Holy Roman Empire

Well, Franz did the same thing.In addition to the royal industry on the bright side, most industries are also controlled secretly and commanded remotely from behind.

There is no way, these industries are all placed under the name of the royal family.

Chapter 187 Immigration

Prime Minister Felix: "Up to now, there have been 1876 bankrupt companies in China, and the number of unemployed has exceeded 247 million, a record high.

Among them, the cotton textile industry suffered the most losses. A quarter of the textile mills went bankrupt, and more than half of the cotton textile mills announced a reduction in production, resulting in a direct drop in production capacity of 37%.

It is closely followed by shipbuilding, which has seen few new orders in recent months due to reduced international trade.Even a large part of the original orders were affected by the economic crisis and declared defaults.

Steel..."

Bad news kept ringing in Franz's ears, the inevitable result of the economic crisis.

During the Great Depression, the market shrank, and companies cut production capacity and layoffs in order to survive the crisis, causing the market to shrink further, forming a vicious circle.

To solve the crisis is very simple, either find a new market to transfer the crisis, or wait for the market to recover naturally.

The current situation is very obvious. The whole of Europe is affected by Austria. If you want to transfer the crisis, you have nowhere to go. You can only rely on the market to recover.

After the survival of the fittest, the backward production capacity is eliminated.Most of the surviving companies have worked hard on management or technology, and every time the economy is over, it is also a period of technological explosion.

Unlike in the past, after the outbreak of the economic crisis, the Vienna government did not increase investment in public facilities and increase employment, but instead allowed the market to freely adjust.

Franz asked: "How is the immigration process going?"

The crisis is not scary, what is scary is the unemployed population generated in the crisis.These days, the working class has a serious lack of ability to resist risks. It's okay to be unemployed for two or three months.

The way to get through the crisis is very simple, just immigrate directly.The colony is under development and lacks a large workforce.

Under normal circumstances, except for those who are restless and want to get rich, few people are willing to leave their homes and go to the colonies to work hard.

To put it bluntly, the golden time to go to the colony and make a fortune is over.With the continuous development, the conditions of the colony are getting better and better, but the chances of making a fortune are getting less and less.

Early immigrants, as long as they worked hard and didn't die, were basically able to make a fortune.Up to now, it can only be said that there are more opportunities than domestic ones.

If you want to get ahead, in addition to daring to fight and work hard, you must also have a flexible mind and a little luck.

The temptation has diminished, and so has everyone’s enthusiasm for immigration.Even though Austria has already started its colonial localization strategy, the time is still short, and the infrastructure is still far from comparable to that of the country.

Especially in the fields of transportation, medical care, and education, the gap is huge.The traffic problem is that the development time is too short, and the medical care and education are the lack of talents.

It's not that Austria lacks doctors and teachers, it's mainly that these people can live well at home and have no motivation to go to the colonies to fight.

In order to solve these problems, the Vienna government also set up schools on the African continent to train doctors and teachers on the spot.

This is not to be seen in a short period of time, and it will take time to accumulate.Especially the training of doctors, according to the current education system in Austria, there is no medical profession less than seven years, and it takes ten years to train a qualified doctor.

This is not a high demand from Franz, but a practical need.In the era of lack of medical equipment, seeing a doctor depends entirely on the doctor's personal ability, and quick success is impossible.

Colonial Secretary Stephen replied: "As of now, the number of registered immigrants has exceeded the 120 million mark, and 68 resettlements have been completed.

The number of applicants continues to increase. According to the current domestic economic situation, it is estimated that the final total number of immigrants may exceed 300 million. "

This is the characteristic of the economic crisis. In the early stage, the people still have savings to support, and the later life will become more difficult.

It's no surprise to sign up for immigration in order to survive.If people really choose voluntarily, it is estimated that there are not many people in Austria who want to go to colonies.

In order to encourage everyone to emigrate, the Vienna government is also heartbroken.Many colonial companies recruit immigrants in two situations, one is direct immigration, and the other is going to Africa to work.

Most people will choose the second one. Even if the Vienna government, which immigrated directly, will subsidize the settlement fee, it will not shake everyone's determination.

Many people also fantasize about working hard on the African continent for a few years and then returning to their hometown to buy a home when they save enough money.The reality is that after living on the African continent for a few years, most people stay.

No way, income is the key.The African continent lacks labor, and ordinary workers are naturally paid more than their native counterparts.

After getting used to high wages, and then going back to low wages, the standard of living does not rise but declines. Few people can stand it.

In order to attract more people, the colonial government encouraged everyone to bring their families.Africa is no longer a barren land, and many people go to colonies with their families for the convenience of living.

Franz nodded: "Immigration work, continue to hurry. Now is the best opportunity. Once the economic crisis is over, it will not be easy to have so many immigrants in the future.

