In fact, the British did begin to explore the Arctic, but it did not end well, because Franz was well aware that the human conquest of the North Pole would not be completed until April 6, 1909, and that the operation was doomed to failure.

However, Franz paid tribute to Sir Franklin and his expedition and helped him to a certain extent.

Funding was not possible, Sir John Franklin was himself a member of the British Navy, and even participated in the Battle of Trafalgar, and most of the members of his expedition were selected from the British Royal Navy.

The Sir John Franklin is a legend, having challenged the North Pole three times and was the Governor of Tasmania.

However, the genocide of the Tasmanians had nothing to do with him, as the population numbered less than 200 by the time Sir John Franklin arrived, and they were all imprisoned on Flinders Island.

Between 1819 and 1822, Franklin led 20 people on an overland expedition along the Kopman River in Canada's Northwest Territories, resulting in 11 deaths, most of them from starvation, and the rest were forced to eat lichens to survive, and even tried to eat leather boots to satisfy their hunger.

He earned him the nickname "The Boot Eater", but this earned him great prestige, and British civil and government officials spoke highly of him.

Therefore, under the great attention of the British people, the British Royal Navy gave Sir John Franklin sufficient financial support, including two latest steam-powered ships, the 372-ton "Wraith" and the 325-ton "Horror".

It's just that these names are really unlucky.

Help doesn't have to be money, and Franz didn't know much about Arctic expeditions, but he did know that Sir John Franklin and his men had died of lead poisoning and scurvy.

Franz then made a deal to Sir John Franklin that he could buy regular canned food from Austria.

This annoyed the British, but John Franklin wanted to be foolproof and went out of his way to receive Franz's emissary.

Elina Harrington is an excellent graduate of the Royal Women's Academy in Vienna, but she has no intention of playing for the royal family at first.

However, Alina soon discovered a problem, no one but Franz would hire her, whether it was entering the government as a clerk or going to the Royal Academy of Sciences as a calculator, it was inseparable from the control of the royal family.

Franz is indeed short of people in his hands, but there is no shortage of people whose hearts are higher than the sky and who cannot prove themselves.

It was only after a year in the snow that Alina was offered her first more formal job to Portsmouth to prove that the Austrian Empire's cans were better than the British's.

The relevant data, samples, and even technical expert Franz are ready, and all that remains is scheduling and negotiation.

Although Alina was very unconvinced, a year of monotonous and boring bookkeeper life made her spirit dissipate a lot, and she also cherished this opportunity.

After all, according to Lady Talia, it was she who had betrayed her hue and managed to get it back, and Alina was secretly determined to do this errand.

In fact, Talia simply asked Franz if there was anything insignificant lately, and the latter told him about doing business with the British expedition.

Although Talia was not a nationalist, she was still unhappy with Franz's desire to help the British.

However, the latter explanation is insignificant, not to mention that the exploration of the Arctic will not necessarily succeed, and even if it does, it will not bring real benefits to Britain like opening up new shipping routes.

This is not to say that exploring the Arctic is pointless, but that resources cannot be turned into wealth due to the constraints of time and technology.

Even today, human exploitation of the Arctic is a catastrophe, and so far income and effort are inversely proportional.

As for the enormous prestige that the British could gain after fully exploring the Arctic, Franz did not care, after all, he also had his own adventures, and there was no need to be jealous of this.

The end result is often nothing at all, and Franz just wants to mind his own business.

To get back to the point, Alina didn't know this, she thought that this was an opportunity that the principal had finally given her to get back, so she naturally cherished it.

Plenty of preparation was made before heading to Portsmouth, and the British's canned food was indeed as rumored rubbish.

Alina gained the trust of Sir Franklin after a brief exchange, one because of the former's name as the Austrian Imperial Development Company.

Another reason is that the latter has never seen a woman so confident, and she can't make a suspicious appearance with her gentlemanly demeanor.

So Sir Franklin led Alina into the Wraith warehouse despite the custodian's objections, and the members of the expedition went to the warehouse when they learned of it.

In the end, the custodian had to take out two cans of cans under the gaze of everyone, and when they opened them, the aroma was fragrant, which made everyone present breathe a sigh of relief.

"Miss Alina, you see that we are the number one industry in England in the world, and it is impossible for us to produce substandard cans."

"yes!"

"yes!"

Everyone also agreed, and the custodian even snorted two cold breaths from his nose.

"Do you know how expensive this can is? Okay, you've seen all the best beef. Let's go! Let's go! ”

But Alina blocked the way.

Custodian: "What? Do you still want to open all the 8,000 cans in this warehouse? ”

"No, sir, I want you to change the box and check it again."

Alina's tone was firm, but the custodian looked impatient, and Sir Franklin said with the gentlemanly demeanor of an aristocracy.

"Let Miss Alina test, and I'll tell General Bidford personally."

John Bidford's British Admiralty at this time.

The custodian naturally didn't dare to disobey such a big person, so he picked a box next to him. It's just that he was interrupted by Alina.

"Sir, I want the innermost box."

Hearing this, the custodian's face changed, and then he said in an impatient tone.

"It's too close to the inside to move out."

The officers beside Sir Franklin were not gentlemanly, and they went up and grabbed the keeper by the collar with a mouth.

"How do you speak? Do you know what you do? Let you move! ”

Being able to mix into a warehouse keeper naturally has a background and temper, but compared with this kind of person who has been on the battlefield and dares to go to the North Pole to play for his life, he is really nothing, just looking at each other and coaxing.

"This is going to move.."

"Call sir!" The officer was another slap in the face, and in fact the nobility of all European countries at this time was facing the same problem.

That is the rise of the bourgeois nouveau riche, which makes these old aristocrats seem absurd and comical. He just couldn't get used to seeing a storekeeper dressed more decently than a noble officer like him.

Soon the innermost box was lifted by a crane (wooden), and when the box was opened, the cans were intact, and the keeper breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when Sir Franklin cut open the can with a knife, a foul smell of sour gas rushed towards him, and everyone could not help but cover their mouths and noses.

(End of chapter)