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

"Archduke Franz, please forgive me, the princes won't care about this land unless they pay for it, and even if they care, they don't have enough sea power."

What Franz wanted them to guard against was naturally not enemies at sea, but possible wars on land.

"Don't worry, didn't we also transfer [-]% of the profits to them?"

"Just [-]%?." Metternich was a little curious that Archduke Franz had always been a very generous or prodigal man. Why did he think that [-]% of the profits this time could buy off the entire German Confederation?

But even if a war breaks out one day, it will be after his death. With the current development speed of the Austrian Empire, if it continues for a few decades, maybe those small states will naturally join in and there will be no need for their help in defense. said.

"Don't worry, I guarantee that there will be a reason they can't refuse when the time comes."

Franz also realized his problem. After all, Metternich didn't know that the world's largest gold mine was buried under the Transvaal. He could only continue to use the old method of deception.

This sounds much more pleasant indeed, and 1000 million florins per year is not a huge financial pressure on Austria.

What made Metternich unhappy was that even though the Austrian Empire had paid for the land, he couldn't use it.

Just like how we treat black people, we should directly expel all black tribes in sight, and at most only allow "black workers" to enter.

In fact, most of Austria's colonies in Africa are facing the problem of labor shortage. Due to racial issues, white people are actually not suitable to work in places where the sun is too strong. They are easily sunburned, and the tropical climate is also unsuitable for them. Accepted.

Most of the initial construction of colonies involved simple manual labor, but why was it possible to do this in West Africa, but why did Franz violently expel it in East Africa?

First, East Africa already has the simplest basic towns, and it is not starting from scratch.

Second, there are a considerable number of Dutch descendants in the local area.

Third, the West African region came into contact with colonists earlier, and the country has a higher level of development. It already has a basic kingdom and is easy to communicate with.

The tribal countries in East Africa are relatively primitive. Although the locals are dominated by Bantu people, there are more than 300 languages ​​​​in subdivisions. There is almost no common language, or a leader who can be proficient in all language families.

Relatively speaking, although there are many countries in West Africa, each region has a common language, and there are a large number of leading parties, and there are not many people who can speak Spanish and Dutch.

These two languages ​​were not a problem for the Austrians, especially the nobles who almost all learned these two languages.

Fourth, there are many great powers in West Africa and they are close to Europe, so Franz did not dare to go too far.

Relatively speaking, East Africa is much better, especially since there is a scapegoat in the Oman Empire, so Franz can naturally be more arrogant.

Closer to home, Metternich and Franz each took a step back to decide the fate of the Boers.

They were lucky to have escaped expulsion from the British, but not so lucky because their country was not recognized, but not so unlucky because they would no longer be alone, they would become Germans.

——The historical evaluation of this negotiation by later Transvaal historians.

Andres Pretorius returned home in honor, because the British side would send warships to escort him back as a show of sincerity.

Also heading to the Transvaal were a German Confederate fleet and some German Confederate aid personnel.

In fact, 90% of the so-called German Confederate fleet are Austrian warships, and the rest are used by other countries as window dressing.As for the so-called helpers, they are of all kinds, including missionaries, teachers, carpenters, blacksmiths, and even doctors and soldiers.

But one thing they all have in common is that they are all nationalists.In fact, this was proposed by Prince Metternich, and Franz said that cultural transformation was needed.

Metternich immediately thought of the domestic nationalists. For so many years, Austria and Prussia had been playing international police in the German Confederation to deal with nationalism.

Austrian German nationalists demanded the expulsion of all foreign nationalities, including Magyars and Italians.

Prussian nationalists not only wanted to expel the Poles, but also the foreign royal family of the Hohenzollern family, as well as the East Prussians.

In addition, Franz has been supporting the Archbishop of Cologne, who has lived up to expectations and established the unity of politics and religion. At this time, Prussia was a tripartite country with a hundred flowers blooming and thousands of rivals vying for success.

The Swiss region that Prussia has just swallowed does not have much influence yet, and it is a place where the French people live. And with Prince Shotgun personally in charge, there is no chaos yet.

All in all, both Prussia and Austria have captured a large number of radical nationalists, and other small states are no exception.

These people are very difficult to deal with and cannot be killed or released.As a result, prisons in various countries were overcrowded, and an early industrial chain was formed in Prussian prisons.

At this time, Prince Metternich proposed this to solve the urgent needs of various princes, and Franz also very much agreed with this approach.

The Transvaal can be said to be the best place for them to go, and this group of people don't have to worry about being reversely assimilated.

In fact, the most important thing is that most of these people are talented people, and having attended middle school in Prussia may not be a big deal.

But in most remote areas of Austria, people who have attended high school and local families will compete for these talents, and even want to offer them up.

And many of these nationalists in prison have real higher education, and many of them have university degrees.

Some are soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles, soldiers who have even studied systematically in military schools, and some top craftsmen who have been abroad.

It was difficult for ordinary people to have access to this kind of thing at that time, and those who had access to these ideas were relatively avant-garde people.

Instead of locking them in prison and wasting their youth and food, it would be better to let them go to Africa to shine.

Moreover, Franz also had another consideration, which was to send them far away so as not to be released again in 1848 to cause trouble to Franz.

It was simply killing multiple birds with one stone, and this was the case for most of the German princes.

As a result, the penal colony for German nationalists appeared. Of course, the princes would not say so on the surface. The monarchs still wanted to save face.

That’s why there was the [New Germany Assistance Plan], and the German Confederation changed the name of the Transvaal and Orange colonies to [New Germany].

However, not all princes were happy, such as the Luxembourg Parliament, which themselves were German nationalists in power.

They had been deeply benefited by nationalism before, but this time their speaker Kurdre Jr. was ordered to go home and reflect due to his gaffe at the German Confederation meeting.