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

Chapter 657 Monopolizing Oahu Island

When Friedrich's fleet returned to Hawaii, the local aborigines began to crowd out the Austrian forces under the instigation of businessmen from Britain, France, and the United States.

Of course, they would not dare to directly harass the Austrians, after all, Friedrich's previous sweep almost broke the backs of the natives.

However, they still dared to attack those Nanming workers. After all, they didn't look tough, and they had been law-abiding when they worked on the island before.

Naturally, the persimmons had to be picked and squeezed softly, so the natives hit the iron plate.

In fact, these workers are actually Nanming's army, so the degree of organization and combat effectiveness are completely beyond the imagination of the natives.

Moreover, most of them have lived on Kalimantan Island for a long time, so they are very familiar with the terrain of the rainforest island, and there is no fear of the Austrians at all.

At the same time, the Austrians on the island of Hawaii are not idiots. They are very clear that after solving the large number of Chinese laborers, they should be the next one, so they directly opened warehouses to arm the Chinese laborers.

As for the soft policy promised to the aborigines before, all are void. After all, the opponent's guns are all on the forehead, and if they don't fight back, they will get nothing but ridicule.

Of course, some of them have completed the conversion, or those who express their willingness to accept the conversion can work alone in one area.

If those people tried to leave, or participated in the fighting against Austria, they were directly regarded as enemies and no surrender was accepted.

This was forced by Franz. After all, prisoners can be treated preferentially, but if the traitors of one's own side are not punished, it is not only an insult to the loyalists, but also a cruelty to the unfinished business.

In fact, Franz's worries were superfluous. The missionaries in this period did not have the Virgin Mary disease at all. In addition, their long-term experience in "pyramid marketing" in various harsh environments in the world made them extremely sensitive to the perception of danger, and No moral burden whatsoever.

The result was that the organized Nanming army chased and killed the aborigines all over the mountains and plains. In the end, Kamehameha III had to invite businessmen from Britain, France, and the United States to mediate.

However, due to the repeated cross-border behavior of the indigenous people, those so-called agreements have become waste paper.

After all, working in Austria does not worry about food and clothing, so a sense of security has become the most urgent requirement.Therefore, the Nanming laborers' attack on the aborigines has not stopped, but it is no longer a blatant attack on the village.

Instead, it was changed to the law of the dark jungle. Any aborigine who did not walk within the prescribed path as required, as well as any aboriginal who might carry weapons or might have malicious intentions, would be regarded as an enemy.

In fact, a simple understanding is vendetta. This is naturally not what Franz wants to see, because what he needs is a stable Pacific transit station, not a piece of white land.

Fortunately, Friedrich discovered this situation when he returned to the voyage. After beating the local natives again, he officially declared the "hegemony" of the Austrian Empire in Oahu.

The Kingdom of Hawaii has a total of 8 big islands, namely Kauai Island, Niihau Island, Oahu Island, Molokai Island, Lanai Island, Maui Island, Kahoolawe Island, and the Big Island of Hawaii.

Except for Nihau Island, Kahoolawe Island, and Lanai Island, which are not suitable for large-scale agricultural production, the natural conditions of the other islands are very favorable.

Therefore, Princess Sneka's suggestion is to buy land from Nihau Island, Kahoolawe Island, and Lanai Island, and then exchange it with the natives on Oahu Island.

In fact, the natives on Oahu do not want to live in fear. Although these three islands are not suitable for large-scale agricultural production, they are more than enough for self-sufficiency, and they can also operate some grazing.

So the two hit it off, and soon most of the aborigines signed a new exchange agreement.

As for the aborigines who want to stay on Oahu Island, they either donate their land to become farmers, or they can only live on the land separately divided by Austria.

The forces of Britain, France, and the United States wanted to make trouble, but they had no choice but to radiate their own power to this place.The two visits of the Austrian Imperial Navy have made them realize the gap between them.

Businessmen are all seeking money, and there are not many people who really want to fight the Austrian Empire to the end.Moreover, at this time, Hawaii's status was far less important than later generations, and people did not realize the value of Pearl Harbor, an excellent military port in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

So everyone shook hands and made peace, and continued to bully the natives of Hawaii.

Among them, the Americans are the most ruthless, because they came the latest and are most looked down upon by the great powers.In fact, the colonists paid the most attention to mineral resources during this period, so those precious minerals have long been famous, and even volcanic ash has been reserved by Britain and France.

Therefore, the caravan of American colonists can only choose to directly attack those indigenous tribes with resources, and let the latter forcefully sign a contract with the former.

The reason why the Americans dare to do this is because they have gained access to the sea in the Oregon region, and their power can directly radiate to the Pacific Ocean.

Regardless of whether the British and French fleets are sent to Hawaii, it is really not worth the loss, so even if they are sent, the scale is usually very small.

In the history of several military operations against Hawaii by Britain and France, only 1-2 warships participated on average.

On the one hand, Hawaii is really weak, on the other hand, it is also a cost issue, or that sentence at this time people have not yet realized the importance of here.

Later, in addition to transferring a group of people from the mainland to manage Hawaii, Franz also introduced immigrants from Japan to develop the land and dilute the population of Nanming.

At the same time, let the church try to convert the local aborigines into available labor and land capitalists. If Franz wants to effectively control the Hawaii region for a long time, he must check and balance the local forces, and no one can dominate.

With the development of the times, the influence of the church will become weaker and weaker. Before that, Franz must build a new bond to maintain his control over it.

On the other hand, after the Edo Bay incident, the shogunate could only completely fall to the Austrian side. Abe Masahiro even built a new shrine on a mountain in Edo Castle under the guise of the general, named Tenshangten.

The previous "Flying Thunder God" was actually made by Kagura's believers, which naturally made the shogunate grateful to Dade, but more importantly, she was still the Austrian Minister to Japan at this time, and the regional manager of the Austrian Royal Overseas Development Company.

Whether it is the shogunate or the feudal lords from all over the world, if they want to establish contact with the Austrian Empire, they have to go through Kagura.

Therefore, the Tenshangten Shrine where she lives is also known as "Little Ao".

Masahiro Abe's traitorous behavior was also opposed by businessmen, and some people even planned to punish him.

The result is naturally that they can only return without success. After all, the strength of the shogunate has been restored at this time, and Masahiro Abe also knows what the end of his actions will be.

Death as a traitor is an inevitable outcome, but ants are greedy for life, let alone the supreme leader of a country?
As for Tokugawa Jiaqing, he is an incompetent and powerless general like in history. He prefers to enjoy cherry blossoms and drink wine than to fight for power and watch women compete for power and jealousy.

Although he is a rare long-lived general (lived to 61 years old), he has been known as mediocre, weak, stupid, and ignorant all his life.

(End of this chapter)