There are two things to be thankful about for Austria:

First, it is the completion of several important railways.

Second, due to the economic crisis, the international price of precious metals has risen, and the silver mines in Tyrol have regained mining value.

Vienna to Bayreuth, Vienna to Dresden, Vienna to Udine, these routes strengthen the links between central Austria, South Germany, and northern Italy.

The former is Austria's most important foreign trade area, and the latter is Austria's most important source of taxation.

At this time, northern Italy, although in decline, was still a major tax collector, and as one of the most important sources of taxation in Austria, it provided even more tax revenue than Hungary, which accounted for 40% of the empire.

In 1833, Austria's fiscal revenue was 130,269,877 florins, while Hungary contributed only 23 million florins, which was even lower than Bohemia's 25 million florins and far less than Northern Italy's 30 million florins.

By 1836, Austria's fiscal revenue had soared to 170 million florins, and thanks to its accession to the German Customs Union, Bohemia's economy exploded, and its fiscal revenues had soared to 35 million florins, which was already on par with northern Italy, while Hungary's income had fallen by 1 million florins.

As time goes on, Bohemia, as a region close to Germany and with rapid industrial development, will only become more open and more important.

However, at a time when Austria was generally in high spirits, Hungary was a bit of an alternative, and a group of young aristocrats and emerging capitalists, led by Széchenyi, hoped to join in the feast.

However, Hungary's accession to the German Customs Union violated both the agreements of the German Customs Union and the agreements between Austria and Hungary.

Neither the Count of Korolav nor Metternich were reluctant to intervene in the Hungarian question, since the current situation was already too much for the Austrian Empire, so they had no choice but to give up.

Britain and France were at a stalemate over Spain, Prussia was trying in every possible way to cause trouble for Austria in the German Customs Union, and Russia was ready to move in the East.

Carlo Alberto, the new king of the Kingdom of Sardinia, was a restless man who developed his economy and expanded his army, while at the same time resentful of both France and Austria.

You must know that the existence of the Kingdom of Sardinia is nothing more than a buffer zone between Faus. At the time, Alberto's ambitions were widely regarded as unrealistic delusions.

But even so, Austria had to reactivate the veteran Radetzky and make him commander-in-chief of the Austrian forces in northern Italy.

Radetz had basically retired in 1829, but the Minister of War Tular felt that the old general could still fight, and Radettsky himself was poor after retirement, and he was worried about the livelihood of his eight children.

However, the veteran general, who had gone to Italy in 1831, married an Italian noblewoman in the same year to show his deep love for Italy and imply that Austria would treat Italians equally.

Radetzky himself did exactly that, and he never felt that Alberto and his army of twenty thousand were a problem.

But this veteran of the Napoleonic Wars knew what a terrible force it was for the serfs and poor who could not survive to be stirred up.

Radetzky remembers how the poor were deceived by Napoleon's unrealistic promises into turning their guns on their fellow citizens.

But from the very beginning of his tenure, Radetzky asked the army to help the poor, and when his soldiers broke the law, he did not choose to shield them, but immediately punished the troublemakers, sometimes even unfairly, but this earned him and his army a good reputation among the poor.

In this era, in order to maintain the combat effectiveness and loyalty of soldiers, generals would choose to cover up some of their errant subordinates in order to buy people's hearts.

Radetzky chose to buy the hearts and minds of the people, but his approach was somewhat extreme, and even when his own son was treated unfairly, he chose to forbear and demand that his son apologize to the Italians.

Anton von Radetzky, the third son of Marshal Radetzky, had little talent and did not aspire to life outside the army, so he always followed Marshal Radetzky.

One day, Anton Radetzky was ordered to patrol the streets, and when he passed by a café, he heard people inside promoting Mazzini's anti-Austrian ideas.

Italy at that time was nothing more than a geographical term, and the vast majority of its land belonged to Austria, and the core of Mazzini's thinking was to expel the Austrians from Italy.

This made Anton Radetzky furious, after all, the mission of the Italian legion was to hold Italy, how could he allow someone to propagate the idea of making Italy independent?

"Gentlemen, please put an end to your topic at once, you are treasonous."

"You German pig, don't care about us, this is private territory." A tall man said in Italian, "God willing, he can understand what we say." ”

The man's words caused a burst of laughter, after all, in the eyes of these people, the Austrian military would only bluff and have nothing to fear.

Anton Radetzky corrected: "First, I am Czech, and secondly, this is a café, a public place. ”

The man flipped over the sign that was open, and then said to Anton Radetzky very indifferently.

"Now it's closed, you can go."

There was another burst of laughter, and Anton von Radetzky was so angry that he pounced on him and scuffled with the man.

The gendarmes arrived and separated the two, after which they were sent to Marshal Radetzki's office.

Before Anton von Radetzky could explain, his father kicked him and asked him to apologize to the Italian.

Naturally, Anton von Radetzky was angry, and Marshal Radetzky could only order him to apologize to the Italian in his capacity as a marshal, and in the end the Italian left proudly.

It is said that the Italian, who was an abbot, was very influential.

In this almost dog-licking way, Radetzky made the poor in northern Italy accept the presence of the Austrian army.

But in the eyes of some of the self-esteemed Italian aristocrats and merchants, these soldiers were a bunch of lowly wretchedness, and it was a pointless waste to give them funding and respect.

Middle and high-ranking Italians, often showed an arrogant attitude in front of the Austrian army.

And Radetzky, as the commander-in-chief, actually tolerated the unfair treatment of his subordinate soldiers by the middle and high-level Italians.

The old marshal did this because he had always regarded the French as imaginary enemies, and he also wanted to create a militia like Napoleon, so that it could be used in wartime.

However, Radetzky was not Napoleon, the Austrian Empire did not have enough funds, and the Italian bottom at this time was not to the point of not surviving, so his plan had to end without a hitch.

Vienna, Hall of Mirrors.

Ferdinand I looked at the imperial decree in his hand.

"My stupid brother, who wrote this edict?"

"My poor brother, have your eyes been bad lately? It also has my son's signature on it. ”

"My stupid brother, the name on this is Franz."

"My poor brother, have you forgotten that my son's name is Franz?"

"My stupid brother, you didn't lie to people since you were a child, did you think I would be fooled?"

"My poor brother, why is your mouth spitting bubbles?"

"My stupid brother, I'm sick, and you don't call a doctor..."

Before losing consciousness, Ferdinand I stamped the emperor's seal on the imperial decree.

On the same day a delegation left Vienna and went to Milan to arrest the traitors who had beaten Captain Anton Radetzky.