In December 1900, the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not disintegrate. Under Sissy's strong mediation, the Slovak People's Republic of Hungary finally decided to stay in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The internal reason was very simple. If Hungary wanted to stand among the European powers as an independent country, it must have the ability to be one of the European powers. Such a proof process was bound to be cruel.
Austria did not get any benefit from it. When Hungary could freely decide whether to join the war with Austria, the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not even bind Hungary in foreign affairs. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was now only a name.
Uncle En died in February 1901. Before he died, he said that the European civil war would destroy Europe, and that no one would pick up the crown that had fallen to the ground.
Zhou Shuren had only heard of Uncle En's existence. For this worker who had been fighting on the front line, life was a very real existence every day, not based on the prophecy of saints or great men. When Hungary managed to stabilize the situation, it discovered that a huge gap had been drawn between Austria and Hungary, which were so close at hand. If this gap was only the hostility of the nobles, it was undoubtedly no different from a fart to the working people.
The real problem was that Hungary lacked mineral resources. Coal and iron as the industrial base were rare in the Slovak Republic of Hungary. Compared to Hungary, Austria had coal and iron, and even the Czech Republic had huge coal reserves. In addition, Austria could also use iron ore from Lorraine or Norway, these two areas were very close to Austria. Hungary found itself completely isolated economically, in an extremely embarrassing situation.
In order to remove the label of "poor coal country" and "poor iron country" put on Hungary by the European monarchies, the Min dynasty not only could not withdraw personnel from Hungary, but also sent more experts to the country for construction assistance under the invitation of the Slovak Republic of Hungary.
These actions were not deliberately created by Vézé. These were all actions based on a philosophy, which gave Vézé an indescribable strong sense of joy. The inevitable result of ideology was that "all enemies should die", "planting widely", and "flowers should also bloom in the desert".
Hungarian wine was very popular in Europe. Czarist Russia had customized grape fields and wine cellars in Hungary to produce special wine according to the requirements of the Czarist court. The profits could be imagined. Although there was a fierce conflict between Czarist Russia and Austria, Czarist Russia naturally joined the ranks of isolating Hungary.
As soon as this case was discussed in the Politburo, it immediately attracted many opinions. The suggestions put forward by all proved once again that there was nothing new under the sun. Because the members of the Politburo had never done any special research, their opinions were very intuitive. One of the more classic proposals is to buy premium Hungarian wine.
Vézé objected at the time. "The function of money is a general equivalent. Why should Hungary's labor be more valuable than ours just because the situation in Hungary is not good?"
"If we don't help, I'm afraid Hungary won't be able to hold on." The committee member continued to express his opinion.
"Hungary is not that weak. In addition, if we have a system that covers the entire world, and other countries can use this system to conduct transactions in a normal way, Hungary's predicament will naturally be solved. In the long run, this system is our future direction. "Vézé simply brought up the idea of globalization.
By the end of 1901, the exploration team of the Min dynasty spent more than half a year in the Carpathian Mountains and found some iron and coal mines. These mines could be used, but they could not turn Hungary into a steel country like Germany. What was slightly surprising was the discovery of natural gas and oil.
Hungary worked overtime to find some foundation for its own development. Austria was not idle either. The Austrian military model that was conceived by their brains proved to be a complete failure after three consecutive defeats to the Hungarian Red Army. After painful discussions, the upper echelons of Austria had to admit that a mixed multi-ethnic model was not suitable for a modern nation-state.
After Germany kicked Austria out of the German Confederation, they formed a modern nation-state. The same was true for Hungary. In this Hungarian Slovak People's Republic, Hungarians and Slovaks occupied an overwhelming number and status. Therefore, Austria believed that the so-called multi-ethnic country must develop into a single country, or at least the use of seven languages in the army must be corrected. While Austria was closer to Germany, they hoped to restore the pan-German era of the Great Alliance on the basis of the alliance.
If it was ten years ago, Britain would have sabotaged Austria's plan no matter what. This time, Britain did not intervene. A large number of well-off people in Great Britain migrated to North America, leaving only 18 million people on the 200,000 square kilometer island. Eight million of them lived in London, Manchester, Liverpool, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, and other cities. A considerable number of the 10 million people living in the countryside were old men and women who did not want to leave their hometown. The drastic changes made the British government uneasy, and Europe's affairs had to be slightly delayed.
