Money is hard to get, and middlemen are hard to find. In order to be an intermediary, you must first have three basic elements: first, you must have good relations with the Russians; Second, have certain financial resources; Third, it will not be affected by Russia and Austria.

Without a good relationship, it is difficult to carry out the flickering work. Only when the relationship is good enough, can the following stories continue to be compiled.

There is no love and hate for no reason in this world, even if pies really fall from the sky, before eating the stomach, it is necessary to verify whether it is poisonous.

This requires a good story, one that makes the tsarist government think that the intermediary is helping to build the Trans-Siberian railway for its own benefit.

It's not enough to have a story, you must also have a certain amount of capital. This capital does not need much, just pay part of the cost of the Trans-Siberian Railway.

Or follow the example of the Vienna government in aiding the construction of the Central Asian Railway, find a railway company to undertake the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and allow the Russians to default on the cost of exploration and design management and machinery and equipment leasing.

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

In fact, the most expensive thing in railway construction is labor and raw materials. Solve these two big heads, and the cost is reduced by seventy or eighty percent.

There are no taxes, no fees, and if someone undertakes the construction of such a strategic-level railway, the tsarist government will definitely give the green light all the way, and even the bureaucrats will not dare to stretch out their hands.

Without blowing or blacking, the original time and space were able to build the main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway at a cost of less than two billion rubles, and the bureaucrats in charge of railway construction were absolutely working hard.

Corruption may still exist, but relative incorruptibility has been achieved. If it had been at the normal level of the Russian bureaucracy, this figure would not have been completed at all without an increase of three or five times.

There is no way, the conditions in Siberia are too harsh, and the construction is really difficult. In the case of limited technical conditions, the construction cost cannot be low at all.

So financial resources are also indispensable, and the so-called "not much" is only for local tyrants like the UK.

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

Although Britain pays behind it, it has financial resources, which is also an indispensable condition.

If a poor country suddenly came up with such a huge sum of money, it would certainly arouse the suspicions of the Russians.

If the tsarist government had known that the money came from the London government, it would have been half cold before the plan had even begun.

In addition to the above two, the most important thing is to be bold. The countries that dared to participate in the dispute between HRE and Britain in these years were definitely bold and daring.

There was no need to count on the European continent, and only Denmark had good relations with the tsarist government. The problem is that Sweden is in charge of the Nordic Confederation, and Sweden and the Russians have a feud.

In addition to the bad relationship, the more important thing is that it is not within the sphere of influence of Russia and Austria and can ensure its own security.

There is no way, the Nordic Confederation is under the noses of Russia and Austria, and once the plan is exposed, the fate that awaits them can be imagined.

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

If they could not ensure their own safety, no matter how much benefit Britain promised, no one would be able to participate.

If you open the map, you will know that there are only two countries left that are not within the sphere of influence of Russia and Austria, have a certain amount of financial and military strength, and are not afraid of retaliation afterwards.

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

As for the other candidate, because the Tsar supported the North during the Civil War, the relations between the independent Confederate States and the Russians were naturally not much better.

The United States has met all the innate conditions, but the acquired conditions are still lacking, and the biggest problem is that they are not bold enough.

The Americans, who were in the original time and space, had been coerced all these years, obviously fighting Cuba's attention, but they were shocked by Spain's strength and did not dare to act rashly.

It's just that he is secretly making small moves to test the reaction of the Spaniards. Of course, the Spanish government lived up to expectations and exposed its own weakness.

In the end, the U.S. government lingered until 1898 before it "ventured" to plan the Spanish-American War. It was after the defeat of Spain that the Americans gradually lost their fear of the European powers.

Not to mention now, the Americans who have been beaten by society must only be more cowardly!

Even the declining Spain did not dare to move, and it was too embarrassing for them to calculate the Russian-Austrian alliance.

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While the British were still worried about how to move the United States, the First Sino-Japanese War also came to an end. The Japanese government, which is in the prime of life, never dreamed that they were about to be betrayed.

Of course, it wasn't betrayal. It is originally a chess piece, and before jumping out of the chessboard, it is naturally subject to the remote control of the chess player.

It is not easy to take advantage of the great powers, and Britain has paid so much to the Japanese, and it always needs to be reciprocated.

