Holy Roman Empire

The busiest in the economic crisis should be the Immigration Department under the jurisdiction of the Colonial Department. From the end of 1857 to the beginning of 1859, in just over a year, the Immigration Department's performance exceeded the sum of the past few years.

In the face of survival, many people have to choose to leave their homes, among which the Balkans have the most people, occupying four layers of the total number of immigrants.

This is the result of the government's deliberate control, otherwise more than 80% of immigrants will choose to go to the Balkan Peninsula.

There are only two kinds of people who voluntarily go to the African colonies: one is ambitious and wants to make a fortune; the other is the clanking of the poor. Survival is a problem and forced to live.

Immigrants on the African continent can sign employment contracts with the government, or plantation owners, and mine owners, have stable income, and do not have to worry about the family's livelihood.

Many people directly think of going to the African continent as a migrant worker.Anyway, it is not a mandatory immigration requirement. When the contract expires, you can stay if you want to stay, and you can return if you do n’t want to stay.

For those who have eaten a meal and have a meal, as long as they have a share of income to support their families, it is not bad, and the place is farther away.

After completing the personnel adjustments, Franz said: "The Colonial Department, talk about the development of the colony."

Colonial Minister Josip Jelacic replied: "Your Majesty, we have already opened colonies in Guinea Bend, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroon, and Libya.

It has established 68 colonial strongholds, 18 cities, and more than one million immigrants to the colony, directly controlling the territory of the colony over 3 million square kilometers.

Among them: the Gulf of Guinea has 25 colonial strongholds, including 8 cities, with an actual controlled territory area of ​​about 700,000 square kilometers.The total local population is 1.848 million, of which 284,000 are immigrants, and the rest are natives.

The Congolese region has 14 colonial strongholds, including 4 cities, with an actual control area of ​​approximately 680,000 square kilometers.The total population of the jurisdiction is about 3 million, including about 318,000 immigrants, and the rest are local indigenous people.

The colony of Nigeria has just opened up. We have only established 8 colonial strongholds, including 3 cities, with a territory of about 280,000 square kilometers.The total population of the jurisdiction is about 2.18 million, of which about 185,000 are immigrants.

The Cameroon area has been developed more recently, and there are currently only 5 colonial strongholds, including 2 cities, with an actual controlled territory of more than 100,000 square kilometers.The total population of the jurisdiction is about 560,000, and the immigration is only 58,000.

The Libya region continues to implement the strategy of changing cages and birds, because the resistance of local people has progressed much slower than expected. About 150,000 people are still stranded on the ground, and it may be delayed until next year to complete the plan.

We have controlled all the cities in the region, transporting 86,000 immigrants, the coastal oasis has been completely controlled, and nominally controls more than 1 million square kilometers of desert.

The resources of the Sinai Peninsula are too barren. We did not carry out development. We only transported 2,000 immigrants and nominally ruled over 60,000 square kilometers of the peninsula.

The islands in the European region are directly incorporated into the native rule and are not counted as colonies.

Farther overseas, the colonial strongholds were established spontaneously by the people, and have not yet been incorporated into government management.

As of now, except for the colonization of the Gulf of Guinea because of the mining of gold mines, the balance of payments has been achieved, and there is still a small surplus, all other regions are in a state of loss.

In general, in 1858, the total revenue of our colony was negative 985 million Aegis, and immigration expenditure and military expenditure for foreign troops still accounted for the bulk.

It is expected that in the next two to three years, the Congo region developed earlier will be able to achieve balance of payments.The rest of the colonialism will take some time, at least five years later, to reimburse the finances."

Franz nodded. Obviously, the Austrian colony still has deep potential to dig. Now the colonial government controls only a small part of it, and there is still a lot of land waiting for them to occupy.

Relying on colonial income to supplement the central government's finances, Franz is not so optimistic.As long as the colony can achieve breakeven, it will be profitable.

