Early in the morning, the roar of the steam engine rolls in. No one is surprised that this is the port of Venice, the largest trading port of the new Holy Roman Empire, with more than three digits of ships coming in and out every day.

Here, the roar of the steam engine has become a part of people's lives. The workers on the docks have gathered and waited for the ship to dock.

Life is not easy, and in this era of limited productivity, it is not easy to be able to fill your stomach.

Arnault was an ordinary dock worker who worked here for three years, and his youthful dreams were shattered in the face of reality. I wanted to go overseas several times, but when I thought about my wife and children, I finally gave up.

The work on the dock is tiring and hard, and the physical demands are very high. People who can't carry 180 kilograms can't eat this bowl of rice.

This is not a problem for Arnault, he is not afraid of hardship, he is not afraid of tiredness, he just wants to take on more work, earn more money, and let his family live a good life.

It's a good idea to send your children to school to read some books. Don't look at Austria as compulsory education, but there is no part of Arnault.

Just because he is not a resident and does not have Austrian citizenship yet. In daily life and work, it has no impact.

After all, he worked as a coolie, and no one cared which nationality a lowest-level laborer was. But when it comes to social welfare, it has nothing to do with Arnault.

More than a decade ago, he traveled with his father from Ancona to Venice to earn a living. Over the years, he has been back to his hometown three times, one of which was married, and the other two times he was with a boat.

Austria is very strict about nationality, and if you are also a German national, as long as you have no criminal record, naturalization is very simple.

Other nationalities are different, even if Arno has been in Venice for more than ten years, he still does not meet the conditions.

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

Arnault recited it clearly:

1. No criminal record, correct political ideology;

2. Have lived in Austria for at least 20 years, or were born in Austria and have lived here for a long time;

3. Have a certain contribution to the society (major contributors can be directly naturalized);

3. Not lower than a university degree (for outstanding students in science and engineering, other standards can be lowered);

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

5. Personal assets shall not be less than 8,000 Aegis;

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This is not because Franz deliberately excluded immigrants, but mainly because when he first succeeded to the throne, Austria was seriously unbalanced, with less than a quarter of the main ethnic groups.

In that context, isn't it too much trouble to accept immigrants from other nationalities?

In order to avoid this from happening, the Vienna government instituted an almost impossible condition for immigration.

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 left unchecked, Austria has now added hundreds of thousands of Italians. There are now more than half a million Italians living in Lombardy and Venezia.

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

Faced with this situation, Franz is even more afraid to open the gate valve of immigration restrictions. Originally, it was not easy to integrate nationalities, but isn't it uncomfortable to add a million more people to come in?

In any case, there is no shortage of labor in Austria, and there is no need for these ordinary immigrants.

And the high-quality immigrants that Austria needs, not a joke, can live well in any European country.

Arnault became a victim of this policy, and unless God favored him, the chances of obtaining Austrian citizenship were almost nil.

Social welfare in Austria is now very small, and Arnault does not feel much of a difference other than compulsory education.

In any case, the income in Venice is much higher than in the old home. Not only can the family fill their stomachs, but they can also have some savings.

The food on the docks was good, at least in this day and age. Enough black bread tubes, and meat every day.

Don't get me wrong, this meat is fish. This is Venice, and the price of fish is not much more expensive than brown bread, and it is not as expensive as white bread.

In order to ensure the physical strength of the workers, meat is indispensable. The capitalists who contracted the wharf were not stupid and knew very well that only the workers had the strength to make them more money.

On the surface, there is nothing technical about the handling on the dock; In fact, anyone in the industry knows that skilled labor can reduce the rate of loss in handling.

Don't look at the attrition rate as inconspicuous, that's the competitiveness of the terminal. Austria has a lot of ports, and even more docks.

Most of these terminals are owned by the government, and when they were contracted to individuals, they were deliberately split up to break the regional monopoly.

If the loss of loading and unloading at a certain wharf is too great, it is enough to have a dispute with the customer, and the most important thing is that the reputation is bad, and there will be no ship in the future.

In this respect, Arnault was lucky. This competition increased their weight in the eyes of the capitalists, and although it was still so insignificant, it did not treat them as disposables.

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

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"Arno, do you know that banner?"

