Lord of Industrialization

"Go, my brave knight, and bring me the fruits of victory!"

On the stage, after the colorfully dressed "Eugene" gave the order, the actor wore thick-soled shoes so that the two-meter-tall "Metzger" could fight the stupid "Doss" with a sword and shield for ten rounds and "stab" him to death. "Doss" sang an aria for more than two minutes before his death.

In the front two rows of the theater, the audience from the Duchy of Wessen watched with relish. Someone said to a lady next to him: "Why didn't I know your husband was so tall?"

Rhea shrugged and said: "The characters on the stage are like instant noodles in the advertisement."

Several audiences around laughed.

This is a merchant tour group from the Duchy of Wessen. They are on their way to the Kingdom of Lisenberg to investigate the market. Now they are waiting to change ships in Le Havre, a seaport city in the north of the Kingdom of Gaul.

Behind the auditorium of the theater, several children squatted in the aisle. They did not pay.

The theater owner turned a blind eye to their existence. As long as they didn't disturb the audience, they could just squat there. Once they got used to it, they would come here to consume when they grew up.

A boy looked at the actors on the stage celebrating their victory with envy, and couldn't help muttering: "For such a great contribution, they will definitely be rewarded with a bicycle, right?"

He often saw the children of the city lord and high officials wearing beautiful clothes and colorful hats on Sundays, riding bicycles and talking and laughing on the seashore breakwater, finding a clean beach to spread a blanket and drink tea leisurely, with the bicycle parked casually on the side.

The boy had long coveted a bicycle, but the cheapest one was equal to his father's ten-month salary, and the family couldn't afford it.

At this time, a child came in from the door, pulled the boy's clothes, and whispered: "Joseph, go home quickly."

In recent years, more and more ships have docked in Le Havre, the number of foreign personnel has increased, and the public security has also deteriorated a lot.

Joseph thought something happened at home and hurried home.

"Hahaha!"

Joseph breathed a sigh of relief when he heard his father's happy laughter from the door.

There were guests at home. As soon as Joseph entered the door, his father Philip asked him to say hello to Captain Tom.

Tom nodded to Joseph and continued the previous topic: "He has rented a large store in Weissenburg City and is doing a big business. There are many dignitaries among his customers. It is said that Grand Duke Weissen is also his customer."

When Joseph heard the place name, he immediately knew who he was talking about. It was his uncle who was sent to Weissenburg City last year.

He didn't listen to what the captain said next, because his uncle asked the captain to bring back many gifts, and the boxes were piled high on the ground.

There was a particularly large box, and Joseph couldn't help wondering, could it be a pony in it?

Tom saw that the family was thinking about the gifts, so he left quickly.

Philip pretended to keep him for dinner, but he politely refused.

"What a polite gentleman."

The eldest sister in the family couldn't help saying.

Philip glanced at his eighteen-year-old daughter and said, "I've heard of him. Earlier this year, his ship...what was it called...Jersey Island Oyster, ran aground on a thundering night. Later, he received insurance compensation and bought a new ship, called the Big Squid in the Lake."

There is a legend among sailors that if a captain survives after sinking a ship, he will never sink again in his life.

So he was not opposed to his daughter's liking for such a captain.

After Philip finished speaking, he picked up the top box of the gift, which had his name written on it, and opened it.

After him, the family members opened their gifts one after another.

"Wow!"

Philip took out a black suit dress from the box, made of woolen tweed fabric and lined with smooth southern spider silk.

He happily opened his other boxes, which contained woolen tweed trousers, a snow-white shirt, a bowler hat, leather shoes, and a gentleman's cane.

When he opened a small box, there was a silver-shining pocket watch and a letter.

Sounds of surprise rang out in the house one after another.

Joseph did not get a dress. In the first box was a toy air gun and two full bags of bullets.

In the second big box was a clockwork locomotive and several carriages, as well as a large bag of various tracks that could be assembled into different railways for trains to run on.

