Chapter 376: The Ruthlessness of the Ravens

  Chapter 366 The Ruthlessness of the Ravens

Vienna Palace, after sending the letter to Massimiliano, Franz is not concerned about Mexico.

Recently there are a lot of things, the Russo-Prussian War pulled too much energy, John Bull is also not at peace, in the African continent to get things.

Seeing the great expansion of France and Austria, they could not hold back. Dragged down by the Indian Rebellion in previous years, the London government didn’t have the energy to run around making things happen.

Relying on a civilian colonization team alone, it was clear that they couldn’t compete with France and Austria. It was not unusual for a colonization team of a few hundred people to be completely wiped out on the African continent.

France and Austria, who had a head start, had cultivated their own fighters. Not long ago in Zimbabwe, Britain and Austria had an armed conflict, and then tens of thousands of blacks killed into the South African colony, stirring up the local sky and earth.

The London Government lodged a strong protest with Vienna. Fortunately, the colonial government knew its place and only manipulated the local indigenous tribes to fight against the British, without taking on the battlefield itself.

The British have no evidence that Austria did it, the two governments can only slowly pull the rug out from under them. As for the South African Colonial Corporation, which suffered heavy losses, it was not in Franz’s consideration.

African colonization is a high-risk business, if you can not afford the loss, it is best to leave early. In order to open up African colonies, almost every year Austria had to suffer four-figure casualties.

These people were killed in battle or died of disease in the process of opening up, if you can’t afford the casualties, then it is better to stay in the coastal area can be, deep inland is to pay the price.

Civilian colonization teams have had some outbreaks, and many more have suffered heavy losses, and it would be very difficult to break even.

To put it politely, in this era in the African continent colonization, unless the discovery of precious metal mines, the other are not likely to get rich overnight.

Most of the civil colonial team to open up colonies, found that there is no gold and silver mines, then dry up the labor export trade, the place cleaned up almost sold to the colonial government.

Long-term operation, it is not ordinary team can afford. When the live money was done, they changed places. Many people are looking forward to discovering gold mines and getting rich overnight.

Honestly opening up a plantation and slowly operating it for profit, this was only suitable for the rich and powerful teams to do.

Think about it, a team of a thousand colonists can occupy tens of thousands of square kilometers of land, what do they rely on to develop?

Coal mine, iron ore, copper mine …… these latter-day valuable minerals, this era is completely no mining value.

Not able to be refined in situ, transported back to Europe this cost are high to the sky.

To build these factories in the colonies, the development of these resources, the prospect of profit is not clear aside, just this huge investment also no one can stand.

Labor costs in the colonies were even higher than at home, and there was a shortage of labor everywhere. After immigrants came here, they usually worked hard for a few years, earned money and then went to invest in farms.

This is the custom of the German nation, and it is due to this tradition that all the farmers in the United States in later times have become Germans.

Until the problem of labor shortage was solved, colonial industry could not develop. Of course, Franz was not prepared to develop industry in the colonies either.

Anyway, the resources of these Austrian colonies basically had inherent limitations, for example: less iron ore where there was a lot of coal, and a lack of coal in areas with a lot of iron ore.

Until the transportation problem was solved, there was no future in developing industry in the colonies. Unless there is a serious capital surplus in Austria that necessitates foreign export, it is unlikely that these problems will be solved.

The most suitable economy for development in the short term was agriculture, which could be done by opening up plantations along the sides of the rivers, and the Vienna government had always encouraged people to grow cash crops.

Especially industrial raw materials that are not available in Austria and need to be imported. For example: rubber plantations, cotton, palm tung oil ……

(Note: Rubber is not just for car tires, it was widely used before the invention of the automobile, e.g.: umbrellas, raincoats, boots, plastic hoses, parts of weaponry ……)

The uses were so extensive that before the birth of synthetic rubber, there was basically no need to worry about marketing.)

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Intelligence head Tyrone reported, ”Your Majesty, according to the intelligence we have gathered, many of the members of the revolutionary organizations in exile in the United States have returned to Europe recently.

