The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven Chapter 77

"Did the two of them do anything strange to you last night?" Mrs. Sophie asked cautiously, possibly because she was afraid of hurting Franz's self-esteem.

"No." Franz obviously showed an impatient attitude, obviously he knew what Madam Sophie was talking about.

It's just that Madam Sophie was worried and asked again.

"Then you didn't do anything strange to the two of them, did you?"

"..." Franz was speechless for a while.

When Thalia came back, she found Mrs. Sophie asleep in Franz's bed.

It seems that in the continuous hot weather, no matter who it is, the quality of sleep is greatly affected.

"Thalia, if you are in a bad mood, you can go to the academy more. Palace life is still too depressing for you, and the academy will open next year at the latest, so you can pay more attention. Permission, I have already Let mother write it."

Franz handed over the permit to Talia, and Talia was still very excited, because "becoming an official" had always been her dream, but she couldn't be happy.

Franz didn't pay too much attention to Thalia. His requirements for Thalia have always been very low, because Thalia used to be his only helper and also his only friend.

In the past, Franz couldn't directly come forward for many things, and they had to go through Thalia's hands to achieve them. Now Franz already has his own attendant. Although the loyalty of this attendant is unknown, his ability is still there. Nothing to say.

As Franz grows older, there will be more and more people around him, and Franz's layout is too large. Thalia and Ajani can be regarded as very outstanding women, but they want to help Zov Lanz is still far behind.

What Franz needs is a complete team and specialized professionals.

After the opening of the Royal Women's Academy in Vienna, Thalia may be able to provide Franz with some talents, of course, it will be a few years at the earliest.

As for whether or how many talents can be provided, Franz is still unclear, and he doesn't care, after all, this is just one of the many big nets he has cast.

The most severely affected by the drought in the Austrian Empire was Hungary, but the Hungarian nobles did not see any disturbances at all.

In fact, the drought in Hungary is a good thing for the big landowners in Hungary.

Because serfdom has fallen behind the times, the real nobles have already adopted a new model.

They hired professional farm brokers from Austria to take care of the farm for them.

The crops planted are no longer simple wheat and rye, but adopt a rotation system to grow green fodder in addition to grain, and also grow corn, rapeseed, sugar beets, sunflowers and potatoes to replace single grain crops.

At the same time, large-scale mechanization has also greatly reduced the demand for agricultural labor. A skilled worker with two donkeys and a harvester can complete the work of fifty serfs in a day.

Agriculture in Hungary in this era was extremely rough. Dirty, earthy Hungarian grain and long and short, greasy, dirty wool are rarely bought in the market and sold cheaply.

The utilization rate of cultivated land is low, because the market is not good, and one-third of the cultivated land has been idle for many years. There is also a large amount of land suitable for cultivation that is artificially prohibited from being used as hunting grounds for nobles.

Coupled with the impact of Austria's entry into the German Customs Union, Hungary's food can hardly make money, so it is better to grow some cash crops such as sugar beets.

Farmers harvest crops with scythes in hand, thresh grain with horse-drawn rollers, and hide grain in cellars, which is no different from the Middle Ages.

Starving serfs to death in Austria was a felony, but peasants were not protected by this law. That's why the Hungarian landlords encouraged the serfs to escape, and then paid for the employment of farmers without land, such a wonderful scene.

So in order to save costs, the great nobles drove the serfs to bad lands that were not suitable for mass production, and left them to fend for themselves.

As for the method of merging land, it is also very simple and crude. For example, when collecting taxes, farmers are not collected in kind, but farmers are required to pay in money.

Or forcefully buy farmers' crops at a low price, and then ask farmers to pay taxes in kind, and if they fail to pay, they will be fined heavily...or ask farmers who grow grain to pay cattle and mutton, and so on...

In this way, the great nobles can obtain large tracts of land, and can also convert landed farmers into their farm laborers.

It is not only the free peasants who are persecuted by the big nobles, but also the small nobles. They are completely unable to resist the risks in agriculture. As long as there are a few fluctuations in agriculture, they will become the so-called "single-clothed nobles".

What the Hungarian nobles hate most is the obligation to be a slave owner. When the serf is sick, they have to see a doctor for the serf. If the serf suffers from a disaster, they must provide relief. If a serf starves to death, they will be severely punished and even set aside enough Woodlands and pastures for serfs to chop firewood and graze livestock.

If this natural disaster can be used to make the serfs voluntarily give up their status as serfs, it will be of great help to them.

But why did the great nobles oppose the emancipation of the serfs? Because the Austrian government is not a fool, it has long been stipulated in the law that the liberated serfs must obtain a piece of land.

Because serfs would not be able to survive without land. If a large group of people who could not survive were allowed to roam the country~www.mtlnovel.com~then there would be only one final result, that is, a peasant uprising. Austria, which experienced the Hussite War, Don't want to go through it again.

For the big landlords and aristocrats in Hungary, once the land is distributed to farmers, it will be difficult for the farms to be connected to large-scale production. The so-called redemption policy of the Austrian Empire is as far away as the debt of the Austrian Empire, and the serfs are unable to pay it off at once, and it often takes decades.

There is also a very strange place in Hungary, that is, until World War II, they still have a large area of ​​uncultivated wasteland.

This is why after the Soviets took over, Hungarian agriculture was able to experience a miracle of six times.

The price of wasteland in Hungary is frighteningly low, but due to various reasons such as policies and ethnicity, ordinary people dare not buy land in Hungary, even if they do, they dare not go there.

However, the status of the Franz family is very special. Even if they buy land in Hungary, there will be no unscrupulous officials to point fingers, let alone robbers who want to invade the royal family's territory.

For example, Fu Yin Fu Dina used to be an area full of sorrow, hunger, bandits and wild animals.

However, after Austria took over Voyinvodina in the early eighteenth century, Voyinvodina, as a royal domain, became one of the wealthiest regions in the entire Balkans.

Franz wants to buy land in Hungary and build a royal manor, which can not only solve the refugee problem, but also increase food production. Why not do it?

What is even more strange about Hungary is that there are not only many wastelands here, but there are even many wastelands without owners. These wastelands belong to Hungary, but not to the king of Hungary.

So Franz still needs a little help, such as a nobleman who is willing to claim these wastelands and sell them to the royal family.

Chapter end