industrial lord

Chapter 104

The garden of the castle is very lively today, Katie is teaching Maria to draw, Sofia is watching, and Psyche is giving Frederick a magic lesson in the stone pavilion.

"How does it feel to be successful?"

The antics on Psyche's face never ceased from the very beginning.

With a smirk, Frederick pretended not to know what she was asking, and was practicing the four variations of the fireball technique.

The treatment of lung disease is expected, Sophia decided to receive treatment under the leadership of Wesson.

At the same time, Maria also lived here.

Philip had nothing to say, and embarked on a business trip alone.

There is no need for the family to worry about things on Lore's side. There is a housekeeper in the territory to take care of it.

Psyche intentionally distracted Frederick while casting the spell, and said, "If you win next year, your marriage with Maria will definitely come true."

Frederick turned his head hastily, and found that he didn't seem to hear her, so he turned around and gave her a hard look.

Some things can be seen by a discerning person at a glance, and explanations are superfluous.

Not to mention that Katie has updated the list of people who are suitable to be Frederick's wives within a hundred miles, and Maria belongs to the first position at the top.

The current minimum age for marriage is 16 years old, and older marriages are not uncommon, but there is no limit to the age of engagement.

In his early 20s, the king of the Gaul Kingdom wanted to marry the royal family of the southwestern neighbor Tarrago Kingdom. The Tarrago royal family sent a 7-year-old princess to the marriage, and Gaul eventually returned the goods and replaced them.

Marriage and love among nobles are not the first priority. This kind of marriage is more like the reorganization of shares after the merger of two companies. The interests of the family are the first. Arranged marriages combined for the sake of profit let alone young age, marriage with the fingertips first, etc. It is very common to hold weddings when you are older.

It's just that Frederick's current situation is very delicate. Everyone knows that King William is going to attack him. Everyone thinks that he will not lose, but everyone will not easily stand aside until the final decision is made.

Frederick naturally understood these things, so we will wait until later.

"By the way!" Frederick began to change the subject, "You actually want to ask for a loan from the bank?"

The bank was opened thanks to the efforts of Giovanni, who had his own core team, incorporated some of the original money changers, and soon opened for business.

His first job was to review a pile of plans that Frederick had given him, one of which was Psyche's.

Frederick was a little happy at first, thinking that Psyche was finally going to make a move, but after opening her proposal, he was stunned.

Psyche said as a matter of course: "If there is anything strange, just say whether you approve it or not."

Frederick said extremely depressed: "With so much money, I thought you were going to build an aircraft factory or something, but you ended up making soy sauce!"

Psyche sneered and said, "I'm happy to make soy sauce, what's the matter?"

Frederick vaguely felt something was wrong, and the sticky fireball in his hand shook violently.

But it doesn't matter, soy sauce is just soy sauce, anyway, the money was picked up by her, as long as she is happy.

Frederick asked again: "Then you don't want to sell anything else?"

Psyche shook his head and said, "Do you think making soy sauce is so simple? You have to find the strains for fermentation slowly, or you might have to go to Peach Blossom Stone to get it back."

Frederick didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only say, "Why are you making such a fuss?"

Psyche just sneered.

Frederick followed her. Anyway, the planting of soybeans will be promoted next year, and the harvest in the seed field this year is not bad, with [-] kilograms per hectare.

Next year, many newly reclaimed farmlands will be planted with soybean fertilizers. Even if the output is not high, the total output will not be low when the area increases. Soybean fried tofu and burning bean skips can be arranged.

The two chatted for half an hour, and Frederick dispelled the fireball in his hand, which made him gasp for several breaths.

For beginners, it is easy to cast magic continuously for a long time at the beginning, but in the middle and late stages, the mental power consumed is doubled.

He learned the fireball technique today to change the inner type without changing the appearance, but he is still not proficient and needs more practice.

Psyche poured tea into the two empty teacups on the table, and Frederick picked up his own and drank it all in one gulp.

Frederick rested for a while, and said seriously: "I have an experiment in the afternoon, and I would like to ask you to guide me."

Psyche took a sip quietly while holding the teacup, then nodded.

In the afternoon, Frederick took Psyche to the cell under the castle.

It's gloomy here, and the air is a little stuffy. Under the dim light, you can see the dusty iron shackles, rose whips, wooden donkeys and other instruments of torture in the torture room.

Psyche asked with a smirk, "Why, do you want to see if you are a masochist?"

Frederick didn't answer, but just walked forward quietly.

The cells on both sides of the road have thick iron doors. The bars on the doors reveal dim lights. The inside is not empty. There are people, all of whom are women. You can still hear the sound of water, and smell the water coming out of it. Moisture with a strange smell.

Psyche immediately understood what these cells and the women in them were for, and his face turned black.

Frederick said to them: "Go out first, and do it later."

The maids in charge of growing mushrooms responded and all left soon.

Psyche sighed and said, "I've been to many castles and seen many prison cells, but this is the first time I've seen walking mushrooms growing in a prison cell."

Frederick smiled and said, "Anyway, it's empty, so it's time to use it."

"Don't you think it's just right to grow walking mushrooms here? Once the door is closed, you won't be afraid that they will run around when they mature."

While talking, the two came to the end of the corridor of the cell, where there was a thick wooden door, and after opening it was a staircase that went deeper into the ground.

This staircase leads to the control core of the magic defense system of Wessenburg City. Only people will go there to activate and control the defensive magic circle of the entire city during wartime.

After taking two steps, Frederick stopped and opened a secret door on the side of the stairs.

Behind the door is a large stone room, where guards can live in during wartime. If an enemy breaks into the passage, they can come out after the enemy passes through to attack front and back.

Psyche felt that the surroundings here were very special, and there were no magic elements.

The defense system of Wessenburg City requires a huge amount of energy. There are many energy-gathering magic circles that absorb the surrounding magic elements to recharge them, and this creates some areas without magic elements.

On the table in the room were eight iron pots the size of a household pressure cooker, several thermometers were inserted into the lids, and a cube of red magic crystal and a magic array board were placed beside the pot.

Frederick put the magic lamp in his hand on the table, and said to Psyche: "There is no interference of magic elements around here, it is very suitable for the next experiment."

(End of this chapter)