Chapter 56 Pagan Businessman
The late autumn evening came relatively early, and it was already getting dark before dinner time.
Frederick received Mrs. Sophie in the living room, who had returned from an overseas trip, and at the same time invited Archbishop Victor to accompany her to avoid suspicion.
Mrs. Sophie looked at Frederick quietly for a while and said in Rhineish with a weird accent: "Not bad."
She was wearing a white robe with no pattern decoration, her head and face were They were all wrapped in scarves and veils. Only the golden eyes and the dark wheat-colored skin around the eyes could be seen. The voice sounded without any emotion.
Frederick said proudly: "How could I have a problem? With your help, it would be embroidery on silk."
"I mean my own divination results are good, you can survive it" This time, I didn’t talk about you.” Mrs. Sophie said coldly, “The relationship between Sophie and you is just a pure businessman and client, don’t make it sound like there is any collusion between me and the heretics.”
"I know, I know!" Frederick's voice sounded like a coquettish one, "Don't worry, I have kept the payment for the seeds this time. I have been short of money recently and haven't touched it even if I sold the goldware at home. A little bit."
As he spoke, he made a gesture, and Tarot placed a silver box on the coffee table in front of Mrs. Sophie, which contained some beautiful gems.
This pagan businessman spent two years traveling to the East. Although he took out all the inheritance left to him by Frederick's grandmother Elizabeth for emergencies, he brought back enough seeds. It made Frederick laugh out loud while he slept.
Not to mention the Chinese cabbage, which is durable in winter, the delicious chicken greens, and the peppers that people love and hate; not to mention the bright red tomatoes, delicious cucumbers, and the wealthy pumpkins. The spring wheat and potatoes alone were enough for Frederick to hand her the box of gems.
The exchanges between the East and the West have never stopped. However, due to the long and difficult journey, trade is carried out by local people one by one. The message transmission is therefore distorted, and the spread of crops will also be hindered by unsuitable climate, water and soil somewhere along the way. So much so that Mrs. Sophie dared to use soybeans as a magic elixir to trick Frederick.
This time Mrs. Sophie has opened up the route between the East and the West, and maybe there will be big business in the future.
But Frederick had a question, how did these special peppers, tomatoes, pumpkins and potatoes appear in the East? !
Mrs. Sophie didn’t know about this and didn’t ask.
Frederick decided to give up thinking. Although the geography of this world is somewhat similar to his hometown, the Sahara Desert has turned into a forest, and a large area of land has grown to the west of here. It is not surprising that some strange things will happen.
After Sophie came back, she heard about Weisenling's situation. She first sent someone to provide help in times of need, and then she came to deliver the goods after all the rebels in the family were identified.
Now you pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other, everyone is happy.
After receiving the balance, Mrs. Sophie handed over the nautical charts, logbook and what she saw along the way to Frederick as agreed.
Frederick smiled and said: "I think we can continue to cooperate."
Mrs. Sophie asked: "What do you want to buy?"
"Books." Frederick said, "I want any book."
Mrs. Sophie's golden eyes flashed slightly. Squinting, he asked: "Do you want books from the Church of Fire?"
Frederick first smiled at Archbishop Victor, and then said: "I am going to build a library and want to collect some official editions of your church's books. Books."
Archbishop Victor was thinking of making money from them, so he said: "If it is just a collection, the churches will also give books as gifts."
He was thinking in his mind, if he and Frederick let each family of the Flame Church in the south have a book, would they canonize us? It is exciting to think about one person being canonized by two churches. There are also the Earth God Cult and the The Church of Nature is even more exciting.
Mrs. Sophie thought about what she wanted to sell in business, so she replied: "Yes, I will introduce a translator if necessary."
A sudden idea came to Frederick's mind. Don’t set up a translation court that specializes in translating and publishing books from various countries.
Putting this aside for now, he still needs a specialty from the Southern Continent.
“I need cotton,” said Frederick. “Lots of cotton.”
There is no need to worry about selling cotton in the north. There is no need to spin it. You can make a lot of money by selling it again.
Mrs. Sophie's golden eyes rolled and she said: "I can sell you all the cotton in our Kingdom of Kush, and I can also purchase a large amount of cotton from the south and sell it to you."
Frederick frowned slightly and asked: "What's the price?"
The Kingdom of Kush is not a small country. If the border can beat the Rhine League into a pig's head, such a large amount can Hold yourself to death.
