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Chapter fifty-six, the pit that must be jumped

The combat power that a powerful government can burst out is often beyond imagination. With Franz's order, the trade volume between Austrian African colonies and American countries suddenly became active.

A large number of labor export companies settled in the Austrian colonies, exporting the local extra labor force to the Americas and the Arab world.

With everyone's joint efforts, the embarrassing situation of lack of labor in various countries has improved significantly. Under the new labor export model, the international slave prices have declined.

Labor export companies were actually forced out, as the saying goes, there are policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom.

The Vienna government banned the slave trade. In order to bypass the legal terms, the smart slave trader immediately changed his vest.

He appeared in the Austrian colony as a labor export company and continued to carry out his business openly. Anyway, after leaving the Austrian colony, he would let them go.

In the end, these immigrants became slaves or contract workers, which depends on the specific country they went to.

These things are not within the consideration of the colonial government bureaucrats. Anyway, their task is important. It is necessary to reduce three layers of the indigenous population within five years, and it is impossible not to work hard.

Especially as the colonies are still expanding, this pressure is even greater. The Ministry of Colonial has assigned tasks to each colonial government, and the Ministry of Finance has also allocated special funds for immigration of 2 million Syrians per year.

All the benefits generated in immigration work belong to the individual. Officials with outstanding immigration business capabilities are directly promoted, and all officials who fail to complete the task are dismissed.

It is related to everyone's job, and no one dares to take it lightly. Besides, there are also rich benefits in it, and it depends on their own abilities as much as they can.

Since 1859, the Austrian colonies have begun to export immigration to the outside world in a crazily manner.

Take the United States as an example: in 1858, 180,000 immigrants from Austria colonies were received; in 1859, it suddenly rose to 460,000; in 1860, it even increased to 780,000...

The direct consequence of this policy is that when the Civil War broke out in the United States, the number of white people in China decreased by more than half a million compared with history, while the number of black people increased by more than one million.

Benefits are always the best catalyst. Obtaining black slaves from colonies in other countries requires heavy taxes or even bribery of colonial officials to engage in labor exports in Austria colonies, but they can receive subsidies.

The colonial army also frequently attacked the indigenous kingdoms.

At the end of 1859, Josip Jelachic also promulgated the infamous border migration bill.

The law stipulates that immigrants, military and government officials are attacked by locals, and all indigenous tribes within a radius of 50 kilometers will be forced to move.

This directly triggered strong protests from the labor export company. How can the best labor force be expelled? Isn’t this a way out of people and money?

When the colonial government was implemented, there was inevitably a change. Anyway, it was all about moving away, and it didn't matter where you went in the end, so it was the same for the labor export company to deal with it.

There is nothing to say. In this era, no colonial governments of various countries are cleaner than anyone else. Without genocide, it is considered harmonious.

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With the support of the Russians, the Indian uprising army once exceeded two million, occupying most of the Indian region.

There is no doubt that this is a mob. The number of troops has increased, and the combat power is a mess. The weapons and equipment are rags eliminated by the Russians. On average, three people have a rifle.

After the rebels gained the upper hand, the British performed their best provocations and disagreements. Several rebels that were not subordinate to each other soon fell into an internal struggle for power and lost the best opportunity to drive the British out of India in one fell swoop.

John Bull, who reacted, continued to increase troops to the Indian region, and the strategic advantages gained by the rebels in the early stage were wasted in vain in the internal struggle.

The next step is to demonstrate the comprehensive national strength. By 1859, the British had invested 50,000 troops in India and gradually gained the initiative on the battlefield.

Franz, who received the information, could only sigh that John Niu was strong. He could actually invest so many troops when he was on an expedition.

There is no doubt that only the British can do such a big deal. Obviously, the practice of the Tsarist government has stimulated the fragile nerves of the London government.

I directly told the Russians with practical actions that if you want to seize India, you should first think about how many troops you can invest in this area!

Thinking of this, Franz just smiled coldly. The British made a mistake in their wishful thinking this time.

Nicholas I was not a soft persimmon, and his successor to Tsar Alexander II was not a fuel-efficient lamp. Just because he wanted to scare them, he was afraid he was dreaming.

