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In terms of heavy industry in Sardinia, the main achievements were the development of blast furnace iron, open-hearth steelmaking, the invention and manufacture of new types of artillery, and the gratifying increase in the production of firearms.

In addition, it should not be ignored that cement production continues to maintain a good momentum. Sardinia is rich in limestone and clay mines, and the production of Portland cement in lime kilns is constantly increasing. Sardinia and Sicily, as well as Naples, are rich in volcanic ash, and ash cement is produced in large quantities, turning them into roads, bridges and even part of fortresses. The new discovery of bauxite on the island of Sardinia has further improved the properties of cement, and cement with a certain percentage of aluminum is stronger. Some urban areas, from Oristano to Bossa, are starting to use new cement. All clippers are also coated with cement.

The lack of coal and iron resources is an eternal topic in Spain, and the cost of importing coal and iron ore from England and Germany has gradually increased, and it has become a large proportion of the investment in industrial development.

Nevertheless, the net profit in 1495 exceeded 10 million ducats, which greatly enriched the treasury and the king's personal wallet, and the profits of winemaking in Andalusia, the drying of salt in the Canary Islands and the Dakhla Peninsula in Western Sahara have continued to grow.

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Among the islands of the Mediterranean, Sardinia made a major gain in 1495, and the lives of the people on the island were greatly improved, although their freedom was restricted under the strict management of militarization or semi-militarization, but the security of the island was also greatly improved (who dared to commit a crime in the place where the slightest change would be arrested and tortured), in the language of the American imperialists, that is, the human rights situation on Sardinia has been greatly improved, and it is no longer a rogue island......

Moreover, the standard of living of the people of Sardinia has improved enormously, and every family has food to eat and clothing...... Well, no one starves to death anyway, and at the end of the Middle Ages, if you are not a king and a nobleman, don't think about it so luxuriously......

However, in the other two island territories of the Kingdom of Aragon, although Ferdinand also had plans for development and construction, the situation there was not so "wonderful".

For example, the island of Corsica north of Sardinia, which is claimed by Aragon as its "inherent territory", the inhabitants of this island, after returning to the "great motherland" "gloriously and happily", did not feel the glorious inspiration of the people's 0 democracy and 0 dictatorship, but many people were hit by the iron and blood of the "king's dictatorship 0 dictatorship and 0 system"!

The Kingdom of Aragon and Ferdinand cannot be blamed for this, but in large part because of the actions of a part of the ignorant people of Corsica.

Ferdinand knew that Corsica was a mixed bag, and he couldn't start a farm or a factory as soon as he came up, because that would reveal all the secrets. After the troops drawn from Sardinia landed in Ajaccio, they first increased their forces to more than 8,000 men and controlled the whole island. Then the Aragonese army and officials began to organize a unified hukou registration for the whole island, which was also done after the British captured Hong Kong Island.

The work has been done in Sardinia.

Even if you don't have a surname, let's show your face first! As a result, some Corsican peasants did not obey the control, thinking that the Spaniards were the same as the Genoese, and some nobles had undesirable illusions, such as the evil "Co-independence" separatist forces!

The "science independence" separatist forces are extremely heinous crimes, and they must be resolutely cracked down on and severely punished!

To put it simply, you have to die!

What the? You say that Europe can't just kill the aristocracy?

That's true, but who do you think you are? How big can a nobleman on an island be? Troubled times with heavy canons! The separatist forces of "science independence" absolutely cannot be tolerated or connived at! These two islands can be used as secret bases in the entire Mediterranean, and all small actions will not be tolerated!

If you say kill your whole family, you will kill your whole family!

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Ferdinand decisively ordered the Spanish army to suppress it strongly! As long as the strength is enough, there will definitely be no worries about suppressing it! Can you, a few rebellious people in Corsica, really stand up to the tens of thousands of army forces of a great country? The Genoese couldn't hold you down, and then the French came ruthlessly, and you didn't surrender obediently, well, and contributed the magical dwarf Napoleon......

Such a policy towards Corsica may be too hasty, but if it is to be built into a secret base, there is absolutely no room for hidden dangers!

In the end, only one or two thousand diehards scattered into the mountains, like the remnants of the Japanese who had been scattered throughout the Far East after the end of World War II. By the winter of 1495, they had already died under the blockade of the Aragonese army and the people of the island.

The recalcitrant Corsican aristocracy was almost all hanged, and some died with more dignity or even less dignity......

The remaining Corsican nobles, Ferdinand, after suppressing the rebellion, forced them to sign an agreement to transfer all the land use and management rights to the government of the Kingdom of Aragon. Since the decent life of the nobles could still be maintained, those nobles did not dare to think about anything else, and they were really frightened by Ferdinand.

Ferdinand also thought about moving them to the Iberian Peninsula in the future, but he was afraid that they would go around talking nonsense and ruining his reputation, so he should leave them on Corsica for the time being......

Once the Aragonese army had taken initial control of Corsica, it had to send administrative officials to exercise administrative control, and the administrators were not mainly made up of the local citizens (frightened) or nobles (who were dying). On the contrary, they are sent mainly from the most reliable base, Sardinia.

Sardinia has become a central hub for the talents of the Ferdinand Tech Tree Base, which has flourished on the one hand on the run of loyal ministers, the Niedhogg intelligence organization and the training of fully loyal administrators, and on the other hand, it has brought in officials who His Majesty the native King of Aragon considered reliable to "study" and then sent to the neighboring island of Corsica and even to the distant New World.

Officials began to establish new civil administrations in the cities, and Niderhogg cast a wide net on Corsica, where the last of the dangerous elements and foreign spies were to be brought out and destroyed.

In this way, the development of Corsica could not be taken into account, and the crops of the autumn of 1495 were also cultivated in the same way, and the area of cultivated land was not expanded, but on the contrary, the situation of Corsica was somewhat decayed due to the suppression of the Aragonese army and the temporary closure of shipping.

However, in the following year, peasants and serfs will be moved into Corsica and will begin to cultivate arable land, adopt new farming methods and fertilizers, and begin to expand the economy of Corsica.

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