The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 594

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Franz had to admit that the British were resourceful, and at the same time, he was also reviewing his bad habit of relying too much on the experience of later generations.

Because Liberia has always been an independent country in his memory. Although the economic development is a mess, it is a non-aligned country.

In fact, I was misled by some short videos, thinking that Liberia has always been so fresh.

Liberia's choice to form an alliance with the British will directly threaten the security of Austrian Guinea. In fact, in addition to Austria, there are forces in France, Spain and Portugal in Guinea.

Although the Liberians have the support of the British, there is no need to worry too much, because this country is too weak to stretch its hands too far. At least the local indigenous people must be resolved before they can consider going further north or east.

The Austrian Empire was the largest colonial force in Guinea at this time, with more than 4000 people, but it was the worst of all Austrian colonies.

One is because too many countries came here to colonize, and the other is the strong influence of the Tyrean Order, which made the local chiefs reject and evade the Austrian Empire.

In addition, Guinea at that time was considered a country lacking in minerals, gold and diamonds had not been discovered, and the tropical rainforest also prevented the colonists from further exploration.

After all, the inland areas of Africa at this time are still death zones for ordinary white people.

As a result, the Austrian colonists could only carry out hopeless reclamation activities without the help of the locals. Although they signed land treaties with countless tribes in five years, they actually controlled less than [-]% of the sphere of influence. one-third.

Franz knew that if he wanted Guinea to truly develop, he had to contact the Tyrian Order. Whether the two sides reached an agreement or completely eliminated them, the problem of colonial development could be solved.

However, with the medical level at this time, Franz didn't think it was necessary for Austria to go deep into the interior of Africa to wipe out a feudal kingdom, after all, the gain outweighed the loss.

So there is only the first way to choose, and that is negotiation, whether it is to promise protection, cheap industrial products, or use gold for bribery.

What Guinea lacks most at this time is manpower, and Franz is very clear that as long as the colony develops, it will be able to regain what it lost in decades, or even a few years.

In fact, Franz had already sent people to Bolivia to collect cinchona seeds, which were widely planted in Chenla and Kalimantan.

In history, it is the legend that quinine helped African colonists defeat the "white grave".

(Outback Africa was once known as the white man's grave.)
Although quinine was introduced to Europe as early as the seventeenth century, Europeans did not achieve quinine freedom until the middle of the nineteenth century.

It wasn't until the British introduced the cinchona tree to India in 1860 that Europeans finally had steady access to this antimalarial drug ten years later.

It is precisely because of this premise that Europeans were able to start the wave of colonial partition in the 70s.

However, this time Franz started the experiment of planting cinchona trees in the warm and humid rainforest of Southeast Asia as early as 1836. It is believed that he will be able to get rid of his dependence on quinine from Brazil and other countries in a short time.

At this time, quinine in Brazil costs nearly one hundred pounds per kilogram, which is simply not affordable for ordinary people, and just like rubber, it is often out of stock.

If the Austrian Empire did not have rubber, it would be a big deal to stop production, reduce production, and reform technology, but without quinine, people would die.

Although Qinghao Biejia Decoction can also be used instead, Franz is not prepared to put the backup solution into use prematurely. After all, malaria drug resistance is a major issue that concerns all mankind.

Back to the main story, Franz really has someone who can negotiate with the Tire Order, and that is the Karamanli family who has been kept in Tripoli by the Austrian Empire.

After the crisis in the Near East ended, the Karamanli family returned to Tripoli with the help of Friedrich, and it was the artisans rescued from Egypt by Austria who helped them start.

This group of people has a very high degree of loyalty to the Austrian Empire, and the reason why the Karamanli family can gain a firm foothold in Tripoli is because of the asylum of Austria, so Britain and the Ottoman Empire will turn a blind eye to them Eye.

At this time, when Franz made his request, the leader of the Karamanli family immediately agreed.

The negotiation process was very smooth, and the two sides quickly reached a consensus.

The Tire Order is actually very poor. They lack everything. Weapons, clothes, food, salt, sugar, and tools can all be traded, but they only have manpower, animal skins, and ivory.

The Tyrian Order, like other Arabs, attaches great importance to business, and there is no sense of guilt at all for dealing with heretics.

The reason why they were hostile to the Austrians before and refused to communicate with them was actually because they were frightened and deceived by the Portuguese.

Although the number of Portuguese colonists was not many, only 500, they were a crushing existence for the Tire Order, which was still in the early Middle Ages.

Before the Portuguese, French, and Spaniards regarded him as a slave, they often cheated in transactions, and even directly robbed them by force.

That's why the Tier Church has extra trust in Austria, an honest and reliable business partner. After all, their asking price is very low, and Franz is not going to engage in a slavery economy in Africa, and he has no control over how other countries do it.

With the help of these locals, the speed of colonial development of the Austrian Empire will be greatly improved.

As for other countries who want to poach the wall, they will find that Franz has kept the prices of commodities very low, and he is not prepared to play short-term arbitrage tricks.

What Franz wanted was an economy dependent on the Austrian Empire, but with very cheap labor.

Moreover, the first thing the Tire Church did after receiving the support of Franz was to conquer those weak tribes to strengthen their own strength, and at the same time began to try to expel the power of those colonists.

Among them, Portugal and the tribes attached to it suffered the most losses, but in view of Portugal's weak strength at this time, it has no plans to retaliate.

The Portuguese governor here was a smart man, and he quickly found the head of the Austrian Empire in Guinea, and finally the two parties finalized an agreement to sell the colony at a price of [-] pounds.

Of course, the Austrian side needed to help the captured Portuguese. Although the bottom of the Tire Church opposed fiercely, the high-level people were very aware of their weight.

In fact, in the transaction with the Austrian Empire, some of the top leaders of the Tyrean Church have begun to be corrupted, and they have even begun to secretly convert to the Catholic Church, and those Portuguese Christians are their votes.

Franz was amazed at the conversion efficiency of the Austrian Church, but Archbishop Rauscher said that those high-level members of the Tire Church had voluntarily asked for conversion, and he did not send anyone to contact them.

Ever since, Franz could only lament the horror of sugar-coated shells.

(End of this chapter)