The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven Chapter 56

Graben, Vienna.

This can be regarded as the busiest street in Austria. The attic of a watch shop on the corner is the home of Baron Brooke.

As the second person in the Austrian Empire's finances and the former chief adviser of royal finance and taxation, his home looks a bit shabby.

The furniture was only an old single bed and a simple set of tables and chairs. There was an overcrowded bookshelf in the corner, and four sets of clothes and two hats hung on the hanger at the door.

Talia stepped on the creaking floor and felt very uncomfortable. The musty smell in the air made her cover her mouth and nose, but she respected Baron Brook very much.

After all, with the status and status of Baron Brook, as long as he wants to, just like Friedrich Liszt back then, it is not difficult to earn one million florins a year.

After the death of the old emperor, whether he joined the Metternich faction or the Kororav faction, he could live very easily.

Baron Brook took the letter and walked to the window. The sunlight shone on the letter through the window. He took out his monocle from his jacket pocket and stuck it on his eye socket.

The way to wear a monocle in this era is still to stick the lens on the eye socket. The disadvantage of this is that it is easy to fall off if your expression is exaggerated.

Nose clip-on monocles will not be accepted for decades. People in this era feel that it is not noble to be stuck on the nose.

Baron Brook was full of joy when he first received the letter, but soon he frowned, and after reading it for a while, the frown became even tighter.

"I don't doubt Archduke Franz Karl's investment vision, but I just want to be sure, is this a decision made by Archduke Franz Karl himself?"

"Of course, without the authorization of Archduke Franz Karl, I would not have given you so much money."

6.3 million florins, although it is an expected banknote, but few people in Vienna can take it out. This draft from the Austrian Imperial Chartered Bank cannot be fake.

It's just that this made Baron Brook even more confused, because he knew the handwriting of Archduke Franz Karl, and the signature on this money order was obviously not his. of.

Baron Brook handed back the letter and the check to Thalia.

"Miss Thalia, I think you know that the price of food in the empire has been falling for six consecutive years. The Hungarian region even deliberately abandoned the land to prevent food from rotting in the ground."

The German Customs Union and the construction of the railway had a great impact on Hungary, because the emergence of the railway led to a drop in transportation costs. In areas with developed transportation, Hungarian food could not even compete with Prussian food.

The unsalable food situation that Prussia had expected before did not happen. On the contrary, because of the drop in transportation costs, Prussia opened up more markets, and the supply of food for the Junker landlords was short of demand.

The biggest contributors to this are the three countries of South Germany. Bavaria itself is a rotten land. Although it is an agricultural country, its self-sufficiency rate is low, and it lives on imported food all year round. After the opening of the railway, Bavaria discovered a new business opportunity, that is, the German region The cheap grain sold at a high price to the French.

At this time, French agriculture was at the lowest ebb in history, and urban workers continued to uprising, and Lu Yi Philip had to order relief to the poor.

Although Thiers was dissatisfied with this, but outside France wanted to fight against the counterattack of the Carlists in Spain, and to restore the glory of New France in North America, there would be no more troubles in the country, so he had to accept the "buying the poor with money" peaceful".

Kizuo greatly appreciated this kind of soft policy. He felt that problems that could be solved with money were not problems. The economic situation of the Orleans dynasty was much better than that of the Bourbon dynasty, thanks to his excellent Kizuo. financial capitalist.

Although France's agriculture is currently in a recession, after decades of peace, France's trade has grown rapidly. Coupled with the large amount of wealth plundered from the colonies, the rich people in France have a good life. He feels that as long as the rich people's Give a little bit of wealth to the poor, and the crisis facing France can be solved.

In fact, in the initial stage of the relief law, the French government tried to give money to the poor, but this approach caused prices to soar, and finally had to give up. After all, the wool always comes from the sheep.

After that, the French government decided to collect taxes to buy food and help the poor. In order not to be exploited by the country's food merchants, and to prevent the country's food prices from being too high, it created more people who could not afford bread.

Kizuo came up with a good way, which is to import food from foreign countries, and South Germany is their first choice.

First of all, during this period, the price of grain in Germany was abundant and the price was low.

Secondly, the trade with the three countries of South Germany is conducive to the improvement of France's influence on the three countries of South Germany. From a historical point of view, the three countries of South Germany have helped France a lot.

In particular, France has never given up its ambitions for the Rhine region. After discovering a large amount of iron and coal in the Rhine region, it has kept the French awake at night.

Baron Brook's home.

"Mr. Brook, you must know that the Harvest Goddess cannot visit Austria forever." Thalia said.

"But in the past six years, the corpses of businessmen who have ideas like yours can be piled up in the Alps." Baron Brook replied.

Hoarding and price gouging have a long history. However, the abnormal weather has bankrupted countless merchants who want to rely on hoarding, because food storage has a limited number of years, and even the most durable beans have a shelf life of only about two years. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

And six years is enough time for many people to go bankrupt several times.

"Mr. Brook, please rest assured. We have found a way to extend the storage time."

"Oh? How many years can it be extended?"

"About a year."

"And what about a year from now?"

"Now that Mexico and Spain are in civil war, there must be devastation after the war. They will need our food."

"The Civil War between Mexico and Spain, it's hard to say who will win and who will lose. How do we know who to sell to?"

"Whoever wins or loses, he needs food."

Thalia handed back the letter and the check to Baron Brook. Baron Brook did not refuse, thought for a while, signed his name, and returned the power of attorney in the letter to Thalia.

"Since it is the Grand Duke's order, I will carry it out, but I want to know what it means to make it louder?" Baron Brook asked.

"Dagong means to use your influence to make as much effort as possible for this acquisition so that as many people as possible can participate in this acquisition." Thalia explained.

"But this is unreasonable. If there are more buyers, the price of food will rise, which will affect our income. This is not a wise move." Baron Brook said.

"It's not for individuals, but it's a good thing for the country. The Grand Duke once said *****, *****?" Thalia said.

"********,********?" Baron Brook murmured, and he couldn't help feeling that a person with such a broad mind and tolerance was actually regarded as a fool.

However, Baron Brook seems to have finally understood the logic of Grand Duke "Franz Karl". He is a fool so he is fearless and does not need logic.

Chapter end