industrial lord

Chapter 501: Go on a field trip

Time goes back to the day when Frederick caught the whale.

Baron Turgot from the Kingdom of Gaul disembarked from the sea ship in the city of Amstel, preparing to transfer to the river ship to go to the Principality of Wesson.

Last year, Baron Turgot was refuted by Richard Nall on the issue of economic development in the Principality of Wesson, so he decided to go to the field to see for himself.

For this purpose, he learned the German language last winter. He has no problem with ordinary communication and can talk to the locals in person.

At the same time, he did not mention his itinerary to too many people. One of his students went to Weissenburg two or three years ago to seek life. He just communicated with him through letters and brought along a student who also spoke German. The servant set off.

Baron Turgot originally planned to leave earlier, but Guillaume, a junior from his alma mater, came to Le Havre to ask for his help to file an indictment for a previous case of deducting scholarships from the school, so the trip was postponed for almost a month. .

Now that Amstel City has recovered a lot from the fire, the seven-story hotel of Dawn Chamber of Commerce has reopened. Baron Turgot plans to rest here for a day or two, and then find a boat to Weissenburg City.

In the restaurant on the seventh floor, Baron Turgot sat on a seat next to the glass window. Looking around, he saw scaffoldings of different heights scattered among them.

"Hey, Baron Turgot?"

Someone in the restaurant recognized him.

Baron Turgot turned his head and found that he was a fellow from Le Havre. He frowned slightly and said, "You are the second son of the D'Afranche family. Weren't you sent to Weissenburg?" Why are you here?"

He remembered this young man, whose father was a clerk in the city government. He became a negative example because of his lavish spending. In the end, his eldest brother took him on a boat to Weissenburg to make a living.

Now this young man looks good. He is wearing decent clothes from the Duke of Wesson. He seems to be living well.

Da Franche smiled awkwardly, bent down slightly and replied: "Replying to your lord, something happened to me on the ship I came from. The captain gave me a seal...oh...compensation, and now I will use it to do it." I’m going to do some small business between Amstel and Weissenburg.”

"I would like to take the liberty to ask, are you going to Weissenburg Castle?"

"I'm going to Weissenburg by ship tomorrow. I have two passenger tickets that I can't use myself, so I can give them to you."

Baron Turgot thought for a while and said, "Sell those two tickets to me. It's not easy for you to do business down-to-earth now. I won't take advantage of you."

Da Franche replied: "Those two tickets were given by the captain when I shipped too much cargo. I want to keep an eye on the cargo in the warehouse and see if it is not needed, so I will give it to you as a gift."

Seeing his persistence, Baron Turgot nodded and accepted the two tickets presented by Da Franche with both hands.

He thought that he would ask the servant to ask how much the fare was and then buy him something to eat.

He is a noble baron and cannot take advantage of a commoner, and he is also a person with a bad reputation. If word spreads, he will not have to hang out in the city of Le Havre in the future.

After Baron Turgot finished his lunch, he asked his servant to go shopping and continued to pass the time by looking at the scenery.

Suddenly, a three- or four-year-old boy wearing a white imitation Wesson Air Force officer's uniform fell while running beside him.

Baron Turgot saw that the little boy was dressed as a child of a wealthy family, so he reached out and picked him up.

The little boy looked at Baron Turgot curiously, and after a while he remembered something. He clasped his right hand on his left chest in a decent manner, imitating the Wesson Army salute, and then said thank you.

At this time, a couple came to the table in front of them. They were about thirty years old, and there was a boy less than ten years old. They were followed by two maids. From their clothes, they could tell at a glance that they were from the Principality of Wesson.

The mother picked up the child, and the father thanked Baron Turgot.

"Are you Sir Duval?" Turgo finally met the factory owner after using a thermos flask for so many years.

He remembered something and asked: "Excuse me, are you from the Kingdom of England?" Duval smiled and replied: "I am just a branch of the Duval family, and I am very far away from that gentleman."

"I have been away from home for more than ten years, and this time I brought my children home for a visit."

Baron Turgot said: "If you go back now, the Duval family will not look down upon you."

Duvall just smiled and said a few polite words.

The next morning, the passenger and cargo paddle steamer Salmon No. 108 welcomed guests heading south.

The salmon shipping company where this ship is located was established by officers of the Royal Knights of the Rhine League, using unsecured credit loans provided by Frederick to the nobles. For the shareholders of the company, the money earned by this company is as high as the sky. Same as coming down.

The Salmon 108 has a load capacity of 100 tons. It was originally a passenger ship. Later, it was discovered that a pure passenger ship was not so profitable, so half of the passenger cabin was converted into a cargo warehouse. It can transport cargo alone or be transported with the ship for merchants with large cargo. You can make a lot of money just by soliciting customers.

When Baron Turgot boarded the ship, he and his servant were the only two people in the cabin. He heard from the sailor that Da Franche was in the cargo hold last night, so he and his servant went over to take a look.

As soon as he entered the cabin, he saw four white hard glue water boxes that were 2.2 meters long, 1.3 meters wide, and a little over 1 meter high at the front. The boxes were wrapped with quilts, and there was a "bang bang bang bang" sound box next to them. When the machine is stopped, the machine branches out several pipes and extends into the water tank.

Da Franche was pouring something into the water from a bottle, and when he saw someone coming in, he immediately stuffed it into his pocket.

Baron Turgot went over and asked curiously: "Da Franche, is this your goods?"

The water tanks were almost full of oysters. Baron Turgot had seen them when he grew up on the seaside, and he could tell at a glance that the four water tanks were filled with the best oysters.

The milk oysters in the first tank were as long as an adult's hand and tasted like milk. The nobles on the seaside would prepare these when they held banquets.

The second tank contains gold coin oysters. These round oysters are about the size of table tennis balls. Their shells have a metallic gold color and taste like nuts. Some people use the shells to make crafts.

In the third tank is the emerald oyster. Part of its flesh is green. It has a crisp texture and a sweet taste. It is very popular.

The fourth tank contains crystal oysters. Its meat has a transparent texture and tastes sweet at first and then salty.

There were several large ice cubes floating on the water in the water tank, and the water temperature was very low.

The machine next to it is an air pump modified from an implosion machine and pump used for tricycles, and is supplying air through a hose.

Da Franche bowed and replied: "Yes, sir. I will bring some live aquatic products from the seaside to Weisenburg City to sell."

For seaside nobles like Baron Turgot, oysters are like wild fruits in the mountains. If you want to eat them, just ask your servants to dig them up at the beach. They are delicious, but not valuable.

So in his opinion, this is just a small business to support his family.

"Do a good job." Baron Turgot said casually, "Now that you have a good job, stop spending money as lavishly as before. Save some money to marry a wife and settle down."

Da Franche bent over and nodded.

Baron Turgot asked his servant to give him a large bag of things, which were all dry food such as bread, biscuits and drinks, as a reward for his ship ticket.

After Baron Turgot left, Da Franche took out the bottle he had just hidden from his pocket and poured the white liquid inside into the water.

This is the secret that enables him to transport oysters over long distances with a survival rate of over 95%, taught by his first customer.

(End of this chapter)