Lord of Industrialization

In many things, the first impression often becomes a stereotype.

The people on the Cyclops Island have a strange impression of the "distant northerners" from the Rhine Alliance. They are very special when they hold meetings.

Today is the day of the general meeting of the United Fruit Company, and people who have been investigating in the southern coast have also returned.

A theater not far from the company's headquarters was booked, with a row of long tables on the stage, and many rows of long tables and chairs in the auditorium.

Before the meeting started, people dressed the same way were seen from time to time on the street in front of the theater.

They all wore white shirts, black straight trousers, black or brown big-headed leather shoes, copper-headed leather belts around their waists, three pens in their left chest pockets, pocket watches fixed on their wrists with leather belts, a thermos cup with different words engraved on it in their left hands, and a rectangular black briefcase in their right hands.

Many people had just returned from the south coast, and greeted their familiar colleagues enthusiastically when they saw them, and walked into the venue with laughter and chatter.

The venue was particularly quiet, and the laughter stopped as soon as everyone entered the door.

Frederick sat in the middle of the rostrum, holding a thermos cup in his hand, and nodded to everyone who came in expressionlessly.

Maria sat next to him, looking a little uneasy.

Everyone was preparing for Frederick's arrival, especially after he appeared in the experimental area for field inspection, all preparations entered the sprint stage.

It was just that Frederick told everyone to go back to the meeting in the experimental area and look around.

But no one, including Maria, thought that he did not continue to explore in the south, but suddenly appeared in the meeting early this morning.

Frederick told Maria to let her preside over the meeting as usual, and he just listened and did not express his opinions.

This meeting was conducted cautiously, and the heads of various departments spoke very slowly when making reports, for fear of misreading.

Frederick just buried his head in taking notes. Finally, Maria asked him to say a few words, and he said, "If there is nothing else, let's adjourn the meeting."

After the meeting, Frederick came to Maria's residence.

Susan also went to the venue to watch the fun today. In the living room, she hugged Frederick's neck from behind, smiled wickedly for a long time, and said, "What game are you playing? Are we part of your game?"

Frederick pinched Susan's nose with his backhand and said, "If you think so, then so."

He then sat down next to Maria with a serious expression.

Maria thought he was going to talk about business, so she immediately sat up straight.

However, Frederick hugged her to his arms, lowered his head and kissed her, and quickly unbuttoned her shirt with one hand in a dishonest manner.

Maria was able to bump him with her elbow a few times at first, but soon her whole body went limp, and she even reached out to hug his neck.

Susan was laughing on the side, but Frederick freed his hands and grabbed her.

After the commotion, the three of them looked disheveled.

Maria was tidying up her clothes, complaining, "Really, I have to go to work in the afternoon."

Frederick held Susan and said to Maria, "I won't go there in the afternoon."

"Tell the heads of each department, I'll go to the company tomorrow."

Maria agreed. It can be seen that Frederick would not express any opinions without knowing the whole situation.

The whole United Fruit Company was relieved. It was a good thing if the leader came to inspect.

Everyone was on edge. Now that they had a good start, they must not make mistakes halfway.

Maria went to work, and Frederick carried Susan into the bedroom.

Susan was like a kitten in Frederick's arms, rubbing her face from time to time, and kissing Frederick's neck and chin easily.

Frederick closed the bedroom door, sat on the bed, patted Susan on the back twice, and said softly: "I have something serious to tell you."

"What happened in your family?"

He has heard a lot of news recently, including many rumors about the political situation in the Kingdom of Kush, and it seems that something is not right.

Susan put her face on Frederick's chest and said softly: "What else could it be? It's just that my brother and my mother are quarreling."

"Everyone knows that the invasion of the Ghazi Empire three years ago was actually won by you and Marshal Hayreddin. My brother is very uncomfortable."

"He always wants to do something. There were several times when my mother thought he did something wrong, so they quarreled."

"Many nobles gathered around my brother, always saying that my mother intervened too much in government affairs."

"Some people suggested building a big garden for my mother to live there in her old age."

"Some people also told my brother that Marshal Hayreddin was too powerful and needed to be weakened."

Frederick knew what was going on when he heard this.

The problem of the Kingdom of Kush is very simple, the contradiction between the royal party and the queen mother's party.

You know, the current throne was won by the Queen Mother who killed people and shed blood, and even sent the entire family to Frederick for refuge.

Frederick supported the Queen Mother. If she hadn't brought back potatoes and other crops from Taohuashi and exported a large amount of grain, the Duchy of Wessen would have slowed down its industrial development due to food shortage.

On these two points, the Queen Mother would not lose.

But the Queen Mother is still the Queen Mother. Unless she takes the step of mother and son wanting to be disabled and ascends the throne herself, the power is still in the hands of the king.

Frederick sighed in his heart and said to Susan, "Write a letter to Mrs. Sophie and tell her that I invite her to stay in Wessenburg for two or three years."

Susan raised her head, blinked her golden eyes, nodded and agreed softly.

She didn't care about politics, but she didn't understand politics. She soon realized that Frederick was trying to cool down the tension between his mother and his brother.

This was also a test for his brother to see if he could govern the country well.

Frederick sighed again in his heart. The Kingdom of Kush was his most important ally in the south. If there was unrest, it would have a serious impact.

Psyche must have smelled the smell, so she decisively supported Maria in the southern development instead of waiting for Frederick to come back from the north.

No matter what the political situation of the Kingdom of Kush will be in the future, after the south is well developed, plus the two railways of the Kingdom of Sardinia and Port Ferdinand, Frederick's dependence on the Kingdom of Kush will be reduced, and he will be much calmer when dealing with it.

Frederick had a bottom line in his mind, and the next conversation with the senior management of the Southern Fruit Company had a political handle.

Looking at the overall situation, developing the southern region is to open up a new production base for the Rhine Alliance, and agricultural crops support local development, while serving as a bridgehead for commodity sales.

Frederick believed that as long as the company was unified in this idea and the children of each family gave feedback to the family, the legitimacy of the company would be unshakable, and anyone who dared to harm the company would be a sinner of the Rhine Alliance.

Based on this principle, Frederick also determined the location of the newly developed land.