Lord of Industrialization

The towns in the White Mountains rely on the surrounding resources.

There are many alpine pastures in the mountains, mainly raising a kind of sheep called "snow sheep".

The wool production of snow sheep is not high, but the quality is excellent. It is as white as snow, very fine, and has no odor. It is deeply loved by dignitaries. Sheepskin can be used to make high-quality parchment.

Although the promotion of Wesson paper has been very rapid in recent years, after the printing process of parchment was opened, the status of books such as "Holy Scripture" made of parchment with exquisite decorations in the luxury market has not been greatly affected.

At the same time, leather clothing also provides a new sales channel for sheepskin.

Snow Sheep Town is located on the trade road connecting the north and south of the White Mountains. The surrounding roads are convenient for the surrounding pastures to travel. Over time, it has become an important snow sheep trading and processing center.

The town's lord, Baron Abex, is a man with ideas. He introduced new wool spinning machines from the Duchy of Wessen to open a factory to process sheep wool. He also introduced canning factories and concentrated soup factories to process mutton and mutton bones, and sold blood meal and bone meal for agricultural use. In the past two years, the territory has gradually prospered.

These industries are inseparable from butchers and skinners. These two groups are the most powerful people in the town. The president of the guild even assumes some administrative functions.

Skinner is the best skinner in the town. He works fast and steadily. When others finish skinning a sheep, he has already finished the third sheep.

But this happened a few years ago. Since he was hit in the chest by a ram that day, he gradually began to have difficulty breathing.

His ancestors have been doing this business for generations. He usually eats a lot of meat and is tall and strong. However, he will be short of breath after working for a long time or walking a long distance, and he has to stop to breathe.

Skinner spent a lot of money on medical treatment and went to the best hospital in the Principality of Wessen. The result of the examination showed that there was a problem with the right lung, which was not used for normal breathing.

Fortunately, his craftsmanship was not ruined, and his hands were still the steadiest. The bosses were still willing to let him handle good sheep.

That evening, Skinner had just sharpened his knife and took a big breath of turbid air to prepare for the last sheep of the day.

In recent years, he found that when he held his breath to work, his attention was more focused, and his hands were steadier and faster.

Just as Skinner was about to start, there was a burst of hurried footsteps and shouts on the road next to him.

A boy of eleven or twelve years old came running. He was Skinner's neighbor and usually sold sheep cheese with his mother at the market outside the town.

"Uncle Skinner!" The boy ran out of breath, "Hurry, Grand Commander Wesson is here, he can definitely cure your illness with a miracle!"

Frederick's recent deeds have been spread here by merchants during the days when the caravan was waiting for Lowena. Many people are eagerly waiting, hoping to witness the birth of a miracle.

There are many patients in the town, but the most famous and the most strange one is Skinner. Many people hope to see him cured.

It would be a lie for Skinner to say that he is not moved.

Not to mention the inconvenience at work, in life, he can't do strenuous exercise because of poor breathing. He has been lying still for the past two years. Over time, his family status has changed, which is unbearable for a man in his thirties.

Unconsciously, his hands began to tremble.

The boy tugged at his clothes and said, "Their caravan has just arrived, you should go quickly."

Skinner immediately came to his senses, regardless of his inability to run, and ran towards the town gate at the fastest speed.

In a hurry, he forgot that he was just about to skin the sheep, and the knife was still in his hand.

Skinner was a well-known figure among the common people in the town. When people on the street saw him running wildly on the road with a knife, no one dared to stop him. They made way for him, and the curious followed him to watch the fun.

On the other side, Frederick had just got off the car, and Lowena gathered his hounds and talked to him about the local lord.

"Baron Abex is my wife's distant cousin." Lowena pointed to the white castle on the top of the mountain next to the town and said, "He is a student of the Faculty of Arts. We played football with their college."

Frederick thought and said, "Then I may have seen him. I remember that one year the university finals were between the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Engineering, and I went to watch the game."

There are many noble children from all over the country at the University of Weissenberg who are gilding, socializing, and looking for their own team. Going to the Faculty of Arts is just easier to graduate from there than other professional colleges.

Many noble children received traditional military training since childhood. They were not powerless writers. In addition, they had little study pressure and often played football, so the football team of the School of Arts became a strong team in the school.

Frederick was also happy that these people came to pay tuition, so he didn't care.

As he spoke, waves of exclamations came from far away.

Thanks to Baron Abex's frequent propaganda that although Frederick was powerful, he was a kind and helpful person, so Skinner subconsciously believed that he would definitely help him without any hesitation.

Skinner didn't know Frederick, but his vision of people was still very accurate. There was a young man with extraordinary demeanor on the convoy, followed by a nun, and a man standing half a body behind him. He thought this must be him.

