Chapter 1273 Heaven and Earth Conscience

Chapter 1273 Heaven and Earth Conscience

The number of thirty thousand is not a lot, but as Prince Schwarzenberg said, if these thirty thousand were evenly distributed in Spain, the number would be negligible.

Not to mention attacking, whether we can defend is a question. This kind of size can only be regarded as the level of a security force at best. If word spreads, it will definitely be laughed at by other countries.

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 just want to be policemen. After all, there are also many enemies within the Austrian Empire, and they are more ferocious in comparison.

If the security and logistics problems cannot be solved, Spain will never be stable.

The focus of investment at this time is still on logistics supplies. It is extremely unwise to stop production at this time. Franz must make a show of it.

As for the offense, he was actually not in a hurry. Secretly, Franz has another face. He is sending people to secretly contact the generals and warlords of the Spanish government forces.

As long as he can be bribed, Franz does not want to fight. Franz can provide a large sum of money and shipping tickets to the United States, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil.

However, the option given by Franz did not include the option of letting things go by the past. Leaving Spain was the bottom line he could accept.

The powerful people in most places were willing to contact the Austrian Empire, but they just couldn't get them to give up their power.

Some people are afraid that Franz will not keep his promise, and some people are afraid that Franz will settle accounts in the future, but most people do not want to give up the power and hard-won status in their hands.

The reason why they are willing to contact the Austrian Empire is to keep the power in their hands. Most of the two sides have relatively different positions and can only break up on bad terms.

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

Berlin.

Recently, William IV has been unable to sleep at night because it was revealed that Prussia resold Russian grain to the British, causing Russia's continental blockade plan to fail.

Everyone knows with all conscience that Russia's crazy plan will never succeed.

However, that does not include Nicholas I himself, and whether it succeeds or not does not mean that Prussia can harvest Russia's wool.

The Tsar himself wrote a very harsh letter. Although the letter did not directly say that he wanted to look good to Prussia, he also did not say that he wanted to forget about the past.

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

Anyway, Prussia's revenue after deducting federal tariffs is less than 10 million thalers. Now it is not only the Russians who have to settle accounts, but the British are also very dissatisfied with Prussia's behavior of raising prices.

William IV thought of Friedrich List, who proposed this plan, and the short-sighted Junker nobles.

The Juncker landowners were the foundation of this country, and William IV could not touch them. However, this was not the case with Friedrich List. This economist had a notorious reputation, so it was only appropriate to pass the blame to him.

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

This is not to say that he is not talented or bad, but that he has shouldered a lot of blame in a special era. Fortunately, Friedrich List learned to escape. Although this trick was shameful, it was effective.

Due to his close relationship with the Junker landlord class in Prussia, and because the soldiers were more loyal, he knew William IV's next move in advance.

As a Württemberg man, he had been to too many places and met too many people, and he was a little tired.

Friedrich List, who was sitting in the rocking chair, accidentally discovered an autographed 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, be a guest, and give lectures in the Kingdom of Brazil. I hope I can serve in the Brazilian government. Friedrich List looked very excited. He immediately jumped out of the rocking chair and shouted.

"Rosa! Pack your things quickly! We are going to Brazil!"

In fact, Pedro II wrote countless such personal letters, but most of the responses he received were that Brazil is very good and will take off soon. I have something at home/busy business/sickness and cannot go. I wish you the best for your country. Take off soon

In fact, Brazil has always had a good reputation among economists, but this country that was always about to take off has never really taken off.

Of course, it was entirely Franz's credit that this letter ended up on Friedrich List'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 person to eventually be forced to commit suicide with a gun.

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

What neither Maria Amelia nor Mrs. Sophie knew was that Pedro II had a very good personal relationship with Franz, and that Pedro II had long wanted to marry Maria Amelia to Franz. Lantz.

The longer he did business with the Austrian Empire, the more Pedro II knew how powerful the Austrian Empire was. Being strong is a common trait among human beings, and kings are not immune to it.

Pedro II once asked Franz.

“How can Brazil become a great power?”

Franz's answer was.

"Don't ask outside, but seek from your heart. If you don't succeed, you will turn to 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 cannot control the entire Brazil, and he cannot even fully control the southeast coast. He can only control a small area around the capital Rio de Janeiro.

To give the most obvious example, in 1835, the Austrian Empire first contacted Brazil and mentioned rubber at that time. In the following ten years, Franz continued to ask Brazil to expand the area of ​​rubber cultivation.

If Pedro II did not pay attention to the advice of a child at first, he should have taken action after the rubber trade generated huge profits.

However, the reality is that the production of Brazilian rubber has not increased in the past ten years, 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.

So they strictly guarded the rubber industry and even used force to prohibit others from entering.

However, the Brazilian government's control over the inland is insufficient, and it is just such a small number of people who have dragged down an industry for more than ten years.

This kind of self-satisfaction of the Brazilians also turned Brazil from the origin of natural rubber and the world's largest natural rubber exporter into an importer of natural rubber.

If 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.