Chapter 16 What happened that day
Frederick has been worried about a problem, that is, the newly built village requires a large number of draft horses for plowing and pulling carts.
According to the current tradition, the draft horses in the village are the private property of the lord or a certain rich man, and other villagers pay rent when they need them.
Horses are not cheap. A luxurious war horse costs hundreds of gold florins. A first-class war horse costs about 80 florins. A timid riding horse costs 10 florins. An ordinary horse costs 10 florins. A draft horse can be brought home with 1 florin, and a strong draft horse costs 2 florins.
A village cannot have only one draft horse. The total number is enough to give Frederick a headache. Firstly, there is not enough money. Secondly, there may not be so many on the market. Thirdly, there will not even be enough in the near future. He had to feed the horses with pasture, so he decided to use the excavator.
Now that the excavator was no longer working, Frederick thought about it and could only settle for the next best thing.
The light element was once again shaped into a model by his mental power. This time it was much simpler. It was the kind that replaced the cylinder of a single-cylinder internal combustion engine through the deformation of "artificial muscles".
Although this kind of engine has many shortcomings, it is good to have it when there is no better choice.
This kind of engine drives the winch at the edge of the field through gears. The rope on the winch pulls a plow truck or columbine with several plowshares. The plow truck is pulled from one end of the field to plow the row of plows. Once, it is more efficient than drafting a horse.
At the same time, it can also drive water carts and small steel mills to grind powder, etc. It has many more uses than draft horses.
Ogilvy thought for a moment and said: "This kind of machine can be made in theory. It can use the cheapest magic muscles. It has enough power and is not expensive. Mass production is no problem."
"But, It has a shortcoming common to all magic muscles. When used at high frequency for a long time, it will become severely heated and eventually burn out."
"Because it is controlled by magic, there is no way to cool it down with magic."
Frederick was not very familiar with this kind of material, so he had just studied the newly moved golem puppets in the past few days, and it was hard to make any comments.
“Just water it.” Manuel suddenly said, “There is someone next to me who carries water and pours it on to cool down from time to time. What a big deal.”
Ogilvy was silent, and finally said: "This is indeed possible. I will arrange for someone to try it tomorrow."
Frederick was also speechless, and then arranged: "This machine can be processed first. If the effect Well, maybe we can raise the price to 10 times the cost and sell it.”
Ogilvy immediately became energetic.
Everyone discussed some other things, and the meeting ended half an hour before dinner.
Frederick and others simply brag and chat here, and then go to the restaurant at meal time.
Not sure what they were talking about, Ah Fu sighed deeply and said, "Oh...why does the king target us?"
The conference room suddenly became quiet, and no one could figure out this problem.
“It’s very simple.” Richard Nall said solemnly, “Because His Majesty William gained nothing in last year’s war, other nobles in the country were very dissatisfied with him.”
“However, Although Henry was killed in battle, he gained a lot of fame because of the last battle, and William was jealous."
Wesson led everyone to focus on Richard Nall.
They knew the general story of how old Count Wesson died in battle, but they knew nothing about the details.
Richard Nall was silent for a moment, looked directly at Frederick, and said: "There are some things that you will know sooner or later. The reason why I didn't tell you in advance is because I was worried that you would be too impulsive. What can a 2-year-old child do? "
"Now it seems that you have matured earlier than I expected. Let me tell you."
The faces of Frederick and others became solemn as they waited. The following text by Richard Nall.
“I learned of Henry’s death in the theater of the Kingdom of Gaul.” Richard Nall’s words surprised everyone.
He continued in a deep voice: "It is an opera that praises Henry's bravery, honor and sacrifice. The villain is Juste from the Kingdom of Gaul."
"Juste?" Manuel exclaimed. , "Is it Mr. Juste, the leader of the Gallic royal magician group?" Richard Nall nodded and continued: "That day, it was Juste who led the team to sneak attack the supply camp where Henry and the others were stationed. At that time The camp contains military rations that have just been shipped from China. If it is destroyed, the front line will be hungry and there will be no need to fight.”
“Just didn’t take action at first. The defensive magic of the camp was cracked in the shortest time, and then the members of the Royal Knights and the Royal Mage Group launched an attack on the camp."
At this point, Richard Nar picked up the tea cup and drank all the tea. , looked at Afu and asked: "There is something, you didn't tell Frederick, right?"
Afu replied respectfully: "Mr. Henry said before he left for the expedition that if he could not come back, he would not be able to see that thing until Mr. Frederick had a child."
Frederick was stunned. The corner of his mouth twitched, it couldn't be something like "wanting to practice magical skills and wield a sword to kill oneself", right? Dad had already started to grow a beard before going on the war, and he even pulled it out to play with. It was not a lie.
Richard Nall glanced at Frederick and said: "That is a magic that the Wesson family obtained many years ago to burn life force and increase strength. It is not a secret, many people know it. "
Besides Frederick, Wesson nodded, and Franz said: "Yes, I learned it too."
Richard Nall continued: " At that time, Henry and his eleven knights used this magic, doubled their strength, and frightened five times the number of enemies in their first charge."
"No one hesitated or flinched in the following battle, and many people died together with the enemy."
"Juster took action, and Henry was quickly suppressed. He promised the entire lowland The area wanted to recruit Henry."
"Henry's answer was to burn all his remaining life and almost kill Juste by surprise."
"I went to find Juste before I came. , I saw his injury, it was very serious, he almost died at the time, and he would have to recover for several years."
"He said that Henry's strength was not inferior to mine at that moment, and if he had just half a breath, he would. Lost his life ”
Richard Nall looked at Frederick and said seriously: "Juste asked me to tell you that if you want revenge, he will wait for you."
Psyche held the teacup and continued the topic: "This magic can be stopped at any time. As long as you don't die, the vitality consumed can be slowly replenished later."
"You may not return to your peak, but there is no problem in surviving."
There was silence in the conference room for a long time, with Frederick and Alfred wiping away tears from time to time. Franz leaned back in his chair, looked up at the ceiling, and whispered the prayers of the Church of Light in his mouth.
Manuai sighed, as long as the nobles surrendered on the battlefield, they would get the treatment they deserve, and they could go back after waiting for the ransom from their families.
In today's wars, soldiers often suffer numerous casualties, but no nobles suffer any loss. In recent years, there are almost no nobles like Count Henry von Wesson and his knights who fight to the death for the responsibilities on their shoulders.
Manuai once again confirmed one thing. Their king is a fool. With such a loyal minister, the orphan should be rewarded heavily and promoted as an example, instead of trying every possible means to plot other people's territory like now.
The citizens of the Kingdom of Gaul advocate romance, bravery, loyalty and all other good things. It is not surprising that a model figure like Henry von Wesson is welcomed there.
Even if he is an enemy on the battlefield, in the words of the Gauls, precious qualities do not distinguish between friend and foe.
Manuai wrote a few lines on his notepad and arranged it when he went back.
Frederick looked at the table in front of him quietly for a long time, then raised his head and said to Richard Nall: "Master, please tell Juste that I will settle the grudges on the battlefield on the battlefield."
Then he looked at the people led by Weisen and said solemnly: "I will not let go of this revenge."
The Rhine Alliance did not have much concern about the sneak attack on the material camp. The leakage of details makes this incident very unusual, and there may be some hidden secret in it.
From the beginning, Frederick kept in mind that there are smart people in every world, and he cannot think that the other person is a fool just because he is a time traveler.
However, a series of recent events seem to be telling him that he may be wrong.
(End of this chapter)