industrial lord

Chapter 627 That Person Has Changed
"Go, my brave knight, and bring me the fruits of victory!"

On the stage, after the colorfully dressed "Eugene" gave the order, the actor wore thick-soled shoes so that the two-meter-tall "Metzger" could take up a sword and shield and fight with the stupid "Doss" for ten rounds before "stabbing" him to death. "Doss" even sang an aria for more than two minutes before his death.

In the front two rows of the theater, the audience from the Principality of Wessen were watching with great interest. Someone said to a lady next to him, "Why didn't I know your husband was so tall?"

Leia shrugged and said, "The characters on stage are like the instant noodles in the advertisements."

Several audience members around burst into laughter.

This is a merchant tour group from the Duchy of Wessen, heading to the Kingdom of Lisenberg to investigate the market. They are now waiting to change ships in Le Havre, a seaport city in the north of the Kingdom of Gaul.

Behind the auditorium in the theater, several children were squatting in the aisle without paying.

The theater owner turns a blind eye to their presence. As long as they don't disturb the audience, they can just stay there. After they get used to coming here and grow up, they will come to consume.

A boy looked at the actors on the stage with envy as they celebrated their victory and couldn't help muttering, "After such a great achievement, they will surely be rewarded with a bicycle, right?"

He often saw the children of the city lord and high-ranking officials wearing beautiful clothes and colorful hats, riding bicycles and chatting and laughing on the seaside breakwater on Sundays. They would find a clean beach, spread out blankets, and leisurely drink tea, with the bicycles parked casually on the side.

The boy had long coveted a bicycle, but the cheapest one was equivalent to his father's ten months salary, and his family could not afford it.

At this time, a child came in from the door, tugged at the boy's clothes, and whispered, "Joseph, go home quickly."

In recent years, more and more ships have docked in Le Havre, the number of foreign personnel has increased, and public security has deteriorated a lot.

Joseph thought something had happened at home and ran home in a hurry.

"Hahahaha!"

Joseph breathed a sigh of relief when he heard his father's happy laughter from the door.

There were guests at home, and as soon as Joseph came in, his father Philip asked him to say hello to Captain Tom.

Tom nodded to Joseph and continued the previous topic: "He has rented a large store in Weissenburg and is doing a big business. Among his clients are many dignitaries. It is said that the Grand Duke of Weissen is also his client."

When Joseph heard the place name, he immediately knew who he was talking about. It was his uncle who was sent on a ship to Weissenburg last year.

He didn't hear what the captain said next, because his uncle asked the captain to bring back a lot of gifts, and the boxes were piled high on the ground.

There was a particularly large box, and Joseph couldn't help wondering if there was a pony inside.
Tom saw that the whole family was absorbed in their presents, and he soon took his leave.

Philip pretended to invite him to dinner, but he politely declined.

"What a polite gentleman."

The eldest sister in the family couldn't help but say.

Philip glanced at his eighteen-year-old daughter and said, "I've heard of him. Earlier this year, his ship...what was it called...the Jersey Island Oyster, ran aground on a thundering night. Later, he received insurance compensation and bought a new boat, called the Lake Squid."

There is a legend among sailors that if a captain can still survive after sinking a ship, he will never sink a ship again in his life.

So he was not opposed to his daughter falling in love with such a captain.

Philip said, then he picked up the top box of gifts, which had his name on it, and opened it.

After him, family members opened their gifts.

"Yo ho!"

Philip took out of the box a black suit dress, made of wool tweed and lined with smooth Southern spider silk.

He happily opened his other boxes, which contained woolen tweed trousers, a snow-white shirt, a bowler hat, leather shoes, and a gentleman's cane.

When he opened a small box, he found a silver pocket watch and a letter inside.

Exclamations of surprise continued to ring out in the house.

Joseph did not get a dress, but the first box contained a toy air gun and two large bags full of bullets.

The second big box contained a clockwork locomotive and several carriages, as well as a large bag of various tracks that could be assembled into different railways for trains to run on.

