Tyrol, Royal Arsenal.

Although there is a sign of the lumberyard hanging outside, the sound of wood being cut is completely drowned out by the noise of machinery.

Corresponding to the snow-capped mountains are rows of smoky factories in the valley, and the supposedly quiet canyon is filled with the roar of machinery.

It was still snowing outside, but the workers in the factory were sweating profusely. The vast majority of them were landless peasants, descendants of soldiers, disabled soldiers and veterans.

In addition, there are a number of skilled workers and weapons specialists from other parts of Austria who have passed an examination to enter the factory (primary school education or higher is required).

In this era, the military was relatively poorly paid, and there was no insurance or pension. When soldiers are discharged, they usually either destitute themselves or join gangs as thugs.

Because these people generally have no life skills, everything can only start from scratch, but where is it so easy to let a person in his thirties or forties start from scratch?

Franz was fed up with the intrigues in Vienna, and he wanted to find a place to clean up. As for the matter in Vienna, Franz temporarily handed it over to Mrs. Sophie.

Although Mrs. Sophie has no business acumen, her status is high enough, and she is scary enough, and she is enough to see the scene.

Franz had fired and punished a lot of people before, but these guys weren't really useful, and the efficiency of the whole system was improved rather than that they were gone.

Franz spent about a month or so building a new architecture to counteract the effects of the departure.

All Mrs. Sophie has to do is keep the system going and deal with the troublemakers. As for the troubles in commerce and industry, she could go to Mr. Sina, Baron Brooke, and the Royal Academy of Sciences to solve them.

In fact, thanks to the railway connection, Franz could return to Vienna within a day if there was an emergency.

And Franz didn't think there would be any problems, after all, it would be too much of a chicken to keep the organization running without it.

The Tyroleans living in Shanbei were very satisfied with the arsenal, while the Tyroleans living in Shannan wanted Franz to build a factory on their territory.

The mountain here refers to the Dolomites, a branch of the Alps, and is majestic (by translation, it is difficult to walk), but the transportation problems have been greatly improved after the construction of the railway.

South Tyrol, although also located in a river valley, lacks terrain protection, and the terrain in the valley is too flat for defense.

Still, the South Tyroleans got the mill they wanted, and Franz set up a flour mill in the area, employing locals to grind flour for local farmers for a small fee.

South Tyrol was actually politically and spiritually biased towards Austria and the Habsburgs, so Franz needed to woo them.

Historically, the Austrian imperial government has always regarded him as a "ditch man", and his status is not inferior, and he is called "a German who is not a German".

Actually, there are quite a few Italians in Tyrol, but Franz doesn't think that's a problem. Loyalty matters, after all, the Austrian national question cannot be solved in a short time.

Franz now wants some troops, because some things are no longer something that can be resolved peacefully.

Although he wanted to solve the problem in a way that had a relatively small impact on society and the country, the successive encounters made him think that he might be too naïve.

War cannot solve all problems, but it can solve some of the people who have them. The Tyroleans were relatively reliable, and were surrounded by mountains and were easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Therefore, in Franz's planning, this place is set as a strategic rear, although behind it is the Swiss Confederation, but first of all, there is the natural danger of the Alps, and secondly, the Swiss Confederation has long since lost its courage.

As for Bavaria, there was hardly any conflict between the two countries, and secondly, Franz also had a hard time associating it with danger, at least until 1848.

Of course, it is very necessary to prevent spies from infiltrating, after all, military technology and arsenals are related to the foundation of national defense.

Despite the railway, the population of Tyrol is still not very mobile, and few people come here except for tourism.

The tour route and guide are usually planned by Franz, and do not reveal the location of the arsenal. At this time, the largest tour company in the Austrian Empire was controlled by Franz, and the guides were carefully trained (mentioned earlier).

However, for the sake of security, Franz still came up with a system similar to the household registration and ID card of the residence certificate.

The reason? Naturally, it is to allow the local residents to enjoy more of the royal blessings, while at the same time preventing others from taking advantage of them.

Naturally, the Tyroleans are very willing to cooperate, after all, it is a matter of personal interests.

