The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1481: Mining
In the United States Congress, Lincoln continued his speech.

"Gentlemen, do you know why the Austrian Empire is so powerful?
Because of the war?

Do not!
War brings only destruction!"

In fact, many people believe that it was war that created the Austrian Empire, just as war created France. In the eyes of Americans at this time, Europeans were extremely warlike, and it seemed that the rise of every empire was accompanied by countless wars.

However, Lincoln's words at this time caused people to think deeply. Could it be that everyone's views all along were wrong?
Lincoln was very satisfied with the congressmen's response, and he immediately struck while the iron was hot.

"The rise of the Austrian Empire was based on plunder. They attacked colonies everywhere to plunder wealth and gold. When Britain was in trouble, they plundered the Irish as a demographic dividend.

With each subsequent war, the Austrian Empire was able to plunder more people to fill its factories and mines.

It can be said that the rise of the Austrian Empire was built on the corpses of countless Germans, Irish, Spaniards, and Italians.

Some of us are blind to the treasure right in front of us! How short-sighted! How ridiculous! "

Lincoln's words immediately awakened American factory owners. The rapid development of American industry in recent years was naturally inseparable from the cheap labor of Irish immigrants.

Although Irish workers have a bad reputation in the United States, factories like them very much. Some rumors are even deliberately fabricated and spread by them in order to continue to lower the wages of Irish people.

At that time, the wages of Irish workers were only one-third or even one-quarter of those of American workers. In terms of working conditions and treatment, they were even worse than those of black slaves.

The price of Irish white slaves (indentured servants) was only one tenth of that of black slaves, but their market sales were far less than that of black slaves, and no one dared to treat these indentured servants like they treated black slaves.

Not to mention that the legal status of indentured servants was much higher than that of black slaves, and closer to human beings. The mere act of raising indentured servants was very dangerous in itself, in an era without identity verification, and the United States was vast and sparsely populated.

It was not uncommon for white indentured servants to kill their masters and take their place, and some women who suffered domestic violence would even deliberately seduce indentured servants to take their place.

The sheriff and the government are helpless in dealing with such matters, and farmers choose to treat indentured servants with caution and be on guard against this group of people at all times.

Therefore, the American South was very cautious in its attitude towards the Irish, but if it were the Cubans, they would feel much more at ease.

After all, Cuba has a tradition of slavery, and it is easier to distinguish by skin color and appearance.

Just imagine, if these people came to the United States, the labor market could be greatly expanded, allowing the United States to gain the advantage of cheap labor.

After figuring this out, there was another round of warm applause in Congress.

So Lincoln spoke again.

"Here I once again propose to all members of Congress that Cubans be granted American citizenship!"

The desire for human mining made it easy for the U.S. Congress to pass this resolution.

This time Davis could not stop it no matter what he did, after all, it was beneficial to both the North and the South. The South got land and black slaves, while the North got human mines.

As a result, various mining ships under the banner of humanitarianism went to Cuba and began the operation of "digging" for human mines.

In fact, the source of Lincoln's theory was a casual chat with an Austrian imperial businessman. It must be said that this casual chat inspired him a lot.

After that, he and his staff summarized and concluded, and finally came up with this set of human-mine theory. Lincoln and the top leaders of the Whig Party in the North of the United States did not think that Narciso López could take Cuba from the beginning to the end, and the possibility of the Austrian Empire agreeing to the deal was almost zero.

(The Whig Party at this time was the famous Republican Party in the future.)
But the United States could fight for Cuba, a human resource. In this way, whether Cuba joined the slave states or not, the free states would still have the strength to fight.

The best case scenario was that the Austrian Empire would send troops to defeat the Southern army, which would force the Democratic Party to give up a large number of seats due to defeat and disgrace, allowing the Whig Party to win the general election and control Congress.

Vienna, Hofburg Palace.

To be honest, Franz was a little disappointed with Ferdinand II. The Americans declared war for no apparent reason, and Spain inexplicably accepted the war.

Franz couldn't tell for a moment whether they were serious or just playing house.

But it seems that no matter what era, it is difficult to be a good person. Does Ferdinand II really think he does not exist? Does he think he is really irreplaceable?

Then let the United States and Spain fight, Franz doesn't even have to be a villain. Otherwise, the situation on Cuba would be very tricky even today.

To be on the safe side, Franz decided to import another 200,000 laborers from the shogunate in case of emergency. When it comes to labor and mines, the Austrian Empire has plenty.

On the coast of Cuba, the salty and humid sea breeze mixed with heat waves blew over. Captain Jack took off his tricorn hat and fanned himself constantly.

Under the scorching sun, the wooden pier groaned as it could not bear the weight, and hundreds of ragged refugees were crowded on the dock like sardines.

"Everyone, line up!"

Captain Jack shouted loudly, deliberately showing the musket and machete at his waist.

Revolvers were still high-end products in the United States at that time, and not everyone could afford them. In addition, single-shot pistols were still sought after by many people due to their exquisite appearance and excellent workmanship.

Looking at the crowd's evasive and admiring gazes, Captain Jack's mouth corners unconsciously rose, and he even forgot that this was once a slave ship.

There were few black slaves among the group of people in front of him. Most of them could be seen as mixed-race people at a glance, and there were also some ragged lower-class white people.

Captain Jack's occupational disease recurred, and he suddenly became a little depressed. He immediately slapped himself twice. He was hired to save the people this time, so he had to stand up straight.

Soon Jack's ship was full of people, and after replenishing supplies, his ship would return to Boston. There were many people like Captain Jack, and they were all employed by the US government.

Countless merchant ships and cargo ships stopped and left, but the dock was still crowded with people.

Generally speaking, it is not easy to relocate these people. Not only does it require earnest persuasion, but it also requires a considerable amount of resettlement costs. For some people, even some small tricks have to be used.

However, the two sides on the island were already killing each other, and the islanders were eager to leave this hell. For the politicians in the southern United States, the life and death of the residents of Cuba were not of concern. They only cared about land and slaves, as well as the outcome of the war.

Four regiments of the US Army landed on the island of Cuba, but these thousands of people had little impact on the war situation. The most important thing is that both sides have already crossed the bottom line, setting fires and poisoning wells.

However, what is more terrifying than fire attacks and poisoning is the military discipline of both sides. Looting and massacres happen all the time on this island, and even those who are nostalgic for this land are eager to leave as soon as possible.

Not to mention that those spiritual Americans described the United States as a paradise, so the refugees all brought their elderly and children and waited eagerly at the dock.