Chapter 33 Does anyone know whether life is good or not?
A large field by the river is full of milkvetch. It is lush green and has just been harvested. Only the height of the palm is left, and a group of sheep are grazing with their heads down.
White clouds drifted across the sky, and the weather was not as hot as the previous days.
A wooden dragonfly spun and flew into the air, flew into the distance for a while, and then exhausted its strength and landed on the grass.
A melodious laughter came. Maria, wearing a riding outfit, ran over, picked up the wooden dragonfly and rubbed it vigorously in her white hands. The new toy flew into the air again.
The underside of the wooden dragonfly's leaves is painted with bright paint, and when it flies into the air, it looks like several colorful circles layered on top of each other from the ground.
The Grand Duke of Mainz has a great-grandson who is a little younger than Frederick. Many toys, including this wooden dragonfly, were originally given to him, but now belong to Maria.
A white awning with beautiful tassels has been set up on the grass under the river embankment, and the ground is covered with a thick carpet.
Sofia took the fruits, snacks and lunch out of the basket and placed them in the middle of the carpet, and is now lighting the tea stove on the shelf next to the carpet.
Although the weather is still very hot now, Sophia does not dare to give her daughter cold tea, which will easily spoil her stomach.
Lighting a fire is very simple. Just put the charcoal in the stove and stretch your finger like a flamethrower to spray out flames and burn them for a while.
You can't make much money selling matches in this world, and nearly half of healthy adults can make a small flame. On the contrary, there is a market for magic lighters with exquisite shell materials and exquisite decoration.
After finishing these tasks, Sophia looked into the distance. Her parasol was still on the river embankment. Just now, Frederick said that he was going to paint, so she lent it to him to block the sun.
At this time, Frederick was using charcoal to draw the layout of the camp for the victims on a piece of parchment.
He has been here for three days. Yesterday, he applied for a meeting with the Grand Duke of Mainz through Philip, and got the news that the Grand Duke and his family were going to a hot spring vacation. At the same time, Philip also got the command of 500 soldiers of the principality to guard the territory and sell the warehouse. The power to ration food and collect a certain number of people for corvee service also implies that the relevant territories should do a good job in guiding disaster victims.
It was obvious that this incident was caused by King William trying to trick Frederick to death. The Grand Duke of Mainz did not want to look like he was going against the king by directly helping Frederick after the negotiations with the Principality of Bain collapsed.
So the Grand Duke and his family went to the hot springs for vacation on a hot day without seeing Frederick. They gave Philip, who was the first to bear the brunt, several powers, and then asked other places to cooperate.
This excuse makes it clear at a glance that the Grand Duke of Mainz disgusts the king.
Frederick didn't care about it anymore, getting things done and done was the most important thing.
Building the shelter camp is now the top priority. The Weisen Territory has sent someone to inform them that Philip is using his new powers to concentrate manpower and material resources to assist.
Not to mention anything else, the amount of firewood needed is not a small amount, and trees cannot be cut down randomly. They have to go to firewood forests in special years.
In order to speed up, Frederick went to the field where the camp was set up to conduct on-site inspections, and could start working as soon as his people arrived.
Sofia thought he was out for fun, so she took her daughter out with him.
But Frederick had no time, so he could only let Maria play by herself.
A camp is not as simple as setting up a tent. It involves eating, drinking, sleeping, where to store supplies, where to have a kitchen, where to live, and where to set up toilets, all of which must be carefully considered.
Weisenberg's construction industry scholars provided a template, and when it arrived at the site, it was necessary to optimize the design based on actual conditions, such as where the water came from.
Even if someone dies in the camp, a plan must be made for how to deal with the body.
“What are you drawing?” Maria had had enough of playing with the wooden dragonflies and ran to sit next to Frederick. The distance between them was exactly the width of her five fists, perfect. The distance between a lady and a gentleman.
At this time the clouds that covered the sun left, and Frederick gave her the parasol and said at the same time: "We are going to build a camp here."
"We are going to build a new castle. !” Maria exclaimed happily, “Can the castle be purple? There are purple flowers here in spring!”
Frederick shook his head and said with a smile: "No, it's just many, many tents, and many people stay here for a few days and then leave."
I don't know if Maria understands, little The girl's topic jumped to other places: "Oh, will you come when the flowers bloom here next spring? There are all purple flowers here, as well as little bees and beautiful little butterflies. It's so fun!"
Frederick replied: "Next year there will be wheat in the fields, and there will be purple flowers on the other side of the river."
"Huh?" Maria's beautiful big eyes widened in surprise, "Purple flowers Why are Hua and Maizi moving?"
Frederick said with a smile: "Because they are good friends. Next year, purple Hua will go to play with Maizi, and Maizi will go to play with purple flowers. They all found that their good friends were not at home.”
