industrial lord

Chapter 658 Next Destination
Under the night sky, colorful flames interweave into beautiful pictures, and the bright lights decorate the town magnificently.

Frederick had already invented fireworks, but they were not very competitive compared to the performances of the magic cows and horses, and could only be sold in rural areas.

A businessman in the town was tricked into buying several trucks, but ended up with a lot of money.

Commissioner Smith was kind-hearted. He paid for all the fireworks to be set off tonight to liven up the town, and he also helped clean up the warehouse.

The residents of the town simply chipped in to hold a dance party to entertain themselves, and the riverside square was bustling with activity.

"Everyone hasn't been this happy for a while." Jedlica took a sip of beer, "Even the girls are gone."

Frederick asked curiously, "What girl?"

He thinks the gender ratio in the square is normal.

Jedlica winked and whispered, "She's the girl who came here to beg for a living from the officers and guards."

Frederick understood.

Jedlica continued, "After the town went into recession, they lost their livelihood, and a while ago someone took them to Weissenberg to make money."

Frederick frowned.

When he was cracking down on crime and evil in his territory, he also cracked down on prostitution. Organized prostitution was cracked down on, but now someone is actually starting it up again?
Frederick asked: "Who took them there?"

Jedlica thought for a while and said, "That young man said he was working for Grand Duke Wessen. You might know him."

Frederick frowned even more, wondering if someone was doing these things under his name?

Jedlica continued, "I think his name is... Lu... Luitpold, he's missing a leg, and he said he's recruiting girls to work in the new weaving factory opened by Grand Duke Wessen."

Frederick blinked, it seemed that he had indeed built a new carpet weaving textile factory some time ago. He saw this in the newspaper before leaving Weissemburg. Usually, the industry was managed by a dedicated person, and the reports were only compiled at the end of the year.

He remembered the name Luitpold, the first person to open a labor dispatch company. He had talked about it once when he went to conduct research.

"Lütpold..." Frederick nodded, "He is a very smart man. He has met Grand Duke Wessen. I didn't expect that his business has expanded to this point."

"I know that factory too. It produces wool carpets and uses the latest jacquard machines. The wages should be quite high."

Many years ago, when Frederick began to enter the textile industry, he recruited female workers, which led to rumors that he liked older women.

Now that the labor dispatch service has extended its reach here, he must do a good job of publicity to prevent similar incidents from happening again.

Jedlica asked in surprise, "Are you really going to work in a factory?"

Frederick immediately said: "Of course, the factory is very short of people now."

Jedlica thought about it and asked cautiously, "You won't lie to me, will you?"

Frederick rolled his eyes at him and said helplessly, "How much are you worth if I sell you? Can you buy a tractor?"

Jedlica thought so too. He had no reason to lie to himself.

Frederick took a sip of beer and thought it was not a good idea to recruit workers from here. The population was small to begin with, and there would be no young people if they recruited more. No matter how much investment there was, there would be no labor force to turn into results. It was not possible to migrate people here. Not to mention the shortage of labor in the Duchy of Wessen, the foreign population had come all the way to the prosperous Duchy of Wessen, and if they moved to this dilapidated place, wouldn't it be in vain?

Frederick was always scratching his head over the population problem, but there was no rush.

After the dance, Frederick returned to the hotel, spread the map on the bed, and looked for where he could find some labor.

Maria sat next to him, thinking he was going to change his next destination, and asked curiously, "Where are you going?"

Frederick realized that there was no place with surplus labor, so he stopped thinking about it and replied, "I plan to go to the North Sea and wait for Lulu and her new ship to go to the southern continent together."

According to telegrams received in the past two days, the shipyard is working overtime to build two ships. The keels have begun to be welded, and personnel and materials are being deployed. It is expected that they can be put into sea trials in the North Sea before the Rhine River freezes in winter.

Maria said, "Then how about we go to Le Havre? I heard from Prince d'Avranches that it is very beautiful there."

They originally planned to vacation in Bohemia for a few months, but rumors of hundreds or thousands of tons of gold treasure forced the two to leave early, otherwise it might change the political situation. Queen Anna even wrote a letter in the name of Mrs. Meyer to ask if there was really so much gold.

Almost everyone would rather believe the rumors of wealth related to Frederick. Such a large amount of gold is enough to make the Osmaga Empire and the Piast Kingdom fight back, and it is very likely to drag the Duchy of Wessen into the war, causing war to break out again.

Maria still has a long period of vacation left, so it doesn’t matter where she goes, as long as she can have fun with Frederick.

Frederick thought for a moment and said, "Okay, we'll leave in a few days."

The most convenient way to get to Le Havre from here is to walk north to the upper reaches of the Elbe River, take a boat downstream to Hamburg, and then change to a sea ship heading west.

But now the Rhine Alliance army has gathered in the city of Hammar, and Rudolf is having a great time fighting the pirates from the north with the royal knight company he formed.

If Frederick went there, and something unexpected happened while Rudolf was fighting the pirates, some people might really think it was him who did it, and they would find a purple robe for him to cover him to prevent him from getting cold.

Another way is to go west back to the Duchy of Wessen, take the Rhine River to Amstel, and then change to a ship to Le Havre.

Maria saw Frederick studying a route on a map, so she leaned over and pointed out a way.

Drive back to the Principality of Wessen, then pass through the Principality of Mainz and Cologne, all the way to Amstel, and then take the land route to Le Havre. There are many interesting places along the way.

Frederick said with a bitter face: "That won't do. More than a thousand kilometers exceeds the maintenance mileage of the car."

"Not to mention the engine and gears, we couldn't even change a flat tire. We only brought two inner tubes."

The convoy's cars broke down several times along the way, but they were quickly repaired by professionals, but these two couldn't do it.

The team is now on vacation in another hot spring town, which is not too far away and can send a mechanic over at any time. It would be troublesome if the distance exceeded expectations.

It would be even more troublesome to take the convoy to Le Havre.

Now the main forces of the Gallic Kingdom's army are in the south and will not be back for a while. Frederick appeared with an army in Le Havre, an important port city in the north, less than 200 kilometers away from the royal capital of Paris. The army of the Rhine Alliance is in Hammer, a large port city ten days away by boat. This is enough to scare the pigeons in Paris into singing "God Bless Duke Wesson" in full voice.

After listening to Frederick's analysis, Maria had no choice but to go to Le Havre in the traditional way.

(End of this chapter)