"Your Majesty, I guess you misunderstood. I'm not in a hurry... Oh, thank you!"

Manfred looked at the pipe in Zhao Fubo curiously, and the foresight in his words did not match his teenager's cheeks. The "thank you" behind it was said to Alisa. Obviously, in order to take care of her family in front of her, Alisa was very attentive.

"Your Majesty, we may not be in a hurry, and if we delay for a day or two, the problem is not big. What I want to say is about the 'road'. I heard Alisha talk about the fact that there is a fast carriage-specific path in Egypt, and I was thinking..."

Zhao Fubo was smoking a pipe and looked at Manfred in front of him in disbelief. He couldn't believe that the little prince in front of him seemed to be talking to him about building a "road". He thought that this topic would be a topic that would arise after Frederick II recognized Alisha.

"This matter...Manfred, this is a very...uh...a big deal. I'm afraid I have to ask your father..."

Although Zhao Fubo had already determined that the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II would not deny Princess Alisha during his discussion with Wang Wentong. The reason was that there was nothing else, because of Zhao Fubo's powerful army.

The thing to pay attention to here is that we cannot use a gun for nothing, but we must make the entire Chinese business path, and finally reach every corner of Europe under the permission and protection of the Allied King. Therefore, what Zhao Fubo needs is the cooperation of Frederick II, who is almost the largest European territory at this moment. Of course, he has many enemies, and Zhao Fubo is not very worried about this matter. I believe that between income and life, the nobles should know how to choose.

Manfred looked at Zhao Fubo's smoking pipe and was full of curiosity. Zhao Fubo took advantage of the moment of speaking and made a gesture to Linda. In a blink of an eye, Linda brought a cardboard box. It contained a pipe, tobacco and a few boxes of matches. This product was specially used by Zhao Fubo to give to European emperors.

In fact, a little thing, they didn't know the value and misunderstood the very expensive things, was just suitable for doing this kind of thing. Just like those European explorers of the Age of Discovery, they took some glass beads and exchanged slaves, gold, and diamonds from African blacks.

"In fact, this is just a plunder of low-tech races by high-tech races. Although it is deceptive, because the productivity of both sides is different, the estimated value itself is different. So we, compared with Europeans, are exactly this difference!"

Unexpectedly, Linda had not given the pipe and tobacco to him as Zhao Fubo's instructions, but Alisa had already spoken.

"Don't ask for that thing, Manfred, you don't understand... You are a kid and don't smoke!"

Manfred turned his head to look at Alyssa, not understanding why she wanted to stop him. He had been looking at Zhao Fubo's pipe for a long time, because Louis IX also always held the smoking thing in his mouth. He naturally had to argue a few words when he was not clear about it.

"Alisha, I'm almost 15 years old, and I'm going to the battlefield soon!"

Alisa snatched the example from Linda and pointed to a row of Chinese characters printed on the example.

"Did you see these square words? It says that smoking is harmful to health. You understand now!"

As a prince, Manfred rarely gets scolded like this by others, which makes him feel embarrassed. Zhao Fubo also understood that he had done something wrong. Seeing Alisha's somewhat angry look, he had to ask Linda to change a gift.

"Linda, come with a pair of short muskets, I believe young people prefer weapons."

Then he turned his face and taught Manfred a lesson with his big brother.

"Menfred is wrong, your sister is right. Children shouldn't learn to smoke. In two years, and don't look at me, I'm already 18 years old! And let's not argue over these trivial matters, just say serious!"

Zhao Fubo was arrogant and lies. In fact, if he followed the Chinese calendar, his birthday would take some time. And the children were actually similar. At that time, Zhao Fubo could not smoke, so he ate pistachios every day.

Fortunately, Manfred no longer mentioned the pipes in line with respect for this slightly unfamiliar sister.

"Okay, your majesty, in fact, it was my brother Henry who was the one who was in Palermo. But you know, because it caused this misunderstanding, he left. Among the other brothers, I was probably the one who trusted most by my father, so..."

Zhao Fubo understood that Manfred obviously thought that the construction of the "road" would be a small project, but he decided to misunderstand it.

"No, Manfred, it's not about your age. I want to explain to you the value of the 'road'. It can transport 2-3 times faster than a carriage. This is undoubtedly a very good improvement. However, every mile requires about 100 slaves to work for half a day. And each mile also requires a lot of other materials, which are quite... quite expensive, so..."

Manfred, who could not smoke, had to drink juice, no longer was jealous of Zhao Fubo's pipe, but his words below did show this smart guy.

"I understand His Majesty, and Sister Alisha said it very clearly just now. What I think is whether we can open factories for producing those materials now. I believe that those things are not easy to produce, and it will be more expensive if transported from the distant East.

Moreover, the rights of kings in Europe often do not necessarily allow the road to pass through the territory of the nobles. Instead of discussing with them at that time, we should start to accumulate products now and teach them the construction methods and let them do it.

I believe that if it can increase a lot of income as Alisa said, I believe they will be willing to invest! I know my father is not here, but we can now lay a pier in Palermo to the city, so that things can be implemented immediately when we come back!"

Speaking of this, Wang Wentong's "perpendicular technique" of educating Zhao Fubo in his education came into effect. He immediately thought of another thing. If Manfred really built the factory in Palermo according to what Manfred said, the nobles who paved the "road" would invest a large amount of funds. Secondly, his own factory here will directly promote the prosperity of Palerfo.

What’s more important is that the factory you invest and build here will definitely spare no effort to protect the Kingdom of Sicily!
Chapter completed!