The fighting power a strong government could unleash often surpassed imagination. With a single order from Franz, trade between the Austrian African Colony and the nations of the Americas suddenly surged into activity.
Large numbers of labor export companies set up operations in the Austrian colonies, exporting the surplus local labor force to the Americas and the Arab World.
Through everyone's combined efforts, the desperate labor shortages in various countries visibly improved. Under this new model of labor export, international slave prices even began to fall.
Labor export companies had in fact been forced into existence. As the saying went, when there were policies from above, there would be countermeasures below.
The Vienna Government had banned the slave trade, so in order to skirt the legal provisions, quick-witted slave traders immediately changed their skins.
They appeared in the Austrian colonies under the banner of labor export companies and openly continued their business. Once they left the Austrian colonies, they could do as they pleased.
Whether these migrants ultimately became slaves or indentured laborers depended on which country they were sent to.
Such matters were not within the colonial government bureaucrats' scope of consideration. Their task was weighty: reduce the indigenous population by thirty percent within five years. They had no choice but to work hard.
Especially since the colonies were still expanding without end, the pressure only grew greater. The Colonial Ministry assigned targets to every colonial government, while the Ministry of Finance also allocated 2 million Divine Shield annually as special immigration funds.
All profits generated during immigration work belonged to the individuals involved. Officials who excelled in immigration operations were promoted directly, while officials who failed to meet their targets were all dismissed.
With everyone's rice bowls on the line, no one dared let their guard down. Besides,