Lord of Industrialization

In the silence of the village at night, the screams of mice could be heard from time to time. The lynxes raised by the villagers only caught the mice but did not eat them. They took the carcasses of the mice to a corner of the village square and placed them there so that they could eat more delicious food the next day.

Frederick stayed at a farmer's house. The accommodation fees from the merchants were the biggest income for the family besides growing potatoes.

At midnight, the wooden bed beside the bed made two soft sounds. Frederick opened his eyes, opened the window and jumped out.

A figure ran in front, like a black owl, silently climbing over the village wall and disappearing into the nearby mountains and forests.

Frederick followed, stopped in front of the dark woods, and walked in like running.

When he stopped, the black figure knelt on one knee on the ground with his head down.

"Empress Anna's Blade, Owl, greets Grand Duke Wesen."

The man who called himself "Owl" spoke in a hoarse voice. He sounded like a middle-aged man with a medium build and a little thin. He was wrapped in a black cloak and mask. There were dark lenses on the eyes of the mask, so that people could not see his eyes.

Frederick had learned about the situation of some departments of the Osmaga Empire. This person should come from the "Emperor's Blade" spy organization that was rumored to be loyal only to the emperor. The world only knew that there was such an organization, and knew nothing about the more specific situation.

"Is there anything?" Frederick's mouth curled slightly. He originally wanted to ask if he missed him, but then gave up.

Although this person spoke in a man's voice, he could be sure from the proportion of his body that this "Owl" was the maid who searched him every time he went to see Ferdinand.

Now that she has hidden her identity, let's not tell her, so as not to cause her to be deducted from the year-end bonus for no reason.

In addition, Frederick thought of many things from this. Anna was indeed not a fuel-saving lamp.

Xiao said, "I was ordered by Her Majesty the Queen to secretly eliminate the secret envoy sent by Venice to meet with you."

Frederick thought it was true, and said calmly, "Tell Anna that I didn't know about this and I didn't see any secret envoys."

"I am kind-hearted and hope not to implicate innocent people."

Xiao just replied, "Yes."

Frederick nodded and said, "If there is nothing else, I will go back."

Xiao said that there was nothing else, Frederick turned and left, and she also disappeared into the mountains and forests.

Nothing happened overnight. The next day at dawn, the two convoys said goodbye and went their separate ways.

Frederick sat in the coach, concentrating on thinking about some problems, and Sister Renee was reciting scriptures beside him.

Frederick remembered that when Anna came to the Principality of Wessen, there were almost no reliable people around her, either undercover or spies.

Now it seems that the facts are probably not as simple as they seemed on the surface at the time. Those people may have been exposed long ago, and Anna deliberately showed them to Frederick.

Frederick judged that Anna's situation was difficult, but not as serious as she showed. The purpose of doing this in front of him was to show weakness.

After all, the size of the Osmaga Empire was not comparable to that of the Duchy of Wessen. Anna had to lower her posture to dispel her vigilance and seek cooperation.

Frederick thought, would it be better if he pointed out the identity of the owl last night, so as to remind Anna not to do those little tricks in the future.

The convoy traveled safely for a few days, and seeing that the journey was about to end, many people became excited.

On the way, Frederick performed another "miracle" and cured a deaf landlord's silly child.

This time Frederick really didn't know what to say. The child had a bad habit of picking his ears randomly, which resulted in cerumen embolism and could not hear any sound.

The lord of that family was uneducated, and he didn't even check his son's ears, but only prayed in the church.

Frederick played the role of an ear-cleaning master and exchanged for a roasted whole donkey.

But Fontana and Lowena didn't know that, and they all bowed down to Frederick again and again.

That day, the convoy came to Fontana's hometown. Frederick declined their brothers' invitation to stay in the castle. After the banquet, they stayed overnight in the town's hotel.

There is a valley on one side and a narrow lake in front, which makes the wind very strong. The castle is in the wind outlet, and the flag on the flagpole is blown almost parallel to the ground.

In the middle of the night, the window of Frederick's room rang again.

This time he did not go out, but half-opened the window.

Not long after, Xiao knocked on the door and came in, carrying a wooden box.

"My lord," Xiao presented the wooden box to Frederick, "This is a gift from the Venetian secret envoy to you."

Frederick asked, "Has the person been dealt with?"

Xiao replied, "He rolled down the stairs after drinking and hit his head."

Frederick did not express anything, opened the wooden box, picked up the gift inside, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.

The Venetians seemed to have invested a lot of money, and actually sent several large aluminum plates. The tiny gemstones inlaid in each plate formed a painting, including the paintings of Frederick's single-handed charge in the Six-Day Defense War, 800 defeated 100,000 on the Elbe River, the battle to recover Constantine, the single-handed rescue of the prince by the Kingdom of Kush, and the strategic planning of the trade war.

Not to mention that aluminum is extremely expensive now, the polishing and splicing of the gemstones for the paintings is also very labor-intensive.

Such expensive plates are naturally not used to serve food, but to be displayed to praise.

Frederick was not interested in these plates and said to Xiao: "These are for you."

Xiao was obviously stunned for a moment. Although Frederick could not see her face behind the mask, he could feel her astonishment.

Frederick smiled and said, "We met in front of the bedroom of the late emperor. I don't know if we can meet again in the future. Just treat it as a gift."

After he finished speaking, the other party trembled, obviously not expecting to be recognized.

Xiao's mind turned quickly, and he immediately asked, "Does your Excellency have any words for me to bring to Her Majesty the Queen?"

Frederick replied, "Tell her to take care of her body and have a good rest."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Someone is coming, you leave."

The hotel was very quiet late at night, and the footsteps coming from the stairs were very obvious to them.

As soon as Xiao left, someone knocked on the door of Frederick's room hurriedly.

Frederick opened the door and found Fontana, so he asked, "What's the matter?"

Fontana said anxiously, "Sir, a priest wants to see you and would like to trouble you for a favor."

Frederick thought about it and thought it might be related to the so-called miracle. It must be urgent for him to find him in the middle of the night, so he said, "Let's go and see what it is."

Fontana said as he walked, "It's Father Lawrence. He used to be in our church and later went to Bern."

"This time he went to the mountains to find a famous count who made medicine. He passed by us on his way back, but fell ill."

"He was in a coma for three days and just woke up. He said he had something important to do and had to rush back to Bern."

"He said it was urgent and his life was at stake. He had to go back overnight. I had to trouble you."

Frederick thought he was going to deliver medicine. People without strength didn't dare to walk at night these days, so he came to him.

"I think it's OK," he said. "I can run a trip when needed."

Saving people is important, running errands is OK.

The church and the hotel are only two minutes away, and Frederick met Father Lawrence here.

Lawrence looked very weak, and it was a bit difficult for him to sit on the bed.

Fontana sent Frederick to the room and then left. This matter seemed to involve important people, so he decided not to get involved.

Frederick introduced himself, and Lawrence's eyes lit up after hearing it. He took a ring from the necklace on his neck with trembling hands and handed it to him.