Chapter 890: Grab food

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The tense international situation has not only pushed up prices, but also affected international trade. The trade volume of almost all countries is declining.
Especially in the two countries, France and Austria, which are at the center of the storm, have suffered the most losses. The companies engaged in international trade between France and Austria are busy collecting money, and no longer accept reservations, they must make cash transactions.
There is no way, no one knows the war time will fight. Once you become a belligerent, don't expect the other party to pay.
The contract has no effect here. The destructive power of the war is amazing. Even if it wins, the other party has no money to pay the final payment. If it loses even worse, no winner will ever pay the loser.
This is true for the country, as is the enterprise. A truce treaty can wipe out all the arrears.
Foreign trade fell when it fell. Anyway, the European War broke out soon. The capitalists have long rubbed their hands and wanted to make a fortune in the country, and they did not care about the small profits in foreign trade.
Palace of Versailles, since the determination to implement the China-Europe strategy, the spirit of Napoleon IV has been highly tense.
Self-confidence is self-confidence, but the failure lessons left by Napoleon are the lingering shadows in his mind.
Napoleon IV looked forward to asking: "How far has diplomatic work progressed, how many countries are willing to accept our goodwill?"
Napoleon IV, his Latin ally, did not expect that. Obviously, the European countries would not do anything with the tiger.
France does not have enough interest to buy everyone into the war. The best option is to divide the European countries and prevent them from uniting against France.
Foreign Minister Karel Kadletz calmly replied: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has initially completed the task, and we have persuaded Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, and the Nordic Federation to remain neutral.
If the military does not plan to send troops from Switzerland, then Switzerland will remain neutral in this war.
The British support us, and the Russians want to mediate this war. After our rejection, the tsarist government is very angry and may stand on the side of Austria.
However, before the war is divided, they will first wait and see the situation neutrally, and after the defeat of the Austrian army, Russian talent will come out to intervene.
It may affect our earnings, but it will not affect the outcome of this war. For the tsarist government, a strong Austrian is not in their interest.
In addition to these somewhat influential countries, the remaining Greece and Montenegro have very limited strength, are not qualified to affect this war, and are seriously affected by Austria, and have no value for entanglement.
The enemies we really need to face are only Belgium, the German Federation and Austria. The specific gains are all obtained by the military on the battlefield. "
It can be seen that Karel Kadletz is an optimist. Even with one enemy and three opponents, he is still sure that the French can win.
As for diplomatic work, it is not easy to achieve this step now. Even with the help of the British, he was able to achieve such results within a short period of time, Karel Kadletz also made a great contribution.
Belgium and Germany are the targets of France ’s expansion, and Austria is France ’s biggest competitor. It is impossible for these three enemies to get around.
In fact, the French government also thought about splitting the three countries, for example: annexing Belgium first, then digesting and then seizing the Rhineland region.
Unfortunately, the British hidden behind the scenes did not agree, and Austria, which signed a covenant with Belgium, would also not tolerate this kind of thing.
Of course, if you start with the German Federation first, the possibility of Belgium being neutral is very high. After all, as a small country, the primary task is to survive.
It is a pity that Belgium ’s geographical location is good. To attack the German region, it is best to borrow from Belgium, or else it is necessary to cross the mountains.
Not only the delay is long, but also the success rate is very low. In contrast, it would be better to kill Belgium together, and their plans include annexation of Belgium anyway.
Napoleon IV nodded and affirmed: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has done a good job this time. Your next job is to stabilize these countries and prevent them from causing chaos."
To deal with the three countries of Biedeo alone, France will have to bear the pressure of two-line combat. If other European countries join in, the battle will not be fought.
This is not because the French army cannot fight, but it does not take into account so many places. Although the French army has mobilized millions of people, but the main force is still the original hundreds of thousands, and other new troops will follow suit.
Once the multi-line division of troops is carried out, the advantage of the French army's combat effectiveness is not obvious. No matter how elite the troops are, they will be killed on the battlefield.