His mother and two sisters were even more surprised. Each of them got a beautiful dress. The layers of lace with different patterns on the hem made people dizzy. There were satin bows on the hats, and a circle of beautiful lace embroidered around the parasols, as well as a pair of leather shoes.

Their bigger surprises were in the back. Each of them had a jewelry box, which already contained bracelets, headdresses, earrings, corsages, and necklaces. The mother's jewelry box had a string of sparkling diamond-like necklaces that were more than her daughters.

"Oh, he is so reckless!"

They immediately found scissors, cut off all the price tags on the jewelry, threw them into the brazier and burned them, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon, the only gift left in the house was the big wooden box, with "For my dear nephew Joseph" written on the top.

Philip borrowed a crowbar from his neighbor and pried the box open with some effort.

Joseph rubbed his eyes and couldn't believe it. There was a red bicycle in the box!

There was an instruction manual on the bicycle, written in several languages.

Philip studied for a long time before he figured out how to use the iron cylinder to pump air into the wheel.

Joseph couldn't wait any longer, so he pulled the cart out of the door and headed for the nearby breakwater.

Philip changed into a new dress when he went to return the crowbar, and told his neighbors with a beaming face that his brother had sent many gifts to the family, and finally said: "He said in the letter that he hopes to compensate for my previous losses."

His wife went to the street to buy ingredients for tonight, and the necklace around her neck was dazzling.

Soon the whole street knew that the "Prince of Dafranche" who had been idle, eating, drinking and having fun, and almost eating up his family property, made a fortune in Weissenburg and became an upright and good man with a conscience.

Baron Turgot had mentioned it before, but everyone thought he had recognized the wrong person, and now they believed it.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh that the Duchy of Weissen was really a good place.

Many people were thinking, why not send the useless guy at home there too?

Joseph was facing a crisis at the moment.

He pulled the bike to the breakwater, rode on it, and put his feet on the pedals like the young masters and young ladies.

Before he could pedal, he suddenly felt the bike tilt and was about to fall.

There was a young man and woman walking in front of him, and the man suddenly rushed over at a speed that left only a shadow and supported Joseph.

"That's not how you ride a bike." The man asked Joseph to put his legs down and stand, "Didn't you read the instructions?"

Joseph's face turned red all of a sudden, he really didn't read it.

The man shook his head and said, "Come, I'll teach you, first hold the handlebars like this, put your feet down, use your feet to push the ground to make the bike move, and control the front of the bike..."

Joseph almost fell several times, and finally he was able to ride it after an hour.

He said to the man, "Thank you, sir. I didn't know your name yet."

The man replied, "My name is Neville Longbottom."

Joseph said again, "Thank you, Mr. Longbottom. I'm sorry to disturb you and your wife's walk."

Frederick just smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't ride too fast in the future. Look carefully at the road, check the brakes frequently, change the brake glue frequently, and don't crash."

After he finished speaking, he returned to the lady and whispered, "Your Majesty, it's time to go home, right?"

Anna looked across the sea and said, "What do you think about us going to the Kingdom of Angland?"

Anna and Frederick did not return home immediately after running away, but landed in the southern part of the Kingdom of Gaul, and then traveled across the Kingdom of Gaul from south to north as merchants to observe the country's reaction to the country's involvement in the civil war in the Kingdom of Tarragona.

The result was no reaction. Everyone went out to fight for their families and did what they should do.

Frederick thought for a while and said, "I haven't been there. How about we spend a winter there?"

Anna nodded and agreed.

In an agricultural society, there is basically nothing to do in winter, everyone stays at home, and even the ruling class begins to rest.

With Psyche in charge of the Duchy of Wessen, there will be no problems.

As for the Osmaga Empire, Anna is waiting for someone to jump out and cause trouble, and this trip is to catch a big fish.

Frederick pinched his chin and said, "Why don't we import some goods and see if we can make a fortune there."

Anna shook her head and said, "How can you not make money in business? It's boring."

"How about we dress up as ordinary people?"