Chapter 38 Why did you come here in the first place?
“Why are we here this time?”
“Well...it was Frederick who made Maria sad, let’s teach him a lesson.”
“ Lesson learned?”
“……”
The air in the carriage suddenly became quiet.
Dahlberg looked out the car window quietly and saw cargo ships concentrated in the middle of the Main River, carefully moving upstream.
"What do you think of Wesson?" he asked.
Philip replied in a deep voice: "It's terrible."
"I thought at first that there was someone behind him who actually controlled everything, but the people I assisted in the camp discovered that he had always been Handle various problems by myself, and handle them almost perfectly.”
"He seemed to have lost 500 florins just now, but the cost of a machine like that is estimated to be no less than 50 florins. With the protection of the Patent Law, he can earn it back immediately, and he can earn even more. This He is more decisive than many people."
Dahlberg said softly and continued to look out the window.
“The year after tomorrow,” he suddenly said, “in the late autumn of 1026, in order to celebrate my 80th birthday, a large-scale hunting event will be organized.”
“Two years are enough to see clearly. ”
Philip immediately understood what the Grand Duke of Mainz meant.
Now everyone is licking their wounds, and a large-scale hunting in the nature of a paramilitary operation is the most intuitive way to declare that their strength has been restored.
If Wesenland can show enough strength at that time, the Principality of Mainz will take the initiative to extend an olive branch.
"William is getting old too." Dahlberg whispered, "When you get old, you become anxious."
"Rudolph is a good boy, although he grew up in a deep palace and has a soft temper. At least it won't offend us."
"It's okay if you want him to gain experience and establish his authority, but there's no need to drag us along."
"It's better now. The lowlands are all lost. Rudolf was so scared that... the slimes were braver than him."
"Philip, you will be traveling frequently next year."
"This There is no need to do anything more, just keep the friendship.”
“Take the young people and let them walk around more.”
Philip immediately took the order.
Dahlberg sighed and said: "Before William died, if Rudolf did not change anything, the Rhine League would exist in name only after William died, and we Germans would not have our own independent country."
Philip was silent after hearing this. As a palace minister, he understood the Grand Duke's thoughts very well. The Grand Duke of Mainz devoted his life to establishing a country of the German people.
It’s just that in this era, because of the feudal system, people were more divided based on locality and region. Ethnicity was only used by outsiders to refer to people in a certain area who spoke the same or similar language and had similar customs. Internally, It’s rare to call yourself this.
Dahlberg only had a little germ of nationalism in his thoughts, and he couldn't figure out how to make the scattered German people reach some kind of consensus.
"Huh?" Dahlberg suddenly discovered something, "Your carriage is not bumpy at all, it is quite fast."
Philip immediately replied: "This was originally Frederick's carriage. He gave it to us after he knew that Sophia was in poor health and could not stand the bumps of the carriage and seldom went out."
Dahlberg thought thoughtfully and said: "He How did the carriage become so comfortable?”
As the sun set, Frederick saw an extremely rare scene when he arrived at the castle in Lore Town.
Baron Eltal stood beside the carriage with a helpless expression. There was a thick carpet under the carriage, and the Archduke of Mainz squatted under the carriage to study the bearings on the axle.
“Come here!” Dahlberg waved to Frederick from under the car, “Tell me what is this thing on the axle?”
Of course, Frederick did not go under the car with him, but opened the trunk of the car and took out a wooden box. In the box were two spare bearings wrapped in oilcloth.
Dahlberg got out from under the car, glared at Philip fiercely, and then picked up the greasy bearing to study it.
Philip looked innocent. He just took the car and repaired it. How could he know that there were spare parts in the car.
“This is a bearing.” Frederick said from the side. “The beads inside are like wheels, which can reduce friction so that the horse does not have to work so hard.” Dahlberg held the inner ring of the bearing with one hand. , and started playing with the outer ring with the other hand.
"A very clever design." The Grand Duke of Mainz sighed, "The principle is very simple, but why has no one been able to think of it before."
