industrial lord

Chapter 630 Let’s Play
On the dark street, the gangster snatched the old man's purse and fled.

He suddenly found two men standing in the middle of the road, drew his dagger, pointed it at them and said, "Get out!"

Frederick turned to Anna and asked, "You or me?"

Anna covered her mouth with her fan and said, "How dare you let a lady do such a rude thing?"

Frederick shrugged.

The criminals seemed experienced and fearless, so it was clear that he couldn't afford to offend them. His life was at stake, so he dropped his bag and ran away.

Frederick picked up the bag, went over to help the old man up, and asked, "Sir, do you need to see a doctor?"

The old man took the bag and said, "Thank you for your help, I'm fine."

After he finished speaking, he opened his bag, took out an envelope, handed it to Frederick, and said, "Sorry, I have to rush to the dock. The ship to Weissenburg has been delayed for half a day due to maintenance, and will set sail overnight."

"This is a small thank you gift from me, please accept it."

Frederick wanted to refuse, but at this time a taxi passed by. The old man stuffed the envelope into his hand, stopped the taxi, and left.

Anna smiled and said, "It's really interesting. I wonder who arranged this."

Although the two men concealed it deliberately, traces of subconscious movements of people who have practiced martial arts for many years, such as falling and running, were still visible.

Frederick also smiled and said, "It seems that we can no longer be civilians."

When the two returned to their residence, Anna's maid had just kneaded the dough and was about to take it to the kitchen to make steamed bread.

Anna said to her: "If someone knocks on the door later, don't answer it no matter who it is."

Frederick and Anna went upstairs to the bedroom, turned on the light, sat on the bed and opened the envelope.

When the golden bill of exchange appeared, Anna frowned.

She looked at the signature and the date of signing. Only a few people knew that Frederick's signature had different variations on different dates. This signature was authentic.

This kind of bill of exchange often appears on Her Majesty the Queen's desk. Because her credit rating is higher than that of the Anglo-Anglian royal family, the face value of the bill is larger than the one in front of you.

"What does this mean?" Anna said unhappily. "We saved him out of kindness, and he thanked us with this piece of waste paper?"

She knew very well that this kind of bill of exchange would become a piece of waste paper once exchanged, so she usually gave it to some official or guard or maid to take home and brag about.

Frederick curled his lips and said, "I signed this bill of exchange a few days before I went to the Kingdom of Sardinia. If you send a telegram to Weissenburg City to check, you will know that it has been paid."

There are two lines of numbers on the large drafts from Wesson Bank.

The first line is the number. The first eight digits are the year, month and day. The 8th and 9th digits are the issuing bank. The 10th and 11th digits are the recipient's country code. The 12th and 13th digits are the payment purpose classification codes such as taxation, remittances, debt repayment, etc. The last three or four digits are the sorting number.

The second line is a verification code consisting of a string of numbers and letters, which is converted into sixteen digits by calculating the number through the corresponding formula and the date-related key number.

In places where telegraphs are available, the authenticity and status of a bill of exchange can be verified by simply sending the two-line number to Wesson Bank.

If there is no telegram, Wesson Bank can also verify the authenticity through the verification code.

Anna yawned, lay on the bed and said, "How boring, why don't you sell it to earn some food money for a few days."

Frederick pinched his chin and said, "I can make it worth a hundred thousand pounds again."

Anna had no doubt that he could do this. The bill of exchange was just a vehicle, and the real value was assigned by the issuer. Even adding a digit in front of it was not a problem.

She sat up in bed and asked, "What do you think? Could it be that someone deliberately gave it to ordinary people to have fun and see how they would react?" She knew very well what nonsense the noble lords could do when they were bored.

There weren't that many idle gentlemen around Frederick. Everyone was thinking about making money and didn't think about this.

He asked, “So what do you think should be done?”

Anna thought for a moment, then smiled wickedly and said, "What do you think the person who did this would look like when he suddenly found out that the bill was worth so much money?"

Frederick thought it was lucky that the other party was not scared to death.

"Don't forget," Frederick reminded Her Majesty, "our identities cannot be exposed."

Everyone was used to Frederick's traveling around, and Anna announced that there was nothing strange about spending the winter south of the inland sea.

But the two of them secretly came to the capital of the Kingdom of Angland, Londinium, in the winter. There was no good weather, no delicious food, and no good scenery here. No one would believe that there was no conspiracy.

So they all put on makeup. Frederick kept his traditional long hair and tied a small braid at the back of his head, while Anna curled her originally straight hair. They were unrecognizable to those who were not familiar with them.

But this is a bill of exchange worth one hundred thousand pounds, and without a suitable identity, there is no way to get it out.

Anna narrowed her eyes slightly, thought for a moment, poked Frederick's shoulder with her finger, and said mysteriously: "How about we play a game..."

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Frederick was speechless after hearing this, but he let her do as she pleased.

The next morning, the two men came to the telegraph office and asked the staff how to send a telegram to their home to report their safety and how much it would cost.

Two long telegrams arrived in Weissenburg and Wien respectively at the first opportunity.

After leaving the telegraph office, Frederick went to his hometown association and asked if there were any jobs like translation.

Sending the telegram had nearly exhausted their money, and they had no cash left.

Someone from the hometown association told him, "You are lucky. Most of the translators have followed the big businessmen and nobles to attend the World Expo. There is a severe shortage of manpower."

There is a special translation agency here. Frederick quickly passed the interview and written test and got the job in the afternoon.

Several translators from a tractor 4S shop outside the city were poached by the royal delegation with high salaries to attend the World Expo. Now many people are driving tractors and small steam engines here for repair and maintenance, and the shop is short of staff.

A lot of mechanical terms are needed here, which ordinary translators cannot do, but now the shop owner can only find someone to deal with it as an emergency measure.

Frederick's business ability is beyond doubt. The tractors and steam engines that are exported on a large scale today were all developed with his participation. If the technicians in the store find ten places that need repair, he can find thirteen. The most important thing is that he can convince customers.

On the other side, Anna came to a nice local restaurant and had dinner.

She didn't know much of the local language, barely enough for daily communication, but it was enough to look at the menu. The meat column always ended with fish, and Elizabeth potato was directly transcribed.

So she ordered the most expensive set meal, which was a large plate with a piece of fried cod and a layer of "pickled hollow tree shoots" underneath, which was only available in cans in the Duchy of Wesson. Around the fish were a few balls of mashed potatoes scooped out with an ice cream scoop, beans stewed in red tomato sauce, and a plate of mushroom soup.

After the meal, Anna called the waiter and asked again, "Can you pay with a money order in your restaurant?"

The waiter politely replied: "Madam, please pay with a money order in our restaurant."

Anna added: "My bill of exchange may be a bit high in value."

The waiter replied, "If Madam accepts to use other bills to make up the difference, then it won't be a problem."

Anna nodded, opened her purse, and took out the golden bill of exchange.

(End of this chapter)