industrial lord

Chapter 10 Strategic Deterrence
A new store has recently opened in Wessenburg. The proprietress is Nina, the former head maid who has served the Wesson family for more than [-] years.

Nina is 40 years old this year. Her father was a family businessman of the Wesson family and died of illness a few years ago.

Nina's husband, Janis, inherited his father-in-law's work and behaved quite well. Now he is sent to Mingxing City to sell "Wesson Syrup" and "Wesson Candies", that is, maltose and Dingding candies.

It's just that Nina has a habit of talking about things in the castle. Frederick has always disliked her, so she was voluntarily resigned after the new master became the housekeeper.

Frederick thought of her years of hard work, so he paid her to open a "steam bakery" shop.

Compared with bread, making steamed buns saves fuel, time, and space, so it is cheaper. Freshly made steamed buns are much softer than bread, and with the bonus of "invented by the little master", sales are not bad.

On this day, the carriage team of Baron Philipp von Elthal, a diplomat from the Principality of Mainz, was passing through Wessenburg to Mingxing City in the Principality of Bain. When the team passed the steamed bun shop, they saw the steam lingering outside the store. They were curious. Then he stopped the carriage and went over to see what happened.

Seeing a customer coming, Nina was about to say hello to the business, but was taken aback for a moment, and immediately saluted behind the counter: "Welcome Baron Eltar to our shop."

Philip was taken aback. He didn't expect that a proprietress on the side of the road would know him, and the salute was so standard. Are the residents of Wesson Territory all monsters?
He had a good memory, and soon remembered that the proprietress had seen it himself. She should be a servant in the castle when she came to Wessen as a guest three years ago.

Nina remembered Philip purely because he was handsome and gentle, and he was the most dazzling existence among the guests.

Philip asked her curiously: "What are you selling?"

Nina replied respectfully: "My lord, what I sell is the steam bread invented by our Lord Baron Wesson."

As she spoke, she picked up a few steamed buns with tongs and put them on the tray on the counter.

In Weisenling and many places, because bread is an important material to ensure the survival of residents, the public sale of bread is bound by special legal provisions, commonly known as the "Bread Law".

There are four types of wheat flour milled in the mill: coarse flour with bran, common flour with only bran sifted out, fine flour and refined flour from common flour blown by windmills.

The law in Wessenland restricts all bakeries to sell only six types of bread: excellent white bread, excellent white bread with salt added, plain bread, plain multigrain bread with plain flour mixed with chestnut or bean flour, bran bread and bran bread. Crust multigrain bread.

If you want to buy high-quality bread made of high-quality flour, you have to go to the castle to buy it. Ordinary people cannot eat such high-quality bread all year round, and there are no sales at all.

At the same time, the prices of all kinds of bread are fixed. If the price of food fluctuates, only the size of the bread can be changed, but the price cannot be changed.

"Steam bread" is also bread, and it is also regulated by the "Bread Law", so there are six types of steamed buns.

The main reason why Frederick did not sell steamed stuffed buns was that the legal issue of whether steamed stuffed buns belonged to bread or dim sum was not clarified.

The tax charged for selling snacks and bread is different. The tax rate for survival necessities such as bread is extremely low, while the tax rate for snacks is much higher.

Scholars studying law at Weissburg University have been discussing this matter all the time. With the multigrain bread and Hanamaki spoiling the situation, this matter has risen to a philosophical issue of how to define quantitative change and qualitative change.

Philip didn't know that this incident later made Frederick a place in the philosophical world, and at this time he was concentrating on studying the several kinds of steamed buns in front of him.

The excellent steamed buns are as white as snow, and they are soft when poked with fingers. They are made of local high-gluten flour, and they are slightly elastic. They are warm just out of the steamer, reminding him of his daughter's little face.

Nina was habitually gossiping about things in the castle: "This steam bread is delicious, even Lord Richard Nall likes to eat it. I heard that he has a plate of roasted pig's trotters and a plate of steam bread every night. Bread and a mug of beer, and steam bread with sauerkraut after eating the roasted pig’s trotters..."

Philip immediately grasped the point of this sentence, and asked with a casual look: "Is the Sir Richard Nar you are talking about the sword master Richard Nar?"

"Of course!" Nina said proudly, "Sir Richard Nall came last month. He is now the master of our Lord Baron Wesson. I heard that he will teach him how to use the forbidden spell every day."

"I also heard that Mr. Richard Nall will go to the university in the north to teach students in the future!"

"Those of us who used to work for the master all have a place for Mr. Richard Nall's students. It's okay for the unsatisfactory one in my family..."

Philip didn't listen to her talk about family affairs, so he asked his servant to come over with a basket and buy a few of each kind of steamed buns, and then left.

