Chapter 75: Blackmailed
The sky was overcast, drizzle fell one after another, and the roar of spring thunder could be heard from time to time in the clouds.
The spring rain is as precious as oil, and the farmers in the fields have bright smiles on their faces.
On this day, Manuel and others agreed to come to dinner tonight and discuss something with Frederick. However, before dawn, Manuel took Monofro, Matthias and Ten A scholar and professor arrived.
The atmosphere in the living room was extremely solemn. The expressions of these scholars were very depressed, and they glanced at Frederick cautiously from time to time.
Frederick and Richard Nall looked serious, and even Psyche was extremely serious.
"This is simply kidnapping and ransom!" Katie roared angrily, "It is so shameless for an emperor to do this!!"
Richard Nall is neither yin nor yang. He said: "There is also the title of Governor of Dacia."
Frederick leaned on the back of the sofa and sighed deeply.
Many things happen so suddenly that people are not prepared at all.
During the civil unrest in Constantbul last year, Manuai and the others ran away. People living in the university and library brought their families with them, but many people lived outside and their family members were not able to run out with them.
Like Monoflo and Matias, they lived outside. When the civil strife began, they arranged for their families to go to the countryside, where they also took in many family members of their colleagues.
Now that everyone is settled here, they will send someone back to fetch their family members, but they didn’t expect that there would be bad news last night.
Phocas, the final winner in the civil strife, became the emperor of the Dongpulan Empire. The "campaign" was successful, and the harvest season followed.
A warlord cannot make money in business, but kidnapping and extortion are very easy.
However, Phocas also knows how to show off his face, and he will give you a part-time official position to show off his face while blackmailing you.
Frederick never imagined that he would be blackmailed even though he was more than a thousand kilometers away.
He sighed and said solemnly: "The most important thing now is to make sure that after I give the recipe of Wesson syrup to Phocas, he will let him go, instead of adding more and more in succession. This condition. "
Everyone in the living room had different reactions. Monoflo and others were overjoyed, while Richard Nall, Katie, and Tarot who were preparing to pour tea and water were shocked.
Everyone in Wesen Territory understands what Wesen syrup means to the territory. Without it, there would be no food unloaded from the dock every day. Without food, more than 60,000 people would go hungry.
Richard Nall said to Frederick calmly: "You have to think about it carefully."
A sneer appeared on Frederick's face, and he said calmly: "I have thought about it carefully. "
Then he said to the Juggernaut: "Master, I would like to ask you and Teacher Psyche to go to Constantbul to negotiate with Phocas."
" Now that Archbishop Victor is in the Holy City, you can go to him first and ask the Church of Light to come forward."
"At the same time, give Archbishop Victor a copy of the recipe for Wesson's syrup."
Many people know that Wesson's syrup makes money from Wesson. Some people thought of selling the formula, but Frederick did not sell it in order to make money for food. So Phocas came up with the idea of the formula and borrowed a lot of money from Wesson University. The person's family members kidnapped the person for blackmail when they were in their own territory.
Frederick decided that in this case, he would muddy the waters, not only for Phocas but also for the Church of Light.
Now Archbishop Victor and Frederick are in the same group, and Frederick’s father will be canonized as a saint in the posthumous ceremony soon. Under this dual effect, the loss of the exclusive monopoly on the maltose formula will bring about The losses can be made up through the Church of Light.
And with the current productivity, no one can monopolize the entire vast market. Frederick himself can also add a little cost to further filter and purify the existing maltose, and can also use agar and pure natural food coloring to produce it. Gummies can even form a brand effect and let others follow behind.
Taking all things into consideration, it is very cost-effective to use maltose to save people.
As for the province of Dacia, it is the plain area of the lower Danube River and the surrounding mountains. It is separated from the Rhine League by the Osmaga Empire. It is rich in water and grass and cattle and sheep are everywhere. Now Afu is buying sheep there to prepare for land reclamation. The village gnawed weeds off the ground.
It’s just that the Dacia region has long been essentially independent with the support of the Osmaga Empire. Then the plain areas were dismembered into independent tribes, and the mountain and hilly areas were dominated by small nobles who were not strong.
Now it is under the actual control of the Osmaga Empire. The appointment of Frederick as the governor of Dacia by the East Puran Empire is purely a deception.
From Frederick's point of view, internally, King William might label him as a "foreign liaison" and find an excuse to deal with it. Externally, if the Osmaga Empire saw someone doing it in their back garden, If we just intercept the cargo ships traveling to and from the Wesson Territory, that would be the end of it.
