Chapter 51: Franz the Test-Taker

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Franz was forced to receive an education and could no longer point out the country on a map.

The gentleman who came today was wearing a top hat, a brown turtleneck coat, and a pair of riding boots.

When he saw Franz, he took off his hat and saluted.

"Hello, distinguished Archduke Franz, I am Aaron Aberdeen. I am honored to be invited by the Habsburg royal family. From today on, I will teach you."

Franz nodded in response. This was not because Franz was arrogant, but because court etiquette required that a person in a higher position should not speak to a person in a lower position first, unless it was an order or request.

In fact, European-style education in this era is completely unrelated to the so-called happy education.

Every priest will have a stick or a pointer in his hand. If a student makes a mistake or fails to answer a question, he will "enjoy" a severe beating.

Although they would not greet Franz, Thalia would suffer.

Who made her Franz's tutor?

Originally, Talia was full of confidence. After all, she was one of the few female college graduates in this era, and she had also won the first place in the Prime Minister's Office Clerk Examination.

During the few years that Thalia taught Franz, she felt that she had given everything she knew to Franz.

But Talia never expected that these kind-hearted university professors would directly give college questions to a child who has just started school.

What Talia didn't expect even more was that Franz actually gave the wrong answer on purpose.

This Mr. Aberdeen was no exception. When he found that addition, subtraction, multiplication and division were not a problem for the child in front of him, he couldn't help but secretly cursed this female teacher for being such a pervert. She was simply inhumane after teaching so many things to a child.

But as a professor, he couldn't lose face, and he didn't want to deliberately create some weird problems. Suddenly, he had an idea.

This trick can not only save your face, but also allow you to get off work early.

"Archduke Franz, you have worked very hard, and now I want to give you a new question:

Please calculate the sum from 1 plus 2 plus 3 to 1000. We will end the get out of class when you figure it out. Of course, if you haven't calculated it today, you can continue calculating it tomorrow. "

Aberdeen wore a foxy smile.

Thalia was a little displeased. Who are these people? Do they have no morals at all? Is this the intention to use Franz as a coolie?

Franz took out a piece of tissue paper and looked at Thalia.

Thalia immediately covered her mouth and whispered, "You can't figure it out, right?"

Franz smiled and asked, "Do you think I can figure it out?"

Thalia clasped her hands together and raised them above her head.

"If you figure it out, I'll tell you good news."

"How good is it?"

Before Thalia could speak, Professor Aberdeen slammed his pointer on the table.

"Shut up and don't disturb Archduke Franz's calculations."

Thalia had no choice but to shut up and look at Franz.

Franz wrote a line of crooked numbers on his paper.

Franz looked at Professor Aberdeen, who was a little surprised.

"finished?"

"Yes, Professor Aberdeen."

Professor Aberdeen walked next to Franz and saw "500500" written clearly on the paper.

"Oh my god, what a genius!" Aberdeen exclaimed, and then thought it was impossible. It was probably this woman who was causing trouble.

Then Aberdeen thought of another question.

"There is a piece of green grass on the pasture that grows at the same rate every day. This piece of grass can be eaten by 10 cows for 20 days, or it can be eaten by 15 cows for 10 days, and the grass will continue to grow during this period. If it is fed by 25 cows How many days can you eat cows?”

"Five days." Franz replied without thinking. This was not because Franz really had any amazing mathematical talent, but because he had heard this story.

As long as Aberdeen changed the numbers at random, Franz would have to recalculate, and Aberdeen would copy the questions exactly, so Franz would naturally know the answer.

Aberdeen was now so shocked that he fell to his knees and burst into tears.

"You are really a genius. As long as you study with me, I guarantee that you will become a great mathematician in the future."

Thalia clapped her hands to signal the guards to come.

"Another crazy one, take him away."

The guards were no longer surprised. Mrs. Sophie had ordered that those who wanted Franz to specialize in a certain technology or join an organization could be thrown out without asking.

After all, Mrs. Sophie wanted a king, not an expert in a certain field. In fact, Mrs. Sophie was more afraid that Franz would become a master craftsman like Louis XVI.

Guillotine or something, that's terrible

The guards held up Professor Aberdeen and dragged him out, but he still did not forget to speak to Franz.

"The Austrian mathematics community needs you, Archduke Franz"

Franz shrugged, and Thalia was already laughing her head off.

"I thought you only had those beautiful aunts in your mind!"

When Franz came to this world, one of the few pastimes he had was looking at beautiful women.

However, due to the backward makeup technology and the generation gap in aesthetics, most beauties in this era only have a sense of horror in Franz's eyes.

Among the women Franz had seen, only Madame Sophie, Thalia and Aunt Ludwika (the mother of Princess Sissi and Princess Nana) could be considered beauties.

This has something to do with the emperor. Franz II was already very old, and the ladies-in-waiting and maids in the palace had followed him for decades.

Later, Ferdinand I. I don't think he had this need, after all, his wife, Queen Anna, had to find a lover to solve the problem.

As a result, there was a tragic situation of maids everywhere in Schönbrunn Palace.

"Talia, where is the good news you said?"

Franz waved the whip he had just stolen from Professor Aberdeen.

"Okay, okay. The seeds of the rubber tree have been taken back. Is this good news?"

Franz nodded. He could finally plant rubber trees in Zhenla, which is an important raw material for future industries.

Historically, Brazil has monopolized the rubber trade for a long time, resulting in many industries being unable to be carried out on a large scale due to cost issues.

"Great, I will ask my mother for a delicious meal tonight. If you have free time, mail these seeds to Archduke Ambrosius and ask him to find a way to promote planting in Zhenla."

Franz suddenly found that Talia lowered her head and twisted her fingers, so he asked.

"What's wrong? What else do you want to say?"

Talia smiled embarrassedly.

"Franz, I have another bad news to tell you."

Franz's expression froze.

"Say it."

"The seeds were obtained, but Mr. Costa said that it would cost more."

Franz was speechless for a while. He didn't expect that the royal family could be ripped off. But on second thought, Talia would definitely not reveal her identity.

The other party saw that Talia was generous and a woman, so he suddenly raised the price.

But it didn't make sense to think about it. She was clearly asked to pay in two installments, and there was a contract. Could it be that Costa was crazy?

Then he looked up and down at Talia. Talia was tall, with long golden hair draped wantonly, with delicate features and fair skin, plus a special temperament of aristocratic scholars in this era. As long as she didn't smile, she really gave people a sense of coldness and surprise.

If there is a point deduction, it is her shoulders comparable to men and her two small tiger teeth.

"You've been harassed, haven't you?"