Chapter 229 Target Ivory Coast [Update]

"Uncle Friedrich, what do you want?"

"How should I know!"

"I need someone to take care of me?" Franz said.

"You are a big man." Friedrich realized halfway through that Franz was still between a child and a teenager.

"Uncle Friedrich, although I am about the same height as you, I am indeed a child." Franz said jokingly.

In fact, it was helpless to bring Da Yansugiyin with him. Talia's work at school was very busy, mainly due to the problem of ideological trends. In addition, Franz needed someone to take charge of the overall situation when he left Vienna. Although Mrs. Sophie could calm the situation, the details of the work still needed the help of Ajani.

And when it comes to the ability to take care of people, the women around Franz may not be as good as Da Yansugiyin, after all, Japan's cultural heritage is there. And in order to ensure her loyalty, she must show off her muscles from time to time.

The Japanese have a serious admiration for the strong, and Japanese women are even more serious, especially Japanese women who are alone overseas.

"What kind of child are you! Worse than an old man!" Friedrich was obviously very unhappy.

Franz, who was ten years old, was nearly 150 cm tall, while Friedrich, who was 19 years old, was only 158 cm tall.

"Uncle Friedrich, you are wrong to say that. You and your soldiers are the ones who did the bad things. I am just giving you a reasonable suggestion."

"You guy! You are here to discuss trade with a few African native tribes with such a big show?"

"Yes. I have acquired the Spanish and Portuguese trading posts in Ivory Coast. Now there is only the French trading post. There were less than 50 people originally, but now it has suddenly increased to 200 people. There is no doubt that the other party has also set their sights on this land."

What Franz was most worried about still happened. The French began to infiltrate Ivory Coast earlier than in history.

The reduction in Egyptian cotton production directly affected France's textile industry. Algeria's cotton fields were constantly harassed by rebels. Texas' cotton and cattle industries soared, but in order to ensure the loyalty of the locals, France not only did not lower the purchase price, but also gave local subsidies.

This behavior of the French government naturally won the support of the locals, and the Frenchification of Texas went very smoothly. Local farmers and upper-class gentlemen sent their children to study in France, and some even paid a high price to buy French titles.

Franz did not expect that French immigration in Texas would be so successful. What happened to the American people who loved freedom? They were ready to Frenchify without even a single uprising?

Of course, the Frenchified Texas directly stung the sensitive nerves of Americans, after all, they still had a large area of ​​former French colonies.

Moreover, the Americans had "sacrificed" so much for Texas before, but now it was cheap for the French, so all the previous efforts became sunk costs, and what was even more terrifying was that there might be a backlash.

Mexico next door was also surprised and worried. What was surprised was that Texas developed so fast, and what was worried was that the French ambitions were not satisfied.

Although the French colony of Texas in North America was sandwiched between the United States and Mexico, the French, who had tasted the sweetness, began their expansion journey earlier than in history.

Not only Ivory Coast, the French also extended their claws to Morocco, Mauritania, Guinea, Senegal, Benin, and even competed with Britain for Nigeria.

The French goal is to incorporate all of Northwest Africa into the French territory. At the same time, the French also saw that Austria used religion to colonize Zhenla, and they aimed at the more powerful Vietnam.

However, the so-called strength is only for Southeast Asian countries.

Friedrich didn't think the French were a problem. On the contrary, he felt that although Austria was far inferior to France in the total number of fleets, the existence of the Strait of Gibraltar cut the French fleet into two sections, and there was still hope for the two countries to go to war.

"There are only two hundred French people. The cavalry you brought this time has more than 1,000 people. I still have 1,500 marines and 200 special forces. Why don't we do it secretly?"

Franz covered his face. Sure enough, special operations were too early for this era. Friedrich was completely poisoned.

"We can't go to war with the French directly. The cost is too high, and the British will only benefit in the end."

"Then just ignore the French? They will definitely compete with us for the Ivory Coast."

"Now the French are attacking from all sides, and their strength is extremely dispersed. We just need to buy off the natives and let them deal with the French. Once the French colonial government finds that the maintenance costs are far greater than their benefits, they will give up competing with us."

"How can those natives listen to you? I heard that they took our goods without paying, and also kidnapped our people, eating the men and the women"

Friedrich obviously believed the rumors, but Franz didn't want to correct the right and wrong at this time.

"What are the people we brought here for?" Franz asked back.

"Will we still have to fight?"

"I said we are here to discuss business, but I didn't say we won't use force."

"But isn't it a bit of an overreaction to only deal with the natives of Ivory Coast?"

"We are going to Guinea, Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon, and Congo. We still have a chance to compete with Britain and France in these five places."

"So many? How can we have so many people?" Friedrich couldn't help but worry again.

"We are here to trade, not to fight, and colonization is a long process. The entire process may take ten or even twenty years to complete the first step."

"So long? And if we want to colonize these areas, how can there be so many pioneers? Even if you catch all the homeless people in Austria, it won't be enough."

Adjani made some mistakes when she hired homeless people to develop the colony. In order to recruit more homeless people, the people below lied and claimed that the Austrian Empire had land in the New World (North America) that needed to be developed, so people signed up very enthusiastically.

However, when they boarded the ship in Venice, those people knew that they were going to Africa, and some of them took advantage of the chaos and escaped. The riot even attracted the military police, although in the end the tramps were captured and put on a ship to Africa.

But the whole incident caused quite a stir. In fact, the Austrian Empire was already very polite to homeless people, and other countries directly captured them and put them on ships just like slaves and livestock.

"There will be people, but the core must be Austrians."

In fact, there were quite a few Germans immigrating to North America in this era. If these could be intercepted, it would largely solve the problem of Austria's lack of a dominant ethnic group.

In the future, Ireland, Sweden and Japan will all be the main sources of immigration. About 3 million Irish, 1.3 million Swedish (including 750,000 Norwegians), and 1.1 million Japanese will leave their countries, either voluntarily or forcibly in the new "world" "Start living.

If part of it could be sent to Africa, the problem of insufficient manpower in the colonies would naturally be solved.