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The political struggle is cruel. The Ethiopian war was promoted by Benjamin ’s cabinet. If he dug himself, he would have to bury himself.

The British people are arrogant. They can tolerate losing to any European power, but they cannot accept the loss to the African indigenous people.

In order not to be grasped by the opposition parties, which triggered public opinion and criticized the military ’s false report, Benjamin ’s cabinet could only recognize it with a nose.

"Kick out the losses of the Indian Colonial Army from the casualties. In addition, do not disclose the total number of casualties first, and share the losses in the subsequent war.

Motivate all our forces, guide public opinion as much as possible, and suppress the influence to the minimum.If the situation cannot be controlled, a big news will be created to divert public attention."

No way, Benjamin was ousted from office in disregard of wanting to take office.

After hearing Benjamin ’s words, Army Secretary Fox: “Sorry, Prime Minister. I just got the wrong report just now, it was the last British-British war.

This is the battle report sent back from the front. After a month of hard work, our army annihilated 9568 enemy troops at the cost of 351 killed and 1126 injured.

However, Ethiopia is too big, and France and Austria are eyeing each other. In order to seize Ethiopia before France and Austria, the front-line troops request 80,000 troops from the country."

Looking at the landing army minister, he took out a new battle report, and everyone was already surprised.There are so many wonderful things in politics, how can we do it without making a few preparations?

For the third time, Fox has served as the Secretary of the Army. Even if the British-British War lost so badly, he could withdraw from the whole body, not to mention this small defeat?

If the cabinet is to be held accountable, it is estimated that Fox will sell the front-line officers; now the cabinet government is not ready to hold accountable. As a good leader, Fox will naturally help cover up.

Benjamin asked Fox to serve as the Secretary of the Army because of his ability to adapt.

The same battle report changed the situation all at once.

The level of asking for help was originally that the front line had lost the battle and could not afford it, and it instantly became a defense against the Fao to snatch the loot.

There is no doubt that this statement is more acceptable to the British people.In case the British army suffered heavy losses in the future battlefield, the excuses to deal with the blame of all parties were found.

Regardless of what kind of defeats are thrown, and the black pot is lost on France and Austria, the responsibility of the London government is largely lightened.

Even the opposition parties have nothing to say, the British Army is so little, the main force of the colony is the cannon fodder, and it is normal to fail to win the army.

Prime Minister Benjamin: "Just make it public! Order Ismail to teach me the hard ***, we can't let the boys' blood flow."

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Foreign Secretary Edward: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just received a message that may help us.

The French were restless again. They obtained the Panama Canal Development Right from the Colombian government. They are preparing for the Canal Company."

Smiling at each other, Prime Minister Benjamin made a decision: "Yes, the French forcefully seized the right to develop the canal from the Colombian government and openly trampled on the sovereignty of a country.

For world peace and stability, the government should inform the media as soon as possible to expose the shameless behavior of the French."

The pillows were brought to sleep, and the London government was worried about how to divert public attention. The French made big news.

It does not matter whether the French have legally obtained the right to develop the canal. The key is that the London government now requires the French to be illegal.

It doesn't matter if the reason is far-fetched, there is only controversy.After a few months of trouble, the people will forget this little defeat.

Anyway, Britain and France have been hostile for hundreds of years, and the civil war has never stopped.Everyone has become accustomed to spraying each other, and civil hostility will not affect the relations between the two countries.

Even if it is influential, Prime Minister Benjamin does not care. As long as it can divert public attention, some minor issues are not worth mentioning.

The problem of the Panama Canal, in the eyes of Prime Minister Benjamin, is completely a farce made by the French.

The Austrian is next door and has long regarded the Panama region as his own sphere of influence. How could the French get control of the canal.

Can't they be jointly developed?

The Panama Canal is different from the Suez Canal in that it has less strategic significance for France and Austria, and there is no indispensable argument.

The Americas have not yet developed, and even if the Panama Canal is opened, it will simply not be able to obtain huge profits in the short term.

Without sufficient benefits, how can we cooperate?

The opening of the Panama Canal Britain and Austria are not beneficiaries. In the principle of harming others, the London government does not want to see the Panama Canal open, and the Vienna government must be the same.

Now everyone can watch the excitement, and wait for the French canal to be dug up, and then everyone will jump out and make trouble, just pit them back once.

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At the Vienna Palace, Franz seemed to be nagging, sneezing a few today.

