Since the opening of the Suez Canal, Austria's export trade to Asia has increased dramatically, accompanied by a sharp increase in the number of ships involved in accidents.

In order to keep the sea trade routes open, the Austrian navy has made several sorties to sweep a number of pirate strongholds.

The pirates who hanged themselves in the harbor all exceeded the triple digits, and naturally more were killed directly.

The effect of exterminating pirates is still significant, regardless of whether there is support behind it or not, on the surface, no country supports pirates.

In the process of encircling and suppressing piracy, the navies of various countries participated. Because the probability of an accident on a ship has been about to exceed one percent in recent times.

Folklore sea monster incidents have also appeared frequently recently. Franz couldn't figure out what the truth was, and the number of witnesses who claimed to have seen pirates was more than four figures, including people from all over the world.

Of course, these sea monsters are not so scary, as evidenced by the fact that the witnesses are still alive. These sea monsters are still within the scope of scientific explanation, but they are huge in size and relatively strong in combat.

Fire-breathing sea monsters don't exist, and there are a lot of water sprays. He has no magical abilities, and he can't fly to the sky, just being a demon in the sea.

Many sea monsters just look strange and pass by in people's sight, and do not attack the ship.

I don't know if it's because of their mild temperament, or if the ship is out of their recipe. Come to think of it, who would be interested in wood lumps and iron lumps?

It's even funnier to say that for the sake of cannibalism, then a little meat is not enough for these behemoths to stuff their teeth, and they simply can't attack ships for this.

It was not the responsibility of the Austrian Navy to catch sea monsters, and despite the excitement of the biologists, Franz was not prepared to play with them.

No matter who is doing the trick, there's nothing wrong with catching pirates and exterminating them. It doesn't matter if you kill the wrong one, there are no innocent pirates anyway.

Cause must have effect, choose this path of no return, you must be ready to be killed. Whoever kills, he will always kill him.

The campaign against piracy lasted until the end of 1869. First, the pirates of the Mediterranean were beaten by society, then the pirates of the Indian Ocean were unlucky, and finally the pirates of Southeast Asia were not spared.

The ability to protect the waterways, to train the troops, and, if lucky, to capture some trophies, the Austrian Navy will love this meaningful activity.

Pulled out the chess pieces of Britain, France and other countries, and that was just incidental. Anyway, no one will admit that they have a connection with pirates, and after exterminating tens of thousands of pirates, no one has helped to say a word.

The media of various countries are touting their achievements in exterminating pirates, and if you add up all the numbers of pirates exterminated in the newspapers of various countries, you can go around the earth hand in hand.

It doesn't matter if there are so many pirates. In short, in the aftermath of the extermination campaign, the burgeoning pirate group was dealt a heavy blow.

Looking at the ever-increasing labor force at his disposal, Franz was already considering whether to dig a Grand Canal. The Austro-Hungarian Empire also had a plan for the Ubersi Chts-Karte Canal, but it ended in a world war.

The plan has also been proposed to open a canal from Vienna to Triescu. There are several rivers along the way, and theoretically only need to be connected.

However, Franz wondered if the Grand Canal would really be useful after it was built.

You must know that the railway from Vienna to Triascu has long been opened to traffic, or the canal does not have enough capacity and loses its economic value under the competition of railways; Either the canal capacity is large enough that the railway loses its economic value.

In short, the end result is that one of the railway canals always falls. The Suez Canal and the Suez Railway are clear examples, and now the British Suez Railway Company is bankrupt.

From an investment point of view, it doesn't seem to be very cost-effective. However, a country cannot focus on immediate interests, the operating costs of the canal are much lower than that of the railway, and the canal has the potential to become another major artery in Austria.

When it comes to tens of millions of Aegis investments, Franz is also very cautious. The issue was put on hold for the time being, and Franz decided to organize several more field visits just to be on the safe side.

As for the pirate captives you capture, join the road building army! Now the size of the road construction army has dropped sharply, on the one hand, the world is peaceful, and there are not so many "repeat offenders" to join; On the other hand, the casualties were too great, and the members of the previous groups of road construction troops had already been consumed.

The big projects of this era are filling with human lives. In the case of the Suez Canal, for example, there are white bones behind every meter of excavation.

Although the construction of the railway is not so exaggerated, it still has to fall a few people per kilometer on average, especially in the cliff area.