As for the so-called Zeen, it's nothing more than some mills, public toilets, parks, hospitals, fountains, tourist attractions and the like.

And it's not completely free, but a certain amount of money is reduced. It's just to transfer the cost, but it looks relatively good.

However, this was already a great blessing to the people at the time, after all, Franz did not directly extort and expelle them violently.

Instead, jobs, shelter, education, health care, and a variety of public facilities are provided.

Public toilets are a major step forward in the history of human health, and just look at the cholera outbreaks that have occurred everywhere in this era.

When Franz built these toilets, he also built a sewage system for the local area, which was another big step forward for public health.

In addition, to mention some common sense, even today, public toilets in Europe are charged. This is normal to Europeans, but it is also a way to prevent waste and abuse.

At that time, the cost of building and maintaining toilets was not low, and although there were some benefits, they were far from being able to cover the costs and maintenance costs.

In addition to waste and abuse, there is actually such a spectacle in England. Some people can't afford to sleep in public toilets

At that time, due to the high housing prices in British cities, many people were homeless, and many public welfare "hotels" appeared later.

This is where the famous rope bed comes from, and people can sleep on the rope for only two or three pence.

No matter how rich you are, you can choose to sleep in a coffin, yes, a coffin! Franz even suspected that Britain was the European rudder of the Tomb Sect.

However, there are still many people who can't afford to sleep in coffins and ropes. But it only takes a quarter of a penny to go to the toilet! Although the smell is a little bad, there is a wall and a roof to shelter from the wind and rain, and you can sit and sleep!

To put it bluntly, these facilities have provided employment for a large number of Tyroleans. In addition, the construction of railways not only brought more revenue, but also brought down prices.

Gone are the days when some black-hearted merchants tried to take large quantities of supplies from the mountain people with some cheap industrial products and "gadgets".

The biggest victims of this period were the Gypsies, a "lovely" wandering people.

Gypsies are the name of the British, in fact, they have many names, such as the French call them Bohemia, the Spaniards call them flamenco, the Russians call them the Tsgangs, the Albanians call them the Ephgets, the Greeks call them the Ajinganos, the Iranians call them the Rories, and the Sri Lankans call them the Aiquintaka people.

In Austria, they have a more professional term for "Roma", and these Roma like to call themselves as such.

At this time, the Austrian Empire was the country with the largest number of Roma, and although they were not welcomed, it was the only one that would not kill them.

There were probably more than a million Roma (Gypsies) in this era, of which 300,000 to 400,000 lived in the Austrian Empire, and the rest were mainly located near the Carpathians (the Danube Duchy, or present-day Romania).

Franz naturally won't kill them all, but in the industrial age, that kind of wandering life should be changed.

The Roma who were involved in these activities between northern Italy and Tyrol soon found themselves unable to get by, but they were invited by Franz.

After all, people are needed to engage in tourism, and it is indeed better for them to do some things. This is the first time in thousands of years that the Roma have been recruited and plundered, rather than being directly recruited and plundered.

Traditionally, they weren't supposed to accept Franz's offer, but with hungry families on the one hand, and golden jobs at their fingertips, it was an easy choice.

Of course, Franz did not have no requirements for them, first of all, they had to learn German, in fact, the German and Italian languages of the Roma who have been living in the Alps for many years are simply essential skills.

Second, obey orders and listen to commands. Yes, wandering is possible, but you have to go to a designated place, and the range cannot leave the Austrian Empire, and the route is arbitrary.

In fact, gypsy (Roma) caravans and so on were quite exciting and tempting for the children of the Viennese aristocracy.

This is also a characteristic of the Austrian Alps.

Historically, in 1859, with the defeat of the Austrian Empire, the Roma in the Alps were expelled from the Kingdom of Sardinia.

After being expelled from the Swiss Confederation and the Austrian Empire, in the summer of 1860 the bodies of about 200 Roma were found in the melting snow of the Alps.

The locals thought it was a bad omen, so they set them all on fire and brought in a priest to perform an exorcism ritual.

These people are just the dust of history, and their history will not be remembered.

