Holy Roman Empire

Austria ’s colonial strategy was not just beginning. The Vienna government had already funded expeditions and explored the African continent as early as a few years ago.

Leaving aside the inland areas, at least the basic situation in the coastal areas is still very good.

Not only for the African continent, the Austrian government has collected intelligence from many parts of the world. This kind of intelligence has been collected by others, and it has also been bought from second-hand traffickers.

Expeditions are also a business in this era. Many private expeditions sold the intelligence they collected to the colonial government in exchange for high remuneration.

Selling once is selling, and selling twice is also selling.As long as the price is right, then everything is negotiable.Risking your life to explore, you will naturally get enough rewards.

For the sake of insurance, Franz sent three infantry divisions this time, just to take the coastal area without going deep into the interior, these troops are enough.

The area of ​​Guinea is not large, and it will be eaten by Austria in a short time, but the Congo area is not necessarily. Congo in this era also includes the later Congo DRC + Congo cloth.

The area is not so large, it is several times the size of Austria. Obviously, it is impossible to occupy by such a small number of people.

Like all colonial countries, it is a priority coastal area, and the interior of Africa is not yet ready for development.

First send this group of refugees over, and then, with the immigration, you can build a port city, and then slowly develop these lands.

How to colonize and rule these areas, first of all, Franz decided to give the bureaucrats the greatest autonomy, and rule as high as possible.

In the evening, in a bistro in Trieste, a group of drinkers were chatting, and occasionally someone whistleed to the women in front of the counter, and then greeted them with white eyes.

Most of these people are asking for life at sea, and their behavior is inevitably somewhat indulgent, and everyone is surprised.

The women who appear here will naturally not be serious people, they are all veterans of the show, social experience is ****

In short, as long as the money is enough, you can take it home for the night.Kouhuahua can't scare them, bitches are ruthless and innocent, these people were their benefactors yesterday, and they have become passers-by today.

The flirtation stays in the mouth, which means that they have no money in their pockets, otherwise they will go up and take action.

Anyway, the habit of begging for life on the sea has gone straight, and the women who do this will naturally not mind. The rich are the masters. It is not that they have not encountered them directly.

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Liquor is a heroic gall, and anything that comes out of the bottle pops up.If you do n’t agree with each other, it happens often.

The owner of the tavern is very knowledgeable. In this case, he just looked at it quietly and waited for it to finish before asking for compensation.

Usually it has to be doubled. As a ground snake, it is not a problem to overwhelm a few sailors. Of course, if you encounter a ruthless character, you can only admit that you are out of luck.

A drunk middle-aged man opened the river with a word of mouth: "Wallen, so many troops are gathering here, is this about to fight?"

The same dizzy Warren responded directly: "Nonsense, when did Tagore have seen our navy fight, who can they fight? No, the Army and Navy fight together?"

The voices of the two were already unmatched. Under normal circumstances, they did not dare to be so indulgent. In case of encountering several drinking navy soldiers, they would be beaten.

Although the Austrian navy is not valued and has not achieved a record, it is not something they can despise.

The geographical location and national policy determine that the Austrian navy can do nothing, and it has always served as a background board for the army. This does not mean that the navy officers and men have no temper.

Soldiers always want to make a military contribution. The Austrian Navy has no idea how many years it has rested. Anyway, most of the war in Austria has nothing to do with them.

After Franz took office, he conducted a major training for the army and navy, and forced to retire a group of mixed-day officers. Everyone knew that the national policy of the Vienna government had changed.

Under normal circumstances, the Vienna government will not operate on the navy.Without war, it is not normal to strengthen naval training and increase naval military expenditure.

There were also reports from high-level officials that they would open up overseas colonies. Many people thought that the opportunity had come. They did not expect this to be more than four years.In addition to increased training, warships were added, and then there was no more.

In this case, the young people will inevitably feel a little lethargic, a little bit of Mars will burn, and fights and fights will happen from time to time.

Of course, the fight was refreshing, and after the fight, it was a tragedy.It's okay not to be caught by the Military Law Department, and I haven't had a good life for a long time.

At this time, there were just a few navy soldiers in the tavern, but they had no time to care about the words of a few drunks.

For joint exercises by the navy and the army, does the Navy need to dispatch more than half of the time, and also carry the three infantry divisions together?

With this command, everyone is guessing who to fight this time.After thinking about it, everyone still can't think of the opponent.

Anglo-French, they can't win at all, and even if the navy is doubled in size, it is not an opponent. It can be ruled out that the idiot order of the Vienna government is impossible.

Attack the Ottoman Empire?Do n’t think everyone knows that the Army has finished its work and Austria has got everything it wants.The Sudanese government has relocated to Ankara, and then to find their guts, we must also consider the reaction of Britain and France.

A young man whispered: "The authorities are obsessed with bystanders, you don't have to guess, you might as well listen to the answers of those drunkards."

The few people who were arguing stopped.

"Wallen, you are stupid! Anyway, you are living at sea, don't you know there are indigenous creatures in this world?

Our navy is no match for Britain and France, and it is choking against Spain, but going out to bully the indigenous people is no problem at all.

Now the troops assembled here can wipe out several small countries overseas."Tagore's men despise

Warren reluctantly retorted: "Fart, Tagore, you idiot, don't you know that the wives of Vienna have always been dismissive of overseas? Can you still change their attention?"

