Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Franz was still very satisfied with the battle of Alsace-Lorraine, after all, the French were much weaker than he thought, and it was only a matter of time before rifled weapons such as hot air balloons were found as long as they were put into use.

After this war, I am afraid that the French will carry out a wave of military reform, if they learn their lesson

Somewhat magical, Prussia intended to join the German Customs Union with Alsace-Lorraine (the French), but was vetoed by Hanover (the British).

Although the Austrian Empire continued to be embroiled in strife throughout 1844, economic growth did not slow down, but rather by leaps and bounds, and industry finally surpassed agriculture, and the annual fiscal revenue was expected to exceed the 500 million florin mark.

It is hard to imagine that just a decade ago the country's industrial output was only one-tenth of that of agriculture, when industry had overwhelmed agricultural output and continued unabated.

Ten years ago, the country's fiscal revenue exceeded 100 million florins, and the income of state civil servants has not increased for more than 30 years, but in this decade, their salaries have risen twelve times, which is 2.25 times that of the past.

Soldiers who were once not only the lowest jobs but also had a precarious life, no matter how brave they were, ended up shedding blood and tears, but now they are regarded as heroes and are treated as they deserve, even after leaving the army, they can support themselves.

(At that time, the pay of the military was very low, and even if Franz had improved a lot, most of them had a hard time having anything to do with the rich.)

You can refer to the current situation of veterans who have served in the US military for less than 20 years, these people have no pension, no medical insurance, and can only receive an allowance that is about enough for 2-5 years.

A significant part of them are unable to support themselves. They were the main source of vagabonds and gangsters in society at that time. ）

What used to take a hundred days to reach Darmatia from the northernmost point of Bohemia can now be completed in just one day by train.

It takes half a year to get from the northernmost point of the Po Plain to the deep mountains of Transylvania, and it takes only 40 hours at this time.

In October, Heine finally published his famous long poem "Song of the Weavers of Silesia":

"There are no tears in the melancholy eyes,

They sat at the loom and gritted their teeth:

Germany, we weave your shroud,

We weave into the triple curse—

We weave, we weave!

A curse curses God,

We have begged him in times of hunger and cold;

Hopes and expectations are in vain,

but he teased, teased, and deceived him—

We weave, we weave!

A curse on the rich king,

He doesn't care about our pains,

He scraped off the only pennies we had,

Shoot us like dogs—

We weave, we weave!

A curse to the hypocritical motherland of Germany,

It's shameless and depraved here,

Good flowers are picked very early,

The moldy garbage feeds the maggots-

We weave, we weave!

The shuttle is flying, the loom creaks,

We don't stop weaving, how tense day and night -

Weave your shroud, old Germany,

We weave a threefold curse,

We weave, we weave! ”

Although the "insiders" knew that Heine was scolding Prussia, the German Confederation received an additional 100 critical hits.

Then, under the impetus of Prussia, this famous long poem became cold in the German region, but on the contrary began to prevail in defeated France.

Despite his reluctance, Louis Philippe cordially received the "Parisian citizen" and called him "a model of French artists".

Franz could not help but begin to worry about the intelligence of His Majesty the King, who at this time had an additional status due to the Alsace-Lorraine incident, that is, the Duke of Alsace-Lorraine of Germany.

The Silesian refugees had a new home in Austria, most of them found new jobs and started a new life, and of course some were buried in this new land or became the people who buried them (priests).

Some of these people, with their physical condition and ability to learn, were really not enough to do most jobs in the Austrian Empire. But it is still possible to become a low-level missionary to "save" more people like them.

The work of these people was simply sales and mediation, and the reason why Franz was able to control the Church so firmly was not as simple as a natural saint that the archbishop personally considered.

Relationships always need to be maintained, such as the Church's main "Divine Radiance" company and "Purified Water" company are the industries that cooperate with Franz. (I wrote it before, so I won't go into detail here.) ）

In fact, one of the two companies sells bleaching powder, while the other sells medical alcohol.

Although they seem to be two low-end industries, in fact, these two companies contribute more to public health and medical care in Austria than all doctors in Austria, and the income generated is self-evident.

The new habit of bleaching powder and drinking hot water reduced 95% of waterborne infectious diseases, cholera, dysentery, hepatitis A, E, dragon worms, typhoid, acute diarrhoea, tapeworm cysticercosis

These infectious diseases, which were common outbreaks in the large cities of Europe at this time, were extremely rare in the large cities of the Austrian Empire.

There were many major outbreaks of plague in London and Paris at the same time, especially in 1844.

As for why there is no Berlin? Because Berlin was not a big city at the time. In 1844, Berlin had a population of just over 200,000, less than a fraction of the population of London.

At the same time, the mandatory promotion of medical alcohol handwashing led to a precipitous decline in surgical mortality in the Austrian Empire, a significant decrease in the number of patients who had to have their limbs amputated due to postoperative infections, and the mortality rate of newborns and mothers was much lower than in other European countries.

And with the hygienic conditions and the use of anesthetic gases, medicine in the Austrian Empire also developed by leaps and bounds, especially in the field of surgery, which reached a height that was beyond the reach of other countries at this time.

These achievements come from those inconspicuous gadgets and the efforts of inconspicuous little people.

However, these achievements were not enough, and the remote cities of the Austrian Empire were still backward and needed to be popularized and knowledged.

And there is no better place for these clergymen than to convince them of what they are doing right, and to show them what they have achieved, for there is nothing more convincing than believing that they are doing the right thing.

These people are not afraid of any risks, obstacles, and even the cold eyes of the world, and can even be self-motivated, self-absorbed, and self-evolved.

Of course, in addition to bleaching powder and medical alcohol, Franz also has a whole bunch of new gadgets, such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, and soap in the modern sense. As well as modern hygiene common sense, anti-fraud common sense

The stubbornness of these people, as long as they are used in the right places, can also play a role in advancing history.

In addition to selling goods, promoting common sense, and spreading the idea of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, these people can also shoulder the responsibilities of the neighborhood committee's aunts, such as supervising, reporting, preaching, collecting intelligence, coordinating neighborhood relations, and so on.

The most important of these should be to help the newcomers to better adapt to life in the Austrian Empire, and at the same time help them find their right place to integrate into the Austrian Empire completely.

At the same time, the organization of the church is constantly expanding, such as almsgiving halls in railway stations and missionary stations abroad.

In particular, it would be more convincing to let these once most useless people receive new immigrants who are desperate.

(End of chapter)