Next, Frederick lived a peaceful and regular life. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Bank's business gradually got back on track, and loan after loan was issued to mine and factory owners, providing them with the capital and strength to suppress workers and earn a steady profit.

A vigorous march of workers, bloodily suppressed by 2,000 National Guardsmen wearing strong shields, the arrest and imprisonment of the union leaders, the forced dissolution of the unions, the return of the workers to their posts, and the continued cheap labor day after day, their anger rolling like magma under the earth's crust, accumulating for destruction.

Frederick turned a blind eye to the bloodshed. The owners of the mines and factories had to maintain the National Guard at their own expense, which was the king's original intention in creating this organization. The more fierce the workers' movement and the tighter the financial chain, the more dependent the miners and factory owners became on the loans issued by the banks. Frederick sat back and reaped the benefits.

Desperate, Rune secretly asks Frederick to use his influence to help release the arrested president.

Frederick refused the request, telling Rune that the National Guard was skyrocketing in numbers and that they were allowed to use depreciated equipment that had been obsolete from the military, bringing it to the level of armament of the wartime reserves, and that the workers would be killed if they dared to march.

Rune knelt on the ground, begging for guidance.

"You need to be armed, you need intelligence, you need more organization. Frederick bewitched Rune, "That conformist president will only bleed you in vain." Rune, you are well positioned to lead the workers, and I will fund your arms and provide you with timely warnings and intelligence to organize a stronger rights movement. You survived the bombing and were destined to be a legend, not an obscure assistant. ”

However, Rune trusted the president so much that he vowed never to betray his friend, let alone replace him. He knelt down and begged Frederick to save the president from prison.

Frederick could not bear to plead and reluctantly agreed. He repeatedly questioned Rune, "You are my friend. With my help, you can give them a mouth-watering weapon, and with my intelligence, you can lead the movement with the brilliant decisions of the unpredictable prophets. You have such a huge advantage, but you have never thought of personally leading your co-workers to a greater victory?"

Rune was defenseless against Frederick, and he said frankly, "He's my friend, too. I won't give up on rescuing him. ”

Frederick gave up, shaking his head in hatred. This made Rune very worried, and said cautiously: "The arms and intelligence you promised, my friend also needs them." ”

The ambitious Earl repeatedly spun the ring in his hand and paced twice on the carpet before deciding: "I will give you two thousand gold coins, enough for you to arm two hundred men to the teeth." You distribute the money and order your people to buy weapons in batches and small batches at Mendelssohn Heavy Industries. Remember the name of the company, because it is my property, and it will deliver the finished weapons directly to you within three days, and ship them from the Bafaria Industrial Zone, so that you can hide your eyes. ”

Rune was thrilled and a little hesitant: "Although the Empire allows the possession of legal weapons, but--but-if things gradually get out of control, will the regular army in the imperial capital go out of the city to attack us?"

Rune didn't dare to say what was out of control. But Frederick actually encouraged him:

"The mining area is the private property of the capitalists, and it is far away in the suburbs outside the city, so the king is too lazy to bother with you. A squadron of dragoons marches for a day, and forage, meat, grain transportation, armor maintenance, medical costs, and logistics support add up to at least 100 gold, and the fight will burn even more money. Do you think it's cheap to send troops?" said Frederick with fancy tricks: "If there is no tenfold income of this amount, the king will never send troops on credit, he is poor enough." By approving the establishment of a self-financed guard, he meant that he would leave the private mining areas alone. So you have to give the guards a little bit of color, and the capitalists will seriously sit down and negotiate with you. Take 10,000 steps back, and even if the regular army is dispatched, I will warn you in advance. This is an intelligence advantage. ”

"There is an essential difference between fighting and parades, and there is only one step away from rebellion - although I am very excited, I need to discuss it with the chairman before I can decide the direction in the future. "Rune always felt that it was too risky. "I'll leave it to you to get him out, Your Highness the Earl. ”

Frederick was in a hurry: "His methods of struggle have failed, as evidenced by his imprisonment." I believe that he is very unwilling, and he will definitely seek a more radical way of fighting. So you should do your homework first. You have a chapter in Bafaria, right?"

"We have underground links with trade unions everywhere. The Bafarian workers were treated very well, so they were not very interested in our philosophy. Rune admits that Bafaria is well governed. "So the union didn't know the workers in Bafaria very well. ”

"The Bafarian workers who escort your weapons will stay in the imperial capital for a while. I hope you will arrange a place for them to live in the workers' ghetto of the imperial capital. They won't get into trouble, and I'll pay for them. Frederick was relieved and made a small request that Rune could not refuse.

"No problem, the advantage of the shed is that no matter how many people sleep, the beds are definitely enough. Just spread straw on the ground. Rune agreed. Then he asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"Entered the city in three batches, a total of a hundred people. ”

"Yes. Rune didn't think there was anything wrong with that. The workers' enclaves are chaotic, densely populated like ant nests, and there are many floating populations, and there are so many black households without legal identity that officials can't find out. So he was confident in arranging accommodation for this hundred people, and he was also full of gratitude.

Frederick took over the Mendelssohn Bank, became rich overnight, and was never stretched again. He gave Rune two thousand gold coins in cash, and the poor man gratefully wished Frederick a long and healthy life, and then departed with great gratitude.

Rune turned around with a smile on his face, truly thinking Frederick was his friend.

Three days later, the first ships entered the port and landed at Vigna, the most prosperous port in Wiener. When Rune led the workers to unload the goods, he found that there were twice as many weapons in the hold as ordered, and the boxes of wheat still hid shiny armor, so they were extremely heavy to move, and Rune had to carry the boxes with his companions, and he almost lost his waist.

The tax collector of the port of Venia was the one who had seen the Empress with his own eyes, and the duke boasted every day how he had seen Elena's beauty up close, and the newlyweds were in awe of him. However, as soon as the fat tax officer saw the cargo ship of "Mendelssohn Heavy Industry", he immediately remembered the scene of being reprimanded by the Empress that day, and did not dare to investigate it in detail. (To be continued.) )