industrial lord

Chapter 16 What Happened That Day
Frederick has been worried about a problem, that is, the newly built village needs a lot of horses for farming and pulling carts.

According to the current tradition, the draft horse in the village is the private property of the lord or a local tyrant, and other villagers pay rent and lease it when they need it.

The price of horses is not cheap, luxurious war horses cost hundreds of florins gold coins, first-class war horses cost around 80 florins, timid riding horses cost 10 florins, and ordinary draft horses cost 1 florins A forest can be brought home, and a sturdy draft horse costs 2 florins.

It is impossible for a village to have only one draft horse. The sum of these is enough to give Frederick a headache. Firstly, there is not enough money; It was he who came up with the idea of ​​the excavator.

Now that the excavator is no longer working, Frederick thought about it and had to settle for the next best thing.

The light element was pinched into a model by his mental power again, this time it was much simpler, it was the kind of cylinder that replaced the single-cylinder internal combustion engine through the deformation of "artificial muscles".

Although there are many shortcomings of this engine, it is good to use it when there is no better choice.

This kind of engine drives the winch on the side of the field through the gear, and the rope on the winch pulls the plow cart or columbine cart with several plowshares. Pull the plow cart from one end of the field and plow the row once, which is more efficient than a horse. high.

At the same time, it can also drive water trucks and small steel mills to grind powder, which is more useful than a draft horse.

Ogilvy thought for a moment, and said: "This kind of machine can be made theoretically. It can use the cheapest magic muscle. It has enough power and is not expensive. Mass production is no problem."

"However, it has a shortcoming common to all magic muscles. When it is used at a high frequency for a long time, it will heat up severely and eventually burn out."

"Because it is controlled by magic, there is no way to use magic to cool down."

Frederick was not very familiar with this kind of material, so he just studied the golem puppets that had just been moved in the past few days, so it was hard to make any comments.

"It's fine if you don't water it." Manuai said suddenly, "There is a person next to me to pour water on it from time to time to cool down, what a big deal."

Ogilvy was silent, and finally said: "It is indeed possible to do this, and I will arrange someone to try it tomorrow."

Frederick was also speechless, and then arranged: "This machine can be dealt with first. If the effect is good, we might be able to increase the price to 10 times the cost and sell it."

Ogilvy came to the spirit immediately.

Everyone discussed some other things, and the meeting ended half an hour before dinner.

Frederick and the others simply bragged and chatted here, and went to the restaurant after dinner.

I don't know what we talked about, Ah Fu sighed deeply, and said, "Hey... why did the king target us?"

The meeting room suddenly fell silent, and everyone couldn't figure out this question.

"It's very simple." Richard Nall said in a deep voice, "Because His Majesty William gained nothing in the war last year, other nobles in the country are very dissatisfied with him."

"However, although Henry died in battle, he gained a lot of fame because of the last battle. William was jealous."

Wesson led the crowd to immediately focus on Richard Nall.

They knew the general circumstances of old Earl Wesson's death in battle, but nothing about the details.

Richard Nall was silent for a while, looked directly at Frederick, and said: "There are some things you will know sooner or later. The reason why I didn't tell you in advance is that I was worried that you would be too impulsive. What can an eight-year-old child do?" Woolen cloth?"

"Now it seems that you are more mature than I expected, let me tell you."

The faces of Frederick and the others became solemn, waiting for Richard Nall's next words.

"I learned that Henry's death was in the theater of the Kingdom of Gaul." Richard Nall's words surprised everyone.

He continued to say in a deep voice: "It is an opera that praises Henry's bravery, honor and sacrifice. The villain is Just of the Kingdom of Gaul."

"Just?" Manuai exclaimed, "Is that the head of the Gaul royal mages, Lord Just?"

Richard Nall nodded, and continued: "That day, Just led a team to attack the material camp where Henry and the others were stationed. At that time, the military rations that had just been shipped from the country were stored in the camp. If they were destroyed, they would be hungry in front of them. , there is no need to fight.”

"At first, Just didn't make a move. He just cracked the camp's defensive magic in the shortest possible time, and then the members of the Royal Knights and Royal Mages attacked the camp."

Having said that, Richard Nall picked up the teacup and drank all the tea, looked at Ah Fu and asked, "There is one thing that you didn't tell Frederick, did you?"

Afu replied respectfully: "Master Henry said before he left for the expedition that if he can't come back, that thing can only be seen after Master Frederick has a child."

Frederick was taken aback, and the corners of his mouth twitched. It couldn't be something like "wielding a knife from the palace to practice magic skills". Dad had already started to grow a beard before he went out to fight, and he even pulled it out to play, it's not fake.

Richard Nall glanced at Frederick and said, "It's a magic that burns vitality and strengthens strength obtained by the Wesson family many years ago. It's no secret, and many people know it."

Everyone except Frederick Wesson nodded, and Franz said, "Yes, I have learned it too."

Richard Nall continued: "At that time, Henry and his eleven knights used this kind of magic, and their strength doubled. The first charge frightened the enemies five times their size."

"In the ensuing battle, no one hesitated or flinched. Many people died with the enemy."

"Just made a move, and Henry was quickly suppressed. He promised that the entire lowland area wanted to recruit Henry."

"Henry's answer was to burn all the remaining life, and almost killed Just by surprise."

"I went to Just before I came, and saw his injury. It was very serious. He almost died at that time, and he will have to take care of him for several years."

"He said that Henry's strength was not inferior to mine at that moment, and if he stayed a little longer, he would lose his life."

Richard Nall looked at Frederick and said seriously: "Just asked me to tell you that if you want revenge, he will wait for you."

Holding the teacup in his hand, Psyche continued the topic and said, "This magic can be stopped at any time. As long as you don't die, the consumed vitality can be slowly replenished later."

"Maybe it won't return to the peak, but it's okay to survive."

The meeting room was silent for a long time, Frederick and Alfred wiped their tears from time to time, Franz leaned back in his chair, looked up at the ceiling, and whispered the prayers of the Illuminati Church.

Manuai sighed, as long as the nobles surrendered on the battlefield, they could get the treatment they deserved, and they could go back when their family sent a ransom.

In today's wars, there are often countless soldiers killed and injured, but none of the nobles are injured. There are almost no nobles like Count Henry von Wessen and his knights who fought to the death for the responsibility on their shoulders in recent years.

Manuai once again confirmed one thing, their king is a fool, there are such loyal ministers who should reward orphans and set an example for publicity, instead of doing everything possible to plot other people's territories.

The people of the Kingdom of Gaul admired all things good in romance, valor, loyalty, and it was no surprise that such a paragon as Henri von Wessen was popular there.

Even if he is an enemy on the battlefield, but in the words of the Gauls, the precious quality is no distinction between the enemy and the enemy.

Manuai wrote a few lines in his notepad and made arrangements when he went back.

Frederick looked at the table in front of him silently for a long time, raised his head and said to Richard Nall: "Master, please tell Just, I will settle the grievances on the battlefield on the battlefield."

Then he looked at Wei Sen and the others, and said solemnly: "I will not let any of this hatred go."

The sneak attack on the material camp did not reveal too many details on the side of the Rhineland Alliance, making this incident very abnormal, and there may be something hidden in it.

From the beginning, Frederick kept in mind that there are smart people in every world, and he should not think that the other party is a fool just because he is a time traveler.

However, a series of recent events seems to tell him that he may be wrong.

(End of this chapter)