industrial lord

Chapter 128
The weather is getting warmer every day, and the situation in Wessenland is becoming more and more tense.

Wesenling promulgated the new "Food Law", which determines that the average price of the staple food in the same month last year is the guide price, and the maximum selling price can only be 20% higher than the guide price. The lord has the right to forcibly purchase at a price of 105% of the guide price when necessary. All food in the territory.

Many grain merchants hoarded a large amount of grain in Wessen, waiting to make a fortune when the price of grain soared after the war.

Well now, Baron Wesson turned the table ahead of time.

Fortunately, now is the time when the winter wheat is green and yellow, and the grain price is relatively high, so let's accept it as soon as it is good.

Frederick did not embarrass these merchants and did not pay, but gave vouchers, which allowed them to pick up the goods at the Wesson family's factory first.

Who doesn't know that bearings, paper, insect repellent, glassware, clothes hangers and other local products of Wesson collars need to be queued for at least three months, and the vouchers that can avoid queuing can be sold at a premium of [-]% in the market. In short supply goods can even double the premium.

Businessmen are profit-seeking, and Frederick underestimated the integrity of these guys.

They were all worried that these local products would not be able to be shipped out during the war, and they might not be able to buy them again in the future, so they exchanged grain for vouchers.

Frederick received reports that the labels of some grain sacks had words such as Riesling, Ansbaching, and Rothling written on them.

Later, some people even resold military rations here in Wessen. Suspicious, Frederick asked Friedrich to check whether it was poisoned, and it turned out to be safe.

For a while, the warehouses around the port were filled with various commodities, waiting for the river to thaw and be transported away by boat.

It's just that the two rivers leading to Wesen Territory had just thawed out, and several cargo ships loaded with stone "accidentally" sank near the territory, blocking the waterway.

However, these sunken ships were destroyed by mysterious forces that night, and the waterway was restored. It was rumored that Richard Nar, the sword master, personally took action.

Not long after, the neighbors of Wessen Land built roads in unison, and all of them were the main roads leading to Wessen Land. The location was only a few tens of meters away from Wessen Land.

Now Frederick has nothing to do, let alone digging a road in his own house, even building a wall to surround it.

A few days later, the situation further escalated. Edward, a master craftsman of the Stonemasons Guild in Nuremberg City and the head of the construction unit of the Carolina Canal, sent a letter through a small path. The new mayor of Nuremberg forbade the Stonemasons Guild to send people there. Wesson led the canal excavation work.

Frederick wrote back and told Edward not to worry. The problem was not with him. Now that the situation was tense, the construction of the canal could be slowed down, and he would come back to work after the situation subsided.

When spring plowing began, an expected card was played.

A guest from the Kingdom of Sardinia came to the castle and asked to meet Richard Nall and Katie.

The clothes and appearance of this person looked like an ordinary farmer, but it made Frederick feel that this person was extremely dangerous.

This person seemed to have dull eyes, but he was carefully looking at Frederick, a little curious about this little guy.

Being idle and bored while waiting, he planned to play tricks on Frederick, so a throwing knife slipped from his sleeve into his hand without a sound.

It's just that the flying knife stopped halfway through the slide, and behind him suddenly appeared a man in a white robe whose face could not be seen, and the Hidden Blade protruding from his wrist was resting on his neck.

A layer of cold sweat broke out on the guest's forehead. He was very confident in his stealth assassination skills. He carefully observed the surroundings from the beginning, but he didn't find anyone lurking here.

He could only take the flying knife back slowly, but something even more terrifying happened.

It is difficult for a person to appear without a sound, but it is even more difficult to disappear without a sound after being discovered. He did not notice how the person behind him left, but suddenly disappeared, and the door of the living room has been ajar. , Although the window is open, the curtain made of white gauze hangs there quietly.

Frederick picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea as if nothing had happened, and then said calmly: "If you feel bored, you can find out where he is."

He seldom used the elemental puppet that Psyche gave him, and he released the assassin brother just now after he noticed that the other party had changed, which seemed to scare the other party.

