Chapter 483 New Nation
The intervention of the Hechingen Consortium in Bosnia attracted little attention. Military occupation did not mean that the Austro-Hungarian Empire would bring the area under its rule. Historically, the Austro-Hungarian Empire wanted to incorporate Bosnia into its territory. That was already in the early 20th century.
The main reason for this is that the interests are not in place and Bosnia is lacking in resources. Although coal resources are relatively abundant, the local transportation is very blocked and development is difficult.
Bosnia is almost always the poorest region in the Balkan Peninsula at any time, so it really has no economic value. For example, due to the impact of the agricultural crisis, there are almost zero businessmen willing to engage in agricultural development in Bosnia.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire attached great importance to Bosnia, but it had nothing to do with the economy here. The main reason was that it was the front station of the Ottoman Empire's northward movement to threaten Austria and Europe.
Salarvo was a northward military stronghold established by the Ottoman Empire and slowly developed into the most important city in Bosnia.
If the Austro-Hungarian Empire wanted to provide economic support to Bosnia, it would be impossible. After all, who would pay is a big problem. Hungary would definitely be left with nothing. Even if the Hechingen Consortium entered Bosnia, it would not be for poverty alleviation. It has a political purpose.
As for obtaining economic benefits from the local area, Ernst has never thought about such a thing. The conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina are really bad. If he can operate without losing money, then he has achieved his goal.
Ferdinand: “Then the main purpose of your investment in Bosnia is to change the local population, but this is not an easy task. After all, it is impossible for the Austro-Hungarian government to accomplish it. Just rely on an agricultural company to change the local population. It’s impossible to accomplish this!”
Ernst: “Our investment in Bosnia is not really for local development, the focus is on change. The sense of identity, belief and national identity of the local people is indeed a headache for all countries, but it is not worth mentioning in the face of economic interests. Why can the Ottoman Empire transform the local Slavs? In the final analysis, it is economic The reason is that if you don’t follow the Ottoman Empire, you will be destined to be poor. This is much more terrible than any belief.”
Ferdinand: "Then how do you plan to do this?"
Ernst: "Now 30% of Bosnia's arable land is in our hands. Bosnia is an agricultural area through and through, and agriculture plays a major role in the economy. The proportion is close to 100%, so we have control of Bosnia's economic lifeline, which means that now we can easily decide the fate of the Slavs in Bosnia."
"First, the Hechingen Consortium wants to violently reduce the local Arab population. The basis for converting the population is to make it unprofitable for the local Arabs."
Ferdinand: "You mean to force the Arabs to convert through the distribution of land use rights?"
< br>Ernst shook his head and said: "It's not that, it's a reduction in the physical sense!"
"You are crazy!" Archduke Ferdinand said incredulously: "Aren't you afraid of the local rebellion?"
"Even if Bosnia rebels, it will not affect us in East Africa. This is just an attempt, and what I said The reduction of physical significance is not a massacre, but forcing the locals to flee. Anyway, the geography of Bosnia The location is very good and it is convenient to work anywhere. If they cannot support their family through agriculture, most locals can only try their luck outside."
Ferdinand: "Then what if the local people insist on resisting. What to do? If you prevent Franz from coming to power, I believe he will come to you directly to accuse you."
Ernst: "So we have to unite one faction and fight two factions, and turn the local Croats into our own people. Both Serbian and Arab believers are our targets for expulsion. Serbs can go to Serbia or come here. In East Africa, Arabs can go to any Arab area, but they cannot "Stay local."
"However, as far as the Croats are concerned, this will not be beneficial to Austria-Hungary's local rule. I am afraid it will also increase the weight of the Croats in the future empire. One Hungary is enough for Austria to have a headache. Now, do you want to come to a big Croatia? ”
"You misunderstood, father-in-law." Ernst said: "What I mean by wooing is the people who have given up their Croat identity. They themselves believe in Catholicism, so we bind them economically to the Hechingen Consortium. There is a The prerequisite is to join the German nation."
Ferdinand was still a little worried and said: "This kind of thing is not that easy. It is difficult to eliminate the national brand."
"So. We must proactively promote the culture of local people Reform, the beliefs and living habits of the local Croats are actually the smallest compared to the Germans, especially the Catholic Germans."
"In addition, the local Croats have always been the lowest level of rule, except for religious people. There is basically no cultural level outside, which provides us with the conditions to tamper with the history of the local Croats."
This made Ferdinand interested: "How are you going to tamper with the history of the local people?"< br>
"We can completely claim that the locals are Germans who entered Bosnia from the South German region in the Middle Ages. They had to give up their ancestral identity under the coercion of the Ottoman Empire. This history was cut off because of the cover-up by the Ottoman Empire. Now Bosnia returns Germany naturally wants to recognize its ancestors."
