Lord of Industrialization

"It's too much!"

Frederick sat helplessly in the carriage, looking at the two people in front of him.

The carriage was large, without chairs, with soft cushions on the floor and a refrigerator in the corner.

Count Ortiz sat at the other end of the carriage, next to a girl who looked like her, and the two looked at their prey triumphantly.

At first, the transaction between the two sides was very successful. The Wesson Army delivered vehicles and happy water, and Ortiz delivered food and a lot of information about the Kingdom of Madeira.

Just when Frederick thought the transaction was over, he was poisoned and knocked out, and when he woke up, he was already in this carriage.

Ortiz said proudly: "I think I can get more credit by giving you as a gift to His Majesty Doss."

She pointed to the girl next to her and said: "She is my sister, an excellent pharmacist."

Frederick asked indifferently: "What do you want to do by sending me to the capital?"

Ortiz's poison imprisoned part of his strength, but they misjudged their trump cards, so they acted with ease.

"What to do is your Majesty's business." Ortiz said with a smile, "I hope you can cooperate well, otherwise you will suffer a lot."

"Okay." Frederick said, "As long as you agree to my conditions, I will cooperate with you, otherwise I will commit suicide and you will get nothing, and the nobles in the east will only blame you when they bear the wrath of the Wesson Army."

Ortiz thought about it and said, "No problem."

Frederick pointed at her sister and said, "I want you and her to accompany me on this journey."

The girl's face turned pale and she asked nervously, "You...what do you want to do?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Frederick smiled wickedly, "Just like what you did with your sister in the monastery."

"You were also excited when you peeked outside, right?"

Ortiz nodded immediately and said, "Okay, let's say it's settled."

The news of Frederick and Ortiz's departure soon reached Eugene.

Eugene was unsure for a while, whether he was kidnapped or had to go deeper behind the enemy.

One night not long after, Ortiz's convoy stopped in the wild, and everyone was either asleep or fainted.

Dennis and Dixon appeared on both sides of the carriage, knocking gently on the door.

Frederick pulled Ortiz away from him, lifted the curtain on the small window of the door, and whispered, "Are you here?"

Dennis asked Frederick, "Do you need help?"

Eugene made the worst plan, so he sent two sword masters out to meet Frederick, and immediately started fighting to save people if the situation was not right.

Frederick said, "I'll go to their capital to take a look, and then I'll go back by myself."

"Tell Eugene to be careful, this time their king summoned the nobles should be a sign of large-scale military deployment."

Dennis said, "I understand, I will go back and report to the commander."

Frederick asked again, "How is the prospecting going?"

Dennis replied, "We found another abandoned mine and three unmined veins within five kilometers of the mine, and we are preparing to open the mine to the new vein."

Frederick nodded and said, "Well, you did a good job, and it's agreed that the profit of five points belongs to you."

Dennis and Dixon left quickly, and along the way they had the leisure to discuss how much money they could make on this business trip. That's the magic crystal mine. All he needs to do is find the place with the most concentrated magic power deep in the mountain, blast out a mine tunnel with a sword, and then get five points of profit.

Eugene breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the report. He had been worried that the other side would attack when he was not yet stable. Now it seems that there is enough time to prepare.

On the other side, Ortiz woke up not long after Dennis left.

"Why did I faint?" She immediately found the problem.

Frederick smiled and said, "It's not like you haven't fainted before, what's the fuss about."

He pulled Ortiz over and said, since he dared to pit himself, he would teach him a lesson.

The convoy kept moving westward. There were fewer and fewer trees on the land, and the rivers they encountered were getting narrower and narrower.

During this period, the clouds in the sky were thick and gloomy, and they kept drifting south, but it didn't rain.

In his spare time, Frederick asked Ortiz: "It's been gloomy these days, why doesn't it rain?"

Ortiz took out a bottle of happy water from the refrigerator, drank half of it in one breath, and replied: "It will only rain when the clouds move south and north. It rarely rains when they move south and north all the time."

"Alas, there is always not enough rain in the west, but it is better than the east."

Frederick recalled the terrain here, which is basically low-altitude hills. The mountains are not high and cannot intercept the water vapor in the sky. It only rains when the north and south air masses meet.

The Duchy of Wessen once conducted an artificial rainfall experiment, releasing large-scale ice magic in the thick clouds instead of dry ice. The effect was remarkable, but it was a bit costly for Frederick and Dawn.

However, there are few droughts in the Duchy of Wessen, and most of the precipitation is in autumn and winter, so there is no need for artificial rainfall. This experiment was stopped after a few times.

Ortiz continued, "His Majesty Doss once offered a reward of 5,000 gold coins for a way to make it rain in this season."

Frederick said casually, "When the clouds are low, you can try to light a pile of fire to let the smoke go into the clouds, maybe it will rain."

Ortiz frowned and asked, "Can this really make it rain?"

Frederick shrugged and said, "Not sure, it depends on the clouds in the sky. I can only say that it may rain, but I can't guarantee it."

When we were studying artificial rainfall, some people mentioned whether particles in dense smoke could condense water droplets in clouds, and then they tried it, but the final result was not very good.

It doesn't matter if the wind is too strong, the clouds are too high, or the clouds are not thick enough. If the clouds are low and thick, it seems like it will rain without smoke. The final conclusion is that it is feasible.

Frederick just said it casually, but Ortiz remembered it in his heart.

When the convoy stopped in the evening, the entourage was setting up camp.

Ortiz was worried that his cargo would be targeted along the way, so he chose a less traveled route.

The ground was overgrown with shrubs and weeds. She had the grass cut and piled into a haystack as high as a person. After finally lighting it, thick white smoke came out.

There was not much wind at this time, and the smoke column rushed diagonally towards the seemingly low clouds. At the same time, the smell of smoke also stung Frederick and Ortiz's sister in the carriage, and it was rare for them to scold Ortiz together.

An hour later, Ortiz's sister scolded her sister while nibbling cold, hard bread: "Are you an idiot? You can't make a fire to cook."

Then she turned to Frederick and said, "Baron Potter, kill her tonight!"

Frederick nodded and said, "No problem, I'll keep her until the rain stops."