industrial lord

Chapter 162 Offering a Reward of Five Hundred Gold Coins
The smell of roasted whole lamb pervades the construction site. The sausages are fried until they are crispy, the pork knuckle is stewed until soft, the haggis vegetable soup is emitting light steam, and the warm bread exudes the smell of rosemary. It is filled with cold beer His wine glass was covered with drops of water.

The cooks were chasing flies at the tables, waiting for the workmen to come and eat.

A banner was hung under the eaves of the No. 1 factory building, with the words "Making the top auspicious" written in yellow characters on a red background in the local language.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of people, Frederick installed the last tile on the roof, and cheers rang out in the next moment.

Frederick stood on the roof and pressed his hands against the crowd, and the scene immediately fell silent.

"I don't have much to say!" he shouted, "The banquet begins!"

Everyone immediately laughed and walked towards the cafeteria one after another.

Frederick was not in a hurry to go down, and sat on the roof with an unprecedented smile on his face. It is not easy to build such a house.

It started with frying steel in a crucible in the blacksmith's shop, followed by bearings, and then step by step to rolling mills and steam engines. Only then did rebar, cement and mixers appear.

It was not easy to build this factory building. The mold expanded when the columns were cast, the concrete floor was not properly maintained and cracked, honeycomb pockmarks appeared at the base of the columns, and I tried to smooth it with mortar in the middle of the night. I threw tools on the scaffolding and fell and injured myself. Trapped myself in it... All kinds of problems emerged one after another, but fortunately no one died.

"Why don't you go to the banquet?"

Richard Nall appears on the roof.

"I'll go later." Frederick replied, "Sit here for a while."

Richard Nall sat down beside him, touched the guy's head, and said with a smile, "It's very fulfilling."

Frederick nodded.

"I can understand." Richard Nall looked at the No. 2 factory building not far away and said: "I used to, when I was two steps away from the Juggernaut, I couldn't find any opponents around. "

"At that time, I was so proud that I thought I was invincible."

Frederick understood what Master was going to say, so he asked, "Then who woke you up?"

Richard Nall shook his head, with a look of reminiscence on his face, and said: "I don't know, I just know that it is an old priest passing by. It seems that life will go out at any time like a candle in the wind."

"I was fighting with a few people on a bridge that day and almost destroyed the bridge. People around me didn't dare to come up to stop us."

"The old priest just punched us, and when I came back to my senses, I was already lying in the reed field by the river."

"She preached to us from noon until the next morning before leaving."

"I inquired for many years later, and only knew that she should be an ascetic monk, and I didn't know anything else."

Frederick nodded, understanding what Master meant.

"Let's go." Richard Nall patted him on the shoulder. This apprentice is very smart, so he doesn't need to speak clearly.

On the way to the cafeteria, Richard Nall said again: "I am going to leave for a year or two, and I will ask Granny Psyche for my studies during this period."

Frederick was stunned for a moment, then thought of what was going on, and immediately asked with a smile: "Sister Katie is going to have a younger sibling?"

Richard Nall nodded with a smile, and said, "I wasn't there when Katie was born, and I can't justify not being there this time."

"By the way, come up with the name."

Frederick pinched his chin and thought for a while, then said, "If it's a girl, it's Monica, and if it's a boy, it's Robert."

Richard Nall thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's right, that's all."

He smirked a few times and said, "When are you going to have fun over there? You can learn a lot by walking around. Mafia really wants to meet you."

"I have a suggestion. In the past few years, you should settle down in the territory, and go out for a few years as an ordinary person to get a good feel of this world."

Frederick replied: "Let's talk about it in a few years. By the way, you can go to Manuai before you leave."

"He's been researching canned fruits recently. Altaxia and the others have never seen these fruits in the north. It would be very popular if they canned oranges and other fruits from the south and sold them in the north."

Traveling is commonplace for nobles.

Aristocrats who own a large territory will regularly go around the territory, try cases from various places in the form of circuit courts, and inspect the territory at the same time.

Purposeful travel can also deepen the relationship between the lord and vassals, relatives and friends. In the past, Frederick often followed his parents to the neighbor's castle as a guest.

Long-distance travel is also a way to increase knowledge, inquire about news, get to know and make friends with nobles along the way, and expand contacts.

When you return from your travels, you will be the brightest star in the salons and banquets, where everyone is waiting to hear your travel stories and new friends.

Frederick also wanted to go out for a walk, see the local customs, and study the human conditions here.

It's just that the territory is unstable internally, and because I am young and cute, it is easy to become a commodity, so I can only talk about it later.

His plan is to wait until he is sixteen or seventeen, and if the internal and external circumstances permit, he will go for a walk outside.

By the time the two walked to the cafeteria, everyone was already having fun at the long table, with the sound of chewing, toasting, and bragging.

Today is a good day, and the construction site is closed for a day. Many people go for a walk in the city after eating and drinking. Some people cross the river to watch the football match in the afternoon.

Frederick still had things to do. He and Ogilvy watched as Schmidt led people to lay out the wires in the factory and prepare to move the machine in.

"By the way." Frederick remembered something, "Has the new clutch been made yet?"

When using a steam engine to drive several steel mills before, everyone found that it was impossible to stop one mill alone. After some research, someone came up with the idea of ​​using rollers to adjust the belt tightness to make the belt slip and move the belt to an idle position. The method on the wheel realizes the function of the clutch.

"It's not difficult." Ogilvy replied, "The car factory over there in Benz has solved it. They use a structure like a bowl. One big and one small are nested together. When they are tight, they can One drives the other, and when you let go the power is no longer transmitted."

"The friction part between the two parts can be replaced, just replace it with a new one if it is worn out."

Frederick nodded lightly. Demand promotes technological development. With profit-driven, someone will find a way to solve it.

Starting from nothing is the most important thing, and it can be solved slowly in long-term practice.

Ogilvy said again: "Principal, Diesel has been researching something important recently, and he is probably going to ask you for money."

Frederick smiled and replied, "That's good, I'm afraid the money won't be spent."

Then he said: "I plan to wait for the completion of this place, and divide a group of people to build two larger dedicated factories nearby."

"One is for you, specializing in the production of various machine tools. The other is a heavy machinery factory specializing in the production of machines. I think Schmidt will be in charge."

"I have a plan. Heavy industry and raw material processing will still be placed here, and the newly added light industry will be scattered to other districts."

As the Minister of Industry, Ogilvy is now in charge of planning the industrial layout, and soon understood the meaning of leadership. Important industries should be placed in the most reliable places, and industries that can provide a large number of jobs will be dispersed.

"By the way." Frederick suddenly remembered something, "How did I forget this!"

It was Schmidt who happened to be pulling the end of the measuring tape next to him. He immediately turned around and asked, "Principal, have you come up with a new machine?"

Frederick nodded and replied, "Do you have any ideas about sewing machines?"

Schmidt didn't answer, but glanced at Professor Ogilvy, and then changed places with the tape measurer.

Frederick understood. It seems that Ogilvy had this idea before, and the result may not only fail, but also make a joke.

Ogilvy said nonchalantly: "I used to want the golem to sew clothes, but it failed."

Frederick shrugged and thought about it, "In my own name, I will offer a reward to the whole world in the newspaper for the sewing machine. Let's set the reward at 500 florins first."

(End of this chapter)