Lost in the joy of victory and unable to extricate itself, the Japanese government naturally could not have imagined so much.

It won't take that long, and soon the Japanese government won't be able to laugh. The intervention of the international community has set out to eat ...... (Brain Supplement)

A wave has not settled, and another wave has risen.

Cuba is still fighting a fierce war, the Philippines is still digging into the ravines, the war in the Far East is still unending, and Europe is in chaos again.

The European continent's economic revitalization strategy has been taken care of by everyone, except for France.

Although Spain recruited a group of French mercenaries, which alleviated the crisis in France to a certain extent, it was still a drop in the bucket for a country.

Theory is always just theory, and reality is cruel. Franz's vision of "a mercenary feeding a family" now seems more like a beautiful fairy tale.

Not everyone has a strong sense of responsibility. Except for the initial settling-in allowance, most of the mercenaries did not send money home as soon as they left the country after their salaries were paid.

It has to be admitted that they are very adaptable and quickly adapted to the life of mercenaries. After getting their salaries, they all lived a "life of wine today and drunkenness today".

Less than half of the people are willing to send money home, and most of these people who are willing to send money only send a small part of their income, and those who can account for 1/3 of their income can be called "Gu family men".

Against this background, the mercenary scheme, on which Franz had high hopes to earn money to support his family, naturally ended in bankruptcy.

People always have to eat, and the French economy collapsed long before the war. The economic crisis in Europe has come to an end, but the economic crisis in France is still far away.

The trauma of the war was too great, and the refugees who were expelled from various countries made the country even more miserable.

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

The fact that the Vienna government did not collect the reparations does not mean that other countries have not sent people to collect them, at least the Russian troops stationed outside Paris completed the task of collecting the reparations as soon as possible.

That's right, the Paris government could not afford to pay the reparations, and the Russians took matters into their own pocket. The Russian army has been dispatched, and the collection of war reparations must be smooth!

There is no standard at all, and it is purely based on personal preference for taxation, and it is necessary to overcharge three or five buckets. The Russian officers and soldiers who participated in the tax collection activities all earned a lot of money.

It's just that they tossed it like this, and they suffered the French people. King Carlos, who couldn't stand the humiliation, directly led the government to play a strike in protest.

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

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

That's right, the suppression of the revolutionary Russian army is indeed a good hand. The problem is that their ability to get into trouble is even better.

It's okay to get war reparations from France, but you have to leave someone breathing a sigh of relief!

Sending troops out to collect taxes, Franz was very skeptical of what kind of commander could give such a brainless order.

But anyone who is a little self-aware will know what kind of goods the Russian army is. Usually stationed in the barracks, it makes the place miserable.

It's not so much a tax as a robbery. It's just a matter of playing like this during the war, and now that the war is long over, it's no wonder that the French don't break out if they still play like this.

Toss is toss, as long as you get into trouble and you can clean up the mess, Franz has no opinion.

Obviously, the matter has come to him, the emperor, and it must be that the allies stationed in France can't resist it.

Otherwise, who is full of food and support, and has nothing to do to make trouble for their leaders? You must know that this kind of ignorant behavior has a great impact on the "career".

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

Many years of emperor career told Franz that when encountering things, you can't rush to just look at the surface, but also go deep into the inner analysis.

On the bright side, the Russians caused the disaster, and naturally it was the responsibility of the Russian troops stationed in Paris. However, are the French not responsible?

Now that I know about the complaint, why did I go earlier?

If the Carlos government had protested to the Allied headquarters at the first moment of the problem, I am afraid that someone would have interfered with the actions of the Russian army long ago.

Even if you didn't think about it at the time, when the problem erupts, you can always report the situation to the Allied headquarters immediately, right?

There are so many opportunities to stop the Russian army from collecting taxes, but the French government has missed them all. When things get bigger, a government strikes in protest.

Such an obvious behavior is clearly a deliberate indulgence. is just waiting for things to get bigger, so as to take advantage of the sympathy of caring people within the alliance to reap the benefits.

Franz admitted that the French plan had succeeded, and that the Allies really needed to give an account to the French.

It's just that this confession is not sure if it is what they want. Knowing the goals of the French, Franz's jealousy of the Carlos government went up to the next level.

Against this backdrop, it is necessary to think carefully about dealing with the mess that France is now having.

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