Lord of Industrialization

"It's rare to be confused..."

Frederick sighed in the moonlight, and the two former princesses behind him hugged each other and cried loudly, now their voices were hoarse.

The two of them closed their memories of the cruel mental torture they had experienced, leaving only the instinct to obey.

As a result, Frederick gave them mushroom tea that increased their mental and physical excitement and sensation. Under the strong stimulation of tickling the soles of their feet, the shackles of this painful memory were broken.

From the perspective of the parties involved, this is the most cruel punishment.

Frederick kept scratching his head and felt a little sorry for them.

The two cried until they were tired and lay directly on the bed and slept deeply.

The weather was still cold at night, Frederick helped them cover the quilt and went to another room.

The next day, at dawn, the two had already woken up.

They recalled the experience of being sent to Hanma City and the punishment Frederick had imposed on them, and they immediately shrank under the quilt and shivered.

At this time, Frederick came in with breakfast.

"It's time for breakfast. I made it for you. See if it suits your appetite." Frederick put the low table on the bed and laid out the breakfast.

The breakfast was simple, just oatmeal porridge with milk, fried eggs and grilled sausages.

He felt bad about what happened to the two yesterday. Today, he not only made breakfast for them, but also helped them comb their hair and dress.

Frederick has helped Maria comb her hair a lot over the years, and his skills are no worse than those of the maids. He combed their hair into a popular hairstyle last year - the hair was first tied into several braids on both sides, and finally into a braid at the back of the neck.

The clothes were no longer the coarse cloth dresses of the past, but the cotton clothes and silk outer skirts that were brought from Hammer City overnight last night.

Frederick also collected two sets of jewelry from Casimir and gave them to use.

The two former princesses had not enjoyed this kind of princess-level treatment for a long time, and coupled with the painful experience last night, they began to show symptoms of Stockholm syndrome.

Frederick didn't know this, he was just reflecting on whether there was something wrong with his past actions.

For him, the two former princesses' willingness to take the initiative to make requests was good news among bad news. He was worried that they would become crazy before.

However, they no longer thought about the past, and they did not need to go back to their previous names. They continued to be called "Banana" and "Watermelon".

They also felt that Casimir might not let them go.

After a deep talk with them, Frederick said: "How about this, you accompany me to Lugang first, and then I will send you to the Citrus Island in the Kingdom of Sardinia."

"There is a United Fruit Company there now, and you can work there."

"I will arrange for you to fake your death in Lugang or a port in the Kingdom of Gaul, and then write to Casimir to let him stop targeting you."

Banana excitedly held Frederick's left hand and said: "Master, thank you so much!"

Watermelon also held his right hand and said with tears: "Master, you will always be our master in the future."

Frederick thought to himself that he had become their long-term meal ticket.

At this time, someone rang the bell outside the door, and Frederick went out and took the person to the study.

The person who came was the chief guard arranged by the Dawn Chamber of Commerce. He was a veteran who had participated in the Six Days' Defense War and the Battle of the Elbe River. After retiring, he worked in the Chamber of Commerce.

He whispered a few words to Frederick.

"Are you sure?" Frederick frowned.

The chief guard answered with certainty: "The woman has been wandering around the manor, claiming to have fled from the Kingdom of Danma, can mend clothes, and wants to find a mending job here."

"I talked to her for a while and found that her accent was deliberately disguised. Some details accidentally revealed flaws. She must be a spy from the Kingdom of Piast."

Frederick thought about it. It seems that the two sisters are very important to Casimir, and spies have been sent here.

"Then arrange for her to come in and see." Frederick raised his lips, "Is there any old bachelor in the village? Arrange it seriously and see how she reacts."

The manor now can be said to be a closed entity, with very few outsiders. External marriages are also conducted with nearby manors. When there is no shortage of people, an outsider wants to come in. In addition to craftsmen such as blacksmiths and carpenters, tailors are also one of them.

But the one who came is a woman. Generally speaking, to enter the manor, you can only marry someone, and those with skills are no exception.

The village chief of this manor quickly arranged for the girl to settle here, but the village chief was fooled and did not arrange an old bachelor for her. Instead, he promised her to choose a young man here in one month.

According to common sense, a woman who fled and came to a place alone to settle down has no room for bargaining. Marrying is not a problem in the face of life and death.

Love is not a big deal with refugees.

This further confirmed the identity of the other party as a spy.

Frederick told Banana and Watermelon about this matter. The two sisters looked at each other and seemed to have made some kind of decision.

Banana said, "Master, Casimir may want to get the location of the Amber Forest from us."

Watermelon continued, "He may have discovered that the location we left before is just a small mining area."

Frederick understood a little.

Amber has always been an expensive decorative material. Its main production area is in the Kingdom of Piast, and its value is higher than that of gold mines.

