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"Mr. Metternich, the "Turkish-British Commercial Treaty" is a devastating blow to Egypt's economy. It can even be said that as long as this treaty takes effect, Egypt will never recover. If we continue to attack the Egyptian government, it is very likely that it will lead to uprising.

If someone replaces Ali, and this person falls to Britain, then the British's power in the Near East will become unprecedentedly strong, and it will pose a huge threat to the development of our country. They can expel the French under the banner of helping the Ottomans, and they can also expel us. "

Metternich appreciated Franz's words very much, and he felt that the Grand Duke would be his best student.

"But the Egyptians are allies of the French, and to weaken them is to weaken France," Metternich said.

"This statement is only half correct. Egypt is indeed an ally of the French, but weakening it will only allow the French to stop losses in time. Once France abandons Egypt, it can invest more energy and troops to Africa and America, or even go to Asia to compete for Vietnam."

At this time, most of the western part of North Africa has fallen into the hands of France. In West Africa, only Togo, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia have not fallen into the hands of France.

Among them, Liberia was a colony of the United States, Togo and Guinea were occupied by the Portuguese, behind Sierra Leone and Ghana were the British, and only Côte d'Ivoire was still a land of no man.

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Even in Côte d'Ivoire, there were trade wars established by France, Spain, Britain, Portugal, and the Netherlands. However, since Côte d'Ivoire abolished the slave trade in 1814, these trade wars were basically empty.

You must know that in areas where the general slave trade is prevalent, there must be very warlike ethnic groups there, such as the Dahomey Kingdom in Benin.

Although the Kingdom of Dahomey in history was not as powerful as in the movies, it was indeed a country where all the people were martial.

The same is true in the Côte d'Ivoire region, where there are three very powerful tribes who have been engaged in **** and brutal battles for a long time. However, due to the decline of the slave trade, the strength of these originally powerful tribes has declined rapidly.

Côte d'Ivoire is rich in agricultural and mineral resources, and its cocoa production ranks first in the world in later generations. There are abundant gold, oil, iron, bauxite, nickel, manganese and other resources buried underground.

However, at this time, it is still covered by grasslands and rainforests. To develop it requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and the initial investment is a large amount.

Franz once sent several waves of people to negotiate with the local chiefs, but they all failed. The reason is very simple, because Austria has no big gun ships, and they are not afraid.

Instead, in front of Franz's emissary, several white adventurers were executed to demonstrate their strength.

The people sent by Franz did not offend the chiefs. On the contrary, they brought generous gifts, as well as the muskets and bullets they needed most, as well as trade contracts.

In fact, those chiefs also want to trade with Austria, no matter what, but because Austria does not have enough sea power, it is difficult to gain their trust.

Most of the white adventurers executed by the chiefs were actually liars. Many white liars pretended to be European businessmen trying to empty their hands, or exchanged those cheap western industrial products for huge profits.

As everyone knows, the slave trade has been going on in this land for hundreds of years, and those chiefs have long been familiar with the routines of Westerners.

To put it bluntly, if you don't have the strength, Uncle Hei won't play with you. I believe that in the near future, after the refitting of the first batch of warships of the Austrian Navy is completed, those chiefs will be very happy to trade with Austria.

As for those half-dead Western trading posts, Franz was going to spend money to eliminate disasters. After all, the Austrian navy at this time can only be regarded as a deterrent force at best, not the kind of ruling power like the British navy.

In fact, in addition to purchasing this road, there is also crowding out by supporting local aborigines. On the one hand, this method is slow to work, and on the other hand, it is easy to arouse the anger of Western countries.

Sierra Leone and Ghana are in the hands of the British, and it is basically impossible for Austria to take them away.

As for Liberia, although it has basically distanced itself from the United States, the price of conquering this land will be relatively high.

You must know that Liberia is super brave, and even dared to seize the ships of the British and French. Although they were beaten by British and French warships in the end, no big power dared not pay taxes in Liberia since then.

There are still many African lands that can be colonized in this era, and it is a good time for enclosure and racing. Franz does not want to have too much blood on a colony.

Togo and Guinea in the hands of the Portuguese can be considered. Although they were backed by the British, these two colonies have always been in a semi-abandoned state, and the Germans have historically acquired them at a very small price.

At this time, Portugal is still continuing the slave trade. As long as the slave trade in these two pieces of land can be stopped, the Portuguese can easily sell these two colonies.

Moreover, the Portuguese's willingness to defend the territory is not strong, and Austria can send people to infiltrate it unscrupulously.

Returning to the book, Metternich didn't care about Franz's words. He felt that as long as the French didn't stare at Italy, everything would be fine.

"Isn't that better? While Britain and France are competing for colonies around the world, our Austrian Empire can better integrate the power of Italy. A complete Italy can definitely bring the Habsburg family back to its peak."

Franz can only complain in his heart, when you finish integrating Italy, the world will be almost divided.

Moreover, the potential of Italy is not too great, the north and the center are still passable, and the south is a large piece of bad land. In addition, the northern and central areas belonged to the Habsburg family, but historically they did not keep them.

"The current development of the family in Italy has reached its limit. The Kingdom of Sardinia exists as a buffer state between Austria and France. This is what you set in the Vienna Agreement. Although the Pope in the south relies on us, it wants to integrate There is a huge political price to be paid for its land."

At this time, Austria's rapid development has covered up many contradictions~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Austria's rule in Italy is far less firm than imagined. Now is not a good time to continue to expand in Italy. Instead, the original land should be consolidated first.

The Papal State, the Kingdom of Sardinia, and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies will show their flaws sooner or later, and that is the real opportunity for Austria.

The strength of Austria inadvertently fueled Metternich's ambitions, especially after the establishment of the Apennine Customs Union, Britain and France had almost no response, which made him feel that the time to unify Italy had come.

Metternich's diplomacy was indeed very clever, and he easily got Gregory XVI to sign a customs union agreement.

Both Sardinia and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were isolated. They either watched their economies shrink day by day, or they joined the Apennine Customs Union and were gradually eroded by Austria.

It's just that with the increase in the flow of people in Italy and the deepening of trade with Austria, the national consciousness of Italian business owners is also awakening a little bit.