Chapter 527: The Flying Flyer
Chapter 515: A Flying Scourge
After determining the safety of Massimiliano, in order not to be out of the ordinary, Franz’s first order of house arrest.
There is no way, he is really uneasy with his unreliable brother. There is a saying, if you don’t make a mistake, you won’t die.
Don’t think that it is really safe now, the people who want Massimiliano I’s life, hand in hand can circle around Mexico City a few times.
In the Austrian barracks is fine, are their own people, no one will want his life. If you go out to wander, shooting, throwing bombs, definitely will not be a minority.
Of course, not letting him interfere with the negotiations was also an important factor. It was also a favorable bargaining chip to negotiate with the Republican government, and could be used to fool around as much as he wanted.
Massimiliano I was the legitimate emperor of Mexico as long as he didn’t announce his abdication for one day, and the treaties signed with him had the same legal effect.
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Mexico City, inside the Austrian Embassy.
Minister Compton intimidated, “Your Excellency the President, this is already our bottom line. Now for every day of delay, your country will need to pay an additional 100,000 divine guilders in military expenses, and it will do you no good to continue dragging this out.”
President Juarez was very apprehensive in his heart, his face was still unmoved, and he stiffly kept himself calm.
“Your Excellency the Minister, your country’s appetite is too big, we have already compensated the victims for their losses. Now the most we can pay is another million S.H.I.E.L.D. military expenses, this is already the limit of what we can afford.”
Ceding land to cover the reparations, that was the most compelling option. After being annexed by the Americans in several northern states, Mexico’s emphasis on territory was instantly higher.
Juarez knows very well that the Austrians are blackmailing, the more intimidating it is, the more it can show that Austria is not prepared to destroy Mexico.
Strategically, Mexico is also an important force to hold the Americans, even if the United States is divided into two, the same should not be underestimated.
A stable Mexico, to be able to block the expansion of the Americans, which is in line with the interests of Austria.
Clearly, President Juarez overestimated Mexico’s role. Franz never thought that Mexico could accomplish the task of checking the Americans, and now the stability of North America, in addition to the United States of America and the allied countries of each other, but more or the result of the Great Powers suppression.
This is the lesson of history, the original time and space attempt to use Mexico to check and balance the United States of America guys, in the end were pitched to tears.
The gap between the two sides is completely in the quality, compared to the fertile land of the United States, the Union State, Mexico can be regarded as rotten land.
Of course, this is not much. Americans are blessed, and they are more fertile land, resources, climate conditions, more than 80 percent of the world’s land can only be considered rotten.
Although Mexico is mountainous, but mineral resources are still rich, agricultural resources are also good, if the development of good, a medium-sized country or not a big problem.
Unfortunately met the Americans, not only the population size gap is big, the population quality gap is bigger. Although this era, whether it is the United States, or the Union State, are mostly semi-literate, that is also stronger than the tribal civilization of Mexico.
This is not an exaggeration, Mexico has a significant portion of the population still living in the tribe, which is similar to the Austrian colonies in Central America.
However, Mexico is even worse, the Austrian colonies in Central America behind the Austrian support, rely on the sale of agricultural products, industrial raw materials, local economic development is not bad.
Now who will support Mexico? Can be said, as long as President Juarez led the box, the Mexican civil war is about to break out.
Than the original time and space is even more serious, the United States of America and the United States of America are incompatible with the water and fire, they are in Mexico, each supported by political forces, want to compromise behind the scenes of the gold masters do not agree.
This is not even considering what role Britain, France and Austria will play in it. Want a stable Mexico, the problem is that Mexico’s domestic political forces, there is no one climate.
Juarez, included, was not a competent leader. Prestige was only built on his insistence on anti-imperialism and the establishment of a republican government, which did not contribute much to the country in substance.
There were social reforms, but they all failed. Compared to Massimiliano I, his reforms were more moderate and he knew how to compromise with interest groups.
There were no convincing enough achievements, which is the root cause of political instability in Mexico. Many people oppose the Republican government, not because of ambition or interests, but simply because they do not have the ability to govern.
This judgment is not wrong, if there is the ability to govern, the original time and space Mexico would not have broken out in civil war.
To realize that after the overthrow of the rule of Massimiliano I, Mexico has not immediately broken out into a full-scale civil war, President Juarez led the republican government or adhere to a period of time.
If there is a mature ruling team, there is every chance to get through the crisis, rather than the chaos that lasted for hundreds of years.
Compton smiled faintly and said, ”It doesn’t matter, I believe in your country’s ability to endure. Even if you don’t agree, it doesn’t matter, we can do it and go ourselves.
Only then, everyone’s face will not look good, and the price your country needs to pay will be even greater.”