In the carriage, Philip quickly wrote a letter to Frederick, saying that he had no time to stay in the rush of the journey and would definitely visit him on his return journey.

Frederick received the messenger when he had breakfast at the end of the first day of training, and let him leave after a few polite words.

After completing the task of delivering the letter, the messenger stayed in the city and inquired about the local news every day.

In the restaurant, Richard Nall asked Frederick with a sneer, "Did you spread the news of my arrival?"

Frederick didn't make excuses, and replied straightforwardly: "Yes, the neighbors nearby and the king far away want to take advantage of our weakness. They will definitely not act rashly after they know that Master is here."

Richard Nall pointed to Manuai and several other scholars who had breakfast together with his chin and said: "We are here, we can indeed scare those jackals for you, but I want to make a rule for you."

"We can help you protect the territory, but you have to do it yourself to expand the territory."

Manuai continued: "With His Excellency Richard Nall and us, the enemy will not attack openly, but there will definitely be various small moves."

"I have studied the surrounding situation. The Wesson family and the surrounding nobles are pawns arranged by your king between the Principality of Mainz, the Principality of Bain and the Free City of Nuremberg."

"Last year's defeat made your king lose face and face, and the surrounding chess pieces were a little unstable, so your king used you as meat to feed the surrounding chess pieces, so that they can continue to be loyal to themselves."

"We are not good at political matters, otherwise we would not have escaped from Constantbul. I suggest that you recruit at least two professionals in the future."

Frederick stood up and solemnly thanked the two.

Now that there is a Juggernaut and many magicians from Wessenburg University in the territory, it is equivalent to a country having a nuclear warhead and an elite division.

The problem is that King William and the adjacent Grand Dukes of Bain and Mainz have more nuclear warheads, and the Wessen collar is only ahead in terms of per capita numbers, which makes all parties feel that it is not worthwhile to head-on with the little Wessen collar.

Strategic deterrence is the biggest role played by Richard Nall, Manuai and others in Wessen Territory.

Just because he won't act rashly in the military doesn't mean he won't do anything politically, and Frederick knows nothing about this field.

Frederick said to everyone, "The most precious thing in this world is talents. If the territory wants to grow and develop, it cannot do without the help of various talents."

"Master and all the scholars have now provided a protective umbrella for Wessenling, which is an advantage. We can now use this advantage to attract talents from all over the world as a platform for the University of Wessenborg."

Richard Nall glared at him coldly, and said angrily: "You kid is trying to use me as a gimmick again, believe it or not, I'll hang you from a tree and smoke."

Frederick showed a cute smile on his face, trying to pass the test by being cute.

Manuai said with some embarrassment: "This advantage is not obvious."

Frederick thought for a while and asked, "What if our school treats all scholars and schools equally?"

Manuai frowned and asked, "What if heretics come?"

Frederick was stunned for a moment, he hadn't thought about this question, and after thinking about the time it took to finish eating a white sausage, he replied: "It's only for academics."

He doesn't like religion very much, and going to church to participate in team building activities is just a formality.

The strength of the Church of Light is not very strong now, and its strength is directly proportional to the degree to which the lord is fooled.

But the churches were also of value, and Frederick decided to do business with them later.

However, this business is also useful for the development of the university, so Frederick said to Manuai: "Recommend me two students with good character and flexible brains. I have important research for them. If you do well at least A jazz."

Because "knight" and "cavalry" are often confused, "jazz" is often used instead of knighthood.

Although the knights are just laborers among the nobles, they have their own fiefs and belong to the big family of the landlord class who left the proletariat.

Traditionally, the title of knighthood will not be hereditary permanently, but only for two or three generations. If the descendants fail to make meritorious service and keep the family business, they can only return to the big proletarian family.

In this era, except for the children of merchants and great craftsmen, there are very few opportunities for civilians to receive off-the-job education and training, so as long as there are no heirs and no strange things, the title of knight can be inherited.

This award is very attractive to civilian scholars, and even Manuai is thinking about whether to ask his own children to occupy a place.

Richard Nall had an experience with maltose, and this time he asked first: "What are you going to do again?"

Frederick replied: "I don't know if something that can replace parchment will be successful."

He decided to take out papermaking and printing as a means of attracting scholars and making money along the way.

At the same time, it can also gain a reputation among the scholar community, making some people a little scruples about doing it themselves.

If there is no talent, there will be no talent. It is not impossible to start from scratch and explore slowly.

Richard Nall asked again: "Is it okay for women?"

Frederick frowned, and asked Master with a smirk on his face, "Is it beautiful?"

Richard Nall sneered and said, "My daughter."

(End of this chapter)