War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

London, England.

To be honest, Robert Peel was very depressed. He had just opened up the situation for Britain in South America, but as a result, the Southeast Asia region was related to the German Confederation.

Especially in a small place that Robert Peel didn't even know, it was simply lawless to rob Dutch merchant ships and ask for ransom. He believed that the British Royal Navy could definitely do such a thing.

Now there is a conflict with the German Confederation and the Netherlands for this inexplicable reason? That was absolutely a fool's errand, but Britain would never admit that its navy committed piracy.

Robert Peel decided to use the procrastination tactic. Yes, he sent a survey team to Nanyang. They would investigate for half a year first, and then there was no need to rush on the way back. After another half a year, the Netherlands and the German Confederation would probably forget about this matter.

Therefore, it is very rare that the British attitude is extremely sincere. They first reiterated that they would resolutely crack down on piracy, and stated that they attached great importance to the matter and would set up an investigation team to rush to Nanyang to investigate. If found, severe punishment would be imposed.

Austria Vienna.

Prince Metternich also breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that it could be over now. After all, he already had face, and there was no need to continue to offend Britain for the sake of the Netherlands.

Robert Peel and Metternich were both very grateful to each other for their "understanding" at this time, but the navies and citizens of both sides did not think so.

The British Royal Navy has a tradition of "fighting every enemy", but the Prime Minister wants to fight his own people before the war starts, which they can't understand.

The British national character and national consciousness have long been awakened. Of course, this only includes parts of Great Britain and Ireland. They feel that the Germans on the European continent are too arrogant.

"Even if our warships sank the other party's merchant ship, it may be the other party's fault. Of course, more people believe that it was pirates, but even pirates are English pirates. With simple sympathy, people do not want the government to Dealing with one’s own countrymen”

——The Times

The same is true within the German Confederation. After all, there are too many people who want to watch the excitement without taking it too seriously. Prussia in particular hopes to use this to reduce Austria's prestige. Other states also have their own agendas, but most of them point the finger at Austria.

There is no way around this. Whether it is ancient palace politics or modern parliamentary politics, they do not want a faction to become bigger.

The most important thing is that they can stay out of it and enjoy the joy of security.

The people were inspired by previous victories, although various states have been suppressing and even persecuting the unificationists. In particular, universities have suffered the most serious persecution, such as the Seven Gentlemen of Göttingen.

However, with Britain, France, and Russia all awakening to national consciousness, it is impossible for the German and Italian regions sandwiched in the middle to be immune to its influence.

The worst among them was Austria. Historically, the whole country was in revolution in 1848. Although they didn't know what to do or how to do it, they almost blew through this ancient empire.

Due to the presence of Franz in this life, the Austrian imperial government had much stronger control over the country, but it was still blown away by the wave of nationalism.

A man as small as an ant could almost drag Europe into the whirlpool of war twice, which is enough to prove the horror of this storm.

Ludwig von Rens was nothing more than an insignificant figure in Franz's view. What was truly terrifying was the wave of nationalism, which was too terrifying for Austria, a multi-ethnic country without a subject.

In fact, Franz has been suppressing overly radical nationalists. After all, no ruler wants to see his country fall apart or be kidnapped.

Franz even sent someone to assassinate Viscount Hillkini Barron, because indulging in too extreme nationalism would surely lead to disaster.

Ludwig von Rens does not have that tendency yet. In Franz's opinion, the former does not seem to have any special purpose, and he even made it because he had low self-control and was carried away by blind national enthusiasm. Some "stupid things".

So Franz was not prepared to deal with it like Viscount Hillkini Barron, but he would not leave him in Austria, especially in certain key departments.

Perhaps Ludwig von Lens was not that kind of person and had never had that kind of thought, but there was no guarantee that he would not be exploited.

At this time, this little man had considerable influence in Austria and even the entire German Confederation. This was one of the reasons why Franz didn't send someone to make him disappear directly.

But Franz didn't want to meet Ludwig von Rens, let alone waste time persuading the latter. What the former wanted to do was send him overseas.

That's right, export nationalism.

The French and Russians don't understand this thing, while the United Kingdom and the United States have been going astray.

There are various ethnic groups in Austria's overseas colonies, including local aborigines. Catholicism alone is certainly not enough. At this time, more advanced nationalism is needed to help.

In fact, some things are not equivalent to scourges as some Westerners propagate. As long as we take advantage of the situation, we can get twice the result with half the effort. This is the same reason that water can carry a boat and capsize it.

Humans are social animals and need to communicate and cooperate, and cultural identity and spiritual resonance are the basis for group collaboration.

All Franz had to do was break it into pieces and recast it to make it what he wanted it to be.

Of course, in addition to Ludwig von Lens, Franz also sent many people who would lead the formation of a new nation and country.

Ivory Coast, Guinea, Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, Tanzania, Chenla, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and, under Austrian control, California.

At this time, the most populous area in Austria overseas was California. After all, the temptation of gold was too great, and the so-called "rich water does not flow to outsiders." This was not only true in the East, but also in the West.

Franz initially blocked the news, but the gold mine still needed people to dig, and it was obviously unreliable to rely only on the captives and indigenous people.

So poaching people from Austria has become a good choice. In fact, having the opportunity to risk your life to go gold mining is a very rare opportunity for many people.

Combined with the unrest that followed, this made California a good place to be as an Austrian.

At the same time, in order to maintain public order and peace, Austria is also increasing its troops in batches. Although there are only a few thousand troops at a time, over the past few years, there have been nearly 30,000 troops stationed here, plus the number of Austrian nationals here is enough for hundreds of thousands.

If Germans from other countries are included, the total population exceeded two hundred thousand, accounting for more than half of California's population at this time.

The rest are the indigenous people, Mexicans, Spanish refugees, Indians who moved westward, Americans who gave up their nationality, and workers who moved here from Central America. Moreover, they are at the bottom of society and do not possess many resources.

This is where Franz needed Ludwig von Lens to go, because the locals urgently needed a spiritual sustenance, and Mexico's corrupt politics and corrupt country were naturally not what people yearned for.