Chapter 25: O'Connell's Choice
At that time, the secrecy of the British colonial services could not be said to be very poor, but it could only be said that there were almost none. So it wasn't hard for Franz to get O'Connell to break the British conspiracy.
Of course, the officials of the British Colonial Office did not think that this was a conspiracy, but a job that could benefit many people, but it was only a little immoral.
However, if you look at things from different angles, you can't come to the same conclusion.
The worst thing is that the girls who were saved by O'Connell did not thank him, but felt that he had ruined their happiness for the sake of their own fame.
O'Connell was not angry, but he knew very well that although this kind of conspiracy had been prevented, as long as the refugees who could not support themselves remained in Britain, it was only a matter of time before they were calculated to become the fuel of the rich life of the British.
He began to reconsider the Austrians' proposals, a land that could be filled with work, a land free from religious discrimination, and a new land to stay free.
The Irish Catholic status made them very discriminated against, so they took this very seriously at the time.
So Daniel O'Connell began to contact everyone he could reach, and immigration might not be the best option, but it was the only option he could think of at this point.
At this time, the United States was still in a state of vast and sparsely populated land, and it urgently needed more people to fill its land.
In fact, this has become a major obstacle to the development of the United States, which does not hesitate to poach people from North Germany at a high price.
The United States promised not only good wages, but also land, freedom, and equality (Germany was dominated by monarchies at the time), but its immigration policy was not so good for the Irish, who had to find their own way to find work, food, and even a ferry ticket.
There are two main reasons behind this: first, German immigrants are generally skilled, and the higher the overall quality, the higher the natural goals and expectations; Irish immigrants, on the other hand, are usually truly poor, have never gone to school, and know nothing but farming.
Second, the Americans are mainly digging North German Protestants, while the Irish immigrants are basically Catholics, and the Western world has experienced several religious wars, and the Americans naturally do not want the tragedy to happen again.
Moreover, in the land of America, the so-called freedom of religion has never existed, and at first the reason used by the Americans to expel the Indians was to expel the infidels, but later it was glorified and turned into a necessary evil for the civilization and progress of all mankind.
The Irish also suffer discrimination in the United States, being synonymous with poverty, laziness, squalor, violence, sin, alcoholism, and superstition (referring to Catholicism).
Before the resurgence of the Middle Eastern nations, the world's number one terrorists in the eyes of Americans had always been the Irish from Emerald Island.
Many celebrities have claimed that "the skin of the Irish is white, but the inside is black." ”
At that time, the Irish in the United States were treated the same as the black and yellow, and even many Irish people were very envious of the idyllic life of the black slaves.
The factories in the United States followed the British system, 16-18 hours a day, depending entirely on the price of the goods, and if the profit could exceed the cost of gaslighting, then overtime.
However, due to the industrial downturn in the United States at this time, most factories were still operating in a 16-hour clock.
In fact, Irish people began to immigrate to the United States before the famine, but O'Connell did not recommend people there.
First, because he still had hope in the British government at the time, and second, because he knew what happened to the Irish in the United States.
First, because he still had hope in the British government at the time, and second, because he knew what happened to the Irish in the United States.
It was not until he died that he shouted to the sky, "Cross the sea!" Crossing the sea! Crossing the sea! ”
Now Franz gave him a new choice, although most of the Irish did not know German, but there were many people in the Austrian Empire who did not speak German, and the country had existed for nearly a thousand years, so it was not too much of a problem.
The second was the Habsburgs' reputation for benevolence, which was important to the Irish at this time, as it ensured that they would not be mistreated or directly enslaved.
Thirdly, Franz personally offered a more favorable condition that the land of the Austrian colonies would be reclaimed, and that they would be provided with the necessary agricultural tools, seeds, food, livestock (if any), lodging, medical care, education, and security.
According to the calculation of the adult and labor-force male of each family, the average 50 mu of land can be cultivated without paying tax for one year, the average 100 mu for three years, and the average 150 mu for five years.
Considering that in this era, the Irish were usually large families, and it was the norm for a family to have a dozen people, and there were four or five adult male laborers who were 600-700 acres of farmland, and if they were in the East, they could already be regarded as a landlord.
At the same time, you can stay free, as long as you pay the fare. Going to Austria requires some special skills, assessments, and examinations.
The most important of these is to be able to speak German, in short, the requirements must be higher than those of the colonies, after all, Franz also has to take into account the pressure of the country, although there is a church as a shield, but if you really get a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled, I am afraid that you will be criticized for indiscriminate favor.
If you get a bunch of gangsters and hooligans, it will directly become the fuse of the civil war.
Finally, the contribution and sincerity of the Austrian Church, Archbishop Rauscher's trip to Ireland has spread throughout England.
This was a provocation to the Anglican Church, but unfortunately they didn't actually have much influence, and John Russell was not in the mood to continue to spend time with Austria because of this group of gods.
Moreover, Archbishop Rauscher had only done some charity on the island of Ireland, and the British government really had no good reason to question Austria.
In addition, John Russell knew better than anyone what virtue was now on the island of Ireland, and he did not want other European countries to continue to criticize him.
So the whole thing was settled, but it seemed to O'Connell to be a very good deal, and he had made the Austrian Church a lifesaver for the Irish.
In fact, the Austrian Empire's grain ships could take some Irish with them every time they returned, which was called a free ticket.
But the reality is that the Irish would rather go bankrupt and go to the United States as slaves, or even go on the doomsday ark of the cult, than get on the Austrian ship.
This is mainly due to the fear of the unknown, the level of education in Ireland at this time is very low, more than 85% of people have never left the county area where they were born, and the news is very closed.
Fewer people know about the Austrian Empire than about the Holy Roman Empire, and it is even less well-known than the French port of Toulon and its own port of Venice.
All O'Connell had to do was to trick his fellow citizens into the boat, because according to Austrian calculations, if the total population of the island of Ireland did not change this year, then at least 50 to 1 million people would starve to death.
This is difficult to imagine in the first year when only 100,000 people starved to death, but the Austrian side provided a confidential document.
That is, before the famine, the Austrian Church had already put hundreds of thousands of tons of food all over the island of Ireland, which had been eaten up in the past year.
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