Chapter 383： Challenger and maintainer

In the early morning, the roar of the steam engine came. No one was surprised. This is the port of Venice, the largest trading port of the New Holy Roman Empire, and more than three figures of ships enter and leave every day.

Here the roar of the steam engine has become a part of people's lives. Workers at the docks have gathered, waiting for the boat to dock.

Life is not easy. In this age of limited productivity, being able to fill your stomach is not an easy task.

Arnold is an ordinary docker who has been here for three years. His young dreams have been wiped out in the face of reality. I wanted to go overseas a few times, but I thought about my wife and children, and finally gave up.

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

This is not a problem for Arnold. He is not afraid of suffering, and he is not afraid of being tired. He just wants to do more work and earn more money, so that his family can have a good life.

It's best to send the kids at home to school to read some books. Don't look at the fact that Austria has implemented compulsory education, but this has nothing to do with Arnold.

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

After all, he is doing cool work, and no one cares which country the lowest-level worker is. But when it comes to social welfare, it has nothing to do with Arnold.

He lived with his father from Ancona to Venice for more than ten years. He has returned to his hometown three times over the years, one of which was married and the other two with the boat.

Austria has strict nationality management. If it is also a German nationality, as long as there is no criminal record, naturalization is very simple.

Other nations are different. Even if Arnold spent more than ten years in Venice, he still does not meet the conditions.

In addition to scientists, designers, engineers, doctors, other occupations want to immigrate to Austria, there are a lot of restrictions.

Arnold's back is clear:

1. No criminal record and correct political thinking;

2. Lived in Austria for 20 years or was born in Austria and lived here for a long time;

3. Contribute to the society (major contributors can be directly naturalized);

3. Must not be lower than university degree (excellent students in science and engineering, can lower other standards);

4. Ability to use German fluently and inherit the Austrian cultural tradition;

5. Personal assets must not be less than 8000 Aegis;

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This is not Franz's intentional rejection of immigrants. It was mainly due to the serious imbalance in the proportion of Austrian nationalities and less than a quarter of the main nationality.

In that context, isn't it too troublesome to accept other ethnic immigrants?

To avoid this, the Vienna government has established an immigration condition that is almost impossible to meet.

Facts have proved that this policy is very correct and has played a significant role in improving the proportion of the main ethnic group.

Without restrictions, Austria now has hundreds of thousands more Italians. More than 500,000 foreign Italians currently live in Lombardy and Venesia.

Not only Italians, but also a large number of foreign Poles, Ukrainians, Russians, Jews, Bulgarians ...

In the face of this situation, the immigration restrictions gate Franz even more afraid to open. Originally, ethnic integration was not easy. Adding millions more people, didn't you find it uncomfortable?

There is no shortage of labor anyway, and these ordinary immigrants are not needed.

And the high-quality immigrants that Austria needs are not a joke. Those people can easily live in any European country.

Arnold was the victim of this policy, and unless it was God's care, there was almost no possibility of Austrian nationality.

There are very few social benefits in Austria, and apart from compulsory education, Arnault did not feel much difference.

Anyway, the income in Venice is far more than his hometown. Not only can the family fill their stomachs, they can also have some balance.

The food on the dock was pretty good, at least for this age. The black bread is enough, and there is meat every day.

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

To ensure the physical strength of the workers, meat is essential. The capitalists contracting the docks are not stupid. They know very well that only the workers can make more money.

On the surface, the handling at the terminal has no technical content; in fact, those who know it know that skilled labor can reduce the loss rate during handling.

Don't look at the slight loss rate, this is the competitiveness of the terminal. There are many ports in Austria, and they have more docks.

Most of these terminals are owned by the government. When contracting to individuals, they intentionally split and broke regional monopolies.

If the loss of loading and unloading at a certain terminal is too large, it will only matter if there is a dispute with the customer. The most important thing is that the reputation is broken and no ship will come later.

In this respect, Arnold is lucky. This competition increased their weight in the eyes of the capitalists, although still insignificant, but they were not considered a disposable item.

