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It was not just the British who were affected by the cotton crisis, but the French were also unhappy.As a large industrialized country, the French also have a huge demand for cotton.

The cotton textile industry is also an important part of the French economy. Napoleon III, who attaches importance to the development of the domestic economy, naturally cannot ignore this problem.

Seeing that the Austrians succeeded in promoting cotton cultivation in Africa, Napoleon III followed suit and even selected the place.

At the Palace of Versailles, Colonial Secretary Stern said embarrassedly, "Your Majesty, we have a colony in West Africa that lacks enough immigrants and it is very difficult to promote cotton cultivation."

Cotton is a labor-intensive industry, especially when harvesting, it requires a lot of manpower.

The population growth rate in France is slower than the speed of the snail's progress, and it is almost unchanged.If the immigration from the domestic organization develops the African continent, the local population will still grow negatively.

This is obviously impossible. The decline in population will lead to a shortage of labor, and it will inevitably lead to an increase in labor costs. Domestic capitalists must be intolerable.

Napoleon III asked: "If we introduce preferential policies to attract immigrants in Europe, can we solve this problem?"

"Your Majesty, most of the immigrants who leave from Europe each year are from the German region. Since Austria opened up African colonies, most of these immigrants have entered the Austrian colonies.

From 1854 to the present, in just seven years, Austrian Africa has attracted more than 1.4 million immigrants.

Relying on these immigrants, Austrian Africa has developed faster than any other part of the African continent.They are under the banner of rebuilding Germany's second home, it is difficult for us to compete with him."

Foreign Minister Auvergne directly broke the illusion of Napoleon III. From the beginning of the 19th century, the German region was the most important immigration place in Europe, accounting for half of European immigration.

It was followed by Ireland, Italy and Southern Europe.Needless to say, the Irish region has passed the peak period of immigration.

Southern Europe is the basic plate of Austria. Even if it is immigration, everyone is going to develop a better Austrian colony.

Because France invaded the Kingdom of Sardinia, it caused resistance from the Italian people, and few immigrants went to French Africa.

Napoleon III nodded. This is an undeniable fact.With insufficient population resources, it is naturally difficult to engage in overseas colonization.

This difficulty did not frighten Napoleon III, but inspired his ambition to annex Italy.The Napoleon family is from Italy and has a special feeling for Italy.

It is the dream of many people to return to Yijin, and Napoleon III is no exception.Going back as the French emperor is certainly outstanding.It would be more perfect if he became the king of Italy again.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Perisis, said: "Your Majesty, if you want to solve the shortage of labor in Africa, it is not impossible."

Napoleon III asked happily: "Oh, tell me, what are your good ideas?"

Pelicis suggested: "Your Majesty, as far as I know Austria started its colonies in Africa, the earliest immigrants were refugees from the Balkan peninsula.

Although there are no refugees now, we can still find a solution from the Balkan Peninsula to solve the problem of insufficient immigration."

The Balkan Peninsula colony is also considered to be the best developed in the French colony. After so many years of restoration, the French Balkan Peninsula population has reached 3.8 million.

It is just because the geographical position is close to Russia and Austria, and the military pressure is very large.

Russia and Austria secretly stabbed them, the local people often rioted, and the French ruled very hard.

Earlier, some people in the French government proposed to sell the French Balkan Peninsula, but only to keep the Dardanelles.

It is a pity that there is no buyer in the world. The British do not want to be neighbors on land and Russia and Austria. The Russians cannot afford it. Franz thinks that the French ask for too high a price and it is easy to cause the Russians to rebound.

After going around in a circle, he finally remained in the hands of the French.In order to defend this rich and shiny colony, the French government stationed 80,000 troops on the Balkan Peninsula.

The huge military expenditures offset the French government's gains from the Balkans.This delicious-looking land has actually turned into chicken ribs.

Napoleon III hesitated and said: "The Balkans have strong folk customs, and the Russians are importing Slavism. The locals may not want to go to the colony."

This is also a mistake of the French government's colonial strategy. It neither carried out the first major cleansing nor sent immigrants to the Balkan Peninsula for national integration.

If there is no external intervention, it is not a problem to rule the Balkans with the previous experience of France.

Unfortunately, neither Russia nor Austria's neighbors are fuel-efficient lamps, but the two countries are allies, and the French colonial government is sad.

Fortunately, everyone is an imperial country, and there is no national republican idea, otherwise the French will be more in trouble.

The most popular in the French Balkans is the Great Slavism.Originally Franz was also ready to play with the cultural output, and the cruel reality told him that there is really no market for Germanic culture here.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Pelissis said with confidence: "We can levy a head tax and introduce preferential immigration policies. All we need is cheap labor and no local intellectuals.

For the stability of the colony, we can first conduct a major cleansing to wipe out all the local diehards, and then slowly organize immigration.

Now is the best opportunity. Alexander II and the nobles in the country fought dimly, and there was no effort to interfere with us.

The Austrians also do not like big Slavism, we suppress these fallacies, the Vienna government will not intervene."

Their respective starting points are different. The land rights countries are different from the sea rights countries.At first, everyone ignored the Austrian colonial policy.

Up to now, just because a cotton is self-sufficient, the French who are also land-right countries have understood the Austrian approach.

Vigorously organize immigrants to open up colonies, although the cost is a little higher, but the control of the colonies has also been strengthened, and it can also provide raw materials and markets for domestic industrial production.

The French originally had direct control over the African colonies. If they wanted to digest North Africa, the Austrian approach opened up new ideas for them.

The literacy rate of the people in the Balkans is very low. If it were not for the Near East War, these people were serfs and there was no cultural tradition at all.

If it is the development of industry, these people are inferior labor, and if they develop primary agriculture, these people become high-quality labor.

Because of the cognitive relationship, hiring these people only needs to pay the salaries of the Balkan peninsula, less than half the salary level in France, and they can let them work their lives.

Because there is no cultural heritage, I do n’t even know that it is a Shenma nation. After entering the French colony, it will not take long for these people to become French.

Previously, the group of refugees organized by Austria was an example.In the African colony, it was only a few years before it was initially Germanic.

Even if there is a difference in words and deeds, but these people are self-proclaimed as Austrians, are they afraid that they will not be able to integrate?

Napoleon III made a decision: "Then give it a try and order the Governor-General in the Balkan Peninsula to carry out a major cleansing to wipe out all our enemies and potential enemies.

I remember when the Austrians annexed the Austrian Balkans, they transformed one-tenth of the local people into a coolie. Only then can we have the stability now."

Speaking of which, Napoleon III felt a little regretful.

The Kingdom of Sardinia has not eaten, otherwise, there will be more areas for immigrants.

However, the Italian region is different from the Balkan Peninsula, where there is a complete cultural heritage.The influence in the world is much greater, and it cannot be acted on.