Chapter 128: Adjusting the Tiger to Leave the Mountain
The weather is getting warmer day by day, and the situation in Weisen Territory is becoming more and more tense.
Weisenling promulgated a new "Food Law", which determined that the average price of staple grains in the same month last year was used as the guide price. The maximum selling price could only be 20% higher than the guide price. The lord had the right to use the guide price when necessary. All grains in the territory are forcibly purchased at a price of 105%.
Many grain merchants have hoarded a large amount of grain in Weisenling, waiting to make a fortune when grain prices soar after the war.
Well now, Baron Wesson turned the table over in advance.
Fortunately, now is the time when winter wheat is in season and grain prices are relatively high, so everyone should just accept it as soon as possible.
Frederick did not embarrass these merchants and did not pay. Instead, he gave vouchers to give priority to picking up the goods at the Wesson family factory.
Nowadays, who doesn’t know that Wesenling’s bearings, paper, insect repellent, glassware, clothes drying racks and other local specialties require queuing for at least three months? Vouchers that can avoid queuing are available on the market. Sold at a 30% premium, and in-demand goods can even be sold at a double premium.
Businessmen are profit-seeking, and Frederick underestimated the integrity of these guys.
They were all worried that these local specialties would not be able to be shipped out during the war, and that they might never be able to buy them again, so they all exchanged grain for vouchers.
Frederick received reports that the labels of some grain sacks also had words such as Lisling, Ansbach and Rotling written on them.
Later, some people even went to Wesson to resell military rations. Frederick was suspicious and asked Friedrich to help check whether there was poison in it, and it turned out that it was safe.
For a time, the warehouses around the port were filled with various commodities, waiting for the river to thaw and be shipped away.
Just as the two rivers leading to the Weisen Territory thawed, several cargo ships loaded with stone materials "accidentally" sank on the edge of the territory, blocking the waterway.
However, these sunken ships were destroyed by mysterious forces that night, and the waterway was restored. Rumor has it that the sword master Richard Narr personally took action.
Not long after, the neighbors in Weisen Territory began to build roads in unison, and the roads they built were all main roads leading to Weisen Territory. The location was only a few dozen meters away from Weisen Territory, and trade routes were cut off for a while.
Now Frederick was at his wits end. Not to mention digging a road in his own house, he could even build a wall around it.
A few days later, the situation escalated further. Edward, the master craftsman of the Nuremberg Stonemasons Guild and the person in charge of the Carolina Canal construction unit, sent a letter to the new mayor of Nuremberg via a small road. The masons' guild was prohibited from sending men to Wessonland to participate in canal excavation work.
Frederick wrote back and told Edward not to worry, the problem was not on him. Now that the situation was tense, the canal construction could be slowed down for now, and he would come back to work after the situation calmed down.
When spring plowing began, an unexpected card was played.
A guest from the Kingdom of Sardinia came to the castle and asked to see Richard Nar and Katie.
This man looked like an ordinary farmer in his dress and appearance, but it made Frederick feel that this man was extremely dangerous.
This man seemed to have dull eyes, but he was looking at Frederick carefully and was a little curious about this little guy.
Being bored while waiting, he planned to tease Frederick, so a flying knife slipped silently from his sleeve into his hand.
The flying knife stopped just as it slid halfway. A faceless person wearing a white robe suddenly appeared behind him. The hidden sword stretched out from under his wrist was placed on his neck.
A layer of cold sweat broke out on the guest's forehead. He was very confident in his stealth assassination skills. He carefully observed the surroundings from the beginning and did not find anyone lurking here at all.
He could only slowly retract the flying knife, but something more terrifying happened.
It is difficult for a person to appear silently, but it is even harder to disappear silently after being discovered. He did not realize how the person behind him left at all, but suddenly disappeared, living room The doorway was always ajar, and although the window was open, the curtains made of white gauze hung there quietly.
Frederick picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea as if nothing had happened, and then said calmly: "If you feel bored, you can look for where he is."
He rarely uses ordinary words. The elemental puppet that Sike gave to him had just released the assassin brother after he discovered that the other party had moved. It seemed that he had frightened the other party.
This is also the reason why he usually goes out without bodyguards. Now with his strength, he can let four elemental puppets fight at full strength for five minutes, which is enough to solve the problem.
