Chapter 346 The Uneasy Year
1842 was destined to be an uneasy year.
The story of Austria's victory over the Zawasan pirates in the Western Indian Ocean quickly spread throughout Europe. You must know that their reputation in the Age of Discovery was no less than that of the Barbary pirates who roamed the Mediterranean.
However, what European countries are more interested in is that the Oman Empire actually gave the entire Tanzania coast, including Bagamoyo, to the Austrian Empire.
Due to the strength of the Oman Empire, East Africa has always been a restricted area for European powers. The behavior of the Oman Empire was obviously showing weakness to the Austrian Empire. No powerful country would believe the stupid idea of handing over its territory to others in order to express gratitude.
There can only be one reason, and that is that the Oman Empire is not as good as the Austrian Empire.
This will naturally make Britain and France tempted, and they have long coveted the port of Mombasa.
Mombasa, a city once founded by the Portuguese, is now the largest trading center in East Africa. Especially after the Austrian Empire acquired Bagamoyo, the slave trade center in East Africa or the world moved to Mombasa.
Moreover, compared to Bagamoyo, Mombasa Port has a larger throughput and a more advantageous geographical location. It is surrounded by natural barriers formed by natural coral rocks, making it a military fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Of course, the idea that the Oman Empire gave the Tanzania coastline to the Tanzania coastline in gratitude for the actions of Franz and his party was completely fabricated by Said to cover up the fact that he was weak after his defeat.
But what he didn't expect was that the trick he thought was so sophisticated could be seen through so easily.
Fortunately, the Oman Empire still has its remaining power, and Britain and France only made tentative requests. After the disastrous defeat to the Austrian Empire, Said finally recognized his own strength, and he had dealt with the French before, so he naturally used checks and balances.
At this time, the conflicts between Britain and France were much greater than in history. Starting from the Spanish Civil War and then to Central America, the British caused the French to suffer huge losses every time.
If Guizot was not a pro-British man in power at this time, I am afraid that the contradiction between the two countries would further intensify. But even he could hardly suppress the anger of the people.
Especially in Central America, the French paid a huge price to participate in the Central American Civil War, while the British took away Honduras, a land rich in gold and silver, without firing a shot or spending a cent.
What's even more outrageous is that the British sent people to secretly rescue the former president of Central America, Morazán, and secretly gave him support to oppose French rule.
In fact, bribery is very common in this era. Just like Franz clearly wanted Miloš to never stand up again, but the British were able to rescue him easily.
Of course, this would require the help of a traitor, otherwise the FBI, KGB, Chinese Dragon Group and the like in later generations would really be ashamed.
Morazan also lived up to expectations. He chose the Saldoba area as soon as he escaped. This is his foundation. Coupled with the poor mountains and rivers and the many unruly people here, it is the weakest place of French rule.
As a result, the French had just ended the costly civil war in Central America and were now facing Morazan's rebellion.
Of course, Morazan would not call himself a villain. In his eyes, the French betrayed him.
Then the second edition of Central America's "Anti-Thieves" was officially released. The level was still as low as ever, and the content was even more mediocre. In fact, it was just gossiping and misrepresenting it.
The general idea is that the French betrayed the Declaration of Human Rights and came together with the church, and as Napoleon's successor, he wanted to do what Napoleon failed to do, overthrow the monarchy and restore the republic.
Lamosan said that he had made a mistake by inviting the French here. They would have wasted their food and money, and would have colluded with those damn rebels.
If he had accomplished the great cause of unification without the French disrupting him, today's situation would not have happened. For this reason, Lamosan gave anyone the right to kill Frenchmen and priests in Central America. He wanted to fight for freedom and people.
Lamosan's words made the French senior officials angry. You must know that the amount of money they have spent on the Central American Federation Civil War over the years can be described in astronomical figures, even compared to the previous Spanish Civil War.
The French church also felt wronged. They decided to help after seeing the Central American priests being slaughtered by both sides. But now, they have become the executioners who kill ordinary people.
The Bonapartists in France were even more furious. This was the first time they had seen a counterfeit being so arrogant. Louis Napoleon in Arkham Prison couldn't help but want to jump out and hack this bastard to death, asking him what qualifications he had to inherit Napoleon's career.
"Are you worthy of being called Napoleon?"
Faced with Louis Napoleon's sleep talking, the inmates and jailers said they were used to it. After all, he was not sick for a day or two.
At this time, Victor Hugo and the banker Berera brothers, who were imprisoned for satirizing the church, had been released from prison. Frank Miller, the police chief who used excessive violence, slept with each other in a hideous manner.
A young man wearing clown makeup was carefully reading the book "Abolition of Poverty" written by Louis Napoleon and making strange laughter from time to time, while the mysterious killer "Gu" from the East was still hanging upside down in the room. On the beam, no one knew whether he was asleep or awake.
Countries and parties involved who have some knowledge of the wars in Central America know how many bad things Morazán has done, but for the vast number of melon-eating people on the European continent, this is undoubtedly a big black hole in France.
For a time, there was endless condemnation of the French king and government, and almost everyone accused them of greed and cruelty. After all, the victims this time were white people, not other people of color.
In fact, the French really want to remove the thorn in their side of Morazán, but because El Salvador is a mountainous swamp and is close to the Pacific Ocean and not connected to the Atlantic Ocean, the Panama Canal has not yet been opened at this time. If they want to invade from the sea, they must bypass it. In South America, no one can afford such a price.
Attacking from land is equally costly. But we can't let it go, not only because Morazan betrayed France, but also brought a very bad influence to it.
It is also because of the difficult terrain of Saldoba that it is the best springboard to attack Guatemala. There is no room for others to snore and sleep on the side of the bed. Of course, the French want to get along quickly.
But soon they discovered new troubles, because Morasan was able to make a comeback because there were people behind the scenes.
It's just that this is not a British family. Americans are also involved. They hope that Morazan will unify the Central American Federation again.
This is not because the Americans really want to help them, but a chaotic Central America is more beneficial to the United States, at least not allowing the great powers to take root in Central America.
Of course, in addition to Americans, there are also Mexicans, who naturally do not want the French to take root here. Because once the French power stabilized in Central America, it formed a double-teaming trend against Mexico. Tasan Anna did not think that he could defeat the French.
Even Austria had to support Morazan with 1 million florins. This was not because Franz wanted to stir up trouble, but because he was afraid of being bitten by the mad dog Morazan, so he had to pay a share of the money. .