The political struggle is brutal, and this war in Ethiopia was single-handedly promoted by the Benjamin cabinet, and if you dig a hole yourself, you have to be responsible for burying it.

The British people were arrogant, they could tolerate defeat to any European power, but they could not accept defeat to the indigenous Africans.

In order not to be seized by the opposition parties and provoked public opinion to criticize the military's false war report, the Benjamin cabinet could only pinch its nose and admit it.

"Kick out the losses of the Indian colonial army from the casualties, and don't announce all the other casualties, and spread the losses to the subsequent war.

Mobilize all our forces to guide public opinion as much as possible and suppress the impact to a minimum. If the situation cannot be controlled, create a big news story to divert public attention. ”

There is no way, Benjamin doesn't want to be ousted from office as soon as he takes office.

Listening to Benjamin's words, Secretary of War Fox: "Sorry, Prime Minister. I just got the wrong battle report, it was from the last Anglo-Boer war.

After a month of hard fighting, our army annihilated 9,568 enemy troops at the cost of 351 killed and 1,126 wounded.

However, Ethiopia is too big, and France and Austria are eyeing each other, in order to occupy Ethiopia before France and Austria, the front-line troops asked for 80,000 reinforcements from home. ”

Seeing that the Minister of War took out a new battle report, everyone was already surprised. There are so many strange things in politics that we can do, so how can we do it without making a few preparations?

Fox is already the third time he has served as Secretary of War, and even if the Anglo-Boer War was lost so badly, he was able to get out of it with his whole body, not to mention this small defeat?

If the cabinet wants to hold them accountable, it is estimated that Fox will sell the officers on the front; Now that the cabinet government is not prepared to hold accountable, as a good leader, Fox naturally has to help cover it up.

Benjamin asked Fox to be Secretary of War because he saw his adaptability.

After the same battle report, after changing the word, the situation changed all of a sudden.

asked for help at such a level, it was originally a defeat on the front line and couldn't hold back, and it instantly turned into a defense against Fao and Austria to grab the spoils.

Undoubtedly, this statement is more acceptable to the British public. In the event of heavy losses on the battlefield of the future, the excuses for dealing with the reproaches of all sides have been found.

No matter what kind of defeat is lost, if the black pot is pushed on France and Austria, the responsibility of the London government will be lightened by half.

Even the opposition parties have nothing to say, the British Army is just like that, the main force of the colonization is cannon fodder troops, and it is normal that they cannot win the army power.

Prime Minister Benjamin: "Just announce it to the public!" Command Ismail to teach me a hard lesson to those ***s, we can't let these lads' blood go in vain. ”

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Foreign Secretary Edward: "The Foreign Office has just received a message that may be helpful to us.

The French are restless again, they have obtained the rights to develop the Panama Canal from the Colombian government, and they are preparing the Canal Company, which seems to be preparing to do something. ”

Smiling at each other, Prime Minister Benjamin made a decision: "That's right, the French have blatantly trampled on the sovereignty of a country by forcibly seizing the right to develop the canal from the Colombian government.

For the sake of world peace and stability, the government should inform the media as soon as possible and expose the shameless acts of the French. ”

This is a pillow sent by drowsiness, and the London government is worried about how to divert public attention, and the French make big news.

It doesn't matter whether the French have legal rights to develop the canal, the point is that it is illegal for the London government to need the French now.

It's okay if it's far-fetched, it's controversial to have a topic. As long as it lasts for a few months, the people will forget about this small defeat.

Anyway, Britain and France have been hostile for hundreds of years, and the people's verbal war has never stopped. Everyone has become accustomed to spraying each other, and non-governmental hostility will not affect the relations between the two countries.

Even if it is influential, Prime Minister Benjamin does not care, as long as it can divert the public's attention, some minor problems are not worth mentioning.

The issue of the Panama Canal, in the eyes of Prime Minister Benjamin, is a farce of the French.

The Austrians were next door, and they had long regarded the Panama region as their sphere of influence, so how could they possibly allow the French to gain control of the canal.

You can't do it again, right?

The Panama Canal, unlike the Suez Canal, is not so strategically important to France and Austria that there is no such thing as indispensable.

The Americas have not yet developed, and even if the Panama Canal is opened, it will not be able to reap huge profits in the short term.

How can we cooperate without sufficient benefits?

Britain and Austria are not beneficiaries of the opening of the Panama Canal, and in line with the principle of self-interest at the expense of others, the London government does not want to see the Panama Canal opened, and the Vienna government must be the same.

Now everyone can watch the excitement, and when the French canal is almost dug up, everyone jumps out to make trouble, just to pit them once.

