Chapter 449: The Road to Death

Since the passage of the Suez Canal, Austrian exports to Asia have grown sharply, and the number of ships that have suffered accidents has also grown sharply.

In order to maintain the smooth flow of sea trade channels, the Austrian Navy has been dispatched many times to smash multiple pirate strongholds.

The pirates who were hanged in the port exceeded three figures, and naturally more were killed directly.

The effect of exterminating pirates is still significant. No matter whether there is support behind it or not, no country supports pirates on the bright side.

In the process of encircling and suppressing pirates, the navies of various countries are involved. Because the accident probability of ships has almost exceeded 1% in the recent period.

Folklore sea monster incidents have also appeared frequently recently. Franz is not sure what the truth is. The witnesses who claim to have seen pirates are more than four figures, and there are people from all over the world.

Of course, these sea monsters are not so scary, and the witnesses are still alive to prove it. These sea monsters are still within the scope of scientific explanation, but they are huge in size and relatively powerful in combat.

There are no fire-breathing sea monsters, and there are quite a few water-spraying ones. There is no magic ability, and he can't fly to the ground, just be a monster in the sea.

Many sea monsters just look strange, pass in people's sight, and do not attack ships.

I don't know if it's mild-mannered, or if the ship is not in their range of recipes. Think about it, who is interested in wood knots and iron knots?

It's even more ridiculous to say that it is for cannibalism, so a little meat is not enough for these behemoths to stick between their teeth, and there is no reason to attack ships for this.

Catching sea monsters is not within the Austrian navy's purview, and despite the biologists' enthusiasm, Franz isn't ready to play with them.

No matter who is doing the trick, there is nothing wrong with catching pirates and exterminating them. It doesn't matter if you kill the wrong one, there are no innocent pirates anyway.

Hundreds of causes have consequences. If you choose this road of no return, you must be prepared to be killed. Murderers are always killed.

The eradication of piracy continued until the end of 1869. First, the pirates in the Mediterranean were severely beaten by the society, then the pirates in the Indian Ocean were unlucky, and finally the pirates in Southeast Asia did not escape.

It can not only protect the waterway, but also train troops. If you are lucky, you can also capture some loot. The Austrian Navy will fall in love with this meaningful activity.

The chess pieces of Britain, France and other countries were pulled out, and that was just incidental. Anyway, no one would admit that they had connections with pirates, and they had wiped out tens of thousands of pirates before and after, and no one had helped to say a word.

The media of various countries are advocating their own achievements in eradicating pirates. If you add up all the numbers of eradicating pirates in the newspapers of various countries, you can circle the earth hand in hand.

It doesn't matter if there are so many pirates. In short, after the extermination campaign, the booming pirate group was hit hard.

Looking at the growing workforce, Franz was already considering whether to dig a grand canal. The Austro-Hungarian Empire in the original time and space also had the ubersichts-karte canal plan, but it ended without a trace due to the World War.

Now the same plan has been proposed to dig a canal from Vienna to Triescu. There are several rivers along the way, in theory, as long as they pass through.

However, Franz is not sure, will this Grand Canal really be useful after it is completed?

You must know that the railway from Vienna to Triescu has already opened to traffic, either the canal's capacity is not enough, and the economic value is lost under the competition of railways; or the canal's capacity is large enough, so that the railway loses its economic value.

In short, the end result is that one railroad canal always falls. The Suez Canal and the Suez Railway are obvious examples, and now the British Suez Railway is bankrupt.

From an investment point of view, it does not seem to be very cost-effective. However, a country cannot focus on immediate interests. The operating cost of the canal is much lower than that of the railway. This canal may become another major artery of Austria.

Franz is also very cautious when it comes to the investment of tens of millions of Aegis. This issue was put on hold for the time being, and Franz decided to organize several more field visits to be on the safe side.

As for the captured pirate prisoners, join the road-building army! Now the size of the road construction army has dropped sharply. On the one hand, the world is peaceful, and there are not so many "serious offenders" joining in;

The big projects of this era are killing people. Taking the Suez Canal as an example, there are white bones behind every meter excavated.

Although railway construction is not so exaggerated, on average several people will fall down per kilometer, especially in cliff areas where construction losses are more serious.

