Alberti frowned when he heard the word "professional." In all honesty, silencing people wasn't his specialty. His job was to capture criminals.
He wanted to argue, but considering that this was a critical moment, he couldn't care less about these small details.
Alberti shook his head. "Your Excellency, the situation is very tense right now, and there are too many people involved. It's difficult to silence them without attracting the attention of the outside world."
This was inevitable. It was understandable if one or two criminals had accidents, but if dozens of people had accidents at the same time, everyone would know that something was wrong.
Silencing people wasn't difficult, but the key was how to deal with the government's subsequent investigation. Any trace of evidence would be exposed, and they would be beaten down to the mundane world.
Hearing this answer, the atmosphere in the room became even gloomier. Someone lit a cigar, and for a moment, the secret room was filled with smoke.
Seeing that the atmosphere wasn't right, Sir Ledes suggested, "I've been to the Alps Tarot Prison. The environment inside is terrible, and many criminals have accidents there every year.
If we can take care of the prison guards and create an accident, it shouldn't be a problem as long as we keep our hands clean. "
Alberti shook his head. "You haven't been in the police system, so you don't know the ropes.
There are a lot of things that we can find out if we want to. Even if we do it cleanly, there will still be traces left behind.
It's easy to create an accident, but how do we ensure that we kill everyone we want to kill in one go? What if there are fish that slip through the net?
As long as there is one survivor, all the problems will be exposed. We can't expect the prison guards to personally kill them, right?
Even if we succeed, it won't be the end. These Jewish capitalists aren't good people, and I don't believe that they didn't prepare a backup plan.
If we kill them right now, someone will report them with evidence, and the result will only be worse. "
It was because of this understanding that Alberti knew how unreliable this kind of large-scale silencing was.
It wasn't impossible to take care of the prison guards, but for such a high-risk matter, they would at most pretend that they didn't see it. It was impossible to make them risk their lives.
The most troublesome thing was that silencing them was only the beginning of the matter, not the end. Don't be fooled by the fact that they were threatening the families of criminals.
The families of criminals of this level would have been captured and interrogated long ago. Even if they wanted to do something, it would be after the dust had settled.
Generally speaking, even if they wanted to retaliate, they wouldn't do it directly. More importantly, he used his power to arrange a good place for them.
For example: exiled to Alaska to mine, or sent to the desert to build a railroad, etc.
Count Waiters sighed and said slowly, "If we can't kill them, then we can only cut off our tails to survive.
We haven't received any money from the Jews, so they shouldn't have any direct evidence pointing to us. The only hidden danger is the few companies that have had business dealings with them.
If everyone is willing, I suggest that we sell all these properties and cut off all ties with us. "
Everyone's expression changed greatly. These industries were not just a small amount. Apart from the transfer of benefits, a part of it was their own investment.
If they really gave up on these businesses, everyone here, including the families behind them, would suffer a great loss.
Alberti objected hurriedly, "No! Let's not talk about the heavy losses we'll suffer if we abandon these industries. More importantly, will we really be able to get away?
In the past, everyone had taken advantage of the convenience of these industries to reap benefits. As long as the investigation team followed the clues, they would be able to find them.
Perhaps these things are not enough to convict us, but they are enough to ruin our careers.
Don't think too much about it. The most important thing now is to stabilize these capitalists and buy us time.
Next, everyone, use your influence and sell these industries as soon as possible, including the surrounding industries.
We haven't shown our faces, cut off the chain of interests, and send the people involved abroad. That will solve half of the problem.
Use our power and find a way to get the court to sentence these Jewish capitalists to death, preferably immediately.
As long as we are fast enough, we can take action as soon as the verdict is out. They won't have a chance to speak. "
Both were cutting off their own flesh, but the latter's method was obviously more sophisticated, especially the silencing operation, which was full of professionalism.
No one would care about the death of a prisoner on death row. It didn't matter if they died a day earlier or a day later.
In a country with a large population like Austria, people were executed every day. Generally speaking, those who were sentenced to immediate execution would be executed three days later or seven days later.
The time left in between was for family members to say goodbye. However, this was just an unspoken rule, not a written rule.
In theory, as long as the verdict was handed down, the criminal could be executed.
Even if it was a little faster and attracted the attention of people, they could blame the problem on anti-Semitism.
Hearing this suggestion, Count Wittes' eyes lit up. He said in surprise, "That's a good idea. Alberti, you're really a genius.
Sir Leides, I'll leave the task of stabilizing these scumbags to you. No matter what method you use, you have to fool them first.
If necessary, you can use extreme measures, but you have to be careful. If things get out of hand and attract the attention of people, we won't be able to cover it up.