Of course they don’t have to worry about selling their cotton, so there’s no need to hang themselves here.
Mrs. Sophie made a price and said simply and clearly: "Steel and elemental steel." Frederick said gloomily: "The current production is insufficient. As you know, we have to open up wasteland recently and need a lot of tools."
Mrs. Sophie said: "I want the exclusive marketing rights of the Southern Continent."
Frederick thought for a while and replied: "In principle, there is no problem with me. But if others buy it from me and sell it to the south, I have no choice."
"And I can't meet the needs of the entire southern continent. There is a shortage of ore, coal and magic crystal."
"It doesn't matter." Mrs. Sophie said, "Hairedin will handle the first problem, as long as you don't sell it to other countries in the south."
"The second problem, I can export the ore to you , coal and magic crystal.”
After hearing her name the famous pirate in the south, Frederick ignored it. He didn’t want to be involved in the bloodshed behind it.
Presumably the Southern Continent is not at peace either. Buying so much steel is most likely to prepare for war.
After thinking for a while, he said: "This year's cotton will not be able to catch up with the maturity, and our output is not enough. This business should start from next year's cotton maturity season."
Mrs. Sophie thought so, and now both sides were out of stock, so she agreed.
She then asked again: "Do you want a gryphon?"
Frederick still shook his head and refused: "No, don't think I don't know that guy is afraid of the cold. There is one in the north. How many nobles have been deceived by you?"
"Of course, if you are willing to sell the Winged Unicorn, I will definitely buy one or two hundred of them."
Archbishop Victor was surprised. I found that Mrs. Sophie’s beautiful golden eyes could actually roll her eyes.
Unicorns are very common in the southern continent. Their status is the same as that of horses. The price is related to the breed. In the north, they are mostly rare breeds with magical talents purchased by nobles. At the same time, unicorn kidneys are a popular "men's gas station".
But the Winged Unicorn is different. It is one of the few monsters on the mainland that can be tamed for manned flight, and it is a strategic material.
Such monsters include the griffin in the south, the flying deer in the dark land in the north, the hippogriff in the west, the giant eagle in the east, and the fire dragon that lives in the mountains hundreds of kilometers south of Wesen.
These monsters have their own characteristics. The winged unicorn flies fast, but has low defense and is not suitable for attacking the enemy; the griffon is fierce, but it is afraid of the cold and can only live in the south; the flying deer has a large load capacity, but needs to be timely If you dissipate heat, you will suffer from heatstroke, so you can only move in the winter in the north and south; the eagle horse is easy to tame, but its upper limit of IQ is a bit low, and it is easy to be impulsive; the giant eagle can fly high, but it is difficult to breed artificially, and its number is limited; the fire dragon has high skill and defense , but it requires the cooperation of magic equipment to tame it.
They also have one thing in common - they eat a lot.
One or two hundred fasting winged unicorns could eat Frederick until he could only eat meat once a month, but if the meat-eating fire dragon could make him eat grass roots.
Only a powerful country can afford to raise such monsters on a large scale, and ordinary nobles don't have to think about it.
And if Frederick wanted to buy a unicorn, it would be equivalent to buying a car. It depends on whether it is a van or a sports car. Buying a winged unicorn would be equivalent to buying the most advanced fighter jet, and Mrs. Sophie couldn’t understand one. Sell.
Frederick's hopes were once again frustrated without any surprise, and he could only buy some beasts of burden to fill the gaps in his territory.
The manor’s kitchen originally prepared a roast pig for Victor, which happened to be a good time to entertain Mrs. Sophie.
Mrs. Sophie still did not take off her veil when eating dinner, but this did not affect the meal and telling everyone about her experiences in the East.
Richard Nall, Katie and Victor were amazed by the local customs and customs in the distance.
When the dinner was about to end, Psyche, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked Mrs. Sophie the name of a person, which sounded like Li.
"Do you know him?" Mrs. Sophie was surprised, "I have dealt with him, and he is now the navy marshal of their country."
"His death star is gradually It’s getting brighter in just a few years.”
"He has a daughter who is about the same age as Baron Wesson. She grew up at sea and has a promising future."
Psyche just calmly raised her glass to toast her and thanked her for the news.
Mrs. Sophie spent the whole night telling stories at the manor. The next day, she purchased a batch of specialties from the Wesson territory and left with the fleet.
(End of this chapter)