The change of people's hearts is the most difficult to fathom, and the occurrence of the small episode of Pest City, Franz naturally did not know. As an emperor, as long as the world is peaceful, the thoughts of individual people are not in his consideration.

By now, the Austrian government bureaucracy has become accustomed to three major indicators: education, stability, and economy.

The easiest thing to achieve is social stability, the government is strong enough, the local powerful factions are all in peace, and some undesirable elements that undermine social stability can be dealt with.

The second is "education". The rules and regulations are there, and it is enough to cooperate with the plan of the Ministry of Education and promote it step by step.

Of course, if you want to make achievements in this, you must adapt to local conditions and work hard.

The most troublesome thing is to develop the economy, the prosperous big cities are fine, now the domestic economic development is rapid, the big cities are the main force of economic growth, as long as the appropriate local policies are formulated.

The economic development of remote areas will be much slower. There are even some places where they simply stand still. Even if the bureaucrats want to work hard, they don't know where to start.

The uneven economic development of the region has become a difficult problem for the Austrian government, and it is still an unsolvable problem.

Franz can't do anything about it, not to mention now, even in a hundred or two hundred years, these problems will still be a problem that plagues countries around the world.

There are many factors restricting regional economic development, including: transportation, resources, climate, geographical environment, population, ......

In contrast, the easiest thing to solve is the traffic problem, and the big deal is to build roads, as long as you are willing to invest, you can solve it sooner or later.

There are also ways to solve the population problem, but the climate, resources, and geographical environment cannot be solved by manpower, at least in the 19th century.

Looking at the economic development report in his hand, Franz sighed helplessly.

Knowing that the government's investment of large resources in large cities will exacerbate the imbalance in regional economic development, it is still necessary to continue to do so.

There is no way, and this will give you the highest rate of return. It's desperate to throw yourself into the middle of nowhere, without even a bubble coming out.

"Prime Minister, why is all the investment in this water conservancy project in the plains?" Franz asked with concern

There is no problem with the fact that industrial development is in large cities, and agricultural development cannot always be considered only in plain areas, and many mountainous areas also have development potential.

For political reasons, the government must also take into account the regions when reinvesting.

Felix explained: "Your Majesty, it is mainly a matter of population distribution, and at present the population of Austria is mainly concentrated in the plains, and the population in other regions is relatively small.

From the perspective of optimal allocation of resources, we will first concentrate our efforts on developing the plain areas with large populations, while other areas have small populations and low competitive pressure, and the demand for water conservancy projects is relatively small. ”

Franz nodded, from the perspective of agricultural development, the plains are more suitable for growing food, and the demand for water conservancy projects is also greater.

Depending on the geographical conditions, it is more suitable to grow cash crops in mountainous areas.

Don't think that growing cash crops is more profitable, it's only the 19th century, and people's living standards are limited. Except for a small number of industrial raw materials that are in high demand, the vast majority of cash crops are not suitable for vigorous development.

The market demand for high value-added agricultural products in this era is really small, ordinary people simply cannot afford to consume them, and there are too few people with purchasing power.

There is no need to promote out-of-season agriculture at all. The spontaneous production of farmers alone is enough to meet the market demand, and if you want to develop greatly, you can consider it when you have money!

Franz thought for a while and said: "To make a national report on agricultural production, all localities can carry out pilot economic agriculture according to the actual situation, and then gradually promote it if there are results, for example, raw silk can be grown in Italy."

In recent years, domestic grain production has grown rapidly, and we must take precautions, because in case of an unexpected accident, it will not be good for the grain to hurt the peasants. ”

More food production is not always better, and if it were not for the establishment of the Holy Roman Economic League, Austrian agriculture would now be overcapacity.

In this context, it is necessary to promote some suitable cash crops in certain areas.

