In Franz's eyes, Mexico has always been a big fat sheep.

The country is home to the world's largest silver mine, but the government has to borrow money to get by.

The various forces in Mexico usually do not give an inch to the question of the ownership of the silver mines, and large-scale armed fights often break out.

It is said that the level of blood and tragedy is no less than that of a small-scale war.

Hundreds of gunners on both sides, armed with artillery, fired at each other, and even local gendarmes and troops would be hired to join them.

As a traitor, the justification of pledging his valuable property to foreigners also silenced the factions in Mexico.

After all, Tasan Anna is now worried that he can't find someone to attack, and no one wants to make trouble for himself at this time.

Of course, in order to make the Austrians less silver, the Mexican army deliberately blew up the silver mine, and this pot naturally had to be borne by the general Epra.

Although Mexico had a well-developed agriculture, it was necessary to import grain at this time, and when they learned the price of grain in Austria, they decided that they would import it in the future.

After the Mexican Civil War, agriculture suffered the most, almost half of the farmland was burned, and if it were not for Austrian food, hundreds of thousands of people in Mexico might have starved to death.

The Mexican Civil War ended, but the demand for arms did not decrease, because Mexico could clearly feel the pressure from France and the United States.

Without a well-armed and well-trained armed force, Mexico would lose a large part of its territory, and could even become a vassal of other powers, or even be annexed by other countries.

The silver mines in Mexico were an eye-opener for the gold diggers in Austria, and the silver mines in Tyrol were really bad compared to them.

Although Austria has the right to mine the silver mine, it still has to pay taxes to the Mexican government, and this tax rate is as high as 40%, excluding personnel and mining costs, in fact, the income from the silver mine should be fifty or five between Austria and Mexico.

As long as Mexico is adjacent to France and the United States, it cannot give up bilateral relations with Austria, because it is unlikely that it will change the political landscape of the North American continent on its own.

Also having just ended the war, Texas in the hands of the French was a scene of prosperity.

At the behest of Gabriel, the French governor of Texas, the slave trade was resumed in Texas, with countless Portuguese slave traders transporting shipwloads of slaves to the Gulf of Mexico.

Slave estates sprang up in Texas, and even the newly arrived French immigrants fell in love with the way of life, as the land was much more fertile and cheaper than in France.

The situation of the poor from France was not so lucky, they were forced to live in black houses where slaves lived, and they worked endlessly every day, and any protest would be met with beatings, and the overseers were actually Americans.

Originally, France did not have much expectations for the new colony of Texas, because colonization requires money to be invested first, and it usually takes a few years to see the benefits.

This time, however, Governor Gabriel sent back thirty shiploads of supplies to his home in the first year, including wheat and cotton, as well as 5,000,000 francs in taxes.

In fact, Governor Gabriel inadvertently ignited the slave trade in North America, and as the plantation economy expanded, more and more slaves were needed, while more and more areas were forbidden.

This led to an inversion of supply and demand, with the price of a black slave in the United States reaching as high as $1,500.

In Texas, however, due to the influx of slave traders, a black slave cost as little as $300, and there were even Indians who sold it, but the price of the Indians was much lower, usually as little as fifteen dollars.

The Americans did not learn from the experience of speculating in real estate before, and now they are starting to speculate on black slaves again.

Due to the bravery of Tassan-Anna's black soldiers in the Mexican Civil War, some local forces in Mexico began to buy black slaves in order to obtain a strong black army.

Due to the great strength shown by France in the war against the American army, it successfully created a large number of American traitors.

Many landowners and merchants wrote to Governor Gabriel that they were French and had always been proud of their French roots.

One day, if Greater France wants to regain the lost territory, they are willing to cooperate with the outside and regain the lost territory with the French heavenly soldiers.

Of course, Oklahoma and Louisiana are the largest of these people, but in fact this is just a means of self-protection for landlords and merchants.

So these people tried their best to do business with the French, acting like a leading party, and even paid for the French to build roads and hospitals in Texas.

Some people can't understand why these people want to eat pot pulp to welcome the king's master, in fact, do you know that if there is no such food, a pot of pulp, once France and the United States start a war, the U.S. military can't resist it, what will the French army do when it enters the United States?

Robbery? That's just the norm. Even more terrible was the massacre, as France did in Spain!

The French have always regarded North America as a land of barbarians, and the French have never been soft on barbarians.

Even Gabriel himself did not expect that he would be able to independently settle the expenses of the French army in Texas, and even pay taxes to his country.

On the American side, on the other hand, due to the defeat and the turmoil of the economic crisis, the whole country was shrouded in a mood of unease and panic, and the sales of southern cotton fell sharply, and were replaced by Texas and Egyptian cotton.

The sudden emergence of France's powerful neighbor has caused the number of U.S. troops to soar from 15,000 to 52,000, but the U.S. military still feels that it is not enough.

Because the shock of the previous war to the American military was too great, powerful firepower, steely discipline, and indestructible will, the strength of the French army was over-mythologized by American deserters.

However, the most outrageously distorted is the strength of the French army, the American military in order to save face to appear that it is not so stupid, insisting that the French have 20,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry in Texas, and the defeat of the American army is entirely because the other side does not speak martial virtues, and the French army is not high morale, nor is it strong-willed, but has been poisoned by the idea of feudal kingship.

The New York Post published an article saying, "The French today are no longer the army full of a sense of justice and fearlessness led by the Marquis de Lafayette." It was Louis Philippe, the impostor, the despicable and shameless minions. ”

Martin Van Buren, under pressure from the military, had to sign a presidential decree expanding the number of the US Army to 100,000.

However, these 100,000 soldiers have to spend money, whether it is weapons and ammunition, or food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and the United States just has no money at this time.

It's just that there seems to be a real providence in the dark, and a sudden disaster saved the American economy.

The two chapters of the meat grinder contest have been revised, and if you feel bad, you can point it out, and I will continue to revise it.

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