Chapter 396 Learn to Be a Fisherman (South Street's Leader Plus 4)

The suddenly prosperous East Prussian wharf quickly attracted the attention of the Berlin government. Such high-profile immigrants cannot be kept secret at all, and the news naturally leaked out early.

Franz didn’t take the protest letter from the Kingdom of Prussia seriously at all, and the Foreign Ministry replied directly: It has nothing to do with us, go to the Russians.

That's right, if it weren't for the Russians' perverted actions, even if they were able to fool around, such a large-scale flight would not have occurred.

A million East Prussians can testify that they left to flee, and that Austria was only doing humanitarian aid.

"Russian-Olympic trade", is there any evidence? There is a price to pay for nonsense without evidence.

From beginning to end, the Vienna government did not make a public appearance. Those who organized the people to leave were businessmen from East Prussia, as well as the local church.

In Berlin, since receiving the news from East Prussia, William I's face has not been better.

The Russians don't care about the population of East Prussia, because they are many, and these people are a problem for them.

After sending all the locals away, Alexander II could also use the land of East Prussia as a reward for the hero, which is simply a multi-pronged action.

The Kingdom of Prussia is different. Their population is not large, and East Prussia is the core area of ​​their painstaking efforts. Without the population of East Prussia, they have no way of filling it.

In addition to occupying the two principalities of Schleswig-Holstein and adding some Germans, there are not many Germans in other areas.

Prime Minister Frank persuaded: "Your Majesty, the problem of East Prussia is still to be considered later. The most important thing is to win the war now. At present, we are beyond our reach."

Prime Minister Frank's view of the problem is very accurate. The population of East Prussia is gone, and the sequelae are very serious, but it is based on the premise of winning the war.

If they lose this war, it won't be their territory anyway, and these troubles will naturally disappear.

William I shook his head and said, "No, we must take action to delay the immigration of the Austrians. Otherwise, when our army is over, the area will become a wasteland."

Fortunately, this war was provoked by the Junker aristocracy, otherwise the core area of ​​the Junker aristocracy would be lost, and William I really had no way to explain it to them.

Now, what he does is nothing more than to show his position and put on a political show for the Junkers aristocrats to see.

Stop the immigration of Austrians, that's a joke. Immigrants have begun since the Russian occupation of East Prussia.

At first, hundreds or thousands of people left, but now tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people have left together. If you really want to stop it, you don't have to wait now.

It's just that William I knew very well that he couldn't stop it at all, and it might cause even more trouble, so he chose to pretend to be confused.

Now that things are getting bigger, the lid can't be covered, so I have to take the problem to the surface.

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In the end, of course, there was no result. Apart from calling on the local people to boycott the immigrants, they couldn't actually do anything.

Even this call may not necessarily be passed on to the public. The Russians will not help them with propaganda. Once the people of the Prussian government enter East Prussia, they will face the pursuit of the Russians.

The people of East Prussia, the Russian army has helped them make a decision. In order to speed up the pace of immigration, the Russian army organized a grain collection team and began to go to rural households.

Different from just looting property before, this time it is completely to cut off the possibility of them staying. If you don't leave soon, you will be hungry soon.

The Great Migration continued until the end of September. Most of the population of East Prussia has arrived in Austrian Africa, and a small part has been allocated to the Southeast Asia and Central America.

There is no centralized resettlement, and Franz is not stupid. How could it be possible for them to leave a chance to form a group? Of course, nominally in order to make them better find jobs.

After all, most of these immigrants are elderly and weak women and children, and it is not easy to find jobs. If they were placed together, where would there be so many suitable positions for them?

It is easy to disperse, but difficult to gather. These immigrants are everywhere, and after the war is over, it is estimated that many Prussian soldiers will travel thousands of miles to find their relatives.

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Schönbrunn Palace, looking at the aggregated data, Franz was very satisfied. According to incomplete statistics, during this war, Austria flicked about 800,000 immigrants from the Kingdom of Prussia, including 730,000 in East Prussia.

Evacuation is impossible, there will always be diehards who don't want to leave, and Franz never likes being tough.

Since he chose to stay, it was none of his business. Whether these people can survive this war depends on God's blessing.

The only regret is that the Danes lost too fast, otherwise they could fool a large group of immigrants from the Schleswig-Holstein duchies.

Now, what Austria lacks is no longer land and resources, but high-quality population is what Austria needs most.

Franz wanted to unify the German regions, mainly for the sake of population. Otherwise, the 400,000 square kilometers of land is not worth paying attention to.

Especially bad strategic positions are prohibitive. If Austria is sandwiched between France and Russia, then the North German region is sandwiched between Britain, France, Russia and Austria.

It can be said that the German region is unified, and the defense pressure on Austria will at least double, and even more.

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At least the Mediterranean region does not need to face the British directly. Once the Suez Canal is opened, Austria's strategic environment can be further improved.

As for the concern about the British blockade, it is completely unfounded. To block the Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal at the same time, unless the Royal Navy comes out in full force, it simply cannot be done.

This is the 19th century, not the 21st century, and it is a myth that a fleet can be deployed at random to block the coastline.

I dare not say anything else. Franz still has the confidence to raise a navy that is half the strength of the Royal Navy.

As a land-power country, Franz dared to take a naval stud and fight a losing war. Would they dare to take the risk in exchange for the British?

Once the Royal Navy's vitality is seriously damaged, how can they defend the vast colony? In the face of interests, European countries will not be polite to them.

This is also a factor of Franz's crazy immigration, because he is worried that one day he will fight with the naval power, and the navy will be unable to guard the security of the colony.

It's time for the Army to go. Anyone can form a decent army in any important colony. Who would dare to touch this nail?

Strategically speaking, the stronger the strength, the more difficult it will be to fight a war. Especially after countries are made aware of the high cost of war, the possibility of war will be further reduced.

Farming is king these days, and bullying the weak is nothing more than that. If you go shopping with a powerful country, even if you win the war, you lose strategically.

This is the experience summed up by Franz. For details, please refer to the Near East War and the ongoing Prussian-Russian War. The final winners are all fishermen watching the show.

Franz admitted that he was addicted to being a fisherman and didn't want to end up taking the risk himself. This is not a bad thing, a good politician must learn to be a fisherman.