Life of Being a Crown Prince in France

Chapter 1225: Chapter 1130: The True Common Market

Queen Caterina was well aware of whom her husband relied on to ascend to the throne.

She had been unwilling to offend the great nobles of Florence, but compared to offending France, these people were insignificant.

Subsequently, the Congress of Lucca also passed the reform bill.

In Milan, after Mirabeau met with their President Giuseppe, two members who strongly opposed trade reform were arrested for corruption, and the reform bill was passed by a large margin.

In front of the gates of La Scala Opera House, a middle-aged man was waving his hands fervently and shouting to the people around him, “For our job opportunities, for our bread, we must drive out French goods!

“Each of us must engage in this great revolution.

“Please join me in protesting at the congress…”

As he spoke, he heard someone at the back of the crowd shout, “Ferrini Silk Factory is accelerating the construction of its plant, and is now hiring porters, paying 23 francs a month, with a meal included!”

The crowd that had been chanting slogans fell silent, and then collectively turned, “23 francs! Really?”

“Are there still vacancies?”

Unemployment was rampant in Milan, and finding a job that paid over 20 francs was already difficult, let alone one that included a meal.

The young man in black, who provided the information, pointed towards St. Nazaro Maggiore Cathedral, “I heard more than 90 people are needed, it must not be full yet.”

Immediately, sixty or seventy people rushed towards the cathedral, fearing that if they ran slow, others would snatch the job opportunities.

The young man in black disdainfully glanced at the speaker who had just incited people to protest, turning to move on to the next crowd gathering.

At this time, on various streets in Milan, people from the French Security Bureau were spreading information about job opportunities, “Pedrico’s workshop received a large order and needs more than ten sculptors, paying 33 francs a month…”

“The municipal government is constructing the track leading to Como, hiring more than 150 people, go quickly!”

“I don’t know what they are building on Brera Street, but they’re looking for people to move timber, paying 23 francs…”

Soon, the citizens who were once full of enthusiasm gathered like ants returning to their nests, at over a dozen different places in the city.

At first, many people were half skeptical, but soon discovered there were indeed job opportunities!

As those who found new jobs shouted excitedly, the protest march in Milan City soon disappeared, while long queues formed in front of the recruitment offices at the factories.

Next to the application queues, there were people from the Security Bureau loudly announcing, “The congress has already passed the reform guild and trade promotion bill.

“In the future, working in eleven fields such as silk reeling, silk washing, picture frame making, and wood carving will no longer require guild certification. As long as the factory is satisfied with your skills, you can start working immediately!”

Yes, in Milan these industries like silk reeling and carving have been completely opened up, while in Florence the leather, glass, and other industries are no longer under guild jurisdiction.

This is exactly what Joseph planned as the advantageous industries for these cities.

And for the guilds, since most industries were unaffected, they didn’t strongly oppose it.

In fact, in just a few years these places will only retain the industrial chains of advantageous industries, and other industries will basically disappear, so whether there are guilds or not makes little difference.

The person responsible for propaganda pointed to a government notice on the wall and continued, “In the future, tolls everywhere will be abolished, and goods entering other cities will no longer need to pay!

“According to the common market agreement, we can even directly transport raw silk to Padua for sale, with no tariffs in between!”

The surrounding people immediately began to discuss.

Recently they heard everywhere that the common market ruined Milan’s industries, causing them to lose jobs, but from what was just said, it seems it can also bring great benefits to Milan.

Someone from Wilson’s group was in the crowd

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The political and social process of unifying the Italian Peninsula’s countries or fragmented regimes into the Kingdom of Italy during the 19th to early 20th century. From the 16th century, most of Italy’s territory was successively occupied by France, Spain, and Austria. The 18th century saw the awakening of national consciousness. The 19th century saw the rise of the national resurgence movement. In March 1861, the Kingdom of Italy was established. In 1870, Rome was captured, completing the territorial unification.[1] Most scholars agree that the Italian Unification Movement began with the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and the end of Napoleon’s reign, and concluded with the Franco-Prussian War in 1871, spanning three phases. The first phase started after the defeat at Waterloo in 1815 when exiled to Saint Helena Island[2], with the formation of the Carbonari, lasting until the Young Italy party proposed the slogan “political reform” in 1831. The second phase was the period of the Italian War of Independence from 1848-1849, opposing feudal fragmentation and Austrian Empire rule. The third phase centered on the Kingdom of Sardinia, relying on Garibaldi’s Red Army to liberate Sicily and Naples, establishing the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 and successively recovering territories from foreign rule, finally completing Italian unification in 1870.

With the defeat of Napoleonic France, the Congress of Vienna was formally convened to redraw the European Continent. In Italy, the congress restored the independent governments of each nation as before the Napoleonic era, some were directly ruled, while others were under the strong influence of European powers. However, within several Italian states, groups were reigniting the idea of a unified Italian nation, sparking the flames of nationalism already burning within the populace. At the time, the struggle for Italian unification was recognized as a confrontation against the Austrian Empire and the Habsburg Dynasty, as they directly controlled the Italian-speaking part of the present-day northeastern Italy and were the strongest singular force against unification. The Austrian Empire resisted nationalist thinking throughout the Italian Peninsula (as well as other parts of the empire)—at the time, Austrian Prime Minister Metternich considered “Italy” a mere “Geographical Expression”. Artistic and literary thought also shifted towards nationalism, with perhaps the most famous work being Alexander Manzoni’s “I Promessi Sposi” (The Betrothed). Some viewed this novel as a critique of Austrian rule. Regardless, this novel was published in 1822 and underwent significant revisions in subsequent years; the 1840 version used the standardized Tuscan dialect, a deliberate effort by the author to provide a standard language all Italians could use. Supporters of unification also faced opposition from the Holy See, especially after the failure to establish a federal system with the Pope State, granting them a certain degree of autonomy. At the time, Pope Pius IX feared that relinquishing local power would lead to the persecution of Italian Catholics (Hales, 1958). Even among those who wished to see the peninsula unified into one nation, many different groups could not agree on the system the unified nation should implement.