"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Just when Francisco Anna and his wife were chatting happily, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
After Francisco said a word, a servant opened the door and came in.
The servant said politely: "Dear Duke, Mr. Mataro from Catalonia requests to meet you."
"Take him into my study and I'll go see him later."
"Okay, Your Majesty the Duke!"
After the servant left, Anna asked Francisco.
"Dear, Mataro is one of the main leaders of the separatist forces in Catalonia, Spain. Are you asking for money this time?"
Anna knew that her husband Francisco and son Tangning had been funding the Galician Portuguese in Spain and the separatist forces of Catalans, Basques, and even Andalucians.
The intention is very obvious, which is to strengthen the separatist forces in Spain, hoping to split Spain one day.
"Oh, yes. That Mataro is a Catalan separatist or a Grand Aragonist. He should also be asking for money this time."
Switzerland is a free place where all kinds of forces in Europe gather. Now it is also Francisco's main place of activity. The purpose is to facilitate the expansion of power.
"Last week, a Basque from Navarre came, and today a Catalan from Aragon came. Now you, almost all the Spanish separatists are looking for you. They are treating you like a big sheep."
Ah!"
Faced with his wife's teasing, Francisco also laughed.
"Indeed, everyone is trying to take advantage of me. But I am not without conditions. I have sent people to participate. If there is no result, I will not pay.
If you want to steal my money, you have to show some skills. At the very least, you have to give the Spanish government some eye drops to get my money."
As a simple Portuguese, Francisco had no good impression of Spain.
Portugal's first fall was caused by the merger of Spain. During its 60-year rule, Portugal, the first colonial empire, almost collapsed.
When the Kingdom of Portugal was first established, it fought several wars with the Kingdom of Castile and later Spain. It lost once at the end of the 16th century, which was a disaster for Portugal.
In 1582, the fleet commanded by the Marquis of Santa Cruz of Spain defeated the combined fleet of France, Britain, and the Netherlands that supported Antonio, the heir to the Portuguese throne, at the Battle of Ponta Delgada, allowing Portugal to be integrated into the country for the first and last time.
Incorporated into Spain.
"Spain is a patchwork country, consisting of Castile, Navarre, Aragon, and the final conquest of Andalusia. This country should not exist."
After hearing what her husband Francisco said, Anna said in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Dear, Austria-Hungary is also a platter country, so should my motherland be separated too?"
"Well, well, Austria-Hungary and Spain are two different things. Anyway, I don't mean that."
Francisco thought for a while, but he really didn't know how to answer, so he just stalled.
"My dear, I see you are nervous."
Anna sighed and said: "I know how Europeans view my motherland, Austria-Hungary, as a patchwork rag doll empire.
The German Parliament excluded us not only to facilitate unification, but also because Austria has too many ethnic groups, which will affect the development of the country.
In addition to Hungarians, we in Austria also had Czechs, Slovaks, Romanians, Poles, Ukrainians, Serbs, Bosnians, Croats, and Slovenians.
With so many ethnic groups, we Austrian Germans don’t even have 40% of them. Even I feel worried about such a patchwork country.
Fortunately, our Austrian ruling nobles are smart and have made preparations long ago.
We united the highly schizophrenic Yugoslav race with the Hungarians and Romanians to form Transletania, letting the Hungarians manage it, while the Czechs in Bohemia, who were deeply assimilated, and the Slovenians who were deeply favored by us
The Carniola region, the Ukrainian and Polish Galician regions make up Neletania.
Even if one day unfortunately, the country is really divided, we Austria can still control half of the country, and then we will still be a powerful country in Europe."
It’s not that the Austrian nobles did nothing, they also saw the bad aspects of Brother Oh’s combined empire and took precautions early.
It's a pity that Anna didn't know that after World War I, Netalonia, the core region of Austria, would also be split up, the Czechs and Slovaks would also become independent, and Galicia would also be taken by Poland.
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After a sudden operation by the Allies, only 1/4 of Austria was left. In order to prevent the merger of Germany, the Allies also set up various conditions.
The reason why the Allies did this is that Habsburg's operating methods are too terrifying. If they don't break it down in detail, Austria will make a comeback.
"Dear Anna, Austria is indeed more troublesome than Italy. The outside world says that Austria is another Ottoman. I really don't want Austria to split.
After all, I have deep feelings for Austria, and I don’t want such a long-standing place to disappear. Austria and Spain are not the same thing. Austria’s expansion brings more liberation, but now those nations are ungrateful and want to be independent.
Those bastards who are clamoring for independence don't even think about it. If Austria didn't exist, they would still be under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.
Anna, I believe that most people are grateful, and Austria should continue to exist."
Regarding Austria, Francisco saw the country's inevitable tendency to split, but he really didn't want it to split.
Anna said in a sad tone: "Oh, I hope so!"
"Dear, I'm going to meet first. I can't keep Mr. Mataro waiting any longer. This is very rude."
Anna, as always virtuous, nodded in agreement.
"Oh, hurry up and don't let the guests feel that we are treating you poorly.
Although these Spanish separatists are not good things, they are really good for us in Portugal and we cannot let them feel our discrimination and arrogance towards them."
Francisco's Study.
"Dear Mr. Mataro, how can I help you?"
After Francisco opened the door, he looked at Mataro who was waiting anxiously with a smile and said a very heartwarming word.
Hearing the Duke's words, Mataro's uneasiness and worry calmed down. He knew that he should still be able to get the money this time.
"Oh, my dear Duke, I need some money, and my friends are in urgent need of assistance."
This chapter has been completed!