Chapter 623 Colonists

The trade transit station is Franz's short-term plan for the Hawaiian Islands. He firmly believes that the value and importance of this archipelago will become more prominent as time goes by.

After all, cross-continental ocean trade will become more and more frequent in the future.

At this time, the three pillar industries in Hawaii are sandalwood exports, whaling and pearl collecting. Although Franz is not optimistic about the prospects of these industries, he still has to make money.

Franz set his sights on the sandalwood industry and pearl collecting industry because these two businesses do not require much cost and have rich returns.

As for the whaling industry, the entire Austria does not even have a whaling ship, and lacks relevant technicians and technological reserves.

In addition, in terms of sustainable development, whaling is too fragile compared to the other two luxury industries, and the petrochemical and rubber industries that the empire will rely on in the future will replace its role.

Both whale baleen and whale oil will be replaced by cheaper industrial products, which is an irreversible trend.

And this process will not take too long. The oil in North Africa has been successfully mined and the rubber in Southeast Asia has matured.

A large amount of cheap raw materials will greatly promote the development of these two industries and will affect the development of history to a certain extent. Although it is not as obvious as the electric revolution, it is not much less.

Of course, in addition to the above, Franz also set his sights on the planting of coffee and sugarcane. After all, this can not only prevent excess labor, but also occupy some land by the way, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

However, Friedrich's progress was not very smooth at this time. His previous conflicts with those treacherous natives and his subsequent crazy revenge on the attackers were seen by their local counterparts.

In the past few days, there have been constant attacks on Austrian soldiers who landed by native residents. When the Hawaiian Kingdom was invaded before, they did not harm the interests of other tribes, so they let it go.

And now Friedrich's behavior looks more like a provocation and declaration of war to the other party, so these tribes united to drive the powers out of their homes.

Perhaps it was because the previous colonists were not large, and they were mainly seeking wealth and land, so there were not many conflicts with the natives, so the latter did not know the horror of the powers.

It was the first time that Friedrich encountered such an outrageous thing. He found Kamehameha III, who was still secretly delighted that his subjects were so brave.

The monarch pretended to be stupid in response to the questions of the distinguished visitor, and several British, French and American advisers were even more eager to watch the show.

The Austrian army seemed too powerful compared to other powers at this time and place, so they all wanted to see it and its commander suffer.

They didn't expect that Friedrich would take the initiative and directly order to start clearing out creatures that might threaten his soldiers after not getting a reply.

No matter how strong the natives were, they could not fight against the prepared modern army. Under the baptism of naval guns and rockets, their defense was useless and full of loopholes, and bows and arrows could not fight against firearms.

Soon the native tribes near Pearl Bay were wiped out, and they could only hide in the jungle on the island to avoid threats.

But the local Nanming laborers who had been oppressed by the natives for a long time stood up and joined the Austrian army under the leadership of some spies.

These people are better at jungle warfare than Friedrich's Marines. After all, they relied on this to defeat the arrogant British on Kalimantan.

In the end, it took nearly a month for the Austrian army to completely eliminate the hostile forces near Pearl Bay. This made the Hawaiian population, which was already suffering from infectious diseases and had sharply decreased, even worse.

These Chinese naturally became the new owners of the area near Pearl Bay. Austria only left a small number of managers in the area, but this was enough to make any local force no longer dare to underestimate its strength.

"It turns out that I am really just an ant." Kamehameha III smiled bitterly. At this time, he was shrouded in fear like thousands of indigenous people on the island.

Historically, due to the monarch's strategy of allocating land, his subjects became real landlords. Before World War I, they all enslaved laborers from the East crazily.

Moreover, they were more vicious than Westerners, often arbitrarily increasing rents, beating and scolding at will, and even violently invading and robbing property.

Originally, according to the plan, Friedrich needed to use funds to purchase land or at least joint development was an acceptable option, but it eventually became a robbery.

However, this variable was already within Franz's expectations, so he prepared a group of Chinese workers in advance. After all, it was not realistic to develop Hawaii by transporting people from the empire's mainland across the ocean in the short term.

"Miss Kagura, don't you want to come and see? Those fireworks are so beautiful!"

Princess Sineka was intoxicated by the smoke and burning gunpowder, and the huge explosions were like pleasant music.

Kagura looked at the unequal battle in the distance with some indifference. She had seen battles far more intense than this, and she was also there in the naval battle that destroyed the Oman Empire Navy.

"Your Highness, you should go into the cabin to rest. It's windy outside."

Kagura took out a cloak deliberately because she knew that the former would not listen to her advice.

"Miss Kagura, you are so considerate. I heard that you are Franz's attendant?"

Sineka asked tentatively. Kagura was no longer the little girl full of hatred. She knew what the former wanted to know, but nothing happened.

"Reporting to Her Highness, I am just the Archduke's student."

"Student?" This statement caught Princess Sineka off guard. She really wanted to know what the saint Friedrich was like.

Although Sineka had contact with Franz, the time was too short and too thoughtful for the former to judge the latter's personality and preferences.

Carolina was a complete idiot. She only thought Franz was handsome and strong.

From the servants, I learned that Franz was also very knowledgeable and good at wrestling, but he rarely attended royal activities.

In fact, the royal family of this generation rarely showed their faces in public, and the exposure rate was far less than that of the Holy Roman Empire.

At that time, Archduke John went to various celebrity balls and banquets every day, attended music festivals and opera opening ceremonies, and even went to pubs and cafes to chat with people.

Archduke Karl also often rode with the army to go to war, and the late Emperor Franz II often looked down at his subjects from the balcony.

Not to mention the emperor Ferdinand I of this generation, who was powerless, his younger brother Archduke Franz Karl was a social phobic. He only appeared in public twice in all these years, once in a debate with someone in the park, and once when he was drunk and took a bath in the fountain in the square.

Archduke Karl's family, the old one went to Switzerland for a trip, the eldest one hid in the headquarters all day and didn't know what he was studying, the second one went to the United States and was said to be digging coal. I really don't understand the hobbies of the royal family.

The third one drifted on the sea all day, and the fourth one simply never came out of his own palace.

Not to mention the several young archdukes of the direct line, only Archduke Franz occasionally took a carriage to go to the Royal Science Society.