Chapter 815: Overwhelming

It took only one week from the announcement of the German Confederation and France to the end of the war, and there was almost no resistance from the Free States.

Because the war in the past few months has emptied Switzerland's wealth. In fact, Switzerland's wealth is not rich. One is natural reasons. Switzerland can be said to be surrounded by mountains and rivers, with pleasant scenery, or it can be said that poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people.

Mountainous countries are originally poor in resources, and the second reason is the rise of the Austrian Empire's industry.

Whether it is textiles, printing and dyeing, or iron processing, or the watch industry that makes the Swiss proud, they were all defeated by Franz.

On the contrary, agriculture, wool, and breeding industries rose against the trend, and the tourism industry ushered in great development. However, due to some "shepherds" and black shops, the reputation is extremely bad and cannot be fully utilized.

In fact, the phenomenon of tourists being overcharged in tourist areas is not uncommon, but some places cost money, and some places cost lives. The deep mountains where few people go can not only appreciate the magnificence of nature, but also be a good place for murderers to kill and abandon corpses.

In addition, the Alps are not only in Switzerland. You can also enjoy the beautiful scenery in Austria. Moreover, under Franz's planning and rectification, Austria's tourism industry is also incomparable to Switzerland.

Austria's tourism industry is almost entirely controlled by Franz. The scale effect can reduce costs and gain more bargaining power.

Standardized, professional, safe, high-quality and low-priced new travel companies adhering to modern concepts completely beat the newly started private travel companies.

However, the phenomenon of overcharging also exists, but professionals have many ways to make those people willing to be overcharged.

As for the transportation of customers to the Royal Mall, it is itself one of the important reasons for Franz to engage in tourism.

Under the dimensionality reduction attack of the Austrian Empire's tourism industry, the tourism industry in Switzerland is also in danger.

Also because of the rise of Austria, France and the Kingdom of Sardinia have thickened trade barriers. It is very difficult for Switzerland to support itself by earning extra money as in history.

Under the constraints of multiple parties, it would be strange if Switzerland could still have a rich family background.

During the war, local officials in Switzerland had great power, which was beyond their ability. Therefore, whether it was their intention or not, the areas under their jurisdiction were in chaos.

Chaotic soil always breeds all kinds of monsters and demons, and Switzerland is no exception. The damage they cause will eventually be passed on to ordinary people.

After this period of baptism, no one among the lower-class people wants to continue the war. So no matter how beautiful the speeches of the officials of the free states are, or how sincere their feelings are, they can no longer impress ordinary people.

In fact, if the local officials of Switzerland have a little conscience, they will not continue the war, except for warlords like Frei Holose, who have tasted the sweetness of power and don't want to turn back, or can't turn back.

Franz doesn't want them to turn back, let alone give them a chance to turn back. It's not easy for these garbage borers to find opportunities to clean up in the cracks of Switzerland, and Franz will naturally not leave any room.

These small warlords initially wanted to negotiate with the German Confederation alone, but the monarchs of the German states who were encouraged by Franz didn't want to reduce their chances of getting land.

In fact, some states still hope to stay in certain places by creating a fait accompli, such as the three southern German states, which are close to Switzerland. If they can obtain those nearby lands, who would want an enclave?

So there is no room for negotiation at all, either surrender or fight. Frei Holosai even came to Franz's temporary military camp in person.

The Austrian army was welcomed by the streets when it entered the canton of St. Gallen, and those who wanted to resist and might resist were arrested by those who did not want to resist.

Franz still has to pay attention to his image, so he decided to give the power of trial to the people. The people's sentencing usually starts with the death penalty, so Franz is not worried about leaving any disasters

Of course, this only refers to this time, as for the future, we will talk about it later.

It's just that this national fanaticism makes him a little uneasy. These Swiss have become part of the German Confederation, but they have begun to shout "Long live Germany".

The advantage is that Franz doesn't have to worry about the Swiss Germans being unwilling to join the German Confederation, because under the influence of this fanatical mood, the torrent will sweep away everything whether they want it or not.

Franz could not possibly meet the so-called interim president of the Swiss Confederation, Frei Holose. Although if he refused in person and scolded him, it would surely be passed down as a good story in the future: "The righteous prince refused the temptation of the evil enemy."

However, Franz did not lack such a reputation, and he could make up whatever he wanted after the other party died. There was no need to take this risk.

In fact, this period of time was not suitable for meeting the other party, not to mention whether Frei Holose was sincere or had a conspiracy.

Just meeting him might be misinterpreted by fanatical German nationalists as a symbol of weakness and unsteadiness.

As for detaining him, it was completely unnecessary because the other party's strength was not enough to stop the entire German Confederation.

The last generation of warlords who successfully usurped power in the turbulent times burned themselves to death in their own presidential palace after serving as interim president for less than 10 days.

The death of Frei Holose was just a microcosm. Because Franz set an example in front, other German Confederation troops followed suit and cleaned up the high-level officials of the free states in a very short time.

Franz was warmly welcomed all the way to Allgau, but he did not ride a horse, but sat in a special carriage.

In fact, it is better to say that it is a special carriage than a special carriage. The entire carriage is made of 10cm thick bulletproof glass.

This thickness can already block the bullets of all rifles of this era, even in later generations, it takes 12.7mm bullets to penetrate.

Theoretically, a rifle can penetrate it by firing ten shots at the same point, but considering the firing rate of rifles in this era, Franz does not think the attacker has that chance.

The advantage of such a transparent carriage is that it allows people to see Franz and ensures his safety to the greatest extent.

There was indeed an attack along the way, but the attacker's weapon was a dagger.

Moreover, the attacker was not professional and was shot dead before he rushed to the carriage. The dagger he threw before his death did not even scratch the glass.

Austria occupied Aargau, Baden occupied Thurgau, Bavaria occupied St. Gallen, Württemberg seized Unterfuge, and William I of Prussia led his army to occupy Jura.

The most interesting thing is that the Archduke of Liechtenstein led 300 warriors to successfully capture Graubünden. In fact, the local defenders did not know that the other side had only so many people.

The southern German countries were close to the water and the moon was first to be seen. They would definitely not miss this opportunity to expand, and of course this was tacitly approved by Austria.

As for the Jura occupied by Prussia, this was even more within Franz's expectations. Let the Prussians guard the Swiss Pass and block the French for Austria. It was perfect to kill two birds with one stone.