Prime Minister Felix: "As of now, there are 1,876 domestic bankrupt enterprises, and the unemployed population has exceeded 2.47 million, setting a record high.

Among them, the cotton textile industry suffered the most heavy losses, with one-quarter of textile mills going bankrupt, and more than half of cotton textile mills announced production cuts, with production capacity falling directly by 37%.

The shipbuilding industry is closely followed. Due to the reduction in international trade, shipyards have almost no new orders in recent months. Even the original orders have been affected by the economic crisis and have been declared defaults.

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

During the Great Depression, the market shrank, and companies cut production capacity and lay off employees in order to survive the crisis, resulting in further shrinking of the market and forming a vicious cycle.

It is very simple to resolve the crisis. Either find a new market to transfer the crisis, or wait for the market to recover naturally.

The situation is very obvious now. The whole of Europe is implicated by Austria. If you want to transfer the crisis, you have no place to go, so you can only rely on the market to recover.

After the survival of the fittest, backward production capacity is eliminated. Most of the surviving enterprises are working hard on management or technology, and every economy is also a period of technological explosion.

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

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

The crisis is not scary, but what is scary is the unemployed population generated during the crisis. These days, the working class has seriously lacked the ability to resist risks, and it is okay for two or three months to be unemployed. If there is no income for a year or two, something big will happen.

The way to get through the crisis is very simple, just immigrate directly. The colony is in development and lacks a large amount of labor.

Under normal circumstances, few people are willing to leave their hometowns and work hard in the colonies except restlessness and want to make a fortune.

To put it bluntly, the golden time to make a fortune in the colony has passed. With the continuous development, the conditions in the colony have become better and better, but the opportunities for making a fortune are fewer and fewer.

Early immigrants could basically make a fortune as long as they were willing to fight to the death and did not die. Now, we can only say that they have more opportunities than in China.

If you want to make a name for yourself, in addition to daring to fight and fighting, you must also have a flexible mind and a little luck.

The temptation has decreased, and everyone's enthusiasm for immigration has also decreased. Even though Austria has begun a colonial localization strategy, the time is still short and the infrastructure is still far from comparable to that in China.

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

It’s not that Austria lacks doctors and teachers, but mainly because these people can live well in China and have no motivation to fight in the colonies.

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

This is not something that can be seen in a short period of time, but it also requires time to accumulate. Especially for the training of doctors. According to the current education system in Austria, there is no medical major for less than seven years. Cultivating a qualified doctor starts in ten years.

This is not because Franz has high requirements, but because of the reality. In an era when medical equipment is lacking, it is impossible to see a doctor by his personal ability, and quick success is impossible.

Colonial Minister Stephen replied: "As of now, the number of people who have signed up for immigration has exceeded 1.2 million, and the resettlement of 680,000 has been completed.

The number of applicants is increasing continuously. Based on the current domestic economic situation, it is estimated that the total number of final immigrants may exceed three million."

This is a characteristic of the economic crisis. In the early stage, people still have savings to support, and the more they go, the harder they will be.

In order to survive, it is not surprising to sign up for immigration. If someone really chooses voluntarily, I guess there will be no one in Austria who wants to go to the colony.

In order to encourage everyone to immigrate, the Vienna government was also worried. Many colonial companies recruited immigrants, and there were two situations: one was to immigrate directly, and the other was to work in Africa.

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

Many people also fantasize about working hard on the African continent for a few years, and returning to their hometown to buy a property after saving enough money. However, the reality is that after living in the African continent for a few years, most people stayed.

There is no way, income is the key. The African continent lacks labor, so the treatment of ordinary workers is naturally higher than that of local people.

After getting a high salary, I went back to get a low salary. My living standards did not rise but fell, and few people could bear it.

In order to attract more people, the colonial government encourages everyone to bring their families. Africa is no longer a wild place, and many people will go to the colony with their families for the convenience of life.

Franz nodded: "Immigration work, keep rushing. Now is the best opportunity. Once the economic crisis is over, it will not be easy to have so many immigrants later.

What is the situation abroad? Where has the Paris Conference been carried out? Is it possible for countries to reach a consensus in the short term?"

"Yes, your majesty! The Colonial Ministry has formulated plans to absorb immigrants as much as possible in the economic crisis." Stephen replied

Foreign Minister Wesenberg: "Your Majesty, all European countries are deeply trapped in the economy, and now everyone is not having a good life.

However, overall the situation remained stable. The French had suppressed the Italian uprising, and Napoleon IV directly controlled Paris. The opposition was willing to make trouble, but it was unable to implement it.

It is worth mentioning that the relationship between Purdue deteriorated sharply because the outbreak of the Rhineland uprising directly broke the last layer of window paper that maintained the relationship between the two countries.

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

In order to gain more immigration, the Prussians sent troops to suppress the uprising and forced a large number of people to leave.

Judging from the information we received, the Berlin government has basically exhausted the essence of the Rhineland region, and the talents such as engineers, scientists, doctors, and teachers were almost all in one go.

With the intervention of European countries, the Berlin government had just handed over to the German Federal Empire, but the progress was very slow.

It is initially estimated that the Berlin government may delay until the New Year. Now they are still using their last time to poach people. Perhaps when the German Federal Empire accepted it, even the local skilled workers were gone.

Affected by the economic crisis, the Paris Conference was very difficult. Governments of various countries were not at the meeting, and some even wanted to transfer the crisis through colonies.

In the colonial struggle, everyone was unwilling to give in. In addition, the British were deliberately making trouble, as if they wanted to take advantage of the situation, which made the prospect of the Paris Conference even more unoptimistic."

Franz nodded. The Kingdom of Prussia took away millions of immigrants from the Rhineland region, and it would be strange if the German Federal Empire was happy.

This is all about digging for the corner of the German Federal Empire. The most valuable thing in the Rhineland region is not mineral resources, but these high-quality talents. It is already very restrained that both sides did not start fighting directly.

As for the British deliberately leaving hidden dangers among countries, these are familiar recipes and familiar flavors. If they don't do it, Franz will feel that there is something wrong.

The Paris Peace Conference is to mediate conflicts between countries and reduce international conflicts, but from the British's standpoint, the real purpose is to reduce conflicts between themselves and countries.

Whether other colonial empires will conflict, what does it have to do with them? It is John Bull's habitual operation to deliberately provoke relations between countries.
Chapter completed!