War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

The rubber seeds have been sent directly to the royal greenhouse, waiting for seedlings to be cultivated and then shipped to Chenla, so that Ambrosius and the people of the church can promote planting in Chenla.

The cycle of rubber trees is very long. It takes eight years to start tapping, and it takes five years for rubber tapping to reach its peak.

Franz looked at the check and wheat seeds in front of him. He felt that Thalia had gone too far.

"What's going on with these 100,000 florins? But you signed a contract. You are a robber, a Westerner who has no spirit of contract at all."

Thalia spread her hands indifferently.

"Now that the contract is gone, do we still need to abide by it?"

"Where's the contract?"

"He tore it off himself, it's none of my business."

"How is that possible!"

Thalia made a stop sign and took out a bag from the pocket of her skirt.

"This is a gift for you. You will need it in the future." Thalia thought for a while and added, "I hope you won't need it."

"Costa tore up the contract himself, how is that possible?" Franz asked.

Thalia pointed to the bag on the table.

"The powder in this makes people feel powerless and submissive. Costa did something to my tea."

Franz looked at Thalia and asked curiously.

"Are you OK?"

"Of course I'm fine, he suffered the consequences." Thalia said very proudly.

"Well, it seems he has received the punishment he deserves."

Franz looked at the check on the table and thought that since it was issued anyway, he might as well spend it directly.

"Thalia, things were done well, do you want any reward?"

Thalia looked at Franz in surprise. What was this little kid thinking? Do you want to control me? Thalia suddenly remembered that she seemed to be Franz's person now.

"Reward?!" Thalia rolled her eyes.

"In other words, do you have any dreams?"

"Dream? I want to study like a man, be an official, and then have people worship me." Thalia seemed to remember the stupid things she had done.

As the stronghold of conservative forces in Europe, women in Austria had just gained the right to receive education at this time, and women were not allowed to enter universities, let alone become officials.

"How about I help you build a women's college and let you be the principal. In this way, you can become an official and be worshiped by others." Franz suggested.

"Can you be admired by others if you become the principal?" Thalia asked.

"Let me ask you, who is the most powerful person in the zoo?" Franz asked.

"Tiger? Elephant..." Thalia did not have a definite answer to this question.

"It's the director!"

Thalia suddenly understood and felt that what Franz said made sense.

Only then did she realize, women's college! ? This was an unprecedented event, because there had not been a school specifically for girls in Vienna before.

It was not until 1835 that Ferdinand I approved a decree allowing women to attend school.

But there was no compulsory education in Austria at that time. Going to a public school or hiring a tutor usually meant expensive tuition.

Church schools or private schools established by nobles have strict requirements for admission.

The extremely high illiteracy rate in the Austrian Empire is the best proof of this.

Austria implemented completely free compulsory education during the era of Queen Theresa and Joseph II, but it was completely abolished under Leopold II.

After the Napoleonic War, Francis II briefly recovered, but his finances could not make ends meet, so he asked the school to find a way on its own.

The illiteracy rate of 70%+ can only be matched by Russia in the east.

"Franz, are you serious? The establishment of a women's college requires the approval of His Majesty the Emperor." Thalia touched Franz's forehead in a gesture.

"What's the point? I'm Franz." Franz wasn't bragging. Although Franz didn't dare to interfere in national affairs easily, as long as it didn't involve the national level, even if Franz had to be in the Central Garden of Vienna tomorrow ( No one would object to building a playground in the Vienna Central Cemetery.

"Oh, so I can be the principal?"

"Of course, I have two manor houses in the north of the city that can be turned into schools. It faces the Danube River in front, has the Karen Mountain in the back, and is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is a good place to build a school. Even the houses are ready-made. Anyway, I won’t live there, so I’ll leave it to you.”

Thalia had seen it from a distance before. They were two beautiful royal estates. She hugged Franz very excitedly, and Franz, who was weak, pitiful and helpless, was squeezed so hard that he couldn't breathe.

Thalia suddenly let go of Franz, and she thought of another problem. There were only a few weirdos like her in the whole of Austria, and three of her seniors had been burned to death. She herself was almost hanged in the Prime Minister's Office. In front of the door, on the chestnut tree.

"Where should I recruit students? There are not many girls in Austria who have received high school education, let alone girls who want to go to university."

Women graduating from university in Austria face a major problem, that is, there are no jobs suitable for them. They can only choose to support their husbands and raise children, or work as tutors in other noble families.

Therefore, in the Austrian Empire, women's education usually stopped at reading and writing.

"It's simple. We don't have it in Austria. Can we recruit from foreign countries? And the courses don't have to be taught like ordinary universities. We can completely tailor the courses for you.

Simple courses such as etiquette, housework, calculations, languages, literature, and theology are taken together with complex subjects such as economics, law, society, psychology, natural sciences, engineering, and mechanics.

You can start in elementary school and then move on to middle school, high school, and college. Anyway, the women's college in Vienna is still blank. "

Thalia was speechless.

"Where can I find so many female teachers?"

"The ladies of the Viennese court, those who have retired, and those who are too old to continue working at the court."

"You want to change to something young and beautiful, right?"

In fact, Franz wants to implement compulsory education for all, but under the current situation, this project is impossible to pass.

Even if the emperor approved it, it would be rejected by Korolav and Metternich of the Regency Council, because Austria's finances simply could not support it.

The French used their influence to reduce bank lending to the Austrian Empire and deliberately suspended construction of railways contracted by French merchants.

Friedrich List also used the connections he established while working in the Austrian Empire to provide benefits to Austrian officials and let them make things difficult for railway construction.

Hungary has introduced a new bill to refuse the sale of pig iron, sand, gravel, and logs to Austria. Although Hungary is not the main supplier of Austrian railways, the original suppliers saw this bill and demanded price increases.

This caused the businessmen in the Austrian Empire who were originally enthusiastic about investing in the railway to be enveloped in panic and sell their railway stocks one after another. The result of the outflow of funds was a large-scale shutdown.

Count Korolaf and Prince Metternich were also arguing over whether to protect the south or the north.

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