So he ignored it and tried his best to survive until he developed.
When development is over, it’s time to make a list.
Richard Nall asked extremely seriously: "Have you really decided that way?"
Frederick replied extremely solemnly: "I have already decided, Wesson syrup The formula is not important compared to everyone's lives. "Okay." Richard Nall said, "I will help you."
At this time, Psyche. Calmly said to Frederick: "You want something else, let me see if I can get it back for you."
She could be said to be the person who understood Frederick's thoughts best, and she was not surprised by this decision from the beginning.
Frederick thought for a while and replied: "You know me and Constantbulo, so just do it."
Psyche had wandered into After arriving in Constantbul, I found that everyone who knew me had either left or had their graves covered up to their ankles, so I made up an identity to fish in the university, and became familiar with the place.
Psycho thought and turned to Manuai and said: "Let's move the books in the underground library of the library back. It's too dangerous to put them there."
Manuai Like everyone else, he was still immersed in Frederick's righteous act of sacrificing himself to save others. He unexpectedly heard Psyche's greeting and it took him a while to react.
"Those stored in the underground library of the Imperial Library are the crystallization of the millennium civilization of the Pulan Empire!" Manuai said extremely seriously, "What if I accidentally fall on the road?"
Psyche takes it for granted. He replied: "Then just take the waterway. All the boxes are sealed with film, so you are not afraid of falling into the water."
Manuai thought the same thing, but there was another question: "The old man put it in from the inside." The door of the library is sealed, and we have vowed to live and die with the library. We can't open it."
"Haha..." Psyche sneered, "There is a secret passage inside that can lead to the outside. The guy might be enjoying himself in some bathhouse now. Don’t forget that the library’s treasury is also there.”
Manuai was stunned and asked uncertainly: “How did you know there was a secret there? Tao? ”
He had heard of Psyche's name before, but when he saw the real person, he thought it was a person with the same name, and the age and appearance did not match. In addition, Psyche fished in school every day, so he did not distinguish the legend from the real person. Right.
I understand now, but I still find it unbelievable. I still have the idea in my mind that Psyche is actually the descendant of the legendary Psyche.
Now that Psyche says there is a secret passage, Manuel is half-convinced.
Psyche curled her lips and said: "Who told me, a nerdy girl, to be bullied all the time? The teacher was assigned to clean the house. I wiped the wall and accidentally opened the secret passage. I happened to see that guy coming back smelling of alcohol and rose balm, which made me think he was a thief."
Manuai thought for a while, suddenly remembered something, and smelled: "That old man. Said he was drunk and fell down the stairs and broke his nose..."
Psyche sneered and said: "I did it."
Frederick asked curiously: "Who is this you are talking about?"
This time it was Manuel's turn. He sneered and subconsciously rolled up his sleeves and replied: "It's my distant uncle, Celsus, the director of the Imperial Library. We must tie him back this time."
Now Frederick is willing to provide Wesson syrup recipe, and the Juggernaut taking action again, everyone felt relaxed and started talking and laughing.
Frederick's mouth twitched when he heard this. At first, everyone was discussing how to rescue the hostages, but now it has progressed to kidnapping them.
"This matter is settled," he said, "Let's make arrangements and set off."
It is not easy to travel far these days, and a lot of preparations need to be made.
Furthermore, Richard Nall is also an important deterrent, and his travels must be kept secret for a short period of time.
When everyone thanked Frederick and left, Frederick called Monofro to the study and asked him: "I don't have much time recently. You said you had something to tell me the day before yesterday. ?”
Monoflo said a little embarrassedly: “Actually... we want to ask the principal for a position.”
Frederick understood as soon as he heard that their family members had arrived. They were afraid that the salary at Weisenberg University was not enough to support the family, so they wanted to work another job.
"No problem." He said, "Soon the Executive Yuan will announce a new institutional department plan, and you can serve in it."
"At that time, there will be separate departments dedicated to managing the planting industry and The animal husbandry department, you and Mathias can be the top leaders there."
"There is also the industrial department, I plan to let Omet manage it."
"There are quite a few. The students have done a good job as village chiefs in the new village. I encourage more students or professors to serve in various departments.”
He thought it was something. The expansion and reform of various departments in the territory had already been arranged by the Executive Yuan. The drafts had been changed several times, and now the general direction was reluctantly set.
(End of this chapter)