His mother and two sisters were given even more surprises. Each of them got a beautiful dress. The hem of the skirt was decorated with layers of lace in different patterns that made people dizzy. There was a satin bow on the hat, and the parasol was surrounded by a circle of beautiful lace embroidered around it, and there was also a pair of leather shoes.

Their bigger surprise was yet to come. Each of them had a jewelry box, which contained bracelets, headdresses, earrings, corsages and necklaces. The mother's jewelry box had one more necklace that sparkled like diamonds, compared to her daughters'.

"Oh, he is so reckless!" They immediately found a pair of scissors, cut off all the price tags on the jewelry, threw them into the brazier and burned them, then breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon all that was left of the presents in the house was the large wooden box with the inscription “To my dear nephew Joseph” on the top.

Philip borrowed a crowbar from a neighbor and with some effort pried the box open.

Joseph rubbed his eyes and couldn't believe that there was a red bicycle in the box!
There is an instruction manual in the car, written in several languages.

Philip studied for a long time before he figured out how to use the iron cylinder to pump air into the wheel.

Joseph himself couldn't wait any longer, so he pulled his cart out the door and headed for the breakwater not far away.

When Philip went to return the crowbar, he changed into a new suit and told his neighbor with great joy that his brother had sent many gifts to the family. Finally, he said, "He wrote in the letter that he hoped to compensate me for my previous losses."

His wife went to the street to buy food for tonight. The necklace around her neck was very eye-catching.

Soon the whole street knew that the "Prince d'Avranche", who had once been idle, eating, drinking and having fun and almost spent all his family property, had made a fortune in Weissembourg and became an upright, good man with a conscience.

Baron Turgot had mentioned this before, but everyone thought he had recognized the wrong person, so they only believe it now.

Everyone couldn't help but sigh that the Principality of Wessen was such a great place.

Many people are thinking, why not send the useless guys in their family over there as well?
Joseph was facing a crisis at this moment.

He pulled the bike to the breakwater, rode on it, and put his feet on the pedals like the young masters and young ladies.

Before he could step on the pedal, he suddenly felt the bike tilt and was about to fall.

There was a young couple walking in front of them. The man suddenly rushed over at a speed that left only a shadow and supported Joseph.

"That's not how you ride a bicycle." The man asked Joseph to put his legs down and stand still. "Didn't you read the instructions?"

Joseph's face suddenly turned red. He really didn't see it.

The man shook his head and said, "Come, I'll teach you. First, hold the handlebars like this, put your feet down, push the ground with your feet to make the bike move, and control the front of the bike..."

Joseph nearly fell several times, but was finally able to ride again after an hour.

He said to the man, "Thank you sir, I didn't know your name yet."

The man replied, "My name is Neville Longbottom."

Joseph said again, "Thank you, Mr. Longbottom, and I'm sorry to have disturbed your walk with your ladyship."

Frederick just smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't ride too fast in the future. Look carefully at the road, check the brakes frequently, change the brake glue frequently, and don't crash."

After he finished speaking, he returned to the lady and whispered, "Your Majesty, is it time to return home?"

Anna looked across the sea and said, "What do you think about us going to the Kingdom of Anglan?"

After escaping, Anna and Frederick did not return to their country immediately. Instead, they landed in the southern part of the Kingdom of Gaul, and then traveled across the Kingdom of Gaul from south to north as merchants, observing the country's reaction to the country's involvement in the civil war in the Kingdom of Tarragona.

The result was that there was no response. Everyone went out to do what they were supposed to do when they came to support their families.

Frederick thought for a moment and said, "I haven't been there. How about we spend the winter there?"

Anna nodded and agreed.

In agricultural societies, there is basically nothing to do in the winter and everyone stays at home. Even the ruling class begins to rest.

With Psyche in charge of the Duchy of Wessen, nothing will go wrong.

As for the Osmaga Empire, Anna was waiting for someone to jump out and cause trouble, so this trip was to catch a big fish.

Frederick pinched his chin and said, "Why don't we import some goods and see if we can make some money over there."

Anna shook her head and said, "How can you not make money from business? It's meaningless."

"How about we dress up as ordinary people?"

(End of this chapter)