Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle. After so many years of hard work, Austria has become the second colonial empire in the world, covering six continents and seven oceans.

I have to be glad that there were no satellite maps in this era, otherwise someone would see the strategic layout of Austria, and I am afraid that it would immediately cause an uproar.

In the Americas, Austria occupies Central America and divides North and South America into two, and the Panama Canal, which was famous in time and space, has become far away.

Unless one day Austria is strong enough to meet all challenges, or the American Union is once again divided and is not a threat at all, the canal will not be considered.

The African continent was even more terrifying, and if anyone noticed, it would be found that Austria had divided its colonies so that they could not be connected.

Of course, the size of North Africa is still very large, but when you see the size of the desert, this statement needs to change.

A large area is a good thing, but a large desert area changes the situation. In addition to the coastal areas that can be inhabited, only a few oases in this vast desert are still valuable.

Mineral resources may exist, but they are worthless on the African continent, and even less if they are under sand.

The South African region of the British, in fact, was already in jeopardy. Didn't take this place, that's just that Franz didn't want to confront the British so early.

Egypt, another colony of the French, also looks good, but in fact it is also in crisis. If we can't take the Sudan region as soon as possible and connect the two places, we will be surrounded by Britain and Austria.

From a purely military point of view, this is simply an attempt to monopolize the African continent.

In fact, this is just idealism in a utopian dream, and the African continent is now home to the forces of Britain, France, Austria, Spain, and Portugal, so how can it be easily expelled?

Besides, Austria did not have such a population to fill this huge hole, and Franz was still very afraid of the fact that the European emperor became a non-chief.

There were many Africans in the original time and space who claimed to be French, but they became non-chiefs only after tanning in Africa.

True or not, this possibility alone made Franz dare not mess around.

In the context of the localization policy, it would be a headache if the population of the African continent exceeded the mainland and they cried and shouted that they wanted to move the capital.

Well, it's all a minor problem, and Franz can't meet it anyway. The main thing is that the strength is not enough, and Tailang will have an accident.

Not to mention the European continent, if it were not for the decisive creation of contradictions, the provoking of the Russo-Prussian War behind the scenes, now the pressure on Austria's defense would be enough to collapse.

It can't be helped, the geographical location makes Austria and at the same time limits Austria.

Had it not been for Franz's flexible diplomatic measures, which divided relations between the great powers, Austria would have become the target of public criticism.

The current situation in Europe can be said to have been single-handedly created by Franz. There were some changes, but overall, they were within the scope of the plan.

Russia in the east, France in the west, and Prussia in the middle, this seemingly cool strategy, in fact, as long as it is implemented, the preservation will die more completely than the Second German Empire.

Although the "Austrian threat theory" has not become the mainstream of public opinion, it has appeared in the minds of many politicians. Now there is no outbreak, that's because the French are too active.

After all, the ancestors of the Habsburg dynasty were once more glorious than they are now, but as a result, the unification of the German regions was not achieved, and now Franz has not unified the German regions, which is still within the scope of everyone's acceptance.

It is estimated that many people are thinking that another German regional scuffle can pull the Habsburgs down.

Perhaps it was the prestige of the Napoleonic era that created the arrogant French, who considered themselves the world's first army, and even the Russian Empire in its heyday was not convinced, let alone Austria.

Although there is a lot of hatred in France, they are lucky! Spain itself has been tossed and fell, and now a civil war is about to break out for the throne.

There is no threat in the rear, they are not intimidated against any country alone, and Napoleon III naturally has the confidence to toss.

Of course, this is both an advantage and a disadvantage. That is, the road of expansion in France is difficult to follow, and the dream of a great power of the French people is difficult to satisfy.

Napoleon III is no longer young, but his son is still young, and now the pace of expansion is accelerating, that is, Napoleon III is in a hurry.

If he is not able to support his son in power, then he must first build a great French empire, otherwise France will be in danger, or the throne of the Bonaparte family will be in danger.

This is also the reason why France and Austria can form an alliance, with Franz as the promoter of hyping up public opinion, the spirit of the French people has always been very excited.

The desire for great power has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Napoleon III can still hold it down, but the next generation may not.

In this case, either this goal is achieved; Either suppress it and change everyone's perception.

There is no doubt that the second will not do. Even if Napoleon III wanted to do it, the capitalists would not agree to the damage of his reforms.

The expansion was successful, and the increased market could feed the capitalists; If the expansion fails, it is time to trigger political changes, and a government of its own people can also gain a lot of benefits.

This is where conspiracy is more terrible than conspiracy, and now the internal contradictions in France are also very serious, and the best way to alleviate internal contradictions is to expand.

Use the plundered wealth to make up for the losses of those who have lost their interests in the reform. All the successful reforms in modern times are basically the same method.

After the Great Revolution, the British carried out colonial expansion and used the colonies to solve internal contradictions;

When Austria reformed, it also relied on external expansion to solve internal contradictions;

The same was true of the Kingdom of Prussia, and it was not until the end of the Russo-Prussian War that the contradictions between the capitalists and the Junker aristocracy were alleviated.

Now France's stability is also based on foreign expansion. If the government had not carved out so many colonies, the capitalists whose interests had been damaged would have rebelled long ago.

Alexander II, who was in the midst of reforms, now had the same problem. There was no shortage of land in the Russian Empire, but those who suffered from the perestroika still needed compensation.

Money, Alexander II was not able to give. Many people in the original time and space criticized Alexander II for his incomplete reforms, which led to the fall of the Russian Empire, but in fact there was no way, he really did his best.

As the spokesman of the interests of the aristocratic class, he has to move the knife to his own class, and if the reform is thorough, there is no need to think about the future, and the tsar will be changed before the reform is completed.

Even so, the Russians expanded in Central Asia, the Far East, and the Near East, relying on foreign plunder to alleviate internal contradictions.

Now the Russian Empire, which had lost the opportunity for expansion, became more intricate in internal contradictions. Alexander II's reforms simply could not have taken place if it had not been for a great purge.

In St. Petersburg, Alexander II again replaced the top of the government. There is no way, three ministers have been assassinated, and the rest have become cowards, and he can only choose to be replaced.

There are always hot-blooded men in any country, and the reformers who are now coming to power are a bunch of people who are willing to shed their blood for the Russian Empire.

Alexander II knew how to compromise the art, his reforms were not radical, and many of his policies took care of the interests of the nobility.

On the distribution of land, he again made concessions. The aristocracy who refused to redeem the land did not do coercion, and the government paid for the peasants to open up the wasteland.

The Russian Empire had land, but it was not developed. Not to mention that the land of Europe was not fully developed, even the Siberian Plain could actually house tens of millions of people, and later farms were developed in the Far East.

Anyway, the farmers at the bottom don't mind being remote, as long as the government is willing to pay for them to open up the wasteland, everyone doesn't mind enduring hardship.

This policy change made the resistance of the aristocracy suddenly weakened considerably. In the era of mechanized agriculture, the demand for labor is no longer so great.

At the expense, the wallets of the tsarist government quickly dried up. The government's funding and support requires real money, at least to provide farm tools, seeds, and by the way, to be responsible for taking care of food.

The newly freed peasants were so poor that the cost of clearing the land had to be paid by the government. This money is an interest-free loan from the government to the people, and it will be repaid in the future, but that is a matter of the future.

Now there are tens of millions of people, pointing to the tsarist government to eat? The financial problem has become the biggest problem for the government of Alexander II.

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