The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven Chapter 79

A man named Gushan Casser wrote an anonymous letter to report the rampant behavior of Archduke Franz.

Madam Sophie was a little shocked that this letter actually came into Mrs. Sophie's hands. What shocked her was that she had such a stupid person under her command.

"Who brought this letter?"

A maid she had brought from Bavaria stood up.

"Princess, this letter was entrusted to me by my uncle..."

"You can go back to Bavaria." Madam Sophie turned to Earl Hussel and said, "Find out the person who wrote the letter and break his legs."

Gu Shan Kasai was the wine cellar steward who neglected his duties before. After being fired by Franz, he held a grudge and wanted to teach Franz a lesson and get back his own position.

Mrs. Sophie gave him a severe punishment, but this Gushan Kasai didn't back down. Instead, he later became a liberal fighter and even became friends with Alexander Bach.

Remarks: Alexander Bach, a famous Austrian liberal fighter, resolutely opposed all policies of Prince Metternich and advocated a constitutional monarchy.

Franz watched Szechenyi leave from the window, and did not contact this pioneer who once campaigned for the rise of the Hungarian nation, because it was he who opened Pandora's box and brought Hungary into the abyss of civil war.

The agricultural problems in Hungary are more complicated than Szechenyi thought. With the deepening of modern agricultural specialization and commercialization, the dependence on capital is also stronger.

The great aristocrats and landowners established agricultural associations, but they kept farmers out because they didn't want the poor to master these technologies. This should be regarded as an early technical barrier.

However, the land of ordinary farmers is too small and too scattered, and they have no time to improve improved varieties, and they have no money to buy new technologies and agricultural machinery, and they don't even have channels to buy chemical fertilizers. life.

As for borrowing money, there were no special bank loans at this time, only Jewish usury.

Everyone must understand what usury is, and everyone knows the risks involved, and farmers are precisely the most risk-averse group of people in the world.

If it's just a question of money, wouldn't Franz just need to gather a group of rich people to set up a special agricultural bank?

However, relying solely on capital cannot solve Hungary's problems, because the big nobles and big landowners not only hold capital, but also hold huge rights and social resources, and can even influence laws and taxes. Nobles in some areas have territorial jurisdiction.

The century-old poison cannot be eliminated overnight.

As for Kossuth, he is just a clown who was born at the right time. He can neither solve the land problem in Hungary, nor can he unite the ethnic minorities in Hungary.

It was meaningless to assassinate him. He was supported by a big aristocrat and a big landowner. Naturally, he would not start with the land issue in Hungary, and the extreme nationalism he was famous for made it impossible for him to treat the minorities in the territory equally.

It is much better to keep the "greatest" Hungarian than to kill him and usher in an uncertain future.

Vienna Royal Academy for Women.

Doppler and a group of physicists are debugging air conditioners with better performance. Of course, it is not that Franz intends to sell air conditioners for a living. After all, this kind of extreme weather does not happen every year. important role in industry.

These include making explosives, industrial printing, and ensuring the normal operation of precision instruments... Of course, the main function at present is just to make myself live more comfortably.

Another piece of good news is that the hybrid experiment of high-yield wheat was finally successful, and what made Franz even more excited was that the person who successfully cultivated hybrid wheat was named Mendel.

Franz Mendel, the "pea shooter", has still heard of it. Although his theories are somewhat advanced, Franz never feels that these advanced theories are useless, at least laying the foundation for the progress of agriculture and medicine. theoretical basis.

However, to Franz's great disappointment, he saw not a fat priest, but a standard Austrian farmer, thin, somewhat hunchbacked, always with a flattering smile.

"You are Father Mendel?"

"No, Grand Duke. As you can see, I am a gardener, Mendel of Heinzerdorf." The farmer smiled honestly.

"Mr. Mendel, do you consider staying as a gardener in my estate? You should have received the bonus of 20,000 florins. I believe you should know that I am not a stingy person."

After Franz finished speaking, old Mendel was stunned. What he got was obviously 4,000 florins. The deacon clearly said that the Grand Duke had reduced the amount of the bonus, but 4,000 florins were still worth it to old Mendel, a gardener. It was a huge sum of money, and he didn't take it too seriously.

Now why would the Grand Council say it was 20,000 florins? Old Mendel was no fool, and he quickly understood the trick.

Franz also knows how bad officials and housekeepers are in this era, but it is very disgusting to rely on these people a lot of the time.

Now that Franz has figured out the details of the manor and found a replacement, now it is time to see if it is necessary to give the former deacon a face.

"Grand Duke Franz, your generosity is astonishing, but your deacon is not generous. I only got 4,000 florins. The original agreement was 5,000 florins, but before the bonus was issued, your deacon said that you cut the budget , that's all there is to it.”

Old Mendel was outspoken, but the bonus of 20,000 florins actually got 16,000 florins. This deacon is really a hopeless scum.

"Mr. Mendel, do you have evidence?" Franz asked pretendingly.

"Grand Duke Franz~www.mtlnovel.com~ Here, there is a receipt for the bonus, please see it." Old Mendel said.

This scumbag has not been so careless before. I really don't know how he survived all these years.

Franz turned to look at the deacon.

"Is there anything else you can say?"

"...No.."

"Give him back Mr. Mendel's money and go away. Or I'll have Mr. Parrish take you to the gendarmerie and take a good look at your property."

The deacon was still very unconvinced that he was stolen and arrested, but he was not as persistent as Gushan Kasai, because Franz had given him a very light punishment, so he happily returned the 16,000 florins to Mendel, then quietly left.

In fact, Franz didn't want to be punished so lightly, but anyone who has a relationship with the royal family, the interest relationship is so complicated that Franz looks disgusting. For example, the deacon's uncle is the housekeeper of Prime Minister Metternich. My grandfather used to be the head of the royal family....

"Mr. Mendel, don't you think about my proposal?"

"Grand Duke Franz, I am very grateful for your generosity, but my wife was ill before, and I owed a lot of money for this. Now I want to pay back the money to those kind people."

"Then what happens after that?"

"I want to build a house, buy some land, hire two servants, and give my wife a few days of good life. She has bore me five children, but she has not had a good day. Then I will take my The younger sons are all sent to school, and the older son learns crafts from me so that he can inherit the family business and prepare a good dowry for his daughter..."

This is the dream of a simple farmer. Franz is unwilling to break his peaceful life, and he is not the Mendel he is looking for, so he may as well bless him.

Chapter end