Chapter 388

The combat power that a powerful government could unleash was often unimaginable. Following Franz's order, the trade volume between the Austrian African colonies and the American countries suddenly became active.

A large number of labor export companies settled in the Austrian colonies and exported the surplus local labor to the American and Arab world.

With the joint efforts of everyone, the embarrassing situation of labor shortage in the various countries had a significant improvement. Under the new labor export model, the international price of slaves had decreased.

Labor export companies were actually forced to come out. As the saying went, if there were policies from above, there were countermeasures from below.

The Government of Vienna banned the slave trade. In order to circumvent the provisions of the law, the quick-witted slave traders immediately changed their identities.

Under the name of labor export companies, they appeared in the Austrian colonies and openly continued to do business. In any case, after leaving the Austrian colonies, they could do whatever they wanted.

In the end, these immigrants became slaves or hired laborers, depending on the country they went to.

These things were not within the scope of consideration of the colonial government bureaucrats. Anyway, their mission was important. Within five years, they had to reduce the native population by thirty percent. They had to work hard.

Especially since the colonies were still expanding, this pressure was even greater. The Department of Colonization assigned tasks to each colonial government, and the Ministry of Finance also allocated a special immigration fund of two million DND per year.

All the income generated from the immigration work belonged to the individual. Officials with outstanding immigration work were directly promoted, and those who could not complete the task were all dismissed.

This was related to everyone's rice bowl, and no one dared to take it lightly. Moreover, there was a huge amount of profit involved. How much they could get depended on their own ability.

Starting from 1859, the Austrian colonies began to crazily export immigrants to the outside world.

Taking the United States as an example: 1858 accepted 183,000 immigrants from the Austrian colonies; 1859 suddenly skyrocketed to 346,000; 1860, it increased to 378,000...

The direct result of this policy was that when the American Civil War broke out, the number of white people in the country decreased by more than half a million compared to history, while the number of black people increased by more than a million.

Profit was always the best catalyst. Black slaves from other countries' colonies had to pay heavy taxes and even bribe colonial officials. In the Austrian colonies, they could receive subsidies for labor export.

The colonial army also frequently attacked the native kingdoms.

At the end of 1859, Josip Jelačić also enacted the infamous border relocation law.

The law stipulated that if immigrants, troops, and government officials were attacked by the natives, all native tribes within a radius of fifty kilometers would be forced to migrate.

This directly led to strong protests from labor export companies. How could good labor be expelled? Wasn't this cutting off the source of people's wealth?

During the implementation of the law, the colonial government inevitably changed. Since they were going to migrate anyway, it didn't matter where they went in the end. It would be the same even if they were handled by a labor export company.

There was nothing much to say. In this era, no colonial government was cleaner than anyone else. There was no genocide, so it could be considered harmony.

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With the support of the Russians, the Indian rebel army once exceeded two million and occupied more than half of India.

Without a doubt, this was a motley crew. Even with the increase in the number of troops, their combat power was a complete mess. Their weapons and equipment were all trash that the Russians had eliminated. On average, three people had a rifle.

After the rebels gained the upper hand, the British began to sow discord, which they were best at. Several rebel armies that did not belong to each other soon fell into an internal power struggle and lost the best opportunity to drive the British out of India in one fell swoop.

John Bull, who had come to his senses, continued to send more troops to the Indian region. The strategic advantage that the Revolutionary Army had obtained in the early stages was wasted in the infighting.

John Bull responded and continued to send more troops to India. The strategic advantage gained by the rebels in the early days was wasted in the infighting. By 1859, the British had invested 350,000 troops in India and gradually gained the initiative on the battlefield.

In 1859, the British had invested 350,000 troops in India and gradually gained the initiative on the battlefield. Franz, who received the intelligence, could only sigh at the strength of John Bull.

Needless to say, only the British could have done such a thing. Obviously, the Tsarist government's approach had stimulated the fragile nerves of the Government of London.

They directly told the Russians that if they wanted to rob India, they should first think about how many troops they could invest in this area!

Thinking of this, Franz just smiled coldly. The Englishmen's wishful thinking this time was probably a mistake.

Nicholas I Of Russia was not a pushover. Tsar Alexander II Of Russia was also not easy to deal with. They were dreaming if they wanted to scare them.

