Also the hardest hit by nationalism, the Hungarian side is much quieter, after all, it has been greatly damaged by a series of previous deaths.

The common people did not trust the local councils, the serfs were eager to run to the side of the Habsburgs at once, and the German immigrants were unlikely to side with the Hungarian aristocracy.

Even the desire to rely on foreign powers has been made difficult by the change of hands in Belgrade. In fact, the best way to attack Austria from the Ottomans was Serbia, but Belgrade, as a choke point, was already Austrian territory at this time.

Moreover, Austria has never stopped fortifying it after obtaining this place, after all, the key to the Balkans is a place where soldiers must fight.

Historically, Austria and the Ottomans have been fighting for Belgrade almost non-existently, and breaking this cycle will require a change of strategy.

As far as the locals of Belgrade were concerned, they did not oppose Vienna rule very much, because it was greatly enriched materially.

At the same time, due to the two relocation policies of Serbia and Austria, the real natives have become extremely rare.

The Germans and Croats, who migrated in large numbers, grew up listening to tales of the Ottoman demonization, and the Italians, who were descendants of Rome, also had a bad opinion of the Near Eastern barbarians.

At least the mass base of the Ottomans who wanted to rule Belgrade again disappeared, and the cost of fighting a law and order war was very high, coupled with religious conflicts.

However, Franz did not think that such a situation would happen, after all, the empire invested a lot of materials in the construction of the city, and concentrated a large number of troops to defend it, so it was absolutely difficult for the Ottomans to break through.

It is inevitable that the technological and economic development of the Hungarian region will come to a close standstill, because they have chosen to derail Austria and thus lose the vast market and the driving force for innovation.

The only thing that catches the eye is the roller grinding method, but it's not really something to praise either, as it has been around in the East for hundreds of years.

Due to its low technical content, the Austrian side did not have much effort to reproduce it, and it was also upgraded.

It was difficult for the Hungarians to acquire Austrian technology, whether it was a high-end analytical machine or a low-end vulcanized rubber technology, and their steam machinery was at the level of twenty years ago.

As a result of Franz's blatant bribery of a large number of Magyar nobles by Madame Sophie, the internal divisions within Hungary were much more severe than they have historically been.

The moderate reformers, whom Széchenyi had failed to establish, are now a force to be reckoned with, though they are still unable to compete with Kossuth's radical liberals.

Széchenyi also changed his stance from advocating national independence to integration and co-prosperity, which he said was a way to push Hungary to the grave.

But what the Hungarian aristocracy wanted was more power, even if it didn't increase, it couldn't be reduced, at least to protect the power in their hands, so Kossuth still had many supporters.

In 1844, the Hungarian parliament formally passed a resolution to make Hungarian the Chinese language of the kingdom; Any official document, contract, legal clause must be written in it, otherwise it will be deemed null and void.

At the same time, it stipulates that ethnic minorities must learn Hungarian, and prohibits books and newspapers published in minority languages; De'Ac Ferenc and Kossuth even proclaimed "Egy ország, Egy nemzet".

This sentence is not like Chinese, you can play Spring and Autumn penmanship, and then it leads to many meanings, combined with the background and actual situation of the times at that time, there is only one explanation, that is, "there are only Magyars in the Kingdom of Hungary".

This decree immediately aroused the discontent of all minorities, including the Gypsies, since two-thirds of the territory of St. Stephen's Crown were "minorities".

In fact, it is not accurate to translate to ethnic minorities, but "alien nationality" is more appropriate. This title is more indicative of the Magyars' sense of superiority and contempt for other groups at the time.

After the Napoleonic Wars, the Kingdom of Hungary carried out some reforms, but the results were not satisfactory, especially after Austria joined the German Customs Union, the market shrank, and the economic development tended to regress.

In fact, Hungary had a group of pioneers who established breweries, sugar mills, steel mills, textile mills, and steam machine factories

But because the next-door neighbors are developing too quickly, they can only enclose themselves for themselves, which leads to the uncompetitive of their goods, and those pioneers are quickly "dead" on the road, while the latecomers cling to the thighs of policy and monopoly.

The Hungarians complained about the inferior and expensive goods, but the high-quality goods could not come in, so they had to swallow their anger.

But foreigners won't buy it, and Hungarian industrial goods that arrive in Trieste are often brought back in their original condition, because they are no different from garbage compared to Austrian goods that were ahead of their time.

Of course, the Magyars also understood that their industry would not develop if this continued.

Thus was born a draconian protection ordinance, which forced anyone to bring any Austrian goods back to Hungary in any form, with a fine of 500 florins, confiscation of all property, and even hanging.

As soon as this outrageous decree was introduced, it immediately aroused the discontent of the Viennese side. For this would be tantamount to acknowledging the fact that an Austrian wearing his own clothes to Hungary would be tantamount to breaking the law.

In fact, before the Austrians could react, the Hungarian frontier army was already dealing with the passing merchants.

There is no distinction between Austrians and Hungarians in the eyes of this group, they only see "fat sheep" in their eyes. In less than a month, many big names have been poisoned.

This includes the Anselm Rothschild family, the eldest son of Solomon Rothschild; Anselm was fearful and fearful of his father, but dismissive of anyone else.

A group of miscellaneous people on the border blocked the way, and naturally the eldest son of this "His Majesty the King" was not taken seriously. But as a big man and a businessman, he wouldn't waste time with these ants.

So Anselm asked the coachman to take ten groschen to prepare, but the soldier sitting on the wooden fence of the checkpoint knocked the copper coins to the ground.

"A few coppers want to send our brothers away? I'm telling you to-day, listen, a hundred florins, or I'll send you to jail. ”

"A hundred florins?" The coachman's eyes widened. To be honest, it's not that he hasn't seen the world, but it's too exaggerated to ask for a hundred florins at the aisle level, and he usually only accepts a few groshens.

You must know that there are dozens of checkpoints to the Austro-Hungarian border, and a hundred florins is enough for a family of three for a year.

Anselm was also suspicious of his ears, he thought that he might have encountered robbers, after all, this is not unusual in Hungary, even if these people are wearing uniforms at this time, after all, there is no surveillance at this time.

Anselm gave his bodyguard a look, and the latter immediately got out of the car to theorize with the sentry at the level, but soon the two sides started fighting. Soon Anselm was imprisoned, and Solomon found Metternich, and the matter was completely expanded.

(End of chapter)