Chapter 6: A Year of Restlessness

1842 was destined to be an uneasy year.

Austria's victory over the Zavasan pirates in the western Indian Ocean soon spread throughout Europe, and they were no less notorious than the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean.

However, European countries were more interested in the fact that the Omani Empire actually gave the entire Tanzanian coast, including Bagamoyo, to the Austrian Empire.

Due to the strength of the Omani Empire, East Africa has always been a no-go zone for European powers. The Omani Empire was clearly showing weakness to the Austrian Empire, and no great power would believe the foolishness of giving up its territory as a token of gratitude.

There can only be one reason, and that is that the Omani Empire was inferior to the Austrian Empire.

This will naturally make Britain and France tempted, and they have long coveted the port of Mombasa.

Mombasa, once founded by the Portuguese, is now the largest trading center in East Africa. Especially after the Austrian Empire acquired Bagamoyo, the center of the slave trade in East Africa, or the world, shifted to Mombasa.

Compared to Bagamoyo, the port of Mombasa has a larger throughput and a better geographical location, surrounded by natural coral rocks, making it an easy and difficult military fortress.

Of course, the claim that the Omani Empire gave away the Tanzanian coastline in gratitude for the actions of Franz and his party was completely fabricated by Said in order to cover up the fact that he was weakened after the defeat.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that his self-proclaimed trick would be seen through so easily.

Fortunately, the Omani Empire was still in power, and Britain and France only made tentative demands. After the crushing defeat to the Austrian Empire, Said also recognized his strength, and he had dealt with the French before, so he played the balance as a matter of course.

At this time, Britain and France were much more conflicting than in history, starting with the Spanish Civil War and then in Central America, the British inflicted huge losses on the French every time.

If Kizo, who was not in power at this time, was not pro-British, I am afraid that the contradictions between the two countries would have intensified even further. But even he was about to be unable to suppress the anger of the people.

Especially in Central America, the French participated in the civil war in Central America at great cost, and the British took Honduras, which was rich in gold and silver, and the fertile land without firing a single shot.

To make matters worse, the British secretly rescued former Central American President Morazan and secretly supported him against French rule.

In fact, bribery is a very common thing in this era, just like Franz obviously wanted to make Miloš never turn over, but the British could easily rescue him.

Of course, this is indispensable for the help of the traitor, otherwise the FBI, KGB, Huaxia Dragon Group and the like in later generations will really be ashamed of themselves.

The old man Morazan also lived up to expectations, and he chose the El Dorband region as soon as he escaped. This was where his roots were, and the fact that it was the weakest part of French rule.

As a result, the French had just come out of a costly Mesoamerican civil war and were faced with a rebellion by Morasan.

Of course, Morazan would not call himself a villain, in his eyes it was the French who betrayed him.

Then the second edition of the Central American "Thief Confession" was officially released, and the level was as low as ever, and the content was even more lackluster, in fact, it was just telling right and wrong, plus referring to the deer as a horse.

The gist is that the French betrayed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and came together with the Church, and he was Napoleon's heir, and wanted to compete for what Napoleon had failed to do, overthrow the monarchy and restore the republic.

La Mossan said it was a mistake to invite the French, who would have wasted their food and money and been complicit in the damned rebels.

If the French had not disrupted him, he would have accomplished the great cause of reunification, and the situation he is in today would not have arisen. For this reason, La Mossan gave anyone the right to kill the French and the clergy in the territory of Central America, he wanted to fight for freedom and the people

La Mosan's words angered the French high-level, knowing that the money they spent on the civil war in the Central American Federation over the years can be described as astronomical, even compared to the previous Spanish Civil War.

The French Church also felt wronged, and they decided to help after seeing the Central American clergy being slaughtered by both sides. But now it's good that they've become executioners of ordinary people.

The Bonapartist faction in France was even more furious, and it was the first time they had seen such an impostor so arrogant. In Arkham prison, Louis Napoleon couldn't resist jumping out and hacking the bastard to death, asking him what qualifications he had to inherit Napoleon's career.

"You are worthy of being called Napoleon, too?"

In the face of Louis Napoleon's dreams, his fellow inmates and jailers said that they were used to it, after all, he had not been sick for a day or two.

By this time, Victor Hugo, who had been imprisoned for satirizing the Church, and the banker Berreira had been released from prison, and the sheriff Frank Miller, who had been imprisoned for his excessive use of violence, was sleeping hideously.

A young man in clown makeup was perusing Louis Napoleon's book "The Eradication of Poverty", and from time to time he let out a strange laugh, while the mysterious killer "Gu" from the East was still hanging upside down from the beams of the house, and no one knew whether he was asleep or awake.

Countries and parties who know a little about the war in Central America know how many bad things Morassan has done, but for the vast number of melon-eating people on the European continent, this is undoubtedly a big black material for France.

For a while, there was a lot of condemnation of the French king and government, and almost everyone accused them of greed and cruelty, after all, the victims this time were whites, not other people of color.

In fact, the French really wanted to pull out the thorn in the flesh of Morazan, but because of the swampy mountains of El Saldovado, and the proximity to the Pacific Ocean and not connected to the Atlantic Ocean, the Panama Canal had not yet been opened at this time, and if they wanted to invade from the sea, they had to bypass South America, and no one could afford such a price.

And trying to attack from land is equally costly. But it can't be left alone, not only because Morazan betrayed France, but also because it had a very bad impact.

It is also because of the dangerous terrain of El Salvador that it is the best springboard for attacking Guatemala. The side of the couch does not allow others to snore, and of course the French want to be quick to get there.

But soon they found a new trouble, because Morazan was able to make a comeback, and it was someone who was behind the scenes.

It's just that it's not the British, the Americans are involved, and they want Morazan to reunite the Central American Federation.

It's not that the Americans really want to help them, but that a chaotic Central America is better for the United States, at least not because the Great Powers can't put down roots in Central America.

Of course, in addition to the Americans, there are also Mexicans, and they naturally do not want the French to take root here. Because once the French had stabilized in Central America, they would be outwhelmed by Mexico, and Tasan Anna did not think he could win against the French.

Even Austria had to fund Morassan 1 million florins, not because Franz wanted to stir up, but because he was afraid of being bitten by the mad dog Morazan and had to pay his share of the money.

(End of chapter)