Bardogio still underestimated the impact of defeating Austria, and for political purposes, King Charles directly conferred the rank of marshal on him.

For the Italians, the defeat of Austria in this era was too exciting, and if the victory continued, I am afraid that all the Italian states would award him the rank of marshal.

Through the momentum of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Bardorio soon became a hero of Italy, but this hero was not good enough to leave a stain.

For example, now, the people in Milan can't buy food, so they are looking for him to solve the problem, who made him the mastermind of this arson of food?

As a hero of Italy, words must be counted, and what was promised to provide food for everyone must be fulfilled now.

General Badolio's political class is still passable, no, it should be Marshal Badolio now, although it has not been officially canonized, which is harmless.

The Lombardy region was also so large that it was impossible for the Austrian army to requisition all the grain in a short time, and the grain in the hands of the grain merchants was gone, and some of the noble estates would always be left for their own consumption.

While urging the country to transport grain, he deceived the Lombardy nobles and brought some grain from their estates.

It is a pity that the light industry in the Lombardy region developed well in this era, and most of the nobles sold their grain to processing factories, and now it is the spring ploughing period, and there is not much grain in everyone's hands.

After searching the neighborhood, Bardolio reluctantly found that this was a drop in the bucket, and it had been looted, so how much could it be left?

"Your Excellency, the domestic food has not yet been delivered, and the food we have collected in the city is very limited, according to the current situation, plus our military rations, it can last for three days at most.

The grain team sent out may have some gains, but it has been looted by the Austrians, and the area around Milan may not have much gain! Major General Manstu said with a sad brow (actually promoted)

At this time, the grain of the Kingdom of Sardinia was actually already being transported to the city of Milan, but the transportation in Italy at this time was not very good, and the transportation capacity was very limited.

It is not so easy to meet the consumption of these hundreds of thousands of people in the city. This is just the beginning, and it won't be long before there will be a shortage of food in the countryside as well.

It can be said that the occupation of the Lombardy region by the Kingdom of Sardinia was not only not able to increase its strength in the short term, but was a heavy economic burden.

Bardogio was already feeling the pressure, and the democrats in Milan had already demanded his independence, only to be momentarily fooled by him.

In addition, at this time, the city lacked food, and they had to rely on the Kingdom of Sardinia, so that no one made trouble, and once the crisis passed, I am afraid it would be a different situation.

"I'll explain this to the people. At present, many residents in the city still have a little food in their homes, and from tomorrow everyone will only be given seven layers of rations.

Coupled with the grain collected from the surrounding areas of Milan, it should last five or six days, and by then the domestic grain will almost be able to be delivered. Marshal Badolio analyzed

There is no doubt that reducing the distribution of food will arouse the dissatisfaction of the people against them, but he will not be able to conjure up food after thinking of all the ways he should think.

The Kingdom of Sardinia had no roots in the Lombardy region, and now it had to rely on the nobility and capitalists in Milan to maintain its stability.

Including the distribution of rations to the people, these land snakes are also required to do it. These people were not good people, and it was not possible for honest people to live well under Austrian rule.

Without Marshal Bardogio knowing anything, the underground black market has opened, and if anyone pays attention, they will find that the food sold here is the relief food from the city.

Corruption is a tradition left over from the Austrian era, and the local aristocracy is also a tool of the Austrian government to rule the region, and naturally inherits this fine tradition.

Not to mention the capitalists, whose discipline is that they have no discipline, and no one can refuse to make a fortune from it, including some of the officers in the Sardinian army.

When distributing food, just a little deduction is a lot of money, how can they give it up?

What do they have to make up for the losses caused in the war?

Now that the rations have been cut, isn't that just the right thing to make them rich?

Marshal Bardogio may not really know, or he may be pretending to be confused.

In short, everyone should have been given seven tiers of rations, but less than five ended up in the hands of the people. Even the last five layers of bread are mixed with messy things.

If you're lucky, you might just add bran and mix some wheat straw powder, and if you're unlucky enough to get brown bread, you might just add wood chips, leaves, pebbles, and other ingredients to it.

There's nothing you can't do, only you can't think of it. Fortunately, the people at the bottom have long been accustomed to this thing. Anyway, the same is true of the brown bread they usually eat, and they can also use it as a brick when fighting, killing two birds with one stone.

People with financial ability have become customers of the underground black market, no, this cannot be said to be a black market, people are doing business openly.

It's just that the prices of goods have risen a little higher, especially the price of grain, which has soared to more than ten times that of the pre-war period, and even a part of the petty bourgeoisie can't stand it.

Of course, the poor only need one way, endure it, anyway, Marshal Badolio promised them, just a few days.

Everyone is a patriot, for the sake of the country, for the nation, it is still possible to endure hunger for a few days.

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Paris, France

At this time, the bourgeois Provisional Government was busy with internal struggles.

On March 17, the Blanquists organized 150,000 people to take to the streets to demonstrate, and the contradictions between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie were ignited in Paris.

When the Kingdom of Sardinia decided to send troops to attack Austria, the Provisional Government supported it, but of course this support was only in words, and they were not in a position to give it substantive support.

Franz still miscalculated the situation in France, which is not in a good situation now. The Provisional Government, representing the interests of the bourgeoisie, introduced a series of policies in favour of the capitalists, which naturally harmed the interests of the common people.

For example, on 9 March, the Provisional Government issued a decree providing for a reduction in cash payments made by savings banks to the depreciated State securities for withdrawals of deposits exceeding 100 francs.

Another example is the decree issued by the Provisional Government on 16 March, which provides for an additional tax of 45 centimes per franc for the four direct taxes on land, movable property, doors and windows, and business paid by the peasants.

(1 franc = 100 centimes, about 0.29 grams of gold, this currency value is not necessarily accurate, the value of francs changed during the Revolution)