Chapter 575 Genius and Beet
When the revolution broke out in Saint-Domingue, it was the Jacobins who were in power in France.
The revolution caused France to lose huge amounts of sugar revenue, causing the Jacobin government's already poor finances to collapse, leading to its eventual collapse.
The Duke of Leeds's eyes flashed with joy, and he tentatively said: "To allow the black slaves in Saint-Domingue to have the ability to fight against the French, I'm afraid it will require a lot of money."
"You don't have to worry about that." Lord Grenville said immediately, "I have applied to Parliament for 200,000 pounds to change the situation there.
"In addition, the money saved from the North American Indians Money, you can also call part of it. "
"Great...cough, in this case, I will be more confident. "
Grenville warned again: "By the way, after you arrive in Saint-Domingue, you can contact a man named Vincent Auger there. Our intelligence services have established contact with him.
“He is the main leader of the current abolitionist movement in Saint-Domingue and has a high reputation, especially among the black slaves, who almost regard him as their savior.
“If you can Gain his trust and the plan will go very smoothly. ”
The Duke of Leeds was silent for a moment after hearing this, and suddenly a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Your method is indeed very safe. However, we may be able to do something more radical, for example, let Oge be assassinated, and the murderer happens to be French Man."
"It is indeed a good idea!" Grenville immediately praised, "Your rich political experience is always worth learning from."
The two discussed the strategy of North America. After a while, the carriage began to slow down slowly.
Grenville looked out the window and saw officials from Vienna coming to greet him.
He exhaled, sat back on his seat, and said to the Duke of Leeds: "Another waste of time in socializing.
"Oh, we have been talking for a long time, but we haven't mentioned it yet. The most critical thing. How are you progressing in promoting an armistice between Prussia and Austria? ”
“There are some results. "The latter said proudly, "Baron Walter's faction is working hard to promote this matter. The biggest obstacle at present comes from Minister of State Kaunitz and the pro-French faction commanded by him. "
"So we made some plans to drive him out of the political center of Vienna. "
The car stopped, and Lord Grenville said helplessly: "It seems that we can only talk in detail at night. ”
……
Paris.
The clear sunlight shines on the Champs Elysées through the gaps in the leaves. Two men in their thirties are walking on the street through the mottled shadows of the trees.
“It’s so exciting!” The taller man with a big nose waved his hands excitedly and said in German, “That is the ultimate dream of all scholars, and that medal podium is the distance. The closest place to heaven!
“If I can stand there one day, it doesn’t matter if I die immediately! "
He turned around in a circle: "Ah, Paris, what a dream place. Praise be to His Majesty the Great King, and praise His supreme prize! ”
As he spoke, his mind had already flashed back to the scene when he had just attended the Louis Vuitton Award Ceremony.
In the splendid Tuileries Palace, the winners were greeted by distinguished guests. Nobles and a large number of reporters gathered around, like stars over the moon.
The host recited their academic contributions over and over again, which attracted thunderous applause from all around.
What was most vivid in his memory. The golden trophy and the brand-new banknotes of 50,000 francs are still there!
It is said that the French King will also confer a knighthood on them - if they are willing to accept it.
It can be expected that their names will appear in newspapers across Europe tomorrow, and everyone will be discussing their achievements. This is the honor bestowed upon them by the Supreme Louis Prize!
The fat man next to him with disheveled hair didn’t seem very interested: “August, although I don’t want to hit you, the reality is that whether your mushrooms or My beet, our research field is unlikely to be on the shortlist of the judges of the Supreme Louis Prize."
"Franz, you have to have confidence!" August patted him hard. Shoulders, "In this wonderful place like Paris, any miracle can happen!
"And aren't we right here? "
Franz became even more dejected when he heard this: "Oh, Paris, you have been blessed here. Yes, you have been invited by the talent committee, and next week you will be able to live in that big and luxurious house, with a butler and a maid. "
The "Talent Committee" he was talking about is the official name of Joseph's talent introduction plan.
Although August was only rated as the lowest E-level talent, he was still able to Get a villa in the palace of a great scholar, an annual allowance of several thousand francs, and two beautiful Italian maids.
If he can produce academic results, such as extracting useful substances from his mushrooms. If you use this gadget, you may be promoted to D level. Then the allowance will be as high as 7,000 francs per year, and there will be a French maid!
But this has nothing to do with me.
August didn't hear his tone, but still patted him and said: "You can also get an invitation. You are the most talented person I know!"
"Actually," Fran Ci stopped and said dejectedly, "Yesterday the committee sent me a 'to be observed' notice."
"To be observed" is actually a euphemism for failure to pass the review.
The talent introduction plan gives extremely high treatment to foreign talents, so it is impossible for everyone to want it. The review threshold is quite high.
"Ah," August was at a loss for words, "Next year, there will be a chance to apply next year, you will definitely be able to..."
"No, I have decided to go back to Bavaria. We’ll leave the day after tomorrow.”
“Don’t give up,” August said anxiously, “By the way, you still have Miss Marianne, you can’t leave her alone.”
"It's impossible for us." Franz lowered his head, "Her brother came to me yesterday with two rude and fierce servants. He said that Marianne would marry A paper dealer told me not to get close to her again.
“Yes, I am just a poor professor from Bavaria and I am not worthy of her at all. "
The Marianne he was talking about was the girl he met after coming to Paris, and the two fell in love at first sight. However, the girl's family was very rich and she simply looked down on him, a poor scholar from Germany.
"Ah... maybe you want a drink?" August said.
......
On the second floor of the Tuileries Palace, Joseph was enjoying the rare free time after lunch, holding a teacup in one hand and picking up the talent introduction list for the first half of this year in the other hand.
The list is not long, after all, top talents are always scarce.
Then he turned over the losers at the back - ranked from high to low according to the judges' scores.
The second in line is a biologist named Franz Archard. This person's review situation is very interesting. His scores in all assessment items are very high, but there is only one reason for not passing the review - the field he studies is too unpopular and of little use.
Joseph looked back and saw that his main achievements were: the improvement and cultivation of sugar beets, and the technology of extracting and crystallizing sugar from sugar beets.
Joseph stood up immediately. This seemed to be Archard, who single-handedly created the beet sugar industry and turned Germany, which had no sugar production at all, into the third largest sugar exporter in Europe!
Such talents have been screened out? !
The salaries of the talent committee judges must be deducted this month!
(End of chapter)