Apart from sneezing, there are no other symptoms.Franz did not see a doctor. He was fully distrustful of the medical level of this era. He could not take medicine or try not to take it.

Unlike later generations, almost all medicines now have side effects.Many medicines are not mature in their production technology, so they rush to the market.

Many people are actually not dying from illness, but are being killed.This is not because the doctor is not responsible, mainly because each person's physique is different, most people can resist the side effects of drugs, and some people do not resist it.

If you are rich and have dedicated doctors to serve you at any time, you can probably find problems and stop taking medicines that have side effects in time.

Ordinary people will not be able to do it. Even if a problem occurs, many people will continue to take drugs. It is simply not expected that the side effects of drugs will cause death and death. This is also the reason for the emergence of medical accidents.

These problems are difficult to solve, and you cannot manage them.In this era, there were too few types of medicines. If drugs with high side effects were banned, many diseases would become unavailable.

Not only is the problem of the composition of the drug itself, but also the reason for the underdevelopment of industrial technology.In the industrial production process, regardless of temperature, raw material quality, and dosage errors added, it may lead to increased side effects.

Problems that cannot be solved will naturally be put on hold first.It is better for patients to gamble than to wait for death, and there is no hope is the most terrible.

In order to establish a perfect medical and health system, Franz has worked hard for many years, but unfortunately it still only covers 70% of the population.

This is still just an ideal number. Only the middle class can go up for patients who can be effectively treated.

Ordinary people will look at minor illnesses at the most. Those who are a little more serious must rely on God to bless them.It is not because of insufficient medical resources, mainly because there is no money in the pocket.

The most important thing is to see a doctor, not necessarily reliable.For example, Franz often sees a doctor, but he rarely takes medicine, especially western medicine produced by chemical industry.

Many times, he would rather drink a bowl of Chinese medicine.In any case, Chinese medicine is still competitive in this era, although it is slower, but the side effects are small!

For the sake of his life, Franz raised a professional medical team, which has both Chinese and Western medicine.

The Western medicines used by the royal family are all specially produced. Some medicines have high technical requirements, or are directly produced by the laboratory to ensure maximum safety.

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Colonial Secretary Stephen Hui reported: "Your Majesty, the British decided to increase troops to the African continent by 80,000. It is now certain that the defeat of the British army, which was circulating some time ago, is true.

The size of the British Army is limited. They must increase their troops from the homeland and then part of the colonial army from India.

It will take at least a month for these troops to reach the African continent.We can snatch a piece of meat from Ethiopia before the British arrive, you see?"

Franz shook his head: "There is no need, we have already eroded a lot in the Ethiopia area, and then continue to grab the territory, the British will be anxious.

Moreover, the Ethiopian indigenous people are not so good to deal with.In order to add trouble to the British in the past few years, we have not helped them to improve their combat effectiveness.

Now it ’s time to test the results, just to see if our investment has been in vain, and to learn some lessons."

Compared to other parts of Africa, Ethiopia is indeed an improvement.Although the instructors who helped them train the army gave low ratings, it was only relative to the Austrian army.

If the British do not increase their troops, Franz is still very optimistic about the "warrior emperor", and they still have no problem in dealing with the Indian colonial army.

Now that the situation has changed, the London government seems to be serious.The core factor that determines victory or defeat is not how strong Ethiopia is, but the key depends on how important the British are.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Stephen replied

Foreign Minister Weissenberg: "Your Majesty, the Panama Canal Company established by the French, proposed to us commercial cooperation, and they hope to introduce 200,000 workers from Austria in three years to dig the canal.

The price they gave was good, each worker paid a transfer fee of 30 Aegis, and the transportation was their own responsibility."

This is agreed upon by everyone. French capitalists want to make money from the stock market, which requires the cooperation of the Austrian government. Naturally, they need to pay a benefit fee, otherwise the canal plan will not even have the opportunity to start.

The introduction of labor is just a guise.Nominally, this money is the salary of the laborers, but it actually fell into the pockets of the Vienna government.

Franz: "If you promise the French, the workers will be recruited from the natives of the Somali Peninsula, and the deficiencies will be supplemented by other regions. In the future, if the situation is similar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can directly agree.

The peak period of labor export has ended, and now there are not many indigenous people in Austrian Africa, and some of them are the thugs of the colonial government.

If it were not for the new occupation of the Somali Peninsula, Franz suspected that the Austrian continent would not necessarily be able to make up for 200,000 workers.