Lord of Industrialization

Under the night sky, colorful flames interweave into beautiful pictures, and the dazzling light makes the town look magnificent.

Frederick had already made fireworks, but they were not very competitive compared to the performances of the magic cows and horses, so they could only be sold in the countryside.

A businessman in the town was fooled into buying several trucks, but ended up losing money.

Commissioner Smith was kind-hearted and paid for all the fireworks to be set off tonight to liven up the town, and also helped people clean up the warehouse.

The residents of the town simply pooled their money to hold a dance party to entertain themselves, and the square by the river was very lively.

"Everyone hasn't been so happy for a long time." Jedlica took a sip of beer, "It's just that the girls are gone."

Frederick asked curiously: "What girls?"

He thought the ratio of men to women in the square was normal.

Jedlica winked and whispered: "It's the girls who come here to make a living from the officers and guards."

Frederick understood.

Jedlica continued, "After the town went into recession, they lost their livelihood. Someone took them to Weissenburg to make money a while ago."

Frederick frowned.

When he was fighting against crime and evil in his territory, he also cracked down on prostitution. Organized prostitution was destroyed, but now someone is doing it again?

Frederick asked, "Who took them there?"

Jedlica thought for a while and said, "The young man said he was working for Grand Duke Weissen. You might know him."

Frederick frowned even more, thinking that someone was doing these things under his name?

Jedlica continued, "It seems that his name is... Lu... Luitpold, who is missing a leg, and he said he was recruiting girls to work in the new weaving factory opened by Grand Duke Weissen."

Frederick blinked, as if he had indeed built a new textile factory for weaving carpets a while ago. He read about this in the newspaper before leaving Weissenburg. On weekdays, the industry is managed by a dedicated person, and the report is compiled at the end of the year.

He remembered the name of Lütpold, the first person to open a labor dispatch company. He had talked to him once when he went to investigate.

"Lütpold..." Frederick nodded, "He is a very smart man. He has met Grand Duke Wessen. I didn't expect his business to be here."

"I also know that factory. It produces wool carpets and uses the latest jacquard machines. The salary should not be low."

Many years ago, when Frederick began to enter the textile industry, he recruited female workers and caused rumors that he liked older women.

Now that the claws of labor dispatch have reached here, he must do a good job of publicity to avoid similar things from happening.

Jedlica asked in surprise: "Are you really going to work in the factory?"

Frederick immediately said: "Of course, the factory is very short of people now."

Jedlica thought about it and asked cautiously: "You won't lie to me, right?"

Frederick rolled his eyes at him and said helplessly: "How much are you worth if you are sold? Can you exchange it for a tractor?"

Jedlica thought about it and there was no reason for him to lie to himself.

Frederick took a sip of beer from his glass, and felt that it was not a good idea to recruit workers from here. The population was small to begin with, and there would be no young people if he recruited more. No matter how much he invested, there would be no labor force to turn into results.

It was not possible to migrate people here. Not to mention the lack of labor in the Duchy of Wessen, the foreign population had finally come all the way to the prosperous Duchy of Wessen. If they moved to this dilapidated place, wouldn’t it be in vain?

Frederick kept scratching his head about the population problem, but he couldn’t rush it.

After the dance, Frederick returned to the hotel and spread the map on the bed to see where he could find labor.

Maria sat beside him, thinking that he was going to change his next destination, and asked curiously: "Where are you going?"

Frederick found that there was no place with surplus labor, so he stopped thinking about it and replied: "I plan to go to the North Sea, where I will wait for Lilu and her new ship to go to the southern continent together."

According to the telegram received in the past two days, the shipyard is working overtime to build two ships, the keel has begun to be welded, and personnel and materials are being deployed. It is expected that they can go to the North Sea for sea trials before the Rhine freezes in winter.

Maria said: "Then how about we go to Le Havre? I heard from Prince d'Avranche that it is very beautiful there."

Originally, they planned to vacation in Bohemia for a few months, but the rumor of hundreds or thousands of tons of gold treasure forced the two to leave early, otherwise it would likely change the political situation. Queen Anna even wrote a letter in the name of Mrs. Meyer to ask if there was really so much gold.

Almost everyone would rather believe the rumors about Frederick's wealth. So much gold is enough to make the Osmaga Empire and the Piast Kingdom fight back, and it is very likely to drag the Duchy of Wessen into the water, and the war will start again.

Maria's vacation is still a long time away, and it doesn't matter where she goes, as long as she can go with Frederick.

Frederick thought about it and said, "Okay, we'll leave in a few days."

The most convenient way to get to Le Havre from here is to go north to the upper reaches of the Elbe River, take a boat downstream to Hammar, and then change to a sea ship to the west.

But now the Rhine Alliance army has gathered in Hammar, and Rudolf is having a great time fighting pirates from the north with his own Royal Knights Company.

If Frederick goes there, and Rudolf encounters an accident when fighting the pirates, someone might really think he did it, and find a purple robe for him to cover for fear that he will be cold.

The other way is to go west back to the Principality of Wessen, take the Rhine to Amstel, and then change to a ship to Le Havre.

Maria saw Frederick studying the route on the map, so she leaned over and pointed to a road.

Driving back to the Principality of Wessen, passing through the Principality of Mainz and Cologne, all the way to Amstel, and then taking the land route to Le Havre, there are many fun places on this road.

Frederick said with a bitter face: "This won't work. More than a thousand kilometers exceeds the maintenance mileage of the car."

"Not to mention the engine and gears, the tires can't be replaced if they burst. We only brought two inner tubes."

The team's cars broke down several times along the way, and professionals quickly repaired them, but the two of them couldn't do it.

The team is now on vacation in another hot spring town. The distance is not far and repairmen can be sent over at any time. If they run farther than expected, it will be very troublesome.

It will be even more troublesome to take the team to Le Havre.

Now the main forces of the Gaul Kingdom are in the south and can't come back for a while. Frederick led an army to Le Havre, an important port city in the north, less than 200 kilometers away from the capital of Paris. The Rhine Alliance army was in Hamma, a large port city ten days away by boat. This was enough to scare the pigeons in Paris into singing "God Bless Duke Wessen" in a clear voice.

After listening to Frederick's analysis, Maria had no choice but to go to Le Havre in the traditional way.