Prussia, Silesia.

In fact, compared to the weavers of Silesia, the workers of Lyon and the Chartist of England lived a fairy-like life.

The weavers here were not only scraped by the factory owners, but also exploited by the contractors (remnants of the guild era) and the landlord aristocracy.

Weavers who want to work in factories even have to pay a special "textile tax".

Layers of crushing have turned Austria's wealthiest region into a living hell, but it's not just exploitation that has turned it into hell.

Rather, the government did not care about the lives of the locals, while acquiescing to the factory owners to continuously and drastically reduce the wages of workers, and on the other hand, acquiescing to the merchants to raise the prices of food and materials.

At its peak, the Silesian textile industry had more than 100,000 workers, and by 1843 there were only 38,000.

In 1842 alone, tens of thousands of weavers were starved to death, and countless others were imprisoned or died for theft, robbery, and other acts.

However, Austria joined the German Customs Union and offered a very generous immigration and labor policy.

Therefore, most of the weavers who should have starved to death in 1842 chose to go to Austria to survive, and the tragedy of history did not happen.

However, the increase in exchanges with Austria exacerbated the discontent of this group. They felt that the Prussian government did not see them as its own.

To add insult to injury, however, the Austrians in Lower Silesia, just across the river, would often patrol the river with guns in case Prussians from Upper Silesia smuggled in.

Silesia was once a dependency of the Austrian Empire, but lost Upper Silesia to Prussia in the War of the Austrian Succession.

Coupled with the experience of the Thirty Years' War, the hostility between the Upper and Lower Silesians was very serious. Although it is only separated by the Oder River, the two sides have never been in touch with each other.

Especially in recent years, when the Upper Silesians have had a bad time, as a former compatriot, they are the most ruthless.

Of course, in the past, when Austria was in decline, the Upper Silesians did the same.

So when the Silesians were going to Austria to earn a living, they had to go around in a big circle.

Since he had to go to Austria to work, the tragedy did not happen in history, but the reduction in taxes in Silesia was real.

This displeased the Prussian leadership, who threatened the local packers and the Junker aristocracy. If taxes continue to decrease, then their privileges will be revoked.

In fact, the local bag buyers and Junker aristocrats were also worried about the loss of income.

The group then expressed their displeasure to the Prussian government, that is, the weavers of Silesia had fled to Austria.

Actually, it's nothing in itself, but it depends on how to understand it.

For example, it can be understood that these Silesians were disloyal to Prussia, and they preferred to build Austria rather than work seriously on Prussian soil.

Although it is a crooked understanding, it speaks to the hearts of Wilhelm IV and the Prussian high-level.

At this time, Prussia was significantly weaker than Austria in all respects, especially in the Luxembourg crisis, and its presidency was almost unshakable.

Now even the headquarters of the German Customs Union has moved to Vienna, and it seems that sooner or later they will move the headquarters of the German Confederation there as well.

In fact it was a complete coincidence, the headquarters of both the German Customs Union and the German Confederation were temporarily rotated. It's just that it happened to be Vienna's turn when Prussia and other countries forced the palace.

Of course, it is not excluded that it will be forced after Vienna's turn, after all, there will be more articles to do, and it can appear that Austria is more arrogant.

The complaints of the local Junker aristocracy in Silesia hit the fragile pride of the Prussian high-ups.

The Prussian government immediately ordered a ban on unemployed workers from Silesia from traveling to Austria, with heavy fines for violation.

The Prussian government's intention was to keep people in the country to keep the local textile industry alive in Silesia, and at the same time to prevent Austria from taking advantage of its cheap labor.

Then the poor weavers were completely cut off, and the local factory owners, with the support of the government, desperately squeezed the last value of these people.

In fact, there was no one in the Prussian hierarchy who saw the drawbacks of doing so, but Friedrich Liszt was no longer the poor boy he was back then.

He was a mature politician who naturally understood that if you want to take it, you must give it first. Only if he helps others first, others can help him.

This is the price that must be paid to integrate into a new collective.

Officials protect each other, and this has been the case since ancient times.

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Franz gathered his friends together, not for anything else but to spend money.

In fact, this is also a helpless thing, because Franz found a problem, the poor in Austria will always spend more money than the rich.

Whether it's installments or dividends, the result is that the poor buy like crazy, and then the rich put their money in the bank or continue to invest.

Compound interest is really terrible, even 5% interest can make many people invincible.

This is how the gap between the rich and the poor has unintentionally widened, and when you come back to your senses and want to solve it, it is already an insurmountable gap.

Some people think that it must be governed by law, and the establishment of individual taxes will not be solved? Is this embarrassing to call yourself a traverser?

In fact, Franz wanted to explain what almost all travelers throughout the ages would do, but didn't know why.

That's why we must do everything ourselves, do our own business, business, instead of letting others do it ourselves.

Because in fact, it has never been a problem to establish taxes, and it is difficult to collect taxes and how to raise taxes.

There are a lot of laws in this world that have good intentions and are very well written, but when it comes to enforcement, they are counterproductive.

For example, inheritance tax, personal income tax, inheritance law, etc. in the West have actually become laws that restrict the transformation of the middle class into large assets.

Montesquieu said, "The rich do not luxury, the poor will starve to death".

Although this sentence is vulgar, under the monarchy, it cannot be wrong.

Because money does make money, and the result of allowing capital and wealth to continue to accumulate will either ruin the country or the family. The land annexation of the aristocracy and the monopoly of the market by the merchants will eventually be the same result.

Franz did not want to create a world like the millions of reincarnations, so he could only use hedonism and consumerism to help the tertiary industry in the country for the time being.

When it came to playing, Franz decided to start a football league first. After all, it is a relatively mature sport, which can not only strengthen the body, but also enhance national cohesion.

Moreover, history proves that Europe is relatively fond of football, and other supporting facilities and propaganda can be solved slowly.

As for the rest of the entertainment, it depends on Franz's friends.

After all, Franz did not belong to this era in the strict sense, and even if he was born in this era, he lived in a simple place, and the things he studied may be somewhat out of touch with the times.

I drank some alcohol in the evening and felt a little uncomfortable, and what I wrote might be a little floaty. Let's make do with it.

(End of chapter)