On February 7, 1844, a riot broke out in Dominica that overthrew the Haitian regime established there, and severely wounded Governor de Grote.

Haiti has much to say about its history as the first independent black nation, but that doesn't include its treatment of its neighbors.

Twenty-two years ago, it annexed Dominica by force, setting a precedent in modern history for a black country to invade and enslave a white country.

However, the Black Uncles seem to be only keen on rebellion. With no threat from Europe, they launched an unlimited fighting tournament in Haiti.

The whole situation is similar to Gu refining, with various warlords, so-called kings, and sect leaders emerging one after another.

These guys are quite qualified to engage in infighting, but they are really blind in the economic field. The black Haitians, in the spirit of relying on the mountains and water, demanded that the enslaved whites and mestizos turn in food to provide the necessities of the civil war.

In addition, the so-called "peasant civil code" there is actually equivalent to the restoration of serfdom, and this kind of perverse practice naturally has no good fruit to eat.

And the warlords, who could not collect taxes, had to condone looting in order to prevent the soldiers from mutiny. Instead of living a "good life," the new nation that gained independence left the land barren and the whole country starved.

Sugar production has dropped by 95 percent, and cacti are overflowing, according to a French missionary's diary:

"Cacti have invaded cities, villages, pastures, fields, and everywhere. Residents don't pay attention, and livestock don't eat these plants. How ruined cities and lush greenery grow seem to make a mockery of this civilization."

Affected by the warlord scuffle, the provisions of the law have become a dead letter, and there is no way to talk about law and order. Therefore, it is better to farm than to rob, and it is better to have a gun than to have money, and the Dominican Republic enslaved by it is even more miserable.

After all, all Haiti's warlords have the same solution to their economic situation: to transfer the crisis at home abroad.

In the end, the Dominicans could not bear it, but they also knew that it was impossible for them to defeat this powerful black country on their own.

So the drama of asking the foreign powers to intervene was staged again, but in fact, Haiti was too busy to think about sending troops to invade Dominica again.

At this time, Juan Pablo Duarte was a Dominican ruler and a naïve liberal whose supporters actually controlled the country, but he insisted on free elections.

Because his presidency was recommended by everyone, he was only a temporary agent in his eyes, not informally.

But it would be fine if it only involved the presidency, but this naïve and naïve liberal was still too young; He wanted all the official positions in the country to be freely elected, including military officers, so he violated the interests of many people.

Franz was well aware that the interim president's greatest challenge would not come from the outside but from within, but he was not going to help, given the Empire's limited control over overseas, at least not for now.

And it is clear that such a ruler can really govern the country well. Even without that ambitious Pedro Santana, there would have been others. Of course, it may be worse, such as being invaded by Haiti again and becoming a black colony.

In fact, Juan Pablo Duarte and his homeland were the backbone of the Great Powers, and no one in the Dominican Republic at that time had found any large copper mines, no gold, only corn and sugar, the most famous of which was a blue gemstone called "sea striking".

Nothing to produce and at the same time to confront a "powerful" neighbor - a brutal black country.

At that time, the major European powers were basically planted in the hands of this black country, so naturally no one wanted to "relive the old dream" again.

At this time, France was still mired in Veneva in Central America, and Louis Philippe and other Parisian leaders had no intention of provoking another thankless war.

Portugal and Spain could not afford to wage war alone, and the British actually hated such a religious country and did not want to fight against the black people of Haiti, and the strategic value of Dominica was really not as great as Juan Pablo Duarte had imagined.

On the other hand, the Haitians, although they have not yet decided the leader, have never stopped their verbal threats, which makes the nascent Dominican Republic uneasy, after all, the former has invaded the latter, and it is not impossible to do it again.

As a result, external pressure allowed Juan Pablo Duarte to temporarily retain his presidency, and Franz, although he did not want Austria to be involved now, conveyed his "goodwill" through Archbishop Rauscher.

Dominica is very religiously powerful and would like to see European religious "brothers" come to help.

At the same time, Franz suggested to Prime Minister Metternich that the new Dominican regime be recognized, which was not surprising because he knew that the former was often involved with religious elements.

And acknowledging the Dominican regime and sending troops to help are two different things, and although there is some fear of Haiti, it is only a fear of sending troops there.

If Haiti were to send troops to attack Austrian warships or colonial ships, it would be a different matter entirely.

Austria was the first to recognize the Dominican Republic instead of Juan Pablo Duarte, which did not cause any resentment from the latter, but on the contrary felt that it was the former who had made his name better.

Franz couldn't help but sigh that it was great to be able to do business with such a person who was good at brain supplementation.

Dominica is rearmament and warfare, so it naturally needs a large number of weapons and uniform uniforms and other urgently needed materials, after all, the industrial level of this place is almost zero, and it can be said that everything except food needs to be imported from abroad.

But the country has neither money nor goods that can be exchanged for; Because the war-torn fields were already largely barren, the rest was either taken away by the Haitians or kept by the locals to feed them.

And no country believes that such a rotten piece of land can have any future, even if it is too hot to receive a colony from its own country, because there is a black country next to it that has defeated the great powers several times.

Similarly, the political instability has forced European businessmen and politicians to think deeply. As a result, no one wants to take this risk, because the benefits are completely disproportionate to the effort.

But Franz was different, knowing that the tiny Dominican Republic would become the largest economy in Central America.

But he prefers to prop up weak liberals rather than hard-line conservatives, who prefer and are more suited to be agents, especially naïve idealists like Juan Pablo Duarte.

This man has a myriad of beautiful plans, and he paints a picture of a beautiful and prosperous future to his supporters, but there is no way to do it.

Historically, this man was president for only five months before he was overthrown. Tianhu ended up in exile at the beginning, which has to be sad.

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