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Chapter Thirty-Six, The Great Migration

Franz was reputable and immediately paid supplies worth ten million of Syrians after signing a treaty with the Ottoman Empire.

This time, the Vienna government did not give any discounts, and there was no way to get overcapacity. There was too much backlog of materials and it was impossible to sell them, so it was directly destroyed. Franz was not so promiscuous.

It would be better to use it to deal with the Sudanese government. If possible, he would still want to do the same transaction with the Russians, no matter what, it would be better than watching these materials rot in the warehouse.

Especially for agricultural products, these finished products have not had a long shelf life. The preservatives in this era are too slag, and adding too much will cause death.

Even if everyone does not pay attention to food safety, it cannot poison people. How can you do such a signature thing?

It is related to the issue of word of mouth. The Vienna government still has very strict controls and cannot poison people. This is the bottom line of food safety, even if it is exported, it cannot do so.

Of course, this is limited to this. Higher standards are high-end foods, such as products specially provided by nobles, and the quality level is no lower than that of later generations.

The difference between the prices of the two grades of goods is basically several times, or even dozens of times, which fully proves that there is no good product for cheap products.

At the Vienna Palace, after listening to the report of the Minister of Agriculture, Franz thought for a while and said: "Since the export of agricultural products has declined, then we will artificially create a market.

Didn’t we just reached an agreement with the Ottoman Empire, and have they withdraw the population on these lands?

Now organize ship transportation immediately. At worst, we can provide them with rations for one year as compensation for early migration. I believe the Sudanese government will not reject such a good thing.

When the Ottomans left, we will organize immigration to fill it up and take these areas into full control.

In this way, with new businesses in shipping companies, we can also reduce the pressure on unsalable grains and help stabilize domestic food prices."

Unlike other overseas colonies, the Vienna government has the ability to directly control it. Even if there is no trans-ocean telegram yet, it will only take a week to deliver messages.

As long as all the local Ottomans are evacuated and replaced with domestic immigrants, there is no need to worry about rule.

Agriculture Minister Christian replied, “Yes, Your Majesty.”

After pausing, Franz added: "Remember to pack the people from the Ionian Islands and Sinai to the Ottoman Empire. If there is any problem, pay money to bribe the Sudanese government officials.

Anyway, the Ottoman Empire did not have household registration, so the Sudanese government was confused about how many people there were, so it should not be difficult to fool them.

The immigration problem must be completed as soon as possible. During the economic crisis, doing this work is the lowest cost. It can be said that it will kill two birds with one stone."

This is not a speculation. In this era, the Ottoman Empire was known as the most corrupt empire in the world. As long as you give money, there would be nothing that these bureaucrats would not dare to do.

The colonial minister Josip Yelachic had a headache when he heard that he wanted to complete the immigration work as soon as possible. This time, there was a lot of immigration demand. It was impossible for people to control these new territories forever.

Crete immigrated at least 30,000 to 40,000 to 40,000 to 30,000 to 40,000 to 20,000 to 30,000 to 30,000 to Libya immigrated. Even if the Sinai Peninsula is 5,000 to 5,000, there are more than 200,000 people in total.

These areas require people, while African colonies still need people. Let’s forget about the Congo and the Gulf of Guinea. The population of the two places is already quite large, so it is also possible to suspend large-scale immigration.

However, Nigeria, which has just started, is infiltrating Cameroon and Benin, is absolutely indispensable for immigration.

Otherwise, when John Bull recovers, they will make trouble again. The best choice is like the Gulf of Guinea. Even the British are very jealous and lose interest after seeing the large group of German immigrants.

In this era, there was no one who went to the colonies to make a fortune. Especially the nobles who opened farms and plantations were all masters who could carry guns on horseback.

On land, the British could not do anything to them. If there were only 8,000 people in the colony, one day they would turn against Britain and France, and the colony would immediately change hands.

The Vienna government is not only considering opening up colonies, but also considering how to protect the colonies. In this context, it is really not enough without more than 100,000 immigrants.

In addition to these areas, the Balkans must also be considered. In order to control Wallachia, Moldavia, Serbia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Vienna government has also formulated a million immigration plan.

This immigrant can only come from the German region to ensure the smooth progress of national integration, which is also an urgent task.

In order to avoid leaving multiple families and fighting for immigration, all immigration work was handed over to the Colonial Ministry.

Josip Yelachic explained: "Your Majesty, as the domestic economic situation improves, fewer and fewer people are willing to immigrate overseas. In the short term, we will not be able to gather so many immigrants.

You know, in order to facilitate assimilation, we must break up and resettle every time we organize immigration, so that ethnic minorities will not gather in one area.

Including refugees migrating from the Balkans, they are allocated in a certain proportion to ensure that they cannot form a dominant advantage locally.

This has caused trouble for immigration work. So far, there are less than 200,000 people in China who are interested in immigration, and the total number of applicants in the German region is no more than 550,000.

Most people tend to immigrate to the Balkans and are willing to go to overseas colonies, less than half of them.”

It is normal for Franz to nod. How could an ordinary person be willing to leave his hometown unless it is absolutely necessary?

It’s okay to immigrate to the Balkans, but you’re still in the local area. You can go back and forth along the Danube once a month, but it’s different overseas.

Even though the Vienna government has issued preferential conditions and opened farms and plantations in overseas colonies, the government directly recognized the property rights and even had policy loans, many people are still worried.

"The economy has just spread to the German region and will continue for a while. In the future, the number of bankrupt people in the German region will increase. This is an opportunity.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has communicated with state governments and they will not stop your actions. It is the peak period of immigration before the end of the economic crisis.

You have to grab the time now and send the immigrants away as quickly as possible. If you transport them overseas, you will be sent to the Balkans. Once the economic crisis is over, everyone will find a job, and the situation will be different again."

The reality is so cruel. The unemployed population during the economic crisis is not wealth, but social hidden dangers. Governments of various countries want them to go faster.

Against this background, the Vienna Ministry of Foreign Affairs also connected with the German cultural countries such as Switzerland and Belgium, and governments welcomed Austria's recruitment of immigrants.

Of course, this good opportunity is limited to the economic crisis. Once the economy returns to normal and wants to fool immigrants, even if the governments of various countries do not stop it, local capitalists will not agree.

Only when there is too much labor force will it be cheap, which is also the reason why European governments find it difficult to organize immigration on a large scale.

If the Vienna government was not strong enough to suppress domestic capitalists, Franz would not have organized immigration with such a big fanfare.
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