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

In fact, the countries affected by potato late blight are not limited to Ireland. The worst of these are the Netherlands and Belgium. The Flemish region of the Netherlands has lost its potato harvest, and the potato production in other regions has also dropped by an average of 85%.

As for the Belgian potatoes, it is only a little better than the absolute harvest, which has dropped by about 90%.

However, in terms of the amount of losses, it is France and Spain. The latter, which was not hurt at first, started a large-scale outbreak of potato late blight after a heavy rain in autumn.

Coupled with the impact of floods and cholera caused local instability, the number of emigration increased greatly.But these people did not usher in the great development of the colonies of the two countries, but made the Americans cheaper.

In fact, most of the Spanish colonies are in a half-dead state, Cuba and Puerto Rico, each famous for its sugar and coffee.

However, such a country with a single export structure is greatly affected by the international market, especially at this time when trade protection policies are prevailing, the Spaniards simply cannot provide a large market, so overproduction seems meaningless.

The Viceroyalty of the Philippines has inherited the glorious tradition of Spain. Whether it is taxes or agricultural products, he will lose if he can return to Spain.

Not only will it not give back to the mother country, but it will even continue to ask the mother country for money.For example, at this time, the governor of Manila was planning a war, targeting a small island with only 3 people (Hele Island).

On the opposite side is a small island with no more than 300 defenders. The governor of Manila declared that he would go to war with the Qing Dynasty, so he prepared for it for ten years.

As for the French colonies, it was not much better.

El Salvador and Guatemala are constantly at war, the swineherds are dead, there are shepherds, horseherds, cowherds, in short, it seems that anyone, with any reason, can pull up a team.

The swineherd refers to Carrera, a fierce man who conquers the world with a butcher knife, but he is also a tyrant. Guatemalans who oppose him or have opinions on him have only one result, which is death. At the same time, an overzealous believer and patron The ninth generation is a close friend.

In this life, due to the French intervention in the Central American civil war, he was eventually killed in prison by the former Central American President Morazan.

Still, he left a legacy of breaking the myth of white invincibility and ubiquitous rebels.

The situation in El Salvador is worse than that in Guatemala, because the terrain is more complex, the rainforest and mountains are full of dangers, and the army of Morazan is obviously much more elite than those farmers and tribes.

The most frightening thing is that Morazan seems to have a steady stream of reinforcements and inexhaustible resources.

Marshal Mannion de Rochefort, commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force, defeated the former countless times, but the opponent always recovered quickly, and the equipment was getting better and better, and even many of the latest weapons and equipment appeared.

Although the inscriptions on those equipment have been thwarted, it is not difficult to see that the manufacturing process and style are British or Austrian.

In fact, there is no way out. El Salvador borders Honduras (British colony) and Nicaragua (Austrian colony). Morazan said that if he can’t get Guatemala back, he will go to Honduras and Nicaragua.

As for why the great powers don't unite to eliminate this clown?Because the great powers have their own ghosts, the British and Austrian countries are very happy to see Morazan bloodletting the French.

As for military rations and weapons, they are not worth much, and El Salvador has a lot of real money. The British may still have nostalgia for those natives, because they can serve as cheap labor.

And Franz wished that someone would let those natives leave voluntarily, and Morazan would send those who didn't want them to California.

However, at this time, due to the opening up of the Japanese labor market, these aborigines seemed too tasteless, and they were simply given to Morazan as protection money.

So Marshal Magnon de Rochefort faced not only peasant uprisings, tribal armed forces, and Morazan's guerrillas, but also two powers standing behind them, maybe more than two, after all, he hoped that the French would be unlucky There are many guys here.

The French's North African colony was equally corrupt. There were constant uprisings in Algeria and Morocco. The regular armies of the two countries were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the French, but the herdsmen, farmers and slaves were extremely difficult to deal with.

The attitudes of successive governors towards North African aborigines can be summed up in the words of a French minister.

"Further oppression and massacre of indigenous peoples, ravages, arson, and destruction of fields and pastures should be allowed, perhaps the only way to establish our rule."

It is precisely because of this approach that these two feudal kingdoms broke out with unprecedented fighting spirit.However, due to the gap in national strength, their failure is only a matter of time.

The French version of the Homestead Law and the conscious reduction policy are also constantly wearing down the courage and strength of the local people.

But setting foot on a land full of hostility is not a wise move at this time, and most of the land that should be used to attract immigrants has now fallen into the pockets of officials.

Changing to work as a farm laborer requires taking risks and even paying for travel expenses. Naturally, it is difficult to attract the French.

The model colony that politicians had affectionately dubbed “New France” in the past—Texas—was also in dire straits.

Guizot's tax policy, combined with the high efficiency of his officials, resulted in a nearly three-fold increase in taxes.

Many large ranchers even intentionally split their land into several shares to avoid accumulating taxes.

The incremental tax system makes big farmers miserable, and it is logical that this tax system is supposed to take care of the poor and small farmers.

But in fact, the latter is equally painful, because the types of taxes have increased substantially, and some types of taxes are charged with a fixed amount, or even collected on a per capita basis.

At the same time, due to the interception of the US-Mexico war in the midfield, a large amount of undeveloped land was obtained, which was originally a huge advantage.

However, reality gave the French a heavy blow, and these new territories greatly increased the length of the colonial border.

And because the French were too strong, Austria, the United States, and Mexico all deployed heavy troops on the border, and at the same time sent their own troops to start infiltration.

In order to deal with this situation, the former had to increase military expenditures, which once again increased the burden on the colonies, and instead of increasing domestic tax contributions, they were still regressing.

The most frightening thing is that no one cares about the newly acquired land, because the cost of development is too high, and it is not safe. After all, the French are just caught in the middle of the border of the four countries.

In theory, France can join forces with any one to attack the other, but the reality is that the three countries do not trust France.

The United States and Mexico are even directly separated by the colony of Texas. They no longer border each other, and naturally there is no way for a direct war to break out on land.

At the same time, Mexico and Austria are allies. The Americans suffered a lot in California, and they were intercepted by the French, which led to the emergence of the first anti-French alliance in North America.