Chapter 194 Big Business
Frederick finally saw Mrs. Delden's energy. As soon as the 30 "second-hand" revolvers were delivered, she sent someone to ask the Minister of Military Affairs, Count Pisto, and the Minister of Finance, Hector. The Duke of Gore came over to dine, and soon the two neighbors arrived.
It was just that Count Pisto had a pair of dark circles under his eyes. When Mrs. Delden saw him, she smiled and asked, "Hey, what new eye shadow is this?"
Count Pisto He just said a few perfunctory words and glared at Frederick fiercely.
Last night he attended a dance at the house of Lord Shakespeare, the chief minister of the Heraldry Council. When he went to the toilet, he was beaten with a sack bag over his head. The assailant did not hide his identity at all and was let off guard. That voice was obviously Duke Wesson.
When Mrs. Delden saw it, she immediately hugged Frederick who was sitting next to her and said unhappily: "What, you want to bully Frederick? Are you used to bullying children without parents? You used to bully my sister and me. , riding a horse to destroy my wheat field, and now you want to bully him? I tell you, whoever bullies Frederick now is bullying me!"
Frederick was a little touched, you can't say this nonsense now. Mrs. Delden said in public that if she couldn't do it in the future, it would become a joke.
Count Pistol was stunned. Today is different from the past. Who would have thought that the eldest cousin who could only cry would later become the queen, and the little cousin who hit herself with a piece of mud would marry a royal knight. One of the deputy leaders.
Now I don’t need to find this cousin to get anything done, but she can still do it if she wants to mess with her.
At this time Duke Hegel arrived, and Frederick was startled when he saw him. He had not noticed how he appeared just now.
However, Frederick still noticed that after he appeared, he immediately looked at Psyche, who was standing in the corner of the living room with Mrs. Delden's maid. There seemed to be some eye contact, but he immediately treated it as nothing happened.
Duke Hegel is not tall, only half a head taller than Frederick. He is as thin as a monkey. No one dares to look down on a sword master because of this.
He glanced at Frederick, beckoned and said, "Come here, let me see."
Mrs. Delden let go of Frederick and let him pass.
Frederick went over to say a few polite words to him, and then he stretched out his hand and pinched several places on his body.
"Not bad, not bad," Duke Hegel looked satisfied. "The physical condition is good, and I haven't been lazy in training. Richard Nall really caught a good fish."
Frederick had a black line on his head, It seems that everyone in the circle knows that my master loves fishing.
Duke Hegel continued: "I originally wanted to grab an apprentice, but you are more suitable for his style. If it is not suitable for me, I won't delay you."
Philippia Terry immediately said: "I would be honored if I could get your advice."
Duke Hegel said seriously: "Eat well, rest well, sleep well, and don't have sex with women after the age of 16. That’s all you need to pay attention to.”
The corners of Frederick's mouth twitched and he thanked him politely.
At this time, dinner was ready, and everyone was eating and talking at the dining table.
Today’s main dish is roasted whole pig. The roasted pig skin on the table is different from the smooth and oily skin of other roasted pigs, but has crispy skin with bubbles.
At the beginning of the meal, Mrs. Delden's daughter Josephine chatted with Frederick. She was curious about the engravings that had recently appeared in Wesson. After she finished talking about this topic, Mrs. Delden began to talk about business, first asking the two ministers whether the knights could be equipped with revolvers like Duke Wesson's.
The royal knights are different from the mages. The leader is the king. Whoever is the king is the leader. Each of the five deputy leaders leads a team of knights. They are not subordinate to each other and restrict each other.
Earl Delden is one of the deputy leaders, so there is no problem for Mrs. Delden to ask questions on behalf of her husband.
After taking a sip of beer, Duke Hegel said: "This weapon is very useful and can save your life at the right time. I suggest that a knight can bring two or three of them."
There was a slight smile on Frederick's face. He ate a lot when eating barbecue. The sword master at the peak level of martial arts said this. This is more useful than any advertisement.
Count Pistol saw Frederick making sales at the ball yesterday and said: "It's just that this weapon is too expensive. Ordinary enchanted weapons are not so expensive. I can't explain it to Your Majesty. ”
"But it's not impossible. If Duke Wesson is willing to sell other weapons, I will only report the total number to your Majesty. I think your Majesty will agree."
Frederick washed it down with a sip of beer. With the barbecue in his mouth, he said with some helplessness: "The spears equipped in my army look powerful, but they were damaged a lot after the battle. Some bullets fell out on their own after being loaded. If it hadn't been installed in the first place, If Sbach wants to kill me, I won't be equipped with such immature weapons, so what I sell now are revolvers that fold and open to load bullets, and revolvers that are larger, and the bullets are replaced by lead mushroom heads, which are lighter and hit harder. Farther away. In the past, those guns and bullets were used up and replaced with new ones. After all, money cannot be wasted."
Wesson's sale of folding rifles and the purchases of revolver rifles by the Principality of Mainz and Bain are public. , it was introduced in "Wesson Daily", so the other three people felt that Frederick was telling the truth.
Count Pisto asked him: "How much does a revolving rifle cost?"
Frederick replied: "The barrel of this gun is very troublesome to make, so one costs 100 Florin, more 90 florins”
"So expensive?!" Count Pistol was a little surprised.
According to Frederick's calculation, even after deducting profits, his several thousand troops would cost two to three hundred thousand florins, so Count Pisto asked with some distrust: "Then Where did you get so much money to buy so many weapons in the first place?"
"Borrowed." Frederick shrugged, "Using the customs duties and elemental metal trade in my territory as collateral, I asked that pagan businessman. "Borrowed."
After hearing this, Count Pistol felt that it made sense, and then looked at Duke Hegel.
Although Duke Hegel is the Minister of Finance, the king gave him this position to win over him so that he can make money. The specific work is done by the people below, but he still understands how much money is in the treasury. of.
"There is not much money in the treasury." Duke Hegel said, "You can buy more short ones, but the longest ones will be equipped with the Guards later."
Count Pisto nodded, and then began He started bargaining with Frederick, and by the time the dinner was over, everyone had reached an agreement.
Frederick provided weapons to the Praetorian Guards and the Royal Mages of the Rhine League at a price of 50 florins for a revolver and 120 florins for a revolver rifle.
At the same time, he also negotiated a business to sell Wesson specialties to the Pisto family and the Hegel family at low prices.
(End of this chapter)