It has to be said that Prime Minister Metternich still has some ability, and the Austrian government at this time is also very strong, and the bourgeois boycott cannot frighten them.

The big nobles supported the government at this time, and their energy was no less than that of the capitalists, and they probably didn't have much other materials in their hands, but more food.

All of them are big landlords, and there are still a large group of serfs at home, who has no grain in stock? The government buys a batch of grain from them and transports it to the rescue, but there is no problem at all.

The tandem of the capitalists was simply impossible to keep secret, and long before the crisis broke out, the Vienna government financed the purchase of a batch of grain from the nobles as a reserve.

As soon as the strike began, the government sold grain to the outside world to ensure the supply of food to Vienna, but the prosperity of the past was gone. Looking at the depressed market, many people in the government are in a hurry.

Home Secretary Fischer was embarrassed and said: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, it is not possible to go on like this, although the food problem has been solved, other materials are still in short supply.

Moreover, now that the capitalists have closed their factories and the workers have lost their income, I am afraid that the money in their hands will soon run out, and then they will ......"

Metternich sneered and said: "Don't worry, this situation won't last long, you must know that now that the market is on strike, the capitalists are losing gold coins every day, and the small businessmen can't hold out for a few days!"

However, we must not sit idly by, and if there are no nobles in the boycott, I will ask the Grand Dukes of Louis to work for them, and if they stand with the capitalists, they will be removed from the nobility.

As long as someone takes the lead, the rest will be easy to do, and the capitalists are not monolithic, no matter how dissatisfied they are, they will not get along with money! ”

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Indeed, the strike lasted less than a week and ended in defeat for the capitalists.

The nobles who participated in the strike were the first to be convinced.

Do you want the glory of the nobility?

For the sake of a little profit, he actually degenerated to the point of being in the company of the capitalists, which is simply a disgrace to the aristocracy.

Anyway, standing and talking doesn't hurt back, most of the nobles in this era have not yet become capitalists. Looking at the nouveau riche engaged in industry and commerce, their hearts have long been unbalanced, and of course they have to accuse them with righteous words at this time.

They were no longer invited to the aristocratic banquets, they invited others, and they also refused with righteous words, and relatives and friends came to do ideological work.

The radical aristocracy was already clamoring to kick this part of the degenerate aristocracy out of the aristocratic circle, which immediately frightened many people.

The Austrian capitalists have money, but they have no political status! It's not easy to get a hereditary title, if you lose it, then what?

The aristocracy, unable to resist the pressure, had to draw a line with the capitalists and withdrew from the ranks of the boycott.

There are even people who think: If you improve the treatment of workers, you will improve the treatment of workers, and it is a big deal that Lao Tzu will use serfs in the future!

Well, such idiots are only a minority, and most people know that once compromised, labor costs will inevitably rise in the future.

Want to use serfs? Do you really dream that the society is calling for the abolition of serfdom every day, but it is just shouting slogans, and it will not become a reality?

Someone took the lead, and the profit-seeking nature of the capitalists doomed the alliance they had concluded to be unable to last for a long time.

Everyone is not a selfless person, watching someone open the door to make money, others are naturally unbalanced, why do we fight for benefits at the risk of killing heads, and you just sit back and enjoy the results?

The first wave of the bourgeoisie's counterattack was quickly defeated because it was not well organized and had no binding force on its members.

Franz was not surprised by all this. Unless the supply of food, coal, and other necessities of life can be cut off, it will be difficult to get the Viennese government to compromise in a short time.

In this period, the Austrian aristocracy was too strong, and the grain and coal were all produced on other people's fiefdoms, and the capitalists did not sell them, so they would not ship them to sell them?

Do you have a contract to acquire? At this time, do you still expect people to abide by the rules of the game? As a rule-maker, people have the right to change the rules!

Franz knew that this matter was not over, that the capitalists would not be willing to fail, and that if the government was not prepared, they would suffer great losses in the economic war that followed.

Thinking of this, Franz secretly regretted that he had hoarded a batch of supplies when he knew that the prices in Vienna had nearly doubled when the capitalists went on strike.

"Raul, how much grain is left on my estate to sell?"

"Grand Duke, according to your orders, we have not sold this year's grain, but when the strike broke out some time ago, we also sold 1.5 million pounds of wheat to the government for emergencies, leaving enough food to eat, and there are about 3.86 million pounds left." Raul replied

(1 lb = 0.45359237 kg)

Franz naturally knew about the grain sold to the government, and his estate was only thirty kilometers away from Vienna, and in that kind of crisis situation, Franz, as the crown prince of the empire, was still very disciplined.

Three million eight hundred and sixty thousand pounds, this number sounds very large, and when converted into tons, it is only more than 1,750 tons, and it is only two or three thousand gold coins when sold.

This is also after deducting the cost of production, which is the benefit that Franz can receive, all the estates of the royal family have been freed from serfs, and labor costs are also a large expense.

"Get ready, once the price of wheat rises by more than 20 percent, sell the grain!" Franz thought for a moment and said

He knew that the capitalists would not rest on their laurels, that raising prices was one of the most common means, and that the price of grain in Vienna would inevitably skyrocket.

Industrialization has begun, and now wheat can only be sold to flour mills, and no matter how high the price of grain soars in the market, the flour mills will not give too high a purchase price.

The biggest advantage of Franz's estate was its proximity to Vienna, but when a rebellion could break out at any time, this became a disadvantage, and a bad one was plagued by the rebels.

At this time, he was hoarding a large amount of grain, that is, he was taking a risk, even if he knew that the Hungarian revolution would break out next year, the price of grain in Austria would skyrocket, and he could only sell it.

In the next game between the capitalists and the government, speculating on high prices is indeed a quick money, but it is a pity that Franz's identity is destined for him not to play, otherwise the nobles will follow suit, and Prime Minister Metternich will not be able to withstand it.