Including the Hungarian Independence Organization, the Italian Independence Organization, and the Polish Independence Organization, these revolutionary groups that have the potential to cause trouble for us.

At the moment, we have only traced the Polish Independence Organization, who have appeared almost openly, collecting funds to support the Polish Uprising Army on the European continent.”

Miles away in the United States, it was naturally impossible for intelligence organizations to get on the trail of these people; after all, information traveled too slowly.

Although the first transoceanic telegraph were laid in 1858, the real realization of connecting Europe and the United States will have to wait for the second undersea cable to be laid in 1866.

(For technical reasons, there was no guarantee that it would be open at all times, and there was a certain chance of error.)

Moreover, this telegraph line is still in the hands of the Americans, as long as the federal government wants to block the news, it simply can not be transmitted, and may even change the face.

However, the situation was different in Europe, as long as the governments did not intentionally block the news, they could use the telegraph to transmit.

Each of these active revolutionary organizations hated their lack of visibility, and their leaders were on the verge of becoming household names. Just showing their faces attracts the attention of those who are interested.

Franz said with disdain, ”The Americans are dogged, what can be done with these rabble-rousers. Just inform the police department of the news and let them take care of this bunch of stragglers.”

There were not many fighting revolutionary groups in this era, most of them were mouth-breathing parties, among which the French Revolutionary Party was the best, they had won victories by mouth-breathing.

The February Revolution in France was full of drama, everyone marched together shouting slogans and overthrew the Orleans dynasty in a haphazard manner, the Revolutionary Party was not at all prepared to take over power.

The fruits of the sudden victory knocked out many people, and the revolutionaries were caught up in a power struggle, creating an opportunity for Napoleon III to rise to power.

With so many revolutionary groups, it was the Poles who were the most combative. It wasn’t that they worked so hard, it was mainly that there were too many supporters.

European countries you sponsor a little, I sponsor a little, an armed team is born. Austria, for example, who was playing the sauce, contributed more than 800 armed men to the Polish uprising.

Of course, this was mainly the Vienna government’s attempt to remove unstable elements. To send out Poles who were inclined towards Polish independence organizations and to take them out by the hands of the Russians.

Didn’t want to personally trigger ethnic conflicts and destabilize the current domestic situation. In comparison, causing trouble for the Russians, that was only secondary.

Franz was not so petty that even if he had to stab the Russians in the back, it would take a different big knife to do it.

Except for the Poles, the other revolutionary groups basically did not have much armed forces.

The Italian National Salvation Army organized by Gabori, Franz had never even heard of, naturally did not know that they were going to carry out an armed explosion in the region of South Italy.

There was no way that an independent organization that had never bubbled to the surface could be ignored.

Even the Hungarian independence organization that has always been in a soy sauce state, because of its ability to brag, all entered Franz’s line of sight, which can only mean that this era can’t be done without bragging ah!

This oversight led directly to the tragedy of Naples. Otherwise, the government of Vienna to remind them a little, it is possible to be the first time to finish off the Salvation Army in Gabori.

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In the Duchy of Montenegro, the top brass of the Hungarian Independence Organization gathered to discuss countermeasures. The atmosphere was somewhat depressing, and it was clear that they had received no good news.

Stephen opened his mouth and said, “The situation is known to everyone, so if you have any suggestions, let’s talk?”

Bukias said with an angry look on his face, “What suggestions can there be? Now that Hungary is just a geographical term, we Magyars have become a minority, or a minority that is hostile to the locals.

Austrian ethnicity, for God’s sake! Who can tell me that there is such a people in the great Hungary?”

To be remotely controlled from a distance of ten thousand miles is quite different from feeling that in person. It’s not easy to deliver a message even once at such a distance.

The Hungarian Independence Organization was supposed to be a salty organization that cheated on funds, and those sent out on missions were told again and again that safety came first.

It wasn’t that they had deep comradeship, on the one hand, they were afraid of falling into the hands of the Vienna government and explaining everything; on the other hand, they were so few that they simply couldn’t afford to lose.

