industrial lord

Chapter 324
Compared with the city of Wessenburg in 1034 and 10 years ago, the biggest change is that the scope has expanded a lot.

The place where Frederick and Alfred barbecued for fellow hunters after choosing the site for the canal is now the passenger terminal at the east end of the Carolina Canal, where passengers headed for Wessenburg disembark.

A mixed passenger and cargo ship from the south dropped off the guests here, and then went to the cargo terminal a few kilometers away to unload and load goods.

Two groups of guests were transported on this boat, one of them was a large family of women, children, old and weak, carrying big bags and small bags, and a chubby elder sister and a one-legged girl were talking about it; I knew it was a great nobleman, one of them was a young man with an extraordinary bearing, and next to him was an old butler, followed by two maids with thorny flowers, and five male servants who were at least a centurion in the army.

The big family, the old and the weak, women and children, each had a backpack and left as soon as they took it, and they were the first to disembark from the boat.

The customs staff could tell from their skin color that these guests came from the Southern Continent, so they went up and asked in the language of the Kush Kingdom: "Are you a family? Where are you from? What are you here for?"

After finishing speaking, he looked thoughtfully at the one-legged girl among these people, and then at the two hundred catty elder sister next to her.

"Hello," the one-legged girl negotiated with the customs officer in Pulan. "We are a family, from the Earl of Valli in the south."

"County of Valli?" The customs officer seemed to have thought of something, and immediately opened his notebook to look it up.

After a while, he asked in Pulan: "May I ask you, Miss Puna from the Earl of Valli? Can you tell me what you do for a living in your hometown?"

Puna replied a little nervously: "I... I run a hotel."

The customs officer immediately showed the brightest smile on his face, and his voice became softer: "Miss Puna, please don't be nervous. His Excellency the Duke mentioned in the telegram that he was taken care of during the journey in the south, and specially asked We have a little help for you and your sister."

"Please wait a moment, I will call a carriage, and then take you through the customs formalities and get your ID cards, and then send you to Oak City."

After hearing this, Puna breathed a sigh of relief, and was a little moved. At first, Duke Wesson only lived in his store for a while, but he did not expect him to greet the territory.

What she didn't know was that Frederick only mentioned it in the telegram sent home, and then officials at all levels stepped up their efforts, so much so that the customs leader specially arranged for this customs clerk to take the family to settle in Oak City. .

When Frederick thought of Puna and the big girl who stepped on his back, Puna was already engaged to the customs clerk.

The Puna family left, and their conversation was heard by the guests who arrived later on the same boat.

The leading young man sighed: "Wessen State is so hospitable and warm."

His butler said in a low voice, "Master, you have to be careful from now on, don't reveal your identity."

The young man nodded.

Soon a new customs officer came over and asked in Kushite language with no expression on his face, "Where are you from and what are you here for?"

The butler stepped forward and replied in Pu Lan: "Our master is from the Ghazi Empire, let's see if there is any business we can do."

The employee's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he gave a thumbs up and said, "So he is from General Arda's hometown. He is really a hero!"

Then he sighed, shook his head and said, "Oh, it's a pity that your emperor is a fool, he listened to slander, let those insects slander a good man, and even ransacked his house, he deserves to be soaked in the water."

The faces of the group suddenly turned dark, and the male servants were about to take action, but the young man raised his hand to stop them.

After completing the initial registration, the customs officer pointed to a row of houses far from the pier and said, "Go to Office No. 13 to register, and someone will give you identification there."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left for the next boat to register the guests.

The guests from the Ghazi Empire found the office, and after entering, they saw that there was only a young man in his 20s working inside.

As soon as he raised his head, the young man among the visitors froze for a moment, and shouted in surprise: "Lille? It's really you? You're not dead?"

The clerk behind the desk stood up all of a sudden, his expression changed several times in an instant, and finally said: "Your Majesty, you have mistaken the person. My name is Serik, and Lille was drowned in the water."

He used to be a low-level officer in the Imperial Guard of the Ghazi Empire. Fatih, who is now the emperor, often wooed them when he was a prince, and the two had known each other before.

Fatih arranged for some small noble officers who had been recruited by him to join the new army of the Praetorian Guards. This army was sent to Constantbul, and was finally flooded by Frederick.