Without being stunned by the verbal praise of Napoleon IV, Karel Kadletz analyzed: "Your Majesty, we will soon encounter a new trouble.
There was news from the Minister in Vienna that a week ago the Austrian government and the Russians reached an agreement to buy out the grain that the Russian Empire planned to export this year at a direct premium of 25%.
Two days ago, Austrian Foreign Minister Weisenberg secretly met secretly with the German and German envoys, and it was suspected that an agreement was reached.
All signs show that this agreement is definitely for us. If there is no accident, the three countries will impose an embargo on us in the near future.
Other materials are easy to say, the problem is coal and food. Once the three countries impose a material embargo on us, we can only rely on the British for coal, and food can only find a way from overseas. "
The French government does not have a perfect emergency reserve system. Even if it stores grain and coal, it is also the spontaneous hoarding of capitalists to make war money.
For an individual, it may be an astronomical figure; but for a country, it is a lot of money.
Any problem with energy and food will cause fatal harm, not to mention that the two together have problems.
The lack of coal is good enough to say that Britain and France are now allies. The London government wants both France and Austria to lose both sides, so it is impossible to watch the French collapse because of coal shortage.
The big deal is to take advantage of the fire and sell for a sky-high price. The French have not used astronomical coal. After withdrawing from the free trade system earlier, France suffered revenge from astronomical coal.
Food is not enough. The British themselves are food importing countries and simply cannot afford the French.
Of course, the grain production cycle is not long, as long as the most difficult period of time is passed, it can be solved later.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Vernon was shocked and said: "The premium is 25%. Are the Austrians crazy?
Does the Vienna government have too much money to spend, even if it is to attract the Russians, there is no need to toss like this. "
Because of the tension in Europe, international food prices have risen sharply. At this time, the premium is another 25%, and the price of the food you buy is twice as expensive as before.
To know that grain may be traded in bulk, the total amount of grain exported by the Russians is one million tons per year, and the price doubled means that the Austrian government has to pay tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of Aegis.
Prime Minister Terrence Burgin shook his head: "No, the Austrians are not crazy. If they do not grab food, the food may fall into our hands.
If there is no accident, the food that was snapped up is not only Russian, but also the food of the countries of the Americas has been cut off by them in advance.
We can't win us on the battlefield, they will naturally take this mean method. Moreover, the cost they pay may not be as high as we think.
Both the Russians and the countries of the Americas are debtors of Austria. As creditors, they can directly use the creditor's rights to offset.
But they thought it would defeat us, and they took it for granted.
In recent years, we have not been busy. The plan of the big farm is now to provide millions of tons of food to the country every year, enough to meet most of the domestic demand.
During the war, we can also take extraordinary measures. The government can call on the people to save food, and at the same time issue a temporary bill that prohibits the use of food to feed animals and the use of food to make wine ...
As long as we persist for a few months and wait for us to defeat the enemy, these problems will be solved. "
If food reserves are inadequate and there is not enough food to buy overseas, what can we do besides finding a way to stop the flow?
Of course, the war was launched in advance!
France does not produce no food, but the output is not enough to consume, it does not mean that there is no imported food, and it will soon be cut off.
Domestic food can still support several months. As long as the war is won before the crisis breaks out, all problems can be solved.
Hearing this bad news, Napoleon IV's face suddenly gloomed.
At this time, he had to be glad that he insisted on promoting the ranch plan, otherwise it would be a tragedy now.
He does not know how much food the capitalist has stored. Anyway, the storage time of a batch of food usually does not exceed half a year.
On the one hand, the storage time is too long, which increases the storage cost and wear and tear. If the grain is unsalable, the new grain will become worthless;
On the other hand, squeezing too much food in the hands will take up a lot of working capital and increase the risk of operations.
After pondering for a while, Napoleon IV said slowly: "The Prime Minister is right, now we must find ways to save food, and the government will make an announcement as soon as possible.
From now on, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is snapping up food all over the world. I do n’t believe that the Austrians can buy all the food. "
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