So he rushed towards Frederick.

In Frederick's eyes, suddenly a strong man rushed over with a sharp knife, thinking that he was definitely not inviting him to dinner.

Lowena had already drawn his dagger and was about to move forward, but Frederick stretched out his hand to stop him. Since this was an acquaintance's territory, it would be better not to shed blood easily and just let the other party stop.

The police of the Principality of Wessen funded the research of a lot of non-lethal magic, some of which made people unable to move while not being hurt.

As a result, the magicians with wild imaginations came up with a lot of magic that people didn't know how to evaluate, such as the magic that made people burp constantly, and the one that Frederick was about to use.

Coughing for a long time is not a pleasant thing for people. Even the strongest people who cough constantly will not only be unable to do anything, but also cause dizziness and related muscle cramps.

Frederick kicked Skinner in the chest, kicking him three meters away, and the knife in his hand fell to the side.

At the same time, a magical energy penetrated into Skinner's chest from Frederick's feet and began to stimulate his respiratory system.

At this time, Skinner's mind was blank, and he had long forgotten what to do. He just knelt on the ground and coughed non-stop.

People around him talked a lot, but he couldn't hear them. There was only the sound of his own coughing in his ears, as if all the coughs in this life would be coughed out in one day.

At this time, there was a shout from the city gate. Two knights on war horses drove the pedestrians on the street to both sides, followed by a rather luxurious carriage.

Seeing that the local lord had arrived, Frederick ignored Skinner and let him continue to cough there.

Baron Avex saw Frederick through the car window and hurriedly opened the door without waiting for the car to stop.

He had a lot of ideas in his mind. He originally planned to go to the principal for help when he had the chance, but he didn't expect Frederick to come.

It was just that Skinner, who was kneeling on the ground and coughing non-stop, surprised Avex a little. He knew that Skinner had a good reputation among the people and was quite righteous on weekdays. Now the situation was confusing.

Avex didn't care. If Skinner bumped into the principal, he would be dragged to the city gate tower and hung upside down for a long time as a punishment.

Just as he walked in front of Frederick and prepared to greet him, there was a cry of surprise from the side.

Skinner was still coughing non-stop, and a dark red thing appeared in his mouth, as thick as a finger, and kept coming out.

The onlookers were frightened by this scene, but many people could not resist their curiosity and did not retreat.

The two knights of Avex were also frightened, but they were worried that Skinner would spit out some demons and monsters, so they immediately went over and drew their long swords, and wisps of flames came out of the sword body. If there was anything unusual, they would cut it off immediately.

Frederick also found something unusual, and he didn't know what it was, but he still knew that if it was a parasitic beast like an alien, he couldn't wait to be born.

He walked over, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, wrapped his hand and pinched the dark red thing, and held Skinner's head with the other hand, and slowly pulled it out.

From Avex, Lowena, Fontana to the little boy and his mother who had just gone to find Skinner, all the onlookers were shocked by the next scene and trembled all over.

Frederick slowly pulled out a dark red thing from Skinner's mouth. This thing was a bit like a branch. After pulling it out of his mouth, it immediately spread around.

Some people at the scene began to pray. Such a strange thing in the body must be a possessed devil.

Frederick took a look and understood that this was a super-large blood clot, and it was in the shape of a trachea. The branch-like bronchi of the upper, middle and lower lobes were clearly visible.

Obviously, there was something wrong with this person's lungs. Blood accumulated in half of the lungs and formed clots, which were coughed out by the violent coughing just now.

But the onlookers did not have the medical knowledge that Frederick had.

Many people only knew that Skinner had been in poor health in recent years and had lung problems.

The mouth can breathe, and drinking water will be choked into the lungs accidentally, so the mouth leads to the lungs. This is common sense that everyone knows.

Now someone pulled out a branch-like thing from Skinner's mouth. Even college students like Lowena and Abex had never heard of such an organ in the human body. A thought appeared in the minds of many people at the same time:

There is an evil devil lurking in Skinner's lungs, and now it has been pulled out.

Abeks immediately broke out in a sweat. There was actually a devil lurking in his territory. If the principal had not discovered it in time, the consequences would be disastrous if the devil completely occupied Skinner's body.

The bishop of the local church came a step later than Abeks and was sweating the most now.

Skinner had been in poor health for several years. During this period, he had not been able to find the devil in his body. It would be difficult for him to be held accountable by the higher-ups. If someone suspected that he was colluding with the devil, he would be dead.

The bishop quickly thought of a solution. Being bad and being stupid are two different things. Colluding with the devil is bad. Such public opinion must be avoided. He could only say that his business ability was poor and he was not as good as that of Grand Captain Wesson.