War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

But the reality is that the pig and carp breeding industries in the Austrian Empire are developing rapidly. In 1834, there were only 5 million pigs in the Austrian Empire. The total number of pigs did not change much until Franz began to get involved in pig farming in 1842.

However, at this time, the total number of pigs in the Austrian Empire had exceeded that of cattle, and was close to the number one sheep.

In 1849, the Austrian Empire had 15 million pigs, 11 million cattle, 29 million sheep, and 3.3 million horses.

This is an amazing achievement, but here comes the problem. The pork of the Austrian Empire sells well in the German states, but the cheap pork in Austria is unsaleable.

In Austria, nobles and rich people look down on pork, while common people and poor people feel that they cannot afford pork.

Therefore, most of the pigs raised by Franz could only be produced and sold by himself. They were either sold to the army, digested internally in the royal estate, or made into cans and sold as beef.

The unsaleable pork had been bothering Franz for a long time. He never expected that this would happen.

Franz must change this consumption concept. In addition to necessary publicity and GG, the most effective way is to apply it to the Austrian Empire.

As long as Franz often treats others to pork chops, the trend of eating pork will soon spread among the upper class, and then the rich and low-level officials will follow suit, and then the common people will start to try it.

Propaganda and GG are also necessary. After all, there are many Jews in the Austrian Empire. They often portray pork as unclean food, while others engaged in the supply of other meats will denigrate pork for various purposes.

Once people form preconceived notions, it is difficult to change them. But fortunately, Franz is the emperor, and he can also invite many people with enough status in people's hearts to eat pork to change this inherent impression.

Franz doesn't need to explain much, let alone any scientific discussion, he just needs to eat.

The expansion rate of the Austrian Empire's carp breeding industry was even more exaggerated. In 1845, the Austrian Empire's carp production was approximately 1,000 tons, which was one-eighteenth of the marine fish catch.

At this time, the output of carp in the Austrian Empire was 12,000 tons. For the first time, the total amount of freshwater fish cultured in the Austrian Empire exceeded the amount caught in the ocean.

However, the profits of the entire freshwater fish farming industry are pitifully small. The problem still lies in the inversion of supply and demand. Although the output is large, there are very few people willing to spend money to buy it.

In the end, in order to reduce inventory, we could only adopt the strategy of half selling and half giving away, giving away freshwater fish when selling other products, or selling them directly to churches or doing charity activities.

Chickens, ducks, and rabbits did not encounter this situation. In the Austrian Empire, even the poorest families would not be stingy with a chicken or a duck.

As the poultry breeding industry in the Austrian Empire expanded, consumption increased, and even eggs were in short supply in some areas.

The destination of rabbit meat was unexpected by Franz. Except for a few restaurants, the hunting association of the Austrian Empire purchased the most rabbit meat.

In the opinion of Austrians, only frogs and French people eat rabbit, so except for a few people with special tastes, few Austrians will buy rabbit meat.

But on the other hand, the Austrians believe that letting hounds eat rabbit meat will allow the hounds to gain the speed of rabbits and remember the taste of rabbits, so nobles in upper class society will choose to buy rabbit meat to raise hounds.

Although he was a little speechless, Franz was quite happy that there was sales.

Of course, in order to conform to the image in people's minds, Franz cannot eat rabbit meat. Pork trotters and pork belly are foods that are considered extremely outrageous by the British and French, but are very down-to-earth in the eyes of Austria, especially the Germans.

The development of the breeding industry in the Austrian Empire was inseparable from the development of the transportation industry. The railways connecting the country made it possible to realize the livestock raised by individual households.

Due to access to a larger market, retail investors do not have to worry about being underpriced by local purchasers and can obtain more reasonable prices.

Similarly, purchasers do not have to be afraid of retail investors raising prices. The dynamic balance between the two parties makes the market price more reasonable. It is difficult for anyone to be able to dominate the market with one hand, which also increases the enthusiasm of both parties.

The development of the pig industry in the Austrian Empire also promoted the development of the brush manufacturing industry. After a long period of artificial breeding, the Austrian Empire finally cultivated a pig with strong disease resistance, mixed eating habits, many litters, fast growth and bristle. Pigs are used for meat.

However, the size of this kind of pig is far inferior to Landrace pig (Landrace pig), the growth rate is not as good as Yorkshire pig (Large White pig), and the litter size is not as good as Taihu pig. In addition, its temperament is unstable and it often attacks other livestock. Its shortcomings are also its tendency to attack coyotes and wild dogs that break into the pig pen.

However, overall, it is the most suitable pig breed for the Austrian Empire at this time. After all, Landreth pigs are too easy to get sick, and it is difficult to detect and deal with livestock epidemics in time with the level of epidemic prevention in this era.

The large number of bristles also reduces dependence on foreign imports, and also creates employment for castration and bristle cutters.

Pig manure is an important part of the agricultural cycle

Freshwater fish farming is theoretically the most profitable, but in fact, affected by other uncontrollable factors such as consumer attitudes, the profit is the lowest.

Fortunately, the church is very interested in this. After all, this is the church's old profession, and it has something to do with faith.

For example, the old rituals are restored and the fasting regulations of the Roman era are continued. Except for special groups, no meat is allowed to be eaten every Friday. However, the meat in this regulation does not include fish.

The scale of rabbit farming has never developed, and the demand for rabbit skin is much greater than the demand for rabbit meat. The market recognition of rabbit skin is too low, and it cannot squeeze into the high-end fur circle. The high price cannot attract the low-end market.

Franz thought that he could let Mrs. Sophie organize a Vienna Fashion Week to open up the situation. The latter also thought that this was a good idea, but the Austrian Empire was always in a state of war and it was not suitable to hold such an event.

If it were another country, Franz would not be willing to make wedding clothes for others, so he put it aside.

Miguel I naturally didn't know the considerations behind this. He only knew that although these dishes were a bit weird, they tasted good.

In addition, people were in a good mood when they were happy, so Miguel I naturally gave a very high evaluation.

What he didn't know was that his words would appear in major newspapers soon and become a propaganda tool for Austria.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this was just an ordinary dinner. His Majesty the Emperor of the Austrian Empire showed the national strength and food style of the Austrian Empire to a foreign monarch.

However, the Portuguese saw it as a naked threat. Franz could change the king of Spain, so he might change the king of Portugal as well.

Ferdinand II, who had previously clamored to teach the Austrian Empire a lesson, suddenly became a shrunken eggplant. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the Azores and the Malades were not that important.

This time, no matter how Viscount Stratford urged him, Ferdinand II did not dare to make any more promises, and the troops previously sent to Olivenza were withdrawn.

At this point, the Austrian Empire completed the occupation of the last piece of Spanish land without bloodshed, and the nobles who had not contacted Miguel I for more than a decade became attentive again.