industrial lord

Chapter 194 Big Business

Frederick had seen the energy of Mrs. Delden. As soon as the 30 "second-hand" revolvers were delivered, she sent someone to invite the Minister of War, Count Pisto, and the Minister of Finance, Duke Hegel, to have dinner. A neighbor will be here soon.

It's just that Earl Pistor has dark circles under his eyes. When Mrs. Delden saw him, she smiled and asked, "Hey, what new eye shadow is this?"

Count Pistor only said a few perfunctory words, and gave Frederick a hard look.

Last night, he attended the dance at the house of Earl Shakespeare, the chief minister of the Academy of Arms. When he went to the bathroom, he was beaten with a burlap bag over his head. The assailant did not hide his identity at all. Duke Sen.

Mrs. Delden saw it, and immediately hugged Frederick who was sitting beside her, and said very unhappy: "Why, you want to bully Frederick? Are you used to bullying children without parents? You used to bully me and my sister." , riding a horse and ruining my wheat field, now you want to bully him? Let me tell you, whoever bullies Frederick now is bullying me!"

Frederick was a little moved. Such words cannot be said indiscriminately. Now Mrs. Delden said in public that if she can't do it in the future, it will become a joke.

Earl Pistor was shocked. It was different now. Who would have thought that the first cousin who could only cry would later become the queen, and the little cousin who smashed herself with mud would marry one of the deputy captains of the Royal Knights.

Now I don't need to find this cousin for what I want to do, but she can still do whatever she wants to disturb her.

At this time, Duke Hegel arrived, and Frederick was shocked when he saw him, and he didn't even notice how he appeared just now.

However, Frederick still noticed that he immediately looked at Psyche who was standing in the corner of the living room with Mrs. Delden's maid. He seemed to make eye contact, but immediately pretended nothing happened.

Duke Hegel was not tall, only half a head taller than Frederick, and was as thin as a monkey. No one dared to underestimate a sword master because of this.

He glanced at Frederick, beckoned and said, "Come here, let me see."

Mrs. Delden released Frederick and let him pass.

Frederick went over to greet him a few words, and then he stretched out his hand and pinched several places on his body.

"Not bad, not bad," Duke Hegel seemed satisfied, "He's in good physical condition, and he didn't slack off in training. Richard Nall really caught a good fish."

Frederick has a black thread. It seems that everyone in the circle knows that his master loves fishing.

Duke Hegel continued: "I originally wanted to snatch an apprentice, but you are more suitable for him. If it is not suitable for me, I will not delay you."

Frederick immediately said: "I would be honored if I could get your advice."

Duke Hegel said solemnly: "Eat well, rest well, and sleep well. If you start dating women after the age of 16, that's all you have to pay attention to."

The corner of Frederick's mouth twitched, and he thanked him politely.

By this time dinner was ready, and everyone was eating and talking at the table.

Today's main course is roasted whole pig. The roasted pig's skin on the table is different from the oily and smooth skin of other roasted pigs, but the crispy skin with bubbles.

At the beginning of the meal, Mrs. Delden's daughter Josephine chatted with Frederick, and she was curious about the engravings that had recently appeared in Wessen.

After she finished talking about this topic, Mrs. Delden began to talk about business. First, she asked the two ministers whether the Knights could equip the Duke Wesson's revolver.

The royal knights are different from the mages. The leader is the king. Whoever is the king is the leader. Each of the five deputy leaders leads a team of knights. They do not belong to each other and restrict each other.

Earl Delden is one of the deputy heads, so it is no problem for Mrs. Delden to ask questions in the name of interrogating her husband.

Duke Hegel took a sip of beer and said: "This weapon is very useful, and it can save your life at the right time. I suggest that a knight can bring two or three."

A slight smile appeared on Frederick's face, and he mouthed a lot when eating barbecue. The sword master at the peak level of force said so, which is more useful than any advertisement.

Count Pistor saw Frederick doing a sales promotion at the ball yesterday, and he said, "It's just that this kind of weapon is too expensive. Ordinary enchanted weapons are not so expensive. I can't explain it to His Majesty."

"But it's not impossible. If Duke Wesson is willing to sell other weapons, I only need to report the total amount to His Majesty, and I think His Majesty will agree."

Frederick washed down the barbecue in his mouth with a sip of beer, and said with some helplessness: "The long guns equipped in my army look powerful, but they broke a lot after the battle. Some bullets are loaded by themselves. It fell out. If it weren’t for Ansbach and they wanted me to kill me, I wouldn’t be equipped with such immature weapons. So what I sell now are those that fold and open to load bullets and revolvers that are a little bigger, and the bullets are replaced with lead ones. Mushroom head, hit it lightly and hit farther. Those guns and bullets used to be used up and replaced with new ones, after all, money can’t be wasted.”

The sale of folding rifles in Wessen State and the purchase of revolver rifles by the Principality of Mainz and the Principality of Bavaria are all public, and they were introduced in the Wessen Daily, so the other three felt that Frederick was telling the truth.

Count Pistor asked him: "How much is the revolver?"

Frederick replied: "The barrel of this gun is very troublesome to make, so it costs 100 florins for one, and 90 florins for more."

"So expensive?!" Earl Pistor was a little surprised.

According to Frederick's calculations, even if the profits are deducted, his thousands of troops will cost 30 to [-] florins, so Count Pisto asked with some distrust: "Then where did you get so much money?" So many weapons?"

"Borrowed." Frederick shrugged, "Using my territory's customs duties and elemental metal trade as collateral, I borrowed it from that pagan merchant."

Count Pisto felt a little reasonable after hearing this, and then looked at Duke Hegel.

Although Duke Hegel is the Minister of Finance, the king granted him this position to win him over so that he can make money. The specific work is done by the people below, but he still knows how much money is in the treasury.

"The treasury is running out of money." Duke Hegel said, "You can buy more short ones, but equip the guards with the longest ones."

Count Pisto nodded, and then began to bargain with Frederick. After the dinner was over, everyone settled down.

Frederick provided weapons to the Praetorian Guard and the Royal Mages of the Rhine Union at a price of 50 florins for a revolver and 120 florins for a revolver.

At the same time, he also negotiated a business of selling Wessen specialties to the Pisto family and the Hegel family at a low price.

(End of this chapter)