Chapter 502 Delivery to
Salmon No. 108 theoretically takes two days to sail from Amstel to Weissenburg, but there are passengers to pick up and drop off along the way, and finally arrived at noon on the third day. Outside Weissenburg.
When the captain told the ship to prepare to dock, Baron Turgot was on the platform on the roof of the cabin, watching the bronze statue on the original site of the blacksmith shop slowly move behind him.
His first impression of the Principality of Wesson was that there were many bridges on the river, both built and under construction. They were too numerous to count along the way.
The second impression is that there are many boats, rowing boats, sail boats, and water wheels at the stern. All kinds of boats come and go on the river.
In front of them was a large paddle steamer with a water wheel on the side and five strange-looking empty hulls towed behind it. These hulls were all built at the shipyard in Amstel and brought here. Install equipment.
The port at the east end of the Carolina Canal is still bustling with activity, because the docks on the southern moat of the city have begun to make concessions for urban expansion, and are now much larger than when Fatih arrived last year.
The loudspeakers on the port constantly broadcast the news of ships entering and leaving the port. When the ship docks, you can see dock workers in uniforms running to the dock where the ship is parked to prepare for unloading.
Baron Turgot, like all tourists who came to Weissenburg for the first time, was silent for a long time while looking at the towering "Emperor's exclamation" in the city in the distance.
Da Franche began to get busy. He first negotiated with the tax officer who got on the boat, then got off the boat and talked with the porter foreman wearing a white hat. Soon after, four load-bearing tricycles arrived.
The sailors on the ship opened the roof of the warehouse, and the crane on the dock lifted the goods to the dock.
The tank containing oysters in Da Franche weighs more than two tons. It has a rack underneath and is hoisted directly to the tricycle.
Baron Turgot and his servant went through the customs clearance procedures and were waiting for Da Franche outside the port. He said that he could arrange a place for long-term accommodation.
Then he saw a tricycle driving in the distance. There was a rough wooden shelf set up on the car. On the shelf hung a fish as high as one person, which seemed to weigh more than a hundred kilograms.
Sitting next to the shelf were two children, a boy and a girl. They seemed to be of southern descent, and they looked very excited.
Richard Nall recognized Baron Turgot, just waved his hand, and continued slowly on the long journey home.
Baron Turgot had heard about Richard Nar, but when he saw it with his own eyes, he still didn’t know what to say and could only smile back.
At this time, Da Franche came over in a tricycle pulling passengers, got out of the car and helped Baron Turgot and the servants load their luggage into the car, and then walked west along the canal with the cart pulling goods.
Da Franche said to Baron Turgot: "It is the Iris community, and the landlords are all nobles from the Kingdom of Gaul. Most of us who come here to make a living stay there, and everyone is taken care of."
Baron Turgot asked him: "How many Gauls are there here?"
Da Franche thought for a while and said: "I heard that there are two to three thousand people, and there are hundreds of people who come to school. Some people live in Weissenburg, many people are in other places, and there is a person in the community. More than a thousand people. "
"Most of the people who come here are doing business, a few are going to school, and some are working as chefs, painters, translators, etc. "
Duer. Brother Baron nodded. His student became a screenwriter and now draws comic strips with several people.
Da Franche continued: "The World Exposition will be held next month. The hotels in the city have been booked long ago. We still have some space there."
Baron Turgot Nodding again, the student wrote back about this and said he could stay at his place, so he only brought one servant.
Iris Community soon arrived. There are four- and five-story buildings here. Shops, restaurants and handicraft workshops can be used on the first floor, and people live on the upper floors.
The facade of Da Franche was carved out of a bakery and opened separately.
This bread workshop specializes in producing bread that can be used as a weapon in the Kingdom of Gaul. The owner is also from the city of Le Havre.
The baker boss came over immediately to salute Baron Turgot after seeing him. He helped the landlord manage the building and immediately asked his wife to take the children upstairs to clean up the empty floors.
Da Franche disappeared for a few minutes, called a few people, first moved down the air pump, and then took out many buckets of different sizes from the shop with names written on them, and began to remove the oysters from the tricycle. and seawater into buckets. Baron Turgot asked the servants to move the luggage upstairs and arrange it, while he watched Da Franche and the others busy with interest.
Not long after, there was a "bang bang" sound in the distance, and a brown-haired woman wearing a leather jacket, leather pants, and a helmet stopped her tricycle in front of the store.
Da Franche went over immediately and said respectfully: "Why are you here? I was just going to send it to you later."
Psyche took off her helmet and hung it on the On the rearview mirror, he got out of the car and walked to the water tank and said: "I tried the new car today and thought it was time for you to come back, so I stopped by to take a look."
Da Franche watched intently. While riding her three-wheeled motorcycle, her mouth was almost watering.
Psyche looked at the oysters shipped back this time and said with satisfaction: "Yes, the survival rate this time is 98%. It seems that this method is effective."
"Bring the bucket and I will choose it myself. At the end of the month Come back and pay."
"Hurry up and give Branimir his share. Give him more."
Da Franche will bring two plates immediately. Give the tin bucket of zinc to Psyche.
Psyche asked someone to pick some oysters of each kind, put the bucket in the side bucket and left.
Baron Turgot did not know Psyche and thought that she was a member of a noble family. She sounded like a regular customer of Da Franche, so he did not disturb her business.
The oysters at Da Franche's side were quickly distributed. The buckets for regular customers were filled with seawater and oysters. One water tank contained a small half box of various oysters and was connected to the air pump. The two water tanks were empty. Move it into the shop and keep the remaining oysters inside.
Then he will take a fleet of tricycles to deliver goods door to door, and Baron Turgot will follow him to see.
The convoy took a detour, and Da Franche took a bag of oysters to an exotic barbecue restaurant and gave it to the proprietress, and chatted for a while.
Baron Turgot asked him curiously: "Are you pursuing that girl?"
"No!" Da Franche shook his head hurriedly, "I was robbed half a month ago. She and her boyfriend happened to be passing by. It was her boyfriend who saved me."
He is still scared now, but at that time he was I took the money and prepared to go to Amstel City to buy some goods. If they were robbed, I would probably be sweeping the streets now.
"By the way!" He remembered something, "Didn't you say you wanted to inspect agricultural projects? The boss's boyfriend owns a chicken farm, so you can go and have a look."
The reason why Baron Turgot came here was to investigate and learn ways to increase the agricultural income of the territory, and Da Franche recommended the chicken farm.
“Who was that lady just now?” Baron Turgot asked, “Does she have any agricultural projects at home?”
The only local he knew was a fisherman. If he wanted to see the agricultural situation here, he would have to find a way through his acquaintances in Da Franche.
Da Franche replied: "She is the teacher of Grand Duke Wesson and the president of the Wesson Scientific Society, His Excellency Psyche."
"When I first came here, I brought I ate two buckets of oysters, and most of them died. I almost cried to death outside the port. "
" At that time, Lord Psyche happened to be passing by and said that the oysters were not bad, so he bought them all alive and taught them. How can I keep more oysters alive?"
"I made another trip, and this time more than half of them survived."
Baron Turgot sighed to himself, this guy is really lucky to have met a noble person to help him.
(End of this chapter)