For example: Basically paid wages on time, paid overtime wages as required by law, and met industry catering standards set by the state.

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"Arnold, do you know that banner?"

The questioner was Falcher, Arnold's fellow, who had just come from his hometown and was curious about everything.

After looking at Arnold, he said enviously: "I don't know, it looks like the family emblem of a nobleman."

The ships flying the banner of the noble family emblem are usually private ships and do not accept commercial transportation. This is the standard configuration of the local nobles.

Of course, there are occasional exceptions, and some of the nobles are not without their own family crests on merchant ships.

Facher sighed: "When will I be able to have such a boat!"

Arnold rolled his eyes instead of daydreaming. He had done this dream many times, but it was useless.

A middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes has approached the ship owner to negotiate. If the price is negotiated, Arnold and others will have work to do.

"Dear Baron Fickney, Manal is honored to work for you!"

Baron Fickney nodded his head wearily, and commanded: "Manal, you arrange to unload everything from the ship and send it to the train station.

Will, bring them to work with them. I'm going to visit Viscount Obila's house now and we will return to Vienna three days later. "

After that, Baron Fickney began to close his eyes. As the earliest to the colony to discover the existence of gold mines, Fickney is now returning home.

When he went to the colony, Fickney was so downcast that he even mortgaged his family's land and owed a lot of foreign debt. Now he is already a millionaire with a million dollars.

After so many years, there is little left in the gold mine. However, Fickney was not idle while mining gold.

I don't know if it is racial talent. Originally, he opened the farm just to meet the needs of workers in the gold mine. However, he did not expect to grow like a snowball in the back.

By now his farms and plantations add up to a total area of ​​more than 4,800 hectares, becoming a well-known local landowner.

Looking at the large tract of land, Baron Fickney found that he had no choice but to walk away! The main purpose of this return is to promote the process of colonial and indigenous integration.

With so many Austrian colonies, it is certainly impossible to fully integrate them, which is well known. However, it is very possible to merge the already developed land into the native land.

In order to promote this plan, many nobles who have opened plantations in Africa have recently returned to China for public relations.

Once the localization of the African colonies is passed, Baron Fickney is ready to turn the farms and plantations he has opened into family clan enclosures.

Over the years on the African continent, he has also accumulated a lot of feats. If we replace the native fiefdoms to Africa, then not only can we transform our land into fiefdoms, but even the land that was mixed with the people who followed him can be included.

The total area is larger than many counts in continental Europe. With this foundation, the family can enter the circle of big nobles by operating several generations with heart.

Not only Baron Fickney, many aristocrats have the same plan. The local competition is too fierce, and no more nobles can be born.

The African continent is not the same. As long as they are willing to invest in it, generations later, a big noble is born.

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

In Europe, they have no access to high society at all. Even if you throw money into a nobleman, there is no way to get everyone's approval.

The African continent is different. In addition to the old nobles, there are a large number of outbreak households who can have their own aristocratic circles.

The age of capitalism? In fact, it was the nobles who did not allow the capitalists to enter the upper class, and then the capitalists overturned the tables and pulled the nobles off the altar.

Now that I have a chance to go in, everyone will naturally not overturn the table. After all, they have already obtained the aristocratic license and are transitioning from rule challengers to rule defenders. Once the colonies have localized their status, they will be determined.

This is what Franz hopes to see. The capitalist is never his enemy, as long as the capitalist who opposes him is the enemy.

If it's just a blow and it doesn't leave them an upward path, the rabbits are forced to bite, let alone a capitalist with growing strength?

Leaving a way, the capitalists who had been scattered in the sand could no longer unite.

Of course, this is only part of the localization of colonies. In fact, this is an opportunity for all levels of society.

The Austrian colony is ten times the size of its native land, and light and Austrian Africa has seven or eight million square kilometers. Even if a small part of it is incorporated into the homeland, this also increases many opportunities.

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

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

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

If you want to step into the sky, don't dream. There is no such shortcut in the world except rebellion.

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