Spring ploughing in 1842 was just after that.

First Laubin was a German commoner from Bavaria, and this was not his first time working in Austria. Compared with the poor income of farming in his hometown, the treatment of working here is still more advantageous.

Bavaria has always been based on rotten land in the German states, and due to many pests, it is difficult to cultivate, and the harvest is extremely unsatisfactory.

Although there are many river basins, the government is simply unable to deal with the frequent diversions and flooding, let alone build water conservancy.

Another point is that the successive agricultural reforms in neighboring countries such as Opto-Pple have made extensive use of agricultural machinery, new fertilizers, and new farming methods, which have led to rapid increases in crop yields.

As a result, Bavarian farmers earn even less income.

Thanks to the establishment of the German Customs Union, the market ties in the German region have been greatly strengthened. The already frustrated landlords were no longer able to resist the influx of foreign agricultural products, and had to exploit the peasants (or serfs) further in order to sustain their own profits.

The meager income earned by Laubin from farming not only had to support his wife and children, but also had to take out more than half of the income to the landlord, and in the end he was left with only the remaining fifty or sixty florins.

He and his wife often fall into the difficult situation of eating the last meal and not the next meal in order to save food and reduce the burden, and the children are all so thin that they look like fledglings without hair, and even the bones can be seen through the skin.

They had a total of six children, but only two survived.

In addition to eavesdropping on other people's privacy, the priests in the church even openly solicited prostitutes and brought mistresses into God's abode. Besides, what they do best is tithes.

Businessmen and officials were complicit, and the more disaster years came, the higher the price of grain. It is not uncommon for relief food from above to appear in the store in the blink of an eye.

The jackals are in charge, the rats are rampant, the rich are in the fields, and the poor have no place to stand. Officials teach the trinity of businessmen, and there is no way to redress grievances.

At night, the roads are dark, even in the streets of the city. Bavaria at the time generally had less than 2,000 hours of public lighting per year, and drunkards and hooligans often besieged innocent passers-by.

Similar incidents of vicious injuries occur frequently, while the perpetrators often go unpunished, resulting in few residents daring to go out at night.

Of course, this is very common nowadays, and Bavaria is not alone. With the exception of Britain, France, Austria, and Austria, public lighting facilities in other places are very poor.

Even today, going out late at night in France or some part of southern Italy is a test of pedestrians' guts.

Get back to business

Since the food crisis of 1838, Pfister Raubin has travelled between Austria and Bavaria almost every year.

Over the years, he has experienced a noticeable change in the country - people's incomes are getting higher. From the original fifty florins to his current annual income of more than one hundred florins, he has almost twice as much as he used to earn from farming.

What is even more remarkable is that workers from similar backgrounds can even use their break time to go to the church school to receive literacy education.

Every week, the factory had to ask a priest to preach. Although the content of the sermons was the same, loyal, patriotic, and godly, the enthusiasm of the workers still did not weaken in the slightest.

On the one hand, it is true that the level of the priests of the great countries is higher than that of their country counterparts, and on the other hand, the use of leisure time to receive spiritual baptism at least helps to relieve the tense nerves and tired body.

In accordance with the provisions of Imperial law:

Any organization with more than ten people in size is required to preach patriotism (loyalty education) once a week. The duration shall not be less than one hour, and shall not occupy the rest and meal time of the employee, and the first offender shall be fined 10 florins, which shall be doubled for subsequent offenses, and the penalty shall be flogging.

As the empire's revenues were much stronger than those of the same period in history, the power of the government in enforcing and supervising the law was greatly enhanced. The overwhelming secret police made no factory owner dare to slack off.

Of course, it is not that they have not thought of attacking the church, but who expected that the latter also issued a ban on the purity of the ranks, and those who violated the law would take off their robes.

If the case is serious, they will even cut off the scalp blessed with holy oil and send it to the gendarmerie to be disposed of.

What surprised Pfister Raubin the most was Austria's public lighting system, which was not only bright all night but also mounted police patrolling the roads.

(Austria has 4,000 hours of public lighting per year, twice as much as Bavaria, 3,500 hours in France, and 5,000 hours in London.) ）

Not to mention drunkards and gangsters, even gangsters don't dare to do anything on the street easily.

Killing may not be the intention of the Mounties, but many times it is not easy to pull a running mount. Even if he wasn't hit, a blow that gathered nearly half a ton of inertia was not something anyone could afford to bear.

The number of homeless people and beggars seen on the streets of Vienna is decreasing, and even the "high-minded" who are engaged in art can find their own pure land in the park.

A rule in the Imperial Capital store has also successfully ignited Raubin's interest - as long as the customer has collateral as security, he can get the goods first and then slowly replace them in installments.

Usually the price of the former is several times that of the latter, but for an ordinary person like him who does not want to sell his family heirloom bag of golden beans (which is actually a bag of gold teeth) and tries to get a temporary lack of financial resources to buy what he needs, the installment payment provides a great advantage.

In times of war, farmers or homeless people often join the ranks of corpse robbers, and one of the most lucrative businesses is tooth stealing.

Dentures of this era were expensive and were mostly made of human teeth or metals such as gold. So it's not surprising that some generations of farmers have gold teeth in their homes.

The well-informed teller of a department store has seen even the most strange collateral, let alone a few gold teeth.

After one visit, Pfister Raubin was about to leave when he was stopped by a courteous merchant.

The well-dressed gentleman introduced him in the name of patriotism and boasted wildly about the great potential of the second phase of the railway project in Neletania, and even used the example of the first phase, which had already been completed and opened to traffic, as an example of the foresight of the royal family and the imperial government, who were sure to take care of it.

Despite the enthusiasm, the Bavarian farmer is honest.

"I have taken your kindness, sir. I'm sorry, but because I bought this harvester, I don't have the energy to pay attention to the stock market anymore. I plan to go back to my hometown and buy two more mules and use this harvester to harvest wheat for others and make money. ”

However, the other party was not discouraged, and even seemed to have prepared a set of rhetoric a long time ago.

"It doesn't matter, if you don't mind, you can use your harvester as collateral first. Then we will provide you with a loan. Anyway, it's still spring, and the harvester won't have a market until the harvest season.

You can buy the second phase of the project stock first, and if you can't make money, it's not too late to sell it and buy a harvester. Of course, if you have the will to support the country and want to get out of the predicament you find yourself in, why not try your luck in the stock market? ”

For a low-level civilian in his twenties who could only write his name, this argument has to be said to be very attractive.

Seeing that the other party was hesitating, the gentleman immediately added another fire.

Previously, the stock was up 100% in a month. At this rate, you can increase your assets at least 6 times by the time autumn comes. Imagine that you will be able to harvest with your brothers and sons. ”

"Laubin Harvest Company!" He followed the gentleman's train of thought, and even gave his family's harvesting team a resounding name.

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