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The plan will never catch up with the rapid changes. The main purpose of the Vienna government was to create conflicts and use military threats to force the Egyptian government to force them to sign treaties.

Anyway, the Sinai Peninsula is not valued, and the only role that exists is to act as a buffer between the Ottoman Empire and the local indigenous tribes also accept the leadership of the two governments.

As a result, the conflict was created, but the operation was too fierce, and the place was occupied.The Egyptians did not take excessive actions, but just ran over to protest.

If possible, Franz would prefer the Egyptians to call them regardless, then the following things will be easier to handle, anyway, he will not have any pressure to single out Egypt.

Obviously, the Egyptian government was not stupid and did not step up, but sent people to reason.Military threats are no longer appropriate at this time.

Franz always pays attention to eating, making an excuse to go to the door to find trouble, and has already refreshed his lower limit, and his conscience is very overwhelmed.

Now that everyone else has occupied the place where they are temporarily counted as cities, the trouble of finding someone else is too much.

The cause and consequence of the matter have been ignored by the Egyptian government. No matter who is at fault, the parties involved are dead anyway, and the debts have been eliminated.Now only the Austrians evacuated, and no compensation was sought.

Franz asked with a headache: "What do you think about this problem?"

He admits that he is not dark enough, so he can't do such an overbearing thing.If possible, he is more willing to solve the problem by peaceful means.

Regrettably, Austria ’s influence in Egypt is not strong enough to compete with Britain and France, and it has no choice but to resort to this and seek a breakthrough in the Sinai Peninsula.

Metternich calmly replied: "Your Majesty, the Sinai Peninsula itself is of little value. Our occupation here is mainly to seize the opportunity so that we can intervene when the Suez Canal is excavated.

Since the Egyptian government wants to negotiate, we will talk to them.The big deal is to pay for these areas. Anyway, the sand is worthless.

Now that Britain and France do not know our purpose, even if they interfere, they are only worried that our continued expansion into the Egyptian region will affect their interests.

At most we assured them that they would not continue to seek expansion in the Egyptian region.As for the issue of the Sinai Peninsula, we, too, need to be face-saving!"

Although it is a bit excessive, it is indeed a very powerful country.Whether right or wrong, when colonizing overseas, everyone was very overbearing.

The Vienna government is willing to spend a little money symbolically, which is to give the Egyptian government a step down.If the Egyptian government does not agree, I will occupy the place and not go anyway. What can you do?

Is it possible to fight Austria on the Sinai peninsula for a desert with nothing?It is estimated that the Egyptian government does not have this courage. If it loses and loses money, it will wait for it to be divided!

Do n’t look at the Egyptian government ’s preparations for modernization. It seems to mean that the rich country is strong.In fact, after losing to the Ottoman Empire in the last war, they recognized their strength.

Prime Minister Felix reminded: "The French have obtained the right to dig the Suez Canal. Will this be an obstacle?"

Metternich explained: "Don't worry, we pay attention to the Sinai Peninsula, and we don't need to occupy the entire Sinai Peninsula, as long as we get a foothold on it.

Now that the Suez Canal has not started, it is still unknown whether it will be open to navigation in the future, and now we are just planning ahead.

As far as I know, the British strongly oppose the excavation of the Suez Canal.They are strategically located and can enter the Indian Ocean through the Cape of Good Hope, without the need for this Grand Canal."

In this era, the British attitude towards the Suez Canal was so indifferent. Many Britons believed that the navigation of the Suez Canal would weaken their advantage in maritime trade.

After all, from the perspective of distance, Suez Canal navigation is more beneficial to Mediterranean countries, and France, Austria, Spain and other countries have entered the Indian Ocean closer.

They were the closest to the original route and suddenly became farther than their competitors.This will undoubtedly make the cost of British goods by sea more than competitors and reduce market competitiveness.