The close relationship between Germany and Austria naturally led to the proximity of the Osman Empire. With Hungary inserted between the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Osman Empire, the conflict between the two sides immediately became so small that it could be completely reconciled. The more than two hundred years of conflict between the Osman Empire and Russia obviously could not be resolved. In the end, the Osman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire signed a treaty. The content of the treaty was that if Russia attacked the Osman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had to support the Osman Empire. If Russia attacked the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Osman Empire had to send troops to help.
After such a very delicate agreement was concluded, Germany also received the Osman Empire's permission to visit the warships that the Osman Empire bought from the Min dynasty. The warships were bought by the Osman Empire after the end of the Sino-American War, and the Min dynasty did not ask the Osman Empire for money. A large number of armaments at the same time were used to pay for the purchase of Kuwait by China.
Of course, the Germans did not know that the warships that the Min dynasty exported were not designed with the concept of armor boxes, nor did they use steam turbines as power. After just one tour, the Germans felt that their horizons were opened and they were inexplicably happy. Before seeing the inside of the warships, the Germans could not imagine that warships could be designed like this. After seeing it, the Germans felt that they gained more and more.
In 1901, the European economic crisis did not continue to worsen, but began to show signs of bottoming out. Especially after Germany announced that they would start building new warships, the German economy showed signs of recovery.
At the beginning of 1902, Austria announced the implementation of compulsory education throughout the Empire, and several small autonomous units were turned into provinces. Large areas like the Czech Republic and Poland did not need to be forcibly changed. Those areas had a higher level of industry and had a foundation in German.
After implementing these measures, the Austrian economy also began to show signs of recovery. After a few years of not importing food from Hungary, all of the Austrian grain warehouses were depleted. Austria finally made a request to the Hungarian government to buy food, and even Hungary breathed a sigh of relief. After being blockaded for so long, Hungary could finally import steel from Austria.
As soon as the economy recovered, there were more ships for sea transport. The new Suez Canal dug by the Min dynasty could transport ships of up to 20,000 tons. The number of oil tankers from the Persian Gulf quickly increased to five times the original number. Cyprus, which was very close to here, immediately received the news. Wang Mingshan wrote a report to be sent to the country, but when he thought that his old friend Shen Xin had retired from the position of the country's president, he felt very regretful.
From a system point of view, Shen Xin was the representative of the good functioning of the republic system of the Min dynasty. But that was official business. Wang Mingshan, of course, hoped that Shen Xin could work as long as possible. The person who replaced Shen Xin was the candidate recommended by the Politburo, named Yao Bang. Shen Xin was the first generation, and Qi Rui was the second generation. This Yao Bang was the first generation and a half. It was said that he was a comrade who had a lot of ideas in theory. The prime minister who worked with him was called Ziyang, who was also recommended by the Politburo. When he learned that they were not candidates recommended by the commander-in-chief, Wang Mingshan looked down on the two at that time. Moreover, Wang Mingshan's work belonged to the party, so the president and the prime minister could not control him. Now Wang Mingshan's head was still the Military Governor Vaize, which made him very proud.
When Wang Mingshan's report was sent up, he quickly received instructions. 'Study the ratio of the various military industries to the economy.' Wang Mingshan immediately felt his eyes light up. This was the reason why Vézé made Wang Mingshan admire him very much. The commander-in-chief always pointed in a direction. If the industries that drove the economy of European countries were closely related to the war, it meant that the possibility of war breaking out was very high.
Before the North American War of the Min dynasty, or rather, since the founding of the country, most of the original purposes of the establishment of industrial industries were related to the war. The steel industry, the rubber industry, the canning industry, these industries, which now seemed very civilian, were used to provide weapons, shoes, and food for the army.
After calculating according to the new standards, the new data surprised Wang Mingshan. Apart from the incomplete data of the British in North America and the large error, the real military industry of the entire European countries did not play much of a role in driving the economy. From this point of view, Europe as a whole was very peaceful and there were no signs of war at all. From the point of view of a spectator who was not afraid of making things worse, Wang Mingshan had to admit that the result disappointed him. When he was disappointed, Wang Mingshan also comforted himself with the reason that the commander-in-chief would never do meaningless things. The fact that these European countries did not start fighting now did not mean that they would not fight in the future.
However, Wang Mingshan knew very well that according to the current armaments situation, even if Europe went all out tomorrow, there would not be any results.
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