This is also the reason why he usually goes out without a bodyguard. Now with his strength, he can make the four elemental puppets fight at full strength for 5 minutes, which is enough to solve the problem.

At this time, the door of the living room was pushed open, and Richard Nall and Katie walked in with a murderous look. After seeing the guest, they were taken aback, and the murderous look disappeared instantly.

Katie sat next to Frederick, smiled and said to the guests, "So it's you, the shark."

Then she introduced the visitor to Frederick: "His code name is 'Old Shark', he is the best assassin in the Free Society, and he is also among the top five in the world."

The old shark hastily replied humbly: "Don't dare to take this reputation, in front of Baron Wesson's bodyguards, I'm just a lowly shrimp."

Katie and Richard Nall wondered, are there other bodyguards around Frederick?
But they were soon relieved, who didn't point their cards.

"What's going on?" Katie's eyes suddenly sharpened, "What do you want to do?"

To be able to force out Frederick's hidden bodyguards obviously did something dangerous.

The old shark raised his right hand in embarrassment, and slowly took out a throwing knife from his sleeve. There was a thin thread at the end of the throwing knife.

He said: "I just wanted to frighten Lord Wesson."

"Huh? How dare you bully Frederick?!" Katie was furious, "I'll write to your wife later and tell her where your lover is!!"

"Don't!" The old shark panicked all of a sudden, and said pitifully, "Katie, for the sake of uncle bringing people to support you in the opera, please spare me."

Katie just snorted coldly and didn't reply.

Richard Nall didn't seem to like this guy, and asked him with a trace of anger: "Who ordered you to kidnap Mafia?"

The old shark answered cautiously: "Our guests didn't say who they were, but they gave them florins, which were brand new without any wear and tear."

This clue is enough, and it is not difficult to find out who has recently minted a large number of gold coins in the Rhine Union area.

Richard Nall asked again: "How much did they give?"

The old shark replied, "Five hundred."

Frederick was very surprised. Five hundred florins was not a small number. The other party spent so much money to kidnap Katie's mother, which showed that the benefits were far greater than this.

Richard Nall continued to ask the old shark: "How much did Mafia want?"

The old shark sighed helplessly: "Three hundred. Sigh...in this world...the hostages take more money than the kidnappers, is there any reason!!"

Frederick blinked, what's the matter?

Richard Nall asked again: "What do you want?"

"We don't dare to ask for anything." The old shark shouted injustice, "Of course, it would be best if we could give us 50 more gold coins."

"Here is a letter from your wife."

As he spoke, he took out a cloth bag from his arms, took out a letter from it and presented it to Richard Nall with both hands.

Frederick found that the envelope and the letter paper inside were new products from the paper mill last year, and Katie should have sent them back.

As Richard Nall read the letter, Katie asked him, "Where did you keep my mother?"

"Don't say such a terrible thing!" said the old shark hastily, "We are inviting my lady to Ischia Island for vacation."

"By the way, madam asked me to inquire here by the way to see if you have found a partner. If you have, then inquire about the other person, how is the character good, how many acres of land the family has, how many floors the house is, and the carriage. There are a few horses..."

Katie's face darkened as she listened, and her mouth pouted.

At this moment Richard Nall had finished reading the letter and handed it to Frederick.

Frederick took the letter and read it. It was written in Sardinian and he could barely understand it.

Katie poked her head forward, her face darkening even more.

Mafia only said one thing to Richard Nall in the letter, her daughter is too old to marry, this is not the way, let's have another one this year.

Richard Nall asked Frederick: "What do you think?"

Frederick pinched his chin and replied: "My wife is getting old. She needs to do a detailed physical examination during pregnancy to ensure a balanced daily diet, good living habits, and a good attitude... Ouch!"

Katie knocked his head hard, sat there angrily, turned her head to look out the window and said nothing.

The matter is very clear, if the enemy wants to attack Wessenland, they must first transfer Richard Nall away, no matter what the process is, as long as the Juggernaut leaves.

This is all in the plan, and we can proceed step by step.

However, acting has to be a full set.

Richard Nall said to the old shark: "I won't make it difficult for you, I will give you ten seconds to run first."

(End of this chapter)