Chapter 245： noble

Austria ’s colonial strategy has not just begun. The Vienna government had already funded expeditions to conduct exploration on the African continent a few years ago.

Leaving aside the inland areas, at least the basic situation in the coastal areas is still quite clear, and now it is necessary to get started and not to be blind.

Not only the African continent, the Austrian government has collected intelligence on many regions of the world, such information has been collected by its own people, but also bought from second-hand traffickers.

Expeditions were also a business in this era. Many folk expeditions sold the information they collected to the colonial government in exchange for high remuneration.

Selling once is selling, and selling twice is naturally selling. As long as the price is right, everything is negotiable. Risking your life to explore, naturally you have to get enough rewards.

To be on the safe side, Franz sent three infantry divisions this time. They just won the coastal area and did not go deeper inland. These troops were enough.

Guinea's area is not large, it will be eaten by Austria in a short time, and the Congo region is not necessarily. Congo in this era also includes later Congolese + Congolese cloth.

The area is not ordinary, it is several times the size of Austria's mainland, and it is obviously impossible to occupy it with such a small amount of people.

Like all colonial nations, it is a priority coastal region, and Africa's inland has not yet developed.

First send this group of refugees to talk about, with the immigrants you can build a port city, and then slowly develop these lands.

How to colonize these areas, let ’s talk about it first. Franz decided to give the bureaucrats the greatest autonomy, and rule as high as possible.

In the evening, in a pub in Trieste, a group of alcoholics was chatting, and occasionally someone whistleed at several flowery women in front of the counter, and then ushered in a white eye.

These people are all living at sea, and their behavior is inevitably a little indulgent.

The women who appear here are naturally not serious people. They are all veterans, and social experience is ****

In short, as long as you have enough money, you can take it home overnight. They can't scare them, the **** is ruthless and the show is meaningless. These people were their benefactors yesterday, and today they are passers-by.

The joke stayed in the mouth, which meant that they had no money in their pockets, otherwise they would have gone up to action.

Anyway, the habit of begging for life at sea goes straight, and the women who do this will naturally not mind. The rich is the grandfather, and the one who directly practices the Fa on the spot is not not encountered.

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Liquor is heroic gall, and whatever comes out of it when it is too high. It's not uncommon for words to dry up, and it happens from time to time.

The owner of the tavern was very knowledgeable. When encountering this situation, he just watched quietly, and then went up to ask for compensation after the fight.

Usually it has to be doubled. As a ground snake, it is not a problem to subdue a few sailors. Of course, if you encounter a fierce character, you can only consider yourself unlucky.

A drunk middle-aged man opened his mouth and said, "Warren, so many troops are assembled here. Is this about to fight?"

The equally dazed Warren responded directly: "Nonsense, Tagore, when have you seen our Navy fight, who can they fight? No, it is the Army and Navy who fight together?"

The voices of the two were already incomparable. Under normal circumstances, they did not dare to be so indulgent. If they encountered several drinking navy soldiers, they would have to endure a meal.

Although the Austrian Navy is not valued and has no record of success, that is not something they can despise.

Geographical position and national policy determine that the Austrian navy can do nothing. It can only serve as the army's background board, which does not mean that naval officers and men have no temper.

Soldiers always want military success. The Austrian Navy has no idea how many years of rest. Anyway, most of the Austrian war has nothing to do with them, and naval officers and soldiers can only sigh that the time is not right.

It was not until Franz came to power that he carried out a large training of the Army and Navy and forced retirement of a bunch of military officers. Everyone knew that the state policy of the Vienna government had changed.

Under normal circumstances, the Vienna government will not operate on the Navy. In the absence of war, it is very abnormal to strengthen naval training and increase naval military expenditures.

There was also news from the high-levels to open up an overseas colony. Many people thought that the opportunity had come. They did not expect that this was more than four years. In addition to training enhancements, warships increased, and then there was no more.

In this case, it is inevitable that young people will be a little bit suffocated. Mars will burn a little, and fighting and fighting will happen from time to time.

Of course, playing fast, tragedy after playing. It's okay not to be caught by the Military Law Office, and you won't have a good life for a long time in the future.

At this time several naval soldiers were also in the tavern, but they didn't have much time to care about the words of a few drunks.

Do the navy and army joint exercises require more than half of the navy to carry out exercises with three infantry divisions?

With this order, everyone is guessing who will fight this time. After much thought, we still can't think of our opponents.

In Britain and France, they ca n’t win at all. Even if the size of the navy is doubled, it is not an opponent. It can be ruled out directly. The Vienna government cannot issue such an idiot order.

Attack the Ottoman Empire? Don't think everyone knows that the Army has finished its work and Austria has everything it wants. The Sudanese government has moved its capital to Ankara. To find their obscurity, we must also consider the response of Britain and France.

A young man whispered, "The authorities are fascinated by the onlookers, so you don't have to guess any more. Instead, listen to the answers of those drunks."

Several people who were arguing stopped.

"Valen, you're stupid! Anyway, they also live at sea, don't you know that there are indigenous creatures in this world?

Our navy is not as good as Britain and France, and it is good enough to go to Spain, but it is no problem to go out and bully the indigenous people.

Now the troops assembled here can destroy several small countries overseas. "Tagore's man despised

Warren reluctantly retorted: "Fart, Tagore, you idiot, don't you know that the officials and grand masters in Vienna have always disdain overseas? Can you change their attention?"