At this time, the door of the living room was pushed open, and Richard Nall and Katie walked in with murderous intent. They were stunned when they saw the guest, and all the murderous intent disappeared instantly.
Katie sat next to Frederick and said to the guest with a smile: "It's you, the shark."
Then she introduced the visitor to Frederick: "His code name His name is 'Old Shark', he is the best assassin in the Free Society, and one of the top five in the world."
Old Shark hurriedly replied humbly: "I don't dare to take advantage of such a reputation, in Wesson. In front of the baron's bodyguards, I'm just a useless shrimp."
Katie and Richard Nall were wondering, were there other bodyguards around Frederick?
But they soon felt relieved. Who didn’t play the trump card?
"What's going on?" Katie's eyes suddenly became sharp, "What do you want to do?"
What can you do to force Frederick's hidden bodyguards out? Dangerous things. The old shark raised his right hand in embarrassment and slowly took out a throwing knife from his sleeve. There was a thin thread at the end of the throwing knife.
He said: "I just want to scare Baron Wesson."
"Huh? How dare you bully Frederick?!" Katie suddenly became angry, "I will write to you later. Madam, tell her where your lover is!"
"Don't!" The old shark suddenly panicked and said pitifully: "Katie, look at your uncle bringing someone to help you. For the sake of supporting the opera, please spare me.”
Katie just snorted and didn’t reply.
Richard Nall didn't seem to like this guy, and asked him with a hint of anger: "Who ordered you to kidnap Mafiya?"
The old shark answered a little cautiously: "Our guests didn't say who they were, but the gold coins they gave us were all florins. They were brand new and had no wear and tear."
This clue is enough. , it is not difficult to find out who in the Rhine League region has recently created a large number of gold coins.
Richard Nall asked again: "How much did they give?"
The old shark replied: "Five hundred."
Frederick was very surprised. , Five hundred florins is not a small number. The other party spent so much money to kidnap Katie's mother, which shows that its benefits are far greater than this.
Richard Nall continued to ask the old shark: "How much does Mafiya want?"
The old shark sighed helplessly: "Three hundred. Alas... in this world... the hostages actually get more money than There are so many kidnappers, is there any justice!”
Frederick blinked, what’s going on?
Richard Nall asked again: "What do you want?"
"How dare we ask for anything." The old shark shouted unjustly, "Of course, how can we ask for more?" It would be best to give us another 50 gold coins.”
"Here is a letter from Madam to you."
As he spoke, he took out a cloth bag from his arms, took out a letter from it and presented it to Richard Nall with both hands.
Frederick discovered that the envelope and the letter paper inside were new products from the paper factory last year, and should have been sent back by Katie.
When Richard Nall was reading the letter, Katie asked him: "Where did you keep my mother?"
"Don't say such terrible things!" Old Shark said hurriedly , "We are inviting Madam to spend a vacation on the island of Ischia."
"By the way, Madam asked me to ask around here to see if you have found a partner. If you have found someone, then ask about him, whether he has good moral character, how many acres of land there is at home, how many floors the house is, and the carriage. There are several horses pulling it..."
Katie's face became darker and darker as she listened, and her mouth pouted.
At this time Richard Nall finished reading the letter and handed it to Frederick.
Frederick took the letter and read it. It was written in Sardinian and he could barely understand it.
Katie stuck her head over, her face getting darker.
Mafiya only said one thing to Richard Nall in the letter. This is not a solution for her daughter who cannot get married at such an old age. Let's have another child this year.
Richard Nall asked Frederick: "What do you think?"
Frederick held his chin and replied: "The teacher is old and needs to prepare detailed physical preparations for pregnancy. Check to make sure your daily diet is nutritionally balanced, you must have good living habits, and you must have a good attitude... Ouch!"
Katie hit him hard on the head and sat there angrily. He turned to look out the window and said nothing.
The thing is very clear. If the enemy wants to attack Wesenland, they must first transfer Richard Nall. No matter what the process is, as long as the sword master leaves.
This is all in the plan, just follow the steps.
However, acting requires a complete performance.
Richard Nall said to the old shark: "I won't make it difficult for you. I'll give you ten seconds to run first."
(End of this chapter)