Holy Roman Empire

In Vienna, after a long period of political games, on August 21, 1866, the African localization strategy was finally submitted to the New Holy Roman Empire Parliament for formal discussion, and the time to decide the destiny of the empire came.

If it is passed in the Imperial Parliament, Africa will become a century-old strategy of the Shinra Empire, and even the national center of gravity may be shifted.

Such a comedy that the emperor became a non-chief would be staged in the 19th century.

Franz is not abnormal, he has done enough.Once the African localization strategy is adopted, it will have too much impact on the future, both good and bad, and even this strategy may fail.

Under this circumstance, Franz will naturally not force the bill through. The Imperial Parliament is the most suitable for this kind of thing.Staying so long is for the colonial interest groups to perform magical powers to persuade the governments of the major states.

According to the provisions of the Shinra Constitution, this major national policy must be supported by 80% of the parliamentarians before this proposal can be passed.

There is no doubt that the third countries of Württemberg, Bavaria and Rumba must support it. As long as they want cotton from the African continent, they cannot stop the process of localization of Africa.

The resistance mainly comes from within Austria. The most likely impact on the localization of Africa is in Hungary and Romania. These are the two largest grain silos in Austria.

In the Parkron Manor, representatives from various parties that promoted the localization of African colonies gathered together for business countermeasures.In exchange for opposition support, Baron Fickney proposed:

"You, the biggest opposition now is the domestic peasants. This group is so large that the empire had to consider their opinions.

I propose to make a promise in the Imperial Parliament that Austrian Africa will give up its right to export grain to Europe in exchange for the support of the domestic peasant class."

Do not impact the local agriculture, this is the countermeasure that Baron Fickney thought hard.At present, the grain production in Austria and Africa is not high, basically it is also self-sufficient, and the annual export volume is less than 500,000 Aegis.

This is not a government restriction, but mainly determined by economic benefits.Growing cash crops is obviously more lucrative. Everyone knows how to choose when it comes to money.

"His Baron, there is currently a shortage of labor in Austria and Africa, and there are not many people who grow food. We can make this commitment.

However, with the increase of immigrants, the developed land is also increasing day by day. If you abandon the grain industry, the competition will be fierce in the future."

The objector was Earl Daniel, one of the few major food producers on the African continent.Don't look at the low profit of food, but the victory is guaranteed.

The prices of cash crops fluctuate greatly, and the profits are relatively large, but if they are not good, they will be slow-moving. On the contrary, the prices of grains are relatively stable.

Because the Polish region has become a battlefield, the Russians have lost one grain silo, and international grain prices have increased by eight percentage points in the past two years.

After the price increase, the profits of grain have already caught up with cash crops.Earl Daniel is expanding production capacity, naturally do not want to lose this big market in Europe.

Baron Fickney explained patiently: "This is a question of the future. The most important thing now is to change the status of the colony and let the localization of Africa pass.

The population of the country is growing rapidly. In order to develop the African continent, the Vienna government is also preparing to introduce a bill to stimulate population growth.

As the population continues to grow, so does the demand for food.If the local population doubles, the imperial government will let us deliver food without our promotion."

If fertilizers were not invented, Baron Fickney ’s predictions would become reality soon.At the current rate of population growth in the country, the population of the Empire will double in more than 30 years.

The immediate consequence is that Austria will change from a grain exporting country to a grain importing country, and all Europeans will be short of food except the Russians.

This bright prospect is the motivation that stimulates them to invest in farms and plantations.Perhaps they are not as profitable as industry, but they are a long-term business, and the life cycle of a factory is less than ten years.

In the German region, the land is always narrow and crowded. Under this background, everyone attaches great importance to land, and many people believe that land will not depreciate.

After the colony was opened up, this concept was impacted to a certain extent, but most people still believed that land was the most valuable industry.

This is why the farms and plantations in Austria belong to Africa, and the African colonies in other European countries are mostly wild.

It ’s not that governments of all countries do n’t work hard, the problem is that immigrants are unwilling to go to farm, why?

After hesitating for a while, Count Daniel nodded and expressed his acquiescence.It is not a big deal to reduce grain output and switch to cash crops, and this loss is not great.

For the localization of the African colonies, he was still willing to pay this price.In order to turn the life-long nobleman into a hereditary noble nobleman, he has invested too much. At this time, absolutely no trouble can be caused.

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On September 1, 1866, just as the imperial parliament was arguing, Austrian African representatives made a commitment in the imperial parliament: after the localization of the African colonies, they would not export grain to the European continent, impacting international grain prices.

The turning point appeared, and even the parliamentarians who were most opposed to the localization of Africa had no opinions at this time.

As long as domestic food prices can be protected from shocks, everything is easy to discuss.As for other industries, the African colonies have not yet qualified to impact Austria.

Under the strategy of Vienna's great immigration, Austrian Africa does not have so much cheap labor, the labor cost is higher than the local, the infrastructure has just started, and there is no industry at all.

In the future, don't worry about it.Being able to develop the African continent to the point of catching up with its native land, Franz estimated that he would laugh when dreaming.

It is no big deal that the European Emperor becomes a non-chief, and there is such a large foundation that is sufficient to support the empire's century-old hegemony, and it will not be considered by him in the future.

The world is changing so fast, who knows that humans will rush out of the solar system one day, or if luck is bad and civilization will die early?

The biggest obstacle no longer exists. On September 1, 1866, the resolution on the localization of the Austrian-African colony was unanimously passed by the Imperial Parliament.

The commitments of the delegations have also been written into the law and become one of the prerequisites for localization.

Since then, the legal obstacles to the localization of Austria's overseas colonies have been cleared. Of course, this is only the first step. The colonization of the colony still needs a long way to go.

It is impossible for any remote corner to have local qualifications.Specific restrictions, this requires the government to study carefully.

The decisions of the Imperial Parliament spread through newspapers, spreading from Vienna to Europe and the world.Franz, who was in a good mood, wrote an article "Forbearance for the country", which highly praised the practice of the Austrian African delegation.

This is his real idea. This is not Franz's remote control behind the scenes, but a decision they made themselves.

This concession may not cost a lot, but the effect is very obvious, which dispels the worries of the domestic peasant class.This group may not have a strong political say, but they have a large number.

There are still nearly 30 million agricultural populations in Austria. Only when this group is stable will the empire be stable.

Now that the problems have been solved, as long as food prices are not impacted, the majority of farmers will naturally not oppose the expansion of the empire.

The birth of "Forbearance for the Nation" was quickly sought after by people from all walks of life, swept the entire European continent, and became the propaganda slogan of many countries.

This is not how high Franz's article is, nor is it flattering.The main reason is political correctness, which helps to eliminate regional conflicts.

Of course, this is based on the premise proposed by Franz. If it is proposed by ordinary people, it is estimated that the spray will not splash.

This is the prerogative of the successful, as you can see by looking at the map of Austria. Now he is one of the greatest monarchs of our time.