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At the Vienna Palace, Franz seems to have been nagged and sneezed a few times today.

There are no symptoms other than sneezing. Franz did not see a doctor, and he had full distrust of the medical level of this era, and he could not take medicine or try not to take it.

Unlike later generations, almost all drugs now have side effects. Many drugs themselves are not mature in their production technology, so they are rushed to the market.

Many people did not actually die of disease, but were cured. It's not that doctors are not responsible, the main thing is that everyone's physique is different, most people can resist the side effects of drugs, and some people can't.

If you are wealthy and have a dedicated doctor at any time, you can most likely find out the problem and stop taking drugs with side effects in time.

Even if there is a problem, many people will continue to take drugs, and they can't even imagine that the side effects of drugs cause aggravation of illness and death, which is also the reason for the endless occurrence of medical accidents.

These problems are difficult to solve, and it is impossible to manage them. In this era, there are too few types of drugs, and if drugs with large side effects are banned from the market, many diseases will become unavailable.

It is not only the composition of the drug itself, but also the reason for the underdevelopment of industrial technology. In the industrial production process, whether it is the temperature, the quality of the raw materials, or the dosage error of the addition, it may lead to an increase in side effects.

Problems that cannot be solved can naturally only be put on hold first. It is better for patients to gamble than to wait for death, and no hope is the most terrible.

Franz has been working hard for many years to establish a sound health system, but unfortunately it still only reaches 70 percent of the population.

This is still just an ideal number, and the only patients who can really be effectively treated are from the middle class upwards.

Ordinary people can only see minor illnesses at most, and those that are slightly more serious must rely on God's blessing. It's not that there are insufficient medical resources, it's mainly that there is no money in your pocket.

The most important thing is to see a doctor, which is not necessarily reliable. Franz, for example, often went to the doctor, but he rarely took medicine, especially Western medicine produced by chemicals.

Many times, he would rather drink a bowl of Chinese medicine. In any case, Chinese medicine is still competitive in this era, although it is a little slower, but the side effects are small!

For the sake of his life, Franz raised a professional medical team, which has both Chinese and Western medicine.

The Western medicines used by the royal family are specially produced, and some drugs with high technical requirements are directly produced in the laboratory to ensure safety to the greatest extent.

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Colonial Chancellor Stephen reported: "Your Majesty, the British have decided to send 80,000 troops to the African continent. It is now certain that the defeat of the British army, which was circulated some time ago, is true.

The size of the British Army was limited, and they had to draw some of the troops from the mainland, and then some of the colonial troops from India.

It will take at least a month for these troops to arrive on the African continent. We can tear a piece of meat from Ethiopia before the British arrive, you see? ”

Franz shook his head: "There's no need, we have already encroached on a lot of Ethiopia, and if we continue to grab territory, the British will be in a hurry."

Moreover, the indigenous Ethiopians are not so easy to deal with. In the past few years, in order to cause trouble for the British, we have helped them improve their combat effectiveness.

Now it's time to test the results, see if our investments are in vain, and learn from the lessons. ”

Compared to the rest of Africa, Ethiopia is indeed progressive. Although the instructors who helped them train the army gave low evaluations, it was only relative to the Austrian army.

If the British do not increase their troops, Franz is still very optimistic about the "warrior emperor", and they will still have no problem dealing with the Indian colonial army.

Now that the situation has changed, the London government seems to be getting serious. The core factor that determines the outcome is not how strong Ethiopia is, but how much attention the British attach to it.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Stephen replied

Foreign Secretary Wessenberg: "Your Majesty, the Panama Canal Company, established by the French, has offered us a commercial partnership, and they hope to bring in 200,000 labourers from Austria within three years to dig the canal.

The price they gave was good, paying a transfer fee of 30 Aegis per laborer, and they were responsible for the transportation. ”

This is agreed by everyone, and if the French capitalists want to make money from the stock market, they need the cooperation of the Austrian government, and naturally they need to pay a benefit fee, otherwise the canal plan will not even have a chance to start.

The introduction of labor is just a cover. Nominally, this money, which was the wages of the laborers, actually fell into the pockets of the Viennese government.

Franz: "Promise the French that the labor will be recruited from the indigenous people of the Somali Peninsula, and the shortfall will be replenished by other regions." In the future, if there is a similar situation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can directly agree. ”

The peak period of labor export has ended, and the number of indigenous people in Austrian Africa is now small, and some of them are thugs raised by the colonial government.

If it weren't for the new occupation of the Somali peninsula, Franz suspected that the Austrian continent might not have been able to gather 200,000 laborers.