Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

The little princess of the Kingdom of Aldo, Irene Rodney, has been living a very comfortable life recently.

She and her female guard, Liya, bought a two-story building with a yard in Lake Heart Town and lived there. Without the nagging of the teaching female officials, the red tape of the court, and the displacement on the road of escape, life suddenly became so beautiful.

The environment of Lake Heart Town is good, not at all like the dirty and messy towns they passed by on the way here.

However, according to the locals, the environment of Lake Heart Town was not good before. Later, after the new lord took office, he vigorously rectified the street appearance and placed public trash cans on the street every once in a while. Littering will be severely punished, which is why it has become so neat.

After the residents got used to this comfortable environment, they became more and more conscious of maintaining this cleanliness.

Irene sighed in her heart: "What a unique lord."

In the towns passed by on the way of escape, let alone domestic garbage, even excrement was full of streets. The smell on the road could make people faint.

Irene and Liya, who had come all the way from this environment, thought they had arrived in a fairyland when they first arrived at Lake Heart Town. This was also an important reason why Irene wanted to stay here and didn't want to leave.

Irene also found something amazing here: extremely, extremely, extremely cheap paper. The money for buying a piece of parchment could buy 50 such papers.

Irene identified herself as a scholar rather than a princess, and the significance of cheap and sufficient paper to scholars was self-evident. Now she could write and draw without any scruples, without having to carefully consider before writing like before.

In addition to paper, there are many novel things, such as containers called "porcelain", which are exquisite, smooth, and smooth to the touch. She feels that every piece of porcelain she sees is a fine work of art.

But unfortunately, this thing is expensive. Irene saw a small vase in the store, but after asking the price, she gave up the desire to buy it. After buying the house, the two of them didn't have much cash, so they had to save it.

Several major events have happened in Lake Heart Town recently.

First, Arda went to war with the neighboring Earldom of Bayerdin. The reason for the war was popular with the people: several vassals of Bayerdin conspired to murder their old lord and also sidelined the new lord who succeeded him. As the blood-sworn brother of the new lord of Bayerdin, Earl Graman naturally wanted to seek justice for him.

Conspiracy, betrayal, revenge, are there any elements more suitable for gossip than these? This has added a lot of after-dinner talk for the people of Lake Heart Town, and the news that Arda's army crushed the Bayerdin people has greatly increased the people's pride.

Then there was an agricultural machinery demonstration. The big landowners from Arda and Bayerdin gathered in Lake Heart Town to watch the demonstration of the "harvester" invented by the agricultural machinery factory.

Many residents of Lake Heart Town also went to see it, but they were just there to see the excitement. Lake Heart Town was developed from the manor of the Graman family on the edge of Lake Weiss. The nearby land was basically owned by the Graman family. The residents of the town were either tenants of the Graman family or serfs of the Graman family.

Out of curiosity as a scholar, Irene also dragged Liya to join in the fun. The harvester with exquisite structure and efficient work attracted her admiration, but more of it was the machine itself. Princess Irene, who grew up in the deep palace, was basically isolated from farming, so it was naturally difficult for her to appreciate the great significance of this kind of machinery for agricultural production.

There was also the "exam" to be held by Weiss College. In Irene's opinion, if she took the exam, the content of the exam was simply an insult to her, but considering that the exam was mainly for the lower class people and the people's level of knowledge, she was relieved.

By the way, if she hadn't run away from home this time, she really didn't know that most people in the territory of the Kingdom of Aldo were illiterate.

That day, Irene was writing and drawing on paper as usual. She had been obsessed with studying some ancient texts recently, and then she heard the footsteps of the female guard unexpectedly.

Strange, shouldn't she be practicing sword in the yard at this time on weekdays? She looked up and asked, "What happened, Liya?"

The female guard said hesitantly, "Miss, I suddenly remembered something just now. We don't have much cash left. This is not a solution, so I want to find a job in town."

This is indeed a problem. The female guard is responsible for the family's expenses on weekdays. In addition to restraining her own consumption desire, Irene has never considered the issue of income.

After thinking for a while, she decided, "I can't let Leah bear the burden alone. I have to find a job too."

