Chapter 278 Boarding the ship sailing to a new life
The layout of the hotel room in Wesson is different from other places. When you enter the door, there is the bathroom next to it, and opposite is the locker for luggage. Walk through the short hallway This is the room with the bed, table and chairs. Behind the bright window are double curtains, one thin and one thick. There is also a schematic diagram of the fire escape route posted on the back of the room door, which was obtained at the cost of more than a hundred lives in Oak City.
Oliver sat on the bed, pressed the mattress, and it bounced up. It felt quite fun.
This kind of mattress is a specialty of the Kingdom of Kush. The raw material is a kind of palm fiber produced in the hot areas of the south. It was originally used to make rough clothes and ropes. When it is made into a mattress, it is still reading a map in the room. That guy's idea.
Frederick was studying the map he had just bought. This place was familiar yet strange to him.
The terrain of the southern continent of this world is very similar to that of his hometown in Africa, but the Sahara Desert is located in a tropical rain forest called the Sea of Forest or Green Sea. Cities are located in the northern coastal area. To the south of the rain forest is a mountain range and plateau with a high altitude. .
The Port of Birsay where they are currently located is located in the northeastern corner of the area actually controlled by the Kingdom of Kush, equivalent to the northern end of the Suez Canal. The Luna Peninsula to the east is occupied by the Ghazi Empire. The two countries are now nearly two hundred kilometers long. There were confrontations in the swamp area, and small-scale conflicts occurred from time to time.
The territory of the Kingdom of Kush is roughly equivalent to his hometown of Egypt, but the big river called the Sun River is different from the Nile River. Its main stream comes from the mountains in the south, but the forest sea in the west and the sea in the east The hilly area has numerous tributaries flowing into it.
There is no shortage of water, light and heat here, and it seems to be very suitable for farming. However, the tropical rainforest here will also expand outwards. In a few days, the seeds brought by bird droppings can make high-rise crops grow in the farmland. A small tree of wheat or rice. It was even worse in the cotton field, and I couldn't tell the difference for a while.
What’s more serious is the hot climate and the diseases of humans and animals spread by bugs that breed in ponds, lakes, etc. Bugs and small reptiles basically carry toxins. The slimes here even eat poisonous bugs. Too many have brought on their own toxicity.
After combining past and current intelligence, Frederick had some understanding of the country, and decided not to go to Mrs. Sophie yet, but to walk around on his own.
At this time, someone knocked hard on the door of the room. Frederick immediately became alert, picked up his weapon and walked towards the door.
He used the scabbard to open the curtain behind the cat's eye, and after a few seconds, he slowly went over to check.
The door kept ringing, and outside were several people wearing khaki police uniforms. If their clothes were changed to navy blue, they would not have the local brown skin but white, just like the police in Wesson. .
Frederick asked loudly in standard German with a Wesson accent: "Who is it?"
After hearing the knock on the door, someone answered in German with a local accent: "Security officer, checking the ward!"
Frederick asked again: "Is it really the peace officer? Not a liar Right?"
The people outside replied politely: "No, we are real police officers, and I graduated from the police academy in Weissenburg."
Frederick nodded slightly. After a moment of reflection, he realized that various government departments in Weisen State were now very short of professional talents under the professionalization reform of government employees he had instituted. Many departments had opened their own professional training schools.
The Police Department has also opened a police school for six months of professional pre-job training and three months of improvement training. Like many similar schools, it recruits a group of veterans to brag and teach the rookies their experience. While writing teaching materials.
These schools are also open to allies, and the Kingdom of Kush also sends people to study. They are all children of noble families who support Mrs. Sophie and do not have the right to inherit the title. After returning, they serve in other places to enrich government departments and strengthen the royal family's control of the local area.
Frederick was still not at ease. This was a border area. There might be spies from the Ghazi Empire infiltrating and pretending to be government personnel to commit murder. If the peace officer of the Kingdom of Kush killed someone from Weisen State, This kind of thing can rise to the diplomatic level in a short time.
"[Standard Weisenburg Castle swear words]!" Frederick suddenly yelled, "Did you have a share in the time last year when you group of blue rats came to our school to steal food!"
< br>The police officer outside immediately yelled back: "[Unstandard Weisen State swear words]! It turns out to be a big-faced cat! If you don't open the door yet, let's see how I deal with you! How dare you come to my land and be so arrogant!"
The Wesson Police Academy is located in the suburbs. Not far away is the recruit training base of the Black Cat Army. In line with the tradition of the army, Frederick has a vegetable patch in the base. Last year, a group of police academy students went to steal vegetables. Then he got beaten up badly.
Frederick opened the door and exchanged curses with the police officer outside for five minutes. Olive in the room hid in the corner and shivered. The security officer in the corridor was confused. Why did the chief just press and not do anything today?
The two finished scolding and began to exchange documents.
Frederick looked at the other party's Sheriff's Certificate and sneered: "How many days did I lie down that time."
The other party did not answer, but said: "In a few days, the Queen will take the The eldest prince comes back to visit his parents. If you see anyone suspicious, tell us immediately."
