Chapter 22 Humanitarianism
Duke Omar is not a genius, although he has no shortage of military talents, but none of them are good at politics.
This is evidenced by the fact that Algeria remained politically chaotic in the decades that followed.
At this time, Duke Omar had a simple logic in mind: "Barter, exchange for value." ”
The Austrian side could allow him to exchange precious metals and wine for supplies, as well as other things.
Duke Omar only hated his wife for not giving birth to several daughters for him, otherwise he would have immediately pulled out to marry.
Fortunately, he also had a three-year-old son, and Duke Omar immediately proposed to marry his son to Franz's sister, but was unsurprisingly rejected by Mrs. Sophie.
When Madame Sophie was furious, little Maria's eyes still revealed a clear stupidity, although she studied in a girls' school and came into contact with children of all kinds of skin in the world.
But as the only girl in the family, Maria was too well protected. She still felt that it was natural for the princess to marry the prince, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
In short, the Duke of Omar felt that the more possessions in his hands, the better, and France was originally the property of the Orleans family, and his behavior could not be called a robbery, at most a porter.
In addition to the wealth and population, it was also plundered by Duke Omar, no! The key points of the handling.
It was much easier to transport people than to carry belongings, after all, people could board ships on their own, and even carry dry food and fresh water.
At this time, many people in France even did not hesitate to go bankrupt, sell their children, and kill their wives for a ticket to the New World.
But the appearance of Duke Omar completely changed that.
"Next door to New Orleans (Algeria), the Orleans dynasty is orthodox, don't want 998, don't want 888, just say 'Long live the Orleans dynasty!' , come and send the house! Send land! Send Algerian maid! ”
Under Franz's propaganda, every time Duke Omar sent a fleet to the south of France to raid the harbor, there would be long queues in the harbor waiting for the opportunity to emigrate.
At first Franz did this to weaken France, but with the increase in French immigration, the situation in Algeria is moving in the other direction.
In the past, the immigrants sent to Algeria by France were vagabonds and criminals, who did not want to farm, but only wanted to plunder and experience the feeling of being a human being.
So the situation in Algeria has not stabilized because of the increase in immigration, and even the total number of immigrants in France has not increased much.
At this time, however, the population plundered by Omar was different, most of them were artisans and peasants who could not survive in France, and as long as they had land, work, and food, they were quite comfortable and tolerant of aliens.
And these settled people can provide stable tax revenue, stable food, and stable latecomers, and Algeria's colonial army will be more combative.
Although these people were not directly involved in the war with the Algerians, their arrival would hasten the extermination of the Algerians.
Over time, it wasn't impossible for Duke Omar to create a New Orleans out of Africa, so Franz didn't want that to continue.
Kafenyak's head began to ache at the thought of the chaos at home and the cost of fighting the Algerian colony.
The only means by which France fought against the Algerian colonies was to transfer the Great Western Fleet to the Mediterranean and the Great Eastern Fleet to face off.
Not to mention whether the Great Western Fleet could win the Great Eastern Fleet, what if all this was a conspiracy of the Austrians? Or maybe some other country decided to help Duke Omar?
The loss of the Great Western Fleet in France is equivalent to losing the only means to fight against the Algerian colonies, and then France will become a lamb to the slaughter, which can only be bullied by others.
Theoretically speaking, the Great Western Fleet is not France's only means, but in this special period, France, which is very short of funds and space, wants to build another navy.
Kafenjak's eyes were always on Franz, but the former's forehead was already sweating, and the latter understood that people like the former could not lose face, so Franz needed to give the other party a step down.
"Mr. Kafenjak, do you want to cancel this humanitarian agreement?"
Franz's tone was still flat, but Kafenjak let out a sigh of relief.
"We are all God's people, humanitarianism is still necessary, of course we are willing to support it, but will the rebels be?"
Franz understood that the other side was tempting, but in order to reassure the other party and reach a peace agreement as soon as possible, Franz said.
"As long as the treaty is in force, any breach of the treaty would amount to a challenge to the authority of the Holy League and the German Confederation.
Duke Omar is no exception."
The word Holy Alliance exploded in Kafenyak's head, and he forgot that there was such an organization in this world.
Just in the face of Prussia and Austria, France is already powerless at this time, and if the Russians send troops, it is not impossible for France to become the next Poland.
I really don't know how those pro-British factions in China came up with the idea of brazenly starting this war, don't they really have brains?
Kafenjak wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand and said.
"That's good, that's good."
Franz was not interested in the inner drama of Kafenjak, he continued.
"The next article is about the question of the ownership of the Texas colony."
To be honest, Kafenjak's heart was very conflicted at this time, on the one hand, he didn't want France to suffer, and on the other hand, he really couldn't think of a way to keep Texas.
Kafenjak even felt that Fran only wanted to humiliate France by raising this question, because the question of the ownership of the Texas colony was obviously not up to France at this time.
However, Kafenjak obviously thought too much, so Franz was not so bored to deliberately humiliate a powerful country.
It was true that France had no land to cut at this time, and the acquisition of other colonies would only make the nerves of the great powers more tense.
It's cool to startle the powers, but it's not so comfortable to be targeted by the powers.
The Austrian Empire was also not ready to monopolize Texas, but to create a common colony, as it had done before.
The greatest advantage of the establishment of a common colony was that it would allow the German Confederation to be launched, disperse the pressure from the Great Powers, further enhance Austria's influence within the Confederation, and enhance the cohesion of the Confederation.
The disadvantages are also obvious: the common colonies are difficult to survive for a long time, the struggle for power and profit, the passing of the buck to each other is bound to occur, and petty frictions are constant and more prone to corruption.
In addition, it is difficult for multinational condominiums to establish a strong government, which will to some extent contribute to the rise of separatist forces.
Unless there is a strong political skill, it is possible to put an end to this chaos by establishing a healthy and reasonable system.