Author: Seven Years Period

The trade transfer station was Franz's short-term plan for the Hawaiian Islands. He firmly believed that the value and importance of the islands would become apparent over time.

After all, transcontinental ocean trade will become more and more frequent in the future.

At this time, there were three pillar industries in Hawaii: sandalwood export, whaling and pearl collecting. Although Franz was not optimistic about the prospects of these industries, money should still be made.

Franz, on the other hand, set his sights on the sandalwood industry and pearl collecting industry, because these two businesses did not require high costs and provided huge returns.

As for the whaling industry, there is not even a single whaling ship in Austria, and there is a lack of relevant technical personnel and technological reserves.

In addition, in terms of sustainable development, whaling is too fragile compared to the other two luxury goods industries, and the petrochemical and rubber industries that the empire will rely on in the future will replace its role.

Both whale baleen and whale oil will be replaced by cheaper industrial products. This is an irreversible trend.

And this process will not take too long. Oil in North Africa has been successfully exploited, and rubber in Southeast Asia has also matured.

A large amount of cheap raw materials will greatly promote the development of these two industries and will affect the development of history to a certain extent. Although it is not as obvious as the electric revolution, it is not far behind.

Of course, in addition to the above, Franz also set his sights on the cultivation of coffee and sugar cane. After all, this can not only prevent the surplus of labor, but also occupy some land. It can be said that it kills two birds with one stone.

However, Friedrich's progress was not going too smoothly at this time. His previous conflicts with the treacherous natives and his subsequent crazy revenge on the attackers were all seen by their local counterparts.

In the past few days, there have been incidents of indigenous residents attacking Austrian soldiers who landed ashore. When the Kingdom of Hawaii was invaded before, they did not harm the interests of other tribes, so they let it go.

But now Friedrich's behavior seemed more like a provocation and declaration of war to the other party, so these tribes united and prepared to drive the great powers out of their homes.

Perhaps the previous colonists were not very large, and they were mainly seeking wealth and enclosing land, so there were not many conflicts with the indigenous people, so the latter did not know how terrible the great powers were.

This was the first time that Friedrich encountered such an outrageous thing. He found Kamehameha III, who was still secretly delighted that his subjects were so brave.

The monarch also pretended to be dumbfounded when questioned by distinguished visitors, and several British, French and American advisers even had the mentality of watching a good show.

The Austrian army at this time and place seemed too powerful compared to other powers, so they all wanted to see it and its commander weakened.

They never expected that Friedrich would take a pre-emptive strike and directly order the elimination of creatures that might pose a threat to his soldiers after receiving no reply.

No matter how powerful the indigenous people are, it is impossible to fight against the well-prepared modern army. Under the baptism of naval guns and rockets, their defenses are ineffective and full of loopholes, and bows and arrows are even less likely to fight against firearms.

Soon the indigenous tribes near Pearl Bay were wiped out, and they could only hide in the jungle on the island to avoid threats.

However, the local Nanming workers who had long been oppressed by the indigenous people stood up and joined the Austrian army under the leadership of some spies.

These people are better at jungle warfare than Friedrich's Marines. After all, they relied on this to defeat the arrogant British on Kalimantan.

In the end, it took nearly a month for the Austrian army to completely eliminate the hostile forces near Pearl Bay. This made the population of Hawaii, which was already suffering from infectious diseases and suffered a sharp decline, even worse.

These Chinese naturally became the new owners of the Pearl Bay area. Only a small number of managers were left in the area, but this was enough for any local force to no longer dare to underestimate its strength.

"It turns out that I am really just an ant." Kamehameha III said with a bitter smile. At this time, he was shrouded in fear like thousands of natives on the island.

Historically, due to this monarch's strategy of allocating land, his subjects became real landowners. Before World War I, they all frantically enslaved laborers from the East.

Moreover, they are more vicious than Westerners, often increasing rents at will, beating and scolding at will, and even committing violence and robbing property.

Originally, according to the plan, Friedrich needed to use funds to purchase land, or at least joint development was an acceptable option, but in the end it turned into robbery.

However, this kind of change had been within Franz's expectation, so he prepared a group of Chinese laborers in advance. After all, it was not realistic to develop the Hawaiian Island by transporting people from the distant empire mainland in the short term.

"Miss Kagura, why don't you come and take a look? Those fireworks are so beautiful!"

Princess Sneka was fascinated by the smoke and the burning gunpowder, and the huge explosions were like sweet music.

Kagura looked at the unequal battle in the distance with some indifference. She had seen far more intense battles than this, and she was also present in the naval battle that destroyed the Oman Empire Navy.

"Your Highness Princess, you'd better go into the cabin and rest. It's very windy outside."

Kagura specially brought out a cloak because she knew that the former would not listen to her suggestion.

"Miss Kagura, you are so considerate. I heard that you are Franz's valet?"

Sneka asked tentatively, Kagura was no longer the hate-filled little girl she was before. She knew what the former wanted to know, but nothing happened.

"Reporting to Your Highness the Princess, I am just a student of the Grand Duke."

"Student?" This statement was unexpected to Princess Sneka. She wanted to know what kind of saint Friedrich mentioned.

Although Sneka had contact with Franz, the time was too short and the relationship was too considerate, making it impossible for the former to judge the latter's character and preferences.

Karolina is a complete idiot. She only thinks Franz is handsome and strong.

From the servants, we learned that Franz was very knowledgeable and good at wrestling, but rarely attended royal events.

In fact, the royal family of this generation rarely show their faces in public, and their exposure rate is far less than that of the Holy Roman Empire.

At that time, Archduke John attended various celebrity balls and banquets every day. He would also attend music festivals, opera openings, and even go to pubs and cafes to chat with people.

Archduke Karl often rode with the army on expeditions, and the late Emperor Francis II often overlooked his subjects from the balcony.

This generation of Emperor Ferdinand I cannot be said to be weak-minded. His younger brother, Archduke Franz Karl, was a social terror. The only two times he appeared in public in so many years were once in a debate with someone in a park and once drunkenly in a square fountain.

Take a bath inside.

In Archduke Karl's family, the elder went to Switzerland for a trip, the elder hid in the headquarters all day long and didn't know what he was studying, and the second went to the United States to dig coal. I really don't understand the royal family's hobbies.

The third child drifted on the sea all day, and the fourth child simply stayed in his palace and never came out.

Not to mention the younger archdukes in his direct line, only Archduke Franz would occasionally ride out in a carriage to go to the Royal Society of Science.
Chapter completed!