The New Holy Roman Empire was a large importer and consumer of cotton, importing five or six million Aegis cotton from the outside world every year.

Even so, it was not able to meet the needs of domestic industry and commerce, and Austria was also a large importer of cotton fabrics.

Of course, this is also related to the economic development policy pursued by the Vienna government, and the cotton spinning industry is not included in the priority development projects.

In order to maintain its position as the largest grain exporter in Europe, the government did not advocate the cultivation of cotton locally, and the shortage of raw materials became an important factor restricting the development of Austria's cotton textile industry.

In this context, the promotion of cotton cultivation in the colonies can not only save a lot of foreign exchange, but also win over the domestic textile capitalists.

For example, Bavaria is the traditional center of the cotton spinning industry in Germany, and many capitalists have gone to West Africa to open their own plantations because of the lack of raw materials.

This political and economic account, everyone will still calculate.

Prime Minister Felix pondered and said: "Your Majesty, the biggest problem in planting cotton is that it requires a lot of labor when harvesting. Unlike in the country, it is too difficult to hire a large number of people in a short period of time.

Unless we learn from the Americans and train a group of cheap slave laborers, we will not be able to solve this problem.

However, the massive use of indigenous labour is contrary to our long-term strategy and is not conducive to long-term peace and stability. ”

This is the most realistic problem, otherwise Franz would not have run to plant rubber trees. Now the royal plantations, the cotton planting area cannot go up, the main reason is the shortage of labor.

In fact, rubber plantations also require a lot of labor, but rubber trees do not grow in a day, and the demand for labor before the rubber harvest is much smaller.

The number of immigrants is still limited, and it is not possible for all of them to go to grow cotton, and not all areas are suitable for cotton cultivation.

In addition to cotton, cash crops such as coffee, palm, cocoa, rubber, tobacco, soybeans and peanuts are also the focus of development.

Although wheat, corn, rice, and potatoes are not the focus of development, self-sufficiency is still needed. Budget-conscious plantation owners are reluctant to pay for it.

These industries required labor, and the colonies were vast and sparsely populated. There is not a shortage of labor, and Franz has no doubt that even if there are tens of millions of immigrants, it can be easily digested.

Franz said helplessly: "If there is a shortage of labor, we can only rely on everyone to find their own way." In addition to recruiting immigrants from within the country, it is also possible to go overseas to recruit laborers.

In short, there is only one principle, and the migrant workers must be assimilated and meet all our requirements before they can settle down. ”

At this time, Franz suddenly wanted the Russians to abolish serfdom. Once the tsarist government emancipated the serfs, it would not be long before a large number of bankrupt peasants appeared.

This kind of bankrupt peasants who can't read a lot of big words are all high-quality immigrants. Those who have no cultural inheritance will always be the easiest to assimilate.

Unlike the current serfdom society, serfs are the property of the aristocracy, and if you want to recruit labor in Tsarist Russia, pay for it!

Population trading that cannot be carried out on the surface is still in the dark, but the cost is too high.

Recruiting workers from overseas is easy to say, but it's not easy at all. There are so many options for immigrants on the European continent that everyone has their own circle.

In addition to the domestic country, Austria also has a bit of face in Germany and Italy, and can recruit immigrants. When it came to Western Europe, basically no one bought it.

As a last resort, everyone turned their attention to the Far East. In any case, the labor force in these areas is better than that of the local natives.

Anyway, in this era, the per capita income of Europe is more than ten times that of Asia, and it is also cheap to hire labor in East Asia.

This is not without hidden dangers, at least in terms of ethnic integration, the difficulty has increased several times, of course, this is better than not being able to integrate the local indigenous people.

Colonial Minister Josip Jelačić reminded: "Your Majesty, if a large number of overseas laborers are recruited, future law and order and labor conflicts will become serious social problems. ”

On the contrary, Josip Jelačić is worried about the bullying of migrant workers, which will lead to social conflicts.

Never test the colonists' morality, except for Franz, who cherishes his feathers and pays attention to eating, many farmers, plantation owners, and mine owners know everything for profit.

The old aristocrats did a better job in this regard, and most of the laborers they recruited were their original serfs, who belonged to the roots, and had some restraint for the sake of their family reputation.

The situation is different for those who are still engaged in the primitive accumulation of capital, and there are frequent cases of arrears, deductions of salaries, and even defaults on debts. This is true for everyone else, let alone migrant workers.

Because of the misdeeds of these people, the workload of the colonial government has increased considerably. Finally, there is a labor registration system.

The hukou system, which was not implemented in China, was first implemented in the colonies. If it weren't for the technical problems, Franz would have been ready to issue ID cards.

Now that there are few colonies, it is okay to manage it like this. As the population continues to increase in the future, the difficulty of managing this will skyrocket.

After hesitating for a moment, Franz said fiercely: "In troubled times, the colonial government must establish social order and crack down on criminals.

Gangs, street thugs, and unemployed homeless people who wandered around for a long time were all thrown into the mines.

On the issue of labor-management conflicts, it is good to make an example of them. Catch a few serious problems and deal with them seriously, and then carry out propaganda. ”

Frankly, Franz's name is contrary to the law, but the colony is not a native country, and the Vienna government has never said that it should use native laws.

The main cause of social security problems is employment, and if everyone has a proper job, there will be little room for the triad to survive.

Franz's order is equivalent to cutting off the development of gang organizations from the source, and now the rules have been changed, and there is no need to wait for the crime to be arrested, as long as the gang members are sent to mining.

Even for gangsters who keep doing small things and don't commit big things, the police don't need to look for evidence of crimes, and they are directly thrown into the mine for labor reform.

The same is true for the unemployed vagrants, who cannot find a job in the colonies where there is a serious shortage of labor, so the government simply arranges a job.

Don't worry, Franz is disciplined. If there is no evidence of a crime sent to the miners, the government still has to pay wages at market prices, and there is no such thing as being wronged.

Criminals, potential criminals have gone to mine, and if law and order can deteriorate, then colonial officials can mine themselves.

Compared with social security, labor conflicts are actually a minor problem. Market demand determines the relationship between labor and management.

When there is a serious shortage of labor, do you dare to deduct wages and not be afraid of others, not afraid of others picking on others?

Franz did not think that such idiots would be many. The people who did this before were a bunch of fools who didn't put their mentality right, and now they have paid a terrible price for it.

The real trouble is that when there is a surplus of labor, these people dare to act recklessly. The government wants to tighten regulations, and it also needs to consider the unemployment problem it brings.