From now on, we are the vanguard of anti-Semitism. We must punish the evil Jewish capitalists! "
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The wave of anti-Semitism continued to rise, but it was no longer enough to attract Franz's attention. Now, he was busy taking inventory of his gains and distributing the windfall.
The Minister of Economy, Reinhardt Haldegen, handed over a document. "Your Majesty, this is the reconstruction plan for an old industrial city.
The Ministry of Economy has two main viewpoints. The first one is to choose a new location to build the new city. The second one is to rebuild it on the spot and learn from the British to build subways to improve the city's transportation.
Both of these plans have their own advantages and disadvantages.
The advantages of building a new city are: after the redesign, the population and transportation capacity of the city will be greatly increased, and there will be no need to worry about it for a long time.
The disadvantages are: too much money is needed, and the construction period is long.
In comparison, the reconstruction of the old city is more effective in a short period of time, and the investment is much less.
However, many of the streets in the old city can't meet the current needs. The reconstruction can only solve the urgent problems, and it will still need to be rebuilt in the future. "
The problem of occupying land was not within the scope of consideration. Austria had a lot of land, which was also an advantage in urban planning.
After thinking for a while, Franz made a decision. "We have too many things to do, and we can't put all of them into the construction of the city. We'll rebuild the old city first, and then we'll consider building a new city in the future."
The problem of money was only one aspect. More importantly, there was not much machinery and equipment these days. The main force of construction was manual labor, and most of the work had to be done on their shoulders. Naturally, the construction progress could not be fast.
It was different from the Near East development plan, where the population was limited. A plan for the city's construction was enough, and the rest could be considered after the population grew.
The cities that needed to be rebuilt were large industrial cities with a population of 1.8 million people. The construction of a new city was very large, and it would take at least a decade or two to complete.
After such a long time, the daylilies would be cold. The international situation was ever-changing. If Austria plunged into the construction, it would be troublesome if there was an emergency.
As for the problem of reconstruction in the future, it was inevitable. Economic development was changing with each passing day. Even if a new city was built, it would still face similar problems decades later.
The productivity of society determined that the construction of a city could not be done in one step. Replacement was the law of social development.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Reinhardt Haldegen did not continue to fight for it. Building a new city was important, but there were many more important projects in Austria.
For example, traffic.
As the number of cars continued to increase, the original roads could no longer meet the needs of reality. Upgrading and rebuilding the roads had become the future development trend.
There were almost no cars in the remote areas, so it could be ignored for the time being. However, it was urgent to rebuild the roads around the big cities.
Taking Vienna as an example, there were more than 8,000 cars in the city, and the number of trucks and tractors was more than 10,000.
The urban area was still fine. When the city was rebuilt, the roads were wider, and there was no need to worry about traffic jams. However, the main roads around the city were not.
The roads that carriages and cars ran on were completely different concepts.
It could accommodate four carriages abreast, and at most two trucks abreast. If there was an accident on the way, there would be a traffic jam.
There were not many cars now, and the traffic jam was bearable. It was just a matter of ten minutes.
The key was that the dirt roads were suitable for carriages, not for cars. Especially on rainy days, the muddy roads were the enemies of cars.
To change this situation, as early as two years ago, the city of Vienna began to build cement roads.
There were many cities that wanted to follow the trend, but not every city had so much money. They could only ask the central government for help.
There were too many people asking for money, and the central government could not afford it, so the plan was temporarily put on hold.
There was no other way. Improving traffic was definitely beneficial to economic development, but investing in roads was a loss-making business. Even if they opened up tolls, it would be a drop in the bucket.
The Ministry of Economy had already done an assessment. According to the current scale of vehicles in Austria, even if the annual growth rate was 20%, it would be difficult to break even with tolls within 20 years.
One had to know that this was only the break-even in operation and maintenance, and not the return of capital.
This was also in theory. In reality, there were very few roads that could be used for 20 years.
Other than a few roads that could recover construction costs before they were scrapped, most of the roads had been scrapped, and the project was still losing money.
If it could be profitable, the capitalists would not be indifferent and would have thrown money into it.
To put it bluntly, it was still too early. If it was 20 or 30 years later, there would definitely be a lot of capitalists willing to invest.
Now, even if they built a busy road from Vienna to Prague, the end result would be a loss.
The reason was very simple. Austria's railway industry was too developed, and the cost of rail transport was lower than road transport. Many areas also faced competition from water transport, which had lower operating costs. Long-distance freight did not go by road at all.
Without long-distance freight, it was impossible to rely on family cars to collect tolls before cars were popularized in millions of households.
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