Lord of Industrialization

"Every time you buy a product from the Duchy of Wessen today, the Wessen people will use part of the money to equip their troops. When the time is right, the money you spend on Wessen goods will become bullets that pierce your heart!"

Baron Turgot's hoarse shout was drowned in the bilateral trade between the Duchy of Wessen and the Kingdom of Gaul, which exceeded one million gold coins.

Even the merchants from the Kingdom of Gaul now like to discuss topics such as who signed a big contract and who opened a shop. At the end of the conversation, they all cursed that person for having bad luck and said that they could do it too.

The one they cursed the most was Dafranche. They didn't expect that this poor guy would make a fortune by selling oysters. They could do this kind of thing.

Some people followed Dafranche's example and went to the seaside to purchase goods, but the survival rate of the oysters brought back was too low and they couldn't compete at all.

No one from the nobles of the Kingdom of Gaul listened to what Baron Turgot said.

Now the men were fighting in the Kingdom of Tarago, and old Louis allowed their wives to go to the Principality of Wessen to attend the World Expo instead of praying in the church of the territory according to tradition.

Traditionally, when men went out to fight, wives praying in the church was a disguised form of house arrest, the purpose of which was to make the men loyal. Now, letting these wives go to Wessenburg to make money would make the men more loyal, so old Louis would naturally make a choice.

These days, there are few opportunities to travel abroad, let alone to the legendary Wessenburg. The wives left the business to the housekeeper and went shopping themselves.

Coincidentally, they caught up with the first batch of jacquard machines ready to be launched.

Eugene returned to Wessenburg at the end of August and is now forming a new army. His mother Mancini wanted to take the opportunity to visit her son during this visit to Wessenburg, and the headquarters approved and gave Eugene three days of vacation.

That day, Mancini personally prepared a sumptuous dinner for his son at Eugene's house. After dinner, when the mother and son chatted, Mancini was very satisfied that his son had tricked his father's pocket watch into his pocket. Eugene gave his mother a suitcase of gifts, including new products obtained through connections.

When Mancini opened the box and took out the snow-white gift on the top, even though he was a small group of nobles at the top of the Gaul Kingdom and had seen many rare treasures, he was still surprised.

Nowadays, lace is woven by skilled craftsmen bit by bit. The price of the highest-grade two-finger-wide lace is as high as one gold coin per meter. Sometimes the price of a dress is not as high as the lace on the hem, cuffs and collar.

Because of this, Frederick has been investing in people to tinker with steam jacquard machines. It took ten years until this year to succeed.

What Mancini lifted from the box was a round piece of colorful pure cotton lace cloth with a diameter of more than one meter. It was embroidered with circles of various hollow floral patterns and a circle of tassels on the edge.

In the past, the largest lace cloth was just a decorative handkerchief, which was far inferior to this one.

Eugene smiled secretly when he saw his mother's surprised expression, and said in a casual tone: "I remember that the tablecloth of the tea table in your tea room was old, so I bought you a new tablecloth."

Mancini's hands that could break the legs of a piano trembled slightly, and his expression gradually became ferocious. He screamed and asked his son: "What! You said it's just a tablecloth?!"

Using such a large and exquisite lace cloth as a tablecloth is tantamount to using an F1 car to pull bricks.

Eugene continued to say to his mother seriously: "Yes, there are still some small pieces in it that can be used to cover tea sets to block dust, and can also cover stationery in the study. There are a few larger pieces that can be used as curtains."

Mancini took a few deep breaths to calm down, otherwise he would be pissed off by this stinky boy who chewed on peonies.

Eugene continued, "There are a few quilt covers under the box. I asked someone to put down quilt cores separately. There are two thicknesses for winter and spring. Just put them in when the time comes."

Mancini carefully put the white lace cloth on her knees, and sure enough, she found several pieces of colorful cloth underneath.

She asked the servants to unfold it, and then frowned.

The red and blue cloths were woven with colorful patterns, which were common flower and bird patterns. Except for purple, all other colors were complete. Just from the number of colors, it can be seen that it takes a lot of manual work, and it is not a problem to use them to make clothes.

The problem is that these are really quilt covers, the inner layer is solid color, and there is an opening on the side to stuff the quilt core. In Mancini's opinion, it is simply a waste of resources.

"You spent a lot of money, didn't you?" Mancini began to educate his son. "Your current income is not high, don't spend it recklessly, save it."

"You are not young anymore, it's time to consider marriage. Have you found a lady here? If not, I can help you find one in Gaul."

She paused and said, "If it's a young widow with a lot of wealth, it's fine."

Eugene shook his head slightly and said, "I am at the most critical moment in my career now, I can't be distracted, let's talk about it in two years."

Mancini heard the familiar excuse again, and in a fit of anger, he asked him to go back to his career early tomorrow morning and not accompany his mother.