Most of the time, they put their stronghold in the Kingdom of Sardinia. Because of the Austro-Saxon relationship, even if their identities were exposed, the Sardinian government would notify them to run away at the first opportunity.

Anyway, it was all about posting small advertisements and publicizing revolutionary ideas. In the Sardinian Kingdom to fool the middle-aged teenagers to do it on the line, there is Ossa hatred in, and there is money stimulation, not afraid of not being able to find people.

This kind of thing, as long as you are careful the chances of being caught are very low. In the latter days, surveillance is all over the streets, and it can’t put an end to small advertisements, let alone in this era.

At this time a middle-aged man said with dissatisfaction, “Mr. Bukias, regarding the issue of the Austrian race, I have already reported to the organization earlier.”

It was true that it had been reported, but they didn’t take it seriously. In the opinion of many people, this was just the Vienna government deceiving itself and others.

This is true under normal circumstances, but unfortunately they ignored the existence of compulsory education. Adults are not good at fooling themselves, children are not.

Closed education from an early age, and after a few years they have in their outlook on life that they are ethnic Austrians, South Austrians, a branch of the German nation.

The older generation does not even have a concept of what ethnicity they are, coupled with the government of Vienna has given the division of land, their identification with Austria is at its highest, when the Austrians did not think there is any problem.

Against this background, the Magyar nation acted as a role of hate.

Because someone in the family participated in the Hungarian independence movement, was deprived of the title, fiefdom, industry, and became ordinary people; itself is the original ruler of the local people enslaved, naturally ostracized.

More than ten years have passed, the former glory and arrogance has long gone, but as a family member of the rebel party, close surveillance is still indispensable.

Those who have connections have switched ethnicity and moved away from the area, anyway, they are not really Magyars, they only joined for the sake of profit, and now there is no pressure to change their identity.

Then, in the era of rapid population growth in Austria, the number of Magyars is in sharp decline, less than one-third of the peak.

Even if the numbers were small, they were broken up and resettled. There were only one or two families in a village, so if they dared to get into trouble, weren’t they afraid of being suppressed by their neighbors?

This was very bad for the Hungarian independence organizations. Originally these losers in the power struggle would have been the most likely to become one of them. Unfortunately, in the present situation, these people can’t make waves at all.

It won’t even be many years before this nation will only be seen in the history books.

An old man interrupted, “Well, there is no need to dwell on this issue. There may be quite a few people within Austria who are dissatisfied with the Vienna government, but those who are willing to join us in launching an uprising are absolutely few and far between.

Those who are willing to see Hungary become independent, we don’t need to think about it to know that apart from the Magyars, it is estimated that only a portion of the Italians are left.

I propose to abandon our operations in the Hungarian region and transfer the revolutionary position to the Italian region; the Americans only need to see the results, they don’t care whether an uprising breaks out in the Hungarian region or in the Italian region.”

Stephen objected, “Mr. Mariut, do you think we are capable of starting an uprising in the Italian region?

We all may have some connections in the country, but these people are your friends and family, and I know you don’t want to involve them in this.

But the action must go on, even if it is just for show. For so many years, we can take a lot of money from the Americans, if there is not a little movement, it is definitely not justifiable.”

Mariut shook his head and said, “Since Austria has annexed the Serbian region, Hungary has turned into a hinterland, and I have no way to start an uprising there.

But it’s different in their border area, these years the organization has more or less rooted itself in the Sardinian Kingdom, it can use the Austrian-Serbian conflict to make a move.

For example: fooling a group of Sardinians to storm the Lombardy Kingdom, or perhaps going to a tavern to find a group of drunks to cause havoc.

Just toss up the commotion, take a few pictures, and I can tell the Americans that it’s stirring up a Franco-Austrian conflict.

We can also play a bitter trick and get hurt on purpose to prove that we have lost so much that we can’t continue the uprising.

In any case, I’m too old for this. After this incident, I will retire and not ask about the organization’s affairs any more.”

