Chapter 376： Do more than one thing (1/2)

At the same time as the rebellions in Milan and Venice were suppressed, the Austrian Empire began to crack down on law and order. First, a large number of independent members were arrested in Hungary, and then many cults were destroyed.

In just one month, more than 150,000 people were arrested, which scared Franz to stop. Further expansion will affect the domestic economic development.

However, individuals and social groups who are suspected of participating in the insurgency and have a tendency to become independent have still not been able to escape.

Originally, the foundation is not clean. As long as the government wants to find the crime, you are not afraid to find it. As a key target of attack, this group of people did not even have the qualifications for exile in the colonies, and they must all enter the army of road construction.

The railway plan of more than 90,000 kilometers is not just a plan. The times are advancing, and a few years ago, the plan of Tian Fang Ye Tan is now feasible.

With the rapid development of the economy, many railway lines that had no economic value have turned around. After losing money for more than a decade, the Austrian railway company finally turned over.

Only this time, the largest shareholder has become the Vienna government. The original contract with the government still needs to be fulfilled, and the nature of the bundled operation has never changed.

As of 1865, the total railway mileage of the entire New Holy Roman Empire had reached 58,000 kilometers. As a cost, free labor fell down one after another.

Under normal circumstances, there are not so many criminals at all, and the number of people joining the road construction army every year is far from being consumed.

After the Great Revolution of 1848, the number of troops in the labor camp once broke through the 450,000 mark, and then it fell year by year. Now it is less than 100,000.

After all, not all criminals will be sent inside. Basically, as long as it does not involve rebellion and the sentence is less than five years, most are exile colonies.

The main reason for entering the army to build roads is to repeat the crime. These people are relatively harmful to society. Exile colonies are hidden dangers, and they are better managed uniformly.

Will Franz throw political prisoners and nationalists into the colonies? God knows whether these people will do things in the colonies?

In case these messy ideas are brought into the colony, does it not increase the cost of domination? Franz never does this kind of self-assertion.

Except for the Great Revolution of 1848, these latter dangerous elements were fewer. Those who entered the army of building roads were no longer chaotic parties, they became ordinary felonies, and the number suddenly dropped.

Only 10,000 children are added every year, and they cannot keep up with consumption. This is not that the construction party is abusing labor, regardless of casualties. In fact, everyone likes this free labor.

Mainly because medical technology is limited in this era, don't expect the Vienna government to be extravagant enough to assign a doctor to a criminal. If you are sick, you will suffer in the past, and if you do n’t, you will see God in advance.

The average life expectancy in Austria has just passed the 40-year-old mark. Most of them are adults before entering prison. After more than a dozen years of prison life, how many can survive?

In order to solve the shortage of cheap labor and reduce the cost of railway construction, the Ministry of Railways proposed to the government last year to introduce private labor from Africa, but it was stopped by Franz.

In order not to shoot himself in the foot, such an endless trouble, Franz never did it.

To a certain extent, the rebellion not only solved the internal hidden dangers, contributed to the long-term security of Austria, but also solved the problem of shortage of cheap labor in railway construction.

Compared with this, the wealth obtained by the family members is not worth mentioning. Now that Austria is not the poor country in the past, a little money is nothing.

The review is continuing. Except for the Lombardy and Venezia areas, which are the areas where the rebellion broke out, it is simpler to deal with, and the people involved in other areas need tangible evidence to convict.

As the ruler of the rules, Franz is also a ruler. When the situation is complete, he will naturally follow the rules.

However, members of the Hungarian Independent Organization and the Italian Revolutionary Party, who are proper chaos, do not need to investigate thoroughly.

Either it is rubbed off, or it is thrown into the road repair army for life. There is no doubt that there is a shortage of people in the railway construction. They naturally do not need a gun to escape the calamity.