The next day, Mancini and the noble ladies from the Kingdom of Gaul went to the zoo to play. They folded the lace tablecloth in half and used it as a shawl. For a while, many visiting merchants did not look at the animals but only at her.

The princess's wife had to be ostentatious when she went out. She was followed by a row of well-trained maids. The maids held golden plates with tea sets, handkerchiefs for wiping faces, several fans and perfumes, all covered with white lace cloth.

When it was time to rest, she asked the servants to spread the bed cover on the grass as a cushion, then set up a rack and hang up the lace curtains to block mosquitoes and other people's sight.

The Gallic ladies who had just become immune to lace shawls suddenly felt dizzy. There had never been such a large lace cloth in the world. This was no longer something that money could solve.

Some people couldn't help but wonder if the princess's wife wanted to compete with the Wessen people for wealth?

Mancini didn't think about competing for wealth or anything, but simply wanted to show off the gifts given to her by her son to other ladies, and then mention that the family still needed a daughter-in-law.

Eugene was not the eldest son of the family, and he was developing in the Principality of Wessen, so he didn't have to consider marriage and other things when getting married.

Mancini's goal was achieved, and it also caused another person in the zoo to think.

A little boy of five or six years old asked his grandfather depressedly: "Grandpa, why do we have to go back early? I still have to see the gorilla who lost things, and I haven't fed Dawn and Justice yet."

Romon, an epic tailor who has served the Wesson family for decades, said to his grandson: "Grandpa has an idea. I will take you to the castle to feed Dawn tomorrow, okay? No need to queue."

Romon is Frederick's main helper in clothing reform. For eleven years, he has been optimizing clothing according to Frederick's requirements and has become the founder of a school in the fashion design industry.

He took his grandson directly back to work and asked his students to go to the textile factory to get some lace tablecloths and curtains. At the same time, he asked someone to pass a message to the textile factory that the new products should not be sold yet.

With Romon's strength and reputation in the clothing field, the textile factory soon delivered various lace fabrics, and Maria also came.

The Eltar family has shares in the lace fabric business. She went to inspect the warehouse inventory today. When she heard that Romon wanted these, she came to see the situation.

When Roman saw Maria coming, he immediately said, "Ms. Eltar, you are here just in time. Please be a model for me."

While speaking, he used the scissors in his hand to cut a piece of lace curtain directly into several pieces, and the circles of flowers on the colorful tablecloth were cut into lace, and finally fixed with paper clips.

A lace waistcoat was made in a blink of an eye, with a circle of colorful lace on the cuffs and a circle of tassels on the hem.

Maria wore a pink dress suit today, and after putting it on...

Later, Psyche complained to Frederick that this combination reminded her of her elementary school class teacher. Frederick complained that she only knew how to cover things with lace cloth, just like an old lady.

But in this era, this lace waistcoat is more ostentatious than hanging a two-pound gold chain around the neck.

Maria turned around in front of the dressing mirror, and felt that it was a waste for Teacher Psyche to say that this kind of fabric can only be used as curtains and covers. It looks good to use it to make clothes.

So Maria started to call people, from Susan, Lilu, a knight, to Katie, Tarot and Psyche, as well as the girls and wives of the powerful and wealthy families in Weissenburg, all came to Romon to make a lace waistcoat or blouse.

On the day of the World Expo, all the ladies of the upper class of the Principality of Weissen, except Psyche, wore lace clothes, which instantly led the fashion trend.

As a result, the price of lace cloth, which was originally a few silver coins per square meter, rose to a few gold coins, and became an absolute luxury again.

The noble ladies of the Kingdom of Gaul thought that these lace cloths were at least 60 gold coins per square meter, but they didn't expect that the selling price was actually one-tenth of the psychological price, so they paid for it.

Merchants from other places were also brightened and threw out a lot of gold coins.

On the other side, Eugene was looking at the documents in front of him in the headquarters, feeling happy and puzzled. He couldn't help asking little Franz: "Why did you suddenly allocate two more golden cannon companies to us?"

The most expensive weapon in the army is the 75mm golden cannon. It is powerful, but only a small number of them are equipped because of the price.

Little Franz smiled and said: "Isn't it good to increase your firepower?"

Eugene replied: "It's good, but there are only so many cannons. If the other two divisions are gone, they will have opinions."

The division he formed has withdrawn 30% of the backbones of others, and people are already unhappy. Now if he asks for other people's artillery, he may be bullied in the future.

Little Franz said: "Don't worry, because you made the principality earn a lot of money, Miss Eltal said she wanted to reward you, so the headquarters made this decision."

Eugene scratched his head. He has been in the barracks recently and doesn't know the fashion changes outside. He doesn't understand where the money comes from.

But it doesn't matter. Since the headquarters dares to give it to him, he dares to ask for it. How can a leader think that his firepower is too strong?