industrial lord

Chapter 641 Dance
After noon, the residents and passing merchants of the entire iron ore town became busy.

People put on their most gorgeous clothes and wore their most beautiful jewelry in preparation for tonight's dance.

"Don't waste your energy. No matter what you do, I won't let you go! You don't have a dress and you can't dance. You'll only embarrass us if you go!"

After the stepmother yelled those words at the girl who was picking beans under the pear tree in the morning, she left the house with her two giggling daughters and her husband.

The girl bit her lips tightly, and after her family left, she went to the yard alone and sat under the pear tree in a daze.

How she hoped in her heart that the dream she had while taking a nap in the morning was true.

The sun was setting and the girl fell asleep without knowing when.

When she suddenly woke up, she found a huge gourd with wheels outside the fence.

Meanwhile, Frederick and Maria were making final preparations in the rest tent next to the big tent as Frederick was about to make an important speech.

Frederick was sorting his clothes in front of the mirror and asked Maria, "What car did you ask those magicians to cast the shaping magic on?"

Maria, who was putting on her own makeup, replied, "It's the mobile dressing cart with the shell of the golden gourd."

She asked again: "I have never understood why you want to hold such a large-scale dance party."

Frederick replied: "To quickly understand the local situation, we naturally have to gather everyone here to inquire."

"Tonight we are in one tent with the officials, the merchants are in one tent with the local gentry and merchants, and the other residents are in another tent."

Maria nodded, understanding.

The sound of trumpet music was heard outside the tent, and it was time for the dance to begin. Everyone in the town rushed to the three big tents.

The girl under the pear tree saw two ladies wearing white silk dresses and veils getting off the pumpkin carriage.

She asked in surprise and expectation: "Are you sent by the fairies?"

The two men nodded and pulled her into the car, one on the left and one on the right.

There was a small shower room in the dressing car. The girl was stripped of her tattered clothes, pushed inside and washed from head to soles of feet, her hair was dried with water repellent, and she was sprayed with perfume after coming out.

She felt like she was dreaming and was in a daze. She allowed the people in the car to bathe her, put clothes on her, put jewelry on her, and put makeup on her face.

When she came to her senses, someone brought a tray with a pair of crystal clear crystal shoes on it.

She thought the shoes would be hard and would hurt her feet, but after putting them on, she found they were surprisingly soft.

When the girl came to her senses, she found herself in a huge tent.

There was a dazzling crystal chandelier hanging on the ceiling of the tent, a thick and soft carpet on the floor, and fine silk and exquisite exotic tapestries hanging on the walls.

On both sides of the wall, long tables were filled with all kinds of food, a wide variety of snacks, and Emperor's Happy Water, which I had heard of before but saw for the first time.

The band was playing, some people started dancing on the dance floor, and the girl saw her two sisters.

She suddenly realized that more and more people in the tent were looking at her.

Maria's makeup team received guidance from Psyche and was called a magician without magic by Frederick.

The girl was naturally beautiful, but her beauty was obscured by life.

With the help of the makeup artist, her delicate face was revealed, and the big watery eyes under her willow-shaped eyebrows were particularly attractive.

Not to mention that she was now wearing Maria's silver-based gold-embroidered dress, a pigeon egg-sized pearl necklace hung around her neck, the earrings on her earlobes were sparkling, and the gem bracelet on her wrist was dazzling.

The residents of the iron mining town thought she was brought by Grand Duke Wessen, but those who came with Frederick were sure that she was a local.

The girl felt very novel about being the center of attention, yet at the same time very excited and she enjoyed it.

However, she had not eaten anything since she had a piece of bread for breakfast today, and her stomach was rumbling slightly.

Never mind, let’s eat first.

The girl walked to the long table where the food was placed. The first thing she saw was a small mountain of fragrant noodles on the plate. But the red and white meat in the noodles, shaped like curled fingers, was something she had never seen before.

She was a little embarrassed, not knowing whether she should eat it. At this moment, a pleasant voice sounded beside her: "Those are shrimps, sweet shrimps that live in the northern sea. They taste delicious." The girl turned her head and saw that the person who spoke was a handsome young man in a white suit. Her heart rate instantly exceeded 100.

Not far away, several merchants from the Principality of Wessen gathered together and whispered.

"Why, the Prince d'Avranche is really up there!"

"Hehe, now we're going to have some fun."

Davranche's heart rate also exceeded double digits.

He had learned a lot from his past life of debauchery and from his bad friends, and taught the girl how to eat at a buffet politely and elegantly.

The people living in the areas to the north, west and south of Bohemia share the same language and culture as the people of the Rhine Confederation and the Osmaga Empire. Dafranche came to the Principality of Wessen to do business and learned the local language, so he had no problem communicating with the girl.

The businessmen began to grumble again.

"Hiss, how come he has become so good-looking?"

"If I didn't know his background, I would really think he was a prince."

Over there, Dafranche asked the girl to order a plate of fried noodles with shrimp, a piece of squid pie and a bowl of oyster soup, ordered a drink and snacks for himself, and took her to the small round table next to them to eat and chat.

"Have you ever seen the ocean?!"

the girl asked in surprise.

She had lived in the mountains since she was a child, and the largest lake she had ever seen was only four or five hundred meters in diameter. She could not imagine what the boundless ocean looked like.

“I grew up by the sea,” Davranche said.

He told the girl how vast the ocean was, the beautiful shells on the beach, and the fish as big as houses in the sea...

When Frederick came to the tent and chatted with the locals, he saw Dafranche dancing with a beautiful girl.

He recognized at a glance that the girl was wearing Maria's clothes and jewelry, and immediately understood why someone had been passing messages to Maria. Maria was smiling happily.

Frederick took another look at that fellow d'Avranche, and needless to say, it was love at first sight.

He ignored the guy and went to talk to the local businessman.

A lot of things can be seen intuitively at tonight's dance party. Just from the clothes, it can be seen that the Iron Mine Town is not rich.

The best dress of Sir Argebertin was not as good as that of d'Avranche, and the best clothes of the local merchants were not as good as those of the ordinary citizens of Weissembourg, half of whom had patches on their clothes.

From the conversation, I also realized that the local education level is very backward and many people cannot speak fluently.

Frederick had some immature ideas in his mind.

The ball was over, the noise died down, and the guests went home with small gifts prepared by the merchants of the Principality of Wessen.

Frederick arranged some things and when he came out he found the merchants gathered around Dafranche.

Someone said in surprise: "What, you actually let that girl run away?!"

Davranche replied gloomily: "She suddenly became a little panicked at the end of the dance. When I was sending her home, she looked absent-minded and ran away halfway."

"I'm not familiar with the terrain here, and I got thrown off. I found this on the ground."

He holds a shoe in his hand.

Another person asked him: "Did you scare them away because you were too impatient?"
Davranche immediately shook his head in denial.

Frederick listened to what happened and said to Dafranche, "This is not easy. If you want to find that girl, ask the police dog squad for help."

The guard battalion accompanying them this time brought a police dog squad, whose main purpose was to guard against wild animals when camping in the wild, but finding people was a common task.

Dafranche slapped his head and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of it!"

Frederick asked the guards behind him to tell the police dog squad. The businessmen, eager to watch the fun, surrounded Dafranche and went over.

(End of this chapter)