Chapter 330 Digging the American Corner

On June 18, 1861, the Austrian ocean-going fleet left Japan and sailed into the Pacific Ocean. Count Hummel stood on the plywood and looked into the distance, sighing from time to time.

Lieutenant Admiral Aleister, commander of the Ocean Fleet, asked suspiciously, "Your Excellency Count, you don't seem to be in high spirits?"

Count Hummel sighed and said, "Your Excellency Commander, let us gain a foothold in the Republic of Nicaragua at home. I'm afraid things won't be that easy. Maybe we will use force."

Lieutenant General Arrest asked suspiciously: "Sorry, Your Excellency, I didn't find any trouble.

Nicaragua is just a small country with a total population of 300,000 to 400,000, and less than 10% of the white population. With almost no industry, this can also give us the complete threat? "

It is a fact that there are no strong states in Central America. Even if they were all tied together, Aleister wouldn't feel the pressure.

Now the ruler here is not so much a republic, but a few miners and planters.

It's okay for these people to bully the local natives. If they are against the regular army, Lieutenant General Aleister dares to guarantee the strength of a regiment, and he can get them.

Count Hummel shook his head and said, "What about the casus belli? If we don't have enough reasons, we will attack Nicaragua rashly. Do we still have a state visit in the future?"

This is the difference between politicians and the military. The military only sees the ease of occupying Nicaragua, but does not consider the political impact.

Otherwise, the order given to them by the Vienna government is not to find a foothold, but to occupy Nicaragua, or occupy the countries of Central America.

Lieutenant General Arrest said bluntly: "It's not easy, just showdown with the Nicaraguan government. Tell them what we want. If we don't cooperate, we will kill them. There will always be people who will cooperate with us."

Count Hummel explained: "Your Excellency Commander, we do not have enough immigrants to rule here, and the rule by force is not stable. Once the army leaves, it will not take long for a local rebellion to occur.

The cost of sending heavy troops to suppress it is too high, and giving up here is easy to trigger a chain reaction, which will have an impact on our colonial system. "

Insufficient immigration is an unsolvable problem. Africa lacks immigrants, Southeast Asia lacks immigrants, and America still lacks immigrants.

However, due to the limited human resources in Austria, it is impossible to limit immigration, even with the addition of the Germanic cultural circle.

The Colonial Department was able to mobilize more than 200,000 to 200,000 immigrants from the European continent every year, which has already exerted its strength to feed.

Count Hummel not only heard the news that the plantation owners had personally worked in the fields because of the lack of labor, and some people even bought serfs directly from Russia.

As for the use of local labor, it is mainly the mine owners. It's not that the plantation owners have high moral integrity, but the management is too troublesome.

Austria banned slavery, and naturally there were no slave training institutions. Untrained natives can easily devour their masters.

In this respect, the mine owners are different. Almost every mine owner has a gang of thugs. On the one hand, it is to combat gold thieves and protect the safety of gold mines, and on the other hand, it is to suppress absenteeism riots.

After the unfortunate people were killed, for the safety of everyone, the colonial government prohibited farmers and planters from using unsafe native laborers.

Lieutenant General Arrest thought for a while and said: "If it's just the lack of immigration, we can actually think of a solution from the United States. It is said that the United States already has more than three million Germans.

At first, many people left the European continent and immigrated to the United States to escape the war. Now that the North and South have fought, these cowards may want to run away again.

As long as we fool around 100,000 people, the problem of insufficient immigration will be solved. It's a big deal to promise a little benefit, since Central America is vast and sparsely populated. "

Immigrants are not introduced randomly, otherwise the sequelae will be very serious. The negative teaching material is Mexico. When the United States sent immigrants to Mexico, the Mexican government also issued many preferential policies.

After the number of immigrants gained an advantage, the Americans immediately planned for the locals to seek self-government and independence.

Naturally, the Mexican government can't bear it anymore. I kindly took in you and gave you so many favorable conditions, yet I still want to rebel.

The Mexican government is also a waste, and it has not suppressed the rebellion. Without a second chance, the Americans who were already prepared have already been killed.

The Mexican government paid 2.3 million square kilometers of land as tuition fees. With this negative example, from now on, countries will have to think about accepting immigrants.