In recent years, Casimir has been carrying out reforms and needs to import a large number of industrial products such as tractors, fine seeds and fertilizers from the Principality of Wessen, which requires a lot of funds.

Compared with agricultural products and minerals, luxury goods such as amber are more valuable.

Now it seems that the two sisters control a large-scale amber production area and fooled Casimir.

Whether Casimir has discovered that he has been fooled or not, it is only a matter of time before he finds out.

Where there is a mine, the Wesson Army will automatically refresh, and the amber mine is also a mine.

But this matter cannot be done now, and it will be discussed later.

Three days later, Frederick had a barbecue outside the house, and he did it himself, and accidentally burned a small hole in his clothes.

It happened that the tailor in the house went home the day before, and the new tailor was brought to the house to mend the clothes.

After the clothes were mended, Frederick was very satisfied with the tailor's craftsmanship, and called her to reward her with two gold coins.

During the reward, Banana sat on the sofa and used her thighs as a pillow for Frederick, and Watermelon beat his legs. The tailor saw the faces of the two clearly.

When the tailor left, the three found a place without outsiders to discuss.

"She is from the Lewandoff family." Watermelon recognized her. "I haven't seen her, but I have seen her mother. They look very similar."

Banana added: "Baron Lewandoff was originally just an ordinary knight. He was appreciated for saving Casimir in the Elbe River."

Frederick remembered the surname and said: "Levandoff died in the dark land of the north due to food poisoning."

"It seems that she has some use value. Take her with you when you leave the day after tomorrow."

The next day, Frederick's men began to pack their luggage. The housekeeper, guards, servants, etc. filled a passenger ship for nobles to travel. The new tailor was also pulled on board just in case.

As soon as the passenger ship to Lugang went out to sea, Banana and Watermelon immediately suffered from severe seasickness.

Others were not much better, half of them were dizzy.

Two days later, when the ship docked, many people helped each other get off the ship, and Banana and Watermelon were even carried down on stretchers.

Misfortunes never come alone. The next day after arriving in Lugang, the group began to vomit and have diarrhea. This time it was real.

Fortunately, there is a local prescription for treating acclimatization. Boil water with herbs and add ash from burning reeds. Drink a large cup and you will feel better in one day and take effect in three days.

But the banana and watermelon did not survive and died that night. A simple memorial service was held in the church the next morning and then they were buried.

On the river bank, Frederick asked Count Toth, deputy head of the Rhine Alliance Royal Mage Corps who was in charge of the Lugang Swamp Reconstruction Project: "Toth, what happened to the two bodies?"

He originally planned to use an empty coffin to hold stones, but Toth brought two young female corpses of similar stature.

The source of the bodies must be made clear, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble.

Toth said: "Principal, please first rule out the possibility that I killed the person on purpose."

Frederick said calmly: "I can see the marks on the neck of the body clearly."

Toth immediately said: "A big case happened in Amstel some time ago."

"These two women hooked up with a businessman a few years ago and became his mistresses."

"They agreed at the time that the businessman would give a considerable amount of money when the women left after a few years."

"The businessman has made a fortune recently, and the two women are also going to leave this year, but they plan to increase the money, and the businessman is unwilling."

"Then there was a quarrel, and finally the two women tied the businessman's hands and feet to the legs of the bed while he was sleeping and suffocated him with a plastic bag."

"Later, the housekeeper reported to the police, and the two women were sentenced to death by the court."

Frederick understood and just shrugged.

Hanging is not suitable for women, because women now basically wear skirts, and the church believes that it is immoral for them to kick their legs on the gallows, so they changed to wrapping a rope around the neck and tightening it.

As for the corpse, the relatives of those who had family members collected the corpse, and those who didn't had them taken to the side of the cemetery and buried them randomly.

Few people who work as mistresses and gigolos use their real identities, so don't expect to find family members.

After knowing Frederick's plan, Toth gave the gravekeeper some money, saying that he was the family member of the deceased, and dug out the body and packed it in a box and transported it back overnight.

It was not glorious for death row prisoners, and it was not uncommon for family members to secretly collect corpses, so the gravekeeper didn't care.

The exchange of fake for real was done by Toth and other magicians of the Royal Mage Corps. The reason given by Frederick was that the two of them were undercover agents who had completed their undercover mission.

So these masters promised not to reveal it, and some people poured some rotten mud on the corpse, saying that the bacteria in the mud could accelerate the decay of the corpse, and it would soon be unrecognizable.

God knows where they got the experience of handling corpses.

"That's the end of the matter." Frederick stopped talking about it. "Now tell me about the progress here."

"There's going to be a fight in Hanma City. You have to go there. The work in Lugang has to stop."