Chapter 607 Cooperation between the two parties
“I’m not, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense!”
Frederick came to the city of La Cobriga, and after seeing Archduke Suarez, he hurriedly denied that he It has something to do with the conspiracy against old Louis.
Archduke Suarez said doubtfully: "You really didn't do it?"
"I didn't make such a plan. When the spy sent back this news, I thought it was you. .”
"I have to say, this is really feasible."
He hinted to Frederick with his eyes, how about we come with a big vote.
Frederick just smiled and carefully admired the decoration in the living room.
I don’t want to get too involved in these matters. The market in the Kingdom of Gaul is really too big, so I won’t make too many statements.
Archduke Suarez noticed Frederick's avoidance and did not continue on this matter and started the next topic.
"I want to build a railway." He said something that did not surprise Frederick, and then he snapped his fingers, and someone moved the sand table one by one to form a 2m×2m sand table of the Kingdom of Tarago.
Grand Duke Suarez pointed to the center of the Kingdom of Tarago and said: "This is Bull City, one of my family's territories."
After saying that, he picked up the box from the side He took out a red flag half the size of a palm and stuck it there.
“These are important cities and ports.”
As he spoke, he inserted smaller flags into the sand table. The yellow flags represented inland cities and the blue flags were ports.
Then he took out a green ball of thread and spread it out with Bull City as the center, connecting cities one after another.
After doing this, Archduke Suarez said: "I plan to set the royal capital in Bull City in the future."
Frederick did not comment too much on his plan and said calmly : "The railway itself cannot create wealth, it is only responsible for transporting resources."
"The cost of building railways in mountainous areas is very high."
"Because of the war, I have no money."< br>
What he meant was very simple. The cost of building a railway here was high, and the plateau area was not rich in products and might lose money, so don't ask for money from yourself.
Grand Duke Suarez said: "There is little rainfall in the plateau area and low farmland yield. This is not something that cannot be solved."
"Richard Nall sent me a boat of flames in the past two years. Forage, he said it is drought-resistant, so I arranged for some familiar families to try planting it.”
“In one year, one hectare of farmland can harvest almost 1 ton of seeds, and there are poles and stems that are taller than a person. The leaves are twice as much as the wheat."
"People eat the seeds, and the cattle eat the leaves and stalks to fill their stomachs."
"The most important thing is that dry land, sandy land, and saline-alkali land that do not grow food are still used for planting, but the yield is lower, which is better than nothing."
"I gave the seeds and planting methods to Many nobles on the plateau tried planting, and the feedback showed that the harvest was very good, and everyone was very happy.”
Frederick was a little surprised that he sent the sorghum seeds out, but he soon figured it out. Yes, this mainly depends on political calculations.
Although sorghum does not taste very good, that is a matter for farmers and livestock. The men continue to eat wheat.
Economically, when these nobles taste the benefits in the first two or three years and start to expand the scale of planting, they will find that the seeds begin to degrade.
Next, Frederick will make a lot of money, and Grand Duke Suarez will make a small profit, and they can also use this as a starting point to exert political influence.
In addition to seeds, there are also agricultural machinery, fertilizers, etc.
Frederick scratched his head and recalled an incident. When he and Psyche went for a walk in the past, they talked about how to control the landowners by controlling the upstream and downstream circulation links of agriculture, just like Richard Turner. I also fished there.
Grand Duke Suarez continued: "It's not that there are no good things in the plateau area, it's just that transportation is inconvenient, so no one buys them."
"What do you think I use the principality's foreign trade tariffs as a mortgage? ?”
Archduke Suarez looked into Frederick's eyes and said seriously: "Richard Nall taught me a way to hand over the customs to you for mortgage, and the money can be used to build railways and some factories." "If I Ascend to the throne, and the entire kingdom's customs can be mortgaged to you."
Frederick frowned, thinking that Richard Nall had eavesdropped on himself and Psyche. What a conversation.
He said: "This matter is very troublesome. I cannot make enough judgment in a short time. I need to send an inspection team back to conduct on-site inspection before I can give an answer."
This He had not prepared anything in advance. Unlike the Kingdom of Sardinia, where the Principality of Bain had conducted a detailed investigation, there was too little detailed economic and political information about this place, making it difficult to make a judgment.
Archduke Suarez regretted that he did not have a clear answer, and could only comfort himself that at least he did not refuse and there was still room for maneuver.
The next thing is what Eugene has negotiated before.
Archduke Suarez said: "There was originally a whaling town west of La Cobriga, but it was destroyed by a fire that lasted for five days more than a hundred years ago, and it has been abandoned since then. .”
“The terrain and coast there are good, what do you think?”
Frederick had received the contents of the negotiation from Eugene’s telegram earlier.
Eugene made a big one and took back a large piece of coastal beach.
When the tide rises there is the sea, and after low tide it is a swamp. Only salt-tolerant reeds survive.
Fortunately, a few kilometers upstream from the river mouth there is where the original town was.
According to Eugene's wishes, use bulldozers to flatten the hills here, fill the swamps with the soil, and the land will come out.
His understatement frightened the father and son, Luis and Archduke Suarez.
Now to the world, Frederick's conversion of swamps into treasures is as normal as cows eating grass and wolves eating meat. Eugene and Grand Duke Suarez both behave like this.
Frederick didn't care anymore and said: "It's okay there. I can also build a railway to the Fortress of St. George, which can be connected to the Kingdom of Lisenberg in the future."
Grand Duke Suarez Pine After taking a breath, one thing was finally settled.
"So about training the army..." he asked cautiously, "What do you think about it?"
According to his idea, after the arrival of Wesson's army and Osmaga's new army, they can Free up a large number of main troops, but these troops will not go to the battlefield first, but will receive training from the Wesson Army and become an army with powerful fighter jets.
His previous recruitment of translators was actually to serve as officers in this army, and he only released false information by the way.
But he told Eugene about this matter, but Eugene couldn't make the decision.
This matter cannot be taken carelessly. Frederick said seriously: "I suggest you recruit a new army from scratch."
"My army is fundamentally different from the traditional army. The same, with great emphasis on discipline.”
“Those veterans are not afraid of death in war, but it is more uncomfortable to ask them to observe military discipline than to kill them.”
"For more than ten years, dozens of people in my army have been hanged for violating military discipline, but there have been no public reports."
Suarez nodded, and he knew best the virtues of those veterans. .
They set the tone for these big events, and others leave the details to them.
Before leaving, Archduke Suarez said: "I gave this manor to you. You will have a place to stay when you are free in the future."
Frederick said with a smile: "I asked the shipyard to make a special sea-going ship for you. It doesn't need a sail. I'll come over as soon as it's built."
The two walked out of the living room talking and laughing, and then said goodbye at the door.
Frederick returned to sit on the sofa and breathed a deep sigh of relief. It looked like this trip would not be easy.
At this time, a pair of hands put on his temples and helped him massage them.
(End of this chapter)