industrial lord

Chapter 192 The New House
"Welcome home, Master!"

Christian led the upper two rows of young and beautiful maids to welcome Frederick at the gate.

After Frederick left the royal estate, he went directly to Cologne, where Christian bought him a new residence.

The city of Cologne draws several tributaries from the Rhine River for fire prevention and sewage discharge.

The neighborhood where this house is located, separated by a small river, is full of rich and powerful mansions. The neighbors in the neighborhood are either rich or expensive, and patrols from the city defense army pass by from time to time.

The house is located at the southernmost corner of the block, on a triangular plot. The north side facing the street is about 60 meters long, the east and west sides facing the river are about 70 meters and 80 meters long respectively, and the south side is a regular triangle four-story building with a side length of 30 meters. There is a triangular patio, a trapezoidal garden between the building and the street, and the servant's house, stables, garages and walls separate the garden from the street.

Frederick glanced at the gate, which had been replaced with his family crest.

He came down from behind Li Dawn and asked the person who took care of Li Dawn to lead him to the stables. The butler behind Christian immediately led the way himself.

Frederick asked the maids to disperse, and saw that the garden was bare, and all the original plants had been shoveled away, and now only the soil remained.

Christian followed and reported: "This mansion originally belonged to the Adikan family, which is famous for having many naval officers, and now there is only one young Baron Adikan who sold his property to form a fleet. "

"The total value of the land, buildings and furniture of the mansion is about 2 florins. Baron Adiken is willing to sell it to us with 5 florins of Wessen State Unlimited Merchandise Vouchers. I have signed a contract with him. , and wait for the voucher to arrive."

Frederick stopped when he heard this, thought for a while, and said, "Give him a voucher of 4 florins. The extra is my investment. If he needs it, I can sell a batch of revolver rifles." give him."

He naturally wants to engage in maritime trade, but it is not so easy to find professionals in this field. He can only cast the net as an investor to see if he can find a suitable spokesperson.

In terms of weapons, he felt that the folding rifle was a bit of a pitfall as the main weapon of battle, so he enlarged the revolver into an eight-shot revolver and fired round lead bullets.

Christian immediately agreed, saying that he would go to discuss with Baron Adiken tomorrow, and then continued: "I found the butler and the head maid here, and I knew them before. They are husband and wife, and they are small nobles in the lowlands who have no inheritance rights. His children have worked in many businessmen's families for more than ten years, and they have a good reputation."

At this time, he said cautiously: "Some of the servants here used to serve my family, and their ability and reputation are trustworthy. The others were recruited through the guild, and they were all innocent, and their family members had no criminal records or bad habits. Son of a good family."

Frederick just nodded and didn't say much.

He and Christian walked around the house. Most of the wooden furniture is still there, all the decorations have been sold, the kitchen utensils, tableware, bedding, etc. are all newly bought, and Psyche has already touched them in his bedroom. Fish read a book.

In the patio, Christian asked, "My lord, what kind of decorations do you want to buy?"

Frederick frowned, it was hard for him.

This is the capital of the kingdom, and the decorations must not only be exquisite and expensive, but also not be as meaningless as a bumpkin, otherwise it will be a joke.

But this is not impossible, he said: "Ms. Psyche will be here for a while, I will talk to her later, please ask her for help."

"You don't use cash to buy a house, so use the money to buy decorations."

In terms of art, he can be sure that he is not as good as Psyche, and he might buy some antiques that this great god has touched before.

After discussing the matter, the two came to the study, and Christian handed over a stack of invitations to Frederick.

Some of these invitations are written on traditional parchment scrolls, with beautiful flower festivals tied with colored ribbons.Some are made of white cardboard produced in Wessen State, folded in half, and the cover is hand-painted with exquisite patterns, and is also tied with a ribbon.

Frederick read it all over. He was invited by important ministers of the kingdom to attend dinners and dances, ladies invited to tea parties, and scholars invited him to discuss issues when he was free.

He sorted it out, put those who wanted to participate on one side, and those who couldn't participate due to time conflicts and the owner's relatively low status on the other side, and asked Christian to reply one by one.

It costs a lot of money to go out for the army. The logistics standard of the Wesson army seems to be very exaggerated by others at present. The logistics materials provided by the kingdom are definitely not enough, so at least this part of the gap must be made up.

So he prepared a lot of novel products and planned to advertise them while attending various events.

Frederick finally sent Christian to the garden to measure the floor plan in preparation for the construction of a glass greenhouse, and then went to talk with Psyche himself.

Psyche was still quietly lying on his side reading a book, and Frederick sat by the bed and asked, "Is the investigation clear?"

Psyche nodded with a cold face, and asked him, "As the rumors say, what are you going to do?"

Frederick immediately replied: "Let the church come this time. Let's do this first, and then do that. The church will definitely not sit still. It will definitely investigate. Once the investigation will definitely find out, it will be up to them how to deal with it then."

Psyche said speechlessly, "You know how to kill with a knife."

Frederick sighed deeply, and said, "I also want to do the knife myself, but I'm not strong enough."

Psyche didn't say much.

Frederick understood the process of bothering her, so he said first, "Let's go to the street and see where there is something delicious. I'll treat you."

As a result, Psyche gave him a pair of white eyes, and said bitterly: "You are a duke now, you should look like a great nobleman, how can a nobleman go to the street to shop and eat out?"

"If you want to buy something, let the merchant send the goods to you to choose. If you want to eat, let the cook come over and make it for you. When you have money and go bad in the future, you can also ask someone to deliver it to your door."

Frederick finally heard a black thread.

He really likes to go shopping, but how can aristocrats and ordinary people squeeze together, how decent is it? For this reason, Ah Fu and the others have said similar things before, but he just fooled it by inspecting the territory.

So Frederick went to the housekeeper, asking him to invite a chef from a good restaurant in Cologne, but he was embarrassed.

The housekeeper asked nervously, "Excuse me, master, are you dissatisfied with the cook? What kind of cook do you want? I'll change it right away."

The kitchen is an important department in the house, and it is managed directly by the butler. The new master is dissatisfied with the cook, so it is not difficult for him to think about whether the master is dissatisfied with him and beat himself up.

Frederick was taken aback, he hadn't even drank the boiled water cooked by the cook here, so how could he be dissatisfied.

So he explained: "It's not that I'm dissatisfied, it's just that it's my first time in Kelun City, and I want to try the specialties here."

The butler understood it, and said doubtfully, "Then let the cook do it. Their skills are much better than those on the street, otherwise I wouldn't hire them."

Frederick understood, "Learn the art of culture and martial arts, and the goods can be used by the emperor's family" can also be used on cooks, even if it is not a royal palace, it is better to be a chef for a big noble than to work in a restaurant.

"Okay." Frederick said, "Let's try the cook's skill tonight."

When it was time for dinner, there were only Frederick and Psyche in the dining room having dinner.

The table was covered with sumptuous dishes, some of which Frederick hadn't expected.

On the plate in front of him were a few slices of soft white bread, spread with butter, sprinkled with cheese slices and raw onions, and it tasted good.

Naturally, pork knuckles are indispensable here. The method here is to pickle the back elbows of pigs in salt water. The taste is salty, but it goes well with light beer.

Then came the bread rolls stuffed with minced pork, pepper and butter, and the pork belly and pea soup, all delicious.

(End of this chapter)