Regardless of whether or not people are worried, this sense of crisis is always right.It is this sense of crisis that has brought the British Empire to this stage.

Whether the Suez Canal is open to navigation is not only suspected by the British, but many people in the Austrian government also doubt it.

There has never been such a grand canal on the European continent. The total length of 190 kilometers exceeds the capacity of everyone.

There is no way for Franz to make everyone believe that the Suez Canal will be navigable, even if the cargo capacity is navigable, it is also a test.

If you can only pass a few boats, it will also fail.For strategic considerations, the Suez Canal needed by Austria is capable of navigating at least 40,000 tons of ships.

Otherwise, in the era of the Dreadnought, this canal would be abandoned.When the time comes to continue to expand the canal, the British will definitely hinder the construction and allow the Austrian warships to only navigable from the Strait of Gibraltar, thereby establishing a strategic advantage.

Franz said with great confidence: "Don't worry about the problem of navigation. The history books record that in the 6th century AD, a great empire in the Sui Dynasty in the East dug a canal of north and south with a total length of more than 2,700 kilometers.

Even after geographical changes and subsequent diversions, the new Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has 1,797 kilometers, and now it can normally navigate 500-ton ships.

With the technology of the ancients, it is possible to dig such a long canal without the use of any machinery. Can we not dig a canal less than 200 kilometers at our current technological level?

From the topographical point of view, the construction difficulty of the Suez Canal is far from comparable to the North-South Grand Canal, so why worry?"

Prime Minister Felix exclaimed: "Your Majesty, are you sure there is such a long canal in the East?"

Franz replied affirmatively: "Of course, don't you think I will lie? The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is still operating normally, just in that decayed Manchu Empire, you go to check the information to know."

Felix explained in a hurry: "No, I don't doubt your meaning.

It just feels incredible. Over 1,300 years ago, someone dug a grand canal over 2,700 kilometers.

If it is true, then this should be the greatest project in human history.The great empire must be so powerful that it can actually complete such a huge project."

Franz smiled and said nothing, he could not explain that because the excavation of this Grand Canal consumed excessive civilian power, this empire died directly?

So do n’t you want ...

Oh, no need to worry at all.To excavate the Suez Canal, there is no need to transfer labor from Austria, as long as the money is ready.

Even food can be delivered directly. Anyway, apart from the need to pay salaries for technicians and managers, ordinary workers just need to pay for food.

The biggest labor cost is saved.The Suez Canal has historically cost £ 18.6 million, more than double the budgeted cost.

This is mainly because the British planned the slave labor riots, and created public pressure to condemn, so that the French had to pay salaries to hire people, resulting in a substantial increase in construction costs.

As the price of canal navigation, 120,000 workers are buried here.

This issue is not within the scope of consideration by the Austrian government.Franz also decisively chose to see what is invisible, and any major projects of this era were piled up with human life.

Austria ’s large railway network is an example. In just five or six years, Austria ’s domestic railway jumped to the top in Europe, and tens of thousands of workers fell behind it.

It can be said that the faster the construction speed in this era, the greater the artificial casualties, and the efficiency is all piled up with human life.

London

After receiving the news that Austria had started on the Sinai Peninsula, the first reaction of the British Cabinet was that the Austrians were to invade Egypt, and they must stop it.

The Prime Minister Granville asked in doubt: "Who told me what the Austrians are doing? Does the Vienna government have water in their heads and are going to eat sand on the Sinai Peninsula?"

On the surface, the Sinai Peninsula does not have any colonial value.The wealthiest places in Egypt are all in the Nile River Basin, hundreds of kilometers away from the Sinai Peninsula. There is a desert barrier in the middle and you want to be a springboard.

Foreign Minister John Russell said with a smile: "It is said that this was done by an Austrian civilian colonial armed force. It was originally intended to engage in things in the Egyptian region, but it turned out that it had insufficient power.

In order to recover their colonial costs, they ran to the Sinai Peninsula to rob a tribe and occupied an abandoned city."

