Thousands of sparks

Chapter 19
Rosen's father, Peter, was an amazing technician.Although he was inferior to Polina's title of Great Technician, as the number one technician in the industrial area, he was still a very respectable person.

Peter, who had never read a book, was an apprentice in a factory in an industrial area from the age of eight.He had never seen his father since he was born, and his mother worked as a washerwoman—with both hands and a bar of yellow, hard soap, she washed the clothes of the bachelors in the factory every day.

Iron-colored trousers and socks that were so dirty that the original color could not be seen at all, could be washed white by mother's hands.The yellowed and wrinkled shirt can also be turned into a straight shirt in the hands of the mother, as if it could go to a noble ball.

Washing clothes all year round makes it difficult for mothers to straighten and bend their hands freely.Eight-year-old Peter entered the factory as an apprentice early in order to relieve some of the burden for his mother.

Although being an apprentice does not make money, at least the master's family will provide food and housing.This alone can save the mother some hard work.

It was with this thought that Peter gritted his teeth and persisted.The sleep time is less than five hours a day, and he has to do almost all physical work.He even had to empty the potty of the master's wife—not to mention laundry, cooking, and cleaning.

The master even pointed at Peter's nose and yelled at him after he got drunk, saying that Peter was a parasite, and he looked so busy doing some useless work every day. He even publicly declared that Peter would definitely die in a few years. Just ran away because he couldn't stand the job.In order for his three slices of black bread to pay off every day, Peter had to work harder than ever.

Peter didn't say anything, just kept nodding his head.

The next morning, he started squeezing his sleep down to four hours.

At the age of 19, the master finally vomited blood and died in a winter night due to prolonged drinking.The master's wife left her daughter and ran away with all the money in the factory.Other apprentices and helpers rolled away other valuables.Only Peter remained.Using rivets and thin iron sheets, he nailed a coffin for his master with the characteristics of the Upper Albin industrial area, and then dragged the coffin with a rope with the 14-year-old master's daughter, and buried the master three miles away. on a small slope.

An unreliable girl married 19-year-old Peter.Peter took his mother over, and the family of three began to grit their teeth and try to make a living.

The master's daughter bore Peter a son and a daughter.In the second week after giving birth to her youngest daughter, she died of puerperal fever.

At 29, Peter became a widower.He wants to earn a living for the four of them by himself.

Peter, who had always been able to smile, became silent.Even though he knew that his master was drunk to death, when faced with a gloomy life with no hope at all, the Albin man couldn't find a way to relieve the depression deep in his heart.

He also started drinking.

It is impossible for a drunken technician to gain a stable position in an industrial area.Peter controlled himself very well.He only drinks at night when he doesn't need to work the next morning.And he never went to join in the fun and drink with other people-every night when he wanted to drink, he would light an oil lamp in his tool shed, and then drink to the only photo left by his wife drinking.

No one knows what was going on in Peter's mind, who carried his mother and child by himself.But he is still trying to challenge fate with his own hands.

Saving food and money, compressing rest time, Peter finally bought his own steam machine tool.When the employees of Tollsmith Company came to Peter's workshop with machinery and equipment, they were all frightened.

In the past, Tollsmith's customers would have at least two independent factories. Generally, it is impossible for smaller factories to spend a lot of money to buy Tollsmith's products. .

Peter was the first individual shop owner to be a customer of Tollsmith & Co. since its inception.

After completing the installation, the employees of Toll Smith’s company said seriously to Peter, “Choosing our product is definitely one of the best decisions you have ever made. I believe that this machine will definitely serve you and your family lead to a better life."

Toll Smith's machine tool has become a living sign of Peter's family.Within two years, every factory in the industrial area knew that if you want to do high-precision processing, you must find Peter.

Life does seem to be getting better and better, as the Tollsmith staff say.There was a smile on Peter's face again, and he even had money to buy new clothes for his mother and daughter.

Then, he received the largest order of his career.

Lord Harold's butler arrived at the factory in a steam carriage. He covered his nose and mouth lightly with a pair of white silk gloves embroidered with fine lace, and held a shiny black cane in his hand.Then he gave Peter an order in a harmonious voice.

"Master wants you to produce a batch of parts. This is the processing drawing." He pinched the blueprint with two fingers and handed it to Peter, and then said, "The production will be completed within three months, and the processed metal ingots must come from our designated factory. Purchase. We pay [-]% deposit in advance, and the remaining [-]% will be delivered in three months."

This is a very generous order, the total cost of 1000 two hundred processed parts is 870 two gold pounds.According to Peter's estimation, after excluding the thermal coal and lubricating oil, the cost of replacing the cutter head and purchasing metal ingots, he can earn at least 120 gold pounds after this business.

"No problem!" Peter excitedly wanted to shake hands with the butler, but the other party shook his hand away.Peter froze for a moment, then patted his chest with a smile on his face and assured him, "Don't worry, I will complete the order with quality and quantity."

"Yeah." The butler nodded and snapped his fingers.

