Faced with Jerome Bonaparte's inquiry, Franz Joseph nodded without hesitation.
"Jerome, you should know what our Austrian Empire needs now, so I hope you can give us a chance!" Franz Joseph begged Jerome Bonaparte to give him a chance to earn foreign exchange.
Nowadays, various industries in the Austrian Empire have investments from the French Empire, and most of the funds invested by banks in the Austrian Empire are raised in the form of bonds.
One could say that the economy of the Austrian Empire was linked to the stock and bond movements of the Paris Stock Exchange.
If the Paris Stock Exchange fluctuates, the economy of the Austrian Empire may be hit hard to a certain extent.
From Jérôme Bonaparte's perspective, such a bundled economy is indeed conducive to the French Empire's control over the Austrian Empire.
However, from Franz Joseph's perspective now, this situation was greatly detrimental to the Austrian Empire.
This is equivalent to putting the lifeblood of one's family into the hands of others. Although this teammate has no signs of falling out, no one can guarantee whether peace and friendship will continue in the future.
Therefore, Franz Joseph, like Cavour, hoped to take advantage of Jerome Bonaparte's need for labor to save a sum of foreign exchange for the Austrian Empire to prepare for possible changes.
Of course, Jerome Bonaparte could be sure that Franz Joseph had never thought of such a thing. It was most likely that the old guy Metternich encouraged him to speak to him.
The reason why Metternich knew this was probably related to the little Prince Metternich in Paris.
However, Jerome Bonaparte was not interested in "exposing" Prince Metternich who was hiding behind Franz Joseph.
He smiled and responded to Franz Joseph: "Of course I am willing to cooperate with the Austrian Empire!"
"How many laborers do you need! I will arrange it for you immediately!" Franz Joseph asked Jerome Bonaparte again.
"Currently, Algeria doesn't need many workers anymore!" Jérôme Bonaparte said nonchalantly, "We have already signed a labor agreement with Cavour, and there are about tens of thousands of Sardinian workers.
Will go to Algeria in batches!
These laborers are enough to meet the needs of the Algerian region!”
"Forget it!" Franz Joseph responded to Jerome Bonaparte with a hint of disappointment.
“However…” Jérôme Bonaparte changed the subject and continued to speak to Franz Joseph, “Some of the companies I opened in Senegal and the Holy Land still have a large labor gap!
If the Austrian Empire is willing, I can also persuade domestic companies to sign labor agreements with you!"
"Of course!" Franz Joseph quickly responded to Jerome Bonaparte: "When can we sign an agreement!"
"No need to worry about this!" Jerome Bonaparte responded calmly, and then gave Franz Joseph a dose of vaccination in advance: "As promised in advance, all I want are Croatian laborers!
"
"Huh? Why?" Franz Joseph asked curiously.
"Because the Croats are loyal!" Jerome Bonaparte said casually.
"Them? Loyal?" Franz Joseph's expression was slightly strange. He really couldn't imagine how Croatia and loyalty were equated.
During the European Revolution, the current high-ranking Croatian official Josip Jelacic took the lead in disobeying the orders of the Austrian Empire.
Although Josip Jelačić later obeyed the orders of the Austrian Empire, it was only after the Hungarian rebellion.
Franz Joseph always believed that Croatia also wanted to oppose the Austrian Empire at the beginning, but Hungary at that time was unwilling to accept them under the influence of the rebel Kossuth.
Only then did Josip Jelačić return to the side of the Austrian Empire. After taking the throne, he had no choice but to recognize Josip Jelačić’s position as a high-ranking Croatian official.
"That's right! Loyal!" Jerome Bonaparte nodded again and responded to Franz Joseph.
"Okay! I will select Croatian workers!" Jérôme Bonaparte simply stopped worrying about whether Croatia was loyal or not.
"By the way, those workers will be incorporated into the French Foreign Legion!" Jerome Bonaparte reminded Franz Joseph again.
"French Foreign Legion?" Franz Joseph's face became even more confused.
"Senegal is too dangerous. Those who go to Croatia must undergo several months of militarized training in Lyon! After receiving militarized training, they will become a member of the Foreign Legion!" Jérôme Bo
Nabal asked plausibly.
"If a soldier of the Foreign Legion dies, how should the compensation be calculated?" Franz Joseph asked Jerome Bonaparte again.
