Holy Roman Empire

The sudden economic crisis has also affected the Austrian government. This is the first time they have experienced it. Everyone has little experience.

Ordinary economic crises will just go away. The problem is the economic crisis caused by this industrial crisis. The traditional response plan is obviously out of date.

Government funding to save the world?

This is obviously impossible. Metternich will only think of how to save these capitalists unless his brain gets flooded.

Of course, there are still necessary measures. For example, due to the skyrocketing prices, the government reduced the tariffs and immediately returned to normal.

However, the domestic crisis has not been lifted, and the capitalists and nobles who have hoarded a lot of materials have lost their pants this time.

Taking daily necessities as an example, the price in the current retail market in Vienna is only 66% in the first half of 1847, which is less than one-third of the retail price during the highest price period in December.

The price drop is only one aspect. The most important thing is the decline in purchasing power. Even at such a price, the public has no money to buy it.

This is a tragedy.

Under normal circumstances, the wholesale price of daily necessities is 30% or 40% lower than the retail price, and the retail price has fallen. Capitalists have to pay a sum of money to leave the market. Most people can afford this loss.

The problem now is that there is no market for prices, where a bunch of goods are piled up, but no buyers can be found.

Strong capitalists can also insist that those with insufficient strength have broken their capital chains and ran out of debt to banks.

As a result, financial institutions in Austria have been hit hard. The financial crisis broke out and the vicious circle continued to ferment.

The Great Depression era is coming, not only Austria, but the entire European continent, except Russia, no one can be alone.

There is no doubt that the "Labor Protection Law" promulgated by the Government of Vienna has been suspended, and the work is gone. What treatment should we talk about?

The bourgeoisie ’s purpose was achieved, the Vienna government did make concessions, and the Labor Protection Act was temporarily suspended, but this was not what they wanted.

The sudden economic crisis has seriously damaged the bourgeoisie.As the market competition has become brutal, the internal contradictions among capitalists are also increasing.

Prime Minister Metternich became the biggest winner and the biggest loser.He successfully thwarted the bourgeois conspiracy, but unfortunately the mess after the victory still requires him to clean up.

Franz, the melon-eater, was stunned. He did not expect that it ended up like this in the end. The bourgeoisie, the nobles, and the government were all losers in this political struggle.

If there is a winner, Ferdinand I, who did nothing in the palace, is one of them, but unfortunately he does not feel it.

Next, the working class is a half-win, and the Austrian economic crisis is worse than it was in history, and their days are even harder. The only gain is a "Labor Protection Law" that does not yet know when it will be realized.

In short, the future is beautiful, and the reality is cruel.

"Duke, last night, a revolution broke out in Sicily!"

The head of intelligence, Tylen, hurried in and brought this shocking news to Franz.

Franz was indeed shocked. Did n’t the European Revolution of 1848 start in France in February?How did a Sicilian revolution emerge?

Well, Franz admits that his knowledge of Sicily is limited to the beautiful legend of Sicily. The land here is fertile and suitable for food production. It is located in the center of the Mediterranean, and the strategic position is very important.

Then there was no more, and I recalled it carefully. Franz remembered that the history book seemed to raise a sentence. Before the February Revolution in France, the January Revolution broke out in Italy.

The original text was the January Revolution in Italy, which opened the prelude to the European Revolution of 1848. It was just such a pass, without extra explanation, and Franz did not pay much attention to it.

This is a tiankeng!Italy has not yet been unified. Now that Sicily is still an independent kingdom of Sicily, has a Mao relationship with Italy?

To this end, he also specially sent people to stare at the Kingdom of Sardinia, who let them finally unify Italy?

Soon Franz recovered, and he was not specialized in historical research. It is normal to be unfamiliar with small events that are not valued in history.

"Is the scale of this revolution? Has the kingdom of Sicily been overthrown?"

Why did the revolution break out? He can guess without asking this. The economic crisis broke out and the lives of the people of the Kingdom of Sicily could not survive!

"Duke, this is not clear yet. We have too few intelligence personnel in the Kingdom of Sicily, so there is no way to figure out the situation in such a short time!"

Taryn is puzzled to explain that this is really not that he did not work hard, but it is not that intelligence work can be completed overnight, and it is good to receive the news in such a short time.

In this era, radio telegraphs had not been invented. The cable telegraphs laid in big cities, and what happened in Sicily, could only reach Vienna after a series of relays.

If you wait for the news to spread naturally, it is likely that the news will lag three to five days, or even a week or two.

"Well, that's it, let's focus on Vienna, Milan, Venice and Budapest. The revolution in the Kingdom of Sicily may cause a chain reaction!" Franz thought and said

He already wanted to understand that things outside can't be controlled. Let's stabilize the country first, and then leave it alone, at least to receive news before the outbreak of the revolution, are you prepared?

"Yes, Grand Duke!"

Seeing that Franz didn't blame, Tylen was relieved. The intelligence organization's combat effectiveness has dropped a lot compared to those years, and his responsible person also has unshirkable responsibilities.

Well, he still doesn't know how low Franz expects them.As the so-called cheap is not good, good is not cheap.

In intelligence organizations, more than 95% of the personnel are voluntary labor, without a penny of compensation, what else can Franz ask?

These are the results of the Habsburg family's years of management. It is not a joke to conquer Europe with the lower body. The relationship network has long spread across the continent.

Taking advantage of these relationships, it is okay to communicate with each other, and to order others to do things, Franz does not think he has such a strong domineering spirit.

As for Tylen, there is no doubt that it is a temporary substitute. When the intelligence organization created by Franz himself is completed, they are on the bright surface to attract outside attention.

The Sicilian revolution broke out, and Franz began to prepare. He didn't dare to place his life on others.

With this as an excuse, Franz conducted a training session for the Royal Guard, and reorganized the existence of indiscriminate replenishment.