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Watching the French's ups and downs in diplomatic activities, Franz just smiled.Obviously, this sudden action by Napoleon III was not fully prepared in advance.

Otherwise, as early as a few years ago, you should prepare the chips in advance, this time has come out to exchange interests.

In international politics, there are no problems that cannot be solved by interests. If there are, then the interests given must not be large enough.

This time, the French's benefits are really inconspicuous. For example: Promising Austria to annex the Ottoman Empire makes it difficult for Franz.

It is not that this piece of meat is not tempting, the key is that it is eaten and not easy to digest.There are more than 10 million people in the Ottoman Empire anyway. Is it so easy to solve?

Even if they could expel them to Central Asia and the political impact of the demise of the Ottoman Empire, it would push Austria again into the limelight.

Even the German Federal Empire in close proximity, Franz can let go, let alone the Ottoman Empire.

It was difficult for the French to resist the thunder, and now they jumped out to share the pressure for them. How could Franz do this kind of loss-making business?

As long as the flag of the Great French Empire flutters on the European continent, Austria can develop with confidence, without worrying about becoming the target.

Unless the French can really assimilate Italy, this empire is a threat.No matter how you buy up people's hearts, there are too many Italians, more people than any other ethnic group in France.

There is also a long cultural heritage, which is not that bad as the French.With the exception of Greece, no European country can compare history with the Italians.

As the birthplace of the Renaissance and the enlightenment of modern thought, the Italians still have their own pride, which is not so easy to destroy.

Colonial Minister Stephen analyzed: "Your Majesty, the French are contracting overseas, and our pressure is likely to increase.

Especially in the US-Asia region, our local strength is weak, and it is very difficult to compete with the British. Next, we will also contract in these regions."

This is one of the disadvantages, without the French sharing the pressure, in the United States and Asia and the British, Austria has not enough confidence.

Asia is relatively better. The good neighbors of the Austrian colony are Dutch, and the threat is relatively small.Even if a conflict occurs, they can still threaten their European homeland.

The Americas region is different. The Alaska region is the most miserable and has absolutely no ability to resist risks.If the British are shameless, they can pretend to be pirates and seize here.

The Austrian and South American Tagonia is also very low-risk resistant, whether it is Argentina or Chile is a threat.

A few years ago, the two countries proposed to Austria to buy this colony. At that time, the government of Vienna reported a high price of 100 million Aegis, which scared them back.

Deterred by the strength of Austria, under normal circumstances, they dare not be arrogant.In case John Bull Ginseng comes in, the situation may change.

The Central American colony looks strong and strong, but it also faces the biggest challenge. The United States of America has been eyeing this place and has repeatedly made tentative purchase requests to Austria.

This group of planters is interested in land beyond imagination. Most of the land in the United States was planted during the Democratic Party, and the main force is plantation owners.

Now it is not that they have settled down, mainly because of the great losses in the American Civil War, and the European countries are opposed to their expansion.

The Austrian Central American region is not a wild land. After the original immigration and the original residents, the number of white people there now exceeds one million.

Coupled with Indians and a large number of mixed-race children, the total local population is more than 3.5 million, and it is not weaker than a country in Central and South America.

But it is also limited to this. Central and South America is very unlikely to develop, and without Austria's backing, it will not be able to reach this step.

Want to go further, unless annexing Colombia in South America, or Mexico in North America.This is not so easy to do, whether it is the United States of America or the United States of America.

Unless Austria focuses its strategy on the Americas and invests in the country, it is almost impossible.

In fact, the Austrian Central American region has not expanded in recent years.Even for the Panama area, it is mainly infiltrated.

Franz smiled slightly and said very calmly: "It doesn't matter, the colonies are not as many as possible. Today, the areas that can be colonized are almost divided, and it is time to stop our expansion.

It ’s not just us. In fact, the British have reached the limit of expansion, but they have not yet noticed it.

Now all the good places have been divided, and the rest of the area is either hard bones or bad places that are tasteless and abandoned.

Next, the colonial department will be built. As long as the African continent is localized, we will be able to meet any challenge."

With enough advantages, Franz naturally sat down.Even the ongoing war in South Africa, he did not mean to question.

Strength is emboldened. The original Boers in time and space can make the British exhausted.Now Austria ’s power on the African continent is equivalent to one hundred and eighty Boer republics. There is nothing to worry about.

The nobles who can stand on the African continent are not wine bags, the real waste has long since died halfway, and any one of them is killed in the war.

Even Franz suspected that their military qualities surpassed that of the regular army, at least the regular army also had moral integrity, and these people could do anything to win.

Human nature and the bottom line do not exist. The colonists are equal to the hands of the men. This is not a joke.If the crime is traced, one of the colonists in the world can be counted as one, and they can all be pulled out to target.

