industrial lord

Chapter 245 Foreigners Who Came to Vote
A spring rain came unexpectedly, moistening the earth silently, and the world was restored to life. The seemingly withered garden was shrouded in tender green overnight.

There is a fountain in the center of the labyrinth of flower walls in Oasis Palace. After the sky cleared, Frederick asked his servants to put a deck chair there to enjoy the warm spring sun.

Frederick thought that he could calm down after some discordant noises spread within the Osmarga Empire, but he didn't expect that the plan to build a railway spread faster and more hotly than his romantic affairs.

The role of the railway has been shown in Wessen State. Every steam car is full of carriages, and the carriages are full of goods, providing a relatively cheap transportation method for places without waterways. Many sections of the road were closed in the first year. Returned the investment.

In particular, the two recent military operations in Wessen State transported troops and logistical materials to designated locations by rail in the shortest possible time.

It's just that the area of ​​Wessen State is too small, and it doesn't have a name yet. If it is enlarged to the entire Osmarga Empire, it will play a terrible role.

The high level of the Osmarga Empire did not make any statement for a while, but someone from the family of a high level official came to inquire about the situation.

Frederick said to the twin granddaughters of the chancellor of the exchequer: "The biggest advantage of railway transportation is that it is cheap, less affected by the weather, and directly killed by wild animals. The investment in railways and roads that can transport the same weight of goods at the same time is actually more. Low. The railway can also promote the economic development of the areas along the route, and can transport trees and ores cheaper.”

He also said to the youngest daughter of the Minister of War: "The railway transport of troops and materials is the most convenient. It can transport many people at a time, and the speed is fast."

After a few days, almost all the high-level officials of the Osmarga Empire came to inquire, and Frederick explained that his back hurt a little.

It's just that after this incident, there was no voice in the imperial court, either they were not interested, or they entered the stage of closed-door consultation.

To build a railway, the most troublesome thing is the political issue. Because of the issue of land ownership, the landlords along the way must agree to the railway passing through their own territory.

Frederick was not in a hurry, it was the best thing to do, and he was not the one who lost the most if it didn't work out.

During the period, the girl with disabled hands decided to go to Wessen to try her luck. Frederick didn't let her enter the gate, which would damage the girl's reputation. He just asked the servant to show her the money bag and the letter of introduction.

Three days before the Wesson Army fleet passed the city of Wien in the morning, Mary came to look for Frederick again, and happened to meet a young man visiting Frederick at the gate.

Frederick and Mary entertained guests by setting out tea and snacks in the gazebo by the spring.

This man named Eugene came from the Kingdom of Gaul, and his parents had high status, but he was very unhappy there, so he came to Frederick.

He still has two letters of recommendation in his hand, one is written by Armand, who sent money to Frederick many years ago, and the other is written by Armand's sister, Frederick's pen pal Fran Sauvage.

There is a bit of kinship between high-level executives in various countries. Eugene wanted to go out and work hard, so the two brothers and sisters recommended him to come to Frederick's side.

After reading the letter, Frederick said to Eugene: "With the current system of the Wesson Army, no matter who you are, you must first enter the Wesson Military Academy to study in order to become an officer. Only the No.1 in each class can directly become an officer. Officers, the rest of the trainees still need to practice in the army for one year. If you want to develop in the army, I can use the principal's privilege to let you enter without examination, but the graduation standard will not change."

According to Wessen State's system, the platoon leader began to be considered an officer, but at this time he was not an aristocrat, but only enjoyed the political treatment of some knights.The company commander began to be canonized as a knight, but there was no fiefdom at the beginning, and only a manor would be available after the service period was up or he had performed meritorious service.The fiefdoms of all officers are only inherited for three generations after the death of the officer. If the old man dies and the grandson has no ability, then leave.

But the salaries of officers are very high, and they can lease land for a long time, with two lease terms of 99 years and 499 years.

Frederick did not plan to engage in public ownership of land based on the existing productive forces. In his territory, his own land accounted for 90%, and the remaining 10% was used for subdivision and long-term lease after dismantling, so as to maintain his strength far away. over other vassals.

This makes the competition for officers in the army very fierce. Just the threshold of becoming a platoon leader from an ordinary soldier makes a pig butcher read every day when he has free time.

Knowing about these things, Eugene replied confidently: "I have some understanding of your army's policies, and I agree with this approach very much. I am also willing to enter the military academy and have the confidence to graduate with No.1 grades."

"Oh?" Frederick looked at him with interest, took a sip of tea and asked him, "How much do you know about our army?"

Eugene said with some joy: "I very much agree with Your Excellency's strict discipline in the army, strict training, emphasis on logistics, and caring for soldiers. I also do the same in the army, but it seems out of place with other officers."

Then he said with righteous indignation: "I have increased the food of my army, and each person has one more onion, a piece of cheese and a sausage per day. Other officers think that my actions will make their soldiers dissatisfied when they see it, and destroy the army's morale." Unity because I didn't embezzle from military rations like they did."

"Later, they wrote an anonymous letter to His Majesty Louis, slandering me for embezzling military rations. Fortunately, His Majesty is wise and knows that my family has money, and I have never been short of money since I was a child, so I ignored it."

"I asked my soldiers to train every other day, and then I was written an anonymous letter, because other officers trained every five days or even ten days. The reason they used this time was that I colluded with the Lisenberg people to make the army fine. Too tired to fight."

"As a result, you should know that the Lisenberg people launched a major counterattack and attacked us at night. We were all driven to the port."

"At that time, only my army was still organized, and I used the terrain to block the pass outside the city for a while. In the end, if it wasn't for the mage group and Armand's people who happened to come to change the defense, and came as soon as I got off the boat, I would have died there. "

Mary listened quietly, and finally poured Eugene a cup of tea herself.

She had heard about the war that took place a year ago. The Kingdom of Lisenberg defeated the field army of the Kingdom of Gaul with a night attack. In just half a month, they regained all the lost ground and seized countless onions.

The only bright spot of the Gaul army in this war was that some people blocked the main force of Lisenberg's army outside the port for three days and three nights, and none of the rout soldiers behind them turned back to support, but rushed to grab ships and leave.

In the end, it was not until a changing army happened to land, and then went to support, that all the rout troops were able to evacuate.

They all survived the battlefield, and Mary knew how difficult it was to die alone at that time, almost like committing suicide.

Frederick just listened blankly, he knew more than Mary, and even Eugene.

(End of this chapter)