Chapter 162: Five Hundred Gold Coins Reward
The aroma of roasted whole lamb fills the construction site, the sausages are fried until the skin is crispy, the pork knuckles are stewed until tender, and the haggis and vegetable soup is still warm with a touch of steam. The bread smelled of rosemary, and the glass of cold beer was filled with water drops.
The cooks are catching flies at the table, waiting for the workers to come over to eat.
A banner was hung under the eaves of Factory Building No. 1, with the words "Good luck to the company" written in red and yellow characters in the local language.
With hundreds of people watching, Frederick installed the last tile on the roof, and the next moment cheers filled the sky.
Frederick stood on the roof and pressed his hand to everyone, and the scene suddenly became quiet.
"I won't say anything more!" he shouted loudly, "the banquet begins!"
Everyone suddenly laughed and walked towards the cafeteria.
Frederick was not in a hurry to go down. He sat on the roof with an unprecedented smile on his face. It was not easy to build such a house.
Starting from frying steel in the crucible in the blacksmith shop, then bearings, and then step by step to rolling mills and steam engines, then rebar, cement and mixers appeared.
It was not easy to build this factory. The formwork was expanded when the columns were cast. The concrete floor was not properly maintained and cracked. There were honeycomb pockmarks on the column feet. I tried to use mortar to fix them in the middle of the night. I threw tools on the scaffolding and fell off and injured myself. Workers tied steel bars. Trapped myself inside... Various problems arose one after another, but fortunately no one died.
“Why don’t you go to the banquet?”
Richard Nall appeared on the roof.
"I'll go later." Frederick replied, "Sit here for a while."
Richard Nall sat down next to him and touched the guy. head, smiled and said: "It feels like a sense of accomplishment."
Frederick nodded.
"I can understand." Richard Nall said, looking at the half-filled No. 2 Factory Building not far away: "I used to, when I was still two steps away from the Juggernaut, there were already people around me. I couldn't find an opponent."
"I was so proud that I thought I was invincible."
Frederick understood what the master was going to say and asked: "Then you. Who woke him up? "
Richard Nall shook his head, with a look of reminiscence on his face, and said: "I don't know, I just know that it was an old priest who was passing by, and he looked like a man. A candle in the wind will be extinguished at any time.”
"That day, several people and I were fighting on a bridge and almost destroyed the bridge. People around us didn't dare to come up and stop us."
"The old priest just punched us, and I replied When she passed by, she was already lying in the reed field by the river."
"She preached to us from noon until the next morning, and then she left."
"I asked about it later. For many years, I only knew that she was an ascetic, and nothing else."
Frederick nodded and understood what the master meant.
"Let's go." Richard Nall patted him on the shoulder. This apprentice was very smart and didn't need to speak clearly.
On the way to the cafeteria, Richard Nall said again: "I am going to leave for a year or two, and I will ask Grandma Psyche to study during this period."
Philippia Terry was stunned for a moment, then thought of what was going on, and immediately asked with a smile: "Sister Katie is going to have a younger brother or sister?"
Richard Nall nodded with a smile and said: "I wasn't there when Katie was born, and I can't justify my absence this time."
"By the way, you can come up with a name."
Frederick held his chin and thought about it, and after a while he said: "If it's a girl, let's call her Monica, and if it's a boy, let's call her Robert."
Richard Nall thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's right. , That’s it.”
He chuckled twice and said, “When will you go there to have fun and walk around to learn more? Mafiya really wants to meet you.”
"I have a suggestion. In the past few years, you can settle down your territory and go out as an ordinary person for a few years to experience the world."
Frederick replied: " Let's talk about it in a few years. By the way, you can go to Manuai before you leave. "He has been researching canned fruits recently. Altasha and others have not seen these fruits in the north. If you add oranges and other fruits from the south." It will be very popular if you make it into cans and sell it in the north.”
Travel is a common thing for nobles.
Nobles who own large territories will regularly circle around the territory, try cases in various places in the form of circuit courts, and inspect the territory at the same time.
Purposeful travel can also deepen the relationship between the prince, his vassals, relatives and friends. In the past, Frederick often followed his parents to visit neighbor's castles.
Long-distance travel is a way to increase your knowledge, find out information, and get to know and make friends with nobles along the way to expand your network.
When you return from your trip, you will be the most dazzling star in salons and banquets, and everyone is waiting to hear your stories about your journey and the new friends you made.
Frederick also wanted to go out for a walk, see the local customs, and study the people here.
Only because the territory is internally unstable, and secondly because I am young and cute, I can easily become a commodity, so I can only talk about it later.
His plan is to wait until he is sixteen or seventeen years old, and if the internal and external environment permits, he will take a walk outside.
When the two of them walked to the cafeteria, everyone was already eating happily at the long table, and the sounds of chewing, cheering, and bragging were endless.
Today is the day when the construction site is closed and the construction site has a day off. After eating and drinking, many people go for a walk in the city. Some people cross the river to watch the afternoon football match.
Frederick still had things to do. He and Ogilvy watched Schmidt lead people to lay out wires and position them in the factory building, preparing to move the machine in.
"By the way." Frederick remembered something, "Has the new clutch been made?"
When a steam engine was used to drive several steel mills before, everyone found that there was no way I stopped a grinding machine alone, and after some research, someone came up with the method of using a roller to adjust the belt tightness to make the belt slip and move the belt to the idling runner to realize the clutch function.
“It’s not difficult.” Omet replied, “The car factory over at Benz has solved the problem. They use a structure like a bowl, with one large and one small set together. When they When the set is tight, one can drive the other, and when loosened, the power is no longer transmitted. ”
"The friction part between the two parts can be replaced. If it wears out, just replace it with a new one."
Frederick nodded gently. Demand drives the development of technology. With profit motivation, it will Someone is trying to figure it out.
Starting from scratch is the most critical, and starting from scratch can be solved slowly in long-term practice.
Omet added: "Principal, Diesel has been studying something important recently, and he is probably going to ask you for money."
Frederick replied with a smile. : "Okay, I'm afraid I won't be able to spend the money."
Then he added: "I plan to wait for this place to be completed, and divide a group of people to build two larger special factories nearby."
"One is for you, specializing in the production of various machine tools. The other It is a heavy machinery factory that specializes in producing machines. I think Schmidt should be in charge.”
“I have a plan. Heavy industry and raw material processing will still be placed here, and the new light industry will be dispersed to other areas. . ”
As the Minister of Industry, Ogilvy is now responsible for planning the industrial layout. He quickly understood what the leader meant. Important industries should be placed in the most reliable places, and industries that can provide a large number of jobs should be dispersed. Come.
“That’s right.” Frederick suddenly remembered something, “How could I forget this!”
Schmidt happened to be holding one end of the measuring tape next to him. After hearing this, he immediately turned around and asked: "Principal, have you come up with any new machine?"
Frederick nodded and replied: "Sewing What do you think about the machine for making clothes?”
Schmidt did not answer, but glanced at Professor Omet, and then changed places with the man holding the measuring tape.
Frederick understood. It seems that Omet has had such an idea before, and the result may not only be a failure, but also a joke.
Omet said nonchalantly: "I used to want the golem to sew clothes, but then I failed."
Frederick shrugged and said thoughtfully, "In my own name, I would like to publish a reward in the newspaper to the world for machines that can sew clothes. Let's set the reward at 500 florins first."
(End of this chapter) )