MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 67 fight back
【War court and knee pillow, Austria's destiny】【】
Since then, most brick-and-mortar practitioners no longer dare to stand directly on the platform, but chose to play the emotional card, saying that "the life of a usurer is also his life, and he also needs to live."
Of course this **** was simply ignored.
In short, during several chaotic wars, the royal family gradually took the lead. Although it was denounced as perverse and autocratic tyranny, the overall Austrian economy is in the recovery stage, tax revenue has increased significantly, and the consumption power of the people is also rising...
Just when everything was going in a good direction, someone saw a flaw in this model.
The so-called installment payment is actually a way to live beyond what is needed, but as long as the income meets expectations and is not over-developed, there will be no major problems, and it can reduce the pressure on consumers to a certain extent and promote the robust growth of the economy. Compared with usury, it is definitely a great progress in financial history.
However, there is still a gap in the lack of norms and corresponding laws and regulations in the current market, which allows financiers and speculators to take advantage of loopholes.
Due to Franz's strategy, the sales price of Austria's domestic products is much lower than that of the international market. Even if the tariff is paid again, there will still be a small part of the profit.
This loophole was originally intended to leave Huimin on purpose, but in Soros' eyes, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
He first contacted Solomon Rothschild on his own initiative, and then gathered a huge amount of capital to monopolize some important industries in Austria, such as steel, railroad tracks, rifled barrels, sewing machines, clocks, rubber shoes, raincoats, glass, etc.
However, Franz and the recruited elders had long expected this situation to happen, so they could easily deal with it by raising prices and expanding production.
Although this move will cause some losses to the public, it is still more conscientious than the wanton price hikes after the monopoly of capitalists.
However, Soros, who was not reconciled, soon found a breakthrough; that is, to use the royal family's installment payment mechanism to allow ordinary people to participate in the feast of stock speculation.
In fact, Franz was also on guard against this. To prevent too many retail investors, he set the investment threshold at 1,000 florins per share. But Austrian experts felt that his approach hindered the concentration of capital.
Under the suggestion of Solomon Rothschild and other well-known financiers and bank tycoons, the amount per share was reduced to 5 florins, so as to attract investment to the greatest extent.
Such an approach really brought a huge amount of money to the empire's stock market. At the same time, bankers such as Solomon temporarily opened a new business, that is, ordinary people can use the method of installment payment to mortgage items to the bank to obtain funds.
That is to say, the public can first go to the royal store to buy goods by installments, and then resell them to private banks in exchange for funds to invest in the stock market; of course, the banks will draw money from it.
But at this time, the crazy stock market price keeps soaring, coupled with the exemplary effect of the first phase of the Inner Tania Railway Project, everyone is more confident, thinking that having the royal family at the bottom must be a sure thing.
At the same time, major newspapers, banks, and all kinds of so-called professionals once again hyped up the railway stocks. Of course, the chicken soup for the soul that Franz poured out before also played a role in fueling the flames.
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Even if the stock market is suspended at both ends for three days, or even set the highest price increase, large-scale selling still cannot extinguish the enthusiasm of the Austrians for railway stocks.
After massive wealth entered the stock market, all stocks deviated from their original true value. This is exactly what Soros wanted to see.
They just need to wait for them to continue to rise, and their wealth will continue to rise, which is equivalent to the whole country paying for them. At that time, when it rises to the highest point, it only needs to sell them all to complete the harvest of 38 million people in the whole territory.
Of course, in theory, the empire will not suffer losses, and it will only need to recover the arrears on schedule. But it bears all the risk and notoriety, leaving desperate citizens not only unable to benefit from financial investments, but also saddled with heavy debts.
It's just that at this time, the top executives in Vienna actually contacted the bankers to discuss when to sell their stocks. After all, only selling at the highest point can make the greatest profit for the empire.
Adjani could only write countless letters of help to Franz, but with the current means of communication, apart from the planning of various possibilities that had been repeatedly deduced and discussed before the incident, he was still drifting at sea. It is difficult to effectively obtain information at the first time and make corresponding decisions.
A financial tsunami that is about to swallow the world seems inevitable...
On the calm Indian Ocean, a fleet flying the black and gold flag of the Austrian Empire is slowly marching.
Friedrich stood alone on the flagship "Venice" surrounded by crowds, looking around with binoculars from time to time.
As an aspiring soldier and the son of Archduke Karl, Friedrich has always set himself the strictest standards, not as casually as Franz.
But this trip to sea failed to test the combat effectiveness of his new flagship, which disappointed the naval commander.
And he found an embarrassing fact that every time he came out with his nephew, he gained experience in land warfare, which made him, the commander of the Austrian Imperial Navy who dealt with ships and sailors every day, feel embarrassed.
Friedrich very much hoped to use the Dutch stronghold on West Borneo as a target on the grounds of helping Nanming seize the base faster. But it was quickly stopped by Franz, after all, this would be tantamount to a war against the Dutch East India Company.
According to Franz's plan, Zhu Qiongying and her Nanming should seize Kalimantan by their own strength. But compared with the past, this time he seems to be too stingy.
Not only did they not provide the opponent with a single latest breech-loading gun, but even the artillery only took out four four-pound guns in a coping manner. 2,000 revolvers were given, but such small arms were of no use at all.
Its own limitations are too great; although it has the advantage of a fast rate of fire, it is far inferior to rifles in terms of range, accuracy and power~www.novelbuddy.com~ and that kind of light gun is barely enough to deal with wooden doors and earth walls, but There is nothing to do with thick stone walls or gentle slopes and bastions.
Of course, there are also factors of Franz's own intentions. Strictly speaking, the armed conflicts between Nanming, Lanfang, Dagang, Santiaogou, and even the Dutch have nothing to do with war, and they almost belong to the category of gang fights.
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Besides, there is a weapon factory in the neighboring Chenla. As long as Nanming has sufficient financial resources or has items to exchange with it, he can get ordnance.
Since it is similar to gang fights, street fighting must be indispensable. And this kind of close combat is obviously more advantageous for the fast-firing, lightweight and easy-to-carry revolver.
When it comes to heavy firepower, it is difficult to transport heavy artillery in the complex jungle terrain of Kalimantan.
And according to Franz's estimate, he didn't think Lan Fang's disorganized organization could have a decent resistance.
Although those people were extremely brave in the face of the Austrian army that raised the flag of Ming Dynasty, he believed that it was just that fear washed away their reason.
And compared with arms and financial support, righteousness and program support are more important. Of course, with the Austrian arms and equipment, this process will be accelerated a lot, and the possibility of accidents will be reduced a lot.
When the real Ming army makes a comeback, how many people are willing to be buried with the Qing? Compared with Lanfang, which was not recognized by the Qing Dynasty, Franz felt that the orthodox Nanming Dynasty was obviously more attractive.
