Chapter 1132 Different people have different opinions.

Chapter 1132 Different people have different opinions.

The British picking peaches really disgusted Franz, but fortunately he had already prepared a backup plan.

Napoleon III has always suffered from the fact that he has no actual bargaining chips and cannot perform well at the negotiation table.

So he happened to learn from a secret channel that the Austrian army would withdraw from the Maltese Islands and Cyprus. As an excellent speculator, he immediately realized the benefits and risks involved.

The Maltese Islands are legal territory of the United Kingdom, and any country that dares to occupy them is tantamount to declaring war on the United Kingdom.

Although Britain has just suffered heavy losses in the Mediterranean, no country still doubts that Britain is still one of the only overlords in the world's oceans.

But Cyprus is different. It still nominally belongs to the Ottoman Empire, and the French expedition to Cyprus is definitely justified.

As a result, the Cyprus garrison who had just prepared to fly the British flag was beaten violently by the French army, and under the coercion and inducement of the French army, they had to admit that they were the Ottoman Empire army.

The situation in the Malta Islands is slightly better, and no country dares to encroach on British territory, but this does not include some South Italian gangsters and tramps.

The Austrian Imperial Navy only controlled a few important seaports, so most of the island has been in a state of anarchy since the war began.

This chaotic state is what gangsters and hobos love, and Malta is so close to Sicily that it can be easily reached by boat.

The Austrian army set out from Sicily when it attacked Malta, and the British were unable to defend themselves.

In addition, Britain, as a lighthouse country in the 19th century, also attracted a large number of people. In the past, you had to cross the ocean to go to the lighthouse country, but now you have an opportunity to go to the lighthouse country and breathe free air at your doorstep.

In the past, if you wanted to go to the lighthouse country, you could still go through indentured labor, but after the Austrian Empire led the German Confederation and the Italian states to sign the "Anti-Human Trafficking Act" and the "Anti-Human Smuggling Agreement", this road became Basically blocked.

After all, ocean-going ships are easy to distinguish, and coupled with a large number of informants, Italian indentures are basically extinct in Britain and the United States.

In the 19th century, Italy had always been the main destination for immigrants. The media dominated by Britain and the United States in later generations would always exaggerate how poor Italian boys were in their hometown and how wild (ignorant and unskilled) they were. In order to come to The United States is so desperate to abandon its family and career.

But in fact, most Italians sign contractual contracts, but Britain and the United States do not recognize contracts signed in Italy because many of the terms do not comply with local laws.

The most common reason given by the British is that the contract salary is higher than the legal limit, so the parties have to sign a new contract that complies with local law.

But this type of contract is usually an overlord contract, which basically turns the so-called indentured laborer into an indentured servant.

So why don’t Italians who were deceived return home?

How could a group of lonely people board a ship without any guarantee? And how could those traffickers not be prepared?

It seems that all Italian workers are single men. In fact, Italians have a very strong family concept. Most of them really think that they can make a good life for their families just by working in the United States and the United Kingdom for a few years. It was impossible for Franz to let Italy's population drain out as crazily as in history. After all, the development of the Austrian Empire also needed people.

So some people in Run naturally thought of the closer island of Malta. After all, this is also British territory and they can feel the "breath of freedom."

There is an old saying that says that the deeper you love, the more severely you will be hurt.

The people who landed on the island were all mentally traumatized without exception, so it is understandable that these people would do some extreme things, such as taking revenge on society, or performing some evil sacrifices.

The British can only choose to admit these problems left by the Austrian Empire, because it is really not a wise move to declare war on the Austrian Empire now.

Getting the Austrian Empire to give up Malta and Cyprus is the best outcome for Britain. If Austria insists on occupying both territories, it will have to fight a full-scale war.

If America regains one of America's three fulcrums in East Asia, the two sides will still have to negotiate. If the remaining sticks and Japanese are also recovered, the situation will be difficult to predict. (Excerpted from a book friend)

The Austrian Empire helped Greece regain Crete, obtain a naval outpost, and capture Albania to relieve the risk of the Adriatic Sea being choked. This was a great gain for Franz.

In fact, what really worries the British the most is not the current situation in Malta and Cyprus. There are many ways to deal with the unruly British, and it is not difficult for the French to deal with it if they just want to blackmail them.

But recognizing the Botswana area as a colony of the German Confederacy would be more harmful to Britain, because after capturing Botswana, the colonies of the Austrian Empire would be connected together, directly cutting the African continent horizontally from Namibia in West Africa to Tanzania in East Africa.

If it were other countries, no one would be so keenly aware of all this. After all, Botswana at this time was still a barbaric land. There were three powerful and barbaric tribes occupying this place, and the total number of people was very likely to exceed 500,000 people.

Although the British expedition discovered a large copper mine here in 1840, the cost of mining copper in the African interior was too expensive at this time, not counting the more terrifying transportation costs.

However, the British have always had the ambition to rule the world, so naturally some people are paying attention to the situation of the whole world. Judging from their own experience, they can easily discover Austria's intentions.

It is not so easy for Franz to make a fortune quietly, but it is not that difficult either.

Britain is a very strange country. This country does not lack talents, but it also does not lack authority. Talent and authority seem to complement each other, but in fact they can also be opposites.

Talent can break authority, and authority can also suppress talent. However, the advantage of authority is still quite large. After all, people always have preconceived ideas, and authority can mobilize more social resources than talents.

Before Karl Popper proposed the falsifiability of science, most so-called scientists in the academic world were studying how to prove that the words of authority were correct.

(Karl Popper is an Austrian philosopher and the founder of critical rationalism.)

In the UK, academics are also a kind of capital. Since it is capital, it has its price. Franz does not mind using some small money to let the British authorities prove to him that the Austrian Empire absolutely has no ambition to connect to Africa, let alone open up a channel between East and West Africa.

Of course, in addition to the authority, the necessary pressure of public opinion is also necessary. If it doesn't work, Franz can also use off-site forces.

The fact that the British signed a statement recognizing the German Confederation's rule over the Poznań region fully proves that Franz's actions were very effective.