The British established a grain reserve system, which also affected the international grain trading market, and the falling grain prices finally stabilized.

However, this is useless, and the situation of oversupply has not been resolved. Although the blame for the plummeting food price has fallen to the Russians, smart people know that the Vienna government is also the culprit.

Since they are smart people, they will naturally weigh the pros and cons. It doesn’t matter if they black Russians, even the Tsarist government itself is used to being hacked.

Austria is different. If the Vienna government's grain dumping in the first half of the year was not so smooth without the participation of domestic capitalists.

Once this lid is opened, the interest groups involved will become more and more important. Few people are willing to do such offensive things.

As Christmas approaches, Vienna already has a festive atmosphere. In the winter of Vienna in 1872, the weather was particularly warm. There was no snow, and there was little cold wind.

At this time, the trouble came to the door. On December 21, 1872, the Polish government sent a note to Austrian diplomacy: requiring Austria to hand over the land that occupied Poland, otherwise the consequences would be borne by themselves.

Well, after receiving this diplomatic note, the Vienna government was shocked, and Franz was also scared. He really couldn't figure out what would be the terrible consequences.

Franz knew that Poland's anti-Austrian arrogance has been rising recently. However, he did not take this seriously. The strong never care about the ideas of the weak.

In his opinion, no matter how much the Poles make a fuss, they just shout a few slogans at home, and if they are slaughtered, they will submit a few diplomatic protest letters, and then they will do whatever they should do.

In order to regain the old land where the Prussian, Russia and Austria divided Poland, the Polish government also made many requests to the Vienna government after its establishment.

Franz understands this behavior. Whether it is collected or not, the government must act like a show, otherwise how can we explain it to the people?

The Vienna government has never responded to the Poles and directly thought they did not exist. What Franz never expected was that the Polish government dared to submit a diplomatic note with such a strong tone.

This is not a trivial matter. A formal diplomatic note is different from a private complaint. It requires responsibility.

There was nothing to say, Franz immediately convened a cabinet meeting to look for the bad luck of the Polish government.

"What are the stimulations of the Poles? Or are some people giving them confidence and think they can be arrogant to us?"

Anyone who knows Franz knows that this is angry. Poland can be independent, Austria has also secretly made efforts, and it would be fine if it did not ask for any reward. Now the Polish government is actually rubbing its nose.

When you open the history book, you will find that the territorial disputes of Aopou are a bad debt. In this case, it is natural that whoever is stronger is right.

Foreign Minister Wesenberg explained: "Your Majesty, Poland is a major agricultural country. After the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, Poland's agricultural product import and export volume dropped sharply.

In order to cope with the crisis some time ago, we raised tariffs on Polish agricultural products, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from the Polish government.

About 34% of Poland's agricultural products are exported to Austria and are sold to the international market after processing is completed. After the tariff increase, the trade volume of agricultural products between the two countries has dropped sharply by two-thirds.

This directly led to the unsalable sales of a large number of agricultural products in Poland, which has caused a serious social crisis, and the political situation in Poland has become unstable.

The Poles sent diplomatic notes at this time, which may be related to their domestic situation. The government wants to take the opportunity to professionalize domestic conflicts."

This is a matter of no way. The international market is shrinking, Austria has to cut production capacity, and many capitalists engaged in agricultural product processing have begun to transform.

In this context, it is inevitable to protect domestic agriculture and reduce the import of agricultural products.

Long before the agricultural crisis broke out, the Vienna government was ready to give up the agricultural product processing industry. There was no way, this industry did not have much technical content and could only be used as a first-generation industry.

In recent years, agricultural product processing enterprises in European countries have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and market competition has become increasingly fierce. Austria has been able to maintain its dominant position in the agricultural product processing industry, mainly by controlling most of the raw grain production capacity.

Obviously this situation cannot continue. Since the outbreak of the agricultural crisis, the agricultural product processing industries in various countries have no longer worried about raw materials, and Austria's cost advantage no longer exists.

In this context, it is better to invest more and fight hard on this, rather than investing in emerging industries and pushing the Second Industrial Revolution to widen the gap in everyone's strength.

Without government support, the agricultural product processing and manufacturing industry with high profits can continue to survive, and companies that lack technical content in flour mills will have a hard time.

This is an inevitable result of economic development. The higher the technical content, the more obvious the advantage it has in competition. Companies without technical content can only fall into the vicious circle of price wars and it is difficult to go further.