On the one hand, the engineering team had insufficient protection awareness and did not do a good job in relevant safety education; on the other hand, from the very beginning, these criminals were doomed to be consumed, and their casualties did not attract the attention of the railway company.

By the time Franz realized the problem it was too late. He doesn't have the ability to educate these people. Since he is destined to be an enemy, it is naturally impossible to let him go.

Filled with hatred and with no hope in sight, these people are not so easy to manage.

Prisoner riots occur almost every month, and a division's troops are stationed next to them in order to guard the gang.

The internals don't need to be described, in short, it's very bad. The management mode of capitalists is to minimize costs and extract profits.

Franz was not a Virgin, and he was never soft-hearted towards his enemies. For the long-term stability of Austria, he directly chose to ignore it.

For this, the sin of Austria in continental Europe

The prison construction team has been criticized, and even Franz has suffered damage.

If it weren't for the fact that the governments of all countries were sitting upright, life in Austria would not have been possible. There are many people who sympathize with the chaotic party, and many people think they are boasting.

There are also many gangsters in Austria. To these people, Franz did not politely invite them to educate prisoners.

To put it simply, it is to let them accompany criminals and do ideological work for them without doing anything else. After personal experience, these people changed their positions after leaving.

Of course, some of them remain forever. If you don't die, you won't die. Notre Dame believes that they are all good people, and the price to pay is life.

No way, except for political prisoners in the criminal prison camp, they are vicious repeat offenders. Many people deserve the death penalty, and they are sent here just to be used as waste to extract the final value.

If someone wants to influence them with love, Franz will not object. Whoever wants to go will go by himself.

Adults are responsible for speaking. They can't just talk without practicing. Since they dare to advocate in the newspapers, they must go to prison to practice.

It may be cruel, but the world is even crueler. You can't sacrifice the interests of millions of people for the sake of one idiot.

Strictly enforce the law, in exchange for social stability. If you go the wrong way, you have to pay for it, however brutal it may be.

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In Mexico, Massimiliano I was wise once, and accepted Franz's suggestion and contracted the task of suppressing the rebels to the French.

The arrogant French don't know it yet, it's a big trouble. With the introduction of the reform measures of Massimiliano I, the strength of the rebels is also growing.

Not only is he imitating Austria, he has done more thorough policies than Franz. For example, the legal situation stipulates:

Workers Workers have the right to leave their place of employment at will, regardless of whether they are in debt to their employers, cancel all debts over 10 pesos, limit working hours and use child labor, and prohibit corporal punishment of laborers.

At the same time, restore the rights of Indian communes to own property, and give communal land to those villages that do not have communal land.

In short, it liberated the serfs, relieved the debts of the people, and distributed land to the people at the same time.

Obviously, this is in the interests of the bottom people. Logically, this kind of agrarian revolution should be very popular, and the emperor who has gained popular support can quickly put down the rebellion.

The reality is just the opposite. The unorganized people at the bottom just passively accepted it, and did not stand up to support the emperor. Many people even stood on the opposite side of the emperor.

There is no way, the right to speak in society is not in the hands of the emperor, nor in the hands of the people at the bottom. Without the cooperation of the ruling class, Maximilian I, a foreign household, could not decree the palace.

The landlords and capitalists whose interests were damaged during the reform did not receive any compensation. Naturally, these people were very dissatisfied. In addition to resisting reform, they were tacitly supporting the rebels.

These people had the right to speak in society, and soon Massimiliano I was notorious in Mexico.

All the words describing tyrants became the title of Massimiliano I. Only the idealists were left to support the emperor, and these people were the king of guns.

The actual ability probably doesn't exist anymore, otherwise this kind of policy that offends the entire ruling class should never have been introduced.

Even if it is to reform, it must be done step by step! One step, it is not ascending to heaven, but falling into hell.

In the original time and space, Massimiliano I went to the guillotine like this, and personally forced the constitutionalists and churches who supported him to the opposite.

Now Franz's intervention has not changed his heart to die. This is not just fooling the French, thinking that the world is auspicious, and you can rest assured to die.

It’s just a matter of domestic turmoil, the second emperor of the middle school has shouted a political slogan of regaining lost territory. It seems that they really think that Americans are easy to bully and will spit out the meat they eat.

This move obviously offends the federal government. With Britain, France, Austria and the three countries pressing on it, the Federation did not dare to mess up on the surface, and no one could guarantee it secretly.