Serik didn't expect that the emperor would visit Wessen state in private. The bodyguard on the side was Hakan, the god of law. The maids behind him didn't know each other, but there were officers of the Janissary who knew him among the servants.

All he can do now is pretend not to know the origins of these people, sit down and take out the form for them to fill out step by step.

Fatih asked him: "Why don't you go back? Is the ransom not enough? If it is not enough, I will help you pay it."

Serik hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "Are we going back to be nailed to the pillar of shame like General Arda?"

"I can understand what the emperor did, but I can't forgive my family for smearing General Arda with those insects."

"Your Majesty, just think of me as dead for the reason that I brought you news about the late king and other princes in the past few years."

Then he thought for a while, took off a necklace from his neck and presented it with both hands: "If you are kind and willing to do me a favor, please pass it to my mother. Just say that you bought it at the salted fish market. The seller bought it from a Taken from a drowned body."

The corner of Fatih's mouth twitched a few times, but in the end he did not take the necklace. He sighed deeply and said, "Arda's daughter Sema returned to her hometown and formed an army to recover her father's reputation."

"My departure this time is to leave room for her to play. If she can succeed, she will be my queen."

"I hope...I implore you. I will need your help when I return to my hometown."

The expression on Serik's face changed a few times, and he was a little hesitant, but in the end he handed the entry form to Hakan who was silent at the side with a blank expression, and said, "Please fill out the form, and I will help you later." Make ID."

Then he took some brochures from a shelf beside him, and when he handed them to Fatih, he said in a formulaic tone: "These are civil maps and tourism and investment guidance of Wessen State, which can bring convenience to your trip."

Seeing him like this, Fatih said nothing more. He took the promotional materials written in the language of the Ghazi Empire and sat in the office to browse them briefly.

Hakan was naturally responsible for filling out the forms, but his left hand, which had been chopped off by Frederick, was not very mobile and his movements were very stiff, making him write a bit slowly.

Serik said to Fatih at this time: "Your Majesty, please respect the laws and traditions here when you come to Wessen State. The relevant content is written in the brochure."

"The most important point is that there are no slaves in Wessen State. Once a slave enters here, he will automatically obtain the status of a free citizen, and he cannot be killed at will."

"Last month, the eldest son of the Grand Duke of Franken in the north of Franken killed the female slave he brought with him in Oak City. The court ruled that he should be executed by shooting."

"Because of this incident, the relationship between the Principality of Frankenstein and the State of Wessen is very tense. After the verdict, the Principality of Frankenstein immediately dispatched troops to station on the border to exert pressure. The flames of war may ignite at any time."

After hearing this, Fatih nodded calmly, thinking that he came here this time to learn, and it would be great if he could witness the army in Wessen State fighting with his own eyes.

After Hakan completed the form, Serik left the office with the form.

At this time Hakan asked Fatih: "Master, can you trust him?"

Fatih just smiled and said nothing.

Soon after, Serik came back, handed them a passport, and said at the same time: "This is your entry ID card, please carry it with you, it can be used in many places."

Fatih and his party left after getting their identity certificates, and they showed them when they left the pier.

Next to the dock area is the commercial area, and Hakan asked someone to find a carriage.

At this time, Fatih saw a strange man pushing a strange car on the way from the river.

This man is very strong. His lower body is a pair of khaki blacksmith trousers with large pockets on both sides. He is wearing a sun-proof light blue tulle jacket. Inside is a vest with many pockets and a short-sleeved pullover. A long black rucksack, a wide-brimmed straw hat made of straw on his head, and black glasses called magic mirrors on his face.

What made the emperor most curious was the cart this man was pushing. This cart had only two wheels at the front and rear. There was an iron frame between the wheels. The man held the handle above the front wheel.

As the man approached, Fatih greeted him in his newly learned Germanic: "Mud howl!"

Richard Nall said to him happily: "Oh? How do you know that my fish weighs twenty kilograms?"

Only then did Fatih notice that there was a large fish lying horizontally on the palm-width shelf on the rear wheel of the car. The mouth of the fish opened and closed, and it looked like it had just been hoisted up.

(End of this chapter)