Chapter 189 Party A will not change
The sun was scorching the earth, as if people were in a furnace, and Frederick felt that the fire element in the air was a little more active than usual.
And one of his actions made the magicians agitated in the midsummer when they should be trying to cool themselves down. At the end of August, the "Wesson Daily" published an advertisement on the front page for 10 consecutive days, offering a price of 100,000 Florin's Price seeks a patent for a small, highly efficient magic element conversion magic circle.
According to Frederick's requirements, this kind of magic circle needs to convert a certain magic element into another element, and the energy consumption cannot be too high.
This is the research field of the Dharma God Sword Master. Some powerful people have occasionally come into contact with this phenomenon, but because it is too incredible and difficult to reproduce, they attribute this phenomenon to their own illusions.
The basic theory for studying this phenomenon was proposed by Psyche two hundred years ago, but it was not accepted by the industry. Perhaps there are still fragments of it recorded in some old papers.
It’s just that Frederick is a little timid now. Although Psyche has repeatedly promised that as long as he does not take action, it will take at least 10 years to make staged progress at the current level, but there is no guarantee that anyone will get the script of the protagonist. Guys will show up.
He can't get out 100,000 florins now unless he takes out other people's deposits in the bank.
Since the beginning of this year, Wesson has invested heavily in infrastructure, such as the Carolina Canal. Now that Frederick inspects the construction site, Edward's heart will beat wildly for a day.
Edward is now the general contractor of Party B of the Carolina Canal Project, and is also the Minister of Construction of the State of Wesson. His identity keeps switching, and his name for Frederick also changes with it.
"Boss," he asked Party A's father tremblingly, "are you going to change the plan this time?"
Frederick stood at the edge of the canal construction site, followed by two beautiful little girls, looking at the hard work The working people felt quite emotional.
Since the construction party asked this, he replied: "No changes, just leave it like this. Can it be completed next summer?"
Edward breathed a sigh of relief and did not answer the construction time limit. Instead, he said cautiously: "How about you create a document?"
It's not unreasonable for him to be so cautious. This spring, the canal will be opened in half a year, and as a result, a large number of laborers will flood in at that time. A large part of the people who entered Wesson were farmers with little skills, so Party A's father expanded the canal with a stroke of his pen.
The original 20-meter-wide canal suddenly increased to 60 meters. In addition, some hills had to be dug, and the amount of work was five times the original.
Fortunately the depth has not changed, otherwise Edward would have climbed up the castle tower and jumped off.
Frederick had no choice. In April this year, many places on the west bank of the Elbe River were looted, and the landlords had no food left. At that time, there were rumors everywhere about Baron Wesson and their boasting about how rich Wesson was. In addition, there was a precedent for hosting refugees here, so many small landowners simply brought their families and residents to make a living.
They took a boat up the Elbe River, disembarked at a lake in the Franconia Principality, and then walked two or three days on the mountain road to reach the northern part of Nuremberg, which borders the Franconia Principality. .
It is impossible for them to live permanently in Weisen State, stay here for a year, and go back next year to sow in autumn with money and newly purchased grain, farm tools, and seeds.
So Frederick asked them to dig canals, and each landowner was considered a small contractor, which was considered a work-for-relief project.
The wages of these foremen were quite high. Frederick promised that as long as they did not cause trouble, he could buy high-yielding wheat seeds. In the end, the money just went into the left pocket and the right pocket. After increasing production once, they would still pay for it in the future. Will buy seeds again.
Frederick smiled and said to Edward: "Don't worry, I will go on an expedition in a few days, and I won't change my plan again."
"By the way, on the canal How is the bridge? "
The canal cannot cut off the road. It is necessary to build a bridge over the river.
The biggest reason why the canal needs to be widened to 60 meters is that the maximum span of today's stone arch bridges is 30 meters, and the bridge on the main channel has exactly two spans.
Nowadays, when building a bridge, we first build a cofferdam around the bridge pier with wooden piles and soil in the river, drain the water inside with a water truck, and then start building the bridge pier. After the two bridge piers were built, a frame was set up in the middle of the river to build the bridge arch.
Now that there is no water in the canal, we can build the bridge first.
Frederick didn't design the bridge so he didn't direct it blindly. Edward invited the bridge builder from the Kingdom of Sardinia to take charge, which also made him feel more at ease.
However, the master still felt some Wesson shock. Edward said: "There will be no problem in completing it next autumn. Master Gedi said that he wants to use the cement used in the industrial area to build the bridge, which is much cheaper than stones."
Frederick nodded and said: "Then let him use it. This year, we can make a small trial in other places first."
"Golden Bridge, Silver Road, Copper House, Building bridges is very profitable.”
Edward remembered the last words in his mind and wondered whether he should let his son change his career to study with Master Gedi immediately.
But work is urgent, he added: "Master Gedi has designed some bridge designs, and let the boss decide."
Frederick thought for a while, turned around and said to Maria and Susan who were whispering: "Let's go and see which bridges are good-looking, and you can choose."
Maria immediately said: " No, no, mom said I can’t affect your work.”
Susan was younger than Maria and didn’t understand what Frederick was trying to do, so she just echoed Maria’s words. nod.
Frederick just smiled and took them back to the village hall in Oak Village.
Under the huge oak tree in Oak Village, Dawn was playing with the children in the village.
Now is the season when acorns are ripe. It uses its wings to fan down the acorns. When the children pick them up and feed them to it, it rubs the children's heads with its chin.
As soon as I saw Frederick and the others coming back at dawn, I immediately picked up an acorn from a child's hand, rubbed the child's head, and then ran over happily.
Frederick smiled and stretched out his hand to catch the acorn, but he gave the acorn to Maria without even looking at him.
Frederick flicked the horn of Dawn angrily, but the guy pretended to hide behind Maria.
“This guy.” Frederick smiled and shook his head, ignoring it.
Maria laughed, and the three-headed dog jumped out of the village hall after hearing its owner's voice, running in an "S" shape to rub its feet.
Everyone just found out today that this guy is afraid of heights. Today, Maria felt dizzy after holding him for a ride at dawn, and she hasn’t fully recovered yet.
After playing around for a while, Edward put out the renderings of a circle of bridges for Party A’s father to choose.
Master Godi studied under a famous painter from the Kingdom of Sardinia. The renderings he painted can be used as works of art to hang in your home.
Frederick asked Maria and Susan to choose which bridge looked better, and the two little girls murmured together there.
At this time little Franz came over, and Frederick went outside to talk with him.
“Commander,” said little Franz, “the army is ready.”
Frederick nodded.
The official order from the city of Cologne has arrived. The lords of the Rhine League will send troops to station west of the Elbe River this autumn for a full year.
Different nobles have different proportions of troops. Duke Wesson sent 1,500 troops, while the Principality of Mainz and the Principality of Bain both sent 1,000 troops.
This was a feudal obligation of the nobles and could not be shied away from, so Frederick's fiancée came over to stay with him for a few days before he went on the expedition.
There is only a pitfall in the military order. The State of Wessen, the Principality of Mainz and the Principality of Bain are stationed in the same defense area. The location is 100 kilometers up from the mouth of the Elbe River and is under the unified command of the Duke of Wessen.
(End of this chapter)