This is not the end, another thing happened that made Franz vomit blood.

Since the emperor and queen had no children, they adopted the grandsons of former Mexican emperor Agustín de Iturverde, Agustín and Salvador, as their adopted sons, and granted them the title of His Royal Highness Prince Iturverde, and established Argus the Little. Ting is the heir to the Mexican throne.

The heir to the throne came out without a word, and directly announced that the Mexican throne had nothing to do with the Habsburg dynasty.

At this time, Franz really had nothing to say. Even if the Habsburg family is not interested in the Mexican throne, they need to say hello to another heir!

Do you really think that Massimiliano is the son of destiny, the original time and space was guillotined in 1867, and now he is still sitting on the throne alive and tossing, and the Habsburg Dynasty has also made great efforts.

Anyway, after the news came back, Franz was held accountable by a group of grand dukes of the Habsburg family and demanded to cut off any support for Massimiliano I.

The use is readily available, and the family's resources are limited, so we can't just waste it on outsiders.

The opinions of family members also need to be considered. Don’t look at them as if they don’t seem to have much effect. In fact, through political marriage, they all contribute to the family.

European royal families are all one family, that's how they came. Otherwise, the marriage of the emperor and the children of the king alone will not be enough!

Franz agreed without any hesitation. Anyway, the elder brother's accusations have been exhausted, and the resources consumed by Massimiliano have been enough, so many family members have come to protest.

At the age of Massimiliano I and his wife, it was not time for sterilization at all. Queen Carlotta was less than thirty years old, and it was entirely possible to have offspring.

Now, in order to gain the support of the previous dynasty, it can only be said that it is a downright foolish move to establish little Agustin as the heir to the Mexican throne.

Not to mention how to deal with one's own son, just considering the reaction of the Habsburg family, the family's children should be considered first.

Maximilian I had no sons, but he had a bunch of nephews, and there were more than ten people who were qualified.

Even if the direct branch is not interested, isn't there a side branch? It doesn't matter how far the blood relationship is, as long as they are still family members, everyone will not be so conflicted.

Political resources have always been limited, and the rule of the game has always been that if you take more, others will take less.

Franz's generation has no ambitions, except for the idealist Maximilian I, the other two younger brothers are also of average ability, and the several princes of the side branch are similar.

Otherwise, these people would have jumped out to compete for resources. Don't underestimate these political resources and invest in a certain person. Now the Spanish throne and the Polish throne are all in competition.

Taking a step back, they can also go to South America to hook up with the constitutionalists of a certain country and participate in the fight for the throne.

This is the legacy left by the ancestors. Now the nobles of many countries in South America have some incense with the Habsburg family.

This is an old event a hundred years ago, the Spanish Habsburg dynasty died out, and the crown fell to the Bourbon dynasty. One dynasty, one courtier, this argument exists everywhere.

The nobles who were originally too close to the Habsburg dynasty were gradually excluded from the core of power, and many family members were forced to participate in the colonial expansion movement.

Now many of these people have become rulers of various South American countries. The relationship between the nobles is always unclear, and the secret connection still exists.

Especially after the rise of Austria, these potential networks have been established again, and it is impossible for them to continue their allegiance.

However, in some countries with serious infighting, the constitutionalists are still thinking of restoration. After all, South America has only been independent for a few decades. The Americans who are the tyrants of the republic have been severely beaten, and the mainstream of the world is still the monarchy.

The constitution naturally requires a king, and the Habsburg dynasty is just one of the options. With connections, people are naturally willing to have acquaintances.

If there is an ambitious person in the family, Franz doesn't mind pushing him. Just learn from Napoleon III, appear directly as a presidential candidate, and then the republic becomes the monarchy.

Fortunately, there is no such person, otherwise Massimiliano I would be really tragic. If he is divided with political resources, then he will be in danger, or he will be guillotined again.

A valued family member and a non-valued member are two completely different concepts.

The original time and space were in decline because of Austria, and the Habsburg dynasty had limited power and was unable to intervene in Mexico, and Massimiliano I was guillotined.

If the army appeared directly at the door, the Mexican Revolutionary Party would think calmly. Even if they are not calm, the artillery fire will calm them down.

With a sigh, Franz sent a letter to Massimiliano I, directly conveying the position of the Habsburg family. From now on, the two sides will draw a clear line.