Lord of Industrialization

It rained continuously this spring for four or five days. Just after seeing the sun for a day, raindrops started falling in the thick clouds. It seemed like it wouldn't stop for two or three days.

On the fifth day after Richard Naer left, a team disembarked from the dock and entered Weissenburg with colorful flags.

When they walked to the square, the flag was hanging wetly on the flagpole. The leading magician's robe was stained with water. The knights behind them could only endure the cold rain seeping into their armor. The horses snorted from time to time, completely unmoved. The high spirits in the royal capital.

Wearing traditional clothes, Frederick stood quietly under the castle gate, watching the team move slowly over like a turtle crawling.

Behind him, all the civil and military officials were present. The expressions on their faces were either indifferent, angry, or gloomy.

Especially Judge Otto and Police Officer Dominic looked like they were gnashing their teeth and their eyes were on fire.

The messenger team from the royal capital finally moved to the front of the castle. The leading deputy leader of the royal mage group, Heinrich, dismounted, took a golden mailbox from the servant and walked to Frederick.

"Alas..." He talked for a while, covered his face with one hand, handed the letterbox to Frederick with the other hand, and said, "You can see for yourself, I am too embarrassed to read it."

Behind him, the knights were studying the dark clouds in the sky or the surrounding flowers and plants, not daring to look directly at Wesson and the others.

Frederick quietly took the mailbox and said calmly: "Your Excellency and everyone have worked hard. Please go to the castle to change and rest. I will invite you to attend the banquet later."

"Alas..." Heinrich sighed again, "Then I'll excuse you."

Afu immediately stepped forward and asked Heinrich and the knights to enter the castle to bathe and change clothes.

Frederick looked at the coat of arms on the mailbox in his hand. It belonged to the House of Arms.

The House of Heralds is an institution under the king that manages vassals. The king's decrees on the canonization of nobles, rewards and punishments are issued from there. The last time Frederick received the king's decree through them was when the Wesson family was reduced from earl to baron.

The content of this decree had been transmitted through other channels the day before yesterday. Frederick opened it and took a look. The content was exactly the same as the information, and then handed it to everyone behind him.

Everyone was extremely indignant after seeing the king's latest decree and couldn't help but curse.

Frederick just sneered and said nothing more.

King William first brought up the matter of Frederick's father. The original fine of 5,000 florins was changed to 8,000 florins, and he requested that half be handed over to Heinrich to take back.

Next came the highlight. William announced that Frederick would strip the Wesson family of its original coat of arms on the grounds that Frederick was killing nobles. The new coat of arms could only use two colors, and the pattern could not use anything seen in the world.

The first is to steal money, the second is to slap in the face.

The coat of arms of a family represents the facade of the family. It shows the identity, honor and territorial characteristics of the family. The longer the history and the higher the status of the family, the more complex and gorgeous their coats of arms will be.

Now the king has deprived the Wesson family of their original coat of arms, and restricted the color types and content of the new coat of arms. All that is missing is a clear statement that they will deprive the Wesson family of their status as a baron and demote them to a knight.

"Sir!" Otto looked at Frederick, his hands holding the parchment were trembling a little, and his eyes were a little red.

The reason why the Wesson family was deprived of their coat of arms was that in Chaper's case last year, Frederick directly executed Chaper, a nobleman, in the same way as a commoner.

Although there were a lot of behind-the-scenes operations in this case, the entire process was flawless on the surface, and the defense lawyers on both sides cited impeccable evidence.

Otto has always been proud of this case, and even specially organized a book to tell the whole story of the case, and analyzed the defense statement one by one.

Now the things he was proud of had become a basis for attacking the master, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Frederick saw what he was thinking and asked seriously: "If this trial could be repeated, would you maintain the original verdict?"

Otto replied without hesitation: "Yes!"

"Me too," said Frederick. "Wolves don't need a reason to eat sheep. Without this reason, they will find other reasons."

"However, the fruits of our labor cannot be taken away with a piece of parchment!"

"What we have to do now is to unite and let those evil wolves know that we are not lambs to be slaughtered!"

Heinrich did not go to rest, but quietly watched the reactions of Frederick and everyone behind the gate of the main building of the castle, and listened to their conversation with his listening skills.

He didn't hide it from others, Ah Fu stood quietly aside.

"Afu," Heinrich asked, "How old is your master this year?"

Ah Fu calmly replied: "As many as your fingers."

Heinrich sighed, raised his head and looked at the rolling dark clouds of spring thunder, and whispered: "In a blink of an eye, we are all old."

"Do you still remember that day? We were talking about our ideals by the campfire. That was so many years ago."

"It's been many years," Ah Fu replied. "At that time, you were still a virgin who had never even touched a girl's hand. Now you are the grandfather of two grandchildren."

