As for the chaos in the church, this was expected by Franz, and if they missed this incident, it would not be called a god.

The last time the Hunger Stone was found in Austria was during the Napoleonic Wars in 1800, when a natural disaster claimed the lives of nearly half a million people in Austria.

Austria is a country with a dense network of rivers, but this year there was a lot of fighting for water.

The lakes and marshes in Austria even showed signs of drying up, but it was a good thing for the peasants that the swamps dried up, saving them from pumping water when they were cleared, so a large number of swamps were turned into fields.

For these settlers, they could become the new owners of the land by paying a fee to the Austrian government.

The Austrian government strongly encourages land reclamation because it increases food production and increases national income.

However, as the drought continued, water problems arose in more and more places, which had not occurred for decades, and for a time the entire Austrian imperial government was overwhelmed.

Coupled with the help of the church, the whole of Austria looked like a catastrophe was coming, so smart people began to hoard food, although the current price of food has been speculated by Franz, but the facts in front of them have made them have to pinch their noses to join in.

Although the drought was severe, it was fine for Austria because there were plenty of rivers. But for other European countries, it was not so lucky.

The most serious of these are, of course, Spain and France, where agriculture has once again suffered a heavy blow, and food prices in Germany have risen this year.

Of course, the smart French have already begun to hoard food, because the recession of French agriculture in recent years has led to the habit of hoarding food, so it is not a big problem to survive this year's crisis.

Of course, the rest of Europe is not having a good time, including the high latitudes of the United Kingdom, where forest fires are frequent, and those coal miners are even worse, many of them suffocating to death in the mines.

In southern Italy, there were even a large number of people who died from heat, and even mosquitoes fled the area.

King Ferdinando II of the Two Sicilies was sitting at his desk at this time, with a report from his officials in front of him.

"The people of the Two Sicilies are in dire need of help, and now the peasants do not even dare to work in the fields, for fear of being burned to death, so I beg you to consider opening a warehouse to release grain."

"Fart! Fart! This group of Diao people is also worthy!? Ferdinando II slammed the report on the table, nine months before he was a "wise king" known for his freedom and open-mindedness.

It wasn't until the people of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies fired cannons at Ferdinando II's palace and launched an uprising demanding the disenfranchisement of the king, and at the same time shattered all the illusions of Ferdinando II, that he no longer felt that liberalism could save his country.

Ferdinando II, whose dreams were shattered, turned to the conservatives and became as overnoisers as his ancestors, becoming a fat man of two hundred pounds in less than a year.

This time, instead of rescuing his people, he ordered his soldiers to forcibly expropriate the land of the peasants who could not pay their food.

In the short term, it increased the country's income, but it laid a huge hidden danger for his rule.

The northward migration of mosquitoes from southern Italy has been a pain for the northern Italians, who have never seen such large and ferocious mosquitoes.

In fact, Italy's warm and humid climate is conducive to mosquito breeding, and there are no effective insecticides at this time, so the number of mosquitoes in Italy quickly reached a terrifying level.

The mosquito epidemic has brought about the spread of malaria, and people throughout Italy are panicking, and they have asked the Pope to "repel mosquitoes".

So Pope Gregory XVI went to St. Peter's Basilica to pray for the blessing, and on the day of the blessing, a "tiger mosquito" stung a large bag in the pope's face.

Pope Gregory XVI immediately stated that he had already suffered the calamity alone, and that the next day he was unable to attend Mass because he contracted malaria.

Europe is in dire straits, but in North America the weather is good, and U.S. grain exports are expected to double this year.

In Mexico, Franz signed contracts with some farmers in the south to buy grain, which of course was certainly lower than the market price, but they still made money compared to those who grew other crops.

With the construction of the American railroad, the United States is gaining control over the West, and the French and Mexicans are their worst enemies before their destiny is revealed.

U.S. immigrants continue to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border in search of their own land, and this time the Mexicans did not put up with it, but caught one and killed the other, which escalated the tension between the United States and Mexico.

However, the real threat in the eyes of the Americans is the French, who have been immigrating to Texas since they got it, and now the number of French people in Texas is almost outnumbering the number of local Americans.

The French are not affected by the extreme weather, and there are large tracts of virgin land here, which excite the French.

What excites the French even more is that it not only produces cotton, but also provides food for the country, which is many times stronger than that Algeria.

As early as 1830, France sent troops to Algeria, and on July 5 of the same year, France occupied Algeria.

The governor of Algeria, Hussein, offered Algeria to France without resistance, but was exiled.

But the struggle between the indigenous peoples of Algeria, Arabs and Berbers has never stopped.

Louis Philippe was agonized by this, the war had been going on for eight years, and Texas was completely different, and France received it very smoothly without even encountering a single resistance.

At the same time, it can bring great returns to France, which strengthens the North American policy of the French.

The French army in Texas has reached 8,000 men, and of course most of these soldiers are cultivating wasteland, building and so on.

Although France is in dire straits, the French do not like to emigrate abroad, so even if the French government gives a very good immigration policy, there has been no large-scale immigration flow, and 20,000 people is really not much for France with a population of 31 million.

The plan of the French colonial authorities was to resettle 100,000~200,000 people within five years, and then continue to buy land in North America and eventually create another France in North America.

However, the actions of the Americans aroused the alarm of the French, who felt that the Americans were targeting France by expanding their military in such a frenzy.

The French, with the consent of the British, decided to send 20,000 more troops to Texas, which would not only ensure the safety of Texas, but also increase immigration to reclaim the wasteland.

The proposal for additional troops was strongly supported by Louis Philippe, because the Americans had always preached that he was an impostor, an evil tyrant.

In fact, this is just a propaganda need of the Americans, but Louis Philippe could not accept this, and what he hated most was that people questioned his incompetence to be king.

However, the proposal to increase the number of troops was opposed by Gabriel, the governor of Texas, because he felt that the current Texas was in a special period and a special position.

He feared that the influx of troops would alarm the United States and Mexico, and that large numbers of immigrants would most likely clash with the natives.

(End of chapter)