Chapter 1266: Transformation

Chapter 1266: Transformation

The biggest problem that Lieutenant General Varner has to face now is that the power of the Austrians is rapidly spreading to the entire southeast coast. It is said that Austrian troops have also begun to appear in the Pyrenees.

For Lieutenant General Varner, he felt that he had discovered the truth. The Austrians must want to confuse him and then launch a sneak attack from behind.

There are many mountains, hills, and rivers in Catalonia. The complex terrain is both an advantage and a disadvantage for the Spanish.

The complex terrain is not conducive to the march of the Austrians, and it is convenient for the Spanish army to ambush. But it also means that the Austrians have many offensive routes to choose from, and once they are divided into small pieces, it will be difficult to detect.

The Austrian Empire’s army came and went before, and recruiting troops in the city must have been creating an illusion.

Lieutenant General Varner, who felt that he had discovered the truth, immediately ordered troops to be drawn to garrison at various mountain passes in the northeast.

Although there are many theoretical offensive routes, Catalonia is the home ground of the Spanish. How can the Austrians compare with the Spanish in terms of understanding of the terrain?

Lieutenant General Varna, who felt that everything was ready, was ready to relax, but he didn't expect that there was always a pair of cold eyes staring at him.

Mario Alvarez Casal, who became a castrato singer since he was a child, has a pure and flawless voice and androgynous appearance, just like an angel in the legend.

However, Mario's fate was very rough. He was first spotted by the regional bishop, and finally escaped from the clutches of the devil and joined a wandering troupe.

Although it was hard during the wandering days, he finally felt the warmth of family. However, the good times did not last long, and a local official took a fancy to Mario.

After learning about Mario's difficulties, the people in the troupe decided to help him escape from the clutches of the devil, but how could a wandering troupe fight against the local tyrants?

In the end, Mario's friends were executed on various false charges, the troupe leader chose to hang himself due to huge debts, and he himself was locked in a "birdcage".

I don't know how long Mario was tossed around before he was given to Isabel II, who loved the former beautiful person very much.

But Isabel II was moody, and Mario became more surly after staying with such a person for a long time.

"Keep an eye on Varner, and kill him if he dares to betray Her Majesty the Queen."

"Yes!"

The military strength in the Barcelona area has exceeded 50,000, which is more than the Spanish government army, and a large number of Spaniards come to join the army every day, and there are even more people who come with their families to avoid disaster and beg for alms.

In fact, many people in Barcelona do not welcome the arrival of the Austrian Empire, but their self-proclaimed clever tricks are easily resolved like child's play in front of Franz.

However, this is not the end. Franz does not intend to let bygones be bygones. Forgiving them is God's business, and Franz's duty is to send them to see God.

With the efforts of the Austrian Empire's torture experts, those who made trouble in the city quickly confessed the mastermind and everything they knew.

The original owners of this city wanted to continue to be the masters, so they decided to teach the Austrians a lesson. Tell the Austrians how barbaric the Catalans are, and that only the local nobles and officials can control them.

So for the sake of Barcelona's security, the Austrian Empire should show some sincerity

Generally speaking, making peace with local gentry is the fastest and most effective way to stabilize the rule, but Franz is not going to repeat the old path of the past.

Since these people like to make trouble, then make them ruin their families.

Franz has no good feelings for these so-called local tyrants, and still pushes them directly to the square as before.

If someone has a good reputation, then lock him up and investigate before dealing with him. As for those notorious guys, Franz will let the local officials make judgments according to the law.

Of course, the result of the verdict must be agreed by the jury, and the jury is the citizens of Barcelona.

Franz does not want to kill them all, otherwise the public sentiment is easy to use, just like those local gentry, even if they do good deeds on weekdays, but no one is jealous of their wealth and origin?

However, Franz did not want to be like those scum. He was willing to give people a chance to correct their mistakes, but the premise was that they were not too wrong and were willing to correct them sincerely.

However, no matter what, the Austrian Empire would take over these people's industries in the short term and transform them. One of the main purposes was to solve the local employment problem.

Relying solely on the relief of the Austrian Empire is not a long-term solution. It is still necessary to restore the local hematopoietic function in order to maintain long-term stability.

Directly using the existing local industries is the most effective way, so Franz is still afraid that the locals will not make trouble.

Of course, there are also areas that sincerely welcome the arrival of the Austrian Empire, such as Valencia. The local nobles not only did not make trouble, but welcomed them and even began to make relatives.

Then Franz was also willing to make money with them. Franz could reduce the normal tax burden they had to pay and even provide some subsidies, provided that more jobs were created to solve the current difficulties in Spain.

However, at this time, no matter which country in the world, paying taxes has little to do with the rich, and the subsidies provided by the Austrian Empire are also very limited.

So some people became disloyal, after all, it is completely human nature to pursue fame and fortune. However, it is reasonable for a government to enforce its own laws and policies.

Soon they understood what those seemingly insignificant preferential treatments and subsidies meant, which meant absolute advantages in a fair environment, and more wealth and power.

After all, there were limited jobs in the city, and it was too hasty to transport the Spaniards to the colonies now. Spain is an agricultural country, so the focus is still on the countryside.

Spain, which had been ravaged by war for years, had long been barren. It was not that no one wanted to cultivate these lands, as both landlords and farmers wanted to cultivate more land.

However, there was a very strange phenomenon: farmers could not cultivate without land, and landlords with land could not cultivate so much land.

In fact, the reasons were complex and simple. In the final analysis, it was just that Spain was too closed, and land annexation was too serious, and the so-called national government was too weak, which led to the current situation.

Franz's solution was simple, that is, the Austrian Empire took the lead, and the church acted as an intermediary to call all the landlords to the church.

In fact, most of the landlords were unwilling to come, but on the one hand, they were embarrassed by the face of the church. After all, the church in Spain was deeply rooted, and the birth, aging, sickness, death, marriage and funeral of the Spanish people were all inseparable from religion.

On the other hand, they were intimidated by the military force of the Austrian Empire and the countless vagrants and landless peasants with weapons.

These landlords knew very well that as long as the Austrians gave an order, those vagrants and landless peasants would immediately kill them without leaving a single piece of armor.