Chapter 162： Ambitious Admiralty (1/2)

Franz had to lament that European politics is chaos. During his two-year emperorship, Austria actually signed close contracts with all European powers.

It is estimated that those who study international history in the future will see these piles of secret contracts, and will lament the work of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, and then leave a bunch of political world unsolved mysteries.

The first is the ”Fao-Autumn Pact”, which is good for everyone. Let's happily divide the kingdom of Sardinia, because the French Revolution broke out in June.

Then there are the Memorandum of Understanding on the British-Olympic Balkans and the Letter of Understanding on the Issue of British-Olympic Italy. The latter has already been completed. Whether the former can be fulfilled depends on the British's morals.

Needless to say, the Russia-Olympic Treaty is nothing more than the continuation and expansion of the alliance between the two countries. The two countries have been in alliance for decades, and the two sides are each other's most important allies.

Not long ago, a treaty was signed with the Kingdom of Prussia, and the two countries opposed foreign forces to interfere in German affairs. This treaty will be published when the time is right. It is essentially used to deter British people, and it will not be secretive.

Is this over? The facts prove that the Austrian government really loves toss, the Austrian and Spanish secret negotiations have ended, and the two countries have reached a consensus on colonizing overseas-the ”Ossi Colonial Treaty” was released.

According to the treaty, the two countries mutually recognize the sovereignty of their respective overseas colonies and must provide each other with help within their colonial activities, such as obtaining logistical supplies in the other colony ...

Now that Austria does not have a colony, it seems that the Spaniards have suffered. In fact, the Spanish government attaches more importance to this treaty than Austria.

There is no way. Spain's decline in this era was so severe that the Sunburst Empire had left them. The British and French colonial empires stepped on their bones from the beginning.

Now that the Austrian Empire is preparing to join overseas colonial activities, their soft persimmons are dangerous again, and they might be stepped on again.

So why not choose to cooperate? Austria's conditions were not excessive. It was only during overseas colonization that they needed to get supplies from their ports, not without giving money.

This humble treaty was completed under the impetus of the Admiralty. It's true that Persimmon is looking for a soft pinch, but Franz didn't plan to lift the table as soon as he came up?

If it wasn't for Spain going all the way down, Franz would like to ally with them, stab France directly, and let them feel what a sandwich cookie is.

Anyway, the shelf of the Spanish powers is still there. The declining Spanish Navy is a little stronger than the Austrian Navy.

Not only Spain, but also the naval ministries of the two small countries, the Netherlands and Portugal, are paying attention, and negotiations are still underway.

This is the price of post-admission. Borrowing the ports of these small countries as a springboard is more reassuring than using English and French.

It was not easy to expand the colony. The first problem was logistical supplies.

If you look at the map, you know that the geographical location of Austria is to open up overseas colonies. In this context, it is important to be able to purchase supplies nearby.

Historically, the Russians ’expedition to the Pacific Fleet was a negative example. Under the blockade of the British, they lacked effective supplies along the way, and they ambushed the Japanese as soon as they arrived.

Franz naturally has to learn a lesson. In any case, it is not wrong to try to establish a good relationship with the colonial country first. Even if it is to grab land, it is a matter of standing firm.

In addition, overseas colonies also need to learn from experience. Now Austria sends people to the colonies of various countries to gather information and learn their management experience.

However, this way of gathering information is not very reliable. It can only see some superficial things, and deeper things need to be learned.

Don't look at how many experts and professors in later generations criticize the backwardness of the colonial management system every day. But in this era, it was possible to establish colonial rule, manage large colonies with a small number of people, and earn a lot of profits. This is a skill.

If everyone cooperates, you can also learn more about them and learn from their successful experiences, so as to avoid losing ground just a few days after opening a colony.

In the final analysis, overseas colonization is still for the benefit. If you have been trading at a loss, it is estimated that no one will participate in it soon.

The admiralty was not working blindly, holding the signed treaty, and then asked the government for funding.

According to the shipbuilding plan proposed by the Ministry of the Navy, the government has allocated 50 million shields of shipbuilding funds to build a naval fleet next to Britain and France within five years.

This is not an exaggeration at all. In this era, the size of the navies of various countries was not large. Even the total tonnage of the British was just over 100,000 tons. As long as the total tonnage of the navy exceeded 10,000, that was the highest in the world.

In terms of tonnage, the Austrian navy is second only to the four countries of Britain, France, and Russia. Obviously, tonnage is not equal to combat effectiveness. Austrian navies are all offshore navies. It is okay to run around the Mediterranean Sea, and the ocean industry may not sink?

Who knows this? Anyway, there are a total of 18,000 tons of navy. From the perspective of Franz, this is a bean sprout navy, which is not as good as a battleship in later generations. However, the tonnage of naval ships in this era is relatively small, and this scale is not too small.