Chapter 330: Butterfly Effect

  Chapter 320 The Butterfly Effect

If the French reaction could only be considered moderate, the British were greatly stimulated.

On May 12, 1861, the British Parliament passed the Naval Act, and the controversial two-strong standard officially came out.

The Royal Navy began raining down dumplings, planning to build 18 new ironclads in the next three years, just over the combined total of French and Austrian ironclads.

In the face of the British demonstration, Franz as nothing to see. Do not look at the British, French and Austrian revenues seem to be about the same, but in fact Austria can use funds but far from being able to compare with the British.

The Royal Navy’s military expenses were not only borne by the London government, but also by the overseas colonial governments, which was not comparable to Austria.

Since we can’t compete financially, we might as well pretend we can’t see it. Anyway, we didn’t tear our faces off, and the Vienna government never said it wanted to surpass the British in the navy.

Silence is the best weapon, and for the London government, this is the best outcome. If you really want to start an arms race, the standard of the two powers will kill you.

Compared to the British and French reaction, the Spanish were disappointing. Isabel II would not have been an ambitious master, nor did she have the ability to reshape the glory of Spain.

In the face of the opening of the ironclad era, Isabel II decisively chose to concede. The Spanish government announced the shipbuilding program, so that the masses feel like chewing wax.

As a traditional naval power, their shipbuilding program is only six ships, not only lagging far behind Britain and France, even and Austria have pulled away from the distance.

The Spaniards couldn’t care less what the outside world thought, and they were forced to do so. With the collapse of the colonial system, this colonial empire has gone into decline.

Although the overseas colonialists, who were not willing to fail, opened up colonies on the African continent again. Because of their strength, their progress was still not fast enough.

If it was only these problems, it was not impossible to solve them. The most troublesome thing was still the political struggle at home, Isabel II’s rule was not stable, and rebellions came out one after another.

For example, in 1860, there was a rebellion in Sicily, which cost the Spanish government a great deal of money to suppress.

Thanks to Franz’s butterfly effect, the international peacekeeping coalition took over the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the famous Red Shirts were not organized, otherwise the result would not have been so wonderful.

Of course, the success of the Red Shirt Army led by Gabori in history is also inseparable from the support of the British.

Without the support of the shit stirrers, they couldn’t stir up the storm. The Spaniards are not stupid either, if not for the cover of the British, the Red Shirts would most likely be fed to the fish before they could land in Sicily.

Now the Kingdom of Sardinia are at the critical juncture of life and death, who still cares to liberate Sicily. It is estimated that just after the flag was erected, it was suppressed by the French.

Now that the French had already regarded the Kingdom of Sardinia as a possession, many countries acquiesced to the French action under the diplomatic offensive of the Paris government.

Outside of Turin, inside a manor house.

Gabori said with righteous indignation, “We can’t go on like this, the international allied forces can’t be counted on at all. It won’t be long before the Kingdom of Sardinia becomes a French colony!”

Cavour hurriedly persuaded, “Calm down, the situation is not that bad. We cannot embark on the path of forceful confrontation until it is absolutely necessary. No country will support us if we engage in forceful resistance now!”

As time passed, the patriots within the Kingdom of Sardinia became more and more unable to tolerate the usurpation of sovereignty.

The international coalition forces, apart from being a bully, controlled only a limited area, and the only British who prevented the French from expanding were too weak to play a decisive role.

Gabori sneered: “Cavour, you know to endure, endure, endure, do not forget that now half of the Kingdom of Sardinia are swallowed by the French!

The so-called international investigation mission is actually the British, French, Russian and Austrian in the lead. The Russians are beyond their reach, and even if they want to intervene, they need the Austrians to agree to do so.

How is our relationship with Austria, needless to say? Together with this assassination case, Franz that tyrant hated to kill us all. As long as the Paris government is willing to make an offer, it’s only a matter of time before they sell us.

The rest of the British made a show of it, and if they had sincerely wanted to intervene, it wouldn’t have been with only so little vigor.

Wake up, we can count on no one now, we can rely on only ourselves!”

Cavour’s face was very ugly, originally according to his analysis France and Austria were holding each other back, together with the support of the British, no one had the ability to annex the Kingdom of Sardinia.

He was also prepared to provoke the conflict between France and Austria and pay the price in exchange for French support for their annexation of Lombardy and Venetia. It turned out that an assassination destroyed all this.

The infuriated French had already killed, and the government of Vienna was just catching the murderer, not caring about the French expansion into the Italian regions.

In this situation, he could not exert all his power. The appetite of the French was too big to leave him room to maneuver.

Cavour asked rhetorically, “Why did all this happen? It wasn’t caused by your recklessness. When the assassination case broke out, you fools still regarded the assassin as a hero and organized activities to celebrate.