Colonial Minister William taunted: "This rookie's colonial armament is definitely not a brainless master. Perhaps the loot they have harvested is not enough to pay for the lost pensions.

We have sent people to investigate the Sinai Peninsula. The nomadic tribes on the island have nothing but camels and sheep.

These camels and sheep are not valuable at all, unless they can be shipped back to the country to sell and only sell their fur locally.

The local people are not able to survive anymore. The Egyptian government is too lazy to send people to collect taxes. Some people even rob them."

Everyone laughed. This kind of thing happened not once or twice in the colonial movement. Many civilian armed forces who have just engaged in overseas colonization often make such mistakes.

Sheep and camels are indeed commodities, and are still very valuable in some places. Unfortunately, they are worthless on the Sinai Peninsula because there are no buyers for these gadgets.

At most, the animals were killed and the fur was taken away to sell a fur trader.If you want to transport these animals to sell, it is estimated that it is not enough to pay the freight.

After enough laughs, Granville said: "Then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to stare at the Vienna government and see their next move. We are deciding what to do.

Anyway, the biggest interest in the Egyptian region is the French. Now that they have added a competitor, let them have a headache first!"

From beginning to end, Granville did not take this seriously.Overseas colonization is a game, a game of plundering wealth, which is completely different from the situation on the European continent.

As long as it does not threaten India, the London government will not have an overreaction immediately.Otherwise, the news of the colonial conflicts every day would kill them.

This is not a joke. After entering the 19th century, on average, there were no more than 100 incidents of colonial conflict encountered by the London government every year.

Most of these small conflicts are settled by colonial officials, and only those who escalate the conflict need to deal with them in person.

If you do n’t learn to exercise restraint and use force if you do n’t, then you do n’t need three months, they will fight against all the colonial empires in Europe.

They were concerned about the Sinai Peninsula, mainly worried about Austria ’s invasion of Egypt, and it was naturally caused by the civilian armed forces, and the interest was naturally gone.

For details, you can refer to the British folk colonial team, a little bit like the East India Company, they have destroyed several countries overseas, and the London government may not necessarily know the news.

A weaker individual organized colonial armed forces. Today it robbed a certain area, and tomorrow it robbed another area. The day after tomorrow it became a big enemy and was destroyed by the enemy ...

This kind of thing happened too much. Anyway, it was profitable. The British government would stand up for them. If they were not benefited, even if they were wiped out by the regiment, the London government would be too lazy to take care of it.

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Paris

Napoleon III confidently said, "The Austrians have deepened their tentacles into Egypt, shall we cut them off immediately?"

France ’s strength in Egypt is not small, as long as it encourages the Egyptian government to expel the Austrian invaders.

Of course, it is estimated that the Egyptian government will not listen to them now.After all, in the last war with Ottoman, the Egyptian government was miserable by the French.

Said good aid, the result of the pressure of European countries, the Paris government decisively counseled.Without them your weapons and equipment assistance, the Egyptian government was quickly beaten down by the Ottoman Empire.

Foreign Minister Auvergne persuaded: "Your Majesty, let's negotiate first! We can mediate this conflict. If we can't reach the end, we can take extreme measures."

He was not as confident as Napoleon III, and the Egyptian government was encouraged to rush forward, and the matter was resolved.

In case the situation exceeds the control, the Vienna government refuses to admit defeat and arrests the Egyptian government for a beating. Are they going up or down?

The French government, which had just fought against the Russians and suffered heavy losses, did not want to fight Austria again. This kind of loss-making business did not want to be done.

Napoleon III was just talking, he didn't really want to take risks.Now he is already wearing shoes, otherwise he would bet anything when he was struggling in his youth.

The reality of the Near East War told him that France now is no longer the one that hanged the European continent.

Napoleon III nodded and said, "Then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will intervene in this conflict, as long as it does not harm our interests!"