On the one hand, the engineering team's awareness of protection is not up to par, and relevant safety education is not done; On the other hand, from the very beginning, these criminals were destined to be consumed, and their casualties did not attract the attention of the railway company.

By the time Franz realized the problem, it was too late. He doesn't have the ability to educate these people, and since he is destined to be an enemy, it is naturally impossible to let them out.

Full of hatred, with no hope in sight, these people are not so easy to manage.

Almost every month, there were riots of prisoners, and in order to guard the gang, a division of troops was stationed next to them.

The internal situation does not need to be described, in short, it is very bad. The management mode of the capitalists is to minimize costs and extract profits.

Franz was not a virgin and never showed mercy to his enemies. For the sake of Austria's long-term peace and stability, he directly chose to ignore it.

For this reason, the convict construction team in Austria on the European continent was criticized, and even Franz was damaged.

If it weren't for the fact that the governments of the world were sitting upright, Austria would not be able to live. There are many people who sympathize with the rebellious party, and many of them think that they are talking exaggeratedly.

There are also many mouth-smacks in Austria, and Franz did not politely invite them directly to educate the prisoners.

To put it simply, it is to let them be companions with criminals, and they do ideological work without doing anything else. After experiencing it firsthand, these people all changed their positions after leaving.

Of course, there are some that are left forever. If you don't die, you won't die, and Our Lady believes that they are all good people, and the price to pay is life.

There is no way, except for political prisoners in the prison camps, they are extremely vicious felons. Many people deserve to be rebellious, and they are only sent here for waste use, to squeeze out the last value.

If someone wants to influence them with love, Franz will not object, anyway, whoever wants to go will go by himself.

Adults are responsible for speaking, and they can't just talk without practicing, and if they dare to advocate it in the newspapers, they must go to prison to practice.

It may be cruel, but the world is even more cruel. We can't sacrifice the interests of tens of millions of people for the sake of one brain-dead.

Strict law enforcement has brought social stability in exchange. If you are on the wrong track, you have to pay for it, even if it can be cruel.

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Mexico, Massimiliano I, a rare clever man, accepted Franz's advice and contracted the task of suppressing the rebels to the French.

The arrogant French did not yet know that this was a big trouble. With the introduction of Massimiliano I's reforms, the rebels grew in strength.

Not only was he emulating Austria, but many of his policies were more thorough than Franz's. For example, the legal situation stipulates:

Laborers have the right to leave their place of employment at will, regardless of whether they owe a debt to their employer, to cancel all debts over 10 pesos, to limit working hours and the use of child labour, and to prohibit corporal punishment of workers.

At the same time, the right of Indian communities to own property was restored and community land was given to those villages that did not have community land.

In simple terms, the serfs were emancipated, the debts of the people were forgiven, and at the same time the land was distributed to the people.

Obviously, this is in the interests of the people at the bottom. It stands to reason that this agrarian revolution should have been popular, and the emperor, who had popular support, could quickly put down the rebellion.

The reality is just the opposite, the unorganized people at the bottom just passively accepted and did not stand up for the emperor, and even many people stood on the opposite side of the emperor.

There is no way, the right to speak in society is not in the hands of the emperor, nor is it in the hands of the people at the bottom. Without the cooperation of the ruling class, Massimiliano I, an outsider, could not leave the palace.

The landlords and capitalists whose interests were damaged in the reform did not receive any compensation, and these people were naturally very dissatisfied. In addition to resisting reforms, they tacitly supported the rebels.

These people took over the voice of society, and soon Massimiliano I gained notoriety in Mexico as greedy, inhumane, disregardful, moody, and authoritarian......

All the words that describe the tyrant have become the title of Massimiliano I. The only people who supported the emperor were the idealists, and these people were all mouth-to-mouth kings.

The actual capacity may not be there, otherwise such a policy that offends the entire ruling class should not have been introduced.

Even if you want to reform, you have to go step by step! In one step, it is not to ascend to heaven, but to fall into hell.

In the original time and space, Massimiliano I was guillotined in this way, and personally forced the constitutionalists and churches who supported him to the opposite side.

Now Franz's intervention still did not change his heart to die. This didn't just fool the French, thinking that the world was good and they could rest assured that they could die.

It's just a rotten toss in the country, and the second emperor of the middle school shouted the political slogan of recovering the lost territory. It seems that he really thought that the Americans were bullies and would spit out the meat they ate.

This move is obviously offending the federal government. With Britain, France, and Austria pressed on it, the Federation did not dare to mess around on the surface, and secretly no one could guarantee it.

