Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

The flowers are still in full bloom, but with some hardy varieties. But Franz sensed something unusual, and I am afraid that the next day will not be easy.

While Western Europe was hit by heavy snowfalls, Central Europe experienced a warm winter, and the Netalenia region seemed to have no snow for a winter, and there was no chance of another drought next year.

But Franz was too worried about it, and the Austrian Empire's agriculture would not fail until 1846, but it was much better than that of its neighbors.

In 1845, 1846, and 1847, three consecutive years of poor harvests led to a sharp decline in the purchasing power of the French peasantry, a sharp increase in financial defaults, and an acceleration of land annexation, which eventually led to a revolution.

Franz didn't know how bad things would be in Spain, but he didn't think of famine, riots, or civil war.

At the same time, Franz also intended to increase the area of grain cultivation in the colony, which would sacrifice some economic benefits, but would provide an additional insurance policy for the future.

In fact, such behavior does not lead to a reduction in production, but only a relative slowdown in growth.

In addition, Franz also needs to establish some more reserve bases, after all, with his brain circuit, uprisings and riots always seem to have something to do with not being able to eat and live.

Franz wondered if he could feed the majority of the people, and if he could stop the rebellion in some areas. Or will you let only a part of the region rebel and then wipe it out with all your might?

It's just that a sudden riot poured cold water on Franz's face.

Milan, Northern Italy.

Italian nationalists staged a riot in the heart of the Austrian Empire, which naturally ended in defeat.

Historically, there have been small uprisings in northern Italy, which was ruled by the Austrian Empire, and there is not even an accurate record of them.

This time, however, it was on a large scale, with the insurgents armed with large quantities of weapons, first attacking police stations and then coercing the population in an attempt to loot the arsenals.

Fortunately, this time Marshal Radetzky did not adopt a policy of softness, and directly mobilized three regiments of troops to suppress it.

When the crowd saw the army in battle, they began to retreat, and the rebels who were holding the crowd away knew that they would lose their chance once the crowd dispersed.

Someone detonated the explosives that had been prepared in the crowd and opened fire on them.

"The Austrians have shot!"

"Let's fight with them!"

"Rush!"

Fortunately, Marshal Radetzky's soldiers were disciplined enough not to shoot indiscriminately out of excessive nervousness, otherwise it would have been a real massacre.

The people fled in terror, but since the Austrian army did not shoot, and the black muzzles and neat queues were prohibitive, no one would rush to the Austrian army without their lives.

Soon only the die-hard insurgents remained, who, instead of retreating, chose to shoot at the Austrian army, throwing homemade explosives.

But this chaotic assault was no threat to the battle-ready army, and as the sound of gunfire rang out, the first insurgents to rush up were wiped out, followed by a continuous burst of gunfire like fried beans.

The insurgents were completely suppressed, and the line began to move forward, and those who had not experienced the war were now so frightened by this sense of oppression that they could only run as if they were desperate.

However, elite chasseurs have long since bypassed to cut off their back paths, and at the same time occupied various commanding heights, and a sophisticated hunt began.

Later, the existence of the remnants of the party was learned through the captured insurgents, and nearly 1,300 people were arrested, and the total number of people killed and captured reached a staggering 2,500.

Although it was not as high as the tens of thousands of rebels in the Papal Palace, the Austrian-controlled region of northern Italy had not had more than 100 people in the country for several years since the charcoal uprising.

After all, there is money to make and food to eat, who wants to play with their lives. And because of the emperor's imperial decree, "the wicked should not be connived up, and the good should not be wronged." Combined with Franz's continued attention, the security in northern Italy is relatively good.

On the other hand, Italian civilians often broke out in armed fights of hundreds of people because of business grabbing or gangsters grabbing territory, but because the Austrian Empire collected a large number of weapons, it did not cause too many casualties.

The local magistrates simply said that it was a national tradition and did not interfere too much.

Upon investigation, most of these insurgents were dockers, traditional craftsmen, and small traders. They each had their own reasons, although on the surface they said that they wanted to bring down the monarchy and defend against foreign humiliation.

But in reality, they are all self-interested, and the wages of dock workers have been suppressed again and again due to the arrival of a large number of immigrants, and although the Italian economy has taken off, their salaries have been declining.

At the same time, the officials of the Austrian Empire had no intention of stopping these aliens, after all, they regarded it as a matter of brothers.

Moreover, they could not control the size of the border, not to mention the fact that the Austrian Empire was traditionally a multi-ethnic country, and there was never a saying that the people of the country were not allowed to enter.

There are even officials who are "foreign immigrants" who have migrated from South or North Germany.

Austria's industrialization inevitably had an impact on the craftsmen, especially the emergence of large factories, which directly eliminated the survival soil of many traditional handicrafts.

As for those small businessmen, they have also been severely affected, because the development of industrialization will inevitably tilt the financial policy in favor of those big businessmen.

This has led to a rapid expansion of capital, with the strong getting stronger and the weak getting weaker. While the big merchants were glorifying the policies of the Austrian Empire, the small merchants were struggling with shrinking assets and squeezed living space.

In fact, big businessmen do not dislike certain industries and give up because of low profits, on the contrary, they intend to want them all. In order to complete the monopoly, it is necessary to squeeze out those small merchants.

So they are crazy to raise the bar while crazy to reduce the price.

Although the people feel the benefits in the short term, in the long run, the results of monopoly are very likely to harm the interests of the people, upstream and downstream industries, and may even harm the country.

But now it seems that it will not be long before these people can stand up against the interests of the Austrian Empire.

The uprising was a wake-up call for Franz, and it seemed that things were not going to be as smooth sailing as he thought.

At the same time such a large-scale uprising, there are also these weapons, intelligence. Franz didn't believe that it was all organized by the local people, and there was a high probability that there would be a black hand behind it.

And the black hand could be England, or France, or even Sardinia, or Switzerland, or all of them.

(End of chapter)