Maria went back to face the wall, and Maximilian was bored, leaving only Franz and Ludwig on the table, as well as his father, Archduke Franz Karl, and his mother, Madame Sophie.

Ludwig's behavior was surprisingly boring, and he didn't have much of a child's mind, and since Franz had told him some chicken soup that hard work could make up for it, the former was deeply immersed in it.

Even at the banquet at this time, he was looking at the book by himself, studying the contents, hoping that one day he could apply what he had learned.

But Ludwig was clearly looking in the wrong direction, because he had a Bible in his possession, and a Bible workbook that some professors and godheads had written to curry favor with him.

"Ludwig, you should put your books away and enjoy the good food and the good family time." Franz advised.

"No, big brother. You once said that opening the book is beneficial, and I know that my talent is not as good as yours, but I believe that diligence can make up for it."

To be honest, Franz is not good at preaching, he just wants his stupid brother to find the right direction.

"Whoever says you're inferior to us, you just didn't realize your talent."

"Really?" Ludwig still trusted his eldest brother very much.

"Yes, you work harder than any of us, so you're a genius at hard work." Franz searched his stomach and finally thought of a comforting word.

"Hard working genius!?" Ludwig listened with some undisguised excitement.

"Yes, but I still recommend reading more books outside of the Bible, and you need to broaden your horizons, such as criminal law and National Geographic." Franz followed the path of good seduction.

"Okay! Eldest brother! I will certainly live up to your expectations. Ludwig replied very loudly.

"Well, eat more and pay more attention to your body. Big brother believes in you. Franz tapped Ludwig on the shoulder, and the latter suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders was heavier.

Ludwig finally put down his book and began to eat properly.

Archduke Franz Karl had already drunk several bottles of wine, drank two large bowls of soup, and was rubbing his belly in his seat.

Mrs. Sophie, on the other hand, admired the beautiful feathers of the great puffin and tasted the delicious food made from its flesh.

In fact, this precious feather was not even as good as the tail feathers of a parrot or a peacock in Franz's eyes.

However, the saying that scarcity is expensive is especially true in the luxury industry, when the wild puffin may be extinct.

On July 3, 1844, on the island of fire near Iceland, the last pair of puffins were found and brutally killed by two fishermen while hatching eggs, and the last egg was accidentally trampled on, completely cutting off the future of their species.

However, there were still 36 surviving animals in Vienna at this time, and Franz divided them into two groups to keep them separately in case of some uncontrollable accidents. In fact, in addition to the great puffin, he also collected many exotic animals, such as moas.

This huge bird, once found throughout New Zealand, took Franz to collect it for many years before he found two pairs. However, due to the uncertainty of sea transportation, he did not choose to let people transport it back to Vienna, but placed one pair in Chenla and the other pair in Nanming.

Moa gets its name from its huge size, which actually means huge and terrifying bird in English. The average height of this guy can reach 3 meters, which is 1 meter taller than the current ostrich, and the weight can exceed 250 kilograms, making him a "giant beast" in the true sense.

However, the creatures of Oceania generally do not have high combat effectiveness, and although this "giant beast" has strong legs, it is not good at running.

Giant beaks are not used for fighting, but "diggers" for digging up tree roots and opening nuts.

Its main food is plants and insects, but it also attacks small rodents and snakes that they can find.

This native species of Oceania is a staple species that does not run away when they see animals smaller than themselves, and its large size and delicious meat have quickly become one of the main sources of meat for the Maori people.

Later, the indiscriminate killing of European colonists was the direct cause of its demise, because they hunted much faster than moa reproduction.

Fortunately, some remote Maori villages still kept several pairs of moa for sacrificial purposes, and the explorers sent by Franz exchanged them for two pairs of moa for thirty guns each.

This was because the locals were not interested in currency, but because of the constant invasion of the British, their need for firearms was very urgent.

These moa were originally dedicated to the Maori gods, and the Austrians were willing to exchange their guns for what they considered to be gods, so they gladly accepted.

(Māori are polytheistic.) ）

In fact, the explorers felt that their business was at a loss, because these giant "ostriches" didn't seem to be worth so many guns.

And the moa is actually not difficult to catch, because it is huge and always walks openly in plains, but also in groups.

At the same time, moas, like other birds, have phototaxis, and once the light is blocked by a black cloth, it becomes quiet and easy to control.

They all felt that they could catch the moa on their own if they had the chance, but the war between the Maori and the British in 1843 silenced the conceited explorers.

The "Wailao River Massacre" Maori not only defeated the British, but also ate all the British prisoners they caught, which allowed the Western powers to experience the horrors of the so-called "native" for the first time.

In fact, the Maori were able to fight more smoothly than in history, thanks to the guns and bullets of His Royal Highness the "Great Internationalist" Grand Duke Franz.

The two pairs of moa were sent to Chenla and Nanming, both of which were heavily influenced by East Asian Confucian culture, and the ugly and huge birds were worshipped by the local population as the legendary phoenix.

After all, who can explain why this bird has grown so big? Of course, how could this stump the clever Nanming officials?

They immediately began to quote scriptures and named the moa as the national bird "Vermilion Bird", indicating that this was auspicious from heaven to help the Ming Dynasty unify the South Seas.

And according to legend, Suzaku is the divine beast in charge of Nanming Lihuo, and it is a more advanced existence than the phoenix.

Although this statement is outrageous, the entire Nanming Dynasty from officials to ordinary people are convinced of this, and only Zhu Qiongying knows that this is just one of Franz's "gifts".

There is also a legend about the phoenix in the Zhenla area, and this thing was brought by the church, and the locals came to develop it locally.

Directly regarded the moa as a guardian beast, and those fanatical believers even forced the nobles and the royal family to bow down to it.

This outrageous result did not surprise Franz, but was in his calculations. Nanming's movements in Nanyang are getting bigger and bigger, and the first to sit still are naturally the Manchu officials.

As a result, there was immediately a proposal to organize the "Southern Army" to slaughter the remnants of the anti-Ming Party in one fell swoop. But they soon ran into a problem, which was that there was an ocean separating the two.

But how can it be rare for a Manchu Qing official who is rich in five cars to live? Someone proposed to use razing to control Ming, and it immediately received widespread support. This led to the first battle of Kalimantan.

There's a change tomorrow, that's it, I don't have the strength today.

In addition, do you want to watch the plot directly, or do you want to watch me write something else first.

(End of chapter)