Chapter 135: Persuasion

Following the successful establishment of the Guinea Colony, Austria's colonizing efforts did not cease, and instead, attention was turned towards the Congo Region.

After all, at that time, there were plenty of unclaimed lands everywhere, and whoever occupied them would own them, so Franz naturally did not hesitate.

By October 1854, Austria had already developed thirteen colonial outposts on the African Continent and had sent more than forty thousand emigrants to the colonies.

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Franz asked with confusion, "Prime Minister, why have we halted the emigration to the colonies?"

You should know, according to Austria's original plan, the goal was to send all the refugees there, yet we have completed less than a tenth of that.

Prime Minister Felix explained, "Your Majesty, the plague in the Balkan Peninsula has spread, and if we were to urgently transport emigrants now, we would likely bring the plague to the colonies.