So if the British government continues to "do nothing" this year, the number of people dying of starvation will grow exponentially.

Even with O'Connell's banner as a guarantor, the vast majority of Irish people are skeptical.

This has to say that the British propaganda machine was quite successful, and they succeeded in discrediting Austria as an even more barbaric Arab country than Russia.

But with the help of O'Connell, Ireland's national leader, Franz believed that the image of the Austrian Empire would be greatly improved.

The 8.5 million Irish were less than six million after the famine, and three million is a reasonable figure when you add in the number of people who should have increased naturally.

One sixth of the three million people who disappeared would go to the Austrian colony, which would greatly alleviate the problem of manpower shortage, and only a quarter would be able to come to Franz to complete the colony's infrastructure work.

If he could get a third, Franz would be able to create another medium-intensity country in Central America.

If a half of them (1.5 million people) could be sent to West Africa, Austria would be able to tie all of its West African colonies together.

Ideally, if all three million people were emigrated to the Americas, then within twenty years Franz would dare to push the Americans east of the Mississippi River and completely insulate them from the Pacific Ocean.

But this is naturally impossible.

In fact, the first people to set foot on the road to Austria were the girls who were used by the British government to use as fertility machines for the colonies, also known as "orphans of famine".

Because most of these people are alone or have been cut off from their families, they have a strong desire to leave Ireland.

Moreover, the British Parliament and the Anglican Church are also very willing to see that O'Connell, the national leader and spiritual leader of Ireland, has to defile himself as a "pimp".

Sending a group of young girls to a foreign land, even British politicians know what it means, no matter how low the moral bottom line is.

As long as O'Connell did this, his life would be ruined, and the stain would be brought up even hundreds of years after his death.

A crime of trafficking women abroad for recreational purposes cannot be escaped.

At the same time, this will also create a huge moral pressure on the Austrian side of acceptance, but there is no room for turning around at this point, and every step back is a greater vortex.

At this moment, the Austrian top brass hopes that O'Connell will cherish his reputation, after all, he is old, and it is not good to be late in the future.

But O'Connell did it anyway, and the Austrian side could only take it. Fortunately, this is a dead knot problem for the vast majority of countries in the world, and it is not difficult to solve in Austria.

Franz could build a girls' school directly in Venezia, a German language school where all teachers and students were women.

This is completely fantastical for other countries at this time, but it is completely feasible in Austria.

Because Austrian girls' schools have been running for several years, except for a few outstanding or well-connected graduates, they can enter the government, scientific research institutions and shopping malls.

The vast majority of them are still able to teach each other or have nothing to do, and this kind of girls' school of this level of literacy is a great thing for them, after all, teaching is a very decent job in this era.

At the same time, it is backed by the royal family, and the status level will go up. Coupled with the fact that the church and the newspapers were preaching it, there was no reason why they should not go.

Of course! Although Franz was put on the side by the British, his original purpose was not to invite Ireland to enjoy it.

The Venetian region is more developed in agriculture and industry, so it is not difficult to find some work for them.

In fact, the famine orphans who could reach Austria mainland were only a part, and some of them were too strange or too difficult to serve were sent directly to the colonies.

In fact, the famine orphans who could reach Austria mainland were only a part, and some of them were too strange or too difficult to serve were sent directly to the colonies.

Therefore, when the upper class of the Austrian Empire visited the girls' school, they saw some gentle, considerate and well-informed women, at least this did not make the nobles feel very disadvantaged.

At the same time, the power of example also helps to plan for those who come after you.

The cost of transporting refugees was not high, because all the ships that transported refugees were actually merchant ships, and after selling Austrian goods at a high price, they bought some of the goods they needed, and the rest of the space was used to transport people.

In fact, this is mainly due to the fact that most British goods are not attractive in Austria, and it is better to bring some people with them than to run empty, so as to get a good reputation and make a little money.

For the Austrian side, as long as the price of British grain does not drop, then there will always be money to be made in this life-saving business.

Again, France and Spain have also suffered, and the price of food is high, but the tariffs are higher, and it will be a loss to sell it.

Swiss Confederation, January 1847.

At the Federal Assembly in Geneva, the Liberal Union and the Orthodox Union were at loggerheads, and as a country with 11 units of length, 82 units of grain measurement, 50 units of weight, and more than a dozen currencies, it was not normal for them not to fight.

In fact, the canton of Lucerne was nominally the capital of the Swiss Confederation, but due to the opposition of the Free Union, the Orthodox Union agreed to convene a federal conference in Geneva (on the territory of the Free Federation).

It was naturally difficult to gain respect from the other side for such weakness, and at this time the representative of the Freedom Alliance, Josef Loy (later President of the Swiss Confederation), simply threw a document at the table of the representatives of the Orthodox Union, and did not even bother to say a word.

The representative of the Swiss Orthodox Union, a very old mayor, struggled to stand up and leaned out to get the document that had been thrown a little far away.

The mayor was immediately shocked, and almost fell from his seat to the ground, before he could say a few words.

"Our power can be made up of. . . Guaranteed by Austria, Prussia, France, Sardinia

You are a challenge to the European order."

The mayor didn't stutter, but was so frightened that his mouth was a little uneasy.

Not to mention the existence of an orthodox alliance within the Swiss Confederation, even if the entire Swiss Confederation is united, it is impossible to defeat the three powers.

He thought the person in front of him was crazy.

But Joseph Lowy let out a sneer.

"Idiot! We have the support of the British Empire! If any country dares to interfere in our internal affairs, it is an enemy of the British Empire! Do your masters have the guts? ”

"You're crazy! Britain is far away, and the Great Powers are around! If you fight a civil war, you will bring about your own destruction! ”

The representative of the Orthodox Alliance was still trembling with fright, but he still held on.

"Mr. Deputy, our Switzerland is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if Austria, Prussia, France, and Sardinia join forces? As long as we block the mountain pass, they won't be able to attack it! ”

"Blocking the mountain pass? You're really crazy! How can we survive if we block all the mountain passes? ”

"It's not a bother, if you don't sign the document now, you won't even be able to get out of this room."

Joseph Loy lit the cigar in his mouth with a candle, took a beautiful puff and then leisurely exhaled a few smoke rings.

"Hurry up, okay? If you didn't sign your name before I finished smoking this cigar, you weren't needed here. ”

(End of chapter)