The interviewer was Arnault's fellow countryman, Farcher, who had just arrived from his hometown and was full of curiosity about everything.

looked at Arno and said with some envy: "I don't know, it looks like it should be the family crest of a nobleman." ”

Ships flying the family coat and flag of the nobility are usually private ships and do not undertake commercial transportation, which is the standard configuration of local tyrants and nobles.

Of course, there are occasional exceptions, and it is not uncommon for some nobles to hang their own family crests on merchant ships.

Ficher exclaimed: "When will I be able to have such a ship!" ”

Arno rolled his eyes, not daydreaming. He had dreamed like this many times, but to no avail.

A middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes had already stepped forward to negotiate with the shipowner, and if the price was negotiated, then Arnault and the others would have work to do.

"Dear Baron Fikni, Mannar is honored to serve you!"

Baron Fickney nodded tiredly and ordered, "Mannar, you arrange for someone to unload all the things on the ship and send them to the train station."

Will, you bring them to work. I am now going to be a guest at Viscount Obila's house, and in three days we will return to Vienna together. ”

With that, Baron Fickney began to close his eyes and recuperate. As one of the first to travel to the colony to discover gold mines, Fikney is now also home.

When he went to the colony, Fikney was so depressed that he even mortgaged his family fiefdom and owed a lot of foreign debts, and now he is a billionaire with a net worth of millions of Aegis.

After all these years, there is not much left of the gold mines. However, while mining gold, Fickney was not idle.

I don't know if it's racial talent, originally he opened the farm just to meet the living needs of the workers on the gold mine, but he didn't expect it to snowball later.

By now, his farms and plantations have a total area of more than 4,800 hectares, and he has become a well-known local landowner.

Looking at the large area of land, Baron Fikney helplessly found that he couldn't leave! The main purpose of this return was to promote the process of colonial and local integration.

It is well known that there were so many Austrian colonies that it was certainly impossible to incorporate them all into the mainland. However, it is very possible to merge the land that has already developed into the mainland.

In order to promote this plan, many of the nobles who had carved out plantations in Africa have recently returned to the country for public relations.

Once the indigenization of the African colonies was approved, Baron Fikni was ready to turn the farms and plantations he opened into family fiefdoms.

Over the years on the African continent, he has also accumulated a lot of merits. If the native fief is replaced in Africa, then not only can his own land be converted into a fief, but even the land of the gang that followed him in the first place can also be included in it.

Combined, the total area is larger than many counties on the European continent. With this foundation, and with a few generations of careful management, the family can enter the circle of the great nobility.

Not only Baron Fikni, but many nobles had the same plan. The local competition is too fierce, and it is no longer possible to give birth to more great nobles.

The African continent is different, as long as you are willing to invest in it, a few generations later, a big aristocracy is born again.

Including many colonial capitalists are ready to take advantage of this opportunity to transform, and once localization passes, their opportunity will come.

In Europe, they can't enter high society at all. Even if you spend money and become a nobleman, there is no way to gain everyone's recognition.

The African continent is different, in addition to the old aristocracy, there are also a large number of explosive households, who can have their own noble circles.

The era of capitalism? In fact, it was the aristocracy that did not allow the capitalists to enter high society, and then the capitalists overturned the table and pulled the nobles off the altar.

Now that there is a chance to go in, everyone will naturally not overturn the table. After all, they have already obtained the nobility license and are transitioning from rule challengers to rule defenders, and their status will be determined once the colony is localized.

This is what Franz wants to see, the capitalists are never his enemies, as long as the capitalists who oppose him are.

If it is just a blow, it does not leave them a way to rise, and the rabbit is forced to bite, let alone the capitalists who are growing stronger?

Left a road, the capitalists who were originally scattered in the sand can no longer unite.

Of course, this is only part of the colony's indigenization, which is actually an opportunity for all segments of society.

Austria's colonies were ten times the size of the mainland, and Austrian Africa alone had seven or eight million square kilometers, and even a small part of it was incorporated into the mainland would increase the chances.

At this time, if you dare to fight and dare to break through, it is very likely to cross the class limit.

If we want to use data to reflect it, it is that the success rate of the struggle is 10% now, and after the class is solidified, the success rate of the struggle is less than 1%.

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

If you want to climb to the sky in one step, don't dream. There has never been such a shortcut in the world except for rebellion.