Chapter 267： Everyone has a responsibility to protect the environment (1/2)

Palace of vienna

Prime Minister Felix proposed: ”Your Majesty, the number of our colonies is constantly increasing. It is necessary to set up a colonial department to manage colonial affairs.”

After thinking about it, Franz suddenly found that Austria had also become a colonial power, at least in terms of colonial area.

From 1854 to the present, in more than a year, more than 30 colonial strongholds have been opened on the African continent, sending more than 200,000 migrants.

Among European countries, Austria is the most active in developing the African continent. At this time, if there is no special department to manage it, it is easy to cause confusion.

Franz thought for a while and asked, ”Now we really need to set up a colonial ministry. Who does the Prime Minister think is qualified for this position?”

Prime Minister Felix proposed: ”Her Majesty, how about Count Yosip Jelacic as Colonial Minister?”

The Croatian Count Josip Jelacic, one of the three patriarchs who saved the Austrian Empire in history, led the Croatian militia to suppress the Hungarian rebellion.

Over time, as the national integration progresses, it is inevitable that the Vienna government will also use senior minority officials to show that all ethnic groups are equal.

In this context, as a loyal supporter of the empire, Josip Jelacic stood out.

Franz thought for a while and said, ”Josepp Jelacic is then the Minister of Colonialism. I remember he also contributed to the Empire during the rebellion of 1848.

In recent years, he has done a good job as a senior Croatian official. Considerable achievements have been made in both road construction and economic development. ”

The cabinet cannot always be controlled by Germans, which is not conducive to national unity. In Franz's view, as long as loyalty passes, ability is passed, no matter what origin it is, it can be promoted and reused.

This kind of Josip Jelacic can exist as a typical example. Franz has just taken office in the past few years. He also needs the support of the nobles in the German region, and it is inevitable to compromise with them.

By now his position has been solid, and it is naturally not a problem to promote some people according to his own will.

It was only to Franz's surprise that he did not wait for him to act, and Prime Minister Felix actually took the initiative to raise it. In this way, the Prime Minister will have to bear the pressure from the nobility of Vienna.

After thinking about it, Franz gave up this worry. Prime Minister Felix is ​​now a national hero in the eyes of the Germans, and is no longer the Prime Minister of the Butcher.

With this layer of halo, no matter how dissatisfied the conservative aristocrats are, they cannot shake his position.

The better the new Holy Roman Empire develops, the brighter the aura on Prime Minister Felix's head will be.

Archduke Louis was reluctant to speak, and now he is in charge of reform. As a conservative leader, his sense of existence in the cabinet is getting lower and lower.

Opposing the emperor at this time was not good for him, and political life ended well in advance.

Secretary of the Army Prince Wendy Schgrez said hesitantly: ”His Majesty, the Sinai Peninsula is a large desert. There are nomadic tribes in only a few oasis.

We can't gain anything at all here. Setting up an administrative agency here is probably not enough to pay our tax officers a salary.

The two infantry regiments we stationed on the island were too wasteful. The local area could not even provide food for themselves, and the water source in the dry season was a problem. ”

This is a headache. In this era, Franz could not luxury luxury artificial water for supply to the garrison.

But to ensure local influence, it is impossible without a garrison. The strength of the two infantry regiments has been reduced and then reduced.

No garrison now. Once the Suez Canal is dug, it will not be so easy to think about garrison at that time.

Franz asked, ”The government has its own consideration. Food can be transported from within the country. I never thought about self-sufficiency in the Sinai Peninsula. So the only question is the water source?”

”Yes, Your Majesty!” Replied Prince Windisch Graz.

The garrison of thousands of people consumes a lot of water resources every day to eat, drink, and drink. The population growth on the Sinai Peninsula is not up, and the most critical issue is water shortage.

If this problem cannot be solved, even if you want to deploy heavy troops, you cannot do it.

Looking at the map, Franz continued to ask, ”Prime Minister, how many indigenous people are on the Sinai Peninsula?”

After thinking about it, Prime Minister Felix couldn't find an accurate figure, and reluctantly replied: ”Her Majesty, the Egyptians have not conducted population statistics on the nomadic tribes on the island. We can only initially estimate that there are about 30,000 to 50,000 population.”

Hearing that number, Franz smiled.

”The problem of water sources is easy to handle. As far as I know, the locals live on camels and sheep, and rarely grow food.