Chapter 53 Costa’s plan

Author: Seven Years Period

Chapter 53 Costa’s plan

Schonbrunn Palace, small classroom.

Thalia nodded subconsciously and said.

"There's nothing I can do about it."

Franz's face darkened. It was not a problem to do Talia a small favor and deal with the man who was harassing her.

But it would be very problematic for Thalia to hide it from Franz and use Franz's hand to do things for herself.

This is intolerable as a superior, Franz must let Thalia know that he was wrong.

Thalia is not a stupid woman. She immediately realized that she was wrong. She deceived a sensitive superior. She regretted being smart because she betrayed Franz's trust in her, and the lost trust is not easy to repair.

came back.

Acting like a baby is a woman's natural weapon, and Thalia never thought that she would have to act like a baby to a child.

"I don't want to be pursued by a man with a beard at all. I'm only 22 years old. I don't want to get married. I still want to take care of you."

In fact, 22-year-old Thalia is definitely considered an old girl among old girls in this era when even 16-year-olds give birth to babies.

"Humph! Lie to me!" Franz also pretended to be very angry, and he couldn't be coaxed.

Thalia pestered Franz for a while, and when she was done coaxing her enough, she changed the subject.

"Mr. Costa proposed a new deal. He did not find the legendary Golden City, but he found a kind of wheat he had never seen before and brought back a batch of seeds."

"Wheat seeds? Isn't the Amazon a tropical rainforest?" Franz asked with some confusion.

"Yes, when Mr. Costa was looking for the remains of the Golden City, he accidentally discovered a village that had been abandoned for many years. This kind of crop was grown in the open space of the village." Talia explained.

"Talia, you've seen that wheat. Right?

"Yes, it looks taller and bigger than common wheat. I grew a lot of wheat at home in the past. Even the plumpest wheat is not as good as the sample brought back by Mr. Costa. Maybe it can really be improved.

wheat yield. But he hopes to receive 100,000 florins as his reward."

One hundred thousand florins is not an unbearable figure for Franz now. However, for Costa’s expedition, Franz had already paid 50,000 florins, plus the balance was just enough

It's one hundred thousand florins.

But now no one can be sure whether the seeds brought by Costa are real or fake, maybe it is just a single individual.

Maybe Franz could use artificial pollination to hybridize it with local wheat and create a new variety.

Franz knew the theory but had never practiced it.

Talking about these wheat seeds that may increase production, the risks involved are too huge, and it is really not worth Franz paying another 100,000 florins.

And according to the contract, whatever Costa finds and brings back, half should be given to the patron.

In other words, if Franz wants to buy all the seeds, he should pay Costa an additional 50,000 florins.

"Talia, you didn't explain that we should have half of his income?"

"Costa said he was free to price these things however he wanted. Unless I was willing to spend the night with him, he would sell me those wheat seeds for fifty thousand florins."

Thalia gritted her teeth with hatred, she seemed really unhappy.

Franz originally wanted to tease her, but now it seemed better not to bring trouble on himself.

"Talia, do you think that with just a few words from him, someone would be willing to pay 100,000 florins to buy the wheat seeds in his hands?"

Thalia was not surprised and just answered slowly.

"If it were an ordinary nobleman, even a big landowner would not accept this price, because the gain outweighs the loss."

"Indeed, even if the seeds are what he said, it will take a year just to gather enough seeds for sowing. And with the current grain prices in Austria, even if there are 10,000 acres of land, it will take nearly ten years to recover the cost.

.And it’s impossible to keep high-quality seeds secret for ten years. It’s really not worth the loss,” Franz said.

Seeing what Franz said, Thalia knew that Franz had made up his mind, because she knew that Franz was not a small nobleman, he was considering the entire country.

"Then let's continue planting rubber. I heard that the seeds of rubber trees are difficult to survive. You know that, so I bought so many." Thalia deliberately changed the subject.

"Rubber needs to be planted, and wheat needs to be tried too." Franz said quickly, "Talia, how much do you think we can get these seeds for?"

"I think it's most suitable to do it without money."

It was obvious that Thalia wanted to make a business without capital.

"Talia, how did that man pursue you and make you hate him so much?"

Thalia didn't answer, just showed a cruel smile.

It seems that women are very cruel creatures to men they don't like.

"Okay, just try not to cause any loss of life," Franz said.

Thalia patted her chest and said that she had everything taken care of, but she needed someone to help her.

Franz asked "Who is that man?"

"Colonel Hussel."

Colonel Xussel is Madam Sophie's equerry. He is from Bavaria. He always fulfills Madam Sophie's orders by any means necessary, so he is deeply trusted by Madame Sophie.

Moreover, this Colonel Hussel also had close ties with a gang composed of Bavarian men in Vienna.

This gang is not big, but no gang dares to challenge it.

A large part of the reason comes from a legend: the real behind-the-scenes leader of this gang is Mrs. Sophie, and Xussel is the messenger.

As the eldest son of Mrs. Sophie, Franz naturally had no reason to refuse when he asked Colonel Xussel for help.

It’s just that Xussel is a very shrewd person and is not easy to deceive. If Franz did something strange, Xussel would probably report it to Mrs. Sophie immediately.

But because of this, Xu Sel will not tell the secret, and will only tell Mrs. Sophie.

Vienna, Türnstrasse, Grizzly Hotel.

This is the edge of Vienna, the legendary ghetto.

Costa lost half of his manpower during the expedition because he failed to find the legendary Golden City.

The dangers involved are self-evident, not only facing bad weather, but also facing countless poisonous insects and beasts and terrible diseases.

Costa understands that his good luck cannot last forever. He is tired of this life and wants to go ashore.

Although Costa can get three times the reward as the expedition leader, the income from this expedition is not enough to pay for the rest of his life.

But now he has an opportunity in front of him, to get close to this rich young lady in front of him, and then he will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

Although he had only met this young lady a few times, he knew that a family that required women to appear frequently would most likely not have a male heir, and he might be able to inherit a noble title in the future.

Of course Costa could also see that the lady was not interested in him, but luckily, he got a magical drug among the primitive tribes in the Amazon rainforest, which can cause strong hallucinations.
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