Lord of Industrialization

"Don't...let me go..."

"Come back, sister, it's still raining."

In this season when there is no rain in previous years, the rain fell for six days at once and gradually expanded in scope, resulting in some floods.

But the benefits are even greater. The pond that was originally 80% full is suddenly full, the fields are watered more thoroughly, and life will be better next year.

This abnormal phenomenon attracted the attention of the top leaders of the Kingdom of Madeira, so they sent people to find out what was going on.

The capital of the Kingdom of Madeira is located next to a huge lake with a radius of nearly 100 kilometers. The lake is rich in freshwater pearls as large as eggs, hence the name Pearl City.

When Count Ortiz's motorcade was preparing to arrive at Pearl City, the camp in front of the road was filled with flags, each flag representing a noble.

Ortiz also raised her own flag, and the conductor asked her to wait.

In the carriage, Frederick also put on his military uniform and asked Ortiz's sister: "Are you really not going to tell me your name?"

The girl pouted and said, "Don't tell me."

"Okay, hurry up and leave!" she said, pushing Frederick out of the carriage.

Ortiz was ready, wearing a hunting suit and riding a maroon horse, with a snow-white horse next to him.

She watched Frederick mount the horse with a strange expression, and finally sighed.

The two rode forward side by side and stopped not far in front of the motorcade.

A group of knights in golden armor galloped forward, stirring up a burst of dust.

This group of knights inserted themselves between Frederick and Ortiz and surrounded Frederick. The leader asked: "Is your Excellency Baron Harry Potter?"

Frederick nodded.

Being able to make non-rainy clouds rain, this kind of thing made everyone from the king to the knights surprised and curious, so the king specially sent someone to pick up Frederick.

This is a hunting camp, and it is common practice to discuss military matters during hunting.

In the largest tent, Frederick saw King Dos of the Kingdom of Madeira, his nine sons, and a group of senior officials.

Doss was sixty or seventy years old. He was wearing a light yellow robe embroidered with gold silk. He was a bit fat, with only a ring of white hair left around him. His eyes looked gray, but they were particularly bright the moment he looked at Frederick.

After giving him a military salute, Frederick said: "Baron Harry Potter of the Duchy of Wesson pays homage to the King of the Far West."

Doss nodded, pointed to the empty seat next to him and said, "Well, you are 80% as handsome as I was when I was young. Come sit down and have a drink with me."

After Frederick thanked him, he sat down next to him, and a servant immediately brought him cold wine, as well as several plates of snacks such as dry cheese sticks, dried fruits, and candied fruits.

Doss pointed to everyone in the tent and introduced them to Frederick one by one, and everyone nodded.

After the introduction, Doss asked Frederick curiously: "How did you get together with Ortiz?"

Frederick smiled and said: "For me, it doesn't matter who I do business with, but doing business with the young and beautiful Ortiz is more pleasant than doing business with Sampaio."

"But Count Ortiz is better at business than me and wants to sell me."

Dos suddenly burst into laughter, and his son and ministers also laughed.

"Not bad, not bad!" He reached out and patted Frederick on the shoulder. The gold ring on his finger hurt. "When doing business, of course you do it with the person who makes the most money."

"Ortiz and her sister used to be famous beauties in Pearl City. Hehe, have you succeeded?"

At the end of his sentence, he had a smile on his face that all men understand.

Frederick whispered to him: "It never stopped all the way."

Doss laughed again, took a sip of wine, and said to an official with gold wire and large pearls hanging around his neck: "Ortiz is afraid of war, so don't let her there. You give her Replace a piece of land with a fishing port in the southwest corner, and I accepted everything she brought." The official immediately accepted the order.

Doss took another sip of wine and said to Frederick: "I have a relationship with old Louis. He sent someone to save my sister's life, so if he asks me for help this time, I will definitely help."

"I have done business with you, the Principality of Wesson, for so many years, so we have some affection."

"You don't have to worry. Things on the battlefield will be settled on the battlefield. If you haven't gone to the battlefield yet, you are your guest. Since you are here, just play here for a while and then go back."

"I heard that your Grand Duke Wesson is very good at doing business. You are his attendant, so you should learn a little bit about it and see if there is any new business you can do."

After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands, and two maids and four female knights came in. The maids were holding trays with many gold coins in their hands.

"These slave girls and gold coins are yours, you can do whatever you want with them."

Doss waved his hand, looking very generous.

Frederick thanked him for his generosity with a smile on his face, raised his glass and gave him a toast, thinking that he was really willing to spend money to test the cadres.

Doss chatted with Frederick about the local customs for a while, and then talked about the rain.

Frederick ate a candied fruit and said seriously: "The clouds are all tiny water droplets, smaller than a hair."

"If the water droplets in the cloud are dense and gather together, they will become larger and larger, and when the wind can no longer support them, they will fall into rain."

"The clouds and water droplets in the sky are dense enough, but they are almost unable to rain. When the smoke and dust enter the clouds, they will hit the water droplets. If they hit too many, they will become larger, and then they will turn into rain."

"As long as it rains in one area, the wind in the clouds will become chaotic and start to cause water droplets to collide. If they collide too much, they will turn into rain, and the scope of the rain will gradually increase."

"So if you want it to rain, the clouds must be low enough to allow smoke to rise inside, and there must be enough water droplets in the clouds, which should be darker and grayer."

"It's just that the wind can't control how the smoke floats. I can only light it more and have more chances to encounter it."

Frederick said whatever he thought, whether he believed it or not was other people's business.

Doss and others listened very carefully, but they didn't know if they understood.

Finally Doss asked one of the attendants in the tent to go out and see if there were any suitable low, gray clouds in the sky.

Doss then chatted with Frederick about family affairs, how many acres of land there were, how many tractors they had, what they were growing, how much they earned, and how big the house was.

Frederick had researched and learned about the situation of many small and medium-sized enterprises before, and he spoke eloquently based on his own background.

In his words, he owns a farm, two vegetable farms, three tractors, four factories for screws, nails, rubber tableware and slippers, a river fleet of six boats, seven shops, and eight various motor vehicles. , nine pure-blooded unicorns and war horses, and finally shook his ten fingers when he mentioned the annual income.

Doss and others were amazed when they heard this.

After the bragging was over, Doss asked Frederick to rest in the tent prepared for him.

The tent was quite comfortably arranged, with raised wooden boards on the ground and a thick wool carpet on top. There was a heater in the middle, and the top of the tent was covered with an umbrella and had a hollow-like ventilation structure.

Frederick asked the maid to bring some food, and soon a plate of roasted lamb chops and potatoes, a plate of grapes, and a bottle of happy water came.

Just after eating half of the grilled lamb chops, a strong smell of smoke wafted from outside. There was no movement in the camp. It seemed that there was no fire.

While eating, Frederick was thinking that the meeting just now was a bit weird. The bald man was basically the one in the whole process, and the others were just echoing. In addition, Ortiz was pushed away. Is it possible that those people just now were actors? ?

The more he thought about it, the more he thought it was possible. At this juncture, an officer from the hostile party suddenly came. Could it be an assassination attempt?

So it was probably just a show, one to test the tone, and the other to prepare for the test of the cadres.

Frederick ignored it. It seemed that the other party had no intention of harming him. The four female warriors put their weapons on the shelves after entering the tent, so everyone continued to act together.

By the time he finished his baked potatoes, there was a crackling sound on the tent and it was raining.

People outside were noisy. Frederick yawned and said he was going to sleep. No one was there.