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As long as there are conditions to apply, no one will give up.Although it cannot be bought or sold, there is no problem at all for reselling and renting out.

The Near East is a little more remote than the mainland, but the standards have also been relaxed, and the area compensation can be doubled, and it can be higher if it is a mountainous area.

Compared with overseas colonies, this kind of area next to the mainland is still more popular.Not everyone likes to travel far away, it is always good to be close to home.

Besides, although the Ottoman Empire was a bit barbaric, everyone still recognized them, and their positioning in their minds was slightly higher than that of the backcountry.

From this point of view, it is not bad to work hard for the Austrian Emperor.There is both money and land.

As long as he doesn't die, after a few wars, he will be a farmer, and if he is lucky, he can directly counterattack and become a nobleman.

Even if the military merit is not enough, as long as you have this thing, you can still apply for land grant, but the area is limited.

In the non-core territory area, everyone is allowed to buy part of the land at a low price, and also enjoy the treatment of military meritorious land.

This was a special policy adopted by the Vienna government when it was in financial difficulties and Franz could not afford the pension.

It should have been canceled later, but the Austrian Empire expanded too much and owned a large area of ​​no man's land.

Undeveloped land is of no value, and development by the government alone is definitely not enough. Franz does not want to be that kind of big landowner in name only, so this policy has continued.

There will be 10,000+ new farmers, including 80 immigrants from family members.With these direct descendants as the ruling core, the Near East will be stable after millions of immigrants come.

According to research by Austrian sociologists, farmers are the best at making people, and the best of them can even give birth to a football team.

The material conditions are relatively good, the pressure of life is low, and there are few recreational activities in the countryside, which have become the main force of Austria's population growth.

Against the background of the rise of the bourgeoisie all over the world, the Austrian peasant class is also growing.The newly born military nobles have injected new vitality into this class.

Austria has been the world's largest exporter of agricultural products all year round, monopolizing three-quarters of agricultural product exports in the European market, and providing a material foundation for farmers to grow and develop.

Franz did not pay attention to the issue of the growth of the farmer class, where the innate upper limit is placed, and is subject to land resources.

Being able to grow against the times is because Austria has acquired a large amount of land in the process of expansion.When these lands are developed, it will be the upper limit of the farmer class.

Of course, as long as Austria does not decline and continues to monopolize the European agricultural product market by virtue of its geopolitical advantages, the farmer class will be an important force.

Coupled with the political alliance formed with the nobles, it will be no problem to suppress the bourgeoisie for a long time to come.

As loyal supporters of imperial power, these people can carry guns to the battlefield at any time, and they are the country's military responsibility.

With these pillars, even if you can't suppress it, you can still overturn the table.

In theory, this kind of thing is impossible.

The Austrian bourgeoisie cannot be hardened. In addition to the lack of force, the existence of state-owned enterprises and royal consortiums is also an effective check and balance.

If anyone drifts away, he doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth.Within the scope of the rules, Franz can make him bankrupt in minutes, and the consortium is no exception.

The capitalist world can use capital to speak. Water, electricity, energy, and transportation are all stuck, and even the most powerful capitalists can't help it.

Unless you give up the entity and specialize in finance, if this is the case, it will not be successful.The power of the consortium lies in the fact that while they are rich, they also control the jobs of a large group of people.

Without these foundations, money is just a number.The influence in society is very limited.

After taking the document and scanning it roughly, Franz said: "Distribute the cash first, and the government will implement the land granting work as soon as possible.

Considering the special situation in the Near East, the area can be determined first, and the specific land allocation is postponed.Relevant departments should do a good job of explaining and explaining.

The nobility conferring ceremony was held on the day before Christmas.The relevant matters shall be arranged by the cabinet. "

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Chapter 42 Land Qualification

The Near East development plan of the Vienna government undoubtedly injected a boost to the domestic economy, and the stock market was the first to react.

The stock prices of many sectors such as construction, medicine, and engineering equipment soared, as if a new bull market was about to start again.

In order to stimulate stock prices, related companies announced to join the Near East development plan, and "Near East development" became the most popular term in Austria overnight.

Not only domestic capital has been attracted, but also many overseas capital have been moved by the news.

Europe's Great Depression capital had nowhere to go, and Austria's Near East development plan undoubtedly caught up with the good times.

In order to attract attention, the Vienna government will naturally not mention any advance plans, and the focus of publicity will naturally be "billion Aegis investment".

This is definitely the largest investment in history, and it is impossible to surpass it in this century. There is no pressure to brag about it.

The European capital of the original space-time even dared to invest in the United States, which is thousands of miles away, let alone the Near East, which is close at hand.

