The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 691

Galicia in 1846 was actually one of the poorest provinces of the Austrian Empire.At this time, the Austrian Empire did not violate the peace no matter what blame was placed on the local nobles.

The same is true in Galicia, where the local nobles still maintain the production mode of the eighteenth century.

The agricultural efficiency is low, the industry is almost zero, and the mining industry is occupied by several ancient families who eat vegetarian meals.

Due to the lack of foreign immigrants, the whole area is like a pool of stagnant water. Everyone is used to being poor, and the nobles are used to being relatively rich.

The previous governor of Galicia was an excellent military strategist, but he had great distrust of the Galicians.

At the same time, as a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, the governor felt that his mission was to completely destroy this terrible disaster.

So under the guidance of this kind of thinking, Prince Lorenz began to build fortresses in Galicia, demarcated no-man's land, and suppressed and attacked dangerous elements.

In order to facilitate control and prevent contact between dangerous elements, he divided Galicia into grids so that problems can be found and solved in the shortest possible time.

Although the railway built by Franz received his full support, the entire railway line was built along the military fortress, so its effect on economic development was very limited.

On the contrary, the free city of Krakow has ushered in its second spring due to the construction of the railway. Factories have sprung up, and a large number of workers and businessmen have poured in.

Coupled with its special geographical location and transcendent free city qualifications, Krakow's development speed is terrifying, and it even once replaced Warsaw's position in Poland. At its peak, its population reached nearly 30 people.

Although Earl Stadion carried out a series of "effective" reforms after taking over as governor, he had no choice but to miss the best time for development.

Coupled with the ignorance of the local nobles 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 digest the 100 million refugees locally.

Right in the middle of the Transnistria, which runs through Galicia, there are large areas of perennially barren floodplains.

The local land prices are very cheap, but this does not mean that these lands are not fertile.On the contrary, this piece of land that has been eroded by floods for many years is a famous agricultural base for later generations.

It's just that the nobles of Galicia in this era have almost zero ability to transform the land. In fact, even if they have this ability, they are not willing to pay the corresponding price.

In fact, even if they are willing, they can't afford the price. Historically, the Austro-Hungarian Empire completed the regulation of the Transnistria, which opened up a lot of farmland, which led to Galicia's 1880 years from 1910 to 30. The population rose by 57%.

Far from causing any dissatisfaction among the local aristocrats, Franz's massive purchase of land received considerable support.

Especially those nobles who still have connections with the Polish Restoration Army tried their best to facilitate this matter. After all, in their hearts, as long as they won the Restoration War, the land would still be theirs.

And it doesn't make sense to keep these uncultivated lands in your hands, especially in this era of declining livestock and firewood businesses.

The transaction was a hit, and the final price per hectare was set at 10 florins. Although this price was twice as expensive as the Hungarian land Franz bought, it was still much lower than the land price in Netalenya.

In the end, Franz bought 2000 million hectares of land for 200 million florins, which was definitely considered a crazy move at the time.

The nobles and various forces in the country have different opinions on this. Some people think that this is a manifestation of benevolence and royal responsibility, and some people think that this is a waste of money. The people of other countries should be saved by the monarchs of other countries.
However, Franz didn't care what other people commented or thought. He gathered the refugees who had been confirmed to have no signs of infection and went to
In addition, the Transnistria in Galicia has begun to build dams and remediate the river, and ensuring safety is a top priority. The next step is to deal with those barren beaches and wasteland.

At this time, the heavy-duty tractors developed by Franz could finally come in handy. Although they have been improved several times, the weight of these tractors is still more than ten tons.

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

In fact, this is a very local name, because the Austrian tractor at this time is like a locomotive with crawlers, and there are two huge coal boxes and a huge water tank on both sides of the steam, which are convenient for workers to use at any time. Add coal, add water.

Each of these giant steel monsters can pull 15 heavy plows at the same time, and at a speed of eight kilometers per hour, there is almost nothing that can stop these guys.

Normally, each heavy plow requires two oxen, or three strong draft horses to pull it.This time, the newly modified steam tractor directly uses the configuration of the train, and its horsepower is greatly increased. If it is not for land reclamation and deep plowing, it can pull 26 heavy plows.

However, considering that this is land reclamation, and stones, tree roots, and vines will all become resistance, 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.Rather than saying that it is indispensable, it is better to say that it requires a lot of manpower to do the preliminary work.

People need to remove as much trees and large rocks as possible on the ground first, so that the steam tractor can pass.

As the first batch of refugees who passed the inspection, Harry Chan was assigned to the clean-up team.Compared with the "difficult" work of building dams and dredging river channels, he prefers to use shovels and picks to clean up debris.

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

But unfortunately, the original master resold him to a Jew, which was nothing. Although the tsarist government explicitly prohibited the separate trading of slaves, there were always smart people who would think of a way.

At this time, Russian serfs and land could not be sold separately, but they could be mortgaged, and then some serfs could be traded through a series of complicated handovers.

Just like Harry Chan was originally called Mallev, but after the deal was completed he became Harry Chan.

Harry Chahn originally wanted to show off his farming skills in front of his new master, but the Tsar's military police arrived before spring came.

The soldiers hanged the hostess, and then dragged the hostess into the house, and one soldier drove him away after asking Harry Chahn's name with a booklet.

Harry Charn was walking aimlessly on the avenue, but he was not alone. There were many walking corpses walking on the endless road.

Along the way, some people cried and cried, and some excitedly shouted "Freedom!", but more people were silent, they had no purpose, no idea.

(End of this chapter)