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

Chapter 1273 Conscience of Heaven and Earth
Thirty thousand is not a small number, but as Prince Schwarzenberg said, if these thirty thousand people were evenly distributed across Spain, the number would be negligible.

Not to mention attacking, it was even a question whether they could defend themselves. This size could only be considered a security team at best, and if it got out, other countries would definitely laugh at them.

However, Franz knew very well that if he wanted to conquer Spain quickly and effectively, he could not rely solely on force.

These people really went to be police officers. After all, there were also many enemies within the Austrian Empire, and they were even more brutal.

If the problems of public security and logistics are not resolved, Spain will never be stable.

The focus of investment at this time is still on logistical supplies. It would be an extremely unwise choice to interrupt the supply at this time, and Franz must show something.

As for the attack, he was not in a hurry. Franz was secretly showing another face. He was sending people to secretly contact the generals and warlords of the Spanish government army.

Franz did not want to fight as long as he could be bribed. Franz could provide a large sum of money and a ship ticket to the United States, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil.

However, the options Franz gave did not include letting bygones be bygones, and leaving Spain was the bottom line he could accept.

The powerful people in most places were willing to contact the Austrian Empire, but it was impossible to get them to give up the power in their hands.

Some people were afraid that Franz would not keep his promise, some were afraid that Franz would settle a score with them later, but more people did not want to give up their power and hard-earned status.

The reason why they were willing to contact the Austrian Empire was to keep their power, and the two sides' positions were relatively weak, so most of them could only part ways unhappily.

However, through these contacts, Franz also understood who the enemy was and who could be won over, and the same was true for those local forces in Spain.
Berlin.

William IV has been unable to sleep at night recently because the fact that Prussia resold Russian grain to the British, causing the failure of Russia's Continental Blockade plan, has been exposed.

Everyone knows in all honesty that Russia's crazy plan has no chance of success.

However, that did not include Nicholas I himself, and whether it succeeded or not did not mean that Prussia could fleece Russia.
The Tsar himself wrote a letter with extremely harsh words. Although the letter did not directly say that Prussia would be punished, it did not say that bygone erasures would be made.

What did Nicholas I write in his letter? The answer is Russia's losses. The embargo cost Russia nearly 30 million rubles, but only the Russians themselves know how much it cost.

Anyway, Prussia's revenue after deducting the federal tariffs was less than 10 million thalers. Now not only the Russians wanted to settle the account, the British were also very dissatisfied with Prussia's behavior of raising prices.

William IV remembered Friedrich List and the short-sighted Junker nobles who proposed the plan.

The Junker landlords were the foundation of this country, so William IV naturally could not touch them. However, it was different for Friedrich List, the economist had a bad reputation, so it was only appropriate to put the blame on him.

Although Friedrich List did not commit suicide due to poverty in 1846 as in history, his economic reforms touched the interests of many people.

This is not to say that he has no talent or is bad, but he took on a lot of blame in a special era. Fortunately, Friedrich Liszt learned to run away, which is shameful but effective.

Because of his close relationship with the Junker landlord class in Prussia and the fact that soldiers were more loyal, he learned in advance about William IV's next move.

As a Württemberg native, he has been to too many places and met too many people, and he is a little tired.

Friedrich Liszt, who was sitting in a rocking chair, accidentally found a handwritten letter from King Pedro II of Brazil on the table. The content of the letter was nothing more than an invitation to the former to visit the Kingdom of Brazil, be a guest, give lectures, and if possible, to work in the Brazilian government. Friedrich Liszt seemed very excited, and he immediately jumped off the rocking chair and shouted.

"Rosa! Pack your things! We're going to Brazil!"

In fact, Pedro II wrote countless such letters, but most of the responses he received were saying that Brazil is doing well and will take off soon. I have family matters/official duties/illness and cannot go. I wish your country will take off soon.
In fact, Brazil has always had a good reputation among economists, but this country that has always been about to take off has never really taken off.

Of course, it was entirely Franz's credit that this letter appeared on Friedrich Liszt's desk at this time.

Franz still had great respect for the chief architect of the German Customs Union, and he did not want such a man to be forced to commit suicide.

Moreover, Pedro II kept complaining to Francis that he could not find anyone to assist him.

What Maria Amelia and Madame Sophie did not know was that Pedro II and Franz had a good personal relationship, and Pedro II had long wanted to marry Maria Amelia to Franz.

The longer Pedro II did business with the Austrian Empire, the more he realized how powerful the Austrian Empire was. Admiration for strength is a common human trait, and kings are no exception.

Pedro II once asked Franz.

“How can Brazil become a strong country?”

Franz's answer was.

“Don’t seek outside of yourself, but look within yourself. If you can’t find what you want, look within yourself.”

To put it bluntly, most of Brazil's problems are internal, including regional conflicts, ethnic conflicts, class conflicts, and military-political conflicts.
Pedro II's power was not enough to control the entire Brazil, and he could not even fully control the southeast coast. He could only control a small area around the capital Rio de Janeiro.

To give the most obvious example, when the Austrian Empire first came into contact with Brazil in 1835, rubber was mentioned at that time. Over the next decade, Franz continued to ask Brazil to expand the area of ​​rubber cultivation.

If Pedro II initially ignored the advice of a little boy, he should have taken action after the rubber trade generated huge profits.

However, the reality is that Brazil's rubber production has not increased in the past decade, only the price has increased.

All this stems from the fact that several local big families are afraid that increasing production will affect the price of rubber, and they are even more afraid that expanding planting will affect their monopoly position.

As a result, the rubber industry was strictly guarded, and even force was used to prevent others from entering.

However, the Brazilian government lacks control over the inland area, and such a small number of people have been holding back an industry for more than a decade.

This self-isolation of the Brazilians also caused Brazil to change from the origin of natural rubber and the world's largest exporter of natural rubber to an importer of natural rubber.

If the internal problems are not solved, Brazil's dream of becoming a powerful country will be forgotten. But then again, it is almost impossible for Pedro II to solve Brazil's internal problems with his current strength.

(End of this chapter)