War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

The reality is that each colony faces different situations. In some colonies, such as Dahomey, everyone from the governor to the immigrants are very warlike, and there is the indigenous kingdom of Dahomey willing to help, so naturally they can use force to expel them.

There are millions of indigenous people in Ivory Coast and Guinea. If we really want to use force, we will have to transfer at least ten armies from the mainland.

If this is what he really wants to do, Franz might as well fight Russia for the Balkans.

The situation in East Africa is more complicated. There are not only conflicts between the colonists and the indigenous people, but also conflicts between Dalit laborers and the indigenous people, and conflicts among the colonists themselves.

Any wrong step in the early stages of the colony could lead to collapse, so Franz had to personally review the plans made by the colonial government.

The situation in Africa is bad, and it is even worse in America.

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Within the Central American colonies, Japanese and Irish workers looked down on each other. Both believed that the other's arrival had taken away their jobs, and they fought over trivial matters all the time.

This is also a headache. On the other hand, with the development of California, the original waterways can no longer meet the needs of the times.

However, although the renovation project has been underway for many years, progress is still slow and the efforts of hundreds of thousands of workers over the years have produced no results.

Franz knew from the contradictory reports that were sent back one after another that something must have gone wrong there, but the people he sent were either not qualified enough or not capable enough, and some of them were definitely taking advantage of others.

To solve this problem, Franz still needs to supervise it personally.

In addition, Franz thought that Mexico's economy was developing in a good direction, and a large number of competitors had been eliminated through wars and coups, so Tassan Anna's rule should be very stable.

However, Tassan Anna proved with facts that he was not a qualified politician. He always cultivated many opponents, making the Mexican political arena like Werewolf all day long.

Originally, Tassan Anna’s personal problems should not have affected the interests of the Austrian Empire in Mexico, let alone Mexico’s major policies towards the Austrian Empire.

But Tassan Anna just doesn't learn his lesson and insists on democratic reforms. In fact, it doesn't matter if Mexico carries out democratic reforms, it's just a matter of changing agents.

However, Tasan Anna insisted on holding a public debate, and was refuted completely. Seeing that the situation was out of control, he began to suppress it with force.

Bloody fighting continued in Mexico City for more than a month, and Tassan Anna was forced to evacuate the capital and seek help from local Austrian officials.

The local Austrian officials did not think much about it, thinking that there was another rebellion in Mexico, so they directly led their troops to attack Mexico City.

The Austrian army was an expert at sieges and street fighting. They burned down half of Mexico City in one go. Although the rebellion was suppressed, all the criticism was now directed at the Austrian Empire.

All factions that opposed Tasan Anna began to oppose the Austrian Empire. The first thing these people opposed was the Austrian-Mexican Joint Development Company. They wanted to take back all the land and minerals, drive the Austrian Empire out of California and Texas, and even demanded 10 billion pounds in compensation.

Metternich tried to resolve the matter, but the Mexicans had no moral principles and sent people to try to assassinate Metternich and Tasan Anna during the negotiation ceremony.

Metternich's foreign policy was obviously not well accepted in America. These gangsters, bandits and indigenous people did not want to negotiate with him at all.

Fortunately, Metternich was not a person who liked to dwell on trivial matters. He began to concentrate on the political affairs in the colony and realize his dream when he was young.

In fact, Metternich's domestic affairs ability was not bad, and the officials of the colonial government were also very fond of him.

As long as Austria is not in chaos, no matter how chaotic Mexico is, it will not be able to drive the Austrians out.

The biggest pro-Austrian faction in Mexico is not Tassan Anna himself, but the employees employed by the Austrian-Mexican Joint Development Company.

They really wanted the Austrian Empire to continue to control Mexico, and even loved their jobs and their identity as employees of the Austrian Empire.

On the one hand, the treatment and credibility of the Austrian-Mexican Joint Development Company are very good, but on the other hand, the local businessmen, politicians, and landowners in Mexico are really not human.

Ordinary workers lived a life worse than that of slaves. Their wages were only one-fifth of those of employees of the Austrian-Mexican Joint Development Company and less than one-tenth of those of native workers in the Austrian Empire.

The miners were living in hell. Like most miners in the world at that time, they often had to face landslides, gas explosions, and various mining accidents.

The miners in Mexico face a harsher environment than those in European countries. Due to the backward mining technology, many mines still use 17th century technology, with no ventilation equipment and no safety guarantees.

In addition, it is located in the Central American seismic zone, where geological activities are frequent and large-scale landslides often occur, resulting in an extremely low survival rate. The actual death rate will certainly exceed the official records.

In addition, they have to face extremely harsh oppression and exploitation, and supervisors have the power to decide the life and death of miners.

The annual death rate of miners in many mines exceeded 8%. Among them, there was a silver mine with an annual death rate of more than 15% for many years and was also called "Dead Man Mountain".

The experience of Mexican farmers is equally terrible. Although Mexico is a country with a large land area and a small population, 95% of the country's land is concentrated in the hands of less than 1% of the people.

Agricultural products are extremely cheap, but daily necessities are not cheap. Ordinary farmers will never be able to complete primitive accumulation through farming.

In addition to paying 50% rent in kind to the landlord, the farmers working on the large estates also had to donate 10% of their harvest to the church.

In addition, the burden of government taxation also falls on them, and then there are gangs and local clans. What is left in the end may not be theirs, after all, there are still bandits and indigenous people who plunder everywhere.

In comparison, the conditions offered by the Austrian Empire were too generous. At least in the territory of the Austrian Empire, there was no need to worry about being robbed or being conscripted.

Of course, the problem lies in the fact that the offer is too generous. Although the Austrians don't think there is anything wrong with it, the civilians and poor people in Mexico will risk their lives to join the Austrian-Mexican Joint Development Company.

At this time, the employees of the Omeco Joint Development Company accounted for 15% of the total population of Mexico. These people had become a force that the warlords and local nobles could not ignore.