Frederick replied: "There were some before, but Due to processing problems, only wooden beads can be made, which cannot be used on carriages because they will be damaged by crushing. They can only be installed on the door shaft to make it easier to open and close the door, so they are not used on a large scale. "
Dahl. Berg nodded, played with the bearing in his hand, walked to the car and pointed at the black glue on the wheel and asked: "What is this black glue?"
Frederick took the wheel from under the car again. He took out a large flat wooden box from the mezzanine and opened the oilcloth bag inside. There were two solid black slime tires.
"At this time, the tire of the wheel," he said, "this material is elastic and wear-resistant, just like putting shoes on the wheel."
"However, the sizes of the wheels are different. Generally, the tires of the cars need to be specially customized, which is very inconvenient."
"Now Wesenling's carriages are being remodeled to unify the axles and wheels, so that it will be easier to replace parts in the future. "
Then he pointed to the place where the axle and the car body are connected and said: "The wooden boards here are also sandwiched with this kind of glue, so you won't feel any bumps when sitting in the car."
< br>Dahlberg looked at the carriage again and said: "Bring me one too."
Frederick thought for a while and said: "I only sell the frame, I don't have the decorations. Spend the money to do it.”
An ordinary four-wheeled carriage only costs 10 florins, but the carriages of these nobles are extremely luxurious and have no upper price limit. It is said that the king's carriage costs 2,000 florins, which can be called the top luxury carriage among carriages.
Dahlberg also realized this and said: "No problem, but I have a request, to reduce the bumps as much as possible. We old people can't bear that anymore."
"Okay." Frederick agreed, "But not until next year. Our master car builder is busy building a new factory now."
As soon as Dahlberg agreed, a burst of laughter came, and Ma After hearing that Frederick had arrived, Leah waited in the toy room for a long time without seeing anyone, so she went out to look for him.
“You are here!” Maria said with a smile, “Come and play chess with me!”
With that said, the little girl pulled up Frederick's sleeves and walked into the castle.
Frederick ignored the two men with scary dark faces and followed Maria into the castle, returning to his room to change clothes halfway.
He had been running around the camp for a day and was sweating a lot.
Tarot had already taken a step back, soaked a cotton towel with warm water, wiped the sweat from his body and face, and then helped him put on clean clothes.
Dahlberg arrived at the toy room earlier, with a kind smile on his face, listening to Maria introduce various toys such as checkers, wooden dragonflies and flying chess that Frederick gave him.
Maria pouted and handed Dahlberg a Rubik's cube made of mammoth teeth and six-color gems, and said depressedly: "Godfather, I have no way to restore this cube."
Dahlberg Ge took the Rubik's Cube, looked at it, asked how to play it, and then tried to restore the messed up Rubik's Cube.
When Frederick appeared, the Archduke of Mainz said to him viciously: "Are you trying to fool Maria with a broken toy?!"
Frederick The corner of his mouth twitched, and he reached out for magic. While recovering, he said: "How dare I? Many toys here were originally given to your great-grandson. I didn't expect you to go to the hot springs, so I gave them all to Maria. ”
This Rubik’s Cube was handmade bit by bit by Ogilvy’s elite craftsmen who originally made jewelry. With the addition of the mammoth teeth stored in the Wesson family and the cheap gems on the six sides, it can already be used by nobles. It is sold as a luxury item in the circle, and it is not a problem to exchange it for a few ordinary carriages.
As he spoke, he solved the Rubik's Cube. After showing it to Maria and Dahlberg, he suddenly turned his back and started twisting it.
Dahlberg glared at Frederick and said softly to Maria: "Can you give me this toy?"
Maria thought for a while. , pointing to the dagger on his waist and said: "Okay, but I have to exchange it for this."
The scabbard of this dagger is made of gold, and it is not inlaid with gems but high-quality magic crystals. , the dagger itself is also a magic weapon, selling it for dozens of gold florins is not a problem.
Dahlberg said softly: "Oh, this dagger is too dangerous. Can you change it to another one?"
Maria started acting coquettishly.
Maria gets the dagger.
Mary gave the dagger to Frederick.
Frederick's reputation with Dahlberg became "beating him without any psychological pressure".
(End of this chapter)