It's a pity that these guys are too smart, and none of them are slippery. Franz wanted to trick a few unlucky people to undertake the railway construction, but no one took the bait.

No one cares about authorized monopoly operations. There is no way that the Near East is now a blank land. No matter how beautiful the plan of the Vienna government looks, it is just a plan.

Capitalists are masters who don't see rabbits and don't spread eagles. Before the immigration plan is launched, who would not think about investing in railway construction?

Everyone participates in order to make a fortune, not to make contributions.Even if the Near East development plan goes smoothly, it will be more than ten years before it becomes prosperous.

Prior to this, investing in railways was destined to be a loss-making business.Only after more than ten or twenty years of consecutive losses can a profitable business be considered a value investment.

It's a pity that making quick money is still popular these days, and long-term value investing is not within the scope of capitalists' consideration.

Everyone prefers to engage in a project that seems to be able to make a lot of money, carry out artistic processing to paint a grand blueprint, and then go public to collect money.

If you succeed, you will earn blood, and if you fail, you will also have to bear the loss.This is one of the reasons why people are reluctant to invest in railways.

The main factor of this economic crisis affecting the entire capitalist world is the excess of railways, especially in Western European countries such as Britain and France, where there are too many redundant railways.

If you look at the stock market, you will know that the stock prices of railways have fallen the most.

A [-]% discount in the stock market crash is a good thing. Many railway companies have lost their market value in half, and some of them have fallen particularly sharply, less than one-tenth of their peak value.

learn from mistakes.

Investors have just experienced social beatings and have temporarily lost interest in the railway. It is difficult to fool the receivers of this project, and the capitalists are naturally not interested.

No one is going to jump into the sinkhole of the railway, so the Vienna government can only go into battle. However, some people have invested in port terminals and urban renovation.

Although the investment period is also long, these projects are less risky.

Even those who are not optimistic about the Austrian Near East development plan will not think that the Vienna government does not even have the ability to develop coastal areas.

It will take some time for those who report the plan to report the plan, and those who get the project to get the project, and actually invest the funds.

After the war, the Vienna government did not disarm immediately.Hundreds of thousands of troops are busy suppressing bandits at this time, and it is extremely irresponsible to go to construction before solving the security problem.

The development of the Near East is different from the development of Africa. Back then, there was no way. The government had limited power to open up African colonies, so it had to rely on private power.

Today, there are thousands of civilian armed forces, large and small, on the African continent, which add up to more than the standing army of Austria.

While these forces established Austria's dominance on the African continent, it was inevitable that local nobles would grow bigger.

In the European political context, this is naturally not a big deal.The nobles were supposed to have the right to form a private army in their own fief, but no one had raised the flag to rebel.

The African continent is forced to rely on the power of the nobility to rule.The Near East, which is close at hand, is ready for Franz to keep in his hands.

In the recent Imperial Conference, the property rights of the Asia Minor Peninsula, the Middle East, and the Arabian Peninsula were determined, and the representatives passed the motion to designate the above-mentioned areas as the direct jurisdiction of the royal family with absolute advantage.

The combined votes of several small states have exceeded 20%, and theoretically they can veto the resolution.

However, this is only in theory. On the premise that it does not involve their own core interests, no one has deliberately made trouble with the emperor.

Of course, the most important thing is that there is no reason to object.

The imperial parliament has very strict rules, and the emperor has the right to remove a member of parliament if he opposes for the sake of opposition.

The lack of three or five people is a small problem. As long as the number of representatives exceeds half, the meeting held with the emperor's permission will have legal effect.

Members of the five-year term of office, were recalled halfway, do not fill the seat, must wait for the next re-election, the state can send people to re-enter.

The Imperial Parliament has been established for so many years, and no one dares to mess around, because they are afraid of being kicked out by the emperor and losing their right to speak in the empire.

Now that there are no people in the Near East, the conditions for establishing an independent province are simply not met; without people, naturally there is no basis for implementing colonial rule.

It is also a way to divide them into states for rule.It is not known whether the governments of various states will oppose it, anyway, the people below will definitely not agree.

For the people of small countries, spending money to build the Near East, thousands of miles away, has nothing to do with their interests.

Everyone supports the central government's plan to develop the Near East. The division of local finance and central finance is very clear, and whoever owns the territory is responsible for paying for governance.

There are only so many legal properties of land in the Shenluo Empire. If the other conditions are not met, and they are not included in the emperor's direct domain, how can the central government legally invest funds for construction?

Even without considering strategic factors, the Near East must be rebuilt for the "Roman Empire Dream" deep in everyone's hearts.

It can only be said that the Roman Empire is too powerful, and its imprint on European history and culture is too strong. Even if it has been destroyed for thousands of years, there are still a bunch of heirs.

