industrial lord

Chapter 142 Plan Change
In this era, a city is the political and economic center of a region. Controlling a city means controlling the economic lifeline of this region. It belongs to occupying a point and the map is bright.

When Wessen led the crowd to gather in front of the radio and wait for the broadcast to be broadcast, two hundred city defense troops from Wessenburg and Lingen arrived in Roteborg in a carriage and began to take over the city defense.

On the central square, the original city defense army was queuing up to receive severance pay, and under the testimony of the bishop of the local Illuminati Church, they swore to the God of Illuminati that they would not be enemies of Baron Wesson in the future.

Frederick did not embarrass the prisoners. The city defense army paid the wages for the whole year in advance, and those who were interested would have new jobs immediately. The recruited farmers were also given a bunch of sausages, and each person who died was given a gold coin as a pension. It was all captured rations and money from the castle vault.

Luo Teling wanted to digest and assimilate, he didn't want to cause anger and resentment, and Lin Dengwan would appear every few days.

Those captured officials will not be given such preferential treatment. They need to pay a ransom to redeem their freedom.

We have been neighbors for so many years, and it is clear who has money and what industry.

Someone cried poorly to Frederick, so one rope was tied around his waist, and the other was tied to Lixiao's saddle. As a result, it was less than three meters from the ground. All the money came out.

Frederick said to these people, you are talented in governing the local area, and you are short of people under your command. As long as you perform well, it is not impossible that the officials will be reinstated. Now let’s stabilize the city first.

Taking over six times the original territory in a short period of time as planned will inevitably lead to a shortage of management personnel in Frederick's hands, so he plans to disperse all of these people and start working in other places.

In the barracks outside the city, two thousand mountain mercenaries finally caught seven or eight hundred.

Frederick is planning to build a railway network centered on the city of Wessenburg and Oak City on the canal in the future. Even if the train will not be available for a while, the horse-drawn railway is also very good.

Now these captured mercenaries are high-quality labor force, and those who have been cleared out of the city defense army can just be arranged to be supervisors, and now many of them come to work as part-time workers to watch the prisoners clean the battlefield.

Frederick didn't expect it to be so troublesome to manage after conquering a city. This morning, the officers and soldiers who fought the battle last night were catching up on sleep, and he was wearing a small silver-scale breastplate with a Psyche hanging around his waist. The sword of Rimit and the paladin saber issued by the Church of Illuminati were given away, and they ran around in a bit of a pretentious manner.

At noon, Frederick, Franz Jr. and the others were waiting for the sauerkraut stew mixed with noodles to be soaked, and the news was broadcast on the radio next to them.

The news reported that Baron Christian sent the gauntlet and its content, followed by Frick's shameless speech refuting the enemy.

Frederick said: "Ansbach should have received the news by now, maybe it will start to act tomorrow."

Little Franz said with some concern: "I'm worried that Count Roth will ask Count Ansbach to attack here first."

Frederick shook his head and said, "Ansbach didn't dare, he was worried that the time of going back and forth would be enough for us to lay down his nest."

"Even if he comes, we'll evacuate the warehouse and retreat, and then Eichstätter and Reese. I'll see what he does."

There are a lot of gold coins and gold, silver and jewels in the castle. These alone are enough to earn enough, not to mention that the castle's defensive magic circle has not had time to activate, and those high-quality magic crystals can be moved back.

Frederick continued: "Let's go when the army is full. I will ask Bishop Clement to send some priests to the station when I go back. The Golden Angels will be the reserve team for the next battle."

"Jurgen, you are responsible for escorting Mrs. Roth to the castle of the Eichstätter family, and you will do it as soon as you enter the castle."

They overestimated the psychological quality of the soldiers. After the soldiers who attacked the barracks after the war came back to their senses, the corpses and the smell of blood in the air caused many people to have psychological fluctuations.

So the plan for the early morning transfer became to rest here until noon, and then find a priest for psychological counseling.

There was nothing the old mercenaries in the army could do about it. They all resisted stubbornly, and if they couldn't resist, they went back to their hometown to farm.

Frederick himself was not much better, he was just holding on.

There are generations of marriages between the surrounding territories. Mrs. Roth is the aunt of the current Earl of Eichstadt, and her mother is the younger sister of Frederick's grandfather. They are all relatives.

So Frederick decided to send Mrs. Roth back to her natal family after she surrendered, and took the opportunity of entering the castle to occupy Eichstedtburg.

After they finished their lunch, Royce came to Frederick and said that Mrs. Roth wanted to leave now and wanted to see Frederick.

Frederick saw Mrs. Rot in the castle. The noble lady who was as round as a dough a few years ago was still in high spirits. It didn't look like her son had just died, and she was holding a daughter who was under three years old in her arms.

Relatives are not talked about in front of big right and wrong, but now you can talk about it after the fight.

Frederick thought she was going to curse himself for killing her son, and was thinking about how to say words of comfort.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Roter said straight to the point: "I will take all my dowry away, and I will help you take down the castle of the Eichstätter family."

"You let your people follow me, and let them do it when they enter the castle!"

Frederick blinked and said calmly: "I can't think of a reason for you to do this, and your son was killed by me not long ago."

In his memory, Mrs. Roter has always been an ordinary noble lady, holding tea parties every day, managing the internal affairs of the territory and so on, not like a ruthless character.

Mrs. Rott smiled wryly and shook her head, and said in a low voice: "You don't understand the things of our generation, and I don't want to talk about it. You can ask Old Franz and the others when you go back. Once they tell you, you should understand."

"As for the one you killed, he is Earl Rot's son, not my son."

Frederick frowned and said, "I need to confirm this first, and I'll come back later."

Mrs. Rott replied calmly: "Yes."

Frederick left immediately, contacted the old Franz and Alfred who were sitting in the city of Haosen through the communicator, and then ate a big melon.

To put it simply, when Mrs. Roth was still Miss Eichstätter, she and the current Earl of Ansbach fell in love with each other.

It’s just that the Eichstätter family and the Ansbach family were for their own benefit. The old earls at that time broke them up by beating the mandarin ducks. He chose a daughter who was as round as Miss Eichstaedt as a marriage partner.

This is a tragedy brought about by a feudal arranged marriage, but the matter is not over yet. These two people have been meeting privately with the help of others all year round. The place where they met...

Frederick frowned when he heard that place. That place is the lakeside villa of the Wesson family, which is now the seat of Wessenburg University.

This is not the point, the point is that the little girl Mrs. Rott was holding just now belonged to Count Ansbach, and the time the two met was shortly before the expedition, and the news had already come.

Old Franz was sure of this, because he was helping out at the villa at the time, and the timing was just right.

Frederick understood that Mrs. Roth wanted revenge on the Eichstedt family.

He returned to the castle, and said straight to Mrs. Rot: "On the battlefield, I cannot guarantee the safety of Earl Ansbach."

Mrs. Rott nodded silently, and said, "I can understand, but if you catch him, I can pay the ransom."

Frederick immediately agreed, and said, "If you want to invest in some properties in the future, you can come to me. I can't guarantee how much money you can make, but it is enough to save a decent dowry for Miss."

Mrs. Rot said immediately: "Thank you for your generosity. If that man dies, please notify me in time, and I will restore my old surname."

Frederick also agreed.

"Let's go later." He said again, "it's time to arrive at Eichstedtburg after dark."

(End of this chapter)