War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Duke Omar is not a genius. Although there are many military talents among his men, none of them are good at politics.

The political chaos in Algeria in the following decades is the best proof.

At this time, Duke Omar had a simple logic in his mind: "Exchange something for something, equal exchange."

The Austrian side could allow him to exchange precious metals and wine for supplies, as well as other things.

Duke Omar only hated his wife for not giving him several daughters, otherwise he would have immediately married her.

Fortunately, he still had a three-year-old son. Duke Omar immediately proposed to marry his son to Franz's sister, but as expected, Madame Sophie rejected him.

When Mrs. Sophie was furious, little Maria's eyes still revealed clear stupidity. Although she studied in a girls' school, she also came into contact with children of all colors in the world.

But as the only girl in the family, Maria was too well protected. She still felt that it was only natural for a princess to marry a prince, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

In short, Duke Aumer felt that the more property he had in his hands, the better. Since France originally belonged to the Orleans family, his behavior could not be called robbery, but at best a mover.

In addition to property and population, Duke Omar also plundered, no! The focus of transportation.

Compared with carrying property, transporting people is much simpler. After all, people can board the ship themselves and even carry dry food and fresh water.

At this time, many people in France even went to the extent of bankrupting their homes, selling their children, and killing their wives to preach in order to get a ticket to the New World.

But the emergence of Duke Omar completely changed this situation.

“Next door to New Orleans (Algeria), the Orleans dynasty is orthodox. Don’t ask for 998 or 888. Just say ‘Long live the Orleans dynasty!’ and we will give you a house! Give us land! Give us an Algerian maid!”

Under Franz's vigorous propaganda, every time Duke Aumer sent a fleet to plunder southern France, long queues would line up at the port waiting for the opportunity to immigrate.

Initially Franz did this to weaken France, but with the increase in French immigration the situation in Algeria was developing in the other direction.

In the past, the immigrants sent to Algeria by France were all vagrants and criminals. They were not willing to farm, but only wanted to plunder and experience the feeling of being superior to others.

Therefore, the situation in Algeria has not stabilized due to the increase in immigration, and even the total number of French immigrants has not increased much.

But the population that Omar plundered at this time was different. Most of them were craftsmen and farmers who could no longer live in France. As long as they had land, work, and food, they would be quite content and their tolerance for foreigners was also quite high. .

And these peaceful people can provide stable taxation, stable food and stable development, and Algeria's colonial army will have more fighting spirit.

Although these people did not directly participate in the war with the Algerians, their arrival would hasten the extermination of the Algerians.

As time goes by, it is not impossible for Duke Omar to create a New Orleans from Africa, so Franz does not want this situation to continue.

Cavaignac's head began to hurt when he thought about the chaos at home and the cost of fighting the Algerian colony.

The only way France could fight against the Algerian colonies was to move the Great Western Fleet to the Mediterranean to confront the Great Eastern Fleet.

Let’s not talk about whether the Great Western Fleet can defeat the Great Eastern Fleet. What if all this is a conspiracy by the Austrians? Or maybe other countries decide to help Duke Omar?

Losing the Great Western Fleet means that France has lost its only means of fighting against the Algerian colony. Then France becomes a lamb to be slaughtered and can only be bullied.

Theoretically speaking, the Great Western Fleet is not France's only means, but in this special period, France, which is very short of funds and space, wants to build another navy. It is simply a fantasy.

Cavaignac's eyes were always fixed on Franz, but the former was already sweating on his forehead. The latter understood that people like the former could not lose face, so Franz needed to give him a step down.

"Mr. Cavaignac, do you want to cancel this humanitarian agreement?"

Franz's tone was still calm, but Cavaignac let out a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"We are all God's people, and humanitarianism is still necessary. Of course we are willing to support it, but will the rebels do it?"

Franz understood that the other party was testing, but in order to reassure the other party and to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible, Franz said.

“As long as the treaty is in force, any violation of it amounts to a challenge to the authority of the Holy Alliance and the German Confederation.

The Duke of Omar is no exception."

The word Holy Alliance rang loudly in Cavaignac's mind, and he had forgotten that such an organization existed in the world.

Just facing Prussia and Austria, France has no power to fight back at this time. If the Russians send troops, it is not impossible for France to become the next Poland.

I really don’t know how those pro-British factions in the country came up with the idea of ​​brazenly launching this war. Do they really have no brains?

Cavaignac said angrily as he wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand.

"That's good, that's good."

Franz, uninterested in Cavaignac's inner drama, continued.

"The next article concerns the ownership of the Texas colony."

To be honest, Cavaignac was very conflicted at this time. On the one hand, he didn't want France to suffer losses, but on the other hand, he really couldn't think of a way to save Texas.

Cavaignac even felt that Fran raised this issue just to humiliate France, because at this time, the issue of the ownership of the Texas colony was obviously not something that France could decide.

However, Cavaignac obviously thought too much, and Franz was not so bored as to humiliate a powerful country.

It is true that France has no land to cede at this time, and seeking other colonies will only make the nerves of the great powers more tense.

It's great when you surprise the great powers, but it's not so comfortable when you're targeted by the great powers.

The Austrian Empire also did not intend to monopolize Texas, but instead established a shared colony as before.

The biggest advantage of establishing a shared colony is that it can launch the German Confederation, disperse the pressure from the great powers, further enhance Austria's influence within the Confederation, and enhance the cohesion of the Confederation.

The disadvantages are also obvious. It is difficult for shared colonies to survive for a long time. Competition for power and profit, and mutual shirk of responsibilities are bound to occur. Small frictions continue and corruption is more likely to breed.

In addition, it is difficult to establish a strong government due to multi-national condominium governance, which to a certain extent will encourage the rise of separatist forces.

Unless there is strong political skill, it is possible to end this chaos by establishing a healthy and reasonable system.