MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 16 Bear's suggestion

Franz wanted to watch a big fireworks, and he even bought Swiss artillery hired by the rebels to fire on the area where the British Expeditionary Force was stationed.

But things did not go as smoothly as Franz thought. Even with the presence of the French, the interests within the rebel army could not reach an agreement.

As a result, the war turned into a sit-in. After a few months of watching the inside and outside of the city, the rebel line began to loosen, because everyone had to go back to sheep shearing and production.

Similarly, the city was also polluted by Rosas. Due to the siege of the rebels, he could only obtain supplies from the sea, but these required money.

Buenos Aires didn't have that much money for him to waste, so Rosas could only continue to borrow money from the British, and at the same time wanted to drive the French back to Europe through the mediation of the British. After all, in the crisis of 1838, it was The British stepped in to stop the French siege of Buenos Aires.

Rosas wanted to repeat the old trick, but the British ambassador seemed worried at this time, because he had received news from the country that the French had not come here this time, and he must carefully handle relations with France, and he could go to the French army to fight if necessary. But the parties must take full responsibility.

Such ambiguous instructions made neither John Stevenson, the British ambassador in Buenos Aires, nor Brigadier General Buck Mundy want to take on the responsibility.

After all, the officials and lords of the Whitehall London government neither have to charge forward, nor do they have to bear the responsibility for the defeat. In contrast, Vice Admiral Helmut in the previous Turkish-Egyptian War, George Eden in the Afghan War, and Colonel Zhuo Li in the Battle of Pangong Lake, they all became scapegoats in the end.

Gambling one's own future and life with the French is really not worth the loss. No matter how gaudy the people sent by Palmerston said, the British expeditionary force just remained unmoved.

Austria Vienna.

The cotton planted by the Russians has matured, and Tsar Nicholas I was very confident in his cotton. He felt that it would definitely bring good benefits to Russia, because at this time, there were too few profitable commodities for Russia to export. .

But Russian officials are worried. After all, the quality of Russian cotton is not very good, and Austria has already imported a large amount of cotton from the United States at this time, and the African colonies are also contributing cotton to their mother country.

This makes Russian officials feel that their cotton is not competitive at all. If the Austrians reject Russian cotton, then the Russians need to develop their own textile industry to consume the cotton, and their textile industry is still at 18 century...

In fact, what the Russian officials were worried about did not happen. The Austrians did not take the opportunity to lower the price, nor did they pick and choose. It's just the usual way of grading, weighing, and counting the cotton.

The Russians thought it was fair to pay half in cash and half in finished fabric. Because Russia needs to import a large amount of finished cloth from Europe almost every year, and the price of cloth used by the Austrian Empire as a mortgage is obviously lower than the price they import, which saves them a lot of money.

In fact, the Austrian side also proposed that the finished fabrics can be exchanged for equivalent Austrian banknotes. Of course, the Austrian banknotes can only be purchased in Austria.

Tsar Nicholas I was also very satisfied with this approach. Although he preferred to exchange it all for money, he still felt that he had taken advantage of it when he heard the Minister of Finance say that the price of cloth paid by the Austrian Empire was lower than the market price.

And with the money earned from Austria, Russia can develop its own industry and navy, but in fact the money is still a drop in the bucket.

But the Tsar can't control that much, because Russia is too poor, and industrialization and military development are inseparable from financial support.

"How much land do we have left to grow cotton?" asked the Tsar.

"We have planted 300,000 mu of land, and there are about 6 million mu of land available for development..."

The newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Sergey Sharipin, said tremblingly that after all, his predecessor was planted by the Tsar on the top of the highest peak of the Ural Mountains. He didn't want that sentence to accidentally offend His Majesty the Tsar and become a potted plant or something like that. .

"Exchange them all for cotton, my army needs money! We can trade this cotton with the Austrians for what we need, the future of the Third Rome lies in these little white flowers. Can you do it? Thanks Serge Sharipin"

As soon as Sergey Sharibin raised his head, he was so frightened that he knelt down, because at some point Nicholas I, who was 206cm tall, had already stood in front of him.

The burly and fierce-looking tsar had personally ordered the execution of many self-righteous overlords and pretentious revolutionaries. Sergey Sharibin seemed to see an army of scarlet souls surrounding him.

Sergei Sharibin rubbed his eyes and slammed his head on the ground, "Yes! Your Majesty the Tsar, Ulla!"

"Your Majesty the Tsar, Ulla!" The surrounding courtiers also echoed.

Tsar Nicholas I was very satisfied with this result, and he felt that he was one step closer to Constantinople.

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In fact, the amount of cotton sent by the Russians was far less than what Franz had expected, and the Austrian factories might not last even a week at full capacity.

But in order to firmly control Russia, an ally, Austria must import Russian cotton. After all, no treaty can explain the problem better than naked interests~www.novelbuddy.com~.

Unbeknownst to Franz, the cotton problem made Russia hunger for Ottoman and Central Asian lands more than ever.

The Russians actually have their own shipbuilding plan, but due to financial constraints, they are only maintaining and adjusting the existing Black Sea Fleet, such as decommissioning outdated warships and building sailing battleships to replace them.

Although the Russians at this time had recognized the superior performance of the steamship, they had no plans to build it. Historically, Russian steam warships were built after the 1860s, and the first steam warship was launched in 1864.

Although Russia has lived deep in the mainland for a long time, it is very interested in what is happening in the world, such as the dispute between Britain and France in Argentina.

How could Nesselov, as the leader of the Anglophile faction, miss this opportunity to show the British his British soul?

Ever since, Russia sent a note to the great powers, hoping that all countries can discuss the issue of the La Plata colony together.

In fact, everyone knows that this matter has nothing to do with Russia, but at this time, neither the United Kingdom nor France dare to ignore the opinion of the European military police. After all, most of the high-level people in the two countries still hope for peace. The solution to this crisis, and Russia's strength is enough to shake the balance of victory and defeat.

As for Austria and Prussia, the two people who eat melons, they have no reason to refuse Russia's invitation in the spirit of participation. Because Russia is too close to Germany and Austria, whether it is to unify Germany or maintain the status quo of the German Confederation, both sides need to win over this behemoth.

The Russian approach is still so simple, efficient, popular, and easy to understand.

"International Condominium!" Nesselov slammed the table and shouted.