industrial lord

Chapter 131 The New Opera

"Loyalty is the most sacred virtue!"

Heinrich sighed deeply when he heard the line, and a bearded businessman sitting to his right wiped away tears.

Although the characters in the play did not mention their surnames, everyone knew who they were talking about.

Count St. Henri von Wessen shouted these words in his last moments Burning life trying to die with the enemy, now known to all through this opera.

The students who were giving speeches and leaflets just now also came to watch the opera. They sat on the left of Heinrich. A boy said: "Professor Manuel arranged for us to visit His Excellency Just and other parties in the Kingdom of Gaul the year before last. , in order to restore all the details of that battle in the opera, this line was spoken by the old Earl Wesson at the last moment."

When the bearded businessman heard the boy's words, he immediately asked, "Master, what did the old earl say in the end?"

Just now, the actor who played Old Wesson on the stage seemed to want to say something after falling to the ground, but he didn't say it in the end.

"Sorry, I don't know." The boy shook his head regretfully, "Your Excellency Just said that the old earl waved his hand to speak, but he didn't have time..."

The bearded businessman sighed helplessly.

During the intermission, many audience members were discussing what the old earl wanted to say in the end.

Some people said that the old count saw the angel who came to greet him, some said he wanted to call the name of the old lady or the little master, and some said he wanted to curse the enemy for giving birth to a child without a butt...

Some people who are familiar with him believe that the old earl saw the Milky Way next to the heaven and wanted to take a shot. No one refuted this statement, and they thought it was very reasonable. Many people have seen him often go fishing in the swamp north of Lingen City. .

Heinrich was silent. The first act of the opera staged today is that the first Earl Wessen defected to the former king and then expanded the territory for the former king. The second act is that Frederick's father died in order to protect the logistics camp. It can be said that he is full of loyalty. , the content of the third act can be vaguely guessed.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the third act, the king and the prince commanded blindly on the frontal battlefield, leading to the defeat of the whole army, and then a group of defeated generals gathered to discuss how to get rid of the blame.

The actor who played the king was not good enough. He couldn't read his lines well and occasionally forgot his words. On the contrary, he played the king as an idiot.

Heinrich watched this scene very seriously, because he also participated in that war as a member of the royal family of mages, and finally heaved a sigh of relief that they had no role to play.

The second half of the third act ends with the villains invading the territory of the loyal ministers, raping and looting all the way.

The plot synchronized with the actual events made the audience feel dull, and almost no one spoke between the scenes.

"A roar like thunder,

Like waves roaring and swords shaking,

our hometown,
Who will guard her safety? "

The fourth act began with impassioned singing. The first half of the plot of expelling the invaders made the audience excited, but in the second half, after the defeat, the king tried to find a random woman to marry his daughter and marry the victor so as to achieve the undefeated victory on the battlefield. The goal that can be achieved makes the audience gnash their teeth.

After watching the opera, Heinrich decided to ask the students of Weissenburg University what they needed to apply for a university.

He understands war, and he understands very well how difficult it is for a united army to defeat a territory with one mind.

The current promotion is just the beginning. As the promotion deepens, just look at the expressions of the audience around you. When the emotions of the people in the entire territory are mobilized, I am afraid that only the God of Light will know what kind of enemy the lord's army will face.

As for letting the citizens collectively betray Baron Wesson, there is no need to think about such a thing.

Not to mention anything else, just look at the horse-drawn carts lined up outside the hatchery that sells chicks and chicken feed.

Villagers can borrow low-interest loans to buy chickens and feed back. After three months, the feed-to-meat ratio of broilers will drop. After eating the same amount of feed, the new meat will grow less. It can be sold.

If you get money from selling chickens, you can repay the interest first and then buy a batch of chicks and feed. If the accumulative repayment of interest by the debtor exceeds double the principal amount of the loan within the agreed time, the interest repayment will be suspended until the principal is paid off.

The same low-interest loans can also be used to purchase high-yielding wheat seeds, fertilizers, and agricultural tools, but these loans are not direct money, but a voucher for targeted consumption, and you can’t use it for other things.

Compared with the usury of the lords in other places that made people lose their fortunes, this kind of loan is enough to make people sing in the world.

Heinrich wandered around the city for a while, found a hotel to stay, opened the window and found that there was a construction site behind him, and he was still working non-stop when it got dark.

Heinrich had no choice but to go to the tavern downstairs, ordered a glass of beer and appetizers, and took the opportunity to ask the boss, "When will we stop later?"

The boss replied: "Come on, about ten o'clock in the evening."

Heinrich took a sip of his wine and asked, "What is being built there?"

"The school." The boss replied, "It's almost built, and students will be able to go to class in summer."

Heinrich asked in surprise: "It's so big, how many students are there?"

The boss scratched his head and replied, "I don't know either. Anyway, in a place as big as Lingen City and the lower village, children of sufficient age can come to school."

"Children go to school during the day, and there are study classes at night. I signed up my mother-in-law to learn arithmetic, so that she won't always make mistakes in her calculations."

Like many outsiders, Heinrich was astonished and asked in disbelief: "So the children of farmers can also go to school? Can they afford the money?"

"It's not much money." The boss opened the chatter box and said proudly: "The annual book fee is only two and a half chickens, and many people can afford it."

"We locals don't need to pay taxes and tuition fees to the master. The teachers are all government employees, and their salaries are given by the above. They don't charge students' money, but they have to pay for lunch."

"Hey, I also cook lunch for students here. It costs 4 copper coins for a meal, but the children only use half of it, and the rest is 1 coin from the government's tax cuts and subsidies, 1 coin from the church, and 1 coin from big families in the city. The money also subsidizes one, and the other half is the milk sent by the milk factory."

"We can't do it randomly. There are regulations on the amount of staple food, meat, and vegetables every day, and we can't use bad ones. The priests of the church come to check every day."

"I don't make a lot of money, but I have a good reputation. Why don't those kids come to my place for a drink when they grow up, hahahaha."

The current hotels and taverns are all old shops that have been passed down from generation to generation. The boss has a long-term idea. Heinrich smiled and echoed a few words, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

As a magician, he has seen too many people who were originally gifted in magic but failed to learn magic due to various reasons, the biggest reason being lack of money.

Now the children here can go to school almost for free. Referring to the news in the education section of the Wesson Daily, gifted children will not be missed after a large-scale screening.

If Wessen can survive this war, this policy can continue for another 20 years...

Heinrich didn't dare to think about it anymore. Frederick, who was in his prime, had thousands of magicians under him. I'm afraid no one in the world could stop him.

(End of this chapter)