Austrian colonies now strictly control the proportion of ethnic groups. It mainly attracts immigrants from the German cultural circle, and receives a small number of immigrants from other countries, and it is also mainly the bottom people who do not have much culture.

After pondering for a while, Count Hummel made a decision: "Your Excellency Commander, your idea is great.

If we can recruit enough immigrants from the United States, Central America will be ours.

Send someone to inform the Hawaiian government that our visit is only one day, and have them wait at the port.

After the fleet is about to be replenished, I will visit the United States directly, and I will visit the states along the west coast one by one. "

It's no wonder Hummel is excited, this plan is already very maneuverable.

Unlike later generations, Germans were excluded from mainstream American society. The upper class in the United States was dominated by the British, occupying most of the wealth of the society.

Holding a group is applicable to any ethnic group. The German elites who cannot enter the upper class have not surrendered and are still fighting.

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German is still used in immigrant gathering places in Germany, and German is still used in local schools, because they are dissatisfied with the British domination of the upper echelons of the United States.

The real integration of Germans into American society was only after the two world wars. Taking advantage of the opportunity of counterintelligence during the war, the Germans were torn apart.

This has created an opportunity for Austria to dig a foot in the wall. If you become a vested interest, you will not be able to dig. Immigrants who are still at the bottom of society are the most easily fooled.

There is land in Central America, and the generosity of others has always been Franz's best, and inevitably it has also spread to Vienna government officials.

As for whether the U.S. government will hinder immigrants from leaving, there is no need to worry. If the US government does, then they are no longer a threat.

A country that can only enter and cannot leave, how can it attract immigrants? If there are not enough immigrants, the population of the United States will grow naturally. When they develop, they will have entered the era of nuclear peace.

Dividing up the world also depends on the timing. Once you miss the opportunity, you will not necessarily be able to reap the rewards if you pay ten times or a hundred times the price.

What kind of country, what kind of status is obtained in diplomacy. There is no doubt that Hawaii, which is already a semi-colonial country, does not deserve Hummel's attention.

If he has time, he doesn't mind visiting according to diplomatic etiquette. In a hurry now, there is nothing wrong with implementing a new plan to compress your visit time in Hawaii.

It is estimated that the Kingdom of Hawaii will not welcome him. The visit of the great powers in this era is not a good thing for many weak and small countries.

Hummel didn't just experience it once. Most countries are similar to sending the god of plague. The bureaucrats tried every means to get him to leave with the fleet as soon as possible.

The specific performance is that the hand cramps in the hand. The supplies of the fleet are all sponsored by the friendship of these countries, and the fleet executives also have a gift of souvenirs.

...

Port of Newport, Oregon

The sun scorched the earth, and the roar of warships was heard not far away.

The pier was already full of people, some big people in gorgeous clothes, and some small people in sackcloth and linen, all waiting under the scorching sun.

Looking at the fleet that appeared in the distance, and listening to the roar of the roaring steam engine, many people showed happy smiles.

Unlike most people's smiles, some people frowned, as if they were about to meet a big trouble.

If you are not overseas, you will never know the importance of a strong motherland.

Don't look at the United States as a country of immigrants. In fact, there are also three, six, nine, and so on among immigrants. The ones standing at the top are undoubtedly British immigrants.

On the one hand, the British occupy the mainstream of society, and on the other hand, because the world's No. 1 Royal Navy provides the British with sufficient confidence.

In this regard, the Germans are more tragic. The German region is divided. Although the strength of each country is not weak, there is no world power that can provide them with support.

Under the butterfly effect of Franz, Austria gained a new life and became the third naval power in the world, and naturally became the pillar of the overseas German nation.

In fact, the Vienna government has also done a lot of work in this regard. Overseas embassies are open to all German nations and can provide them with reasonable assistance.

Through practical actions, they gained their approval. That's why so many German immigrants gathered when the ocean-going fleet visited the United States.

Many people are pinning their hopes on the intervention of the Vienna government to give them a higher political status. The arrival of the ocean-going fleet is seen by many as an opportunity.

The world depends on fists. A strong country will naturally be respected by everyone overseas. On the contrary, a weak country will inevitably be bullied.

Looking at the dense crowd on the pier, Count Hummel showed a relieved smile. He was a little more confident about this plan.