Archduke Ferdinand: "Are you lying?"
"As long as the local people can be deceived willingly, we will succeed. Ernst said shamelessly.
"Then how could they believe it? Just rely on your propaganda? The locals are not fools. They still know how their family came from!" Ernst: "As long as you have many ideas, you are not afraid of the locals. Don’t give in.”
"What's your crooked idea?"
Ernst: "Everything depends on evidence, and we can completely fabricate evidence. For example, there are definitely not many people from South Germany who have flowed into Bosnia, but we can ourselves "Making it up."
This kind of thing is easy to handle. After all, the Prince of Hechingen can provide evidence. Many Hechingen people left their hometowns to live in Bosnia due to war or famine, and forged some ancient books. It is not difficult, and the cultural level of the local people is not what others say. Even if they don’t believe it, they will choose to believe it in order to avoid being affected. As long as you tell too many lies, there will always be people who believe it. After a few generations, then It becomes history. After all, the Bible can be used as historical basis, so Ernst’s approach is not excessive.
Ernst continued: "The second is to discredit the Ottomans and even the entire Arab region. After we control local public opinion, we can make the local people actively cleanse their relationship with the Ottoman Empire by belittling the Ottomans."
This trick is actually regional black. The power of regional black is so great. As long as it is done properly, it can become a very good cultural weapon.
Moreover, the mutual slander between the Western world and the Arab region has been going on for a long time, and Ernst just did it as a matter of course.
“Then use education to reshape the national identity of the local new generation.”
Archduke Ferdinand: “I don’t quite understand this. Do you want to implement compulsory education in Bosnia? "
Ernst: "No, it's about promoting corporate education. If you can live a good life as an employee of the Bosnian Agricultural Development Company, then the employees of the Bosnian Agricultural Development Company must send their children to Go to a corporate school to receive a thorough German education.”
The Bosnian Agricultural Development Company now controls 30% of Bosnia’s arable land, so 30% of Bosnian people must rely on the Bosnian Agricultural Company for survival, so these people changed. It is a necessary condition to believe in and receive German education.
Moreover, the proportion of cultivated land owned by the Bosnian Agricultural Development Company will continue to increase. In the Ernst Plan, local grain dumping will be carried out for a long time to force local farmers to go bankrupt, and finally more land will be collected to the Bosnian Agricultural Development Company. in hand.
"Your plan is indeed good, but the problem is that Catholic Croatia only accounts for 20 to 30% of the local population." Ferdinand said.
Ernst: "My plan certainly includes Serbian and Arab believers. As long as they are willing to voluntarily give up their Orthodox and Arab beliefs and their alien identities other than Germans, they can stay in Bosnia and oppose Catholic Croatia." The same is true for people. Croats are the easiest to transform, but they must also give up their Croatian identity in order to integrate into our German and Italian culture. Zhiren family, otherwise their lives are no different from those of the pagans under the Ottoman rule."
"The problem is that the local forces are fiercely resisting. What should we do if they don't cooperate?"
"That's not the case. Is there any help from the Austro-Hungarian army? We have already established a good relationship with the local garrison, as long as they favor us in our actions against the local resistance forces.”
"I'm afraid the military alone is not enough."
"So I have one last resort, which is to inject water into Bosnia like in East Africa and change the local population structure through immigration."
"You're planning to move Germany to Bosnia People?”
“Not limited to Germans, but also Far Easterners. After all, we don’t have enough Germans in East Africa.”
“Are you sure you don’t want to cause trouble by migrating Far Easterners to Bosnia? Outrage?”
"We also need thugs. These things require a sufficient population. It is not convenient for the Austro-Hungarian army to do this. We can do it, that is, to let those Bosnians who are unwilling to give up their identity as aliens and pagans be treated like the natives of East Africa. There is nothing we can do!”
Of course, Ernst has another idea, which is to turn Bosnia into The Austro-Hungarian Empire is a region that is naturally biased towards East Africa, so giving them some Eastern intermarriage will help East Africa exert its influence locally in the future. After all, the population structure of East Africa will be dominated by mixed races in the future, so pure German areas may not necessarily Seeing East Africa as one of its own will add color to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and help East African Germans exert their influence in the future.
Ernst's ideas are not limited to this. In the Republic of Lanfang, Ernst plans to implement the opposite measures to Bosnia, by introducing white people to turn it into a mixed-race country with mainly German culture.
Just the population of Bosnia can be filled in East Africa and the Republic of Lanfang, so that mixed-race Germans can form three fulcrums of Europe, Africa, and Asia. In the future, they may even develop a country that spans three continents and has global influence. A powerful new nation emerges.
(End of this chapter)