Chapter 55: Hard times come

Bardario still underestimated the impact of defeating Austria. For political needs, King Charles directly granted him the rank of Marshal.
For the Italian, beating Austria in this era is really exciting. If the victory continues later, I am afraid that all Italian states will grant him the rank of Marshal.
Through the rise of the Sardinian kingdom, Bardolio quickly became an Italian hero, but this hero was not good enough to leave a stain.
For example, now that the people in Milan can't buy food, they will ask him to solve the problem. Who made him the planner of the set fire?
As a hero of Italy, speaking must be a matter of words. Before promised to provide food to everyone, it must be fulfilled now.
General Bardolio's political class is still passing. It should be Marshal Bardolio now, although it has not been officially registered, it is not harmful.
The Lombardy region is also so large that it is impossible for the Austrian army to requisition all of the grain in a short time. The grain in the hands of the grain merchants is gone, and the aristocratic manor will always leave a portion for his own consumption.
While urging domestic grain shipments, he fooled the nobles of Lombardy and brought some grain from their manor.
Unfortunately, in this era, the light industry in Lombardy developed well. Most of the nobles sold grain to processing plants. It is now during the spring ploughing period that everyone has little grain in their hands.
After searching around, Bardolio found it helpless and had been raided again. How much can be left?
"Marshal, the domestic grain has not yet arrived. The grain we collect in the city is very limited. According to the current situation, plus our military grain, we can support it for up to three days.
The ration team sent out may still have some gains, but it has been searched by the Austrians. I am afraid that there will not be much gain in the surrounding areas of Milan! Major General Manstu said frowning (promoted)
At this time, the food in the Kingdom of Sardinia was actually being transported to Milan. However, the transportation in the Italian area was not very good and the capacity was very limited.
It is not so easy to meet the consumption of hundreds of thousands of people in the city. This is just the beginning. Otherwise, there will be a shortage of food in the countryside.
It can be said that the Kingdom of Sardinia occupied the Lombard region. Not only could it not increase its strength in the short term, it was a heavy economic burden.
Bardolio has felt the pressure, and the Democrats in Milan have already asked him to become independent, but he has been temporarily absent.
In addition, at this time, the lack of food in the city had to rely on the Kingdom of Sardinia, and no one was in trouble. Once the crisis passed, I am afraid it will be another situation.
"This situation, I will explain to the people. Now many residents in the city still have a little grain in their homes. From tomorrow on, everyone will only distribute seven rations.
Coupled with the grain collected from the surrounding areas of Milan, it should be able to support for five or six days. By then, the domestic grain will be almost shipped. Marshal Bardario analyzes
There is no doubt that reducing the distribution of food will stimulate the people's dissatisfaction with them, but they should think of all the ways they can think of, and he will not be able to produce food.
The Kingdom of Sardinia has no foundation in Lombardy. To maintain the stability of Milan, it must rely on the nobility and capitalists in the city.
Including the distribution of rations to the people, these land snakes are also required to do it. These people are not good. They can live well under the rule of Austria, but not honest people.
Under the condition that Marshal Bardolio didn't know anything, the underground black market has opened. If anyone pays attention, they will find that the food sold here is the relief food from the city.
Corruption is a tradition inherited from the Austrian era. The local aristocracy is also a tool for the Austrian government to rule the local area, and naturally inherited this fine tradition.
Not to mention the capitalists, their martial arts are no martial arts, and they can make a fortune from it, and no one can refuse, including some officers in the Sardinian army.
When giving out the food, you can easily deduct it a little. That's a lot of numbers. How can they give up?
Should they make up for the losses caused in the war?
Now that the amount of rations has been cut, isn't that just making them rich?
Marshal Bardolio may not really know it, or he may be pretending to be confused.
In short, everyone should have distributed seven tiers of rations, and in the end, fewer than five tiers fell into the hands of the people. Even the last five layers were cluttered with mess.
If you are lucky, you may just add bran and mix some wheat straw powder. If you have bad luck, you may add wood chips, leaves, pebbles and other materials directly to the dark bread.
Nothing is impossible, only you can't think of it. Fortunately, the people at the bottom have long been used to it. Anyway, the black bread they usually eat is the same. When they fight, they can also use it as a brick, killing two birds with one stone.
The people with financial ability have become customers of the underground black market one after another. No, this cannot be said to be a black market.
However, prices have risen a little bit, especially the price of food, which has soared to more than a dozen times before the war, and even some petty bourgeoisie can't bear it.
Of course, the poor need only have a way to endure, and anyway, Marshal Bardolio has guaranteed them, just for a few days.
Everyone is a patriot. For the sake of the country and the nation, we can endure hunger and starvation for a few days.
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Paris France
At this time, the interim bourgeois government was busy fighting internally.
On March 17, the Blanquis organized 150,000 people and took to the streets for demonstrations. The contradiction between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie was ignited in Paris.
When the Kingdom of Sardinia decided to send troops to attack Austria, the interim government supported it. Of course, this support was limited to verbal support, and they were unable to give substantial support.
Franz still miscalculated the situation in France, and the situation in France is not good now. The provisional government, which represents the interests of the bourgeoisie, has promulgated a series of policies that favor the capitalists, which naturally harms the interests of ordinary people.
For example, on March 9th, the interim government issued a decree stipulating that the cash payment of savings banks should be reduced, and those withdrawing deposits exceeding 100 francs will be paid to devalued national securities
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