Maybe there are occasional injustices, but they just have no time to commit crimes.

The crows in the world are generally black, and this is not the case in the major European colonial empires. Naturally, no one will open this cover.

Not to do anything with the Ottoman Empire now does not mean that you will never do it with the Ottoman Empire. The wishes of the successive kings of the Habsburg dynasty still have to be completed.

Moreover, Franz is also interested in regaining the political reputation of the Holy Land.

The olive branch thrown by the French, Franz still took it, and then there is no more.With the commitment of the Parisian government, Austria will have an advantage when the Middle East issues lie in the future.

As far as the British can be ignored, the establishment of the Great French Empire has divided the Mediterranean into two, and it is a matter of time before John Bull ’s power is pushed out of the Mediterranean.

What if it occupies Malta, the heart of the Mediterranean?

Surrounded by the sphere of influence of France and Austria, sandwiched between the two great powers, the British need to invest too much power to ensure their influence.

If one day someone turned their heads, this lonely overseas island could not be kept at all.The more resources invested, the greater the future losses.

The Royal Navy ’s world first does not mean that it is the world ’s first in every region. It is also normal for other countries to have regional maritime hegemony.

Austria was not tempted by the French, but it still contributed to the issue of containment of the British. France and Austria were very good at excluding the British in the Mediterranean.

This kind of conflict takes place almost every day in the world. For example: Austria was squeezed out of the Far East by Britain and France, and even the interests in Japan were not preserved.

Another example: the French were squeezed out of the Nanyang region by the three countries, leaving only a few isolated islands barely supporting them.

There is also the Australian region. Austria just reached out its tentacles and was blocked by the British.

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There are too many similar things.Here is an ally, and everyone has become an enemy again.

This era is an era of co-existence of cooperation and confrontation. As long as you do not tear away your face, you can become allies.

Allies that are truly identical in real interest only exist in theory.In reality, as long as the covenant can be fulfilled, it is a good ally.

Napoleon III did not feel any surprises about the Vienna government's approach. Everyone took their own interests as the starting point.

Austria ’s annexation of the German Federal Empire is completely different from their annexation of the Italian region. The former is based on the people, so there is no need to take risks.

The Vienna government chose to follow the steps, which is actually the best option.Coming in actively, and forcefully merging together, the consequences are completely different.

If possible, Napoleon III also wanted the Italians to actively join France. Obviously this was impossible.

Therefore, he can only take the oldest way. The first generation of monarchs used force to unify, and the second generation of monarchs adopted Huairou measures to buy people's hearts. This is the most effective method of rule during the feudal dynasty.

With the merits of governing the world, the throne will be stabilized.By the third generation, it had a solid foundation and established an orthodox position, as long as it did not die.

In order to pave the way for his son, Napoleon III also broke his heart.

The French contracted overseas, and the biggest victim was Massimiliano I.As the reforms proceed, Mexican rebels are emerging one after another.

If it were not for the French to contract the rebels, Massimiliano I would have been overthrown by the rebels.

You have to know that this contract is a misfortune for the French. In order to suppress the Mexican rebels, the French have paid at least 8,000 casualties in the past few years.

In return, most of the minerals and tariffs in Mexico fell under the control of the French, but unfortunately, because of the civil war, they still couldn't make ends meet.

Unconsciously, the Mexican government owed more than one billion francs of French debts, but also owed the British 8.6 million pounds, and more than 30 million pesos in Spain.

Notaryly speaking, the reform of Massimiliano I still has some positive significance for the country, which has hit the forces of conservatives and promoted the modernization process of Mexico.

The price paid was also very obvious. The emperor became a lonely man. Apart from a group of like-minded idealists, the original royalists soon turned into revolutionary parties.

Now the French are shrinking strategically overseas to focus their efforts on possible changes in continental Europe, which means that Mexico is about to lose its biggest backing.

Even if Napoleon III had a good face and did not give up on Mexico, the French army in Mexico alone could not deter Americans who were about to move.

No one liked the emperor who shouted to take back his homeland. Both the United States of America and the United States of America wanted to overthrow the rule of Massimiliano I.

In front of the French backing up, the Anglo-French Occidental principle on the Americas has maintained the principle of unanimity of the powers, and the Americans naturally dare not act rashly.

It is different now. The French cannot guarantee themselves. The crown prince established by Massimiliano I and the Habsburg dynasty collapsed again. The possibility of Austrian intervention is very small.

Such a good opportunity, if Americans do not know how to use it, they do not have the current family business.After the news of the French decision to shrink the strategy spread, the United States and the coalition began to act.

With external support, the Mexican rebels were active again.The endless uprisings broke out in Mexico, and the reign of Massimiliano I became precarious again.

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