Chapter 526 Spring is here
A circle with a diameter of one meter was drawn on the ice. Frederick was dressed like Illidan, holding his own sword and focusing all his attention on his ears.
There was a sound of breaking wind all around. Tomahawks, maces and six darts came from three directions at the same time. The speed was extremely controlled and they would hit Frederick at the same time.
Frederick first knocked off the dart with the tip of his sword, then turned around and knocked the end of the sword hilt on the nail of the mace. While knocking the mace away, he used the force of his sword to chop the battle ax crookedly.
A burst of cheers suddenly sounded nearby. The girls onlookers were not really cheering for Frederick, but were trying to interfere with his hearing.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Hurley sneaked near Frederick silently.
But before she could launch a sneak attack, Frederick suddenly reached out and pulled her over. He held her tightly in his arms with one hand, and held a sword in the other to resist the attacks of the other two.
There was another burst of laughter all around.
The meal will be served soon. Today’s training is over, and there is stewed wolf meat in the pot again.
Every day, hunting teams come back from hunting. Now the prey in the forest is limited, only grouse, woolly rabbits, foxes and wolves.
Catch rabbits or grouse in traps and then bleed them to make bigger traps. The smell of blood will quickly attract wolves.
"Well..." Frederick looked at the extra vegetables in the bowl and was silent for a long time, then continued to eat.
It seemed like the girls didn’t want to eat kidneys, so they all ate them for him.
Frederick felt that the atmosphere in the camp was a bit strange recently. Everyone seemed to be hiding something from him, and Catherine also murmured to them from time to time.
As the days passed, everyone was practicing with real swords and guns every day, and there were inevitably injuries during the process.
Fortunately, treatment is a compulsory course for them. After cleaning the wound, they can perform treatment and rest for half a day before they can start a new round of training.
In February, Frederick suddenly found that he seemed to have become the boss at the end of the game, and everyone exercised to improve themselves.
The time came to the end of March, the temperature rose to around ten degrees below zero, and it was time to return.
If the snow melts later, the roads will become muddy and difficult to walk on.
The boat that picked them up waited on the shore for two days. After the group dug out the whale bones in the ground, they took the boat back to Nidros.
On the ship, Frederick asked Catherine in surprise: "Aren't you going back?"
Catherine replied: "I want to inquire about the news here. I don't know what is going on at home."
Frederick said: "If you need help, you can find the Dawn Chamber of Commerce."
Catherine hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Can you lend me some money? I want to recruit a guard here to escort me Go back."
Frederick looked at the petrels flying on the sea and said after a long time: "I guess it's not as simple as the escort."
Catherine's temperament suddenly changed. This was something she had never seen in a winter. She was like a hungry bear waking up from hibernation. Its ferocious eyes scanned everything around it, looking for food to eat.
"I want to get what I deserve." There was no emotion in her words, "I will do what he can't do."
Frederick turned his head and looked She glanced at it and said: "In that case, the following negotiations will not involve personal feelings."
In these days, Catherine has not said anything political about the Principality of Yelgarod, just Talk about some local customs.
Frederick didn't care either. The place was too far away and he had an established development plan here, so he couldn't care about it.
Now Catherine wanted to talk about political matters, but Frederick could only give so much. It would not be easy to handle if he exceeded his ability and used personal feelings as a bargaining chip.
Catherine immediately replied: "Okay!" "I need an army that will obey my orders to go back and empty that waste and take back the territory that once belonged to me."
Frederick asked her: "What can I get?"
The essence of diplomacy and politics is business. Whatever Catherine wants, she must pay the price.
"Everything you want!" Catherine drew a big pie, "Wood, furs, minerals, food, and people."
"You want to be in the territory of the woman who captured me Mining, your people are not adapted to the climate there, but my people are fine.”
Frederick is not very enthusiastic about these big pies. For now, you can get it through trade without paying more. price.
The Principality of Wesson has been committed to increasing the source of resources and has achieved good results. What it needs more now is a market for selling products.
Catherine didn't understand this yet, but she understood that Frederick was not moved by this, and obviously the price offered was not enough.
"Then the Principality of Yelgarod and the Principality of Wesson sign a treaty similar to the Elbe Treaty?"
Katherine tentatively offered a condition.
Frederick did not answer directly, but said: "I don't recommend that you recruit soldiers here. I think you can go back to your parents' house and seek help."
"You can Recruit a group of Black Forest mercenaries there. Their weapons, tactics, and discipline are all top-notch."
"Although the mercenaries here are powerful, they are all pagans and have a bad influence."
Catherine agreed immediately.
Her hometown is just east of the Elbe River, within Frederick's sphere of influence, and it is convenient to do many things.
Frederick was thinking about something at this time.
When I played "Mount and Blade" in my previous life, there were many missions to restore the country. In reality, there were many coups with the support of major powers. Winning in the game did not bring much benefit, but in reality the benefits were greater.
Healing Dragaces to regain Constantbul is an example. The Principality of Wesson used the Galata district east of Constantbul as a springboard and began to have some influence on the coast of the Dark Sea.
The Principality of Yelgarod has a port at the eastern end of the North Sea. If it can establish a stronghold or even a naval base there, the benefits will not be small.
The expansion of agricultural society mainly obtains land and uses the output of the land as income.
The expansion of industrial society is constantly looking for sources of raw materials and commodity markets in order to obtain high profits.
So the landowners were not aware of Frederick's commercial invasion and thought that he was a good friend without the land.
At the same time, Frederick did not rise for a long time. Others did not have industry. The landowners still took selling raw materials and purchasing finished products as a matter of course, and had not yet fully realized the profits brought by industry.
Therefore, he must seize the time and capture as much of the market as possible before others react.
Furthermore, the political structure of industrialized society is different from that of traditional agricultural feudal society. The people will demand more power, but the power cake is only so big. The more people there are, the less the nobility will be.
Frederick himself didn't care, and he didn't have many established nobles under his command, so the political atmosphere within the Duchy of Wesson was relatively relaxed.
But it is different elsewhere. The artificial class gap makes the status of people on both sides very different. The gap is wider than that between people and slimes.
While Frederick was at sea, the first spark ignited a powder keg.
(End of this chapter)