This wasn’t a threat, it was already in motion. It wasn’t the colonial government that was leading this attack, but the gang of upstart plantation owners and aspiring young men who wanted to be plantation owners.
Austro-Central America was not like the United States, the fertile land there was limited, and the number of plantations that could be opened up was no longer enough to satisfy everyone’s needs.
Expansion has become the only option, there are only two neighbors, either Colombia or Mexico. This is a choice of two questions, unfortunately Mexico has been selected.
Turn over the history books, you will find that Mexico is actually broad. When they first gained independence from Spain, they were still one of the largest countries in the world.
But that’s where the luck ended, first Central America became independent, then the United States bit off 2.3 million square kilometers, and the dream of empire came to an end.
Everyone knows it’s very difficult to get land at the negotiating table, and almost all expansion was accomplished by armies fighting their way down and creating established facts.
This time was no exception. Minister Compton was here to negotiate, and Governor Hummel was not idle. Only one division appeared outside of Mexico City, and the rest of the troops were engaged in a war of expansion in addition to protecting logistics.
The battle has only just been fought, Mexican communications are closed, the telegraph is not even universal, President Juarez naturally could not receive the news in advance.
Alarmed and angry President Juarez slammed the table now, stood up and scolded sternly: “You are aggression, this shameless ……”
Before the words fell, he suddenly collapsed. Compton minister face instantly gloomy down, involved in the negotiation of the crowd facial expression also wonderful up, nervous, surprise, gloating different.
Compton did not care about the death of President Juarez, the problem was that he could not die in the Austrian Embassy, otherwise it would be very unfavorable for the next negotiations.
“Guards, get Dr. Rael here, fast!”
Without any hesitation, Minister Compton immediately ordered resuscitation. The Vienna government was about face, if Juarez died here, who knows what segment would be made up outside.
These guys present, it would be good if they didn’t add more fuel to the fire, Compton didn’t think they would say a fair word.
Maybe some guy’s memoirs would record that President Juarez had been brutally murdered after arguing his case in negotiations with Austria.
A middle-aged man in a white coat soon entered the conference room and immediately resuscitated President Juarez.
Minister Compton restrained his emotions and said, “Mr. Kurd, President Juarez’s life is in crisis, there are not enough medical personnel in the embassy, you send someone here!”
Juarez was the leader of the Republican faction, if he hung up at this time, the Republican faction would be leaderless, and Kurd was no easier than Compton at all.
“No problem, I’ll arrange it immediately.”
As soon as Kurd’s words were finished, someone in the Mexican delegation jumped out and rebuked, “You poisoned President Juarez, and you still want to shirk your responsibility!”
Compton and Kurd simultaneously threw over murderous gazes, Juarez hadn’t even died yet, and he jumped out in such a hurry.
Although for this negotiation, this time when President Juarez died, it would be in Mexico’s best interest to hold the shit on the Austrians, and this was not something that Kurd could accept.
Ignoring the middle-aged man’s shouting, Kurd continued to go out and look for someone. The relationship is significant, the Mexican government wants President Juarez to die, definitely not only one or two, he is not assured fat someone else to do.
Minister Compton mockingly said, “Guards, take this madman down, if President Juarez has an accident, he is the biggest suspect.”
Poisoning the negotiator, dare to put this kind of hat on Austria’s head, Compton has already sentenced this eyeless guy to death in his heart.
Even if you want to create a rumor, you have to go out and pass before doing it secretly, shouting it out so loudly, do you think you are not dying fast enough?
This era of the powers can not be messed with, today is just not the right place, if you change the occasion to get killed a person, that is not at all.
Soon the bad news came, was the oil is exhausted President Juarez, has come to the end of life.
On January 21, 1872, President Juarez was violently irritated and died in the Austrian Embassy, half a year earlier than in the original time and space.
This may be understandable, after all, the situation he faced was much worse than in the original time. A few more years of civil war not to mention, but also by Austria hit the door.
After experiencing so many things, the body naturally can not stand it, this fall can not get up.
What is even more tragic is that, because of physical reasons, in order to have the energy to deal with political affairs, President Juarez rely on drugs to support themselves.
This autopsy results, let Compton Minister want to cry. The Mexican side of the doctor bites, this is poisoning death.
Britain and France sent medical personnel, also reached the same conclusion, but they still notarized a time, in the conclusion written: long-term use of drugs led to death.
Out of such a big thing, Compton Minister himself can not pocket, and immediately sent a message to the government of Vienna.
There is no way, Mexico does not have a direct telegraph to Austria, can only go to the Austrian Central America to pass the news. To be precise, it would be more appropriate to transit.
From the Americas to pass the message to Vienna, or need to transit a number of links, cable telegraph is so troublesome.
(End of chapter)