterly
He was really not gloating. If the Prussians did not stimulate the Russians to mobilize nationwide, Nicholas I would not be so easy to get angry, so it is not a problem that the Pudan war will be dragged into next year.
By then, the funds invested by Franz had already withdrawn some of the funds, plus the savings funds absorbed by the Royal Bank, and he could fill the hole where he appropriated the donations.
Now that the Prussians are obviously unable to persist, they have deliberately stimulated the Russians and used the Russian military threats to persuade domestic nationalists to make concessions.
Otherwise, Frederick-William IV was so full that he would order a national mobilization?
It is enough to fight the Danish and Prussian kingdoms. If the Russians were to be attacked, the national mobilization would not be enough?
Prussian nationalists can be persuaded. After all, anyone who wants to fight the Russians will feel guilty. This time the country mobilized the Prussian government but also incorporated them into the army.
Shouting slogans, we do n’t counsel, and many people started to rethink after the barracks. Can't let them take their lives for the two principalities of Schleswig-Holstein?
Once General Russia started the war, even if the German states fully supported them, the biggest loss in the end was also Prussia. If they lose, not only will the two principalities fail to collect them, but they will also have to cut them out.
The military odds are too low, and everyone's enthusiasm is naturally not high. As long as the country is persuaded, the Prussian government will survive.
Public opinion in the German region, Friedrich Wilhelm IV, apparently gave up. With such an obvious question, how can the German state join forces to set them back so easily?
Scolded and scolded, anyway, there will be no missing piece of meat.
They have the ambition of unifying the German region, but they do not have the corresponding strength. Even if they have the support of the people, is it not worthwhile to win on the battlefield?
The Prussian government has made the right choice. It is impossible to stop losses in a timely manner. Compared with actual interests, reputation can be sacrificed.
Without prestige in the German region, the relationship between Prussia and Russia has deteriorated. The Prussian kingdom basically has no chance to unify Germany.
Strategically, Austria won. But Franz couldn't be happy. Money, money, no money is absolutely impossible.
Gritting his teeth, Franz decided to use drag-and-drop. Once the Prussian government conceded, giving up the two principalities of Schleswig-Holstein, he asked the Royal Bank to ask the Prussian government for donations.
We must know that the war has now dragged on. Royal Bank has paid more than 4 million rupiah donations to the Prussian government. The money is used for the war. It is obviously impossible for the Prussian government to refund it.
Delaying time in the name of reclaiming donations and creating time for repayments, although a bit despicable, offended the Prussian government, and Franz couldn't care less.
If not, what will he do to refund the donations from the people?
If paid in accordance with prior commitments and in proportion to the remaining funds, Franz's financial hole will soon be exposed.
As long as the Prussian government defrauds donations, and on behalf of all the people who have donated, they are required to refund them and divert everyone's attention, in order to get enough fundraising time.
"Contact the governments of the German states, and once the Prussian government abandons the two principalities of Schleswig-Holstein, everyone will start an attack and encourage the people to ask the Prussian liar for money to donate." Franz thought Want to say
"Yes, Your Majesty," Metternich replied.
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