Frederick raised his eyebrows. If nothing else, we will all be considered relatives in a few years. It would be better to help them pay attention. OK.
Then Frederick called Olive over and asked them to take a look, and the ward round was over.
"Are you free tomorrow night?" the sheriff asked, "I've invited a few classmates to have a drink together. We want to hear the story of the previous war."
Frederick smiled and said, "No problem, I'm here for a trip. If I don't tell it to the front desk."
After the inspection here, the sheriff took people to check the room opposite.
I just knocked on the door for a while and no one opened it. Someone inside shouted "Get out". The accent was from the south of the Kingdom of Kush.
It only took 30 seconds to break down the door and arrest people. A fat man and a young woman were dragged out, tied up and sent back for interrogation. After the scorching sun at noon passed, Frederick took the olives and went shopping on the street.
Frederick escaped from Wanjing City with olives. She had no luggage and needed to purchase them here.
In recent years, the trade exchanges between Weisen State and the Kingdom of Kush have intensified. There have been more merchants, and people talking in German language can be seen on the street from time to time.
Frederick inquired all the way to a street with many tailor shops. Here there are freshly made local clothes, as well as ready-made clothes imported from Weissensee.
But no matter which one he chooses, there will always be a scarf to block the sun. Frederick is still wearing loose breathable clothes made by Wanjingcheng and a black plaid scarf with a white background.
Frederick asked Olive: "What kind of clothes should I buy?"
Oliver answered naturally: "Of course they are Wesson clothes."
Frederick I took her to a women's clothing store, let her choose by herself, and then asked the boss: "Do you have cotton-padded clothes here? Let the girl see it. I'm afraid she won't be able to buy cotton-padded clothes in winter and will freeze to death."
The boss just said He was two or three years older than Frederick. He came here from Weissensee and married a local landlady. Although the fellow villager wanted to help, he still shook his head and replied: "It's so hot here, how can I prepare cotton clothes?"
"I heard that there is a travel agency in the next street. A few years ago, people there froze to death, and then they specially prepared it for people here to see."
Frederick heard a black line and thought to himself. There are all travel agencies.
After buying the clothes, he took Olive and went there and found that there were quite a lot of customers in this travel agency. They were all from the southern continent. They were all rich or expensive based on their clothes.
As soon as he entered the door, the owner of the travel agency immediately greeted him personally: "Ah,..."
Frederick immediately glared and did not let one of his father's former scribes call out. own identity.
The boss understood immediately and welcomed Frederick into the VIP room.
Olive sat on the sofa and looked curiously at the glass fish tank on the wall. There were many beautiful little fish in it.
Frederick asked the boss curiously: "You run this chamber of commerce? It seems that the business is not bad?"
The boss was a little embarrassed. At that time, he was responsible for copying work in the castle. After Frederick's father died in the war, he felt that the Wesson family was about to end, so he ran away to the city of Nuremberg. As a result, a few years later it became the territory of the Wesson family.
Now that the printing industry is rising, the job of the scribe is over, so he comes out to make a living.
The boss replied: "I first sold some tableware here, and then I heard that many people wanted to visit Weissen State, but the distance was too far and the travel costs were too expensive."
"Then I thought, the travel costs are expensive The main reason is that the boat fare is expensive, so I found a captain I know to cooperate and let tourists gather to charter the boat. The fare is much cheaper and there are more people.”
Frederick agreed after hearing this. He nodded. Nobles these days have a tradition of traveling around. He is also traveling now. The expenses in this area are not small. Save as much as you can.
He pointed at the olive and said to the boss: "You can make this money because of your ability. I met this girl on the road. She wants to work and live in Wesson. Please arrange how to get there. We don’t need to take care of her after we get off the boat in Weissenburg.”
The boss immediately replied: “We will have a boat back to Weissenburg in three days, and we can take her with us. If she is willing to live with the waiter, we don’t have to worry about it. For travel expenses, just pay for food. If you have anything to take back, we also have letter and gift delivery services.”
Although this is the richest moment in Olive's life, she doesn't spend money if she can, so she asked: "Can I get free of food if I help with the work?"
The boss felt relieved. At first, I thought this girl was the Duke's mistress, and meeting her on the road and going to work were just excuses. But seeing the scars on her face, I was unsure, so I used this method to make circumstantial claims.
If it was a mistress, the Duke would definitely have said she would be treated as an official guest just now. Now this girl is actively working to save money, which means she is no longer a mistress.
But even if they are not mistresses, they still know each other, and there is always friendship. If one day the Duke suddenly remembers to ask about him, he must also explain.
So the boss arranged a simple job for her: "If you can help wipe the tableware, you can provide working meals."
Olive immediately agreed.
Three days later, the skinny Olive said goodbye to Frederick on the dock, carrying a backpack almost as big as himself, and then happily ran onto the boat.
When the ship left the port, Frederick waved goodbye to her. Unexpectedly, she would be the mother of two children the next time they met.
(End of this chapter)