Chapter 414： Colonial Indigenization-Forbearance for the Country (1/2)

In Vienna, after a long period of political games, on August 21, 1866, the African localization strategy was finally submitted to the New Holy Roman Empire Parliament in a formal motion for discussion, and it was time to decide the fate of the empire.

If passed in the Imperial Parliament, Africa will become a century-old strategy of the Shinra Empire, and even the national focus may shift.

The comedy that the Emperor became an African emirate will be staged in the 19th century.

Franz was not perverted, he had done enough. Once the African localization strategy is adopted, it will have too much impact on the future, both good and bad, and even this strategy may fail.

Under these circumstances, Franz naturally will not force the passage of the motion. The best thing to do with this kind of thing is the Imperial Parliament. This time left is to let the colonial interest groups exert their magical powers and persuade the governments of the major states.

According to the Shen Luo Constitution, such a major national policy must have the support of 80% of the members before this proposal can be passed.

There is no doubt that the third countries of Württemberg, Bavaria and Lombard definitely support it. As long as they want cotton from the African continent, they cannot stop the process of localization in Africa.

The resistance mainly comes from within Austria. The most likely impact on Africa's localization is Hungary and Romania, which are Austria's two granaries.

At Parker Manor, representatives of the parties who promoted the localization of the African colony came together for business measures. In exchange for opposition support, Baron Fickney proposed:

”You, the biggest opposition now is the peasants in the country. This group is so large that the empire has to consider their opinions.

I propose to make a commitment in the Imperial Parliament that Austrian Africa waives its right to export food to Europe in exchange for the support of the domestic peasant class. ”

Without impacting the local agriculture, this is the countermeasure that Baron Fickney thought hard. At present, the grain output of Austrian Africa is not high, and basically it is self-sufficient. The annual export value is less than 500,000 Aegis.

This is not a government restriction, it is mainly determined by economic benefits. Planting cash crops is obviously more rich, and everyone knows how to choose in terms of money.

”Her Baron, there is a shortage of labor in Austrian Africa and not many people grow food. We can make this commitment.

However, with the increase of immigration, the land developed is also increasing day by day. If we abandon the food industry, everyone's competition will be fierce in the future. ”

The objection was raised by Count Daniel, one of the few major grain producers on the African continent. Don't look at low grain profits, but there is a guarantee of victory.

The price of cash crops fluctuates greatly. Although the profit is relatively large, it is slow to sell if it is not good, but the price of grain is relatively stable.

Because the Polish region became a battlefield, the Russians lost one granary, and international grain prices have increased by eight percentage points in the last two years.

After the price increase, the profit of grain has caught up with cash crops. Earl Daniel is expanding production capacity and naturally does not want to lose the big market in Europe.

Baron Fickney explained patiently: ”This is a question of the future, and the most important thing now is to change the status of the colony and pass the African Localization Act.

The domestic population is growing rapidly, and in order to develop the African continent, the Vienna government is also preparing to introduce a bill to stimulate population growth.

With a growing population, the demand for food is also increasing. If the local population doubles, then without us pushing, the imperial government will take the initiative to let us deliver food. ”

If fertilizers had not been invented, Baron Fickney's predictions would not come to fruition any time soon. At the current rate of domestic population growth, the empire population will double in more than thirty years.

The immediate consequence is that Austria will change from a grain exporter to a grain importer. By then, all the Europeans will be short of food except for the Russians.

This bright prospect is the motivation to stimulate them to invest in farms and plantations. It may not be as profitable as industry, but they are a long-term business and the life cycle of a factory is less than ten years.

In the German region, the land has always been narrow and densely populated. In this context, people attach great importance to land, and many people are convinced that land will not depreciate.

After the colony was opened, this idea was shocked, but most people still think that land is the most valuable industry.