In the early morning, the roar of steam engines rolled in. No one was surprised. This was the Port of Venice, the largest trading port in and out of the new Holy Roman Empire. There were three-digit ships entering and leaving every day.

Here the roar of the steam engine has become a part of people's lives. The workers on the dock have gathered together, waiting for the boat to dock.

Life is not easy. In this era of limited productivity, it is not easy to fill your stomach.

Arnau is an ordinary dock worker. He worked here for three years. His young dreams were wiped out in the face of reality. He wanted to go abroad several times, but when he thought about his wife and children, he finally gave up.

The work on the dock is very tiring and hard, and has very high physical requirements. People who cannot carry 180 kilograms cannot afford this bowl of rice.

This is not a problem for Arno. He is not afraid of hardship or fatigue. He just wants to take on more work, earn more money, and let his family live a good life.

It is best to send the boys at home to school to study some books. Don’t see that Austria has implemented compulsory education, but this is not as good as Arnold.

Just because he is not a local resident and does not have Austrian nationality. He has no impact on his daily life and work.

After all, he is a coolie, and no one cares which country the lowest-level worker is from. However, when it comes to social welfare, it has nothing to do with Arno.

As early as more than ten years ago, he went to Venice with his father from Ancona to make a living. He has returned to his hometown three times over the years, one of which was getting married, and the other two were on the boat.

Austria has very strict nationality management. If it is both a German nation, then as long as it has no criminal record, naturalization is very simple.

Other ethnic groups are different. Even Arno has been in Venice for more than ten years, but he still does not meet the conditions.

In addition to scientists, designers, engineers, and doctors, there are many restrictions on other professions that want to immigrate to Austria.

Arnault recited clearly:

1. No criminal record, correct political ideas;

2. Living in Austria for 20 years or born in Austria and living here for a long time;

3. Make certain contributions to society (those who are major contributors can be directly naturalized);

3. It must not be lower than the university degree (excellent students in science and engineering can lower other standards);

4. Be able to use German proficiently and inherit Austrian cultural traditions;

5. Personal assets shall not be less than 8ooo ASCHE;

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This is not Franz deliberately excludes immigrants, mainly because when he succeeded to the throne, the proportion of Austrian ethnic groups was seriously unbalanced, and the main ethnic groups were less than one-quarter.

In that context, isn’t it too much trouble to accept immigrants from other ethnic groups?

In order to avoid this, the Vienna government has formulated an almost unsatisfactory immigration condition.

Facts have proved that this policy is very correct and has played a significant role in improving the proportion of the main ethnic groups.

If there is no restriction, there are hundreds of thousands of Italians in Austria. Currently, foreign Italians living in Lombardy and Venetian areas have exceeded 500,000.

Not only Italians, but also a large number of foreign Poles, Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, and Bulgarians in Austria...

Faced with this situation, Franz, a clan who restricts immigration, dared to open up even more. It was not easy to integrate ethnic groups, so adding millions of people to come in isn’t it uncomfortable?

Anyway, Austria does not lack labor and does not need these ordinary immigrants.

The high-quality immigration that Austria needs is no joke. Those people can live a very comfortable life in any European country.

Arnault became a victim of this policy, and unless God favored, the possibility of obtaining Austrian nationality is almost zero.

Nowadays, there are very few social welfare in Austria. Apart from compulsory education, Arnault doesn’t feel much difference.

In any case, the income in Venice is far higher than that in my hometown. Not only can the family fill their stomachs, but they can also have some surplus.

The food on the pier is pretty good, at least in this era. There is enough black bread and meat every day.

Don't get me wrong, this meat is fish. This is Venice. The price of fish is not much more expensive than black bread. It is not as expensive as white bread.

In order to ensure the physical strength of the workers, meat eating is essential. The capitalists who contract the docks are not stupid. They know very well that only the workers have the strength can earn more money for them.

On the surface, the handling on the dock does not have any technical content; in fact, those who know the knowledge know that skilled workers can reduce the loss rate in handling.

Don’t look at the inconspicuous loss rate, this is the competitiveness of the wharf. There are many ports in Austria, but there are more wharfs.

Most of the docks belong to the government. When contracted to individuals, they were intentionally split and broke the regional monopoly.

If the loading and unloading at a certain dock is too great, it would be fine if you have a dispute with the customer. The most important thing is that your reputation is that you have a bad reputation and no ship will come later.

In this regard, Arnault was lucky. This competition increased their weight in the eyes of capitalists, although it was still so trivial, but it finally did not treat them as disposable items.

