industrial lord

Chapter 614 Use this to test cadres?

“Don’t…let me go…”

"Come back, sister, it's still raining."

In this season when it doesn't rain in previous years, the rain lasted for six days at once, and the scope gradually expanded, resulting in some flood disasters.

But the benefits were greater. The pond, which was originally 80% full, was suddenly full, the fields were watered more thoroughly, and life would be better in the coming year.

This abnormal phenomenon attracted the attention of the high-level officials of the Kingdom of Madeira, so they sent people to investigate.

The capital of the Kingdom of Madeira is located next to a huge lake with a radius of nearly 100 kilometers. The lake is rich in freshwater pearls as big as eggs, so it is named Pearl City.

As Count Ortiz's convoy prepared to arrive at Pearl City, the camp ahead of the road was filled with flags, each representing a noble.

Ortiz also raised her flag, and the usher asked her to wait.

In the carriage, Frederick also put on his military uniform and asked Ortiz's sister beside him: "Are you really not going to tell me your name?"

The girl pouted and said, "No."

"Well, get going!" she said, pushing Frederick out of the carriage.

Ortiz was ready, wearing a hunting suit and riding on a chestnut warhorse, with a snow-white horse next to him.

She looked at Frederick mounting his horse with a strange expression on her face, and finally sighed.

The two men rode forward side by side and stopped not far in front of the convoy.

A team of golden-armored knights came galloping in the front, stirring up a cloud of dust.

This group of knights inserted themselves between Frederick and Ortiz, surrounding Frederick. The leader asked, "Excuse me, are you Baron Harry Potter?"

Frederick nodded.

The fact that a cloud that doesn't rain can make it rain surprised and curious everyone from the king to the knights, so the king sent someone to pick up Frederick.

This was a hunting camp, and discussing military affairs during the hunt was a common practice.

In the largest tent, Frederick saw King Doss of the Kingdom of Madeira, his nine sons, and a group of senior officials.

Doss was in his sixties or seventies, wearing a light yellow robe embroidered with gold thread. He was a little fat, with only a circle of white hair left around his head. His eyes looked gray, but they were particularly bright when he looked at Frederick.

Frederick saluted him and said, "Baron Harry Potter of the Duchy of Wessen pays homage to the King of the Far West."

Doss nodded, pointed to the empty seat next to him and said, "Well, he's 80% as handsome as I was when I was young. Come sit down and have a drink with me."

After thanking him, Frederick sat down next to him, and immediately a servant brought him some cold wine and several plates of snacks such as cheese sticks, dried fruits, and candied fruits.

Doss pointed at all the people in the tent and introduced them to Frederick one by one, and everyone nodded.

After Doss finished the introduction, he curiously asked Frederick, "How did you get together with Ortiz?"

Frederick smiled and said, "For me, it doesn't matter who I do business with, but it's more pleasant to do business with the young and beautiful Ortiz than with Sampaio."

"But Count Ortiz is better at business than I am, and he wants to sell me out."

Doston burst into laughter, and his son and ministers followed suit.

"Not bad, not bad!" He reached out and patted Frederick on the shoulder. The gold ring on his finger hurt. "When doing business, of course you should do it with the person who makes the most money."

"Ortiz and her sister were famous beauties in Pearl City. Hey, did you succeed?"

At the end of his speech, a smile appeared on his face that all men understand.

Frederick whispered to him, "I haven't stopped all the way."

Dos laughed again, took a sip of wine, and said to an official with a large gold-threaded pearl hanging around his neck, "Ortiz is afraid of war, so don't let her stay there. You give her a piece of territory with a fishing port in the southwest corner, and I will accept everything she brings." The official immediately obeyed the order.

Doss took another sip of wine and said to Frederick, "I have a friendship with old Louis. He sent someone to save my sister's life, so if he asks me for help this time, I will definitely help him."

"I have been doing business with your Duchy of Wessen for so many years, and we have some affection for each other."

"You don't have to worry. Matters on the battlefield will be resolved on the battlefield. If you haven't yet gone to the battlefield, you are a guest. Since you are here, just play here for a while before going back."

"I heard that your Grand Duke Wei Sen is very good at business. You were his attendant, so you should learn a little bit and see if there is any new business you can do."

After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and two maids and four female knights came in. The maid was holding a tray with a lot of gold coins on it.

"These slave girls and gold coins are all yours, play with them however you want."

Doss waved his hand, looking very generous.

Frederick thanked him for his generosity with a smile, raised his glass to toast him, and thought that he was really willing to spend money to test the cadres.

Doss chatted with Frederick about local customs and practices for a while before they talked about the rain.

Frederick ate a candied fruit and said seriously: "Clouds are made of tiny water droplets, smaller than a hair."

"If the water droplets in the cloud are dense and gather together, they will grow larger and larger, and when the wind can no longer support them, they will fall as rain."

"The water droplets in the clouds are dense enough, but not enough to make it rain. When the smoke and dust enter the clouds, they will collide with the water droplets. When they collide too much, they will become larger and then turn into rain."

"As long as it rains in a certain area, the wind in the clouds will become chaotic, causing the water droplets to collide with each other. When they collide too much, they become rain, and the area where it rains will gradually expand."

"So if you want it to rain, the clouds must be low enough for the smoke to rise into them, and there must be enough water droplets in the clouds, which are darker and grayer."

"It's just that the wind can't control how the smoke moves, we can only put more of it, so there are more chances of encountering it."

Frederick said whatever he thought, and whether others believed it or not was their business.

Doss and others listened very carefully, but it was not known whether they understood.

Finally, Doss asked a servant in the tent to go out and see if there were any suitable low, gray clouds in the sky.

Doss talked to Frederick about family matters again, how many acres of land they had, how many tractors they had, what they planted, how much income they had, and how big their house was.

Frederick had previously conducted research and learned about the situations of many small and medium-sized enterprises, and he spoke eloquently based on his own background.

He described himself as owning a farm, two vegetable farms, three tractors, four factories producing screws, nails, plastic tableware and slippers, a six-ship inland river fleet, seven shops, eight motor vehicles of various types, nine pure-blooded unicorns and war horses, and when he talked about his annual income, he shook his ten fingers.

Doss and others were amazed when they heard this.

After the bragging was over, Doss asked Frederick to rest in the tent prepared for him.

The tent was comfortably furnished, with elevated wooden boards on the ground covered with thick wool carpets, a heater in the middle, and a hollow ventilation structure covered by an umbrella on the top of the tent.

Frederick asked the maid to bring some food, and soon a plate of grilled lamb chops and potatoes, a plate of grapes, and a bottle of happy water were brought over.

I had just eaten half of the grilled lamb chops when I smelled a thick smell of smoke coming from outside. There was no movement in the camp, so it seemed there was no fire.

Frederick was eating and thinking that the meeting just now was a bit strange. It was basically the bald man who was talking throughout the whole process, and the others were just agreeing. In addition, Ortiz was sent away. Is it possible that those people just now were actors?
The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed to him. An officer from the enemy suddenly showed up at this critical moment. Could it be an assassination attempt?
So what happened just now was most likely just a show, one to test the waters, and the other to prepare for testing the cadres.

Frederick didn't care. It seemed that the other party had no intention of harming him. The four female warriors put their weapons on the shelves after entering the tent, so they all continued the show.

As he finished his baked potatoes, there was a crackling sound on the tent and it started to rain.

People outside were making a lot of noise. Frederick yawned and said he was going to sleep and didn't want to see anyone.

(End of this chapter)