How is the situation abroad? Is it possible for all countries to reach a consensus in the short term after the Paris conference? "

"Yes, Your Majesty! The Colonial Department has formulated a plan to absorb immigrants as much as possible during the economic crisis." Stephen replied.

Foreign Secretary Weisenberg: "Your Majesty, the countries of Europe are deeply engulfed in the economy, and life is not easy for everyone right now.

However, the overall situation has stabilized.The French have suppressed the Italian uprising, and Napoleon IV has directly controlled Paris.

It is worth mentioning that the relationship between Prussia and Germany has deteriorated sharply, because the outbreak of the Rhineland Uprising directly pierced the last layer of window paper to maintain the relationship between the two countries.

According to the agreement, when the Rhineland Uprising broke out, it was actually approaching the handover period in the treaty. The German federal government wanted to hand over in advance, but was rejected by the Berlin government.

In order to get more immigrants, the Prussians sent troops to suppress the uprising, forcing a large number of people to leave.

Judging from the information we have received, the Berlin government has basically emptied the essence of the Rhineland region. Engineers, scientists, doctors, and teachers have almost been wiped out.

Under the intervention of European countries, the Berlin government has just handed over to the German Federal Empire, but the progress is very slow.

Preliminary estimates suggest that the Berlin government may delay until a year later.Now they are still using the last time to dig people, maybe when the German Federal Empire takes over, there are not even skilled workers in the area.

Affected by the economic crisis, the Paris meeting went very poorly.Governments of various countries are not in the meeting, and some people even want to pass on the crisis through colonies in a whimsical way.

In the battle for colonies, everyone is at odds with each other.In addition, the British are deliberately doing things again, and they seem to want to fish in the water, which makes the prospect of the Paris conference even more gloomy. "

Franz nodded. The Kingdom of Prussia has taken away millions of immigrants from the Rhineland region.

This is all digging the corner of the German Federal Empire. The most valuable thing in the Rhineland region is not the mineral resources, but these high-quality talents.The two sides did not fight directly, and they were already very restrained.

As for the British deliberately leaving hidden dangers between countries, these are all familiar recipes and familiar tastes.If they didn't do it, Franz would have a problem.

The Paris Peace Conference was not falsely convened to mediate conflicts among countries and reduce international conflicts, but from the standpoint of the British, the real purpose was to reduce conflicts between themselves and other countries.

Will other colonial empires come into conflict, what does it matter to them?Deliberately provoking relations between countries is entirely John Bull's habitual operation.

If all the contradictions in the European countries are gone, and everyone can live together peacefully and be good neighbors, will the London government still be able to sleep?

Chapter 188

The impact of the economic crisis was a little bigger than Franz had estimated.Affected by the butterfly effect, the global industrial volume is now much higher than the historical period, but the market has not increased much.

After the economic crisis broke out, these hidden crises were exposed.By the end of 1876, the economic crisis had crossed the ocean and spread to the Americas.

The first to be affected by Chiyu is not the capitalists in the north, but the farmers in the south.

The decline in the production capacity of the textile industry is not only in Austria, but also in all European countries, which directly leads to a decline in the market demand for cotton, and the first large-scale slow sales of cotton in the south.

Seemingly ordinary events, but the impact is far-reaching.There were calls to develop their own cotton textile industry in the Confederate States of America, and there was action.

In order to obtain greater benefits, farmers have been unwilling to be only raw material suppliers and have begun to reach out to downstream industries.

Franz, who received the information, just smiled and said that the development of industry by the Allied countries had little effect on Austria.In a sense, it is still positive.

This means that the power gap between the North and the South will gradually narrow.You know, in order to balance the power gap between the North and the South, European countries have tacitly restricted immigration to the North in recent years.

Even if it is so biased, it only maintains the balance, and the advantage of the northern government is still obvious.

If it weren't for the shock and deterrence of the three countries of Britain, France and Austria, the capitalists in the north did not dare to act rashly, and the second civil war might have already begun.

From Austria's standpoint, it is natural to hope that the southern government has a certain industrial strength and can compete with the north, rather than simply relying on European countries to take sides.

In case there is a change in Europe one day, and there is no time to take care of the American continent, the southern government needs at least one battle.

Franz is not worried about the combat effectiveness of the army. Facts have proved that the capitalists in the north cannot defeat the farmers in the south, but now the war is all about industrial and organizational ability.

Among them, "industry" is a prerequisite. Without enough industry, it is impossible to guarantee the supply of weapons and ammunition, and it is impossible to talk about organizational capabilities.

There are advantages and disadvantages. After the southern government develops its industry, it will inevitably impact the international market and add a competitor.

However, the first unlucky are the British, who made them the hegemons of the cotton textile industry?

The Vienna government has been betting on the second industrial revolution, and core industries are transitioning to emerging industries, and there is no fear of competition in this regard.