For example: basically, we have paid wages on time, paid overtime wages stipulated by law, and met the industry catering standards stipulated by the state.

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"Arno, do you know that banner?"

The question was about Arnold Fachel, a fellow villager who had just come from his hometown and was full of curiosity about everything.

After looking at Arno, he said with some envy: "I don't know you, it seems that it should be the family emblem of a noble family."

Ships that hang the aristocratic family emblems and flags are usually private ships and do not undertake commercial transportation. This is the standard configuration of local nobles.

Of course, there are exceptions occasionally. Some other nobles are not without their own family emblems on merchant ships.

Fachel sighed: "When will it be great if I can have such a ship!"

Arnor rolled his eyes and did not dream in the daytime. He had done such a dream many times, but it was useless.

A middle-aged man in a suit and tie had come forward to negotiate with the ship owner. If the price was negotiated, Arnault and others would have some work to do.

"Dear Baron Ficney, Manal is honored to serve you!"

Baron Ficney nodded tiredly and ordered: "Manal, arrange for people to remove all the things on the ship and take them to the train station.

Will, you bring them to work with them. I am going to visit Viscount Obila's house now, and we will return to Vienna in three days."

After saying that, Baron Ficney began to close his eyes and rest. As the first existence to go to the colonial cash mine, Ficney is now returning home in glory.

When he went to the colony, Fickney was so depressed that he even mortgaged his family's fiefdom and owed considerable foreign debts. Now he is a wealthy man with a net worth of millions of dollars.

So many years have passed, and the gold mine has been mined very little. However, while mining the gold mine, Fickney is not idle either.

I don’t know if it’s because of his racial talent. Originally, he opened a farm just to meet the living needs of the workers in the gold mine, but he didn’t expect that he would grow like a snowball behind him.

Now, his farm and plantations have a total area of ​​more than 4,800 hectares, making him a famous landlord in the local area.

Looking at the large area of ​​land, Baron Ficney had no choice but to show his helplessness, and he could no longer leave! The main purpose of returning to China this time was to promote the process of colonial and local integration.

There are so many Austrian colonies, it is certainly impossible to incorporate them into the local area. This is well known. However, it is very possible to merge the already-discovered land into the local area.

In order to promote this plan, in recent times, many nobles who have opened plantations in Africa have returned to China for public relations.

Once the African colonies were localized, Baron Ficney was ready to turn the farms and plantations he had opened into the fiefdom of his family.

During the years of the 6th period in Africa, he has also accumulated a lot of merits. If he replaces his local fiefdom to Africa, he can not only convert his own land into fiefdom, but also the land where he had joined the group of people he had in the past could be included.

The total area is 6 larger than that of Europe. With this foundation, the family can enter the circle of great nobles by working hard for several generations.

Not only Baron Ficney, but many nobles have the same plan. The local competition is too fierce to give birth to more great nobles.

But the African Great Six is ​​different. As long as you are willing to invest in it, a family of great nobles will be born again after several generations.

Many colonial capitalists, including those who are planning to take advantage of this opportunity to transform, and once localization is passed, their opportunities will come.

In Europe, they are like them, and they cannot enter the upper class. Even if they spend money and become nobles, they will not be able to gain everyone's recognition.

The African Big 6 is different. In addition to the old aristocrats, there are also a large number of explosive households, and they can have their own aristocratic circles.

In the era of capitalism? In fact, the aristocrats prevented capitalists from entering the upper class, and then the capitalists overturned the table and pulled the aristocrats off the altar.

Now that there is a chance to enter, everyone will naturally not overturn the table. After all, they have obtained aristocratic license and are overcoming from rule challengers to rule defenders. Once the colonies are localized, their status will be determined.

This is what Franz hopes to see. Capitalists have never been his enemy, and capitalists who oppose him are the enemy.

If it is just a blow and does not leave them a way out for progress, even if the rabbit is forced to bite people, let alone a capitalist with increasing strength?

A path left behind was that the capitalists who were originally a mess of sand could never unite again.

Of course this is only part of colonial localization, and in fact it is an opportunity for all classes in the society.

Austria's colonies are ten times the area of ​​the local area. The Austrians alone have seven or eight million square kilometers. Even a small part of them are included in the local area, which increases many opportunities.

If you dare to fight and dare to break out at this time, it is very likely to cross the class restrictions.

If you want to use data to reflect it, the success rate of struggle is 10%, while after class solidification, the success rate of struggle is less than 1%.

Of course, this is just a small step forward across the current class.

If you want to reach the sky in one step, don’t dream. Apart from rebellion, there has never been such a shortcut in the world.
Chapter completed!