Bragging they were professionals, and faking that was also masterful. Mariut was not prepared to provoke a Franco-Austrian conflict, and if he really did, the United States would not be able to return.

Now the federal government, can not shelter their bottom. France and Austria a pressure, the chances of selling them that is nine layers of nine.

Stephen sternly reprimanded, “Mr. Mariut, don’t forget the oath that was once taken, before Hungary’s independence, no one will be able to withdraw from the organization.”

Want to get out, don’t dream. Stephen had made a decision a long time ago, either we all land safely together and enjoy the rest of our lives in peace; or we all end up together, he would not be a scapegoat.

As the boss of the Hungarian Independence Organization, Stephen could not afford to retire. Except for the middle-aged teenagers who joined later, the top brass were all thinking about the way back.

If Magyar had been a large nation, they might have been able to hold on. It was a great pity that even during the Hungarian Republic, their peak population was only six hundred thousand.

The rest of the Hungarians were actively excluded by them. If they hadn’t been wiped out like in history, they could have slowly absorbed the underclass into the growing Magyar nation.

Now it was no longer possible, those who participated in, and supported Hungarian independence were simply finished, and sympathizers were excluded from the center of power.

After the split of the Kingdom of Hungary, the government of Vienna are directly sent civil servants to manage, strict implementation of the policy of national integration, simply do not give the local aristocracy the opportunity to intervene.

Even if they were to rise again, they were not allowed to be local officials. It is simply impossible to do the secret thing again.

Mariut slapped the table and went into mouth mode: ”Stephen, cut the crap, where is there any Hungary now?

Hungary’s independence, you take it and fool the fools! If others don’t know what’s going on, don’t we know what’s going on?

From beginning to end, it’s all about fighting for power with the Vienna government. Originally, we agreed to talk slowly, so as not to irritate Vienna and make the situation unmanageable.

As a result, when we saw that Austria was weakened, that guy Kossuth bragged about the benefits of independence to everyone, and everyone was blinded by the benefits, and ran off to the revolution with their heads spinning.

In the end, they did become independent, and a republic was established. But not waiting for the revival of Hungary, the Austrian army killed over.

You’ve made a lot of money in the United States over the years, so it’s time to stop! If you keep on tossing and turning, sooner or later the day will come when you will wear out, and then do you think the Americans will let you go?”

Angry Stephen almost rushed up and punched this old man. Doesn’t he want to stop? The problem was that the Americans wouldn’t agree!

Take the money does not do, where in the world this good thing? Although these years did not make a big noise, public opinion propaganda work they have not given up.

How much role to put aside, at least a little bit of hard work. To the Americans brought political gains, can prove the superiority of the U.S. system.

If it were not for the Hungarian Independence Organization, what right would those sitting here have to live a prosperous life in the United States? You know, when they first went over there in exile, they were all poor.

Everyone’s first pot of money was a federal government grant, and everyone relied on it to get them through the first hurdle before they started on the road to mouth-breathing parenthood.

Speaking around, fooling around to raise money, which was not invested in the cause of Hungarian independence, but became everyone’s private property, investing in home ownership in the United States.

At this time, they realized the danger and wanted to quit, everyone else could quit, but Stephen, the leader of the Hungarian Independence Organization, had no way to quit.

He had been packaged as a revolutionary, and one step back was an abyss. Otherwise, Stephen would have wanted to dissolve the Hungarian Independence Organization and live the rotten life of a rich man.

Stephen sneered and asked, “Mr. Mariut, I know you have a mountain in your chest, so tell me how to retreat now?”

“That depends on whether you are tough enough!”

As soon as Mariut’s words fell, the temperature in the room seemed to reach ten degrees below zero, and everyone’s faces turned pale.

Being ruthless was definitely not letting the people present die, or else Mariut wouldn’t have made a big deal out of it. Then the only ones who would be sacrificed would be the members of the organization at the bottom.

Under what circumstances would “a revolutionary” give up?

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(End of chapter)