War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

In fact, the countries affected by potato late blight are not limited to Ireland. The worst of them are the Netherlands and Belgium. The Flemish region of the Netherlands has lost its potato harvest, and potato production in other regions has also dropped by an average of 85%.

As for Belgium’s potatoes, they are only slightly better than the absolute harvest, with a drop of about 90%.

However, in terms of the number of losses, it is France and Spain. The latter was not harmed originally. After a heavy rain in autumn, potato late blight began to break out across the country on a large scale.

Coupled with the local instability caused by floods and cholera, the number of immigrants increased greatly. However, these people did not bring great development to the colonies of the two countries. Instead, they gave the Americans an advantage.

In fact, most of Spain's colonies were in a state of limbo. Cuba and Puerto Rico were each famous for their sugar and coffee production.

However, such a country with a single export structure is greatly affected by the international market, especially when trade protection policies prevail. The Spaniards cannot provide a large market at all, so overproduction seems meaningless.

The Viceroyalty of the Philippines has inherited the glorious tradition of Spain. Whether it is taxation or agricultural products, he will lose if he can return to Spain.

Not only will they not give back to the mother country, they will even continue to ask for money from the mother country. For example, the Governor of Manila was planning a famous war at this time, targeting a small island (Hele Island) with only 30,000 people.

Opposite a small island with perhaps no more than 300 garrison troops, the Governor of Manila claimed that he wanted to go to war with the Qing Dynasty, so he had been preparing for ten years.

As for the French colonies, they were not much better.

There were constant wars in El Salvador and Guatemala. The pig herds were dead, as were the sheep herders, horse herders, and cattle herders. In short, it seemed that anyone could pull together a team for any reason.

The pigherder refers to Carrera, a fierce man who conquered the world with a butcher's knife, but he was also a tyrant. Guatemalans who opposed him or had objections to him had only one result, which was death. At the same time, an overly fanatical The believers were close friends with Pius IX.

In this life, the French intervened in the Central American civil war and were eventually killed in prison by former Central American President Morazán.

But he still left some legacies, which was to break the myth of white invincibility and the ubiquity of rebels.

The situation in El Salvador is worse than in Guatemala, because the terrain is more complex, the rainforest mountains are full of dangers, and Morazan's army is obviously much better than those farmers and tribal armed forces.

The most terrifying thing is that Morazan seems to have a steady stream of reinforcements and inexhaustible resources.

Marshal Magnon de Rochefort, the commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force, defeated the former countless times, but the opponent could always quickly recover his strength, and his equipment was getting better and better, and even many of the latest weapons and equipment appeared.

Although the inscriptions on the equipment have been wiped off, it is not difficult to tell that the manufacturing process and style are British or Austrian goods.

In fact, there is nothing we can do about it. El Salvador borders Honduras (a British colony) and Nicaragua (an Austrian colony). Morazan said that if he cannot get Guatemala back, he will rob Honduras. Sri Lanka and Nicaragua.

As for why the great powers don't unite to eliminate this clown? Because the great powers all have their own agendas, the British and Austrians enjoyed watching Morazan bleed the French.

As for military rations and weapons, they are not worth much, and there is a lot of real money in El Salvador. The British may still have nostalgia for the indigenous people because they can serve as cheap labor.

And Franz wished that someone could make those indigenous people leave voluntarily. If Morazan didn't want them, he would send them to California.

However, due to the opening up of Japan's labor market at this time, these indigenous people seemed too useless, and they were simply given to Morazan as protection money.

So Marshal Magnon de Rochefort faced not only peasant uprisings, tribal armed forces and Morazan's guerrillas, but also two great powers standing behind them, maybe more than two, after all, they wanted bad luck for the French There are quite a few guys.

The French colonies in North Africa were also in a state of decay. Uprisings continued in Algeria and Morocco. The regular armies of the two countries were not worth mentioning in the eyes of the French, but the herdsmen, farmers and slaves were extremely difficult to deal with.

The attitude of successive governors-general towards the native peoples of North Africa can be summed up in the words of a French minister.

"The further oppression and massacre of the indigenous population, the ravaging, arson and destruction of fields and pastures, should be allowed as perhaps the only way to establish our rule."

It was precisely because of this approach that the two feudal kingdoms burst out with unprecedented fighting spirit. However, due to the gap in national strength, their failure is only a matter of time.

The French version of the Homestead Law and the conscious reduction policy are also constantly eroding the courage and strength of the local people.

But it was not wise to set foot on a hostile land at this time, and much of the land that was supposed to attract immigrants had fallen into the pockets of officials.

If you want to work as a farmhand in another place, you have to bear the risks and even have to pay for the travel expenses yourself. This is naturally difficult to attract the French.

Texas, the model colony that politicians affectionately called "New France" in the past, was also in dire straits.

As a direct result of Guizot's tax policies and the efficiency of his officials, taxes nearly tripled.

Many large farmers even deliberately split their land into several parcels to avoid accumulating taxes.

The cumulative tax system makes large farmers miserable. Logically speaking, this tax system should take care of the poor and small farmers.

But in fact, the latter are also miserable because the types of taxes have increased significantly, and some taxes are collected in fixed amounts or even on a per capita basis.

At the same time, due to the midfielder interception of the US-Mexico war, a large amount of undeveloped land was obtained, which was originally a huge advantage.

However, reality dealt a heavy blow to the French. These new territories greatly increased the length of the colonial border.

And because the French were too strong, Austria, the United States, and Mexico all deployed heavy troops on the borders, and at the same time sent their own troops to infiltrate.

In order to cope with this situation, the former had to increase military expenditures, which once again increased the burden on the colonies. Instead of increasing, their domestic tax contributions were declining.

The most frightening thing is that no one cares about the newly acquired land because the cost of development is too high and it is not safe. After all, the four countries are at the junction, and the French are just caught in the middle.

In theory, France can join forces with any country to attack the other, but the reality is that the three countries do not trust France.

The United States and Mexico are even directly separated by the Texas Colony. Since they are no longer bordering, there will be no direct war on land.

At the same time, Mexico and Austria were allies. The Americans suffered a big loss in California, and they were intercepted by the French, which led to the emergence of the first anti-French alliance on the North American continent.