MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 50 Disaster Spread (Part 1)
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Bobby Stark was glad he could sell those cursed potatoes, otherwise he would be agonizing over defaulting on his debts like his neighbors.
Because the bankers who make loans don't care about the impact of natural disasters and man-made disasters. If you can't pay the liquidated damages, the house and land used as mortgage will no longer belong to you.
It is not uncommon to borrow money to farm in the United States today. Many farmers are in debt. After all, the price of land in the United States is relatively cheap at this time, but the cost of its development is astonishingly expensive.
As Steven said, in just a few months, late blight spread throughout Ohio.
All the potatoes, whether they were harvested or in the field, appeared as sticky sticky solids like soap, and the stench filled the air and drifted towards the surrounding fields.
At first, there were only some irregular spots on their leaves, but it didn't take long for the spots to expand rapidly, making the whole diseased plant water-soaked, and then white mold or brown mold appeared.
Once it catches up with the rainy season, the onset will be faster, and even a large area of land can be destroyed in one to two days.
The fields are full of lucky farmers hoping to find potatoes that are not infected. But this is undoubtedly futile, the natural disaster is so sudden and violent.
The weeping farmer attracts no mercy from above, only the jeers from surrounding farmers who grow other crops and the contempt of the losers from the bankers.
After all, if the potato crop fails, other crops can be sold at a better price. In the eyes of bankers, those farmers who suffered sudden blows are nothing more than numbers of failed investments.
These timid and fearful guys actually don't have the courage to bear the failure, they are really a bunch of useless waste.
The tragedy in Ohio did not attract the attention of Washington. The mainstream economic thinking at that time was free trade, and the government should reduce its intervention.
The local government report also gave an extremely understated description: "A large number of farmers failed to invest, resulting in a large area of land wasted."
John Tyler was a leader who paid attention to efficiency. He could not accept the waste of American land by those farmers.
As a result, instead of issuing a relief policy, the U.S. government imposed fines on those affected farms, because they wasted the precious resources God gave to America, and cultivated some worthless commodities on the land that should have grown crops. .
What's more, it caused a further decline in the production of potatoes in the United States, and at the same time changed the structure of its crops; making the potato planting area less than half of France, less than one-third of Austria, and only four-fourth that of Germany. A little more than one-third.
For the United States, these bankrupt farmers are not completely useless. They can enter factories, or go to the Great West to develop new land.
For example, at this time, Oregon, where the competition between Britain and the United States is fierce, although Britain is strong, the United States has an advantage that the other party does not have-manpower.
Thousands of Americans would migrate to the area after the Oregon Trail became the main thoroughfare into the area in 1842.
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On the other hand, the British can't even get enough colonists to effectively control the area, so they can only be in a state of strategic contraction.
But even this cannot get rid of the encroachment of the Americans, and John Taylor's plan can be described as very successful.
However, it was not all smooth sailing, such as the Abirnon Massacre; 13 whites accidentally broke into the territory of the Indians and cut down their sacred trees, which led to serious conflicts between the two sides.
In the end, the thirteen "warriors" were all killed in the colony. After learning the news, John Taylor immediately delivered a eulogy for them at the White House and vowed to take revenge on the savage Indians.
About 360 immigrants died at the hands of Native Americans in Oregon between 1840 and 1860. Only between 1830 and 1840, the number of local Indians in Oregon decreased by 100,000.
Of course, the Americans did not give up their infiltration of the California region, but it was resolved in the most primitive and **** way by the newly appointed Austrian consul in the region.
The number of Americans killed so far in California has exceeded 3,000, but it is only on the surface that neither side acknowledges this fact.
In fact, Franz didn't really approve of this approach, but it was undoubtedly very effective and cheap. But this method of hanging bonuses can be used by Austria, the United States, and even the Mexicans.
Once this door of **** is opened, it will be difficult to close it.
Of course, the introduction of American immigrants to jointly develop California can also be considered. After all, turning an enemy into a friend is the most sensible way in theory, and what California lacks most at this time is labor.
But the **** historical experience and lessons tell us that this kind of behavior is tantamount to leading wolves into the house, and it is not worth taking the risk.
At this time, although the four forces are entrenched in the North American continent, the center of gravity of the British has shifted to Asia, and the ambition is not here, so it is still a three-point situation.
Theoretically, the French are the most powerful, and neither the quality of the army nor the national strength can be compared with the rest of the two countries. But it is a European country after all, and it is constrained by Britain and other European powers everywhere, unable to exert its full strength.
Although the United States has a large population, its organizational efficiency is low, and even one John Taylor cannot recover. But even so, it is still the most potential and most threatening country in North America~www.novelbuddy.com~ After all, in history, the United States slowly accumulated to become the world's hegemon after opening up the two oceans, but this life is not so easy .
Mexico has always thrived under Franz's special care, but the saying goes.
"One general is incompetent and exhausts the three armies to death."
Neither Tasan Anna nor the top executives of Mexico City were talented people. They had just settled down for a few days before they began to enjoy themselves shamelessly.
Collective treason by the elite is nothing new in Mexico.
These people can be bought by Austria, France can also be bought, and the United States and Britain can also follow suit.
It's just that the Tasan Anna faction in power now has good relations with Austria, but this can't stop some warlords from coveting the California region.
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As a result, there are always some people who are overwhelmed and feel that they are the real masters of gold.
Although the Austrian Empire has only more than 10,000 troops in California, it is still not comparable to the motley troops in Mexico.
Combat is **** and brutal, but also absurd and tedious.
The Mexican army under the banner of the US military in the plains was attacked unprecedentedly. The panicked soldiers who routinely surrendered were treated not as Mexicans but as invaders.
The prisoners of war were sent to the mines, where the most dangerous and hard work was done in the wasteland.
Consul John Cena felt that he was one step closer to the goals set by Archduke Franz.
