War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Not surprisingly, Palmerston's plan for a Jewish state met with unanimous opposition from all countries. Even the Ottoman Sultan Mejid, whom the British said was the biggest beneficiary, opposed the establishment of a Jewish state on his own land.

Of course, the opinions of other countries did not make Britain intend to give up. They tried to contact organizations such as the Zionist Congress and the Freemasons, hoping to use the help of these organizations to move a large number of Jews directly into the Jerusalem area.

This created a fait accompli, and it didn't matter even if the five-nation conference disagreed, because Britain could completely use its powerful power to make rice cook.

The British idea and beautiful promise of the Jewish state, spread from one place to another through newspapers and businessmen, did attract many lower-class and middle-class Jews, and some of them planned to leave after the war in the Near East and North Africa ended. Syria gets the "promised land".

Franz didn’t know much about this history, but he knew that the state of Israel was founded after World War II. So he was sure that Jewish statehood would not succeed.

The Austrian aristocratic circle even held a handicap for this purpose.

Franz originally wanted to make a fortune, but he found that the odds of the Jews successfully establishing a nation were pitifully low. Most of the nobles believed that the Jews would not be able to establish a foothold in the Syrian desert.

Only a small number of Jews can succeed in suppressing the Jewish state.

Even Solomon Rothschild, the backbone of Austrian Jewry, only paid a symbolic one thousand florins.

Franz could only sigh, "It's really hard to make some extra money."

"Archduke Franz, your ability to make money is already very strong. No matter how powerful you are, you can only rob it." Adjani comforted with a smile.

"Rob? That's a good idea." The hills of Bactria in Afghanistan, shipwrecks in Spain, and temples in India are all good places to make money. However, due to limitations of technology and strength, these things cannot be visited for the time being.

"Do you really want to rob him?" Adjani said as she raised her ears to Franz.

Franz grabbed Adjani's ear and said.

"You ask too many questions!"

"Yeah! It hurts! Don't ask!"

Franz then let go of his hand. In fact, he didn't use too much force, it was just that Adjani was too devoted to her performance.

"Archduke Franz, there is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" Adjani said with a smile.

".Are you taking revenge on me?"

"How dare you!" Adjani said, covering her ears.

"Okay, let's hear the bad news first." Franz sighed.

"The sales volume of your improved pedal sewing machine has been poor. Except for a few nobles who have good relations with the family, almost no one cares about it."

At this time, the sewing machine was still a very troublesome hand-operated sewing machine. It required two people to operate, one person shook the handle, and the other person put the fabric into it and operated it. It was also extremely easy to cause accidents.

After all, it is impossible for two people to share the same brain, so they can only perform some simple mechanical sutures.

Although the foot-operated sewing machine superficially changes only the driving method, it actually has a dimensionality reduction impact on the past hand-operated sewing machines. It greatly simplifies the operating process and enriches the operating methods, allowing it to be used in most applications. Instead of manual operation.

But Franz didn't expect these people to be so ignorant. They only retailed less than ten units every month, but his mother purchased a thousand units.

At this time, the price of an old-fashioned hand-operated sewing machine was 250 florins, and the pedal sewing machine modified by Franz only cost 300 florins.

Franz felt that the price increase of only 50 florins was already a very good deal. However, after half a year, only 69 units were sold in retail. After deducting costs and other expenses, only 12,000 florins were earned.

The thousand units purchased by Mrs. Sophie were all taken at cost price, and Franz did not make a penny from this business.

As for the patent fees, there is not even a penny.

"Adjani, didn't you say that the sewing machine is very useful?" Franz asked.

"It's very easy to use. I don't know how many times faster it is than doing it by hand." Adjani replied.

In fact, someone has calculated that if the material is soft or thin, the speed of the sewing machine is almost fifteen times that of manual sewing.

If the material is hard or thick, the sewing machine's speed is more than thirty times that of manual work.

"Then why can't it be sold?" Franz asked.

"It always takes time for people to accept new things, and the price is indeed a bit expensive. But it is indeed a great invention. Don't be discouraged. People who have used it say it is good." Adjani explained.

"It's been half a year! Just for civilians, don't those tailor shops have any foresight?" Franz said angrily.

In fact, a sewing machine will be called one of the "four major items" not to mention it now, even a century from now. It is normal that ordinary people cannot afford it. But the owners and professionals of the tailor shops were actually unwilling to spend money to buy them, which made Franz very chilled.

Is it really like what is said in the book that if you have a first-mover advantage, you won't be willing to update the equipment, so that it will become obsolete until it is eliminated by the times?

Thinking of this, Franz couldn't help but start to worry about the future of the Austrian Empire.

At this time Adjani said.

"But the tailors in the shop usually don't visit noble shops."

"Noble store?"

"Well, that's right! Many families run their own shops, and the royal family is no exception. But because of Mrs. Sophie's relationship, our products can be sold in several noble shops. For example, Elt Hazy, Windisch Gretz. Maybe we can hire some people to sell it, or try our luck at a general store."

"General store?" Franz didn't quite understand the word.

"It's a relatively large-scale store with a wide range of varieties. The people who run this kind of store are usually Jewish merchants. If you put your products in, they may be used by people with malicious intentions to create some non-existent rumors." Ajia Ni said worriedly.

After listening to Adjani's words, Franz realized that there were no supermarkets in this era.

However, it is a bit difficult to open a supermarket, and it will take away business from ordinary people. Maybe department stores are a good choice.

Department stores pay more attention to image than supermarkets and have higher profit margins, but they are still much cheaper than the products in contemporary stores.

In this era, restricted by transportation, transportation, storage and other conditions, the business model of shopping malls is destined to be more profit-oriented.

Maybe he suddenly figured out the reason and felt happy, or maybe he was always being teased and wanted to fight back. Franz put his arms around Adjani's neck and kissed her on the cheek.

It smells like aloe vera. This is all because Franz said that aloe vera has a whitening effect, so the aloe vera in the royal garden suffered. Adjani would break the aloe vera after getting up early and before going to bed every day.

But Franz thought about it and decided that it was okay, at least she wouldn’t use arsenic trioxide on her face. Otherwise, Franz will end up like Mrs. White's dog one day.

In 1888, a tragedy occurred in New York, USA. A noble lady found her pet dog dead when she woke up in the morning. For this reason, she offered a reward of US$10,000 to the person who poisoned her dog.

This incident not only shocked New York, but even detectives throughout the United States were eager to try.

Finally, under the analysis of a group of famous detectives, it was concluded that the cause of death of the dog was that it licked Mrs. White's face and was poisoned by cosmetics.

It was completely different from what Franz thought. Not only did Adjani have no reaction when Franz kissed her, but it was as if nothing happened after the kiss.