The French call themselves the heirs of Rome, the Russians call themselves the heirs of Rome, the Italians call themselves the heirs of Rome, the Greeks call themselves the heirs of Rome...

As the orthodox successor of the Western Roman Empire, the Germans are no exception, especially after the demise of the Ottoman Empire, the call for rebuilding the Roman Empire became even higher.

Of course, it is still at the stage of talking, and the definition of the official media is very clear-the new Holy Roman Empire.

With a few more words, the meaning is completely different.There are so many guys who claim to be the heirs of the Roman Empire, it is very hateful to shout slogans.

Not only the Near East, but Franz actually planned to include the overseas colonies under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor, but it was postponed temporarily because of the sentiments of the small states.

After all, everyone paid for it together, and suddenly it has nothing to do with them from a legal point of view, so maybe some people can't figure it out.

These are all minor issues. The overseas colonies are all vassals of the Emperor Franz, not princes of the empire. It has been legally determined from the very beginning.

It's not that everyone doesn't want to be a prince, but it's a pity that Franz won't be granted the title.There is nothing the emperor can do if he doesn't agree, so he can't jump out and make trouble with the emperor, right?

That is to tell everyone clearly: I have problems, I have ambitions, and I want...

Franz had never seen such a fool.After all, it's impossible to get up all the way by relying on military merits, and the brain is not flexible.

Since he is a vassal of the emperor, there is no way to fight against the emperor, otherwise he can be expelled in minutes.

This is also the reason why the emerging nobles are more obedient. The glory and power are bound to the emperor. If you don't follow the boss, you will lose all of them.

The biggest advantage of the emperor's direct control is that theoretically all unowned land belongs to the emperor, and the government only manages the place for the emperor.

Of course, this is only in theory.If you really eat alone like this, you will become a lonely family.

Franz didn't keep a single mu of high-quality fertile land, pastures, and forests, and used them all to award meritorious officials. These areas are also the government's next key construction areas.

(Remarks: Fertile land, pastures, and forests can all be converted into military meritorious land, and the specific ratio is determined according to the actual situation)

After everyone has finished selecting, the remaining rotten land belongs to the emperor legally.Where to put it for the time being, we will talk about it when it needs to be developed in the future.

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After the knighting ceremony was completed, Franz led a group of emerging nobles to draw circles on the map, all of which were determined in advance, and now they are only clarified from the legal point of view.

Looking at the excited crowd, Franz knew that the show was a success.It's right to think about it, isn't everyone shrouded in horse leather on the battlefield for the glory of this moment?

From now on, no matter what their origins were before, they now have a unified title-nobility.

With political status, one's own pockets will soon bulge up.Nobles with fiefs these days, as long as they don't mess around, they won't be too poor.

The soldiers below can obtain hundreds of acres of land to become farmers, not to mention the nobles, perhaps they should not use mu as the unit, and it is more appropriate to replace it with square kilometers.

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Chapter 43 The Last Counterattack

France and Russia need to recover, Austria is busy with the development of the Near East, and the three major European countries are all busy and have no energy to do things.

The general environment is like this, and the British are not messing around.The international situation suddenly eased, and the smell of gunpowder gradually faded from the European continent as time went by.

Franz is in a good mood. If there are no accidents, he will be promoted to another generation in a few months.

People's concepts will change when they get older, and Franz is no exception. Although the expectation of having a grandson is not as high as Queen Helen's, it is not low.

The royal family needs an heir. Although the crown prince Frederick is not too old, this kind of thing should happen sooner rather than later.

Countless pairs of eyes are staring at the outside world, and the birth of the third generation earlier can also make everyone feel at ease earlier.

The happy time is always short-lived. Seeing Prime Minister Felix coming in a hurry, Franz knew that trouble was at his door again.

"Your Majesty, something happened on the Asia Minor peninsula."

Hearing "Asia Minor Peninsula", Franz's expression tightened.

The development of the Near East is the most important strategy of the Vienna government in the next ten years. After completing this strategy, Austria's strategic security will be fundamentally improved.

The Asia Minor peninsula, located at the junction of Asia, Europe and Africa, has always been a battleground for military strategists.The Roman Empire and the Ottoman Empire both controlled this place, so they dominated the Mediterranean Sea and regarded the three continents of Asia, Europe and Africa as tigers.

It's the same here in Austria. As long as you control the Asia Minor peninsula, you can get the oil in the Middle East and the resources in Africa.Naturally, it has also become the core of the Near East Development Strategy.

In addition to high value, another important factor is safety, which is very suitable as a rear.

The Caucasus region is not suitable for large armies to fight, and it is impossible for the Russians to fight over the mountains; Armenia and Persia are small beans and cannot become a threat.