Historically, because of the defeat of Crimea, the Russians licked their wounds on the side and supported the Indian rebellion with limited strength, which allowed the British to quickly suppress the rebellion.

The current Tsarist government is also licking the wounds, but Nicholas I, who seized Constantinople, was at its peak and suppressed internal conflicts.

With the financial support provided by Austria, the Tsarist government's finances are not as tragic as history, and it is still possible to spend some money to support the rebel army.

Moreover, India is poor at all. The rebel army still has a lot of spoils in its hands, which can be used to purchase weapons and ammunition.

If the Indians were a little more successful, they would still have a chance to win the war. Anyway, they would die a lot, so as long as they organize enough cannon fodder and the British to waste it.

In any case, with the support of the Tsarist government, the Indians can still hold on for a while.

Thinking of this, Franz was a little conflicted again. On the one hand, he wanted to consume the strength of the British and shake the hegemony of the British; on the other hand, he did not want the British to decline, otherwise the main force involved in the American Civil War would be gone.

In my heart, the Vienna government adhered to the principle of neutrality and did not support either party, and became a melon-eating crowd.

Sighing, Franz lit the intelligence in his hand in the candlelight, and then said: "The Indian issue has come to this point, just keep the daily intelligence transmission."

The next task is the United States. If conditions permit, it can also cause some trouble for them. We are just supporting planters in the south."

"Yes, your majesty!" Tyron replied

This task is very troublesome. Before the trans-ocean telegram is connected, communication has become the biggest problem in intelligence transmission.

When the ship passed the news back from America, the daylily was cold, and Franz had no choice but to delegate power. Whether the results could be achieved was completely left to fate.

In terms of short-term interests, capitalists who support the north may have greater benefits. They will win the United States' exports of cotton, tobacco and food will drop significantly.

As a competitor, Austria can gain huge economic benefits.

But in the long run, a unified United States is terrible. The chosen country is not nonsense. They do occupy the richest land in the world.

Even in the unified entire German region, Austria cannot compare its development potential with them, which is an innate decision.

Even if the war does not break out on the European continent and continues to develop steadily, it is only a matter of time before it is surpassed by the United States.

Unless Austria can swallow half of the African continent and digest it perfectly. Thinking of this, Franz felt that it would be better to split the United States.

Even the United States, which is divided into two, still has the potential to become the world hegemon. There is no way, the natural conditions of the United States are really too superior.

Even if the United States is divided, the strength of the north and the south will gradually increase over time. It is completely a dream to expect the south to check and balance the northern government after independence.

Even how long this independence can last is a serious problem. In terms of development potential, the capital economy in the north far exceeds the plantation economy in the south.

When the strength of both sides is severely unbalanced, as long as a strong leader appears in the north, the war of unity will break out again.

Thinking of this, Franz wanted to cry. Joining the Civil War between the United States and the United States was not just once, and it might turn into a huge pit.

At this time, Franz understood what Napoleon III did in history. Perhaps it was because of this huge pit that he chose Mexico, which was better bullying, to take action.

When the French suddenly made a move, Britain and the West were immediately dissatisfied. We agreed that we would interfere in the American civil war together, and you went to attack Mexico, didn’t you ignore the collective interests?

Without France as the main force, Britain and the West also retreated, and the three-country interfering coalition forces were disbanded before they even entered the field.

Then, European countries watched the American civil war. The London government tried to intervene several times, but it was delayed because of the endless internal debates. Before they could make up their minds, the war had already come to an end.

"Take great things and cherish your own life, and forget your righteousness when you see small profits."

What we are talking about is Napoleon III. How can we just want to get benefits but not take risks?

Even though he knew there was a pit ahead, Franz decided to jump this time. There was no way, and the harm between the two sides was the least.

Regardless of whether the intervention can be successful or not, it will bring greater losses to the United States and delay their development speed.

If you succeed by luck, you will make a lot of money. Immigration countries like the United States are not strong in centripetal force. The war of unity cannot be fought unlimitedly. After two or three failures, it will be difficult for the people to raise the courage to start a war again.
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