Chapter 617 Immigrants

Prime Minister Felix: "Up to now, there have been 1,876 bankrupt companies in China, and the number of unemployed has exceeded 2.47 million, a record high.

Among them, the cotton textile industry suffered the most losses. A quarter of the textile mills went bankrupt, and more than half of the cotton textile mills announced a reduction in production, resulting in a direct drop in production capacity of 37%.

It is closely followed by shipbuilding, which has seen few new orders in recent months due to reduced international trade. Even a large part of the original orders were affected by the economic crisis and declared defaults.

Steel..."

Bad news kept ringing in Franz's ears, the inevitable result of the economic crisis.

During the Great Depression, the market shrank, and companies cut production capacity and layoffs in order to survive the crisis, causing the market to shrink further, forming a vicious circle.

To solve the crisis is very simple, either find a new market to transfer the crisis, or wait for the market to recover naturally.

The current situation is very obvious. The whole of Europe is affected by Austria. If you want to transfer the crisis, you have nowhere to go. You can only rely on the market to recover.

After the survival of the fittest, the backward production capacity is eliminated. Most of the surviving companies have worked hard on management or technology, and every time the economy is over, it is also a period of technological explosion.

Unlike in the past, after the outbreak of the economic crisis, the Vienna government did not increase investment in public facilities and increase employment, but instead allowed the market to freely adjust.

Franz asked: "How is the immigration process going?"

The crisis is not scary, what is scary is the unemployed population generated in the crisis. These days, the working class has a serious lack of ability to resist risks. It's okay to be unemployed for two or three months.

The way to get through the crisis is very simple, just immigrate directly. The colony is under development and lacks a large workforce.

Under normal circumstances, except for those who are restless and want to get rich, few people are willing to leave their homes and go to the colonies to work hard.

To put it bluntly, the golden time to go to the colony and make a fortune is over. With the continuous development, the conditions of the colony are getting better and better, but the chances of making a fortune are getting less and less.

Early immigrants, as long as they worked hard and didn't die, were basically able to make a fortune. Up to now, it can only be said that there are more opportunities than domestic ones.

If you want to get ahead, in addition to daring to fight and work hard, you must also have a flexible mind and a little luck.

The temptation has diminished, and so has everyone’s enthusiasm for immigration. Even though Austria has already started its colonial localization strategy, the time is still short, and the infrastructure is still far from comparable to that of the country.

Especially in the fields of transportation, medical care, and education, the gap is huge. The traffic problem is that the development time is too short, and the medical care and education are the lack of talents.

It's not that Austria lacks doctors and teachers, it's mainly that these people can live well at home and have no motivation to go to the colonies to fight.

In order to solve these problems, the Vienna government also set up schools on the African continent to train doctors and teachers on the spot.

This is not to be seen in a short period of time, and it will take time to accumulate. Especially the training of doctors, according to the current education system in Austria, there is no medical profession less than seven years, and it takes ten years to train a qualified doctor.

This is not a high demand from Franz, but a practical need. In the era of lack of medical equipment, seeing a doctor depends entirely on the doctor's personal ability, and quick success is impossible.

Colonial Secretary Stephen replied: "So far, the number of people who have signed up for immigration has exceeded the 1.2 million mark, and 680,000 have been resettled.

The number of applicants is continuing to increase. According to the current domestic economic situation, it is estimated that the final total number of immigrants may exceed three million. "

This is the characteristic of the economic crisis. In the early stage, the people still have savings to support, and the later life will become more difficult.

It's no surprise to sign up for immigration in order to survive. If people really choose voluntarily, it is estimated that there are not many people in Austria who want to go to colonies.

In order to encourage everyone to emigrate, the Vienna government is also heartbroken. Many colonial companies recruit immigrants in two situations, one is direct immigration, and the other is going to Africa to work.

Most people will choose the second one. Even if the Vienna government, which immigrated directly, will subsidize the settlement fee, it will not shake everyone's determination.

Many people also fantasize about working hard on the African continent for a few years and then returning to their hometown to buy a home when they save enough money. The reality is that after living on the African continent for a few years, most people stay.

No way, income is the key. The African continent lacks labor, and ordinary workers are naturally paid more than their native counterparts.

After getting used to high wages, and then going back to low wages, the standard of living does not rise but declines. Few people can stand it.

In order to attract more people, the colonial government encouraged everyone to bring their families. Africa is no longer a barren land, and many people go to colonies with their families for the convenience of living.

Franz nodded: "Immigration work, continue to hurry. Now is the best opportunity. Once the economic crisis is over, it will not be easy to have so many immigrants in the future.

How is the situation abroad? The Paris Conference has reached that stage. Is it possible for countries to reach a consensus in the short term? "

"Yes, Your Majesty! The Colonial Ministry has made plans to absorb immigrants as much as possible during the economic crisis." Stephen replied

Foreign Secretary Weisenberg: "Your Majesty, the countries of Europe are deeply engulfed in the economy, and life is not easy for everyone right now.

However, the overall situation has stabilized. The French have crushed the Italian uprising, Napoleon

The IV directly controlled Paris, and the opposition had the intention to make trouble, but was unable to implement it.

It is worth mentioning that the relationship between Prussia and Germany has deteriorated sharply, because the outbreak of the Rhineland Uprising directly pierced the last layer of window paper to maintain the relationship between the two countries.

According to the agreement, when the Rhineland Uprising broke out, it was actually approaching the handover period in the treaty. The German federal government wanted to hand over in advance, but was rejected by the Berlin government.

In order to get more immigrants, the Prussians sent troops to suppress the uprising, forcing a large number of people to leave.

Judging from the information we have received, the Berlin government has basically emptied the essence of the Rhineland region. Engineers, scientists, doctors, and teachers have almost been wiped out.

Under the intervention of European countries, the Berlin government has just handed over to the German Federal Empire, but the progress is very slow.

Preliminary estimates suggest that the Berlin government may delay until a year later. Now they are still using the last time to dig people, maybe when the German Federal Empire takes over, there are not even skilled workers in the area.

Affected by the economic crisis, the Paris meeting went very poorly. Governments of various countries are not in the meeting, and some people even want to pass on the crisis through colonies in a whimsical way.

In the battle for colonies, everyone is at odds with each other. In addition, the British are deliberately doing things again, and they seem to want to fish in the water, which makes the prospect of the Paris conference even more gloomy. "

Franz nodded. The Kingdom of Prussia has taken away millions of immigrants from the Rhineland region.

This is all digging the corner of the German Federal Empire. The most valuable thing in the Rhineland region is not the mineral resources, but these high-quality talents. The two sides did not fight directly, and they were already very restrained.

As for the British deliberately leaving hidden dangers between countries, these are all familiar recipes and familiar tastes. If they didn't do it, Franz would have a problem.

The Paris Peace Conference was not falsely convened to mediate conflicts among countries and reduce international conflicts, but from the standpoint of the British, the real purpose was to reduce conflicts between themselves and other countries.

Will other colonial empires come into conflict, what does it matter to them? Deliberately provoking relations between countries is entirely John Bull's habitual operation.

If all the contradictions in the European countries are gone, and everyone can live together peacefully and be good neighbors, will the London government still be able to sleep?