Lord of Industrialization

Time goes back to the day when Frederick caught the whale.

Baron Turgot from the Kingdom of Gaul got off the ship in Amstel and was about to take an inland ship to the Duchy of Wessen.

Last year, Baron Turgot was refuted by Richardnar on the issue of economic development in the Duchy of Wessen, so he decided to go there to see for himself.

For this reason, he learned German last winter, and he had no problem with ordinary communication and could talk to the locals in person.

At the same time, he did not mention his itinerary to too many people. One of his students went to Wessenburg to make a living two or three years ago. He just wrote a letter to communicate with him and set off with a servant who also knew German.

Baron Turgot originally planned to leave earlier, but a junior from his alma mater, Guillaume, came to Le Havre to ask for his help to collect the indictment for the lawsuit against the school for withholding his scholarship, so the trip was delayed by almost a month.

Now that Amstel has recovered a lot from the fire, the hotel on the seventh floor of the Dawn Chamber of Commerce has reopened. Baron Turgot plans to rest here for a day or two, and then find a boat to Weissembourg.

In the restaurant on the seventh floor, Baron Turgot sat in a seat next to the glass window. Looking around, he saw scaffolding of varying heights scattered among them.

"Hey, Baron Turgot?"

Someone in the restaurant recognized him.

Baron Turgot turned his head and found that it was a fellow villager from Le Havre. He frowned slightly and said, "You are the second child of the Dafranche family, weren't you sent to Weissembourg? Why are you here?"

He remembered this young man. His father was an employee in the city government. He became a negative example because of his extravagant spending. In the end, he was taken by his eldest brother to Weissembourg to make a living.

Now this young man looks good, wearing a decent suit of Weissem Duchy clothes, and looks like he has no problem living.

Davranche smiled awkwardly, bent over slightly and replied: "My Lord, something happened on the ship I came here, and the captain gave me a silence...oh...compensation. Now I am using it as capital to do some small business between Amstel and Weissenberg."

"Excuse me, are you going to Weissenberg?"

"I will take a ship to Weissenberg to transport goods tomorrow. I have two passenger tickets that I can't use myself, so I can give them to you."

Baron Turgot thought for a while and said: "Sell those two tickets to me. It's not easy for you to do business steadily now. I won't take advantage of you."

Davranche replied: "Those two tickets were given by the captain because I transported too much goods. I have to watch the goods in the warehouse and can't use them, so I will give them to you."

Baron Turgot nodded when he saw that he was so persistent, and accepted the two tickets presented by Davranche with both hands.

He thought to himself that he would ask the servant how much the ticket price was later, and then buy some food for him.

As a baron, he couldn't take advantage of a commoner, and he was a person with a bad reputation. If it got out, he would not be able to stay in Le Havre in the future.

After lunch, Baron Turgot asked his servant to go shopping, and he continued to watch the scenery here to kill time.

Suddenly, a three or four-year-old boy wearing a white military uniform imitating the Wesson Air Force officer's uniform ran past him and fell.

Baron Turgot saw that the boy was dressed like a child from a rich family, so he reached out and picked him up.

The little boy looked at Baron Turgot curiously, and after a while he remembered something, he put his right hand on his left chest and saluted like the Wesson Army, and then said thank you.

At this time, a couple ran to the table in front. They were about 30 years old, and there was a boy under 10 years old. They were followed by two maids. From their clothes, they could tell that they were from the Duchy of Wesson.

The mother picked up the child, and the father thanked Baron Turgot.

"Are you Sir Duval?" Turgot had used the thermos cup for so many years, and finally met the factory owner.

He remembered something and asked, "Excuse me, are you from the Kingdom of Anglais?"

Duval smiled and replied, "I am just a branch of the branch of the Duval family, and I am very far away from that adult."

"I have been away from home for more than ten years. This time I brought my children home to visit."

Baron Turgot said, "If you go back now, the Duval family will not look down on you."

Duval just smiled and said a few polite words.

The next morning, the passenger and cargo paddle steamer Salmon 108 welcomed guests heading south.

The Salmon Transport Company where this ship is located was funded by officers of the Royal Knights of the Rhine Alliance. It used the unsecured credit loan that Frederick gave to the nobles. For the shareholders of the company, the money earned by this company is like falling from the sky.

Salmon 108 has a carrying capacity of 100 tons. It was originally a passenger ship. Later, it was found that pure passenger ships were not so profitable, so half of the cabins were converted into cargo warehouses. It can transport goods alone or for merchants carrying large goods to transport on the ship. It makes more money than pure solicitation.

When Baron Turgot boarded the ship, he and his servant were the only two people in the cabin. Hearing from the sailor that Davranche was in the cargo hold last night, he went to take a look with his servant.

As soon as he entered the cabin, he saw four white hard glue water tanks at the front, which were 2.2 meters long, 1.3 meters wide, and a little over 1 meter high. The boxes were wrapped in quilts. Next to them was a machine that kept making "bang bang bang" sounds. Several pipes were sent from the machine to the water tank.

Davranche was pouring something into the water with a bottle. When he saw someone coming in, he immediately put it in his pocket.

Baron Turgot went over and asked curiously: "Davranche, is this your cargo?"

The water tanks were almost full of oysters. Baron Turgot grew up by the sea and had seen and eaten oysters. He could tell at a glance that the four water tanks were filled with top-quality oysters.

The milk oysters in the first water tank were as long as an adult's palm and tasted like milk. The nobles on the seaside would prepare them when they held banquets.

The second water tank contained gold coin oysters. These round oysters were the size of ping-pong balls. The shells had a metallic gold texture and tasted like nuts. Some people used the shells to make handicrafts.

The third water tank contained emerald oysters. Some of its meat was green, and it had a crisp and sweet taste. It was very popular.

The fourth water tank contained crystal oysters. Its meat had a transparent texture and tasted sweet first and then salty.

There were several large ice cubes floating on the surface of the water tanks. The water temperature was very low.

The machine next to it was an air pump modified from the implosion machine and air pump used on tricycles. Air was being pumped into it through a rubber hose.

Dafranche bent his waist and replied, "Yes, sir. I will bring some live seafood from the seaside to Weissenberg to sell."

For a seaside noble like Baron Turgot, oysters are like wild fruits in the mountains. If you want to eat them, just ask the servants to dig them at the seaside. They are delicious, but not valuable.

So in his opinion, this is just a small business to support his family.

"Work hard." Baron Turgot said casually, "Since you have a good livelihood, don't spend money lavishly like before. Save some money to marry a wife and settle down."

Dafranche bent over and nodded continuously.

Baron Turgot asked the servant to give him a big bag of things, all of which were dry food such as bread, biscuits and drinks, as a return gift for his ticket.

After Baron Turgot left, Dafranche took out the bottle he had hidden just now from his pocket and poured the white liquid inside into the water.

This is his secret to the survival rate of over 95% for long-distance transportation of oysters, which was taught by the first customer.