Lord of Industrialization

"Old Zach, give me two fresh shrimp Wesson buns."

A young customer came to a bun shop in Lacheng and asked the boss to bring the buns.

Old Zach clumsily cut the round bun into two halves, and his wife put the shrimp and vegetables cooked in boiling water into it. At this time, the baby cried from the baby carriage in the store.

Frederick found that Old Zach's eyes were squinting when he came over, so he asked, "What's wrong with your eyes?"

Old Zach shook his head and said, "I'm old, and my eyes don't work well."

Frederick thought for a while and said, "Try steaming some fish liver, preferably shark, mainly to eat the oil in the liver."

"Eat it once every few days, don't eat too much, stop if you feel dizzy, and your eyes will get better."

Old Zach didn't care. He used to make a living on the sea, and sailors knew that eating too much fish liver would cause poisoning.

So he just said politely: "Thank you for your advice, sir."

Frederick waved his hand and said: "You're welcome. I haven't thanked you for helping me contact the Cyclops bones three years ago."

Old Zach was stunned. That incident was what he had to mention every time he bragged in recent years. The other party was a big shot.

He narrowed his eyes more and moved his face closer to see if it was that person.

Frederick waved his hand and said: "Why would I lie to you?"

"Sit down and talk. Tell me what the United Fruit Company is doing recently?"

Old Zach recalled Frederick's voice at that time, confirmed that it was him, and sat down happily.

Now the United Fruit Company is one of the hottest topics in La City, and the common people like them often talk about it.

Old Zach's former sailor partners have a lot of first-hand information, which they often use to brag about on weekdays. It is very valuable for reference.

Frederick listened very carefully and confirmed some details from time to time.

He found out an important piece of information that the Grand Duke of Mainz and the Grand Duke of Bain were also on the Cyclops Island.

Frederick thought about it. The Grand Duke of Bain almost lost his life because of a cold in the winter. It was not surprising that he left government affairs to his son and went to the south for recuperation.

The Grand Duke of Mainz came here, probably to help Maria to take charge and give advice.

Not many people knew about this. If it weren't for the fact that Old Zach had sailed to Weissenburg before, he wouldn't know the names of the two.

Frederick ignored the two of them and integrated the information about the United Fruit Company in his mind.

Maria and her team were quite reliable. They selected several representative places for pilot projects and did not blindly spread them out.

The captain that Old Zach used to follow paid protection fees to Hayreddin and was very familiar with the southern coastal areas.

The flood water in those pilot places was not deep during the rainy season. There were hills nearby and the water did not flood them. Camps had been opened.

Old Zach finally said: "I heard that Duke Wald is hostile to you and has some bad ideas in private."

Frederick asked for details. It was nothing more than that the local snakes couldn't bear to see outsiders making money, but they didn't have the ability, so they privately mentioned that they would rob the outsiders after they developed the land.

Such conflicts are bound to happen, and there will definitely be more in the future.

Frederick has no idea at the moment, and wants to see how Maria and the others deal with it.

After the chat, Frederick gave Old Zach a gold coin as money to buy information.

Then he brought enough buns to eat for a day and came to an inconspicuous hotel.

After arriving at Citrus Island, Frederick first went to see his master's wife, and then went to the port where he was paralyzed and worked illegally. Some soldiers of the 3rd Division were guarding the logistics supplies there, and then revisited the old place and came to Cyclops Island.

He postponed his trip for four days to send a telegram to the United Fruit Company, first to make a secret visit, and second to think about some things.

Frederick has not yet decided on the future positioning of these lands in the south, whether to develop them as colonies or as their own territories.

The comprehensive development of the south can alleviate the shortage of raw material supply in the Duchy of Wessen, which requires a lot of population, and the population of the Rhine Alliance must give priority to satisfying the basic base of the Duchy of Wessen, so the south can only use a large number of local people.

A major difference between whether a region belongs to a colony or a territory is whether the government of the region is seamlessly connected with the domestic government. Local officials of the local government in the territory can serve in the central government, while local officials of the colony cannot serve in the government of the sovereign country. For example, officials of the puppet Manchukuo cannot serve as officials in mainland Japan, and Chinese officials of the Hong Kong British government cannot serve as officials in mainland Britain.

In the current era, it is common for foreigners such as Eugene to hold important positions in foreign governments. There are many people from foreign countries in the Duchy of Wessen from high-level to grassroots civil servants.

The problem is that Frederick has been promoting nationalist awakening over the years to unite people's hearts and break the original feudal vassal relationship.

The Rhine Alliance and the eastern part of the Elbe River are the territories of his future long-term planning. He even pinched his nose to include the Bohemian region. The people in these places are his base. There is also the Osmaga Empire, which is backed by him. There is no problem for people here to enter the government.

If a large number of foreigners from thousands of miles away enter the government system of the Duchy of Wessen at this time, the original nationalist theory is not easy to explain and will cause ideological confusion.

To solve this problem, it will be a matter of upgrading the version to class narrative. The capitalists will not reduce their exploitation of you just because you are of the same ethnic group.

There are deep political factors behind this matter. If it is not handled well, the well-developed areas will become a pustules that hurt the body.

Frederick was most entangled in that, from a rational point of view, it was appropriate to make these places colonies.

But emotionally, he still couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart.

The compromise was an agent government, but the agent would also have his own ideas and might raise a tiger to harm him.

There was another important issue.

The population of the Duchy of Wessen could not afford a large number of troops, and the sudden war in the north made the Wessen army stretched to its limits.

For a long time in the future, Frederick would have to focus on the north and could not spare his hands to support the south. If the military force could not form an effective deterrent, many tasks would be difficult to carry out.

Forget about allies. Everyone joined forces for the sake of interests, and they could also turn against each other for the sake of interests. We could not put all our hopes on allies.

Maria and the others were doing a business that could be done at any time, but no one considered the deeper issues.

Frederick believed that the Grand Duke of Mainz and the Grand Duke of Bain saw the problem, so they followed.

This is equivalent to the collective action of the future political backbone of the entire Rhine Alliance. If it goes well, everyone will be happy. If it goes wrong, it will hurt feelings when they blame each other. It may change the political landscape in the next few decades.

The more Frederick thought about it, the more headache he had.