Historically, because of the defeat in Crimea, the Russians were licking their wounds. Their support for the Indian rebellion was limited, which allowed the British to quickly suppress the rebellion.

The Tsarist government was also licking its wounds, but Nicholas I Of Russia, who had seized Constantinople, was at its peak and suppressed the internal conflicts.

With the financial support provided by Austria, the Tsarist government's finances were not as bad as in history. It was still possible to take out a sum of money to support the rebels.

Moreover, India was not poor at all. The rebels still had a lot of spoils of war, which could be used to buy weapons and ammunition.

If the Indians worked hard, they still had a chance to win the war. Anyway, they could afford to die. They just needed to organize enough cannon fodder to consume the British.

In any case, with the support of the Tsarist government, the Indians could still hold on for a while.

Thinking of this, Franz was a little conflicted. On the one hand, he wanted to consume the British's strength and shake their hegemony; on the other hand, he did not want the British to decline. Otherwise, the main force to intervene in the American Civil War would be gone.

With this conflicted mind, the Government of Vienna abided by the principle of neutrality and did not support either side. They were just bystanders.

With a sigh, Franz lit the intelligence in his hand in the candlelight and said, "The Indian problem ends here. Just maintain the daily transmission of intelligence.

The next mission is the United States. If the conditions permit, we can add some chaos to them. We will temporarily support the plantation owners in the south. "

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Teren replied.

This mission was very troublesome. The trans-oceanic telegram had not been connected yet, and communication became the biggest problem of intelligence transmission.

By the time the ship sent the news back to the country from America, it would be too late. Franz could only choose to give up. Whether they could achieve results or not, it was completely up to fate.

In the short term, the capitalists who supported the north might benefit more. If they won, the cotton, tobacco, and food exports of the United States would drop significantly.

As a competitor, Austria could gain huge economic benefits.

But in the long run, the unified United States was too terrifying. Heaven's Chosen Nation wasn't lying, they did occupy the world's most fertile land.

Even if the entire German Region was unified, Austria could not compete with them in terms of development potential. This was innate.

Even if the European continent did not break out in a war and continued to develop steadily, it was only a matter of time before the United States surpassed it.

Unless Austria could swallow half of the African continent and digest it perfectly. Thinking of this, Franz felt it was better to let the United States split.

Even if the United States was divided in two, it still had the potential to become the world's hegemon. There was no other way. The natural conditions of the United States were too superior.

Even if the United States was divided, the strength of the north and the south would gradually increase over time. It was completely a dream to expect the south to balance the northern government after independence.

Even how long this independence could be maintained was a serious problem. In terms of development potential, the capital economy of the north far exceeded the plantation economy of the south.

When the power of the two sides was seriously unbalanced, as long as a strong leader appeared in the north, the war of unification would break out again.

Thinking of this, Franz wanted to cry. It turned out that interfering in the American Civil War was not just once. It might become a bottomless pit.

At this time, Franz somewhat understood what Napoleon Iii did in history. Perhaps it was because he saw that this pit was too terrifying that he chose to attack Mexico, which was easier to bully.

The French suddenly withdrew, and England and Spain were immediately dissatisfied. Everyone agreed to interfere in the American Civil War together. You f * cking went to attack Mexico. Wasn't that disregarding the collective interests?

Without the main force of France, England and Spain also retreated. The allied forces of the three countries were disbanded before they even entered the battlefield.

Then, the European countries sat and watched the civil war in the United States. The Government of London wanted to intervene several times, but because of the endless internal disputes, it was delayed. Before they could make up their minds, the war had already ended.

"Cherish your body when doing big things, forget righteousness when seeing small benefits."

This was exactly what Napoleon Iii was talking about. How could it be possible to get benefits without taking risks?

Knowing that there was a pit in front of him, Franz still decided to jump this time. There was no other way. He had to choose the lesser of two evils.

Regardless of whether the intervention was successful or not, it would bring greater losses to the United States and delay their development.

If they were lucky enough to succeed, they would benefit greatly. A country of immigrants like the United States did not have a strong sense of unity to begin with. The war of unification could not be fought indefinitely. After two or three failures, the people would no longer have the courage to start a war.