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

Chapter 23 1834 years

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace, children's room.

Franz is searching for useful materials among the mountains of materials.

At this time, Austria had 30 kilometers of railways, 6 kilometers of Prussian railways, 150 kilometers of French railways, and 600 miles (about 965 kilometers) of British railways.

All countries have crazy plans for railways. The French government has introduced a 730-kilometer railway construction plan. By 1848, the total length of French railways will reach 1814 kilometers.

But it is still too conservative compared with the countries of the German Customs Union. The entire alliance (excluding Austria) plans to build 6000 kilometers of railways.

英国人也批准了6000英里（约合8047公里）的铁路建设计划，到1870年英国将拥有15357英里（约合24714公里）铁路，并且建成世界上最密集的铁路网。

The Russian Tsarist government did not realize the importance of railways, and only approved a few easy-to-build routes with a total length of about 200 kilometers. Even in 1866, Russia only had a pitiful 1488 kilometers of railways.

The Americans had only a 2000-kilometer railroad construction plan at this time, but in 1850 they would have 9021 kilometers of railroad.

Historically, Austria only approved a railway construction plan of about 350 kilometers, and it did not have 1848 kilometers of railway until 1200.

The Austrian government has approved Solomon Rothschild's plan for the construction of the Northern Railway, which will see 700 kilometers of railways built by Northern Railways over the next ten years.

But the dream of the Solomon Southern Railway fell through, not that Franz II disagreed.

Franz II was very satisfied with Solomon Rothschild's bribes, but on the issue of the ownership of the Southern Railway Company, the military and Count Kororav refused to budge.

Moreover, Friedrich List, the special adviser to Franz II, also supported the views of the military and Count Kororav, and the intelligence provided by the secret police was also very unfavorable to Solomon Rothschild.

In the end, Franz II decided to adopt Friedrich Liszt's opinion and hand over Austria's Southern Railway to three railway companies.

After that, the military asked Franz II for several new railway lines on the grounds of homeland security. Finally, the operating rights of these railway lines were operated by Count Kororav and Friedrich Liszt. Sold to the highest bidder.

However, what Count Kororav and Latour (Minister of War) and Friedrich Liszt did not expect was that two important railway lines fell into the hands of the French.

At this time, Austria approved a total of 1400 kilometers of railway construction.

The United States accounts for 85% of the world's cotton production, which forced the British to eagerly find new sources of raw materials, and their goals were set in Egypt and India.

The number of steam looms is 1324 in Austria, 223 in Prussia, 1511 in France, and 7000 in the United Kingdom (if you include water conservancy looms, there are 10 looms in the United Kingdom). It is worth noting that Saxony is the textile industry in Germany The business center has 450 steam looms.

What is gratifying is that Austria's machinery manufacturing industry is not bad. It can independently produce steam looms and export them to other German countries.

And Saxony is Austria's biggest customer, but due to various considerations, Austria can get very little profit.

The Austrian Army has 45, France 50, Prussia 20, and Russia 60.

The Austrian Army has the largest number of artillery pieces in the whole of Europe with about 1300 pieces, followed by the Russians with about 900 pieces, the French with only 800 pieces, the Prussian army with less than 600 pieces, and the British Continental Army with only 300 pieces.

This has caused the annual military expenditure to account for more than half of Austria's fiscal expenditure, but even so, Austria's investment in military technology and soldier training has gradually failed to keep up with the trend of historical development.

In terms of the navy, Austria has a large number of naval ships, but lacks large ships.The actual combat power is not as good as that of the Russians, and the naval strength of the French is far superior to that of the Russians.

It's just that at this time, the combined navies of all European countries are far from being the opponents of the British.

To what extent is the exaggeration, the Austrian navy may not be able to beat a British squadron.And there are more than a dozen squadrons of this size in the UK.

Even so, the Austrian navy was able to win overwhelmingly against the navies of non-European countries.

The total foreign trade of the Austrian Empire at this time was 3 million florins, France 10 billion francs, Russia 4 million rubles, and Prussia 1.5 million thalers, a figure that is expected to be a year after the Austrian Empire joined the German Zollum double.

However, due to the reduction of tariffs on some commodities and the increase in management costs, the actual impact on fiscal revenue is only about 5%.

Of course, with the expansion of trade and the improvement of infrastructure, fiscal revenue will grow steadily.

Since Austria's own currency system is very chaotic, there are even several marks.

Book Austria Currency Exchange Formulas
1金弗罗林=3杜卡特金币=4.2塔勒银币=5弗罗林银币=150格罗伸=600芬尼
常用货币为 1弗罗林银币=12克罗伊茨=30格罗伸=120芬尼=0.83塔勒
The large British steamships "Asnan" and "Atlantic" are being built, which will henceforth be the pioneers of British conquest of the seas.

Austria has a population of 3100 million, but the quality of its citizens is worrying. There are more illiterates than war-torn Spain. The only country that can compare with Austria is Russia next door.

However, the number of university students in Austria ranks first in Europe, which of course may be related to the large number of universities in Austria.

Austria's pig iron production is 10 tons, which is one-third of that of France, less than one-tenth of that of Britain, slightly lower than that of Prussia, and even less than that of Belgium.

Russia's pig iron production is 15 tons.

Austria's agricultural strength is surprisingly strong, with food production four times that of France at this time and 20 times that of Prussia.

Austrian agriculture used chemical fertilizers earlier, while French agriculture was in a low period, coupled with natural disasters.

Austria has 280 million mules and horses, 1100 million cattle, 500 million pigs, and 3000 million sheep.

In terms of animal husbandry, Austria is comparable to France, and Prussia is comparable to Fao in the number of pigs, cattle, sheep, and poultry, but the number of mules and horses is seriously insufficient, and the total is only one-tenth of Fao.

Austria's ordnance mainly relies on private arsenals and imports from foreign countries.

Austria's arsenals are mainly located in Bohemia and Lower Austria, and a small town called Chamanzi produced half of the rifles in the entire empire.

The Austrian military almost monopolized the ammunition trade in the Austrian Empire.

But in this way, another paradox appeared. If the price of ammunition is too low, the military will not be able to make money. If the price of ammunition is set too high, soldiers will not be able to use ammunition.

The standard pay of the Austrian army was 100 florins a year per soldier.

However, due to the financial problems of the Austrian Empire, only half of the standard amount, that is, 50 florins, could be issued during non-war periods.

The 50 florins saved were used to update equipment and provide supplies.

What's more, senior officials of the Austrian army once complained that bullets are more expensive than soldiers. Why can't these soldiers use broadswords and spears as weapons?
This can not only solve the idle homeless people on the street, but also solve the problem of military expenditure.

Fortunately, the senior official who made the comments was ordered to retire early.

Successfully saved the lives of a large number of soldiers and ammunition suppliers.

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