Capital is profit-seeking, and after the announcement of Bosnia-Herzegovina's heavy industry plan, for the sake of preferential policies, the number of people who went to the local area for inspection suddenly increased.

Whether you want to invest or not, you still have to wait for the results to come out. Usually, a company has to buy a mine before it makes up its mind to invest.

There was no talk of importing ore from abroad in those days, and although there were many minerals in the Austrian colonies, the cost of mining and shipping them back was enough to break any business.

Except for minerals that are not available in the country, very few ores were imported in this era. Europe's major industrial powers, most of the industrial raw materials are self-sufficient on the mainland, and the colonies are only supplementary.

Franz believed that capitalists were shrewd and would take care of it himself. Those who don't have a bright mind are basically cold.

Now his attention was on the African battlefield, and after the British had sent troops to Tunisia, the French had followed.

The battle between Britain and France over the Tunis Channel became fierce. As for the Tunisian government, it can be ignored. Two creditors came to the door, and they could only be ostriches.

At the Red Sea, Franco-Austrian rivalry with the British also intensified, and the successful opening of the Suez Canal exceeded British expectations, and Franco-Austrian forces squeezed them out of Egypt.

Now that the French army has occupied most of Egypt and Austria Libya has advanced the border by several kilometers, Franz is also confused about how many places he occupies.

Anyway, when the Egyptian government surrenders, Franco-Austrian negotiations can only be made, after all, according to the agreement, Egypt is allocated to the French, and it is a loss to take advantage of the fire to rob.

The colonial government is not at the level of enough, and it is normal to not know the Franco-Austrian alliance, and it is normal for this kind of thing to happen, and everyone can negotiate to solve the problem.

Anyway, it is certain that the essence of Egypt is in the hands of the French, and the Austrians do not have that long of their hands, and the occupied area is a few oases, as well as a large desert.

These are all minor issues, France and Austria will not be at a stalemate on this issue, anyway, it is useless to occupy them in advance, these areas will be worthless in a hundred years.

In order to counteract the impact of the British invasion of Ethiopia, Austria sent troops to the Arabian Peninsula, later known as Yemen, in March 1869.

In short, the Red Sea region cannot be completely occupied by the British, and although the ports in Yemen are not very good and cannot be compared with Djibouti, there is no problem in renovating the docked warships.

Britain and France didn't do anything, that is, they still had to build an archway, the Ottoman Empire was their ally in the end, and the Arabian Peninsula had always been the Ottoman sphere of influence by default.

There are not enough benefits. It's rare for people to do anything to their allies. It was enough for the French to control the Suez Canal, and Austria could not have blocked the canal anyway.

Needless to say, in the face of the exclusion of France and Austria, if they make a posture that can block the door, who knows what the stimulated France and Austria will do?

Interest-only theory is not suitable for monarchy, and many times the emperor's position is the state's position. If France and Austria are stimulated together, it will be too late for the British to cry.

The Ottoman Empire, whose envoy in Vienna protested every day, is now negotiating with them at the Foreign Ministry.

It has already created an established fact, whether you like to sell it or not, Austria will not let it out again anyway. If you have the ability, send troops to take it back, otherwise you will talk slowly at the negotiation table.

This is to learn from the American routine, first occupy the land, and then negotiate the sale and purchase. Not only is the bid not high, but there is no need to worry about legal issues.

Not only the Ottoman Empire, but also all the colonies on the African continent were bought by Austria from the local indigenous tribes by legal means, and all of them had legal written documents.

As for who signed it and whether it has legal effect, this question is worth studying.

In short, the colonial government had a treaty with the indigenous tribes, including all their immigrants.

Roughly speaking, the living conditions in Africa were so poor that they asked Austria to help them emigrate to better living conditions, and the reward was the land in their hands.

There can be no doubt that the colonial government strictly adhered to the treaty. Ensure that all of them immigrate, and achieve the great life goal of leaving Africa and entering the United States.

In addition to international conflicts, changes on the African battlefield also attracted Franz's attention. Smoothbore guns appeared in the hands of many African tribes, and it was clear that some people did not want Austria to successfully complete its strategic plan.

The total population of Austrian Africa has already exceeded the 7 million mark, which is a serious imbalance that may continue on the continent and become Austria's own territory.

The rapid growth of the population was due to two factors, on the one hand, immigrants from East Prussia, and on the other hand, immigrants from the European economic crisis.

Because of the population, Austrian Africa was relatively well developed, far from being comparable to the colonies of other European countries in Africa, and its attraction to immigrants was increasing day by day.

Obviously, this kind of change has aroused the fear of all countries, and quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes. Without Austria's backing, these millions of people might not have been taken seriously by Britain and France.

