1845 was a terrible year for Switzerland, with no snow in winter, floods throughout the year, crop failures, late potato blight from imported cereals from Belgium, and a 1,000% increase in the price of winter bread compared to 1844.

People have to search for everything edible in garbage heaps, many need to live on welfare, and more than twice as many deaths are killed throughout the year as there are births.

Switzerland used to be the center of the textile industry in Central Europe, but with the introduction of trade protection policies in various countries, the Swiss textile industry has entered a cold winter.

Due to Franz's intervention, the Austrian textile industry has sprung up, coupled with the control of cheap raw material sources, which has dealt a dimensionality reduction blow to the textile industry in the entire Central European region.

Industries such as watches and clocks and machinery manufacturing were also miserable, especially after the opening of trade with Austria and France, and the domestic industry was in mourning.

A large number of frighteningly cheap foreign industrial goods entered the Swiss market, and the introduction of advanced agricultural implements from Austria freed up labor and caused a large number of agricultural people to lose their jobs.

At the same time, due to the profit-seeking nature of capital, a large amount of farmland has been turned into pasture, which has exacerbated this phenomenon.

Against this backdrop, Switzerland's economy is much more fragile than it has historically been, and both the Swiss government and people are helpless when a natural disaster strikes.

Switzerland is surrounded by many powerful countries, and naturally it does not dare to transfer the contradictions to such powerful countries as Austria, France, and Prussia.

As a result, predatory tariffs were frantically imposed among the Swiss states, and the canton of Ticeno took advantage of its geographical advantage to raise taxes wildly, including thirteen types of tolls alone, and a large number of contraband inspections were added, and every box of goods that passed by had to be inspected.

Bern introduced an excise tax aimed at cracking down on the brewing industry in the canton of Vaud, and the canton of Valais simply forbade the entry of goods from other cantons due to its own industry.

The only steadily growing industry in Switzerland is tourism, which the new bourgeoisie and aristocracy are more willing to pay for due to its location in the Alps.

Coupled with the development of the transportation industry and the influence of Romanticism, tourism is developing into an independent industry.

However, it is more appropriate to call tourism at this time, after all, most tours are made with a strong purpose.

For example, an artist gathers style and looks for inspiration, or a businessman goes to find business opportunities and negotiate business, or like Archduke Karl, he simply goes to prepare for war.

Franz once ran a tour company with Archduke Johann to stimulate the local economy by organizing tours for those who had money and leisure in Vienna, and by the way, they could also get a wave of wool.

It's just that this tourism quickly turns sour, as long as a big person goes, a large group of people will follow like flies, which is more like political speculation than tourism.

But if there are no big people to attend, then there will be a lot of people. The money was earned, but the word of mouth did not hit.

In addition, the first organized commercial tourism in modern European and American history was initiated by Thomas Cook in 1841, and the second time was also organized by Thomas Cook in 1845, the same year he established the world's first travel agency in modern times.

(Some bigwigs say that Huaxia had the concept of tourism in the Shang Dynasty, and there was a real travel agency in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.)

In addition, the continuous pilgrimage to Mecca in the Arab world from the seventh century can also be considered tourism, and there have been many specialized organizations throughout history.

So here it is only said that it is the first in modern times. ）

But Vienna has never had a shortage of big names, and in addition to politicians and officials, artists and bankers, there is always a reason to travel anyway.

But it wasn't until Franz won the Dark Night Theater and the Daylight Theater that the industry was put on the right track.

The stars of these "girl groups" are more likely to solicit customers than Franz, and because Franz has trained some of the older and less popular actors to become tour guides.

Let many "canaries" see the hope of the future, so they are particularly concerned. Coupled with professional counterparts, Austria's tourism industry is one of the best in the world.

In the past, no one was willing to sign up for cultural classes even with whips, but now it has become the most enthusiastic topic for these "canaries".

Franz has solved the problem of the retirement of these dancers and actors to some extent, after all, they cannot be young forever, so those who are new or new to the industry will be more inclined to the dark night and daylight theaters.

The addition of a large number of high-quality newcomers has enhanced the strength and potential of the two theaters to a certain extent, and they quickly won from the competition.

Coupled with the head effect, those excellent editors, writers, and musicians have to participate in it. Franz had already taken over Vienna's entertainment industry.

In terms of security, some veterans of Ambrera were hired as bodyguards, which perfectly solved the employment problem of Franz's personnel.

At this time, Switzerland was far from being a country of peace, not to mention the turmoil of the civil war, and their attitude towards travelers alone was very problematic.

Some regional governments have even supported rip-offs in order to solve their own economic crises, and the legendary luxury hotels often have to let travelers live in dirty, cramped spaces.

Then there is the forced consumption, where some travelers want to drink a glass of goat's milk, but in the end they have to buy a sheep.

Some local handmade products are sold for sky-high prices, and a miscellaneous mechanical watch that sells for 50 francs in France can sell for 500 francs locally.

The cost of accommodation, carriage and carriage are so high that many foreigners say they will not come back a second time.

Of course, some people will choose to travel on a budget, they don't take a horse-drawn carriage, they hardly live in a hotel or shop, they bring their own food, just to experience the original nature.

The local shepherds would teach them to be human again, and Switzerland at this time was similar to Australia in later generations, and it was not a big problem to kill a few backpackers, after all, no one would be staring behind their backs all day.

Clothes and belongings will be scraped away, and the corpses will soon be cleaned up by the wild beasts in the mountains.

In contrast, Austria's tourism industry is much more standardized, with a stronger cultural atmosphere and no shortage of natural landscapes.

The main thing is that prices are relatively low, after all, Austrian goods are expensive to export, and the prices are often outrageous due to heavy customs increases in various countries.

At the same time, Franz also paid attention to publicity, in addition to glorifying the Austrian Empire in newspapers and magazines all day long, those visiting artists and scientists would also receive special treatment, and even give them a small amount of money to create some works.

Although it is generally difficult to produce any fine works in this kind of commissioned creation, it has been proved that as long as the net is cast wide enough, some big fish will always be caught.

Some French people, either because of their national integrity or because they didn't have enough money, created a number of "black" Austrian works.

However, due to the lack of artistic appreciation of most people in this era, it was counterproductive, and those catchy ballads and popular works became accomplices in the invasion of Austrian culture into France.

Of course, there are also natural anti-bones like Hugo, and the more those authorities are discredited, the more he wants to see it.

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