Chapter 574 Genius and Beet
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 sugar revenues, which caused the Jacobin government's already poor finances to collapse and led to its eventual collapse.
The Duke of Leeds' eyes flashed with joy, and he tentatively said: "To make the black slaves in Saint-Domingue 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.
“Also, you can call back some of the money you save from the North American Indians.”
"That's great... Well, 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 department has established contact with him.
“He is currently the main leader of the 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, 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 people."
"It is indeed a good idea!" Grenville immediately praised, "Your rich political experience is always worth learning from."
The two discussed the North American strategy for a while, and the carriage began to slow down slowly.
Grenville looked out the window and saw officials from Vienna coming to greet him in front of him.
He exhaled, sat back on his seat, and said to the Duke of Leeds: "Another waste of time in socializing.
"Oh, we've been talking for a long time, but we haven't even mentioned the most critical thing yet. How are your progress 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 currently comes from Minister of State Kaunitz and the pro-French faction commanded by him."
"So we made some plans to try to drive him out of the political center of Vienna."
The car stopped, and Lord Grenville said helplessly: "It seems we can only discuss it 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 tall 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 closest place to heaven!
"If I can stand there one day, it doesn't matter even if I die immediately!"
He turned around in a circle: "Ah, Paris, what a dream place. Praise to His Majesty the Great King, praise his highest prize!"
As he spoke, the scene when he just attended the Louis Vuitton Award Ceremony flashed through his mind.
In the splendid Tuileries Palace, the winners were surrounded by distinguished nobles and a large number of reporters, like stars over the moon.
The host recited their academic contributions over and over again, eliciting thunderous applause from time to time.
What he remembered most was the golden solid gold trophy and the brand-new banknotes of 50,000 francs!
It is said that the King of France will also knight 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 given to them by the Supreme Louis Award!
The fat man next to him with disheveled hair didn't seem very interested: "August, although I don't want to hurt you, the reality is that neither your mushrooms nor my beets can enter our research field. On the short list of judges for the Supreme Louis Prize.”
"Franz, you have to have confidence!" August patted him hard on the shoulder, "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 you will be able to live in that luxurious house next week. And the butler and the maid.”
The "talent committee" he was talking about was the official name of Joseph's talent acquisition plan.
Although Auguste was only rated as the lowest E-level talent, he still received a villa in the University Scholars' Palace, an annual allowance of several thousand francs, and two beautiful Italian maids.
If he can produce academic results, such as extracting useful things from his mushrooms, he may be promoted to D level. Then the allowance will be as high as 7,000 francs per year, plus a French maid!
But this has nothing to do with me anymore.
August didn't hear his tone, but still patted him and said: "You can get the invitation too, you are the most talented person I know!"
"Actually," Franz stopped and said dejectedly, "yesterday the committee sent me a 'to be observed' notice."
"To be seen" is actually a euphemism for failed 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 a little speechless, "Next year, there will be another chance to apply next year, you will definitely be able to..."
"No, I have decided to go back to Bavaria. I will 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 even more, "Her brother came to see me yesterday, with two rude and fierce servants. He said that Marianne will marry a paper merchant and asked me not to get close to her again.
"Yes, I'm just a poor professor in Bavaria, and I'm not worthy of her at all."
The Marianne he was talking about was a girl he met after coming to Paris, and they fell in love at first sight. However, the girl's family is very rich and doesn't look down on him, a poor scholar from Germany.
"Ah... maybe you want to have a drink? "August said.
…
On the second floor of the Tuileries Palace, Joseph was enjoying a rare leisure 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.
The list is not long, after all, top talents are always scarce.
Then he turned over the unsuccessful candidates at the back - arranged from high to low according to the evaluation scores.
The second place was a biologist named Franz Achard. The evaluation of this person was very interesting. The scores of all the assessment items were very high, and there was only one reason for the failure of the review - the field he studied was too unpopular and not very useful.
Joseph looked back and saw that his main achievements were: the improvement and cultivation of sugar beets, and the technology of extracting sugar crystals from sugar beets.
Joseph stood up immediately. This person seemed to be Achard who had created the sugar beet industry and turned Germany, which did not produce sugar at all before, into the third largest sugar exporter in Europe!
Such a talent was actually screened out?!
The salary of the talent committee judges must be deducted this month!