Unfortunately, there is a strong and indigenous Austria that everyone has to be vigilant.

If it weren't for the Grand France plan to fool the French, it would not have been Franco-Austrian expulsion of the British in the Mediterranean, but Britain and France would have joined forces to contain Austria.

Fortunately, Napoleon III did well enough to annex the Kingdom of Sardinia, then launch the Egyptian Wars, and now fight with the British for the Strait of Tunis, attracting most of John Bull's attention.

Even so, you still have to pay it back when you come out to mix. Austria was behind Ethiopia's resistance to the British invasion, and the British were naturally not idle.

Not only did they sell weapons to indigenous tribes, but they also sent a large number of military instructors to help train the army. Fortunately, these people are not angry and have not become famous, otherwise Austria will be in big trouble.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is there anything you can do to speed up the French, their plans for Grand France are too slow, and we need to push them forward."

If you want to make it die, you will make it mad.

For the sake of the French big French strategy, Franz also broke his heart. As veteran rivals, the Habsburgs knew France better than any other country, even more than themselves.

It was only the First World War that broke the backbone of the French, at the cost of the fall of the Second German Empire and the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and now Franz is not willing to follow suit.

Even if Austria's strength seems to be stronger, Franz still has no bottom in his heart about how strong the combat power can be.

He was not worried about not being able to unite the forces of several states, in fact there was no need to work at all, and these states would do everything in their power for the war.

The reason is just by looking at the map. Most of Austria's defense pressure is on these states. When war broke out, they were the first to be unlucky.

Isn't anyone committing suicide if they don't cooperate?

The only problem is that there will be no victors at the outbreak of war, France has not yet declined, and the luck of Prussia, Franz did not think that he would also come across.

Napoleon III dared to despise the Kingdom of Prussia in the original time and space, but in the face of the current Austria, unless he was given a wisdom aura, the same thing would not have happened.

As long as you don't make big mistakes, the two sides will fight for strength. After fighting France, Austria no longer has the strength to dominate the European continent, and it will be besieged and killed.

In that case, it would only be possible to let France fall on its own. It is very difficult to do this, and the best way is to let the French die.

It is impossible to challenge Europe, the French have tried many times, the closest to success was in the Napoleonic era, and now it will certainly not come again.

The Grande French Empire was painted by Napoleon III for the people, and now Franz is going to use public opinion to force Napoleon III to make the pie a reality.

The dream of a great power is not only the driving force for a country's success, but also the driving force for a country to step into the abyss.

Foreign Secretary Wessenberg replied: "Your Majesty, I am afraid it will be difficult. It's not that the French don't want to implement the Greater France strategy, it's that they don't have enough strength.

The struggle for overseas colonies has restrained a lot of the French energy. Egypt, Tunisia, and Mexico were all in force, and the newly occupied Kingdom of Sardinia was not so stable.

You want them to go one step further unless they solve all these problems. Otherwise, the French could not afford to annex the Italian region at this time, let alone attack Belgium. ”

The Viennese government had already studied that the best way to return Belgium to the HRE Empire was for the French to annex Belgium.

Only after experiencing one hardship will they know the goodness of the HRE Empire. The same approach applies to Switzerland, but the French have no love for Switzerland, so it does not work in Switzerland.

The French were approaching the limit of their use of power, and Franz was naturally aware of this problem. The three battlefields were all labor expeditions, not to mention anything else, and the military expenditure alone was a huge amount of money.

Now there are 72,000 French troops in Mexico, 127,000 French troops in Egypt, and 48,000 French troops in Tunisia.

If it weren't for the geographical restrictions, this was a good time to sneak up on France, and their domestic power had dropped to its lowest point.

Obviously, this is not possible, France and Austria do share a border in Italy, but neither is a core area. If you want to fight all the way through, the Albis Mountains are a problem, so let's wash and sleep!

Prime Minister Felix said thoughtfully: "Maybe we can stimulate them, the French are not without strength, and the problem of troops can be solved by expanding the army."

The question of finances, in the voice of the French population as a whole, is of the least importance. The government of Napoleon III also accumulated a lot of money, and it was not a big problem to consume some of it. ”

It would be more appropriate to stimulate the French, or rather, to stimulate the radical expansion of the civil society. As long as the French expand their army, then there will be the power of expansion.

As for whether it will affect the economic development of France, the French radical groups do not care, and Austria naturally does not care.

The only problem is that France and Austria will have to follow suit in order to continue to ensure that the balance continues.

Franz pondered for a moment and said: "There is no problem in stimulating the French, but it is necessary to ensure that the situation does not get out of control, and we are not ready for war." ”

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