The female guard shook her head, "How can this be possible? You are a princess...a young lady!"

Irene smiled, "Aren't you also a young lady in your own family? You have been with me all the way, how can I live a life of parasites again?"

The female guard was also raised in an aristocratic family. Now she has decided to find a job for herself. She must have overcome a lot of mental difficulties.

Seeing that the female guard was about to refute, she rushed to say, "Okay, I have decided. Don't persuade me anymore. Don't be anxious about finding a job. Take your time. You have to find a satisfactory one."

"Well, thank you, Miss."

The female guard was very moved, and then took her leave to continue practicing swordsmanship.

"Alas--" Watching Leah leave, Irene fell into deep self-blame. For a long time, she had not cared about the income and expenditure issues. She was too sorry for the female guard.

"There may not be jobs suitable for us here. We must be prepared in advance."

The little princess opened the closet and took out a box from the innermost part. After opening it, there were a dazzling array of jewelry inside.

She decided to find a few to exchange for money.

"No, this pair of bracelets is a gift from my sister."

"Ah, this necklace is my favorite, and it can't be exchanged for money."

Irene picked and chose, but every time she picked up a piece of jewelry, she felt that if she exchanged it for money, it would be like cutting flesh in her heart.

"This one!"

She picked up a pair of exquisite earrings, which were a gift from King Rodney XVI on her birthday last year. Now she was angry when she thought of her father, and it was most appropriate to take the earrings out to exchange for money.

However, just when Irene wanted to find something to wrap the earrings, she sighed and put them back in the box.

After searching for a long time, she finally picked out a few pieces of jewelry. Irene reluctantly found a piece of cloth and carefully wrapped them up.

After greeting the female guard Liya and making up an excuse, Irene left home and walked to the street.

By asking the townspeople, she came to the door of the only pawnshop in Huxin Town, and after hesitating for a moment, she pushed the door open.

"Welcome, may I ask what service you need?"

The clerk greeted her warmly.

No mistake, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar, take a look!

Irene came to the counter, took off the hood of her cloak, took out a small bundle and opened it, and said, "Hello, I want to pawn these jewelry, please identify their value."

The young clerk was distracted for a moment after seeing Irene's face. This was the first time he had seen such a beautiful girl with outstanding temperament.

But his professional ethics made him react quickly, and he immediately blushed to look at the jewelry Irene took out, but he was not just distracted for a moment after a glance.

The clerk in front of him was obviously stunned, and Irene had to stretch out a hand to cover the jewelry, and the clerk woke up.

"I'm sorry, this is far beyond my level of identification. I'll go find our boss right away."

The clerk ran to the back room in panic, shouting: "Boss, come quickly, big business is coming."

Soon the pawnshop owner came trotting over, picked up a piece of jewelry, took out a magnifying glass and carefully observed it, and kept making surprised and admiring sounds such as "oh" and "hmm".

After looking at them one by one, the boss finally said to Irene with a sad face: "My distinguished lady, these jewelry of yours are too valuable. Our shop really dare not accept them."

The boss's expression was like he suddenly discovered a gold mine, but he didn't have the capital to mine it.

Irene was a little disappointed, and she asked: "Where can I get money?"

The boss thought for a while and said: "Maybe the pawnshop in Butuya City is capable of accepting your jewelry, but the possibility is not great."

"Okay, sorry to bother you."

Irene put away the jewelry and turned around and went to the pawnshop immediately.

The clerk reluctantly said to the boss: "Are those jewels really so valuable that you dare not accept them?"

The boss stared at the clerk's eyes with a serious expression and said: "I guarantee you with my thirty years of experience in the industry that if the lady's jewels are really exchanged for money, then she will be the second richest person in Arda after Earl Graman."

The clerk opened his mouth in disbelief.

...

"Oh, what should I do? Do I have to go to Butuya again?"

Irene walked on the street disappointedly and slowly walked to the square in the center of the town.

When she passed the notice board, she glanced at it casually, and a notice posted on it caught her attention.

"The Lord's Mansion is recruiting talents who are proficient in linguistics. The treatment is excellent and the salary is negotiable. Interested people can sign up directly at the gate of the castle."