"Can't they suddenly figure it out? We Austria, right, is our new Holy Roman Empire, how can it be one of Europe's best powers, what about grabbing a few colonies?

This year, without a few colonies, I was embarrassed to go out. Perhaps the masters in Vienna were stimulated and they suddenly figured it out. Tagore justified

After a while, the two drunks quarreled and tried to solve the problem by force. They were faint and groggy. Without giving them a chance, two men appeared in the tavern and took them out.

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A young man asked uncertainly: "Should they say that is impossible?"

The first young man said, "That's more reliable than we guessed. Now we haven't heard who we are in conflict with. We can't just catch others for no reason, right?"

An unsettled gray-clad man said excitedly, "I really want to open up a colony, that doesn't mean that our chance to get rich is here!"

To many people, colonialism means wealth in this era. This is undoubtedly an opportunity for those who are eager to get rich.

The headed young man scolded: "Shut up, Solin! What nonsense, obviously the opportunity to build a career is coming, don't open your mouth all day to make a fortune!"

Thorin quickly answered, "Yes, Captain!"

Apparently, the captain officer did not look at such a person who opened his mouth and shut up to say he was rich. He was supposed to have entered the army service with noble background, but he did not expect that there would be unpredictable circumstances, and he was escorted to the naval grass-roots officer school.

He nearly broke down when he heard the news. In this era, the Austrian Navy has no chance to make achievements, and it is almost a place where people who do not learn and do things can go to hang around.

Fortunately, he was lucky and caught up with the changes in Austria's national policy. Now his idea is to get military merits as soon as possible and get the title of nobility.

After all, the title of his family is not hereditary. After the father's generation broke out, he can be said to be a noble child, and the next generation will have no way to continue to be a noble.

Austrian knighthoods are not easy to get, especially hereditary knighthoods. After Franz's succession, more than a hundred nobles were sealed back and forth, most of them due to military merit.

There are several scientists, a dozen engineers, and a few government officials. Except for hereditary knighthood in military power, the rest are lifelong nobles.

This is not Franz's chaos, but the rules that have always existed. A life-long noble emperor can seal it casually, but a sealed military merit aristocracy must have a merit.

Of course, this rule was also formulated by Franz and has been widely recognized by the military.

Different treatment can reflect their status. It happens that the nobles in the German region are mostly military aristocrats, and they are very concerned about maintaining their status.

As a transaction price, from now on, the rights of the great aristocracy in China to seal the aristocracy were taken back by Franz. The same is true for several states, the nobles seized by the king must report to the emperor for approval before they can obtain legal status.

The number of nobles was controlled by Franz, the eldest son of the noble could inherit the title, and the second son had to fight again, otherwise the next generation would be the civilian children.

This is a hereditary noble, let alone a tenured aristocracy. Continuing the practice of continental Europe, if the next generation does not work hard, there will be no title inheritance.

Anyone who has ambitions will not be lonely, and naturally will come when the opportunity comes.

Although Franz's noble law was not implemented, it was not kept secret, and its content has been spread long ago.

After all, colonies are different from homeland, and if the central government directly rules, cost is a big problem. If divided into meritorious rule, the central government will only control a few core areas, and the rest will be governed by vassals, and administrative pressure will be much less.

It is not implemented now, the main reason is that the success of colonization cannot be determined. If the colonization is successful and the rule of the place is profitable, nobles are naturally willing to go.

Anyway, if the colonies are not profitable, the aristocrats will dismiss them even if they give away the land.

The special conditions of this new Holy Roman Empire are determined by the fact that there are three kings in the country, and Franz does not mind adding a few more overseas.

At least the problem of corruption can be effectively curbed. Franz is not prepared to collect heavy taxes in the colonies. A nominal collection is sufficient, mainly to increase the market for Austrian industry and commerce. These people can't swallow their own money?

The subsequent collapse of the British Empire ’s colonial system. In addition to the blows by the United States and the Soviet Union, the high cost of the bureaucracy was also an important factor.

In order to reduce the cost of domination, they also created dominion. This measure succeeded and failed.

The success lies in the fact that administrative costs have been reduced, and the domestic industry and commerce have increased the market; however, the rights to let out have not been recovered, which has hidden the danger of the collapse of the colonial empire.

It is not surprising that the rights of autonomous governments are controlled by local capitalists and that capital has no borders.

To prevent this from happening, Franz couldn't guarantee whether it could be done, but it was still possible to increase recognition and delay the crash.

Relying on the government's bureaucrats to organize immigration, the Germans knew that the people had left for the United States. Franz did not think that the Austrian bureaucrats could do much better.

It is better to let the aristocracy organize himself, and if he succeeds, he can share the results. A few more will always succeed.

It is not that Franz despises African countries and supports a vassal casually. They are among the best in the African continent. The prerequisite is not to be blackened.

In the future, the nails on the African continent will be buried. Cultural traditions and economic interests are natural bonds that unite the colony and the country.

The people's centripetal power towards their home country has not disappeared and they want independence unless they do not want their own legal system.

As long as the ruling class is not crazy, this kind of self-destructive foolishness will not be done.

Attached to the Holy Roman Empire and becoming a highly autonomous state, their interests are a little bit more, and the imperial government is still a source of strength to maintain their status.

On the contrary, these state kings will also become the pillars to consolidate the emperor's rights. In spite of the decline of monarchy in the future, in order to keep this huge empire from splitting, no one would dare to abolish imperialism.

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