Galicia in 1846 was actually one of the poorest provinces of the Austrian Empire. At this time, the Austrian Empire, no matter what black pot was tied to the local aristocracy, it was not against peace.

The same is true in Galicia, where the nobility still maintains the production patterns of the 18th century.

Agriculture is inefficient, industry is almost nil, and mining is overrun by a few old families who are on the ground for food.

The lack of immigrants left the region in a stagnant water, with everyone accustomed to poverty and the aristocracy to relative affluence.

The previous governor of Galicia was a brilliant military strategist, but he was extremely distrustful of the Galicians.

At the same time, the governor, as a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, felt that his mission was to bring out this terrible catastrophe once and for all.

Guided by this idea, Prince Lorenz began to build fortresses in Galicia, demarcating no-man's land to suppress and combat dangerous elements.

In order to facilitate the control and prevention of contacts between dangerous elements, he divided Galicia into grids so that problems could be detected and solved in the shortest possible time.

Although Franz built the railway, which was strongly supported by Franz, the entire railway line was built along a military fortress, so its role in economic development was very limited.

However, the free city of Krakow ushered in its second spring because of the construction of the railway, and factories rose from the ground, and a large number of workers and merchants poured in.

Coupled with its special geographical location and transcendent free city qualifications, Krakow developed at a terrible rate, even replacing Warsaw's position in Poland for a time, with a population of nearly 300,000 at its peak.

After the Count of Stadion took over as governor, he carried out a series of "fruitful" reforms, but he had no choice but to miss the best opportunity for development.

Coupled with the disobedience of the local aristocracy and the ignorance of the serfs, these reforms did not bring much change.

It is precisely because of this that Franz is so confident that he can directly absorb this million refugees locally.

In the middle of the Dniester River, which runs through the whole of Galicia, there are large areas of floodplains that have been barren for many years.

The price of local land is very low, but that doesn't mean the land isn't fertile. On the contrary, this land that has been eroded by floods for many years is a famous agricultural base for later generations.

It's just that the aristocracy of Galicia in this era had almost zero ability to transform the land, and even if they did, they were not willing to pay the corresponding price.

In fact, even if they wanted to, they could not afford to pay the price, and it was the Austro-Hungarian Empire that completed the restoration of the Dniester River, which opened up a large amount of farmland, which in turn led to a 57% increase in the population of Galicia in the 30 years from 1880 to 1910.

Far from causing any discontent among the local nobility, Franz's aggressive purchase of land received considerable support.

In particular, those nobles who were still connected with the Polish Restoration Army tried their best to promote this, after all, in their hearts, as long as they won the Restoration War, these lands were still theirs.

And there is no point in itself to leave these uncultivated lands in their hands, especially in this era when animal husbandry and the firewood business are in decline.

The deal was an instant deal, and the price per hectare was set at 10 florins, which was twice as expensive as the Hungarian land that Franz bought, but still much lower than the price of land in the Netalenia region.

In the end, Franz bought 2 million hectares of land for 20 million florins, which seemed absolutely crazy at the time.

The nobility and various forces in the country have different evaluations of this, some people think that this is a manifestation of benevolence and royal responsibility, and some people feel that it is a complete waste of money, and people in other countries should be saved by the monarchs of other countries.

However, Franz didn't care what others thought of him, and he gathered refugees who had been confirmed to have no signs of infection

In addition to this, the Galician Dniester began to build dikes and improve its channels to ensure safety, and the next step was to deal with the barren beaches and wastelands.

At this time, Franz's heavy-duty tractors were finally put to use, and although they were repeatedly improved, they still weighed more than ten tons.

In fact, these tractors were not called tractors in the Austrian Empire at this time, but full-covered crawler locomotives.

In fact, it is a very earthy name, because at this time the Austrian tractor was like a locomotive with tracks, and there were two huge coal tanks on both sides of the steam, as well as a huge water tank, which was convenient for workers to fill coal and water into it at any time.

These giant steel monsters can each pull 15 heavy plows at the same time and travel at speeds of up to eight kilometers per hour, with little to stop the guys.

Normally, each heavy plough requires two oxen or three strong horses to pull it. This time, the newly renovated steam tractor directly uses the configuration of the train, and the horsepower is greatly increased, and if it is not for deep ploughing, it can pull 26 heavy plows.

However, considering that this was a wasteland, stones, tree roots, and vines would become obstacles, and Franz reduced the number of heavy plows to fifteen for the sake of safety.

Although there is the help of the steel behemoth, the use of manpower is still indispensable. It's not so much that it's indispensable, but it takes a lot of manpower to do the preliminary work.

Trees and large rocks had to be removed from the ground before steam tractors could pass through.

Harry Charn was one of the first refugees to pass the inspection, and he was assigned to the clean-up team. He prefers to use shovels and pickaxes to clear debris rather than the "difficult" task of building dams and dredging rivers.

Harry Charn was originally a serf from Little Russia, and what he was best at cleaning weeds in the landlord's house.

Unfortunately, the original master sold him to a Jew, which was nothing, and although the tsarist government explicitly forbade the sale of slaves alone, there were always smart people who would have thought of a way.

At this time, Russian serfs and land could not be bought and sold separately, but they could be mortgaged, and then after a series of complex handovers, some serfs could be bought and sold.

It's like Harry Charn was originally called Marlev, but after the deal was completed, he became Harry Charn.

Harry Charn had wanted to show his farming skills in front of the new owner, but the tsar's gendarmes arrived before spring.

The soldiers hanged the man and dragged him into the house, where one of the soldiers took the pamphlet and asked Harry Charn's name and drove him away.

Harry Charn walked aimlessly down the road, but he wasn't alone, and there were many walking dead people on the road with no end in sight.

Along the way, some people cried and cried, and some people shouted excitedly and shouted "Freedom!" But more people are silent, they have no purpose, they have no ideas.

(End of chapter)