Chapter 424 Let Party A do the work
Psyche rarely participates in government affairs, but every time she takes action, it is a major event at a key node and a far-reaching event, such as the scope of this fall’s military recruitment.
"If you had shown any interest just now, I would have taken the money and run away immediately." Psyche was very satisfied with Frederick's performance just now, "I think you can make it happen."
"I have seen many young and famous people. Some people thought they had a great advantage and went up to A, but they died."
Frederick sat down on the chair and gave the empty space on the table He poured tea into the cup and said at the same time: "Let's put these things aside for now. I heard outside the city that the nobles are waiting and watching, which shows that my strength and prestige are not enough."
"If by the time I am strong enough, Rudolf is ignorant if he does not prepare for the abdication ceremony. In that case, if Rudolf does not die accidentally, it means that the nobles of Cologne City are ignorant. If they are all ignorant, my army is ready to arrive in Cologne City. When I woke up, I didn’t have a purple robe on me because my subordinates were ignorant.”
"In short, it's to build walls high, accumulate food widely, and slowly become king."
Psyche nodded with satisfaction. It's hard to find such an easy-to-talk boss, and she's worried that he can't see clearly. The situation got so hot that I tried to commit suicide and died, so I went there myself.
“These are for you.” Psyche took out a stack of documents from a briefcase at his feet and gave them to him. “These are the intelligence collected by the intelligence department here. I helped you summarize all parties. reaction.”
Frederick took the document and read it carefully.
Nobles from all parties were confused by William, including the Archduke of Mainz and the Archduke of Byrne, who had envisioned helping Frederick ascend to the throne. They were not sure what he meant in the end.
The key is that Frederick's performance has been too eye-catching in recent years. William recognized him as his younger brother in the "Treaty of Wesson", which made people think a little bit.
If it were anyone else, everyone would think that this person owed the king a lot of money and had not yet paid it back.
On the other hand, Rudolph has been facing a lot of pressure recently.
After reading the information, Frederick thought for a long time, pinched his chin and said: "My nephew is under a lot of pressure right now."
"You said it would take a lot of time to build a new palace for the King of the Rhine League. How much is it?”
Psyche glanced at him sideways: “Nowadays, historical palaces have been expanded over decades and hundreds of years. You will have to spend more than ten years on your own for the first phase alone. No, I won’t talk about the collection inside, so as not to shock you.”
Frederick said in surprise: “It’s so expensive!”
His own annual personal income is one. More than 10,000 gold florins may seem like a lot, but the maintenance of the castle residence, the salaries of housekeepers and servants such as Afu and Tarot, as well as the bonuses and prizes for three good students at the municipal level and above in the entire Wesson state, the painter sponsorship fund, etc. It is paid from here.
Calculated this way, a palace would start at 200,000 florins.
"What do you think?" Psyche said, "The palace is not a tube building, just plaster the walls. The ubiquitous carvings inside require masons, and the furniture must not be shabby. The cost of these is huge. ”
Frederick thought the same thing. It’s not surprising that this kind of fine decoration is more expensive than the main structure.
Not to mention the collection inside, which has been accumulated for decades or hundreds of years, and even if you have money, you can’t buy it.
Frederick said with a bad smile: "Because of this, it seems that I am sincere."
Psyche asked him: "What other evil ideas do you have?"
Frederick smiled and asked her: "How long did it take you on average to go to the mall and buy clothes?"
Pucek asked her with a smile: Ke gave him a pair of eyes. Frederick said with a trace of nostalgia: "In my previous life, I hated those clients who changed plans every three days, especially the ones who would start all over again as soon as they slapped their heads. I wish I could put them under the fiberglass septic tank."
“You know, I have done a five-star hotel project before. In the final decoration stage, Party A changed the marble panel style of the standard bathroom sink. Five plans.”
"Now that I think about it, it would be nice to have Party A like this."
"Didn't Rudolf say that this palace was built for Antonia? Then Antonia has the final say on how to build it."< br>
“The design of the entire palace, starting from the appearance, to the overall layout, to the decoration, even the details such as the bathroom faucets are all decided by her.”
Today’s nobles understand In this weird architectural design, the designer would draw a few renderings for them to see, and then fool them on the sidelines. If they don't realize it, they will allocate funds to start the construction. Usually, their subordinates will do it, and they won't know the effect until they go to the site after it is completed. how.
Allowing them to participate in the design will only make things more and more messy. God knows when it will be fixed.
Psyche complained on the side: "If we really do this, I can be sure that the plan will not be finalized in ten or eight years. Regardless of the life span, I might go to the next world and not start digging the foundation pit."
Frederick smiled and spread his hands: "Then it's none of my business."
"Anyway, I can afford to support one or two design teams, so let them play with Antonia "
This matter can be solved with dragging tactics. Stabilizing Rudolph and Antonia's side and preventing Lime Tree City from becoming Antonia's fiefdom is the first priority.
He is familiar with all kinds of details in the field of architecture, which other nobles cannot think of.
Psyche asked him again: "How to solve the problem of William shouting your name before he died?"
The root cause of the strange situation in Cologne is that William called Frederick's name three times before he died. Name, if this matter is not resolved, it will always be a hidden danger.
Frederick has been thinking about this issue, and he has some guesses in his mind. It is probably related to the notes written by him that he took away back then.
He never mentioned this matter to anyone.
The conversation in the secret room was always in Mandarin. Frederick was not afraid of others eavesdropping, so he told Psyche about the matter in detail.
"Hiss..." Psyche also didn't expect that Frederick would leave such a hand, "The Cyclops statue is useless and has to be replaced by an angel."
Frederick said with a smile: " The good thing is that William didn't close his eyes. If he left peacefully after shouting, I would be in trouble. "
"If he doesn't close his eyes, it means he is angry with me, and it means that I have something wrong. "
< br>"What could that be?"
Frederick pinched his chin and thought about what he had not done well, but in recent years he had been obedient, and it seemed that there was no principled issue that could make the king So angry.
Psyche reminded him: "Have you forgotten that you are Rudolf's teacher?"
"He is having such a quarrel with the nobles now. Don't you, as a teacher, have no responsibility at all?"
Frederick nodded, it made sense.
(End of this chapter)