"Don't they suddenly figure it out? Our Austria, right, is our new Holy Roman Empire. Why is it also one of the best powers in Europe? What happened to grab a few colonies?"

This year, few colonies were embarrassed to go out. Maybe the masters in Vienna were stimulated and they figured it out.Tagore argued

Not long afterwards, the two drunks quarreled together, trying to solve the problem by force, but they were stunned. Without giving them the opportunity to do it, two men appeared in the tavern to put them out.

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A young man asked uncertainly: "Shouldn't they say it's impossible?"

The first young man said, "That's more reliable than we guessed. Now I haven't heard of any conflict with us. Can't we just arrest someone for no reason?"

A lifeless gray man said excitedly: "It's really time to open up a colony, that's not to say that our opportunity to get rich!"

In the eyes of many people, this colony means wealth.For those who are eager to make a fortune, this is undoubtedly an opportunity.

The young man headed yelled: "Shut up, Thorin! What nonsense, obviously an opportunity for meritorious service comes, don't open your mouth all day to make a fortune!"

Sorin quickly answered: "Yes, Captain!"

Obviously, the captain officer looked down on this kind of man who opened his mouth and said to make a fortune.He should have entered the army to serve in the noble family.

Hearing this news, he almost collapsed.In this era, the Austrian Navy did not have any chance to make achievements.

Fortunately, he had good luck and caught up with changes in Austria's national policy.Now his idea is to gain military merit as soon as possible and get the noble title.

After all, the title of his family is not hereditary, and it can be said that he is a child of the nobility.

Austrian knighthood is not easy to take, especially hereditary knighthood.After Franz succeeded to the throne, he sealed more than one hundred nobles, most of them because of military merits.

There are also several scientists, a dozen engineers and a few government officials. Apart from the hereditary knighthood of military achievements, the rest are all life-long aristocracy.

This is not Franz's chaos, but the rules already in place.The lifelong noble emperor can be casually sealed, and the actual military aristocracy must have the ability to get the shot.

Of course, this rule was also formulated by Franz, and has been widely recognized by the military.

Differential treatment can reflect their status. It happens that the aristocrats in the German region are mostly military aristocrats, and they are also very devoted to maintaining their status.

As a transaction price, from now on, the rights of the domestic nobles to seal up the nobles were withdrawn by Franz.The same applies to several states. The nobles conferred by the king must report to the emperor for approval before they can obtain legal status.

The number of nobles is controlled by Franz. The eldest son of the nobility can inherit the title. The second son must fight again, otherwise the next generation will be civilian children.

This is a hereditary aristocracy, not to mention the nobility of the lifelong system, not to mention the continuation of the practices in continental Europe. If the next generation does not work hard, there will be no title to inherit.

But anyone who has ambitions will not be willing to be lonely, and the opportunity will come naturally.

Although Franz ’s aristocratic law was not implemented, it was not kept secret, and the content had long spread.

After all, a colony is different from its homeland, and if the central government rules directly, cost is a big issue.If it is subdivided to the rulers of meritorious service, the central government will only control a few core areas, and the rest will be governed by the vassals, and the administrative pressure will be much smaller.

The main reason for not implementing it now is that the colonial success cannot be determined.If colonization succeeds and the ruling place is profitable, there will naturally be nobles willing to go.

Anyway, if the colony is not profitable, even if the land is given away, the nobles will disdain.

The special national conditions of this new Holy Roman Empire determine that there are three kings in the country. Franz does not mind adding a few more overseas.

At least the problem of corruption can be effectively curbed, and Franz is not prepared to collect heavy taxes in the colony. It is only a symbolic collection. It is mainly to increase the market for Austrian industry and commerce. These people ca n’t swallow their own money?

After the collapse of the colonial system of the British Empire in the later generations, in addition to the attacks of the United States and the Soviet Union, the high cost of the bureaucracy was also an important factor.

In order to reduce the cost of domination, they also created a dominion.This measure succeeded and failed.

The success lies in the fact that it has indeed reduced administrative costs and increased the market for domestic industry and commerce; but the right to go out cannot be recovered, and it has hidden hidden dangers for the collapse of the colonial empire.

The rights of the self-government are controlled by local capitalists, and capital knows no borders. It is not surprising that this happened.

To prevent this from happening, Franz ca n’t guarantee whether it can be done, but it can still be done by increasing the degree of recognition and delaying the crash.

Relying on the government ’s bureaucracy to organize immigration, the Germans know that the people have gone to the United States. Franz does n’t think Austrian bureaucrats can do much better.

It's better to let the nobles organize themselves. If he succeeds, he will share the results, and if he fails, he may as well.A few more letters will always succeed.

It's not that Franz despised African countries and supported a vassal casually. He is one of the best in the African continent. The prerequisite is not to blacken.

In the future, the nails on the African continent will be buried. Cultural traditions and economic interests are the natural bonds that unite the colony and the country.

The people ’s centripetal force towards their home country has not dispersed, and they want independence unless they do not want their own law.

As long as the ruling class is not mad, it will not do such a stupid thing that destroys its foundation.

Attached to the Holy Roman Empire and become a highly autonomous state, their interests are not much, and the imperial government is still a source of strength to maintain their status.

On the contrary, these kings of the states will also become the pillars to consolidate the rights of the emperor.Even if the future monarchy declines, in order to keep this huge empire from splitting, no one dares to repeal emperorism.