Will the price increase of beer lead to an uprising?

When it comes to beer halls and Bavaria, something not so good always comes to mind.

However, at this time, Bavaria had to find a way to increase taxes due to Ludwig I's astonishing use.

Remembering that his subjects liked to drink beer, the king decided to increase the beer tax by 8%.

Then, in February 1844, there were mass demonstrations in Bavaria, not just in Munich but throughout the country.

Fortunately, the king's moral bottom line is flexible enough, and the next day he launched a minister to confess that he didn't know, using the old story of "the good king listened to the bad minister".

In fact, this Ludwig I was not a good king, and his outrageous consumption was mainly spent on the provision of mistresses and pleasures.

In the past, the Bavarians were called "plateau beggars" by other Germans, and over the years other countries around the country have invested a lot of money in development, but Bavaria has spent all the money on the king's personal consumption.

This king comes to visit the Darkmoon Theater every week, and he is a real big brother with a generous spending.

But even if Franz hadn't created the Darkmoon Theater, he would have wasted his money on other things, and the king had 36 public mistresses in history, and countless women who had had dewy marriages.

The most famous of these was Laura Montes, who was also a dancer and was favored and trusted by Ludwig I.

However, she was not a spy sent by Franz to lurk, but in any case, Bavaria could not become a great power if there was such a scourge.

This was good news for Franz, after all, Madame Sophie herself was very enthusiastic about politics, the former did not let her take care of Austria, and the latter went to Bavaria to advise.

Fortunately, her mother does not have any outstanding political talent, except for strengthening her control over the country, her level in other aspects is similar to that of her half-brother.

After helping a few times and finding that she was getting more and more helped, Mrs. Sophie decisively chose to give up and went home to take the children.

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Madame Sophie, who had just stepped out of the carriage, was about to breathe in the smell of home when she was hit head-on by a huge duck.

The attendants on the side hurriedly helped Mrs. Sophie up, but the latter was obviously very angry.

"You idiots! What is this! How could it be in the palace?! ”

The attendants looked at each other, and Madame Sophie knew that it was her husband or her precious son who had done a good deed.

In fact, these creatures that walk like penguins and swim like ducks are great puffins.

Archduke Franz Carr went to the North Pole to look for penguins in vain, but he accidentally found a colony of "Arctic ducks" on a small island.

Franz Joseph (the protagonist's full name) is also curious when he first sees this creature, and it seems to be the great puffin he has been looking for.

But he couldn't confirm it, and after calling a naturalist, he was sure that it was the Great Puffin.

In fact, before the extinction of the great puffin, there were people who bought its feathers and specimens at high prices, which was the direct cause of its demise.

Franz naturally wanted to buy a few, after all, the price of the puffin had been speculated at 500 pounds a piece, and if it could be bred in batches, it might be a new way to get rich.

Even if it can't be mass-produced, it's good to put it in a zoo as a protected animal.

A few great puffins brought back from the Arctic by Franz's father, plus those later purchased from merchants, made a total of ten great puffins, and after a few years of breeding the population had grown to thirty individuals.

However, she had been kept by Franz in the greenhouse of the Royal Female Academy in Vienna before, and recently little Maria wanted to play with a few.

Therefore, this kind of cherished bird appeared in Schönbrunn Palace, and the combat power of this thing was far inferior to that of the goose, and it was easily handled by Little Mary.

Franz's sister had one in one hand and clamored for food. This caused a sensation in Schönbrunn Palace, after all, it was a pet owned by Archduke Franz, and it is said that one was worth five thousand florins.

Five thousand florins could have bought a few properties in Vienna at that time, but the cooks had long wanted to study new dishes, and the ladies of the palace wanted the beautiful feathers of the puffins to decorate their clothes and hats.

But usually no one dares to say such a thing, Franz helplessly rubbed his sister's head.

"Okay, let's not take this one as an example."

"Good!" Little Mary jumped for joy.

"Well, you can't fight them anymore in the future. These ducks are expensive, but when their population grows, you can do whatever you want. ”

"Good!" Little Mary blinked again, "When will they be more numerous?" ”

"It could be 10 years, it could be 20 years, after all, their egg production is very low, but they have a very long lifespan, and they can live for a decade or 20."

"Oh" Little Mary was a little disappointed.

"But when the duck population has reached a certain size, we can consider using crossbreeding to increase its population."

Adjani looked at Franz with disdain.

"Archduke Franz, it's not good for you and Her Highness the Princess to talk about this. I find that you are not very interested in the opposite sex, but like to interfere with some intimate activities between animals and plants.

I think it's better not to pass on this quirk to Her Royal Highness the Princess. You know that some rumors in the palace spread very quickly, and some people even thought that you would not have descendants, which would cause some people to turn to other Grand Dukes. ”

Franz was full of black lines, and of course he knew who said it, Maximilian, his younger brother. Franz thought that the latter might still hold a grudge against the shame of being pressed under the Bible as a child.

However, Franz was not too worried about this, after all, a severely disabled person like his uncle Ferdinand I could become emperor, and there was no reason why he couldn't do it.

"Miss Adjani, you're overdoing it. As for something, how can I, as a child, prove it? As for teasing chickens and dogs, isn't that exactly what I should be doing at my age? ”

Adjani just glanced at it casually, after all, there was a little princess here, and she didn't dare to say something too presumptuous. For some things would not be good if they reached the ears of Madame Sophie, and although she was Franz's lady-in-waiting, it was easy for the little princess to clean her up.

"Franz! I'm hungry and I want to eat duck! ”

Franz looked at the two poor puffins, who had been tortured half to death, and the child was not lightly attacked.

"Miss Adjani, you and Maria go and hand over the two great puffins to the cook. I went to ask my father to come over, after all, he had been hungry for a long time. ”

At this moment, I heard only a roar!

"Franz! Look what you're doing! What a terrible bird this is! It ruined my skirt and today you have to give me an explanation! ”

Mrs. Sophie found Franz with two strangled puffins, and little Maria ran over and hugged Mrs. Sophie's thighs and shouted.

"Good mother! It's time to eat again! ”

On this day the already small population of the puffin was -4.

(End of chapter)