Yet the states of the German Confederation had no such capacity, nor did they have anywhere to dump their goods. They could only risk offending the Austrian Empire and secretly dump their products into Austria.
But they had still vastly underestimated the pride of the Austrians at this time. The people came out of their own accord to boycott the German Confederation's practices.
After all, the Austrian Empire itself was also facing overproduction, and this was not a problem that could be eliminated in a short time.
Once factory machinery started turning, it was not something that could simply be stopped at will. Nor could stockpiled raw materials and supplies simply be left unattended; storage cost money too.
The states of the German Confederation did not possess the Austrian Empire's powerful capacity for circulation. Their people were poor as church mice—expecting them to consume such an enormous quantity of goods was pure fantasy.
Then would there be scenes of milk being poured into rivers and construction materials being burned as firewood?
The answer was no.
Franz had guarded against this from the very founding of the German Confederation. If they dared to dump or burn their goods, Austrian products would swiftly crowd into and seize their markets.
Thus, price-cutting and dumping seemed to be their only path forward.
Of course, that too was a dead end.
Some began eyeing the Russians' supplies budget. Yet among the states of the German Confederation, aside from Austria, not one had the strength to collect debts from Russia. More tragically, not one of them was qualified to order Austria around either.
Fortunately, Franz was a relatively responsible monarch. After all, he had been the one to let everyone share in the profits from doing business with the Russians.
The Austrian imperial family began purchasing