Chapter 600 Rubik’s Cube
Austria's reaction to the British's entry into Albania was extremely cold. In fact, not everyone had the same mentality as Franz, or understood the power of the Balkans.
Rather, the vast majority of people at the top of the empire felt that the northern mountainous areas of Albania were insignificant, and the British occupation of the south was even more meaningless.
Friedrich dismissed the British troops deployed in southern Albania. Three thousand men and a dozen small boats of less than 1,000 tons had no impact on 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 told the former responsibly that three thousand people could not stop the Austrian army. At this time, 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 increase exponentially. Once the railway construction is completed, it will not be a problem to deliver 100,000 troops and supplies to Albania within one to two weeks.
It's just that the construction of railways in the mountains will be more troublesome, but fortunately Austria itself is a mountainous country and has accumulated a lot of experience long before this.
The Austrian Empire was the most adept at building railways in mountainous areas in the world at this time, and there was no other country in the world.
Of course, Friedrich still knew how to show weakness to the enemy, after all, he was no longer a child. Over the years, he has accumulated a lot of experience in the wars in the north and south, and Friedrich knew exactly how to make the other party relax their vigilance.
All large battleships of the Austrian Navy must stay away from British ports, and British ships must slow down immediately if they are discovered.
The military observers sent to Durres by the Duke of Haddington believed that their trip was unnecessary because the Austrians' construction method of large battleships was extremely unreasonable, or they could not build ships at all.
(Durres was Albania's largest port at this time.)
British military observers believe that the Austrians may regard building battleships as building houses, thinking that the taller and bigger the better, but in fact those bulky structures hinder the original performance of the ships. After all, there is an upper limit to wooden structures.
After a large number of reports were sent back to Britain, Duke Haddington even began to wonder whether Austria simply wanted to expand in the Balkans, and at the same time was afraid of Russia, so it adopted this pick-and-seek strategy.
If that is the case, then the behavior of the British Navy at this time is a complete waste.
Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.
Mozart's music has been echoing in the teaching hall. This is not because the family is a fan of Mozart, but because Franz hopes to use the Mozart effect to improve the IQ of the family as much as possible.
Most of Mozart's works are pure, fresh, bright, with stable rhythm, and conform to the unique physiological laws of the human body.
This characteristic can stimulate positive emotions such as joy and pleasure, which in turn can promote the improvement of cognitive processing levels. This is the so-called Mozart effect.
In fact, for the sake of the family's intelligence, Franz can be said to have been very worried about it. He made detailed plans from food, music, books to read, knowledge to learn, and even toys.
For this purpose, Franz even built a toy factory to produce products including nine-ring rings, puzzles, building blocks (traditional building blocks and Lego blocks), and Rubik's cubes.
It's just that when the Rubik's Cube was first produced, it stumped a large number of experts and scholars from the Royal Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
At first everyone thought it was the toy of Archduke Franz, and no one took it seriously until a professor gave one of the replicas to his child.
As a result, his son, who was called a "genius" since he was a child, could not restore it after four hours. Finally, the professor decided to try it himself.
Although the professor majored in chemical engineering, he was very confident in his intelligence. However, he failed to recover it after another four hours. However, for the sake of his dignity as an old father, he could not give up.
As a result, the professor played with the Rubik's Cube all night and failed to solve it. In the end, he had to ask for help from his colleagues - a group of people known as 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, everyone had a limited time to try. As a result, they spent a day and failed to successfully restore it.
So Liebig thought this was a joke, it must be a joke by Archduke Franz.
Then Liebig asked Archduke Franz at the following regular meeting of the Royal Scientific Society of Vienna.
"Archduke Franz, will this toy of yours never be restored?"
"No." Franz's answer was very straightforward.
Liebig asked very reluctantly.
"Can anyone restore it?"
At this time, some colleagues began to pull this giant of the chemical world, carefully reminding him to pay attention to his words and identity.
Franz: "Of course. I believe that a small toy like the Rubik's Cube is nothing to people like you."
Liebig: "I can't do it."
Franz: "How is that possible!"
Liebig said angrily: "Not only me, but all the professors in our School of Chemical Engineering can't do it."
At this time Babbage stood up and said very seriously: "Mr. Liebig! Please pay attention to your attitude."
Franz waved his hand, signaling not to offend the peace. In fact, even scientists are not all straight men. They only know that doing science does not care about the world.
In fact, some people are quite sophisticated, such as Babbage and some scientists who were born as civilians. After all, they have tasted the warmth and coldness of the world.
It is completely reasonable for some people to deliberately flatter Franz, but it does not mean that those who do not want to flatter Franz cannot be used.
On the contrary, Franz appreciates this attitude very much, but he still has to help correct these people when they make mistakes.
"Please give me the Rubik's Cube."
Soon the Rubik's Cube was handed over to Franz. He 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 rotating rapidly in Franz's hands.
"28 seconds."
Franz threw the restored Rubik's Cube to Liebig. Looking at the completely restored Rubik's Cube in his hand, Liebig couldn't help but murmured with a long mouth.
"What kind of magic is this?"
"It's not magic, there are rules to this toy. You should find some mathematicians to figure this out. They should be better at it.
However, there are specialties in the art industry, so you don’t have to be discouraged. "
Franz had seen the teachings of later generations and had played with it for several years when he was young, so the third-level Rubik's Cube was not too difficult for him.
However, Franz didn't intend to lie about it. After all, this thing itself had rules. It was only a matter of time before they discovered it, not to mention that the lie would be exposed sooner or later.
But Liebig was still a little reluctant to believe what he saw, so he disrupted the Rubik's Cube and returned it to Archduke Franz.
"Can you do it again?"
Franz was a little helpless, but the Rubik's Cube started turning rapidly again.