Lord of Industrialization

On the dark street, the gangsters snatched the old man's purse and fled.

He suddenly found two people standing in the middle of the road, pulled out a dagger and pointed it at them, saying: "Get out!"

Frederick turned around and asked Anna: "You or me?"

Anna covered her mouth with a fan and said: "You actually let a lady do such a rude thing?"

Frederick shrugged.

The gangsters looked experienced. Seeing that they were fearless, it was obvious that he could not afford to offend them. His life was at stake, so he threw down the bag and ran away.

Frederick picked up the bag, went over to help the old man up, and asked, "Sir, do you need to see a doctor?"

The old man took the bag and said, "Thank you for your help, I'm fine."

After he finished speaking, he opened the bag and took out an envelope from it and handed it to Frederick, saying, "Sorry, I have to rush to the dock. The ship to Weissenburg has been delayed for half a day due to maintenance and will set sail overnight."

"This is my little thank you gift, please accept it."

Frederick wanted to refuse, but at this time a taxi passed by, and the old man stuffed the envelope into his hand, stopped the taxi and left.

Anna smiled and said, "It's really interesting, I don't know who arranged it."

Although the two people deliberately concealed it, some subconscious actions such as falling and running of people who practice martial arts for many years can still be seen.

Frederick also smiled and said, "It seems that we can't be civilians."

When the two returned to their residence, Anna's maid had just kneaded the dough and was about to take it to the kitchen to make steamed bread.

Anna said to her, "If someone knocks on the door later, don't answer it no matter who it is."

Frederick and Anna went to the bedroom upstairs, turned on the light, sat on the bed and opened the envelope.

When the golden bill of exchange appeared, Anna frowned.

She looked at the signature and the date of signing on it. Only a few people knew that Frederick's signatures had different changes on different dates. This signature was real.

This kind of bill of exchange has appeared on Her Majesty's desk frequently. Because her credit rating is higher than that of the Anglo-Anglian royal family, the face value is larger than the one in front of her.

"What does this mean?" Anna said unhappily, "We saved him out of kindness, and he thanked us with this piece of waste paper?"

She knew very well that this kind of bill of exchange would be a piece of waste paper once it was exchanged. Usually, it would be given to an official or a guard or maid to take home and brag about.

Frederick curled his lips and said, "This bill of exchange was signed a few days before I went to the Kingdom of Sardinia. If I send a telegram to Weissenburg City to check, I will know that it has been redeemed."

There are two lines of numbers on the large bill of exchange of Weissen Bank.

The first line is the number, the first 8 digits are the year, month and day, 9 to 10 digits are the issuing bank, 11 and 12 digits are the recipient country code, 13 and 14 digits are the payment purpose classification codes such as taxation, remittances, debt repayment, etc., and the last three or four digits are the sorting number.

The second line is a verification code composed of a string of numbers and letters, which is converted into sixteen digits by the number after the corresponding formula and the date-related key number are calculated.

In places where there are telegraphs, just send the two lines of numbers to Wesson Bank to verify the authenticity and status of the bill of exchange.

If there is no telegraph, Wesson Bank can also verify the authenticity through the verification code.

Anna yawned, lying on the bed and said: "It's so boring, why don't you sell it for a few days' food money."

Frederick pinched his chin and said: "I can make it worth 100,000 pounds again."

Anna had no doubt that he could do this. The bill of exchange is just a carrier. The real value is given by the issuer. Even if one more digit is added to the front, it is not a problem.

She sat up in bed and asked, "Do you think someone deliberately gave it to ordinary people to see how ordinary people react, just for fun?"

She knew all too well what nonsense nobles could do when they were bored.

There weren't so many idle nobles around Frederick. Everyone was thinking about making money and didn't think about this.

He asked, "Then what do you think should be done?"

Anna thought about it, smiled wickedly, and said, "What do you think the person who did this would look like when he suddenly knew that this bill of exchange was worth so much money?"

Frederick thought it was good that the other party was not scared to death.

"Don't forget," Frederick reminded Her Majesty, "our identities cannot be exposed."

Everyone was used to Frederick running around, and Anna announced to the public that there was nothing strange about spending the winter in the south of the inland sea.

But the two of them secretly came to the capital of the Kingdom of Angland, Lundinium, in winter. There was no good weather, no good food, and no good scenery here. No one believed that there was no conspiracy.

So they all put on makeup. Frederick kept his traditional long hair and tied a small braid at the back of his head. Anna curled her originally straight hair, so that people who were not familiar with her could not recognize her.

But this was a bill of exchange worth 100,000 pounds. Without a suitable identity, there was no way to take it out.

Anna squinted slightly, thought for a while, poked Frederick's shoulder with her finger, and said mysteriously: "How about we play a game..."

Frederick was speechless after listening, but let her do it.

The next morning, the two came to the telegraph office and asked the staff how to send a telegram to their families to report their safety and how much it would cost.

The two long telegrams arrived in Weissenburg and Wayne at the first time.

After leaving the telegraph office, Frederick went to the hometown association himself and asked if there was any work such as translation.

The telegrams almost cost them all their money, and they had no cash left.

Someone from the hometown association told him: "You are lucky. Almost all the translators followed the big businessmen and nobles to attend the World Expo. There is a serious shortage of manpower."

There is a special translation agency here. Frederick quickly passed the interview and written test and got the job in the afternoon.

Several translators from the tractor 4S shop outside the city were poached by the royal delegation to attend the World Expo with high salaries. Now many people drive tractors and pull small steam engines here for repair and maintenance, and the shop is short of manpower.

Many mechanical vocabulary is needed here, which ordinary translators cannot do, but now the shop owner can only find someone to deal with it.

Frederick's business ability is beyond doubt. The tractors and steam engines that are now exported on a large scale were all developed by him in the past. The technicians in the shop found ten places to be repaired, and he could find thirteen. The most important thing is that he can convince customers.

On the other side, Anna came to a good local restaurant and had dinner.

She didn't know much about the local language, barely enough for daily communication, but it was enough to look at the menu. The meat column always ended with fish, and Elizabeth potato was directly transcribed.

So she ordered the most expensive set meal, which was a big plate. There was a piece of fried cod, and a layer of "pickled hollow tree shoots" underneath, which was only available in cans in the Duchy of Wessen. Around the fish were a few mashed potato balls scooped out with an ice cream scoop and beans stewed with red tomato sauce, and a plate of mushroom soup.

After the meal, Anna called the waiter and asked again: "Can your restaurant pay with a bill?"

The waiter replied politely: "Our restaurant welcomes madam to pay with a bill."

Anna said again: "My bill may be a bit high in face value."

The waiter replied: "If madam accepts to use other bills to make up, then it's not a problem."

Anna nodded, opened her handbag, and took out the golden bill.