Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace, children's room.

Franz was searching for useful material in a mountain of materials.

At this time, Austria had 30 kilometers of railways, 6 kilometers of Prussian railways, 150 kilometers of French railways, and 600 miles (about 965 kilometers) of British railways.

The French government has already planned to build 730 kilometers of railways, and by 1848 the total length of French railways will be 1,814 kilometers.

But it was still too conservative compared to the countries of the German Customs Union, which (excluding Austria) planned to build 6,000 kilometers of railways.

The British also approved a 6,000-mile (8,047 km) railway construction plan, and by 1870 Britain would have 15,357 miles (about 24,714 km) of railways, making it the densest railway network in the world.

The Russian tsarist government did not realize the importance of railways, and only approved a few easy routes, with a total length of about 200 kilometers, and even in 1866 Russia had only a pitiful 1,488 kilometers of railways.

The Americans at this time had only a 2000 km railway construction program, but in 1850 they would have had 9021 km of railways.

Historically, Austria only approved plans for the construction of about 350 kilometers of railways, and it was not until 1848 that it had 1,200 kilometers of railways.

The Austrian government approved Solomon Rothschild's plan to build the Northern Railway, which will build 700 kilometers of railways over the next decade.

But the dream of the Solomon Southern Railway fell through, not that Franz II disagreed.

Franz II was pleased with Solomon Rothschild's bribe, but the military and Count Korollav did not budge on the issue of ownership of the Southern Railway.

Moreover, Friedrich Liszt, a special adviser to Franz II, also supported the views of the military and Count Korollav, and the information provided by the secret police was also very unfavorable to Solomon Rothschild.

In the end, Franz II decided to take Friedrich Liszt's advice and give the Austrian Southern Railway to three separate railway companies.

Later, the military demanded several new railway lines from Franz II on homeland security grounds, and the operation of these lines was eventually sold to the highest bidder under the operation of Count Korollaf and Friedrich Liszt.

However, what Count Korolav and Latour (Minister of War) and Friedrich Liszt did not expect was that two important railway lines fell into the hands of the French.

At this time, Austria approved a total of 1,400 kilometers of railway construction.

The United States produces 85 percent of the world's cotton, forcing the British to desperately find new sources of raw materials, targeting Egypt and India.

The number of steam looms ranged from 1,324 in Austria, 223 in Prussia, 1,511 in France, 7,000 in Britain (100,000 looms in Britain if you count hydrolooms), and it is worth noting that Saxony has 450 steam looms as the centre of the textile industry in Germany.

Happily, Austria's machinery manufacturing industry is not bad, and it can independently produce steam looms and export them to other German countries.

Saxony is Austria's biggest patron, but for all senses, Austria has very little to gain.

The Austrian army numbered 450,000, France 500,000, Prussia 200,000, and Russia 600,000.

The Austrian Army had the largest number of artillery pieces in all of Europe at about 1,300, followed by the Russians with about 900, the French with 800, Prussia with less than 600 guns, and the British Army with only 300 guns.

As a result, Austria's annual military expenditure accounts for more than half of Austria's fiscal expenditure, but even so, Austria's investment in military technology and soldier training has gradually failed to keep up with the trend of historical development.

In terms of the navy, the Austrian navy has a small number of ships, but it lacks large ships. The actual combat effectiveness was inferior even to the Russians, and the naval strength of the French was far superior to that of the Russians.

It's just that the navies of all the countries of Europe together at this time are far from being the opponents of the British.

To what extent could the Austrian navy be unable to defeat a British detachment. And for a detachment of this size, the British have more than a dozen.

Even so, the Austrian Navy was able to win overwhelmingly against the navies of non-European countries.

The total foreign trade of the Austrian Empire at this time was 300 million florins, 1 billion francs for France, 400 million roubles for Russia, and 150 million thalers for Prussia, a figure expected to double a year after the Austrian Empire joined the German Customs Union.

However, due to the reduction of tariffs on some commodities and the increase in administrative costs, the actual impact on fiscal revenue is only about 5%.

Of course, with the expansion of trade and the improvement of infrastructure, fiscal revenues will grow steadily.

Due to the chaotic monetary system in Austria itself, there are even several marks.

Book the currency exchange formula of Austria

1 gold florin = 3 ducats = 4.2 silver thaler coins = 5 silver florin coins = 150 groshen = 600 pfennigs

The usual currency is 1 silver florin = 12 Kreutz = 30 groshen = 120 pfennig = 0.83 thalers

The large British steamships "Asnan" and "Atlantic" were under construction, and they would become the pioneers of British conquest of the seas.

Austria has a population of 31 million, but the quality of its citizens is worrying, there are more illiterate people than war-torn Spain, and only neighboring Russia can compete with Austria.

However, the number of students in Austria is the highest in continental Europe, which may of course be related to the large number of universities in Austria.

Austria produces 100,000 tons of pig iron, one-third that of France, less than one-tenth of that of Great Britain, slightly less than Prussia, and even less than Belgium.

Russia produces 150,000 tons of pig iron.

Austria's agricultural strength was surprisingly strong, producing four times as much grain as France and 20 times as much as Prussia at this time.

Austria was an early adopter of chemical fertilizers, while French agriculture was at a low ebb, coupled with natural disasters.

Austria has 2.8 million mules and horses, 11 million cattle, 5 million pigs, and 30 million sheep.

In animal husbandry Austria is comparable to France, and Prussia is on a par with Fauaw in the number of pigs, cattle, sheep, and poultry, but the number of mules and horses is seriously insufficient, and the total number is only one-tenth that of Fao.

Austria's ordnance depended mainly on private arsenals and imports from abroad.

Austria's arsenals were mainly located in Bohemia and Lower Austria, and half of the rifles of the entire empire were produced in one small town called Chamanzi.

The Austrian military had a close monopoly on the ammunition trade in the Austrian Empire.

But then there is a paradox: if the price of ammunition is too low, the soldiers will not make money, and if the price of ammunition is set too high, the soldiers will not be able to use it.

The standard salary in the Austrian army was 100 florins per soldier per year.

However, due to the financial problems of the Austrian Empire, it could only be paid at half of the standard rate in non-wartime, that is, 50 florins.

The 50 florins saved were used to renew equipment and provide for maintenance.

What's more, the senior officials of the Austrian army once complained that bullets were more expensive than soldiers, why couldn't these soldiers use broadswords and spears as weapons?

This will not only solve the problem of those idle homeless people on the street, but also solve the problem of military spending.

Fortunately, the high-ranking official who made the suggestion was ordered to retire early.

Successfully saved the lives of a large number of soldiers and ammunition suppliers.