"Adjani, do I have a relatively large shop area on a busy street?"

"Nope." Adjani replied crisply. "Didn't you sell all the shops in the city last year and replace them with those outside the city?"

Franz remembered that after the floods in Vienna in history, the Austrian government carried out extensive urban renovation.

Franz had hoped to take advantage of this urban expansion to make a fortune, and the difference in land prices between the inner and outer cities at that time was nearly seven times.

However, due to Franz's cash-for-work scheme, the entire embankment of Vienna was reinforced, and many roads were rebuilt, so everyone was doing well, and they forgot about the renovation

“.” Franz scratched his head, it seems that the wings really can't be flapped indiscriminately, otherwise I really don't know in what direction the world will develop.

"Carinthiastrasse, Grabenstrasse, Coal Strasse, Hilferstrasse. All four streets are very good, especially Hilfer Street, which, as you said, went from a slum to a phoenix nest with the development of the railway. ”

Looking at Adjani's expression, you can know that she must have been prepared.

"How many shops do I have on these four streets?" Franz asked.

Adjani pretended to bow her jaw.

"Tell me how much."

This time it was Franz's turn to hug someone's arms and be coquettish, but he still felt that he was making a lot of money.

"I bought all three streets except Graben. You can buy as much as you want, so I just bought them all. ”

Adjani was able to buy these three streets, in addition to the money in place, because of the face of Mrs. Sophie.

The purchase of these lands can only be made by Mrs. Sophie, and if it were Adjani instead, there is a high probability that it will not succeed, but will be interrogated, and even opponents will shoot her.

"Awesome, you've got a keen eye." Franz pointed to the map and said that three of the four most profitable streets in Vienna had now been obtained.

Once the renovation of Vienna begins, the price of these lands can definitely double.

"You haven't said what you're going to do? Grand Duke Franz, do you want to open a general store? Adjani had roughly guessed what Franz was going to do.

"You guessed it right, but it's not just a general store, it's a department store."

"Department stores?"

"That's right, not a big grocery store like the Jews owned. Our malls need to be luxurious, magnificent, and at the same time all-encompassing! Franz explained.

"A huge luxury grocery store?" Adjani laughed.

Franz was not satisfied with this explanation, but in fact it was so.

"The area near the train station has grown very rapidly in recent years, and people from other places have more money in their pockets and a stronger desire to shop."

"Makes sense." Franz said.

"How about driving on Hilfer Street?" Adjani gave her advice without a trace, and at the same time carried out a wave of rational analysis.

"Yes, you can." Franz then realized that he had unknowingly fallen into passivity again. Adjani's own language, movements, and ability to do things are impeccable, and when people feel comfortable with her, they always can't help but think about other things

"Well, I'll go to Mr. Sina tomorrow. He's a very gifted businessman, and I think he'll be able to give some useful advice. Adjani said.

(Mr. Sina, former president of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry, whom Franz had fostered, and a bitter enemy of the Rothschilds.) ）

"Well, if he can't fix it. If you have a problem, come to me, if you have a problem, come to my mother. You get the idea, right? Franz said.

"Yes." Adjani nodded.

"And you haven't said good news yet?" Franz asked.

"The sales of galoshes are very good! The military intends to purchase one million pairs at a time, and the imperial government intends to purchase two million pairs. ”

Since Franz preemptively invested in vulcanized rubber technology, he started a shoe factory by the way.

A good pair of leather shoes in this era cost 11 florins, and even inferior grain shoes with a cork soles wrapped in linen cost 5 florins.

And thanks to the advent of sewing machines, Franz's rubber shoes cost only two florins.

Even if it is sold at the price of three florins, the price is much lower than that of contemporaneous handmade shoes.

In this era, strictly speaking, there were no shoe factories, and they were usually made from shoemakers. Dozens of processes for a pair of shoes are all completed by the same person, and the efficiency is naturally much lower.

Not only the price, but also the performance and practicality of rubber shoes are also the best shoes of the same period.

The rubber sole has good abrasion resistance, non-slip, elasticity, not easy to break, good softness, good elongation, stable shrinkage, good bendability, and waterproof.

"So much?" This really shocked Franz.

"Yes, there will be more in the future! Because many soldiers said that it was the best shoe they had ever worn, and that the price was more acceptable to ordinary people, it was believed that in the near future, everyone in Austria would be able to wear shoes. Adjani said.

In this era, there are many people who can't afford to wear shoes. Many people don't wear shoes when they work, even when they climb mountains, and they only wear shoes when they go to the city.

In the rural areas of Austria, homemade straw sandals are the mainstream, but although straw sandals are cheap, they are not wear-resistant, easy to break, and even worse is that this thing grinds feet, which can easily cause a lot of wounds on the feet, and often make flesh and blood blurred, which is very scary.

Generally speaking, wearing straw sandals requires a pair of thick socks, but thick socks are not cheap and can easily be worn out by straw sandals.

In this era, there is also a lack of anti-inflammatory drugs, and once an infection occurs at the breach, tragedy is likely to occur.

"How many pairs of shoes can we make a day now?" Franz felt that this number was too large, and he was afraid that the production capacity would be insufficient.

"Before, there were less than 1,000 pairs a day, but after purchasing 1,000 sewing machines, we can now make 20,000 pairs a day." Adjani replied.

"Great! That's great news! I think we can continue to expand our production capacity, after all, there are still many people in the Austrian Empire who cannot afford to wear shoes. We can also explore overseas markets." Franz is dreaming up his beautiful plans.

However, Adjani poured a basin of cold water on him.

"Archduke Franz, now we have a problem."

"What's the problem?" Franz had a bad premonition.

"We don't have enough rubber in stock, and we still have a shortfall of 1,000 tons if we import this year, and the Brazilian side said that if they still want rubber, they have to send people deep into the rainforest, and then they can't calculate it at a price of 450 florins," Adjani swallowed.

"How much do they want?" Franz knew he was going to get a damn brazilian in the neck.

"A thousand florins per ton, otherwise they wouldn't risk their lives to tap." Adjani said.

"120% premium! Why don't they rob it! The rubber tappers are obviously slaves, but they say that they are risking their lives. Franz was angry, but powerless, because at this time only Brazil produced natural rubber in the world.

Historically, in 1839, the sales volume of natural rubber in the world was only 200 tons. Franz has been hoarding rubber, so Brazil's rubber production has now more than doubled to 500 tons.

But Franz suddenly received a huge order, directly exceeding the upper limit of Brazilian production. At this time, Franz had only two options, either pay the money honestly and complete the order, or put off the order until next year and wait for the price of rubber to fall before buying.

(End of chapter)