"Really?" Maria asked in disbelief.
“It’s true!” Frederick said seriously, “You will know when you come here next spring.”
Mirror vetch is the most common fallow crop in the local area. , it is sown in autumn. The flowering season from spring to early summer of the next year can provide a nectar source for bees. After the flowering season, it is harvested and fed to livestock. At the end of summer, the whole plant is plowed into the field and used as green manure together with the roots of rhizobia. Just grow wheat.
The fields on the other side of the river have finished harvesting beans and are currently being plowed. By the end of September, milkvetch will be planted.
Maria looked confused and said "Oh" several times. At this time, Sophia waved to the two children to go back for snacks.
Maria ran a few steps holding a parasol, looked at the river embankment under the scorching sun, and turned back to Frederick.
“Let’s go,” the little girl said proudly, “I’ll help you hold the umbrella.”
As she said that, she held up the umbrella so that Frederick could also be covered. .
It’s just that the handle and ribs of this parasol are made of wood and are not light. The little girl’s hands started to tremble after she held it up for a while.
Frederick took the parasol and decided to do it himself.
The servants brought kettles to let the two wash their hands, and Sofia let them eat whatever snacks they wanted.
Frederick put a few pieces of gingerbread on his plate, put them next to him, and finished the drawing while eating.
"Huh?" He looked at the gingerbread that had been bitten and sighed, "It's so delicious."
There is a tradition of using ginger to nourish the stomach,
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Sofia handed him a piece of applesauce pie drizzled with honey and said with a smile: "Eat more if you think it tastes good."
"Thank you." Frederick took the pie and put it aside, " I’ll finish the drawing first and then eat.”
As he spoke, he continued to perfect the clay pipe between the water pump and the water storage tank.
Maria had her mouth full of applesauce pie, and Sofia took a handkerchief to help her gently wipe the corners of her mouth.
“Why do you eat so fast?” Sofia said, “It’s all in your mouth.”
Maria replied: "I thought the pie didn't taste good."
"Why didn't it taste good?" Sofia was very surprised.
Maria said: "Mom, look, Frederick doesn't even eat. Doesn't it taste good?"
Sofia turned around and saw that Frederick was sitting He was seriously writing and drawing on the parchment on the carpet, his expression extremely focused.
She wanted to say something, but gave up. Her husband occasionally had such an expression, and every time it appeared, he was dealing with very important matters.
Frederick suddenly discovered that the original camp plan did not consider requirements such as fire evacuation, so he made adjustments.
When he finished revising and put down the charcoal pen, he heard Sophia ask himself: "You can just let others do these trivial things, why bother yourself?"
Frederick There was a hint of bitterness in the smile on his face, and he said a little tiredly: "There is no way, I am the only one left in the Wesson family now."
"I am too young, this is a disadvantage, it is easy To make people have bad thoughts.”
“In order to prevent my subordinates from having such thoughts, I can only do everything right, do my best, and lead them from one victory to another. Only by winning can they be convinced of me, worship me from the bottom of their hearts, and at the same time be afraid of me and not have other thoughts.”
You know your own business, and managing a territory is not that simple.
People's hearts are the most unpredictable and dangerous. Firstly, you have no way to see how others like you. Secondly, you don't have the absolute loyalty to call people to be your base. You can only work hard to create the character of a genius child. Ensuring that his subordinates maintain confidence in themselves will at least raise the threshold for betraying themselves.
"Are you tired?" Sofia couldn't help but reached out and stroked Frederick's hair, feeling sorry for this little boy who was only a little older than her daughter.
Frederick just squeezed out a smile and said nothing, just looking at the sheep approaching gradually.
If you don’t want to become a fat sheep to be slaughtered, you can only be so tired.
Maria didn't understand the previous conversation, but only understood how her mother said that Frederick was very tired, so she continued: "When you are tired, you should sleep more. Do you want me to sing to you? Father listened to me I slept so soundly while singing!”
Frederick smiled and said to her, “Okay, I like to listen to singing the most.”
Maria immediately put down her hand. of sweetmeats, and began to sing.
Frederick knew that her voice was pleasant, but he did not expect that the sound of nature would not be enough to describe her singing. The cheerful singing directly touched the depths of his soul, and his whole mood calmed down.
Not only him, but the sheep and shepherd dogs walking not far away also heard the singing and were immediately attracted. They formed a circle around the carpet and listened quietly to Maria singing. .
After a while, even the flying birds landed on the crossbar of the awning, landed on the sheep, and a few kept flying around Maria.
Sofia looked at her daughter proudly, but Frederick's face was full of shock. This girl's talent in soul magic was so terrifying!
(End of this chapter)