In this era, the growth of the grain demand market could not keep up with the growth of grain production, and blindly increasing grain output was not suitable for Austria.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Felix replied

Continuing to look at the report in his hand, Franz suddenly remembered the industrial pollution of later generations, and he did not want Vienna to become the London it is today.

Environmental pollution caused by industrial development is inevitable, but where the pollution is, this can be artificially controlled.

For the sake of a better life for the rest of his life, Franz felt the need to limit Vienna's industrial development, even at the expense of the city's speed.

Franz thought for a moment and said: "Vienna is growing so fast that in a few years, the city's population will exceed one million." The population has increased, but the urban supporting facilities have not kept up, and it is only a matter of time before problems arise.

Considering the actual situation, the government should find a way to divert some enterprises into other cities, and the more polluting enterprises should not be placed in Vienna. ”

In Franz's view, it was well worth diverting some of Vienna's resources to other regions and creating a new industrial city.

Vienna is a landlocked city, and concentrating a lot of resources here is actually a waste of resources.

Urban development is not about bigger is better, but more about carrying capacity. In Franz's plan, the future Vienna has two or three million people, which is the limit.

With a population of more than 10 million, Austria does not need and does not have the capacity to host such a megacity.

Prime Minister Felix thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the inflow of capital is regulated by the market, isn't it okay for us to interfere so artificially?" ”

In this era, the economies of European countries were naturally regulated by the market, and Austria was an exception, and the government personally intervened in economic development.

However, this kind of intervention is not achieved through administrative orders, but through the formulation of some economic development policies to guide the market, or through state-owned enterprises.

What Franz is proposing now is for the government to intervene in the market by executive order, which rarely happens in the world.

Franz shook his head and said: "Let's just explain to the outside world, let's just say that Vienna's carrying capacity has reached its limit, and the population is growing too fast to guarantee our resource supply."

Let the media publicize the undesirable consequences caused by the rapid population growth, such as the decline in the per capita living space of the city, the lack of material supply, and so on.

The government then stepped in to do the work for the capitalists, and left the factories that had already been built and those that had not yet been built, and let them move to other cities.

Vienna will not approve the establishment of any more plants for the next five years. Factories that have been established must also be strictly audited and must not engage in heavily polluting industries.

Regarding the pollution problem of enterprises, the government can set a level according to the harm to the environment, and optimize the allocation in the construction of factories.

With the development of industrial technology, the number of heavily polluting industries will continue to increase in the future, and if not considered comprehensively, a factory can destroy a city. ”

Vienna was the political, economic, and cultural center of Austria, and Franz did not want to add another industrial center.

Austria is more suitable for industrial development than Vienna, and there is no need for factories to move in.

If you want to invest in Vienna, you can just set up a factory, and from now on Franz will not welcome it.

It's better to refuse to enter now than to drive people outside after the factory is set up in the future.

The problem of environmental pollution is not yet aware of in this era. Or rather, the harm caused is not serious.

"Your Majesty, it's not so serious, a factory can destroy a city?" Prime Minister Felix was incredulous

"Is it difficult? For example, if our steel plant has a large enough capacity, the industrial wastewater discharged alone can pollute a river.

Can a city survive if its water source is polluted? Franz asked rhetorically

This is not alarmist, because the water source was polluted in later generations, the last city to destroy is not one or two.

This is not to say that industrial wastewater is only polluting rivers when they are discharged into rivers, and in fact groundwater is not immune.

Other places are polluted, but Vienna is not. Franz was not prepared to move the capital, and it became an inevitable choice to prevent microaggressions.

Vienna is not very polluted now, and it may not be so much in the next few decades. With the development of the chemical industry, chemical plants have been dug into the ground, and the consequences will be serious.

London is a case in point, with tens of thousands of people dying each year at its peak. Franz couldn't live in that kind of environment, and he probably would have moved long ago.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Felix replied

If you can't understand it, you can slowly go back and understand it. Anyway, the concept that the consequences of "environmental pollution" are very serious have been kept in his mind.