industrial lord

Chapter 165 Arriving in Mainz City
A little bit of time passed, from midsummer August to cold October, nothing serious happened in the entire Wessen state.

The autumn wheat has sprouted new shoots, and the newly-built vegetable greenhouses are being installed with film, and businessmen from the city are running to the village to order winter vegetables.

Even the Franken Principality and Legens Union, whose neighbors are already foreign, sent diplomats to ask Baron Wesson if he could sell fresh vegetables in winter.

The day before Frederick was about to go to the Principality of Mainz to participate in the 80th birthday and hunting activities of the Grand Duke of Mainz, the royal family of the Osmarga Empire even sent a special envoy to apply for buying vegetables in winter, which can be passed through horses when the Danube is frozen. The sleds were transported directly from the ice to the city of Wien.

Frederick agreed on the spot, and specially approved them to purchase in their own manor, but they were responsible for the transportation.

Early the next morning, Frederick sailed to Mainz with gifts and a large team.

Hunting was a paramilitary operation of the nobility, and finding, surrounding and killing prey was no different from a battle.

At the same time, hunting is also one of the important sources of income for the nobles. Meat and fur are precious materials. If you hunt a monster, it is equivalent to getting a big gift package.

This hunt had the color of showing muscle, so Frederick brought three companies of cavalry, half a company of mages, two companies of hunting soldiers, two companies of pea guns and the black cat detachment, plus servants and the first step The logistics convoy has a total of [-] people.

In addition to the personnel, Frederick also specifically asked the factories in the territory to work together to produce a large number of logistics equipment that was known to be very powerful at first glance.

The fleet departed from Weissenburg, passed through Lohr, and then arrived at Mainz near the confluence of the Main and Rhine rivers.

As a diplomat of the Grand Duke of Mainz, Philip came to Mainz early to preside over the reception work. Today Frederick is coming. This guy has become a duke, and ostentation and etiquette are indispensable.

However, compared with the reception of Grand Duke Bain a few days ago, there is an extra Maria by his side today.

The boat docked, and the soldiers cleared the ground. A gangplank was laid on the boat and a red carpet was spread. Frederick, wearing a white military uniform, walked off the boat with a smile on his face, and dawn followed behind him.

Philip saluted him formally and said welcome.

Afterwards, Maria gave him a standard skirt-throwing ceremony, and even quietly made a face when she was done.

Frederick said a few words of courtesy, and then boarded the carriage with them and entered the city, followed by the servants led by Ah Fu and the guard cavalry company.

In the carriage, Maria asked Frederick, "Why didn't Susan come?"

Frederick shook his head helplessly and replied, "The autumn here is too cold for them. Susan caught a cold a few days ago and is currently undergoing medical treatment."

He couldn't leave Madam Sophie's daughter alone, so he let Susan live in the manor.

Before the autumn sowing, the Grand Duke of Mainz sent Philip to Frederick to buy fortified wheat seeds. He also lived in the manor, and Maria also went to play with Frederick, and then the two got to know each other.

At that time, Frederick stayed at the construction site of the industrial park, and Maria and Susan spent more time than him.

When Maria heard that Susan had a cold, she immediately said, "Then give her onions."

Folks here regard onions as a panacea for common diseases. They eat them when they have a cold, have diarrhea, and also eat one when they have a fever. Adults eat it cooked with wine, and children eat it boiled with milk. The effect is somewhat.

That taste made Frederick firm up his determination to exercise to avoid getting sick.

Frederick replied with a smile: "I already gave her milk boiled with onions, but she didn't want to eat it, so she pinched her nose and drank it down."

Maria glared at this guy and said, "You can't bully her!"

Frederick just smiled.

After entering the city, the carriage arrived at a mansion 500 meters away from the palace where the Grand Duke of Mainz lived. It was originally the residence of a wealthy businessman, but this time he voluntarily donated it to Duke Wessen to stay.

As long as you can register in front of Duke Wesson, it will be much more convenient to buy souvenirs there in the future.

For this quota, more than a dozen wealthy businessmen fought.

Maria wanted to stay and play with Dawn, but Philip took her away immediately and asked her to go to her mother, who had something important to say.

The owner of the house, Blanche, is a fur trader who travels between the Rhine Union and the dark lands of the north, and even travels further east by boat in summer.

He immediately sent a big gift - a fiery red bear skin, this bear is estimated to be four meters tall when standing up.

Frederick hadn't heard of this kind of bear before, so he sounded it out of curiosity.

On the other side, Maria returned to her mother.

Sophia called her daughter to her side and asked softly, "Did you see Frederick?"

Maria immediately nodded and replied, "Well, he's here, but Susan isn't here. I still want to bring her to see my mother."

Sophia showed a kind smile on her face, touched her daughter's long black hair, and asked, "Are you happy when you and Frederick are together?"

Maria can answer: "Happy, he can make a lot of toys, he is also very smart, and he can tell many stories!"

The smile on Sophia's face became wider, and there were some things that she should tell her daughter, but she was only eight years old, so she wondered if she could understand the meaning of the next words.

"Maria," Sophia asked earnestly, "If I let you stay with Frederick forever, would you be willing?"

There were many question marks in Maria's head, and she asked inexplicably, "Do you want me to go to play with Frederick often?"

Sophia shook her head slightly, and said, "I want you to live with him until your hair turns white, just like me and your father."

Maria suddenly opened her mouth wide and asked her mother in surprise: "Mother, do you want me to marry Frederick? Will you have a baby in the future?"

She doesn't live in a vacuum, and people around her gradually understand the meaning when discussing related issues.

Sophia said, "Yes, would you like it?"

Maria's face turned red all of a sudden, and she threw herself into your mother's arms, without speaking for a long time.

Sophia just gently stroked her daughter's back. It seemed that her daughter understood the meaning, so there was no need to say anything.

"Mother..." Maria raised her head, her face was as red as a ripe apple, "I don't want to leave you now."

"Little fool." Sophia touched her daughter's head, "I don't want you to marry him now, I don't want to marry him now if you want to, I still want to keep you by my side, at least for ten years Eight years will do."

Ten or eight years is a long time for Maria now, and she flung herself into her mother's arms again, and said in a very soft voice, "Listen to mother."

The smile on Sophia's face became even brighter. Marriage between nobles, love is just an accessory. I was lucky to meet a good husband. Now there is a rich and suitable son-in-law in front of me, and my daughter doesn't hate him. Can't let him run away.

Some things will still change before they are finally implemented. This hunting has gathered nobles from all over the world, who knows if there will be any accidents.

Sophia coaxed her daughter well, let her stay in the residence obediently, and after washing and dressing up, she was ready to go to her own battlefield.

In the afternoon, at the tea party of the ladies, Sophia chatted with several acquainted ladies with high-ranking husbands about Earl Wesson.

(End of this chapter)