The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1230 Changing rice into mulberry
However, Franz does not think so. In the final analysis, it is still the saying "There are people who do business that will get them killed, but no one will do business that will lose them money."

In terms of personnel transportation, no country in the world had more say than the Austrian Empire at that time. At that time, conventional ships, whether cargo ships or passenger ships, could only carry 500-1000 people.

It would take at least 150-300 ocean-going ships to transport people, and that's only when only people are being transported. Because it's a family migration, their luggage and cargo must be taken into account, and the number of ships required would at least double.

It is definitely impossible to gather so many ocean-going ships at once. Even if they were gathered, an ordinary port would not be able to accommodate hundreds of ships.

Whether for security or economic considerations, the ports of Texas cannot be open to French ships without restrictions. They can only be shipped in batches, and the detention costs incurred during the period will be difficult to estimate.

This only takes into account sea and land transportation, and does not take into account land transportation and resettlement issues after returning home.

The French survivors in Texas were not refugees from the island of Ireland, and they would not accept their fate passively.

The entire plan is conservatively estimated to cost 30 to 50 million francs, which would have been a drop in the bucket for France's finances before.

But France was experiencing an economic crisis at the time. Could Louis Napoleon really come up with so much money? Would the parliament agree?

Franz was also well aware of the infighting between Louis Napoleon and the Party of Order, and neither side would miss this excellent opportunity.

And even if the French government is really willing to pay the money, will the French in Texas be willing to leave?
People who work in agriculture will have this sentiment to some extent, not to mention that many of the lands were reclaimed by them with their own hands, so their attachment to their hometown must be even stronger.

Therefore, Franz felt that it was important to stimulate the French government, and it was also important to combine resistance and persuasion. The two signs of Louis Philippe and Count Chambord were still very useful. People who supported the monarchy were very important to the German Confederation, while those who supported the monarchy were a cancer.

Finally, Metternich felt that there was still a misunderstanding of colonies within the German Confederation. Many of them simply equated colonies with places of exile and seriously underestimated the value of colonies.

Apart from Austria, the Netherlands and Denmark, the two "French kings" paid the most attention to Texas in the entire German Confederation. Their family background made their vision far higher than that of the royal family in the German region.

The remaining German states sent only revolutionaries and liberals, who even wanted to set up a German version of the Continental Parliament.

It’s just that Metternich could deal with them in Europe, and he can do the same in North America.

In addition, the Germans who came to the New World generally had a bit of national sentiment and were very hostile to the French, which caused the entire Texas to fall into turmoil again.

On the other side of the world, a peasant uprising of unprecedented scale was brewing. However, no one thought that this failed scholar who pretended to be a ghost would be capable of anything, after all, the Qing Dynasty was as huge as Russia.

Franz knew the scale and impact of the uprising, so he had already started planning. Kenya later became the largest tea producing country in Africa, so Franz naturally would not waste this Feng Shui treasure land.

It’s just that the tea varieties of this era probably haven’t been improved, and the quality of the tea grown is really not good enough, not to mention Far Eastern tea, even Indian tea is not as good as it.

But Kenya's black tea has a strong flavor, which is very much in line with the tastes of people outside the Austrian Empire.

At that time, because the British highly praised black tea and some other countries followed suit, the price of black tea in the European market was very high.

Whether it was because of its short coastline or wallet problems, the Austrian Empire was one of the very few countries that imported more green tea than black tea.

In fact, the refreshing green tea is more suitable for the Austrians' taste, and they prefer matcha to black tea and green tea. No one can stop Austrians from adding sugar and honey to their drinks. In the German region, tea is not the main drink. People prefer coffee and beer. Only a few elites and nobles have the habit of drinking tea.

At this time, the Austrian Empire was the leader of the entire German region, and the elites naturally had to align with the leader.

In addition to tea, the price of silk will also be popular. Soon the prosperous Jiangnan region will be corrupt, but the world's demand for silk will not decrease.

Fortunately, Franz had purchased a large amount of raw silk from Japan and Southeast Asia and stockpiled it in the country. He was prepared to make a fortune when the price rose.

Due to the agreement with the Tokugawa shogunate, the Austrian Empire actually monopolized Japan's raw silk, and the whole of Japan was carrying out a vigorous plan to convert rice to mulberry.

After all, growing mulberry trees and raising silkworms is much more profitable than growing grain. On the other hand, the Austrians' grain is not only cheap but also tastes good. Japan's grain traders and merchant groups were defeated and could no longer threaten the rule of the shogunate and daimyo.

Every year, the Shogun would lead the daimyo on a pilgrimage to the west, but they did not understand why they had to make a pilgrimage to the west since the food was shipped from the east.

In short, the Austrians resolved their ruling crisis, improved their living standards by more than one level, and helped them defeat the arrogant British. They were simply like gods.

In fact, the plan to replace rice with mulberry trees was opposed by many Japanese military strategists and knowledgeable people as soon as it was introduced. They felt that the Austrian Empire had sinister intentions to make Japan completely lose its ability to resist and become a lamb to be slaughtered.

However, in the face of the overwhelming benefits, their voices are completely inaudible.

So these Japanese samurai formed an organization called Isshin-gumi, vowing to save Japan from the brink of danger.

Their idea was to overthrow the superior with the inferior, but the warriors did not dare to go to the heavily guarded official residence, and they did not dare to think about the merchant ships guarded by the army.

But for a shrine that only has women, the samurai are willing to give it a try.

After repeated research, these warriors decided to attack the shrine built by the Austrians. After collecting enough intelligence, they decided to select 20 elite warriors and launch a surprise attack at night after leaving a suicide note.

They wanted to disgrace the Austrian Empire and make it too embarrassed to continue staying on this land.

However, as a dog barked, the imagined scene of long swords clashing with naginatas did not happen. Instead, a burst of gunfire was heard, and all twenty elite warriors were killed, except for one who had his limbs broken to survive.

When the news reached Edo, the 12th Shogun Tokugawa Ieharu was so frightened that he fainted on the spot.

The elders of the Tokugawa family in the Ogosho were in great despair. They had no idea what the consequences would be if they offended this powerful ally.

What frightened them even more was that twenty fully armed elite warriors could not even deal with a few women during a night attack. The gap between the two countries was like the difference between heaven and earth.

In addition, the Tokugawa shogunate was well aware that the local daimyos were doing their utmost to curry favor with the Austrian Empire, and they were very likely to take advantage of the situation.

After all, it doesn’t matter to the Austrian emperor who rules Japan, and there are plenty of people willing to be his agent.