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

Chapter 626 Colonists

The trade transfer station is Franz's short-term plan for Hawaii Island. He firmly believes that the value and importance of this archipelago will be highlighted as time goes by.

After all, transcontinental ocean trade will become more and more frequent in the future.

At this time, there are three pillar industries in Hawaii: sandalwood export, whaling and pearl collection. Although Franz is not optimistic about the prospects of these industries, he still needs to make money.

And Franz set his sights on the sandalwood industry and the pearl collection industry, because these two kinds of business do not require much high cost and the returns are huge.

As for the whaling industry, there is not even a single whaling ship in Austria, and there is a lack of relevant technical personnel and technological reserves.

In addition, in terms of sustainable development, whaling is too fragile compared to the other two luxury industries, and the petrochemical and rubber industries that the empire will rely on in the future will replace them.

Both whalebone and whale oil will be replaced by cheaper industrial products, which is an irreversible trend.

And this time course will not be too long, the oil in North Africa has been successfully exploited, and the rubber in Southeast Asia has matured.

The abundance of cheap raw materials will give a huge boost to the development of both industries and will affect the development of history to a certain extent, although not as obvious as the electric revolution, but not so much.

Of course, in addition to the above, Franz also set his sights on the cultivation of coffee and sugar cane. After all, this can not only prevent labor surplus, but also enclose some land by the way, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

It's just that Friedrich's progress at this time was not very smooth. His previous conflicts with those treacherous natives and his subsequent crazy revenge on the attackers were all seen by their local counterparts.

In the past few days, there have been aboriginal attacks on the Austrian soldiers who landed. When the Kingdom of Hawaii was invaded before, they did not harm the interests of other tribes, so they just let it go.

But now Friedrich's behavior looks more like a provocation and a declaration of war to the other party, so these tribes united and prepared to drive the great powers out of their homeland.

Perhaps the previous colonists were not large, and they all focused on enclosing land for wealth, so there were not many conflicts with the natives, so the latter did not know the horrors of the great powers.

It was the first time that Friedrich encountered such an outrageous thing. He found Kamehameha III, who was still secretly delighted that his subjects were so brave.

The monarch also pretended to be stupid when questioned by the distinguished visitor, and several British, French, and American consultants even held a mentality of watching the show.

The Austrian army was too strong at this time and place for the other powers, so they all wanted to see it and its commander decimated.

They didn't expect that Friedrich would strike first, and after receiving no reply, he directly ordered to start clearing away creatures that might pose a threat to his soldiers.

No matter how powerful the natives are, it is impossible to fight against the prepared modern army. Under the baptism of naval guns and rockets, their defense is useless and full of loopholes, and it is even more impossible for bows and arrows to fight against guns.

Soon the indigenous tribes near Pearl Bay were wiped out, and they could only hide in the jungle on the island to avoid threats.

But the local Nanming laborers who had been oppressed by the natives for a long time stood up and joined the Austrian army under the leadership of some spies.

These people are better at jungle warfare than Friedrich's marines. After all, they relied on this to defeat the mighty British on Kalimantan Island.

In the end, it took nearly a month for the Austrian army to completely eliminate the hostile forces near Pearl Bay.This makes the population of Hawaii, which is already suffering from infectious diseases and has plummeted, even worse.

These Chinese have naturally become the new owners near Pearl Bay. Ao has only left a small number of management personnel in the area, but this is enough to make any local force no longer dare to underestimate its strength.

"It turns out that I am really just an ant." Kamehameha III smiled wryly. At this time, he was shrouded in fear like thousands of natives on the island.

Historically, due to the monarch's strategy of allocating land, his subjects have become real landlords. Before World War I, they all enslaved laborers from the East.

Moreover, they are more vicious than Westerners, often raising rent at will, beating and scolding at will, and even committing violence and robbing property.

Originally, according to the plan, Friedrich needed to use funds to buy land, or at least joint development was an acceptable option, but it eventually turned into a robbery.

However, this kind of change has long been within Franz's expectations, so he prepared a group of Chinese laborers in advance. After all, it is unrealistic to develop the island of Hawaii by transporting people from the mainland of the empire across the ocean in the short term.

"Miss Kagura, why don't you come and see? Those fireworks are so beautiful!"

Princess Sneka was fascinated by the smoke and burning gunpowder, and those huge explosions were like sweet music.

Kagura looked indifferently at the unequal battles in the distance. She had seen far more intense battles than this one, and she was also there in the naval battle that destroyed the Oman Empire Navy.

"Your Royal Highness, you should rest in the cabin, it's windy outside."

Kagura deliberately brought out a cloak, because she knew that the former would not follow her advice.

"Miss Kagura, you are so considerate. I heard that you are Franz's valet?"

Sneka asked tentatively, Kagura was no longer the little girl full of hatred at the beginning, she knew what the former wanted to know, but nothing happened.

"Reporting to Her Royal Highness, I am only a student of the Grand Duke."

"Student?" This statement caught Princess Sneka by surprise, and she really wanted to know what kind of saint Friedrich was talking about.

Although Sneka had contact with Franz, the time was too short and too thoughtful for the former to judge the latter's personality and preferences.

Carolina is a complete idiot, she just thinks Franz is handsome and strong.

From those servants, it is known that Franz is very knowledgeable and good at wrestling, but he rarely attends royal activities.

In fact, the royal family of this generation rarely shows their faces in public, and the exposure rate is far less than that of the Holy Roman Empire.

At that time, Archduke John went to the balls and banquets of various celebrities every day, also attended music festivals and opera opening ceremonies, and even went to pubs and coffee shops to chat with people.

Grand Duke Karl often rode out with the army, and the late Emperor Franz II often overlooked his subjects from the balcony.

This generation of emperor Ferdinand I will not say that he is powerless. His younger brother, Archduke Franz Karl, is a social fear. He has only appeared in public for so many years. Once he was debating with people in the park, and once he was drunk at the fountain in the square. take a bath.

In the Grand Duke Karl’s family, the elder one went to Switzerland for a trip, the eldest one hid in the headquarters all day and didn’t know what he was researching, and the second one went to the United States to dig coal.

The third child drifted on the sea all day long, while the fourth child simply stayed in his palace and never came out.

Not to mention the minor grand dukes of the direct line, only the grand duke Franz would occasionally go out to the Royal Society of Science in a carriage.

(End of this chapter)