Chapter 595 Political Grabbing
In many things, the first impression often becomes a stereotype.
The people on Cyclops Island have a strange impression of the "far northerners" from the Rhine League, and they are very special when they meet.
Today is the day of the general meeting of the United Fruit Company, and people who visited the southern coast have also returned.
A theater not far from the company headquarters was booked. A row of long tables was placed on the stage, and many rows of long tables and chairs were also placed in the auditorium.
Before the meeting started, I saw people dressed the same way from time to time on the street in front of the theater.
They are all wearing white shirts, black straight trousers, black or brown large leather shoes, and copper-headed belts around their waists. There are three pens in the left chest pocket, and pocket watches are fixed on their wrists with belts. , holding a thermos cup with different characters engraved on it in his left hand, and a rectangular black briefcase in his right hand.
Many people had just returned from Nan'an. They greeted their familiar colleagues warmly and walked into the venue chatting and laughing.
The venue was extremely quiet. As soon as everyone entered, the chatter and laughter stopped abruptly.
Frederick sat in the middle of the rostrum, holding a thermos cup in his hand, nodding expressionlessly to everyone who came in.
Maria sat next to him, looking a little uneasy.
Everyone is preparing for Frederick's arrival, especially after he appeared in the experimental area for field inspection, all preparations entered the sprint stage.
It was just that Frederick said in the experimental area that everyone should go back to the meeting and look around again.
But no one, including Maria, expected that instead of continuing to explore in the south, he would suddenly appear at the venue early this morning.
Frederick told Maria to let her preside over the meeting as usual, and that he would just listen and not express any opinions.
This meeting was conducted carefully, and the heads of various departments spoke very slowly when delivering their reports, for fear of mispronunciation.
Frederick just immersed himself in taking notes. Finally, Maria asked him to say a few words, and he said: "If there is nothing else, let the meeting adjourn."
The meeting ended and Frederick came. Arrive at Maria's residence.
Today Susan also went to the venue to watch the excitement. In the living room, she hugged Frederick’s neck from behind, smiled evilly for a while and said: "What game are you playing? Are we? Is it part of your game?”
Frederick pinched Susan’s nose with his backhand and said, “That’s what you think.”
He then sat down next to Maria with a serious expression.
Maria thought he was going to talk about official business and immediately sat down.
However, Frederick held her in his arms, lowered his head to kiss her, and quickly unbuttoned her shirt with one hand dishonestly.
Maria was able to bump him with her elbow a few times at first, but soon her whole body went limp and she reached out to wrap her arms around his neck.
Susan snickered on the sidelines, but Frederick freed his hand and grabbed her.
After the fuss, all three of them looked disheveled.
Maria was arranging her clothes and complained: "Really, I have to go to work in the afternoon."
Frederick hugged Susan and said to Maria: "I won't go there in the afternoon."
"You tell the heads of each department that I will go to the company tomorrow to have a look."
Maria responded, and she could see that, Frederick would not express any opinion without knowing the whole situation.
The entire United Fruit Company breathed a sigh of relief. The leader came to inspect, and it would be a good thing if he didn't get scolded.
Everyone is nervous. Now that we have a good start, don’t make any mistakes halfway. Maria went to work, and Frederick carried Susan into the bedroom.
Susan was like a kitten in Frederick's arms, stroking her face from time to time and kissing Frederick's neck and chin easily.
Frederick closed the bedroom door, sat on the bed, patted Susan on the back twice, and said softly: "Let me talk to you about something serious."
"What's going on at home?"
He has inquired about a lot of news recently, including many rumors about the political situation in the Kingdom of Kush. It seems that something is not quite right.
Susan put her face against Frederick's chest and said softly: "What else could be wrong? Brother Wang and his mother are having a quarrel."
"Everyone knows that the three The invasion of the Ghazi Empire years ago was actually won by you and Marshal Hayreddin. Brother Wang felt very uncomfortable."
"He always wanted to do something, and there were times when the Queen Mother thought he was not doing the right thing. , so we had a quarrel.”
"Many nobles gathered around Brother Wang and always said that the Queen Mother interfered too much in government affairs."
"Some people suggested building a large garden for the Queen Mother to retire there."
>"Some people said to Brother Wang that Marshal Hayreddin is too powerful and needs to be weakened."
Frederick knew what he was thinking after hearing this.
The problem in the Kingdom of Kush is very simple, the conflict between the royal party and the queen mother's party.
You must know that the current throne was carved out by the Queen Mother who cut people to the point of bleeding, and even sent the entire family to Frederick for refuge.
Frederick supported the Queen Mother. If she had not brought back potatoes and other crops from Taohuashi and exported a large amount of grain, the Duchy of Wesson would have suffered from a lack of food, resulting in slow industrial development.
On these two points, the Queen Mother will not lose.
But the Queen Mother is always the Queen Mother. Unless she takes the step of mother and son wanting to be disabled and ascends the throne, the power will still be in the hands of the king.
Frederick sighed in his heart and said to Susan: "Write a letter to Mrs. Sophie and say that I will invite her to stay in Weissenburg for two or three years."
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Susan raised her head, blinked her golden eyes, nodded and agreed softly.
She didn't care about politics, not that she didn't understand politics. She quickly understood that Frederick was trying to cool down the tense relationship between the queen mother and the king's brother.
This is also a test question for Brother Wang to see if he can manage the country well.
Frederick sighed again in his heart. The Kingdom of Kush was his most important ally in the south. If turmoil occurred, it would have serious consequences.
Psyche must have smelled the smell, so she decisively and secretly supported Maria in her southern development operation instead of waiting for Frederick to return from the north.
No matter what the political situation of the Kingdom of Kush will be in the future, with the development of the south in the future, and the two railways between the Kingdom of Sardinia and Port Ferdinand, Frederick will be less dependent on the Kingdom of Kush, and he will be much more calm when dealing with it.
Frederick had the confidence in his mind, and the subsequent conversation with the senior officials of the Southern Fruit Company had political leverage.
Looking at the overall situation, developing the southern region is to open up a new production base for the Rhine League. The crops will support local development and serve as a bridgehead for product sales.
Frederick believed that as long as the company unified this idea and the children of each family fed back into the family, the legitimacy of the company would be unshakable. Anyone who dared to be detrimental to the company would be a sinner of the Rhine Alliance.
Based on this principle, Frederick also determined the positioning of newly developed land.
(End of this chapter)