After hesitating, Franz said: "The population ratio of the colony is a big problem. The large number of indigenous people is not conducive to our long-term rule.

Then the focus of the colonial ministry can be on immigrants, as far as possible to send these natives to the countries of the Americas, to alleviate the hidden dangers of our rule.

If the progress is not smooth, then expel them, and you can take control of this degree yourself.

Anyway, I do n’t care what method you use. Within five years, the indigenous population will be reduced by three layers, and within ten years, we will have more immigrants than local indigenous people."

Under normal circumstances, this is a near-incomplete task.However, it is not difficult to do this in this era, after all, the morality of the colonists did not need to doubt at all.

Even if they do n’t know what to do, they can learn from their English and French counterparts, especially the British, who have the most experience in this area.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Colonial Minister Josip Yelacic replied in a deep voice

Knowing that this task is not easy to do, but the emperor has ordered it, Josip Jelacic will not refuse.After all, it ’s not easy to do, it does n’t mean that you ca n’t do it. If you do n’t try it, how do you know you ca n’t finish it?

What made Franz cry was that the enthusiasm of the nobles to invest in plantations suddenly rose after the economic crisis broke out.

Compared with unfamiliar industries and finances, people are still more willing to invest in industries they are familiar with. After all, the returns of plantations are relatively stable and the risks are not so great.

There are so many immigrants on the African continent now, not just by government organizations, many of them were recruited by these plantation owners.

The royal family is one of the leaders. As the earliest investment colony, tens of thousands of hectares of plantations have been developed.

Everyone is passionate about growing wheat, cotton, cocoa, and coffee, and they are all industries that can see returns in the short term.

In contrast, the existence of Franz, a key investment in rubber plantations, has become an alternative.Now the usefulness of rubber is not as wide as in later generations, and the investment cycle is long, which is naturally unpopular.

If the manpower is sufficient, Franz is also willing to grow cotton and coffee with faster income, but unfortunately it is really lacking.In a hurry, you can only plant rubber trees first.

At present, the Royal Plantation has recruited more than 30,000 workers, who are still paying a lot of money and have to use some local indigenous labor.

Recruiting high-quality labor from overseas is still ongoing.In this era, it takes half a year to go to Asia.

Franz is now very worried that if not restricted, plantation owners and miners will soon become obsessed with the use of cheap local labor, he does not want to see the revival of slavery in the colony.

It is only because everyone has no experience, these indigenous people have not been domesticated, and there are frequent incidents of violent wounds and escapes, so that farmers and planters have doubts about the large number of indigenous workers.

Gold mine owners have begun to use local labor on a large scale, and they have repressed the resistance with strong force in their hands.

Franz doesn't believe how high morality everyone is in the face of interests.Paying attention to eating a picture is nothing more than studying the royal plantation and using materials such as table salt and cloth to hire people from the chiefs of the indigenous tribes.

He was cruel and sent people to catch slaves directly.The continent is so chaotic that there are more places that the colonial government cannot control.Gold mine owners work part-time as slave owners, and then part-time slave traders abound.

In the short term, this is indeed a good thing, reducing production costs and obtaining more benefits.

From a long-term perspective, the massive use of slave labor will seize the jobs of immigrants, which not only seriously hinders the economic development of the colony, but also increases social conflicts.

Another reason that cannot be said is that Franz wants to pit the biggest competitors and weaken their development potential.

Historically, nearly half of the immigrants to the United States during this period came from Germany, Italy, and Southern Europe. Now, this part of immigrants has been diverted by Franz.

The shortage of labor in the United States is more serious than in history.In this context, the industrial owners in the north and the plantation owners in the south are in greater conflict.

Franz, who was helpful, naturally wanted to help them.If the white immigrants are not enough, the black immigrants are used to make up; if the quality is poor, the quantity is used to make up.

If you think about it, half of the population who immigrates to the United States every year is black, so the future will be very interesting.What does it cost to pay for this?