At this time, companies either transform or upgrade their technology. For example, developing more new products, and the dazzling array of foods in supermarkets in later generations were forced by reality.

In order to survive, agricultural product processing enterprises cannot simply process a product. They must increase links, increase technical content, and increase product added value.

From a long-term perspective, this agricultural crisis has also prompted the upgrading of Austrian agricultural product processing industry. In 1872, the number of biscuits, canned foods, and various types of junk food added on the market in Vienna was more than the total increase in the past five years.

The emergence of these high-value-added products has caused many companies to be reborn and revitalized. The slow-responsive companies are still struggling.

From the perspective of later generations, competition in this era is nothing. Even the flour mill with the most competitive competition will still have good profits as long as it is managed properly, and it is still far from losing money and earning publicity.

Prime Minister Felix said sternly: "No matter what the reason is, we must give a tough response to the Poles' provocation and let them know that they are powerful. Military actions can be taken when necessary to make the Poles clear."

Franz frowned when he took military action. He felt that things were not as simple as it seemed. Even if the Poles were terrified, there was no reason to provoke Austria.

Before Franz could speak, Chancellor Carl made an objection.

"It is easy to teach the Poles a lesson, but it is not difficult to conquer Warsaw. The question is what benefits can we get?

The current international situation is not suitable for external expansion, and the Kingdom of Poland is so poor that we may not even be able to collect military expenses unless we accept Poland's agricultural products as compensation."

To build an army with anger is a taboo in military strategists.

Although the land in Poland is good, Franz really can't raise his ambitions. After the War of Independence, the nationalism of the Poles has risen, and it is too difficult to digest them.

Just for a piece of land suitable for growing grain, it is completely unworthy of the loss of division in the empire. This time bomb will be the one who wants it. Anyway, Franz is not going to leave it at home.

It is even more a joke to accept compensation from Poland's agricultural products. Just like after the World War, Britain and France accepted German industrial products to pay off debts.

The Germans were unable to open up the British and French markets for domestic industry and commerce through war, but instead achieved their goal through post-war reparations.

Britain and France, which were greedy for temporary benefits, also paid a heavy price for this. Affected by cheap industrial and commercial products from Germany, the industries of Britain and France were in decline.

At the beginning of World War II, as a defeated country, German industry actually exceeded the sum of Britain and France, which has to be said to be an irony.

The Vienna government cannot do such a stupid thing. It is too late to protect domestic agriculture, so how can it be ignored for the sake of some benefits?

"Let me warn the Polish government first and order them to calm the anti-Olympic movement in China before Christmas, or we will parade in Warsaw."

Having no interest in Poland does not mean that one cannot use force to threaten it. If the Polish government is really in a state of mind, then Franz doesn't mind fighting a war.

But this will make the Russians cheaper. If Poland is damaged, Franz is very suspicious of what the Prussian Kingdom will rely on to fight in the next Russian-Prussian War.

Neither Alexander II nor Alexander III were Yi, and the war potential of the Russian Empire was far above Prussia.

After suffering a loss, it is difficult for the Russians to be greedy for merit and make progress. As long as the Tsarist government fights steadily, the war becomes a war of attrition, and the Prussian Kingdom will not consume the Russians.

At this time, the Kingdom of Poland became crucial. If you were a little more ruthless and recruit millions of cannon fodder from the Kingdom of Poland, then when facing gray animals, Prussia would not be submerged in the tactics of the sea of ​​people.

Other Franz was not sure, but one thing was certain, that is, this time the Tsarist government would not be short of food.

Even if the transportation of the Russian Empire was still unsolvable, the Tsarist government would reserve enough strategic materials before the war broke out.

This time the Prussians were caught off guard by the Russians. Before completing the preparations, the Tsarist government could no longer provoke a war.

The Russian-Austrian alliance has a few years left. During this period, the Prussian Kingdom was unable to take the initiative to launch an attack, otherwise it would drag Austria down.

Shaking his head, Franz dispelled these messy thoughts. What if there is so much, the international situation is ever-changing, and no one can guarantee what will happen tomorrow.

Perhaps when the Prussian-Russian War broke out, the situation changed again. Now Austria's strength is growing rapidly. Perhaps when the Prussian-Russian War broke out, Austria has left them far behind.

As long as you have strong enough strength, no challenge is enough to worry about. Perhaps the result of the Prussian-Russian War will become irrelevant to Austria.
Chapter completed!