Chapter 478 Gerd Rodney 2
Chapter 478 Gerd Rodney 2
Gerd had heard Erin describe what measures should go along with the development of commerce and industry when he was in Jingyao.
But there were a lot of contents in there that weren’t quite suitable for the King’s Collar.
“As a matter of fact,” Gelder said, “His Majesty the King doesn’t intend to go big right off the bat, but rather to select a few technologies to introduce in a targeted manner, and build one or two workshops first to see the results.”
“It was a prudent decision, after all, the situation is different from region to region.”
Hansel nodded his head in agreement, “Worthy of a far-sighted king, Your Majesty.”
“So, Sir Abbott.” Gelder asked, “Which technologies and what kind of workshops can we use and build to make a profit as soon as possible?”
“Porcelain, of course!” Hansel blurted out without thinking.
“This porcelain stuff is a money grab, even after the layers of tariffs, it’s the most profitable product in Arda.”
Gerd nodded, “Oh, that one indeed.”
He had seen nobles swooning over porcelain in Jingyao, and nowadays anyone who didn’t have one or two pieces of porcelain in their home was embarrassed to say they were a noble.
Hansel mused, “It’s just that the technology to burn porcelain should not be very easy to obtain.”
“Why?” Gelder was slightly puzzled at first, then immediately reacted, “That’s right, such a lucrative technology, no one would be willing to share it with others. So, even with the so-called patent act, Earl Gleiman is still keeping the technology of firing porcelain?”
“Yes.” Hansel nodded and replied, “Even with the patent act, not all technologies are open to the public, such as porcelain and musket artillery.”
Gelder asked, “Musketry and artillery? It’s the fire crossbows and thunder hammers of the outside world’s Legend Clan, right? Are they really that powerful?”
Hansel confirmed, “They are one of the major reasons that enabled Count Gleiman’s force to bend the major lords of the Northwest Bay, including Duke Ferdinand.”
On the side, Eurico Rodney’s eyebrows jumped up, “As His Majesty’s vassal, Gleiman should give these advanced technologies to the kingdom for free, whether it be porcelain or musketry and artillery.”
Hearing his brother’s words, Gelder frowned, but still asked, “If we ever make such a request, will Count Gleiman be able to agree?”
“Uh ……”
Hansel did not answer.
The lords of the kingdom’s frontier territories have traditionally only been obligated to send troops to follow the kingdom into battle, this is a rule that was set at the beginning of the founding of the kingdom of Aldo, as a reward for the lords to travel to the desolate lands to be sealed and to open up new territories, this rule has never changed.
This rule has never changed, although the northwest bay is no longer a desolate place after several years of development, but it is still a frontier area of the kingdom.
“Outrageous! This is a sign of disloyalty.”
Yurico Rodney yelled, taking Hansel’s hesitation as a sign of Gleeman’s attitude, who had also appointed him head of the Ministry of Agriculture.
“Shut up, Urico.”
Gerd chided his brother. Loyalty didn’t mean giving unilaterally, and if Gleiman proved his loyalty in this way, could the royal family give something in return that would be worthy of that loyalty? The current royal family couldn’t even settle the southern nobles who lost their territories because of their loyalty right now.
Seeing Gelder’s performance, Hansel had mixed feelings in his heart, was the royal family really weak to this point? He let out a lament in his heart.
Just now took the initiative to throw out porcelain and firearms, and then chose not to answer is also Hansel’s a test, he himself is a member of the technical review committee, of course, know which technology can be given to others which technology can not be given to others.
All along, the kingdom of Aldo in his mind is strong and brilliant, the king’s rule over the bannermen is strong, even if there is a temporary rebellion of Giles and Vibranium DC, it is just an itchy skin and other minor problems, the kingdom is just experiencing difficulties for the time being, when the strength is slowed down, it can be swept away by a sentence to flatten these rebels, just as simple as scratching an itch.
But what he saw and heard in these two years made Hansel begin to doubt.
Giles and Veblen were still alive and kicking, and had thrown out the lords loyal to the king from the lands they had occupied, and the kingdom had only signed a truce with them with only a somewhat honorable agreement.
The king couldn’t even appease his loyal subjects who had lost their lands, and he had to travel all the way to the Northwest Gulf, which used to be a non-starter in the eyes of the Jingyao nobles, to find a way out of the situation.
And in the face of the newly risen Paul Greiman in the Northwest Bay, Earl Gerd Rodney, who was one of the heirs to the throne, did not directly come to his door and order him to hand over what he wanted, but intended to use a consultative attitude to make contact.
Ah, if it was the previous generations of the king’s reign and the king’s power was at its peak, things would be much easier, the king could make the bannermen obediently hand over anything he wanted with a single order, and if the king was happy he might be able to compensate the other party by rewarding him with a large amount of wealth – for example, a large chunk of territory.
But nowadays, the royal family has fewer bargaining chips to make the bannermen willingly give up, both in terms of force for deterrence and wealth for reward.
Count Gleiman’s status among the many nobles of Aldo had really risen, though, Hansel thought on second thought.
“I have ordered Count Gelder to travel to the Northwest Bay as a plenipotentiary of the Crown to discuss matters related to the introduction of the Second Estate into the King’s Domain with Count Paul Gleiman, Duke Henry Ferdinand, and the other Secretaries of the Northwest Bay.”
In this letter, the king first highlights Count Gleiman, politely mentions Duke Ferdinand, and the other lords are directly categorized as [Other].
Gerd did not intend to continue on the question of the manner in which Gleiman had proved his loyalty.
He asked, “Other than those technologies that were intended to be exclusive by Count Gleiman, are there any other technologies with a higher rate of return that could be introduced to the King’s Domain?”
“Oh, in retrospect, there are actually many technologies to choose from.”
The atmosphere just now was a bit awkward, and Hansel did his best to ease it.
“For example, the sun salting technology, compared to the traditional boiling salt method can increase the production of salt exponentially, dozens of times, or even hundreds of times, and salt is a necessary seasoning for everyone, this one can also make a lot of profit.”
“There is also the loom, specifically called the flying shuttle loom, a machine that only needs one person to operate it can be as good as the original five or six skillful weavers.”
“There are also a variety of agricultural instruments, although the manufacturing technology is also not outsourced, but buying the finished products back is also very good, and can greatly promote the development of agriculture.”
“There is also the manufacturing technology of oarless sailing ships, because the development of maritime trade is too rapid, the merchant ships in the Northwest Bay can be said to be in short supply, and I think Earl Gleiman would be happy to see a new shipyard being built to alleviate this situation.”
“Oh, there’s also the honeycomb coal manufacturing technology, this can greatly improve the winter heating for the people of the royal domain, even though Jingyao is located in the south, it will be cold for so long in winter.”
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