MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 80 vacate the cage for the bird
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Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.
Franz was not surprised that the real identity of the insider secretly supported by the U.S. government was a spy sent by the Austrian Church.
At this time, without the help of relatively complete anti-espionage systems such as the FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA), it is not surprising that there is insufficient experience in instigating rebellion, and the negligence of inhumane trust is also understandable.
Instead of taking the initiative to extend a helping hand to help Washington correct this serious mistake, he intends to use his plan as a double-handed plan. On the one hand, he will take the funds provided by the Americans, and on the other hand, he will launch operations to clean up those internal instability factors.
"Grand Duke Franz, the output of Nicaragua and Costa Rica is very pessimistic. If we continue to invest, it is likely that our Central and North American colonization will suffer losses. And according to the information from the church informant, the local People seem out of control."
Adjani has doubts about the mess that Franz took over the Central American Federation. The people living on this land have a strong will to resist, and its complex terrain is far more difficult to conquer than those in African countries.
It may take dozens or even hundreds of years to completely erase the strong Spanish cultural overtones left over from hundreds of years of colonial rule.
"I see. How much will it cost?" Franz said casually, planning a very important voyage in his mind.
"It's probably between 2 million and 3 million florins, but 15 million florins need to be invested in the early stage. If you count the previous 10 million francs of war reparations, the total is about 20 million florins.
Based on this calculation, it will take about ten years for us to recover the cost. But with the maintenance of security and the expenditures to deal with special events such as possible uprisings and natural and man-made disasters, it may take longer..."
In fact, Adjani missed the worst case scenario. Years of wars have almost turned Nicaragua and Costa Rica into ruins. How long it will take to resume production is still unknown.
Another important factor that has plagued and restricted local development for a long time is the scarcity of population (the number of indigenous peoples and immigrants). In the past, the authorities of the two countries have relied on indentured slaves and imported black slaves to solve local development problems.
Obviously, this way is not going to work now, because like other European countries, the Austrian Empire explicitly prohibits the slave trade, not to mention that Archduke Franz himself seems to be extremely disgusted with it.
"Well, it's much better than I imagined." Franz still dealt with it absent-mindedly.
He was still pondering over the information from the Admiralty, and it seemed that this voyage would be full of uncertainties. This is still in the favorable situation where one's own side has already controlled the local area, otherwise this long voyage would be impossible to talk about.
"Grand Duke Franz, what's the matter with you? Is there something uncomfortable?" Adjani began to realize the strangeness. After all, the Grand Duke's thinking has always been very quick, but his behavior today is a bit abnormal.
Franz looked down subconsciously, and then said very calmly.
"Oh, it's nothing, you don't have to worry, this is not the worst case."
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Adjani was a little confused by his incoherent words.
"And what do you think is the worst-case scenario?"
"Britain and France combined to drive us out of Central America."
Adjani was speechless for a while. According to the information and intelligence in her hands, the chance of that extreme situation happening is very small, and there is no need to discuss it at all.
"Then do you already have a solution?"
Franz shook her head, and now she was speechless and felt even more depressed.
"Then I can only remind you that you need to pay 10 million florins in advance for the construction of Nicaragua and Costa Rica and other expenses. The colonial institutions of the empire there are simply empty shelves, because the relevant funds are all paid by Archduke Friedrich Embezzling his navy."
"Don't blame him, who made the navy itself a gold-swallowing beast? But then again, this has no impact on our planning in Central and North America."
Adjani was a little confused. Nicaragua and Costa Rica did not have local tyrants and evil gentry who could **** blood, and a small number of wealthy landlords either fled to other regions, or were absorbed by the church and developed into insiders.
"But without any initial capital investment, it's hard to get to 700,000 florins a year just with taxes and inefficient plantations."
"Don't worry about this. Nicaragua and Costa Rica are already part of the empire's expansion territory. In this case, all expenses and expenses will be borne by them, and they are not short of money anyway. It's not that the natives don't like the empire's rule. Is it? Then send them to California."
Franz's behavior made Adjani even more confused, because Nicaragua and Costa Rica have a very scarce labor force. If labor is sent to California, a sparsely populated place, wouldn't the plan to colonize the two places become meaningless? Yet?
"Excuse me, what exactly are you going to do?"
"Change the cage and change the bird."
Under the gaze of her puzzled eyes, Franz said slowly:
"In fact, it is not difficult to understand that it took Spain hundreds of years to gain a firm foothold in the Americas. But we don't have hundreds of years to slowly assimilate the local indigenous people, and with the intervention of Britain and France, Central America will sooner or later become great powers key areas of competition."
At this time Adjani suddenly remembered the previous agreements signed between Austria and Mexico. She thought that Franz would attract locals from Spain and Mexico to immigrate to California. UU Reading www.uukanshu. Com never expected that Nicaragua and Costa Rica would become the main transportation force.
It's just that she still can't understand why he said that Central America will become one of the battlegrounds for powers to compete for hegemony in the future, perhaps because of precious metals?
But judging from the usual methods of the great powers in the colonial struggle at this time, they will not go to the point where they will go to war just because the other party uses some shady methods.
But in the face of his subordinates' questions, Franz seemed very helpless. He couldn't tell her directly that a grand canal would be dug here in the future to directly control the fate of the two continents.
In fact, Panama is not the only area suitable for digging a canal, Nicaragua is also suitable; moreover, the transport capacity of the Nicaragua Canal far exceeds that of the Panama Canal, and of course the cost and engineering volume are also greater.
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However, it is more appropriate to give this kind of role of being taken advantage of by other countries. After all, only hitting others with a stick will not hurt.
"But in this way, the local population will be even more insufficient. I am afraid that the existing tax revenue and output cannot be guaranteed." Adjani continued.
"Don't worry, leave these things to the church. We should give God's servants a chance to show themselves."
Franz's words made Adjani silent for a while, but she knew very well that once he insisted on something, it meant that everything was within the plan, and generally there was no chance of changing it, so there was no need Continue to entangle on this, not to mention that she has other important things to report right now.
