industrial lord

Chapter 502 Delivery

The Salmon 108 theoretically took two days to sail from Amstel to Weissenburg, but passengers had to be picked up and dropped off along the way, and they finally arrived outside Weissenburg at noon on the third day.

When the captain told the ship to prepare to dock, Baron Turgot was on the platform on the roof of the cabin, watching the bronze statue on the original site of the blacksmith shop slowly move behind him.

His first impression of the Principality of Wesson was that there were many bridges on the river, built and under construction, and there were countless bridges along the way.

The second feeling is that there are many boats, with oars, sails, and water wheels at the stern. All kinds of boats come and go on the river.

In front of them was a large paddle steamer with a water wheel on the side and five strange-looking empty hulls towed behind it. These hulls were all built at the shipyard in Amstel and brought here. install equipment.

The port at the east end of the Carolina Canal is still bustling with activity, because the docks on the southern moat have begun to make concessions for urban expansion, and are now much larger than when Fatih arrived last year.

The loudspeakers on the port constantly broadcast the news of ships entering and leaving the port. When the ship docks, you can see dock workers in uniforms running to the dock where the ship is parked to prepare for unloading.

Baron Turgot, like all tourists who came to Weissenburg for the first time, was silent for a long time while looking at the towering "Emperor's exclamation" towering over the city in the distance.

Da Franche began to get busy. He first negotiated with the tax official who got on the boat, then got off the boat and talked with the porter foreman wearing a white hat. Soon four tricycles arrived.

The sailors on the ship opened the roof of the warehouse, and the crane on the dock lifted the goods to the dock.

Da Franche's oyster tank weighs more than two tons, with a rack underneath and is hoisted directly onto a tricycle.

Baron Turgot and his servant went through the customs procedures and were waiting for Da Franche outside the port. He said that he could arrange a place for long-term accommodation.

Then he saw a tricycle driving in the distance. There was a rough wooden shelf set up on the car. On the shelf hung a fish as high as one person, which seemed to weigh more than a hundred kilograms.

There were two children sitting next to the shelf, a boy and a girl. They looked like they were of southern descent, and they looked very excited.

Richard Nall recognized Baron Turgot, just waved his hand, and continued slowly on the long journey home.

Baron Turgot had heard about Richard Nar, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he still didn't know what to say and could only smile back.

At this time, Da Franche came over in a tricycle pulling passengers. He got out of the car and helped Baron Turgot and his servants load their luggage into the car, and then walked west along the canal with the cart pulling goods.

Da Franche said to Baron Turgot: "It is the Iris community, and the landlords are all nobles from the Kingdom of Gaul. Most of us who come here to make a living stay there, and everyone is taken care of."

Baron Turgot asked him: "How many Gauls are there?"

Da Franche thought for a while and said: "I heard that there are two to three thousand people, and there are hundreds of people who come to school. Some people live in Weissenburg, many people are in other places, and there is a person in the community. More than a thousand people.”

"Most of the people who come here are doing business, a few are going to school, and some are working as chefs, painters, translators, etc."

Baron Turgot nodded. His student became a screenwriter and now draws comic strips with several people.

Da Franche continued: "The World Exposition will be held next month. The hotels in the city have been booked long ago. We still have some space there."

Baron Turgot nodded again, and the student told him this when he wrote back, saying that he could stay at his place, so he only brought one servant.

Iris Community soon arrived. There are four- and five-story buildings here. Shops, restaurants and handicraft workshops can be used on the first floor, and people live on the upper floors.

The facade of Da Franche was carved out of a bakery and opened separately.

This bread workshop specializes in producing bread that can be used as weapons in the Kingdom of Gaul. The owner is also from the city of Le Havre.

When the baker saw Baron Turgot, he immediately came over to salute him. He helped the landlord manage the building and immediately asked his wife to take the children upstairs to clean up the empty floors.

Da Franche disappeared for a few minutes, called a few people, first moved down the air pump, and then took out many buckets of different sizes from the shop with names written on them, and began to load the oysters and seawater from the tricycle into the buckets. inside. Baron Turgot asked the servants to move the luggage upstairs and arrange it, while he watched Da Franche and the others busy with interest.

Not long after, there was a "bang bang" sound in the distance, and a brown-haired woman wearing a leather jacket, leather pants, and a helmet stopped her tricycle in front of the store.

Da Franche went over immediately and said respectfully: "Why are you here? I was just going to send it to you later."

Psyche took off her helmet and hung it on the rearview mirror, got out of the car, and walked to the water tank and said, "I tried the new car today and thought it was time for you to come back, so I stopped by to take a look."

D'Afranche looked at her sidecar without taking his eyes off it, and his mouth was almost watering.

Psyche looked at the oysters shipped back this time and said with satisfaction: "Yes, the survival rate this time is 98%. It seems that this method is effective."

"Bring me the buckets and I'll choose them myself. I'll come back to pay at the end of the month."

"Hurry up and send Branimir's share. Send more. He's going to treat you today."

Da Franche immediately brought two galvanized iron buckets and gave them to Psyche.

Psyche had some of each oyster picked up, put the bucket in the sidecar, and left.

Baron Turgot did not know Psyche and thought that she was a member of a noble family. She sounded like a regular customer of Da Franche, so he did not disturb her business.

Da Franche quickly finished distributing the oysters. The buckets for regular customers were filled with seawater and oysters. One water tank contained a small half box of various oysters and was connected to the air pump. The two empty water tanks were moved to the shop, and the remaining of oysters raised inside.

Then he would go door-to-door with a fleet of tricycles, and Baron Turgot would follow.

The convoy took a detour, and Dafranche carried a bag of oysters to an exotic barbecue restaurant to give it to the proprietress and chatted with her for a while.

Baron Turgot asked him curiously: "Are you pursuing that girl?"

"No!" Da Franche shook his head hurriedly, "I was robbed half a month ago. She and her boyfriend happened to be passing by. It was her boyfriend who saved me."

He is still scared now. At that time, he was taking the money to buy goods in Amstel City. If he was robbed, he would probably be sweeping the streets now.

"By the way!" He remembered something, "Didn't you say you wanted to inspect agricultural projects? The boss's boyfriend owns a chicken farm, so you can go and have a look."

The reason why Baron Turgot came here was to investigate and learn ways to increase the agricultural income of the territory, and Da Franche recommended the chicken farm.

"Who was that lady just now?" Baron Turgot asked, "Does she have any agricultural projects at home?"

The only local he knew was a fishing guy. If he wanted to see the agricultural situation here, he had to get a breakthrough through his acquaintances in Da Franche.

Da Franche replied: "She is the teacher of Grand Duke Wesson and the president of the Wesson Scientific Society, His Excellency Psyche."

"The first time I came here I brought two buckets of oysters. Most of them died and I almost cried to death outside the port."

"Your Excellency Psyche happened to be passing by at that time and said those oysters were pretty good, so he bought all the live ones and taught me how to keep more oysters alive."

"I made another trip, and this time I survived more than half of the time, and the business started like this."

Baron Turgot sighed to himself, this guy is really lucky to have met a noble person to help him.

(End of this chapter)