In fact, there were still several ready-made intelligence organizations in the Austrian Empire, the first being the notorious secret police, and the second being the Church.

The secret police, of course, were in the hands of Prince Metternich, a strange organization of large and bloated institutions, inefficient and disloyal, which reminded Franz of the Song Dynasty's 800,000 forbidden army.

Although the secret police were divided into many factions, which gave Franz room to maneuver, it also complicated the problem, and at the same time greatly increased the potential for information adulteration and leakage, and Franz did not intend to use this organization until he was able to eliminate the factions in the secret police.

As for the church, it is still a cliché, and relying too much on the church is like drinking water to quench your thirst.

Cultivate on your own? This is even more nonsense, not to mention that Franz himself does not know how to engage in intelligence, where do the personnel come from, how to send the intelligence in, how much time does it take, one year or two years or ten years or eight years?

Recently, Franz has an extra little friend, Edward Taffe, the eldest son of the Taffy family, who came to accompany him to study.

It's just that Franz has completely surpassed Taffy's cognition in what he has learned, and he has been in a state of confusion recently.

Taffy prefers to be close to himself than studying, and likes to give Franz some snacks and toys when he has nothing to do.

Until one day Taffy saw Franz's toy and drooled with envy.

No boy could resist the temptation of toy guns and cars, and Franz generously gave Taaffe the toys, which cost nothing.

Clockwork toy cars and pneumatic toy guns are definitely the top toys in this era. Although Taffy has seen real rifles and horse-drawn carriages, watching and playing with it in his hands are completely different concepts.

According to Taffe's own account, he also had an organization similar to the Vienna Business League in his family.

However, the scale could not be compared with that of Solomon Rothschild's Vienna business alliance, and its headquarters in Moravia were of little help to Franz due to their distance and distance.

One thing that Fanz was very concerned about was that the Taffy family ran the largest steamboat company in Austria and also had their own steamboat factory.

Franz thought that maybe he could get Friedrich and the Taffe family in touch, and maybe he could speed up the construction of steam warships.

At the same time, it can also pull the Taffy family to the side of the empire, and a local power like the Taffy family can easily have the idea of confrontation with the central government.

In fact, Franz was overwhelmed, and in history the family sharpened its head and moved closer to the royal family.

In 1848, when the Taffy family raised their own military funds to help suppress a rebellion in Moravia, Taffe's father had his leg broken in Bohemia.

In 1866, two of Taffe's uncles died in Sadowa.

Tafi later became Prime Minister of Austria-Hungary and his younger brother became Archbishop of Vienna, both staunch royalists, and Tafi's grandson died defending Lviv (a border city in Galicia) during World War I, and his son committed suicide by swallowing a gun after the defeat of Austria-Hungary.

From the Habsburgs' point of view, it is truly full of loyalty.

Perhaps it would be best to seize the moment when Solomon's control was at its weakest and turn his Vienna business alliance into his own intelligence organization.

After all, Vienna doesn't need two emperors, and now is a good time to take advantage of his illness and kill him.

Once Solomon lost the eyes of the Vienna business alliance, then Solomon would be like a blind man in Austria in the future, relying on his brothers (the Rothschilds) and the resources of the family, which greatly reduced his threat.

It's just that it is not a simple matter to control the Vienna Business Alliance, and who is to let go? There are no available candidates at his disposal, and Franz's father has such people around him, but it is difficult to convince him to play for him.

As the sun set, Franz was also a little sleepy, so he fell asleep on Taria's lap.

Talia still had a lot to report, but Franz was asleep, and she didn't want to disturb him, for fear of annoying people.

Talia patted herself on the cheek, she couldn't figure out what she was thinking, and she usually chose to do it first.

Talia ruffled her hair and lightly imprinted it on Franz's forehead.

Schönbrunn Palace, the Royal Conservatory.

The housekeeper in charge of the greenhouse was a little distressed because only 96 of the 10,000 rubber tree seeds given to him by Franz Bus eventually reached the seedling rate, which is less than 1%.

The housekeeper even considered whether to add some similar saplings in to fool him around, but he finally gave up, because Archduke Franz was a very shrewd "little man", and it was not easy to fool him, and he was easily punished by Madame Sophie.

These rubber saplings will soon be transported to Trieste, where they will be boarded, delivered to Chenla, and thrive there.

In Madame Sophie's bedroom, Madame Sophie is helping Adjani tie her corset.

Women's clothing during this period was very cumbersome, especially the corsetion, and women themselves could not wear it without help.

The original intention of the corset design is to move the flesh to where it should go, in order to highlight the feminine charm, that is, to push the fat of the waist and abdomen up and down to achieve the effect of breast enlargement, buttocks lifting, and waist tightening.

But in fact, this thing is similar to a torture instrument for women, such as the heroine in Pirates of the Caribbean who is strangled by a corset until she faints, which abounds.

It is customary to choose a sturdy pillar or porch to support your center of gravity. However, at this time, Adjani did not seem to have enough objects in front of her to support herself, not even a pillar, so she could only rely on clenching her fists to borrow strength.

Madame Sophie was increasing the force of her hand a little, and Adjani bit her lips tightly, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

"I'll leave my heart and soul to you, you won't let me down, will you?" Mrs. Sophie said.

"No, Mrs. Sophie. I will serve Archduke Franz with all my heart. Adjani said with difficulty.

"That's great, and to celebrate your becoming my son's squire, let's have a drink." Mrs. Sophie said.

The maid then brought two wine glasses, which were filled with white and transparent glass and candlelight, and the blood-red luster was set off more vividly.

Adajani trembled and picked up the glass, and drank it down, but she almost vomited it because she was so tightly tightened that she had to swallow it.

Mrs. Sophie smiled, let go of the rope in her hand, and gracefully took a sip from her glass.

"It's so embarrassing, practice ten more times."

Madame Sophie even stretched out her slender fingers to hook Adjani's chin and scrutinize Adjani's face.

"What a beauty, but there are no men in Poland? Don't think anything else, I'll watch you, and if you do well, I can let you meet your husband and let you fly away to a place where no one knows you and live your good life. ”

(End of chapter)