"Multiply the number of francs the worker earns per year multiplied by two as the worker's death compensation!" Jerome Bonaparte responded decisively to Franz Joseph, "This money will be handed over directly to you, as for how
The distribution is up to you!"
"Okay! I agree!" Franz Joseph replied to Jerome Bonaparte.
Immediately afterwards, Franz Joseph discussed with Jerome Bonaparte the annual wages of Croatian laborers.
"1,000-1,200 francs!" Jerome Bonaparte replied to Franz Joseph, "About a little lower than the wages of ordinary workers in Paris!"
"Okay!" Franz Joseph nodded again.
1,000-1,200 francs is equivalent to the basic salary of ordinary workers in third-tier cities in France, but in the Austrian Empire, it is the highest-paid region outside of Vienna and Prague.
A laborer's life is twice the laborer's annual wage, which is equivalent to 2,000-2,400 francs. This is the price given by Jérôme Bonaparte because of his kindness.
If these workers are sent to the UK, let alone compensation, it would be pretty good if they don’t subsidize the wages of London entrepreneurs.
The reason why Jerome Bonaparte was willing to pay this price to recruit Croatians was because he did not regard these people as normal laborers at all.
Instead, they are militia-trained armed militiamen. The purpose of their trip to Senegal and the Holy Land is naturally to allow them to cause trouble.
Especially Senegal, now that Jérôme Bonaparte has formulated an African colonial expansion strategy, Senegal, as the second empire, occupied only a few pieces of land in West Africa, and it was naturally used as an outpost.
Naturally, what Jerome Bonaparte valued was not the so-called loyalty of Croatia, but the unique loyalty culture of the Balkan nation.
Jerome Bonaparte clearly remembered that more than ninety years later, the "Ustasha" organization of the Independent State of Croatia caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in Yugoslavia.
The Croatian army led by the current senior Croatian official Josip Jelacic also caused a certain degree of massacre in Hungary.
Although imperialism in the 19th century was not a good thing, Croatia, which inherited the simple "folk customs" of the Balkans, is an even better example.
Therefore, Jerome Bonaparte especially needed these "loyal and capable" Croats to eliminate part of the West African population for him.
After the price was agreed upon, Franz Joseph and Jerome Bonaparte chatted for a while again, and then left the study.
Jérôme Bonaparte returned to the bedroom and saw Augusta sitting on the sofa. He slowly came to sit beside Augusta.
xishuba
"What did Franz tell you?" Queen Augusta asked Jerome Bonaparte.
"Discuss with me how to solve France's economic constraints on them!" Jerome Bonaparte responded lightly, "Franz is afraid of being controlled by our money, so he hopes to use labor to make money.
Get foreign exchange!”
"You promised him!" Queen Augusta asked again.
"Of course!" Jerome Bonaparte said softly: "Anyway, now we also need labor to enrich our population on African soil!"
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Queen Augusta quickly got up and opened the door.
Elizabeth Yin and Countess Lafayette appeared at the door, "Sister Augusta, I didn't disturb you!"
"No! What's wrong?" Augusta asked curiously.
"It's a long night, why don't we play cards for a while!" Elizabeth Yin opened her hands and revealed a pile of cards in her hands and said to Augusta.
"Okay!" Augusta invited Elizabeth Yin and Countess Lafayre to come in.
Elizabeth Yin and Countess Lafayette sat on the other two sofas respectively at the invitation of Jérôme Bonaparte.
Elizabeth told Jérôme Bonaparte and Augusta how to play whist.
Four people are divided into two groups to fight against each other.
"Then I'll go with Augusta, and you go with Mrs. Lafalte!" Jérôme Bonaparte immediately said to Elizabeth Yin.
"No! We should leave this to God!" Elizabeth Yin handed one to Jérôme Bonaparte and the other three.
The four people present immediately threw the silver coins. After several rounds, they finally decided on the group.
Jérôme Bonaparte and Elizabeth Elizabeth were in a group, and Lafalte and Augusta were in a group.
"Don't hold me back!" Jérôme Bonaparte said to Elizabeth Yin.
"Don't hold me back!" Yin Lisabai retorted.
After the game officially started, Jérôme Bonaparte and Elizabeth Yin had no tacit understanding at all, and were defeated step by step by Augusta and Lafalte.
After a few rounds, the two began to attack each other, and used various methods to create obstacles for each other.
The cooperation between Augusta and Lafalte gradually became tacit, and Jérôme Bonaparte and Elizabeth Yin suffered even worse losses.