And that's not all, another thing happened that caused Franz to vomit blood.

Since the emperor and empress had no heirs, they adopted Agustín Jr., the grandson of the former Mexican Emperor Agustín de Iturbide, and Salvador as adopted sons, conferred on them the title of Prince of Iturbide and made Agustín the younger heir to the Mexican throne.

Without a sound, he made an heir to the throne and directly announced that the Mexican throne had nothing to do with the Habsburgs.

At this time, Franz really had nothing to say. Even if the Habsburgs are not interested in the Mexican throne, they need to say hello if they want to have another heir!

Could it be that he really thought that Massimiliano was the son of destiny, and he was guillotined in 1867, and now he is still sitting on the throne and tossing, and the Habsburgs have also made great efforts.

Anyway, when the news came back, Franz was held accountable by a group of Grand Dukes of the Habsburgs, demanding that any support from Massimiliano I be cut off.

The use is all ready-made, and the family's resources are limited, so it can't be wasted on outsiders.

The opinions of the family members also need to be taken into account, and it is not as if they do not seem to have much effect, in fact, through political marriages, they all contribute to the family.

European royal families are all family, and that's how they came about. Otherwise, the number of marriages of the emperor and the king's children alone will not be enough!

Franz did not hesitate and agreed directly. Anyway, the brother's accusations have been exhausted, and the resources consumed on Massimiliano are enough that the children of the family have come to protest.

At the age of Massimiliano I and his wife, there was no time for sterilization at all, and Empress Carlotta was not yet thirty years old, and it was entirely possible to have offspring.

Now, in order to gain the support of the previous dynasty, the appointment of little Agustín as the heir to the Mexican throne can only be said to be a complete stupid move.

Not to mention how to deal with oneself when one has a biological son, just considering the reaction of the Habsburg family, one should first consider the children of the family.

Massimiliano I had no sons, but he had a bunch of nephews, more than a dozen of whom were qualified.

Even if the branch is not interested, isn't there a side branch? No matter how far the blood relationship is, as long as they are still children of the family, everyone will not be so resistant.

Political resources have always been limited, and the rule of the game has always been that if you take more share, others will take less.

Franz had no careerists in his generation, except for the idealist Massimiliano I, the other two younger brothers were also of average ability, and the princes of the side branches were similar.

Otherwise, these people would have jumped out to compete for resources a long time ago. Don't underestimate these political resources, invest them in a certain person, and now the Spanish throne and the Polish throne have a lot of power.

Taking a step back, they can also go to South America to hook up with the constitutionalists of a certain country and participate in the struggle for the throne.

This is all the legacy left by the ancestors, and now the nobles of many countries in South America have a little love for the Habsburgs.

This was a hundred years ago, when the Spanish Habsburgs were extinct and the crown fell to the Bourbons. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, this saying exists everywhere.

The aristocracy, which had been too close to the Habsburgs, was gradually pushed out of the core of power, and many children of the family were forced to join the colonial expansion movement.

Now that many of these people have become the rulers of South American countries, the relationship between the nobility is always unclear, and the secret connection still exists.

Especially after the rise of Austria, these potential networks were re-established, and it was impossible to keep them allegiant.

However, in some countries where civil strife is serious, the constitutionalists still want to restore it. After all, South America has only been independent for decades, the hegemon of the republic, the Americans, has been severely beaten, and the mainstream of the world is still the monarchy.

Constitutional constitution is naturally indispensable to kings, and the Habsburgs are precisely one of the alternatives. There are connections, and everyone is naturally willing to support acquaintances.

If there is a careerist in the family, Franz doesn't mind giving it a push. It is enough to learn from Napoleon III, to appear directly as a presidential candidate, and then the republic becomes imperial.

Fortunately, there were no such people, otherwise Massimiliano I would have been a real tragedy. If he is divided into political resources, then he is in danger, and he will go to the guillotine again.

A valued family member and an unvalued member are two different concepts entirely.

Because of the decline of Austria, the Habsburgs were too strong to intervene in Mexico, and Massimiliano I was able to guillotine.

If the army had appeared directly on the doorstep, the Mexican Revolutionary Party would have thought calmly. Even if they don't calm down, artillery fire will calm them down.

Sighing, Franz sent a letter to Massimiliano I, directly conveying the position of the Habsburgs, and from now on the two sides drew a clear line.