The influence of the arsenal on the Tyroleans was still quite large, and some people even worked for it with their entire families. Men are hammering and screwing in factories, and women are packing bullets and adding gunpowder powder.

In fact, the Tyrolean arsenal at this time produced nearly half of the rifled barrels in Europe, and the die extrusion method applied by the Austrian Empire at this time seemed completely unimaginable at the time.

Even if someone could think of it, they would have to solve the problem of hydraulic presses. Even with hydraulic presses, they don't have enough pressure.

However, despite the efforts of those craftsmen, their manual efficiency still lagged far behind that of the Austrian Empire.

Historically, the rifled barrel began to gradually enter the industrialization after 1851, and the early single-point hook method was still very inefficient, and it was very easy to cause defective products, or even directly scrap the barrel.

The invention of the sealing rubber ring has greatly strengthened the airtightness of the breech gun, although it will occasionally paste the soldier's face, but it will not cause large-scale burns or anything, at most it is just to inhale some dust.

Franz did not try to convince the army to fully equip breech guns, not even mentioning it at all. If both sides are armed with breech guns in a civil war, the intensity and bloodiness of the war will skyrocket.

Specifically, you can refer to the American Civil War, even if it is only a rifled gun, its bloody degree is still fresh in people's memory.

If breech guns had been widely used before the Civil War, the result would have been predictable, with the tactics of lining up to shoot at this time.

By the way, the breech guns of the Austrian Empire at this time were not bolt-action rifles like Prussia in later times, but another branch line - lever-action rifles.

Lever rifles are characterized by a large number of reloads and a fast rate of fire, and the M1894's 60 rounds per minute is not used as an example.

Just the M1820, which was reproduced by later generations of the Italians, can also reach an astonishing rate of fire of 35 rounds per minute.

However, considering that there was no smokeless gunpowder and metal fixed ammunition in this era, the rate of fire could still reach 15-20 rounds per minute.

There was a huge advantage in the rate of fire compared to the Prussian Dreiser, which had a rate of fire of 6-10 rounds per minute.

At this time, front-loading rifled guns can usually only fire 1-2 rounds per minute, and even front-loading smoothbore guns, which are proud of their rate of fire, usually have a rate of fire of only 3-4 rounds.

Franz's lever-operated rifle, which he was ready to equip only for a small number of troops.

In addition to his own Royal Dragon Knights, the Royal Guard, Archduke Karl's Family Guard, Friedrich's Marines, some ecclesiastical forces, and Ambrera mercenaries, Franz was preparing to raise a force in Tyrol.

Franz came out of Tyrol to build a guard, which seemed normal to those who did not know the secret edict. After all, usually when the emperor was still alive, the crown prince would be arranged to leave Vienna to become a vice-king or governor or something like that.

With the exception of a female crown prince like Teresa, it is usually normal for the crown prince to build his own palace after leaving Vienna and then form a guard.

As the capital of the Austrian Empire, Tyrol is surrounded by mountains and rivers, so it makes sense for Franz to choose this place.

As for those who knew about the edict, they had a better understanding of Franz's behavior. After all, the people around him have been assassinated one after another, and it is normal for people to strengthen some security work.

However, Franz recruited 2,000 people at a time, which confused the onlookers, after all, Innsbruck (the capital of Tyrol) at that time had only more than 20,000 people.

But what they didn't know was that this was just Franz's first plan, and what he wanted was a real army of 5,000 to 8,000 men.

The purpose has been said before, the power comes out of the barrel of the gun, and the hammer must be hard to strike iron, which is the so-called meta-violence.

As for the appointment of officers, Franz paid attention to only one cronyism, all drawn from the Royal Dragoon Regiment.

These people may not be the strongest in Austria, but they must be the most loyal to Franz, after all, they are all usable people left by the old emperor to Franz.

These people also understood their position, and if Franz became emperor in the future, then they would have soared.

If Franz loses power, then they are either forced to leave the army or sent to some battlefield to be cannon fodder.

Today I was in a hurry, and the computer broke down, and I wrote it in an Internet café. It's not checked, so let's take a look.

Also, my computer was mailed and it took 14 days to get back.

(End of chapter)