Chapter 642 Only in dreams
The chirping of birds in the early morning is like an alarm clock, waking up a sleeping person.
While Frederick and Maria were having breakfast, Alfred came to report what happened last night.
"Da Franche found Miss Ella last night." Afu said, "Miss Ella's father is a businessman. After her mother died, she married a lady with two daughters."
"According to our inquiries, Miss Ella is not living well at home. She doesn't even have a bed to sleep on, so she can only sleep in the firewood pile."
Maria frowned and asked: "Does her father not care?"
Ah Fu replied: "According to the tradition here, the men in the family only take care of things outside the home. The wife manages all the things inside the home, and men cannot interfere."
Maria was a little unhappy after hearing this.
Although there are many places where the male dominates the outside and the female dominates the household, this is the first time I have encountered such an extreme example.
Afu continued: "The businessmen sympathized with Miss Ella's experience and decided to make her family look good."
Frederick asked: "No lives were lost, right?"
He was a little worried, it would be difficult if those businessmen beat his parents and sisters to death.
Ah Fu replied: "No, they planned to abduct Miss Ella, and Miss Ella agreed."
Frederick was speechless to these guys, and finally said: "Let them go, it doesn't matter if there is one more person in the convoy."
Maria continued: "Tell Ella that I gave her all those clothes and jewelry."
She is a rich woman, and her clothes and jewelry are not worth much in her eyes.
Especially the pair of glass slippers, made of slime glue, the most expensive price on the market is the designer's design fee, and the designer is Maria herself.
The two finished breakfast, packed their things, and then ran away to play for a few days.
There is a black lake a few kilometers away from the iron mining town. There is a hunter's cabin on the lakeside. Frederick and Maria went there to play for a few days.
They only brought two backpacks and shotguns.
Maria took out a flute and played cheerful music along the way, attracting flocks of birds to accompany her. Many white rabbits and slimes popped out of the grass.
A group of deer appeared in the woods. They were also attracted by the music and gradually came to her side.
Maria just played the flute and led the animals to the hunter's cabin by the lake.
"Bang!"
After the gunshot, Maria asked Frederick: "Would you like venison stew or roasted venison?"
Frederick just used the intercom to report that he had arrived at his destination, and replied: "I like to eat everything you cook."
The hunter's cabin is fully equipped and there are racks for hanging prey next to the cabin.
Hunting is a compulsory course for nobles, and eldest ladies like Maria are no exception. Handling prey is no problem.
The cabin was cleaned, Frederick arranged things, and then went to the lake.
The lake is triangular in shape, with a side length of four to five hundred kilometers. The east corner where the hunter's hut is located is low-lying, and across the lake is a cliff several hundred meters high.
The lake is very deep and somewhat dark.
Frederick frowned. The water source of this lake was only a few streams and precipitation in the surrounding mountains and forests. The river flowing out was not large, which showed that the lake water lacked nutrients.
Two hours later, Maria hugged Frederick from behind, kissed him on the cheek and asked: "How many fish did you catch?"
Frederick said seriously: "You can catch it later."
Maria smiled and said: "Maybe we can catch a few canned fish." Frederick immediately gritted his teeth.
There is a farce in the Principality of Wesson about a face-loving master and a silly servant. One plot is that the master asked the servant to buy a fish and hang it on a hook in the water. As a result, the servant bought a bag of canned fish and hung it.
Nowadays, catching canned fish is the biggest mockery for fishing guys. This mockery has gone beyond the Principality of Wesson and spread to the world.
Maria left with a smile, and soon came over with a piece of bread, broke it into pieces and sprinkled it in the water.
After coming here for a while, only a few small fish no bigger than a finger came over to eat the bread on the water.
"It seems that there are not many fish in the lake." She sat next to Frederick and leaned on his shoulder. "There are so few small fish, there must not be enough to feed the big fish."
Frederick didn't speak, he just rubbed his face against the dark-haired head on his shoulder.
The two sat quietly by the lake, next to each other in a daze, until the smell of mushy venison stew came to them.
"Yeah!" Maria jumped up and ran back to the hunter's cabin.
Fortunately, the stewed venison only burned the bottom part, and the top part was still edible.
After eating and drinking, Maria marinated the venison to be roasted tonight, and Frederick took out the inflatable boat and went rowing on the lake.
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The two had fun by the lake. People were still coming and going in the iron mining town, and many businessmen regretted not catching up with the dance that night.
But it doesn't matter, Duke Wesson brought a small theater troupe, the guards also put on two or three shows, and the accompanying businessmen also had their own advertising plays, which were performed every night in a tent outside the town.
News quickly spread throughout Bohemia.
In the small castle of Stowe, Baron Stowe asked his younger brother Jory, who had just returned home: "Is Archduke Wesson really here for vacation?"
Qiao Li nodded and said: "When I was in the Principality of Wesson, I heard that Grand Duke Wesson and Miss Eltar were here for vacation. When passing by the Iron Ore Town, the two of them spent two days playing at the nearby lake."
"There are many businessmen in the entourage, and some of them are big businessmen that I am not usually qualified to meet."
Stowe thought for a while and said: "It certainly doesn't look like they are here to attack us."
Qiao Li shrugged and said: "Grand Duke Wesson is afraid that you will declare war on him and then surrender immediately so that you can enter the Principality of Wesson."
The corner of Stowe's mouth twitched, then shook his head and said: "In our poor place, there are only rocks and trees, and he won't want it."
Qiao Li nodded in agreement.
He is responsible for the family's business and trade, and the only things he can sell are mushrooms picked from the woods and dried.
"Well..." Qiao Li asked cautiously, "Isn't there gold sand in that river?"
Stowe spread his hands and said, "That happened when grandpa was still alive. No one has found it in recent years."
"The exploration team from the Principality of Wesson came last year and suspected that there were mineral veins upstream, but in the end they dropped the matter."
Qiao Li was at a loss and sighed: "It would be great if there was a railway. At least our stone is good. Opening a quarry can be considered a big income."
After taking a sip of tea, he continued: "In fact, it is also possible to build roads. The roads in the wilderness of the Principality of Wesson are paved with gravel. You can also sell the stones."
"If there is a road, we can also sell the wood, which will also be a big profit."
Stowe shook his head and said: "I don't have the money to build roads myself. Even if I do, what's the use of just building a section of my territory?"
"Archduke Wesson is rich, but will he help build roads in our poor country for no reason?"
Qiao Li thought the same thing. Although Archduke Wesson invested in the construction of roads and railways in the Elbe River Convention, it was for the rich northern coastal areas.
Now the entire Bohemian region is in dilapidated condition. The Osmaga Empire and the Piast Kingdom are no longer wanted, and Archduke Wesson has to invest money in construction. That can only be a dream.
(End of chapter)