War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

"Uncle Friedrich, what do you think it will be used for?"

"how could I know!"

"I have to have someone to take care of me, right?" Franz said.

"You are a grown man." Friedrich realized something was wrong halfway through saying that Franz was still between a child and a teenager in a strict sense.

"Uncle Friedrich, although I am about the same height as you, I am indeed a child." Franz said jokingly.

In fact, it was helpless to bring Oshio Shanyin with him. Thalia's school work was very busy, mainly due to ideological issues. In addition, Franz needed someone to take charge of the overall situation after leaving Vienna. Although Mrs. Sophie could control the situation, the details of the work were still there. Adjani's help is needed.

And when it comes to the ability to take care of people, the women around Franz together may not be as good as Oshiosugi. After all, Japan’s cultural heritage is there. Also, in order to ensure her loyalty, she must show off her muscles from time to time.

Japanese people have serious psychological problems, and Japanese women are even more serious, especially Japanese women who are alone overseas.

"What kind of kid are you? You're worse than an old man!" Friedrich was obviously very unhappy.

Ten-year-old Franz is close to 150 centimeters tall, while 19-year-old Friedrich is only 158 centimeters tall.

"Uncle Friedrich, you are wrong to say that. The people who did the bad things are you and your soldiers. I am just giving you a reasonable suggestion."

"You guy! Are you here to discuss trade with a few indigenous African tribes in such a grand manner?"

"Yes. The Spanish and Portuguese trading posts in Ivory Coast have been acquired by me. Now only the French trading post is left. Originally there were less than fifty people, but now the number has suddenly increased to two hundred. There is no doubt that the other party also sees it. Hit this land.”

What Franz was most worried about happened. The French began to penetrate into the Ivory Coast earlier than in history.

The reduction in cotton production in Egypt has directly affected the French textile industry. Cotton fields in Algeria are constantly being harassed by rebels. The cotton and cattle raising industries in Texas are booming. However, in order to ensure the loyalty of local people, France not only did not lower the purchase price, Local subsidies are also given.

This behavior of the French government naturally won the support of the local people, and the Frenchization of Texas went extremely smoothly. Local farmers and upper-class gentlemen sent their children to study in France, and some even purchased French titles at high prices.

Franz didn't even expect that French immigration in Texas would be so successful. What about the promise that the American people would love freedom uninhibitedly? Are you ready to Frenchize everyone without even an uprising?

Of course, the Frenchization of Texas directly stung the sensitive nerves of Americans. After all, they still had large tracts of former French colonies in their hands.

Moreover, the Americans have "sacrificed" so much for Texas before, but now they are taking advantage of the French. All previous efforts have become sunk costs, and what is even more frightening is that they may be counterattacked.

Mexico next door was equally shocked and shocked. They were surprised that Texas was developing so fast, but they were shocked that the ambitions of the French had not been satisfied.

Although the French Texas colony in North America was surrounded by the United States and Mexico, the French, who had tasted the benefits, began their expansion journey earlier than in history.

Not only the Ivory Coast, the French have also extended their claws to Morocco, Mauritania, Guinea, Senegal, Benin, and even competed with the United Kingdom for Nigeria.

The French's goal was to incorporate all of Northwest Africa into French territory. At the same time, the French also saw that Austria was using religion to colonize Chenla, and they were targeting the more powerful Vietnam.

However, the so-called strength is only for Southeast Asian countries.

Friedrich didn't think the French were a problem. On the contrary, he felt that although Austria was far inferior to France in terms of the total number of fleets, since the existence of the Strait of Gibraltar cut the French fleet into two sections, there was still hope for a war between the two countries. .

"There are only two hundred Frenchmen. The cavalry you brought this time has more than 1,000 people. I also have 1,500 marines and 200 special forces here. It's not as good as we can do it without anyone noticing."

Franz covered his face. Sure enough, special operations were too early for this era, and Friedrich was completely poisoned.

"We can't go to war directly with the French. That would be too costly and would only benefit the British in the end."

"Then don't care about the French? They will definitely compete with us for Ivory Coast."

"Now the French are attacking on all sides, and their power is extremely dispersed. We only need to bribe the indigenous people and let them deal with the French. Once the French colonial government finds that the maintenance costs are far greater than their benefits, they will give up fighting with us."

"Why would those natives listen to you? I heard that they took our products without paying us, and also kidnapped the people of our country, eating the men and eating the women."

Friedrich had obviously believed the rumor, but at this time Franz did not want to correct the merits.

"What are the people we brought here for?" Franz asked.

"Then there's still going to be a war?"

"I said we were here to discuss business, but I didn't say we wouldn't use force."

"But isn't it a bit overkill to only deal with the natives of Ivory Coast?"

"We are going to Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon and Congo. In these five places we still have a chance to compete with Britain and France."

"So many? How can there be so many of us?" Friedrich couldn't help but worry again.

"We are here to trade, not to fight, and colonization is a long process. The entire process may take ten or even twenty years to complete the first step."

"So long? And if we want to colonize these areas, how can there be so many pioneers? Even if you catch all the homeless people in Austria, it won't be enough."

Adjani made some mistakes when she hired homeless people to develop the colony. In order to recruit more homeless people, the people below lied and claimed that the Austrian Empire had land in the New World (North America) that needed to be developed, so people signed up very enthusiastically.

However, when they boarded the ship in Venice, those people knew that they were going to Africa, and some people took advantage of the chaos and escaped. The riot even attracted the military police, although in the end the tramps were captured and put on a ship to Africa.

But the whole incident caused quite a stir. In fact, the Austrian Empire was already very polite to homeless people, and other countries directly captured them and put them on ships just like slaves and livestock.

"There will be people, but the core must be Austrians."

In fact, there were quite a few Germans immigrating to North America in this era. If these could be intercepted, it would largely solve the problem of Austria's lack of a dominant ethnic group.

In the future, Ireland, Sweden and Japan will all be the main sources of immigration. About 3 million Irish, 1.3 million Swedish (including 750,000 Norwegians), and 1.1 million Japanese will leave their countries, either voluntarily or forcibly in the new "world" "Start living.

If part of it could be sent to Africa, the problem of insufficient manpower in the colonies would naturally be solved.