The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven Chapter 76

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Franz was very satisfied with the North American version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms being staged at this time, but it was impossible for everything to go according to Franz's expectations.

For example, now the United States has actually contacted Mexico, and the two sides have reached a secret agreement to jointly fight against France.

That is, no matter which side France attacks, the other side needs to attack Texas within a month.

After defeating France, the United States and Mexico will use Austin as the border, and the United States will pay Mexico a ransom fee of 10 million US dollars.

Unbeknownst to the Mexicans of course, a similar agreement was signed between Martin Van Buren and the French.

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

"What? Those two women didn't leave Franz's room all night?" Madam Sophie looked very angry.

The already sweltering weather added fuel to Madam Sophie's fire.

"Hussel! Prepare the carriage!"

Earl Hussel was the only person in this room who didn't look so tired, but it still took a certain amount of courage to go out at noon.

He grabbed a glass of ice water from the table and drank it down, the ice cubes crunching in his mouth.

When they reached the downstairs of Franz's bedroom, Mrs. Sophie rushed up the stairs with the hem of her skirt instead of being supported by a maid.

In the room, Thalia and Adjani were helping Franz handle the documents. Franz's layout was too large, and there was no internet, so one person couldn't handle it.

Franz was still drawing around on a map, sometimes asking Adjani and Thalia to help find some information.

The moment the angry Mrs. Sophie pushed open the door, a gust of cool wind hit her, making her so comfortable that she couldn't help but let out a moan, her whole body softened, and her words didn't have much hostility.

"What were you doing in Franz's room? Why didn't you leave at night?"

Ajani also wants to say that she is Franz's bedroom maid, and it is her duty to stand beside the master at night..

But Thalia pointed directly at a machine on the wall that was blowing cold air, and Mrs. Sophie immediately understood.

"Frantz, did you do this?"

"Mother, this is me and Mr. Doppler, and..."

Before Franz could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Madam Sophie.

"Have you applied for a patent yet?"

"Uh...not yet." Franz replied.

"Why don't you apply soon?"

Mrs. Sophie glanced at Adjani, and Adjani reacted immediately, and hurriedly left with a bunch of documents and design drawings.

Madame Sophie would have taken out her fan to fan herself, but found it unnecessary.

"Frantz, how much did this machine cost?"

"Seventy thousand florins, mother," replied Franz.

Franz's words choked back Madam Sophie's words.

Mrs. Sophie also wanted to install one in her room, but now it seems that she should forget it. Seventy thousand florins are too expensive, but she is not an ignorant woman. She knows Franz's machine, no Know how much better than Queen Anna's fifty thousand florin ice machine.

Thalia made a cup of tea and lowered her head in front of Mrs. Sophie. Although the rude behavior just now was her inadvertent mistake, if Mrs. Sophie pursued it, she would definitely be severely punished.

"Princess, you drink tea."

Madam Sophie picked up the teacup and found that it was a little hot, so she splashed it directly on Talia's chest, and then took out a handkerchief to wipe it for Talia, and said in a very gentle tone while wiping.

"Really, why are you so careless? This time it's tea, and next time it may be boiling oil. As a person around Franz, you should be more careful. Go to my room, there is a new tea that just arrived this year , let Archduke Franz taste it."

Thalia didn't care about the tea leaves hanging on her chest, and immediately got up and saluted and went to Madam Sophie's room to get tea.

After Thalia left, Earl Hussel closed the door outside.

Just as Franz was about to speak, he was interrupted by Madam Sophie.

"If you don't want me to discipline your people, you'd better discipline them. Otherwise, I will use boiling oil next time, and I will do what I say."

"Mother, you are too strict, it's so tiring to do this, why bother?" Franz rubbed against Madam Sophie coquettishly.

"Silly boy, I'm doing it for their own good. By your side, any shortcomings in them will be magnified infinitely. You are destined to become the emperor. If they are not qualified for their jobs, it is best to replace them in advance. , rather than being a scapegoat when things get out of hand."

Madam Sophie pinched Franz's face and said dotingly.

"What did you do last night? Why are the dark circles under your eyes so serious?"

What else can I do, being squeezed in the middle by two people, being used as a pillow when it was cold in the middle of the night, and when the temperature rose in the morning, Franz was pushed away with disgust, tossing all night, Franz Of course I didn't sleep well.

"Recently, I've been thinking about investing..."

"Speaking of investment, Franz, I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Madam Sophie asked.

"It's both good and bad news coming from the same thing, I know, it's been too hot this year."

"Yes, the good news is that food prices have gone up, and the bad news is that Austria is experiencing a rare drought. Franz, what can you do?"

Franz shook his head and sighed softly.

"No, even if there was, the cost would be too great. All we can do is try to keep food prices down as much as possible, and help the poor when necessary~www.mtlnovel.com~ Madam Sophie also sighed.

"God bless them, Amen."

"Mother, with the money from selling food, I hope to buy some wasteland in Hungary to resettle the poor."

"Why is it in Hungary? There is still a lot of wasteland in the Netalonia area, why buy Hungarian land?"

"Land in Hungary is cheap now, and the wasteland in Netalonia will be developed sooner or later. Where will we have land to continue to resettle refugees?"

"Refugees?" Madam Sophie was a little puzzled. In fact, European countries are very repulsive to refugees at this time, because refugees are always the source of turmoil. The usual way for big countries to solve refugee problems is to throw refugees to colonies to fend for themselves.

Austria obviously does not have this condition. Of course, if Hungary can be regarded as a colony, then the problem will be much easier to solve.

Arranging the refugees on the wasteland bought by Franz will allow them to reclaim the wasteland on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will also solve the problem of the source of life for these refugees. This will alleviate the social turmoil caused by the refugees. You have to want to rebel.

As for the conflict between the refugees and the Hungarians, Franz was happy to see it, because the two parties could only rely on the Austrian government to resolve it. In this way, Austria can take the initiative on the Hungarian issue. When the railway is repaired to Hungary, maybe the Hungarian issue can be resolved peacefully.

"Yes, due to the influence of the German Customs Union, the ties between our country and the German states have been greatly strengthened. At the same time, our country no longer has any reason to prevent the subjects of the German states from entering Austria. But this disaster and the possible refugee flow, we You have to be prepared for this."

Chapter end