Heinrich smiled and sighed: "I have accomplished nothing after so many years. Now I am given this deputy captain just for today's matter."

"From now on, it's time for young people, and it's time for me to find a place to retire."

Afu said: "We have long said that you are not suitable for the intrigues of the Royal Mage Group. You are more suitable for studying knowledge like Diesel."

"You can come and teach at my university. With your knowledge, maybe you can decide how much bonus to give Diesel in a few years."

"Yes, Diesel is here too!" Heinrich's eyes narrowed slightly, "We still haven't avenged the food explosion that caused us to cook our leather shoe belts for three days."

He changed the topic and asked: "Can Baron Wesson win this battle?"

Ah Fu sneered and replied confidently: "If all your royal mage group comes here, you can lose better."

"Go and take a rest. Do you still think you are old enough to walk in the rain for three days and three nights?"

Heinrich turned around and followed Ah Fu to the bathroom, and said helplessly: "We are different from His Majesty. We still want shame."

That evening, Frederick hosted a banquet in honor of Heinrich and his party.

The castle's dining room was brightly lit, and the original Wesson family heraldic flag on the wall behind the main table was taken down and replaced with a new heraldic flag that was rushed to be made the day before yesterday.

Frederick was very open-minded about changing the family coat of arms. Just change it. The coat of arms carries the family history, and the Wesson family has to create the new history by himself.

Even if the new coat of arms only has two colors and a simple pattern, as long as the Wesson family becomes stronger, everyone will think it is heroic.

"This is the new coat of arms of the Wesson family." Frederick pointed to the heraldic flag and said to Heinrich and others, "It must meet the requirements of the king."

Heinrich and others' mouths twitched as they watched. At first, they thought that Baron Wesson would be furious, cry, and be at a loss. However, they did not expect that he actually slapped the king legally and reasonably.

The original coat of arms of the Wesson family had three patterns: a white castle, a blue river, and an eagle representing the royal heritage of the Second Puran Empire.

The current new coat of arms still has a red background. The main body is a golden eagle that represents the royal inheritance. The spread wings of this eagle are composed of eight thick radial lines of different lengths on the left and right. On the chest are four lines. There are a total of twelve feathers in three rows. Below are three tail feathers and two claws with five claws. In order to better meet the standard of "the pattern cannot use anything seen in the world", this eagle has two heads looking to the left and right respectively. , each has two feathers on the crest on the back of its head.

Everyone does not know what the various parts of the new coat of arms represent. They only know that the eagle in the coat of arms of the Rhine League region represents the ancient royal heritage.

The royal heritage of the Wesson family was recognized by the late king. At that time, Frederick's great-grandfather was driven out of his home and shamelessly went to join the late king. At first, it was embarrassing to have an eagle in the family coat of arms. Later, the late king added it, and it matched him well. Received the title of earl.

Therefore, the first Earl of Wesson worked particularly hard after he came to the south to work as a nail. After several generations of hard work, Wesson has grown from one town to five cities now.

In terms of seniority, King William and Frederick were of the same generation.

Now Frederick alone used the eagle to make the new coat of arms of the Wesson family. In the eyes of everyone, he firmly grasped the recognition and grace of the late king. It also reflected the loyalty of the Wesson family to the royal family and the actions of the current king. The comparison is a great irony.

Heinrich replied: "The new coat of arms fully meets the requirements."

Others also thought the new coat of arms was fine.

After everyone was seated and before the food was served, Frederick said: "I don't have that much money, but I can use other treasures instead."

Afu came over with a gold-plated plate and gently placed it in front of Heinrich.

Heinrich looked at the golden beans in front of him, reached out and picked one up, and found that it was the seed of a plant.

Frederick began to tell lies with his eyes open: "These are precious beans bought from Peach Blossom Stone. Do you think they can be used to offset the bill?"

When the skin of pumpkin is boiled in water, the water will turn golden. When concentrated, it can be used for dyeing, but it will fade over time. Now the two kilograms of soybeans on the plate have been dyed and they look golden.

As for whether William will use it to grow or grind pumpkin-flavored soy milk, it's up to him. If he can't grow golden beans, it's just a technical problem on their part.

Besides, when the soybeans mature, Frederick will either lose his fortune and run away, or he will swallow up the surrounding neighbors and his strength will increase so much that no one will dare to despise him.

Heinrich immediately replied: "That's certainly possible. I think His Majesty will be very happy."

His instinct told him that there was something wrong, but he didn't bother to care about it. He just took the things back and handed them over to finish the errands.

Frederick curled his lips slightly and asked the maids to bring up the roasted whole lamb sprinkled with dried tea powder. The aroma suddenly filled the restaurant.