The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1351 Common Language (Part )
The Austrian Empire implemented a minimum wage standard and a working hour system that compressed the original fourteen-hour working day to ten hours.

A bunch of fools who only saw the rising costs but failed to see the improved benefits and the skilled craftsmen and large numbers of laborers that were coming in from other countries.

The generous treatment offered by the Austrian Empire was quite attractive to skilled workers, especially Germans and Italians, and even some French people chose to go to the Austrian Empire to seek work.

After all, the domestic environment in France was really bad at that time. The economic crisis, coupled with consecutive failures in foreign wars and the resulting political turmoil caused almost all industries in France to fall into depression.

But as far as industry is concerned, after losing the colonies, the price of raw materials will inevitably rise. On the other hand, the failure in foreign wars will lead to a shrinking market.

Therefore, cutting workers' wages becomes an almost inevitable option. Improving workers' efficiency cannot solve this problem, but will only aggravate the situation.

In order to avoid starving to death, French workers had no choice but to change jobs or go elsewhere to make a living. Their first choice was naturally the French-speaking states of Alsace-Lorraine and the Swiss region of the German Confederation. After all, communication was relatively easy and the distances were relatively close.

The second is the former French colony such as Algeria. Although Algeria was definitely treated better, the Europeans at that time still hated Africa, even North Africa which was only separated by a sea.

What's more, Napoleon III was not an idiot. He would not allow his people to encourage hostile forces.

The Second French Empire blocked its borders at the beginning of its establishment. Ostensibly, it was to prevent sneak attacks from hostile countries and protect its citizens, but in fact it was also a helpless move to prevent population loss.

However, the reality is that it is not necessarily successful, and there may not even be positive returns. The French border has repeatedly staged fratricidal tragedies, which has even led to a profit chain and the emergence of a new industry - human smuggling.

In fact, the French are still very popular. Due to the influence of the Louis XIV era and the French Revolution, Europe thinks the French are very special.

However, the land carrying capacity of areas such as Alsace-Lorraine and Fribourg is limited after all, and the local French may not necessarily like these outsiders who come to steal their jobs.

The French who fled France had to choose to go to more distant places to make a living. A considerable number of them wanted to choose the New World, but due to cost constraints, the vast majority of them had to give up this idea.

The Austrian Empire naturally became the best alternative. First of all, the system of the Austrian Empire was something that French workers had fought for for decades and sacrificed countless lives but were unable to achieve.

Secondly, as a multi-ethnic country, the Austrian Empire itself was not very exclusive to outsiders and had considerable experience in dealing with outsiders.

Finally, most of the French who fled were of high quality, and many were able to read and write, which was a dimensionality reduction blow to the Austrian Empire where illiteracy was widespread.

Since French still enjoyed a high status in European countries and diplomatic circles at that time, and nobles and businessmen were still keen on learning French, French teachers were always in short supply.

But those who come later may not have such good luck.
At this time, the Austrian Royal Factory had the cheapest raw materials, the most advanced technology, the broadest market, the largest capital and the greatest policy bias.
If there is a factory that really wants to crush Franz, that factory should be on the verge of death. Of course, Franz can also reversely crush other domestic competitors, but the result will only make the situation worse and is not in line with his strategy.

The Royal Factory's biggest trouble comes from itself. From procurement to production to sales, corruption occurs in almost every link.

This Christmas is Franz's last kindness to them. After Christmas, Franz will conduct a comprehensive internal cleaning, which will bring back a large amount of funds and create a large number of jobs.

It is not certain whether the so-called Austrian Imperial Workers' Progress Association really exists, but it is certain that the existing market can no longer satisfy the appetite of these people. Being enterprising is a good thing, but taking too big a step can easily lead to trouble. These greedy guys will not think of Franz when they are feasting, but will put all the blame on the Austrian Empire when the truth comes out.

Franz doesn't want to take the blame. The current market is so small that if he continues to allow these guys to mindlessly expand reproduction, he will definitely follow in the footsteps of the British.

Although the Austrian Empire tried every means to expand its market, it still could not keep up with the pace of industrial expansion.

The leap in productivity brought about by technological progress far exceeded people's imagination at the time, and Franz had to do something to change this situation.

Improving workers' wages is actually tapping into market potential and improving the Austrian Empire's hematopoietic function. If the self-circulation of the economy cannot be completed, then the war will gradually become a losing business.

Despite these worries, there is some good news.

For example, the Austrian language project that Franz had been dreaming of finally made progress. As one of the most complex languages ​​in Europe and even in the world, the promotion of German is extremely difficult.

Overly complex language can lead to consequences in all aspects, especially in teaching and scientific research, where it can be disastrous. Even for people with higher education, it is difficult to ensure that there are no reading and writing errors.

In scientific research, any tiny mistake may lead to a disaster, and even a wrong decimal point will make all research efforts go to waste.

German is far more complex than English. Just the noun parts of speech have aspects such as (masculine, feminine, neuter), four case changes (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive), and verb conjugation.

The communication efficiency was even lower. In the Austrian Imperial Army, the most efficient communication method was the fifty words that must be known on the battlefield.

The communication efficiency of single words and short sentences is even higher than that of messengers, and the orders conveyed by messengers are more prone to misunderstanding and deviation.

For example, there is the famous joke about General Halley driving past the playground in his field uniform when it rains.

(If you haven't read it, please read the author's words in this chapter.)
This is not funny. A single horse can destroy a country, a single nail can destroy an empire, and a misinterpretation of an order can also destroy a country.

Moreover, there were more than a dozen German dialects in the Austrian Empire alone at that time. All this was simply a disaster, so Franz needed a language that was simple, easy to understand, clear and easy to remember.

Franz's requirement was to create a language based on German, while retaining the advantages of the German-speaking population, so that ordinary Europeans could learn and master the language within three years.

But Franz was clearly a layman in languages. In fact, for most Europeans, it only takes six hundred hours to learn the relatively simple Spanish language.

The time required to learn the most difficult languages ​​​​German and Finnish usually does not exceed 2300 hours.

In history, a Polish ophthalmologist invented a simple language called Esperanto.

In 1910, the U.S. Army passed an order to a unit like this: Battalion commander to the duty officer: At about 8 o'clock tomorrow night, Halley's Comet may be seen in this area. This kind of comet can only be seen once every 76 years. Order all soldiers to gather on the playground in field uniforms. I will explain this rare phenomenon to them. If it rains, gather in the auditorium and I will show them a film about comets. Duty officer to company commander: According to the battalion commander's order, Halley's Comet will appear over the playground at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. If it rains, let the soldiers line up in field uniforms to the auditorium, where this rare phenomenon will appear. Company commander to platoon leader: According to the battalion commander's order, at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, the extraordinary Halley's Comet will appear in the auditorium in field uniforms. If it rains on the playground, the battalion commander will issue another order, which will only appear once every 76 years. Platoon leader to squad leader: At 8 o'clock tomorrow night, the battalion commander will appear in the auditorium with Halley's Comet, which is a thing that only happens every 76 years. If it rains, the battalion commander will order Comet to wear field uniforms and go to the playground. Squad leader to the city soldiers: When it rains at 8 o'clock tomorrow night, the famous 76-year-old General Halley will be accompanied by the battalion commander, wearing field uniforms, driving his Comet brand car, passing the playground to the auditorium.