The coachman took out two contracts, an opened bottle of red wine, and a goblet from the back of the car.

"In order to prevent disputes, the liquidated damages are set at three times the contract price. Write your name here." The housekeeper pointed to the signature column under the contract, and then said, "If you are illiterate, please press your fingerprint. "

"I still know how to write my own name." Peter nodded with an apologetic smile, and then wrote his name crookedly with the dip pen handed by the coachman.

Seeing Peter write the name, the butler finally laughed.He poured half a glass of red wine into the goblet, and after handing the glass to Peter, the butler said, "Since the contract has been signed, let's go buy the materials—I have already told them about the factory over there. Well, you can pick up the goods after paying the money.”

Peter, who drank the red wine in one gulp, held a thick stack of gold pounds, feeling as if he was the luckiest person in the world.

That night, about three hours after purchasing the raw materials, Peter died in his bed.

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"Mr. Lord, there is a problem here." Todd, who had listened to everything next to Dusand, whispered, "There may be poison in the wine."

"I'm afraid it's not just the wine that's the problem." Dusand folded his arms and mused, "Don't forget, Harold and Enrico are in the same group."

This is actually very simple, and even disdains to carry out any cover-up conspiracy.It didn't even take Dusande a lot of reasoning to see that there was something going on here.

The triple liquidated damages of 870 two gold pounds is as high as [-] gold pounds. It is obviously inappropriate to use such a huge amount to restrain the two parties-such a huge sum of money, let alone Peter, even Lord Harold They may not be available right away.

The advance payment of 610%, that is, the cash of 750 gold pounds was the bait that Harold put down in this game.According to Peter's initial estimate, the cost he needs to pay for this processing order is about [-] pounds, which includes the cost of replacing the cutter head, lubricating oil and purchasing thermal coal.

Using Harold's money to buy processing raw materials from the factory he designated, the price must be inflated.And these raw materials may not even cost Harold at all-as long as the raw material supplier owes him money, then such a toss is nothing more than dumping 610 gold pounds.

Then, Peter had a debt of [-] gold pounds, which he would never pay off in his entire life—even if Rosen and Rosen's grandson were added, they would not have a debt of this magnitude. Might be worth it.

As a price, Harold didn't even spend half a penny.

"This is a series of tricks..." After thinking about the key point, Dusand took a breath, and he probably understood why Harold was so hostile to him.

In this bureau, Harold was the manipulator, the lender.Boss Enrico and his minions are a powerful guarantee to ensure that the creditors who have been tricked will not directly turn the table.Under Harold's control, one after another industrial self-employed with a little bit of assets would become his slaves.

It may even serve Harold's family for generations, and there will never be a day of recovery.

In fact, Dusand seriously doubted that Harold would let these "slaves" work for him and create services.Such a "repayment cycle" is too long, it is better to directly deprive them of all their properties, and then sell them all to the mines as slave labor under the permission of the imperial law.

Anyway, people come to Newsail to discuss life in an endless stream, and the equipment sold at a low price through the bankruptcy court will create another round of income for the honorable Lord Harold in the near future.

And this theoretically perfect cycle was ruined by Du Sande who was suddenly involved.

Although Harold can still use the court to claim that Rosen is responsible for the debt of the two thousand and six hundred gold pounds, but Rosen has the backing of Dusand, and the court cannot ignore the existence of Baroness Androni and close his eyes Arbitrary sentence.This debt cannot withstand the investigation of any official agency. As long as an official agency intervenes, this debt is likely to be determined to be fraudulent in the end.

Debts based on fraud cannot be recognized by the courts.

With the Enrico group taken away, Harold lost the ultimate guarantee to keep his "slaves" silent and obedient.And the newly established Rosen Company was completely understood by him as a provocation from Dusand - I killed your personal force and established my own.

If those damn debtors decide to completely rebel and turn to seek the protection of Rosen Corporation, then Harold's current main source of cash will be completely cut off.This made Harold very nervous and anxious.

From this point of view, Lord Harold did suffer a huge loss due to Dusand's actions, and the amount of the loss may even be more than a few thousand pounds.

You must know that His Excellency the Duke will not show any kindness to a lord who has lost his use value.The lord who can sponsor five hundred gold pounds to the duke every month is completely different from the lord who is struggling to support himself every month and even asks the duke for sponsorship.

If he couldn't maintain his "usefulness", Harold had no doubt that he would lose his lord's aristocratic status within a few months.And without the protection of his noble status, those slaves who hated him to the core would definitely break through his manor immediately, drag him out like a dead dog, and then bite him to death on Sunset Square.

Fortunately in the misfortune, the Baroness Androni is a vassal of the Marquis of Lafayette.And the Marquis of Lafayette... and the Duke have always had a hostile relationship.

Just take Dusand's actions as a challenge to the Duke's majesty by the Marquis de Lafayette's faction.Even if Baroness Androni didn't have this idea, he had to let her dance such a dangerous dance with him.

A...a gorgeous dance called "Political Divorce" that ends with one party completely defeated, even dead.

(End of this chapter)