Didn’t you have any brains at all? Everyone was afraid of being involved in the assassination case, and we tried everything to clear our names, but you guys just took the blame.

It’s all your fault that the situation has deteriorated to this point. Now you want to add to the chaos, is it because you think that the French annexation of us is not enough of an excuse to give them another one.

Don’t try to be a hero in front of me, I know better than you how much power Sardinia has.

In the beginning, a partial division of Austria could beat us almost to extinction, do you think that the French can’t do it?”

Both are the three Italian masters, but the conflict between Cavour and Gabori has a long history, and each side represents a different political concept.

It had always been Cavour who had the upper hand, and it wasn’t until the armies of various countries took over the Kingdom of Sardinia that radical ideas gradually emerged, and it was at this time that Gabori stood out.

Only the radicals were suppressed a little bit, and many of their members were arrested by the International Investigation Mission. Basically, those who jumped happily were involved in the assassination case.

Trying to expel the French by force was actually a choice the radicals had no choice but to make, and if they continued to hold it up, they didn’t even have the power to make a go of it.

The investigation has been carried out to this point, and a number of participants and informants have been identified. However, these people are only the middle level of the charcoal-burning party, and the French and Austrians simply don’t believe that they are the masterminds behind the scenes.

There was no way that the top brass didn’t want to die, and no one was willing to stand up and fight the charges. There are people down there who are willing to be the hero to take the blame, but unfortunately not enough to qualify for this.

Reality is such a bullshit, obviously found the real culprit, but people do not believe. Or rather in front of the interests, selective disbelief.

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Kentucky, as the birthplace of President Lincoln, is still a slave owner. The total population has exceeded one million, of which the number of black slaves is more than a quarter, and the strength of the slave owners can be imagined.

But the power of the capitalists was also not to be underestimated, and after the Southern states declared their independence, Kentucky suffered an internal split.

Part of the population favored joining the Confederacy for independence, and part favored remaining in the Northern Union, and the difference in strength between the two sides was so small that it was difficult to overwhelm the other.

What affected the final outcome became a diplomatic game between the North and the South, and whoever was able to pull in more supporters, Kentucky would fall to whichever side.

Originally, historically, the Northern government succeeded in pulling Kentucky together. Now, however, the situation has changed, and the intervention of international forces has affected the positions of many.

It was a good thing that Kentucky was a landlocked state where the European powers did not have much influence. Otherwise, with the public relations of Britain, France, Austria, and Spain, they would have fallen on their sword long ago. Now the result is still becoming confusing.

In order to persuade Kentucky to support the federal government, Lincoln not only sent a representative, but also personally wrote to the big shots in Kentucky, promising a lot of benefits.

Of course, there is no need to delve into how he alone had time to write so many letters. It’s all customary, what leader doesn’t have a few secretaries, let alone a president? As long as his name was attached, it represented his position.

In contrast, the Southern government fared much worse. Activity was limited to the plantation owners, and seldom went out of its way to bring in the capitalists.

Had it not been for the intervention of Austria, they would have remained negligent.

Connell, the representative of the northern government, persuaded, “Sebat, what are you still hesitating for? It is clear that the Southern government has colluded with England, France, Austria, and Spain in an attempt to divide the great United States of America.”

As a capitalist, patriotism had nothing to do with Sebat. Whether the United States seceded or not was not as practical to him as the benefits.

Originally he had supported the Northern government at first, but the promises of the Southern government also moved him. After all, the capitalists in the federal government are powerful and have to face a lot of competitors, he has no advantage.

Although the southern government was the world of the plantation owners, the capitalists here were weak, the competitors were not strong, and they also had access to cheap industrial raw materials. The benefits he gained from joining the southern government seemed greater.

He would have made up his mind long ago if he had not considered the competition he would face from foreign industrial and commercial products because of the low tariff policy of the Southern Government.

Apparently, the intervention of European countries influenced his judgment, and from the very beginning Sebat believed that the southern government could be independent.

Not only him, but many Americans thought that the Northern government would compromise. In this era, Americans were not strong enough to say no to the united powers.

Sebat thought for a moment and said, “Mr. Connell, I am certainly in favor of the federal government.

But the plantation owners of Kentucky are so powerful that I fear they will act too aggressively if we take the risk of making a vote, so we might as well wait and see.”

It is natural to use the word procrastination when hesitating. It is a matter of self-interest, and if you make a wrong judgment, it will be too late to regret it.

It’s funny to say that the southern government actually uses the market to fool capitalists, but the reality is so comical.

How about the Northern government still fooling plantation owners? President Lincoln promised many times that slavery would not be abolished and that the government would protect everyone’s legal rights.

Whether or not that would ultimately be honored, one only has to think about the modesty of the politicians. Both sides are writing blank checks, it’s all about who draws the bigger pie that is more appealing.

(End of chapter)