The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven

Not surprisingly, Palmerston's plan for a Jewish state was opposed by all countries. Even the biggest beneficiary in the British mouth, the Ottoman Sultan Danjid 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 in this way. They tried to contact organizations such as the Zionist Council and the Freemasonry, hoping to use the help of these organizations to directly move a large number of Jews into the Jerusalem area.

In this way, a fait accompli has been created, and it doesn't matter even if the five-nation meeting disagrees, because the United Kingdom can completely cook raw rice into mature rice with its powerful power.

The British idea and good promise of the Jewish state were passed on by newspapers and businessmen, and indeed attracted many low-level and middle-class Jews. Some of them planned to leave for the country after the war in the Near East and North Africa ended. Syria gets the "promised land".

Franz is not clear about this period of history, but he knows that Israel was founded after World War II. So he was sure that the founding of the Jewish state would not succeed.

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The Austrian aristocratic circle even set up a handicap for this.

Franz originally wanted to make a fortune, but found that the odds of the Jews successfully establishing a country were pitifully low. Most nobles believed that the Jews could not gain a foothold in the Syrian desert.

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

Even Solomon Rothschild, the backbone of the Austrian Jews, paid only a token thousand florins.

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

"Grand Duke Franz, your ability to make money is already very strong, no matter how powerful you are, you can only grab it." Adjani comforted with a smile.

"Grabbing? 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, but these things are temporarily limited by technology and strength.

"Are you really going to grab it?" Adjani put her ear up to Franz as she spoke.

Franz grabbed Adjani's ear and said.

"You ask too many questions!"

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

Only then did Franz let go of his hand. In fact, he didn't use too much force, but Adjani was too involved in acting.

"Grand Duke 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!" Ajani said, covering her ears.

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

"The sales of your improved foot-operated sewing machine are dismal. Except for a few nobles who are friendly with the family, almost no one cares about it."

The sewing machine at this time was still a very troublesome hand-operated sewing machine. Two people were required to operate it. One person shook the handle, and the other person put the cloth into it to operate, and it was extremely easy to cause accidents.

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

Although the pedal sewing machine only changes the driving mode on the surface, it actually does reduce the dimensionality of the previous hand-operated sewing machines. It greatly simplifies the operation process and enriches the operation methods, allowing it to be used in most case instead of manual operation.

It's just that Franz didn't expect these people to be so ignorant, and they retailed less than ten units a month, but his mother purchased a thousand units successively.

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

Franz felt that the price increase of only 50 florins was already very favorable. However, after half a year, only 69 units have been sold in retail, and the cost and other expenses have been deducted, and only 12,000 florins have been earned.

The 1,000 units purchased by Mrs. Sophie were taken at cost price, and Franz didn't make any money from this business.

As for the patent fee, there is not even a dime.

"Ajani, didn't you say that the sewing machine is easy to use?" Franz asked.

"It's very easy to use, I don't know how many times faster than manual work." Adjani replied.

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

If it is a hard or thick material, the speed of the sewing machine is more than 30 times that of the manual.

"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! It's just that for ordinary people, don't those tailors have any foresight?" Franz said angrily.

In fact, let alone the present, the sewing machine can be called one of the "four major items" even a century later, and it is normal for ordinary people to afford it. But those tailor shop owners and professionals were unwilling to spend money to buy it, which made Franz very chilling.

Is it really like what is said in the book, if you have the first-mover advantage, you will not be willing to update the equipment, so that it will be broken 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 someone to sell it, or try our luck at a general store."

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

"It's a kind of store with a relatively large scale and a complete range. It's just that the people who run this kind of store are usually Jewish businessmen. If you put your products in it, it may be used by people with intentions to create some non-existent rumors." A Jia Ni said without worry.

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

However, it is a bit difficult to run a supermarket, and it will grab the business of ordinary people. Maybe a department store is a good choice.

Compared with supermarkets, department stores pay more attention to image and have higher profit margins, but they are still much cheaper than those in contemporary shops.

This era is limited by transportation, transportation, storage means and other conditions, and it is doomed that the business model of shopping malls should be more profit-oriented.

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

There was a smell of aloe vera, which was all because Franz said that aloe vera had a whitening effect, so the aloe vera in the royal garden suffered. Ajani would break the aloe vera every day after getting up early and before going to bed.

But Franz thought about it, that's good, at least she won't paint her face with arsenic trioxide. Otherwise, one day Franz will end up with Mrs. White's dog if it is not guaranteed.

There was a tragedy in New York in 1888. A lady woke up in the morning and found that her pet dog was dead. For this reason, she offered a reward of 10,000 dollars to the murderer who caught poisoning 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 poisoned by cosmetics because of licking Mrs. White's face.

It was completely different from what Franz thought. Not only did Adjani not respond when Franz kissed, but also as if nothing happened after the kiss.