industrial lord

Chapter 578 Everyone Comes to Make Money
There were many celebrations in Milan, and after leaving the Borromeo Library, Frederick went to watch the tractor race around the city.

Ten tractors run ten laps outside the moat to determine the champion.

There is also a row of maintenance stations next to the city gate, where tractors can go in for maintenance during the race.

Frederick walked around the maintenance station and many people stood up and shouted "Principal". They were all technicians from the Principality of Wessen.

"You people from the Principality of Wessen are really weird." Gianni, the eldest grandson of the Sardinian royal family, also came to the repair station to watch the fun, "How dare you not address me by my title or official position."

Frederick just smiled. Several of the technicians were small nobles from the Rhine and students from the University of Wessemburg. Because they knew foreign languages, they came to the south to study whether tractors were suitable for production here.

The two walked back to the stands and were immediately served cold beer.

Frederick took a sip and took a deep breath to calm himself down.

This brewer would have certainly promoted torture in the Confederation of the Rhine, because he actually added garlic to his beer.

Frederick couldn't even tolerate rice or potatoes in beer, let alone garlic, so he put his beer glass aside and stopped touching it.

Although Archduke Edwards of Milan is eighty years old in a while, he is still as playful as ever. The tractor he was driving just passed in front of the stands, and cheers suddenly rang out from all around, even though he was only second to last.

Frederick had inquired and learned that his family had frequently participated in various competitions for hundreds of years and had never let others give in to them. It had become a tradition.

Jenny talked to Frederick about how many bearings there were on the tractor, and then said gloomily, "You know, many people, including me, have a grudge against you now."

Frederick asked in confusion: "Why, did I eat all the bread in your house?"

Jenny replied: "Almost."

"Because of the wedding in Bern, now ladies think that wedding dresses should be made of snow-white lace."

"Especially that long headscarf, it must be held up by several people!"

Frederick pretended not to hear and watched with a smile as another tractor passed by.

It's not entirely his fault, because the bride and groom put the wedding dress on a mannequin and put it in the side hall of the church for people to see.

The wholesale price of lace cloth in the Principality of Wessen is 5 to 10 florins per square meter, depending on the pattern, but it is doubled here.

The tablecloth that Frederick gave to his master's wife was naturally the best. The 8-meter-by-2-meter lace tablecloth alone was worth more than three hundred gold coins. The materials for Gianozza's entire wedding dress that day cost four hundred gold coins.

Gianni continued to chatter: "You also know about the marriage between the royal family and the Duchy of Milan. Anita and I both think that the other is good, but she also wants to have a wedding dress like that when she gets married."

"That headscarf should at least be longer, so it fits our identity."

His heart was bleeding, as a wedding dress would probably cost nearly a thousand gold coins.

Frederick said seriously, "Then you have to place your order early. Lace that is too long needs to be custom-made."

He now understood why the rich bought luxury goods. It was actually the same as a dog peeing to mark its territory, except that the rich were marking their territory in the world of fame and fortune.

People of high status do not use luxury goods to prove their status, but instead become telephone poles, and the manufacturers of luxury goods need to urinate under the telephone poles to prove their status.

Jenny continued to mutter there, and his words seemed to hint that Frederick could sell it at a lower price.

Frederick originally wanted to sell them some lace cloth at a low price, but when he saw the glass of beer tainted by garlic, he threw the idea to Neptune.

In fact, he was the one who came up with the idea of ​​garlic beer. After using allicin to cure old Louis, many people regarded garlic as a miracle drug for all diseases and a holy health product.

The price of garlic in the market now is a bit like that of tulips in the past. Garlic beer is a precious beer that only the rich and powerful can drink.

Seeing that he was indifferent, Gianni could only change the subject: "I heard that other places want to invite you to visit." "The Duchy of Turin, the Duchy of Liguria, Florence and the Golden City all hope that you can go there to see if there is anything they can cooperate with."

"Especially the Duchy of Liguria, my grandmother's hometown. They hope you can build the shipyard there."

Frederick asked him, "What do you think?"

