industrial lord

Chapter 595 Political Grip
In many things, first impressions often become stereotypes.

The people on the Cyclops Island had a strange impression of the "distant northerners" from the Rhine Confederation, and their meetings were very peculiar.

Today is the day of the general meeting of the United Fruit Company, and those who were investigating on the southern coast have also returned.

A theater not far from the company's headquarters was booked, with a row of long tables on the stage and many rows of long tables and chairs in the auditorium.

Before the meeting started, people dressed the same way were often seen on the street in front of the theater.

They all wore white shirts, black straight trousers, black or brown wide-toed leather shoes, copper-headed leather belts around their waists, three pens in their left chest pockets, pocket watches fixed to their wrists with leather belts, a thermos cup with different words engraved on it in their left hands, and a rectangular black briefcase in their right hands.

Many people had just returned from South Bank. When they saw familiar colleagues, they greeted them enthusiastically and walked into the venue chatting and laughing.

The venue was extremely quiet. As soon as everyone entered, the conversation and laughter stopped abruptly.

Frederick sat in the middle of the podium, holding a thermos cup in his hand, and nodded to everyone who came in with an expressionless face.

Maria sat next to him, looking a little uneasy.

Everyone was preparing for Frederick's arrival, especially after he showed up for a field inspection in the experimental area, all preparations entered the sprint stage.

It was just that Frederick told everyone in the experimental area to go back to the meeting and look around.

But no one, including Maria, expected that he did not continue to explore in the south, but suddenly appeared in the venue early this morning.

Frederick told Maria to let her preside over the meeting as usual and he would just listen without expressing any opinion.

The conference was conducted cautiously, with the heads of each department speaking slowly when making their reports for fear of making mistakes.

Frederick just buried his head in taking notes. Finally, Maria asked him to say a few words, and he said, "If there is nothing else, let's adjourn the meeting."

After the meeting, Frederick came to Maria's residence.

Susan also went to the venue to watch the fun today. In the living room, she hugged Frederick's neck from behind, grinned for a long time and said, "What game are you playing? Are we part of your game?"

Frederick pinched Susan's nose with his backhand and said, "Whatever you think is right, then it is right."

He then sat down next to Maria, his expression serious.

Maria thought he was going to talk about official business, so she immediately sat up straight.

However, Frederick hugged her in his arms, bent down to kiss her, and quickly unbuttoned her shirt with one hand.

Maria was able to nudge him with her elbows at first, but soon her whole body went limp and she put her arms around his neck.

Susan was giggling on the side, but Frederick freed his hands and grabbed her.

After the commotion, the three of them were in dishevel.

Maria was sorting out her clothes and complained, "Really? I have to go to work this afternoon."

Frederick held Susan and said to Maria, "I won't go over this afternoon."

"Tell the heads of each department, and I'll go to the company tomorrow to take a look."

Maria agreed. It was obvious that Frederick would not make any comments without knowing the whole situation.

Everyone in the United Fruit Company breathed a sigh of relief. It was a good thing that the leader came to inspect and he didn't get scolded.

Everyone was on high alert. Now that they had made a good start, they must not make any mistakes halfway. Maria went to work, and Frederick carried Susan into the bedroom.

Susan was like a kitten in Frederick's arms, rubbing her face against his from time to time and kissing his neck and chin lightly.

Frederick closed the bedroom door, sat on the bed, patted Susan on the back twice, and said softly, "Let me tell you something serious."

"What's going on at home?"

He had heard a lot of news recently, including many rumors about the political situation in the Kingdom of Kush, and it seemed that something was not right.

Susan put her face against Frederick's chest and whispered, "What else could it be? It's just that my brother and my mother are having a fight."

"Everyone knows that the invasion of the Ghazi Empire three years ago was actually won by you and Marshal Hayreddin. My brother is very upset."

"He always wanted to do something, and there were a few times when my mother thought he did something wrong, so we had a quarrel."

"Many nobles gathered around my brother, always saying that our mother interfered too much in government affairs."

"Some people suggested building a large garden for the Queen Mother to live there in her old age."

"Someone also told my brother that Marshal Hayreddin's power was too great and needed to be weakened."

Frederick understood what was going on when he heard this.

The problem of the Kingdom of Kush was simple: the conflict between the king's party and the queen mother's party.

You have to know that the current throne was won by the Queen Mother who killed so many people that rivers of blood flowed and even sent her entire family to Frederick for refuge.

Frederick supported the Queen Mother. If she had not brought back potatoes and other crops from Taohuashi and exported a large amount of grain, the Duchy of Wessen would have suffered from slow industrial development due to food shortage.

Based on these two points, the Queen Mother will not lose.

But the queen dowager is always the queen dowager. Unless she takes the step of ascending the throne herself, the power will still be in the hands of the king.

Frederick sighed inwardly and said to Susan, "Write a letter to Mrs. Sophie and tell her that I invite her to stay in Weissenburg for two or three years."

Susan raised her head, blinked her golden eyes, nodded and agreed softly.

She didn't care about politics, but she understood it. She quickly realized that Frederick was trying to ease the tension between his mother and his brother.

This is also a test for Brother Wang to see whether he can govern the country well.

Frederick sighed again in his heart. The Kingdom of Kush was his most important ally in the south. If turmoil occurred, it would have serious consequences.

Psyche must have smelled something, so she decisively and secretly supported Maria's development in the south instead of waiting for Frederick to return from the north.

No matter what the future political situation of the Kingdom of Kush will be, once the south is developed and the two railways between the Kingdom of Sardinia and Port Ferdinand are added, Frederick's dependence on the Kingdom of Kush will be reduced, and he will be much more relaxed when dealing with it.

Frederick had a clear idea in his mind, and he had a political handle for his subsequent conversation with the top management of the Southern Fruit Company.

Looking at the overall situation, developing the southern region means opening up a new production base for the Rhine Alliance, using agricultural crops to support local development while also serving as a bridgehead for commodity sales.

Frederick believed that as long as the entire company was unified in this idea and the children of each family gave feedback to the family, the legitimacy of the company would be unshakable, and anyone who dared to harm the company would be a sinner of the Rhine Alliance.

Based on this principle, Frederick also determined the positioning of the newly developed land.

(End of this chapter)