Not to mention the Americans, even Britain and France lag behind in this regard.It is not technology that lags behind, but lags behind in talent training.

A new technology has also been developed, and Austria can put it into industrial production within a few months, but Britain and France need two or three years to prepare.

Just looking for a few people on the street in Austria has the potential to become an engineer, while in Britain and France the proportion is much lower.

Not to mention the Confederate States of America, whose education systems are even more backward.The most suitable development path for them now is to copy European countries.

First, rely on piracy to increase the number of industries. After the development reaches a certain scale, quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes, and the road of independent innovation will gradually be opened.

This is also the way Austria originally took, but it caught up with the second industrial revolution and went directly to the express train, saving a lot of time.

……

"Immigration" was a hot topic in 1876, and the high salaries on the African continent were brought to light by the government's fanfare touting the benefits of immigration.

Inside a Vienna grocery store, the owner, Rallsf, is doing ideological work for his subordinates.

"The African continent is not so beautiful, there are frequent poisonous insects and beasts, and there are savage and cruel tribes of cannibals who accidentally go on the barbecue.

Don't read the good news in the newspapers, it's just fooling you in the past.If it was so easy to get rich, I would have immigrated.

......"

After a long editorial, many immigrant hearts have faded.Everyone knows that the African continent may not be as bad as the boss said, and it is definitely not as good.

Even in the newspapers, no one says the African continent is better.The emphasis is on "high pay" and "opportunity", downplaying "risk".

Today, the African continent still has a higher death rate than the mainland.Even the local black factories have greatly increased the mortality rate, which is far less than the lethality brought by the disease.

These data are not secrets and are reported in newspapers as well.In order to reduce mortality, the government has also issued the "African Survival Handbook", which records the things that need to be paid attention to in life.

These all prove that the African continent is not a paradise, and if you want to get rich, you must first survive.

Seeing that everyone was shaken, Ralph nodded in satisfaction.

Vienna is not an industrial city, and it is less affected by the economic crisis. Except for the financial industry, which has been affected a little, other industries have hardly changed, and the business of grocery stores is also passable.

Unlike in the past, when salaries can be cut in an economic crisis, now Ralph's first priority is to keep people.

The seemingly unskilled grocery store salesperson is also not capable of everything.

First, remember better.The location of the product must be remembered clearly so that the customer's product can be found in the shortest possible time.

Secondly, you must have a certain cultural knowledge, and you can keep the accounts clearly.

Finally, have a pair of sharp eyes.Able to catch thieves in this age without surveillance.

Talented people may be able to do the job in a few days; without talent, after a few years of training, there will be frequent troubles.

Most salespeople work for life, and the main reason is that there is a risk in changing people.In the event of an incompetent person, or someone with a bad mind, the boss's loss will be huge.

While Ralph was proud of his eloquence, a familiar voice sounded.

"Mr. Ralph, I have signed up for immigration."

Ralph: "It doesn't matter Ren, you can quit after you sign up. Immigration is all voluntary, and you won't be forced."

After a moment of silence, Ren lowered his head: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ralph. Thank you for your care, I still want to go out."

Ralph was already furious, but just for the sake of showing his gentlemanly demeanor in front of everyone, he forcibly suppressed his anger: "You have to think about it, this step will make it difficult to turn back."

Ren lowered his head, as if he did not dare to answer.

Looking at Ren's performance, Ralph knew that he had made up his mind, sighed, and pretended to be generous and said, "Forget it, since you've made up your mind, go out and try it!

If the outside is not good, you can come back again, this is your second home.God bless you! "

Seeing everyone's moved expressions, Ralph's inner anger also subsided.After leaving a Ren, he also bought people's hearts.

Unlike a factory that can force everyone to work with a whip, a grocery store cannot be managed like that. If he loses his heart, any clerk can make him lose a lot.

This is based on countless lessons from the past. Rallsf has gradually developed and grown after summarizing the experience of others' failures.

Now he has a total of five grocery stores in Vienna, and they can run normally, and they can only make a show.This is the cheapest way to buy people's hearts.

The grocery store was just a blip, and not many people left from Vienna.The largest number of immigrants is still the most industrially developed Bohemia region, followed by Lombardy, Venice, Bavaria and other regions.

Now the mainstream of immigrants is unemployed workers. Affected by the wave of unemployment, people can't find new jobs after unemployment, lose their source of income, and have to go outside.

The departure of unemployed workers has not attracted everyone's attention.For many people, they wish they all disappeared.

In every economy, unemployed workers are the most unstable factor.Without these people, social security has improved markedly.

But it's different for capitalists. Seeing a large number of immigrants leave the country, many capitalists are worried.If people are gone, where are they going to find cheap labor?

I originally planned to take advantage of the economic crisis to suppress the newly increased salary, but now I can only think about it.

For fear of urgency, the entire factory was empty.This is a lesson from the past, and similar news has been published in the newspapers.