Chapter 366： The cruel (1/2)
After sending the letter to Massimiliano in the Palace of Vienna, Franz stopped paying attention to Mexico.
There have been many recent events. The Prussian-Russian war has restrained too much energy, and John Bull is not at peace, and has caused things on the African continent.
Seeing the aggressive expansion of France and Austria, they also couldn't bear it. A few years ago dragged down by the Indian rebellion, the London government did not have the energy to run to get things done.
Civilian colonial teams alone cannot obviously compete with France and Austria. A colonial team of several hundred people was annihilated throughout the African continent, and that was normal.
Both France and Austria, which have the first mover advantage, have developed their own thugs. Not long ago, in the Zimbabwe region, there was an armed conflict between the British and the Austrian, and then tens of thousands of blacks entered the South African colony, and the local area turned upside down.
The London government protested strongly against Vienna. Fortunately, the colonial government also knows how to measure, but only manipulates the local indigenous tribes to combat the British, and does not go to battle in person.
The British have no evidence that Austria did it, and the two governments can only slowly pull the skin. As for the costly South African colonial companies, Franz's consideration is not.
Colonization in Africa is a high-risk business, and if you can't afford the loss, it's best to leave early. In order to open up African colonies, Austria suffers four-figure casualties almost every year.
These people died in battle or died of illness during the development process. It is better to stay in the coastal areas if they cannot afford the casualties. It costs a lot to go inland.
Some folk colonial teams broke out, and more teams suffered heavy losses and were able to break even. It would be very difficult.
To put it bluntly, in this era of colonization on the African continent, unless noble metal mines were found, no one could get rich overnight.
Most of the folk colonization teams opened up colonies and found that there were no gold and silver mines. Then they started the business of exporting labor services and sold the place to the colonial government when it was almost cleared.
Long-term operation, this is not what ordinary teams can afford. When the live money is done, change places. Many people look forward to discovering gold mines and then getting rich overnight.
Honestly open plantations and slowly make profits, this is only suitable for a team with a large wealth.
Think about it, a thousand-person colony team can occupy tens of thousands of square kilometers of land. What do they rely on to develop?
Coal mines, iron ore, copper ore ... These later-stage valuable minerals have no mining value at all in this era.
It cannot be refined locally, and the cost of shipping back to Europe is high.
To build these factories and develop these resources in the colonies, the prospects for profit are unclear, regardless of the huge investment alone.
Colonial labor costs are higher than domestic, and there is a shortage of labor everywhere. After the immigrants come, they usually work hard for several years, and then they invest in the farm after making money.
This is the habit of the German nation, and farmers in later America have become Germans, which is the result of this tradition.
Until the shortage of labor is resolved, colonial industry cannot develop. Of course, Franz was not ready to develop industry in the colonies.
Anyway, the resources of these colonies in Austria basically have inherent limitations, for example: places with more coal mines have less iron ore, and areas with more iron ore have coal shortages.
Until the transportation problem is resolved, there is no future for industrial development in the colonies. These problems cannot be solved unless there is a severe capital surplus in Austria and it must be exported.
The most suitable economy for development in the short term is agriculture. It is sufficient to open plantations along both sides of the river. The Vienna government has always encouraged everyone to plant cash crops.
Especially in Austria there are no industrial raw materials that need to be imported. For example: rubber plantation, cotton, palm tung oil ...
(Remark: Rubber is not only used for automobile tires, it was widely used before the invention of the car, such as: umbrellas, raincoats, rain boots, plastic water pipes, weapons and equipment components ...
It has a wide range of uses. Before the birth of synthetic rubber, there is basically no need to worry about sales. )
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Intelligence chief Tyron Hui reported: ”Sir, according to the intelligence we have collected, many members of the revolutionary organizations in exile in the United States have recently returned to Europe.
Including Hungarian independent organizations, Italian independent organizations, Polish independent organizations, these revolutionary groups may cause us trouble.
At present, we have only traced the traces of Polish independent organizations. They have appeared almost publicly, raising funds in continental Europe to support the Polish insurgents. ”
Far from miles away in the United States, intelligence organizations naturally cannot keep track of these people. After all, the information transmission is too slow.
Although the first transoceanic telegraph was laid in 1858 to truly connect Europe and the United States, it is still waiting for the completion of the second submarine cable in 1866.
(Technical reasons, can not be guaranteed at any time, there is a certain chance of error)
Moreover, this telegraph line is still in the hands of Americans. As long as the federal government wants to block the news, it will not pass it, and it may even change its face.
However, the situation is not the same when entering Europe, as long as the messages are not intentionally blocked by governments, they can be transmitted by telegram.
These active revolutionary organizations, one by one, can't wait for their own popularity, and their leaders are quickly becoming household names. As long as you show up, you will attract attention.
Franz said dismissively: ”Americans are jumping over the wall, so they can rely on what these black people can do. Report the news to the police department and let them get this bunch of miscellaneous fish.”
In this era, there were not many revolutionary groups with combat effectiveness. Most of them were mouth gun parties, of which the French Revolution Party was the best. They won by mouth guns.
The drama of the February Revolution, if it wasn't for an accident later and **** sacrifice, they would have served dinner to overthrow the Orleans.
The banquet movement is essentially eating and drinking, preaching revolutionary ideas, and engaging in conspiracy.
They have always stayed in the mouth-cannon stage and have not really launched an armed uprising, otherwise Napoleon III will not rise.
Because the revolutionaries did not have their own armed forces from beginning to end, Napoleon III who bought the army was able to counterattack all the way.
With so many revolutionary groups, the most combative are the Poles. Not how hard they worked, mainly because there were too many supporters.
You sponsor a little in Europe, I sponsor a little, and an armed team is born. For example, in Austria, soy sauce, more than 800 armed men participated in the Polish uprising.
Of course, this is mainly to remove the instability factors from the Vienna government. Sending out Polish people who favor Polish independent organizations and killing them with the help of Russians does not want to destroy the national harmony in the country.
Adding trouble to the Russians was only secondary. Franz isn't so small. Even if he wants to stab his knife, he has to change his big one!
The other revolutionary teams were basically unarmed. Franz had never heard of the Italian National Salvation Army organized by Gabori. Naturally, they did not know that they were going to explode in southern Italy.
An independent organization that has never bubbled up can't be ignored.
Even the Hungarian independent organization that has always been in the soy sauce state, because it can brag, has entered the sight of Franz, which only shows that it will not work in this era!
This oversight has directly led to the tragedy of Naples. Otherwise, the Vienna government reminded them that they might kill the Saviour of Gabory as soon as possible.
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In the Principality of Montenegro, high-level independent organizations from Hungary gathered to discuss countermeasures. The atmosphere was a bit depressing, and obviously they were not receiving good news.
Stephen said, ”Everyone knows the situation. Anyone have any suggestions?”
Bukias said angrily, ”Can you suggest anything? Now that Hungary is just a geographical term, we Mazars have become a minority or a minority hostile to the locals.
Austrians, God! Who can tell me that there is still such a nation in the great Hungary? ”
Remote control from a distance of thousands of miles is completely different from feeling in person. It is not easy to pass a message at such a long distance.
The Hungarian independent organization was originally a salty fish organization that cheated funds. Those who were sent to perform tasks must be repeatedly told that safety comes first.
It is not that they have deep friendship and friendship. On the one hand, they are afraid of falling into the hands of the Vienna government and explain everything; on the other hand, they have few people and cannot afford to lose.