Jenny looked around. There were too many people here, so it wasn't a good place to talk.

The city tractor race ended at noon and the organizers held a lively award ceremony.

As the inventor of the tractor, Frederick presented the champion with a beautiful colorful glass cup, as well as one hundred cans of red tomato, more than fifty kilograms of various sausages, more than ten barrels of wine and a bicycle provided by the sponsor.

He took out a cheap pocket watch with a gold-plated case from his pocket and gave it to the champion, which made him very excited.

Jenny invited Frederick to go to Anita's house. There was a salon this afternoon with the theme of literature.

Jenny and Anita are not engaged yet and are in love at first sight, but Jenny feels like he is at home when he comes to Anita's house and can even use her study.

Anita's study is quite elegant, with many literary books on the bookshelf. There is no large desk, only a long sofa where people can lie down and a round table and chairs in the tea room.

She knew that Jenny had something to discuss with Frederick, so after exchanging a few polite words with Frederick, she left to prepare for the afternoon salon.

Gianni asked Frederick, "What do you think of the future of the Kingdom of Gaul in the Kingdom of Tarragona?"

"The Kingdom of Gaul won a small victory after entering the Kingdom of Tarragona last year. The wheat harvest is in progress in the north now, and a new offensive will surely be launched after the harvest season."

"Now you and the reinforcements from the Osmaga Empire are heading to the Tarago Kingdom, and the situation is becoming confusing."

Frederick said seriously: "The situation in the Kingdom of Tarragona has nothing to do with me. The troops we sent are only fighting against the pagans in the Kingdom of Madeira."

Jenny didn't believe the official statement, but since the army hadn't arrived there yet, it was difficult to refute it.

He said: "I am not optimistic about the Kingdom of Gaul. I think the civil war in the Kingdom of Tarragona has turned into a wrestling match in the quagmire. Regardless of whether it wins or loses on the battlefield, it will inevitably result in huge negative economic returns."

"If the Kingdom of Gaul wins, they can go north by land and enter the Kingdom of Lisenburg, not only to avenge their previous defeat, but also to gain a large amount of wealth."

"If the Kingdom of Gaul loses and withdraws from the Kingdom of Tarragona, they will need to find another place to replenish their nutrition. Where do you think is suitable for them?"

Frederick thought about it and understood.

The Kingdom of Sardinia has only three neighbors on land. The Helvetic Federation is hidden in the mountains and there is no need to worry after the two sides signed the treaty. The Osmagian Empire will develop eastward after sorting out its internal affairs recently, and will make friends with the Kingdom of Sardinia in the west. The last one is the Kingdom of Gaul in the northwest.

If the Kingdom of Gaul wanted to launch an external attack, the Kingdom of Lisenberg and the Kingdom of Tarragona to the west would naturally not be considered since they had both failed. The Kingdom of Anglia to the north would be very troublesome as it would require crossing the sea, and only a fool would provoke the Rhine Alliance to the east because of the Duchy of Wessen. The Kingdom of Sardinia to the southeast seemed like a good choice no matter how you looked at it.

Moreover, even if the Kingdom of Gaul defeated the Kingdom of Tarragona and solved the problem in the west, there was no reason to ignore the wealthy Kingdom of Sardinia in the southeast.

The richest land of the Kingdom of Sardinia is the plains in the north. It has always faced the threat of powerful neighbors crossing the White Mountains. Strengthening the defense in the north has been a long-term national policy.

Among the "Seven Sisters" of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Duchy of Milan, the Duchy of Turin, the Duchy of Liguria and the City of Venice are the first line of defense against powerful enemies from the north. Florence and the Golden City are the second line of defense in the northern part of the mountainous area of ​​the peninsula. After breaking through them, you can reach the royal capital, Dibaili City.

It would cost a lot of money to strengthen our defenses.

If you want to be rich, you have to learn from the Duchy of Wessen.

Since the royal family supported them in making money, Frederick said: "I am now waiting for the Council of the Duchy of Milan to determine the model of cooperation with me. Once the decision is made, this cooperation model can be replicated in other places."

(End of this chapter)