The Austrian side reacted extremely coldly to the British stationing in Albania, and in fact not everyone was in the same frame of mind as Franz, or understood the strength of the Balkans.

Rather, the vast majority of the upper echelons of the empire felt that the northern mountains of Albania were insignificant, and that the British occupation of the south was even more meaningless.

Friedrich, on the other hand, was dismissive of the forces deployed by the British in southern Albania, and three thousand men and a dozen small ships of less than a thousand tons had no effect on the construction of the Austrian Imperial Navy at this time.

In fact, Friedrich and his eldest brother, Archduke Albrecht, studied the possibility of attacking Albania on land.

The latter responsibly told the former that 3,000 men could not stop the Austrian army, and that Austria could mobilize tens of thousands of troops in the northern Balkans at any time.

If the naturalization of the north is completed, the number of troops that can be mobilized will be multiplied. And once the railway is built, it will not be a problem to send 100,000 troops and supplies to Albania within a week or two.

It's just that the construction of a railway in the mountains will be more cumbersome, but fortunately, Austria itself is a mountainous country, and it has accumulated a lot of experience long before that.

The Austrian Empire was at this time the best country in the world at building railways in the mountains, and there was no one.

Of course, Friedrich still knew that he should show weakness, after all, he was no longer a child. Over the years, he has gained a lot of experience in the war between the north and the south, and Friedrich knows exactly how to make the other side let his guard down.

All the large warships of the Austrian Navy were to stay away from the British harbors, and the British ships had to be slowed down as soon as they were discovered.

The military observers sent to Durrës by the Duke of Haddington considered their trip unnecessary, because the Austrians did not build large warships in a very rational way, or they did not know how to build ships at all.

(Durrës was the largest port in Albania at this time.) ）

British military observers thought that the Austrians might have thought of building a battleship as if it were building a house, and that the higher and bigger the better, but in reality the bulky structure hindered the ship's original performance, since there was a limit to the wooden structure.

After a large number of reports were sent back to England, the Duke of Haddington even began to wonder if Austria had adopted such a pick-and-search strategy simply because it wanted to expand in the Balkans and at the same time was afraid of Russia.

If that were the case, then the British Navy's actions at this time would be a complete waste.

Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.

Mozart's music was always echoing in the teaching hall, not because the family was a fan of Mozart, but because Franz hoped to use the Mozart effect to increase the family's IQ as much as possible.

Most of Mozart's works are pure, fresh, bright, and rhythmic, which conform to the unique physiological laws of the human body.

This characteristic can stimulate positive emotions such as cheerfulness and pleasure, which in turn can promote the improvement of cognitive processing, which is the so-called Mozart effect.

In fact, for the sake of the family's intelligence, Franz can be said to have broken his heart, from food and music, to the books he reads and the knowledge he has learned, and even the toys have been planned in detail.

Franz even built a toy factory to produce products such as Nine Rings, puzzles, bricks (traditional and Lego), Rubik's cubes, and more.

It's just that when the Rubik's Cube was just produced, it stumped a large number of experts and scholars at the Royal Academy of Sciences in Vienna.

At first everyone thought it was Archduke Franz's toy, but no one paid attention to it, until a professor brought one of the replicas to his own children.

As a result, his son, who had been called a "genius" since childhood, could not recover it in four hours, and finally the professor decided to try it himself.

Although the professor was a chemical engineering major, he was very confident in his intelligence, but he did not succeed in recovering it after another four hours, but he could not give up for the sake of his dignity as an old father.

As a result, the professor played with the Rubik's Cube all night and failed to restore it, and finally had to turn to his colleagues, who claimed to be the smartest people in the entire Austrian Empire.

Then a group of professors began to try one by one, of course, since there was only one Rubik's cube, so everyone had a limited amount of time to try, and the result was that it took a day to recover it successfully.

So Liebig thought it was a joke, it must be a joke of Archduke Franz.

Liebig then asked Archduke Franz at the following regular meeting of the Royal Society of Sciences in Vienna.

"Grand Duke Franz, will this toy of yours never be restored?"

"It's not." Franz's answer was very crisp.

Liebig asked very unwillingly.

"Can anyone restore it?"

At this time, some colleagues began to pull this Taishan Beidou in the chemical world, carefully reminding him to pay attention to his words and identity.

Franz: "Absolutely. I'm sure a small toy like the Rubik's Cube shouldn't be much of a problem for someone like you. ”

Liebig: "I can't do it. ”

Franz: "How is that possible! ”

Liebig said with some annoyance: "Not only me, but all the professors in our School of Chemical Engineering can't do it. ”

At this time, Babbage got up and said very solemnly: "Mr. Libbig! Please pay attention to your attitude. ”

Franz waved his hand, signaling not to hurt the harmony. In fact, even scientists are not all straight men of steel, they only know that they don't care about human feelings at all when they engage in science.

In fact, there are some people who are quite sophisticated, such as Babbage and some scientists from civilian backgrounds, after all, they have tasted the warmth and coldness of the world.

It's perfectly reasonable that some people would deliberately flatter Franz, but just because someone isn't willing to bend doesn't mean they're unavailable.

On the contrary, Franz appreciated this attitude, but he still had to help correct the mistakes of these people.

"Please give me the Rubik's Cube."

Soon the Rubik's Cube was handed to Franz, who looked at the Rubik's Cube in his hand and took a deep breath.

Then everyone saw the various layers of the Rubik's Cube spinning rapidly in Franz's hands.

"28 seconds."

Franz threw the restored Rubik's Cube to Liebig, and looked at the Rubik's Cube in his hand, which had been completely restored, and the latter couldn't help but mutter.

"What kind of magic is this?"

"It's not magic, there's a pattern to this toy. You should go to some mathematicians to solve this kind of thing, they should be better at it.

But there are specializations in the art industry, so don't be discouraged. ”

Franz had watched the teachings of the later generations, and he had played with them for several years when he was young, so the third-order Rubik's Cube was not too difficult for him.

However, Franz didn't plan to sell it, after all, this thing itself is regular, and it is only a matter of time before they find out, not to mention that sooner or later the deceptive thing will be exposed.

But Liebig was still a little reluctant to believe what he saw, and returned the Rubik's Cube to Archduke Franz.

"Can you do it again?"

Franz was a little helpless, but the Rubik's Cube spun again at a rapid pace.

(End of chapter)