Extreme Cold Era: Shelter Don't Keep Waste-Chapter 719 - 672: The Adams Family

"Lord Adams, this project is crucial to the successful production of the entire flying warship project. I urge you to prioritize the operation and production of the factory. If your products are not up to standard, I will hold you accountable," Perfikot stated with a very serious demeanor in the factory's meeting room towards Baron Adams.

It wasn't that she was intentionally giving Baron Adams a hard time, but as his factory was the first to commence production, if things didn't start well, the entire project would face significant issues later on.

Baron Adams understood this point, so when Perfikot adopted a serious and business-like attitude, he responded with the dignity expected of the old nobility, "I guarantee on the honor of the Adams family that the products leaving the Adams family factory are of absolute quality."

"That is good to hear. I hope you won't bring shame to your family," Perfikot said, and her expression relaxed slightly afterward.

"The honor of the Adams family is more important than my life, and I will not joke with our family's reputation," Baron Adams said with earnestness towards the matter.

For these old-fashioned noble families, family honor was indeed more important than their lives.

Thus, he didn't mind Perfikot's somewhat cold attitude and proactively asked, "Count, you are the Empire's finest Alchemist. May I ask if you could inspect the factory's production process and offer some advice?

The Adams family is willing to compensate you in a manner befitting your status in exchange for your assistance."

For Baron Adams, if offering a part of the benefits could earn Perfikot's help, it would be a most worthwhile action.

After all, he understood that with the Adams family's influence, inviting an Alchemist of Perfikot's level to intervene was almost impossible.

If he didn't seize this opportunity of Perfikot cutting the ribbon to ask for her assistance, it would be truly impossible to invite her in the future.

To achieve this goal, Baron Adams was even prepared to offer half of the family's assets.

He understood clearly that the family's assets were merely stagnant, whereas this factory was fundamental for the family's future foothold in the Northern Territory.

This was akin to the family's past territories, where when the Adams family still had control of their lands, they allocated two-thirds of their territories to the family's knights, retaining only a third for autonomy.

This approach contradicted the mainstream practice of other barons at the time, who only allocated out half or less of their territories to knights, but it allowed the Adams family to have a large number of knights, which helped them achieve resounding success in the kingdom's external wars, and also maintained family interests well against other barons.

For this reason, the Adams family was able to maintain a prosperous family history for hundreds of years.

And now, Baron Adams planned to make a similar choice as his ancestors.

However, he was unsure if Perfikot would be willing to assist, as her status and position were set, and it was just that Perfikot was too young, otherwise with her academic status, even getting her disciples to help would be difficult for Baron Adams.

However, Perfikot did not refuse and, after some thought, agreed. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Though such a task was unfitting her status, Perfikot's position allowed her to act as she pleased.

She had the freedom to act according to her will; no one could compel her, and when she decided to act, no one could object.

For this factory, the first in the flying warship project to commence production, Perfikot initially intended to conduct a thorough inspection to identify any issues.

And Baron Adams' request allowed her to gain some extra income, so why not?

At most, she would turn the inspection into a detailed review, looking more closely into the technological aspects while paying greater attention to technical issues.

"Your willingness to provide technical guidance is truly wonderful! This is also the honor of the Adams family!" Baron Adams saluted Perfikot after inviting her to the workshop to inspect the production line.

Typically, a noble would not personally inspect the factory's production line, as it was unfitting of their status.

Yet exceptions exist, such as nobility leading troops into battle in the past, many things were not aligned with noble status, but they never deliberately stressed this.

Because when nobility controlled military power, what mattered was strength rather than noble status.

Only after several generations and prolonged peace did the emphasis on rules, status, and other differentiations from ordinary people begin to take hold.

For Perfikot, she did not need to demonstrate her differences through noble pretenses.

Her mere existence inherently set her apart, naturally creating a distance from others.

Because Perfikot became the Lord of the North through her talent and abilities, not through noble bloodline, status, or other factors.

As the first Count of the North, someone who built the Northern Territory from scratch in three years, she did not need anything else to ornament herself to appear more 'noble'.

Therefore, when Perfikot donned work clothes almost indistinguishable from ordinary workers and began inspecting the equipment on the production line, no nobility present felt she was lacking in noble stature.

They simply stood in the designated area with a humble attitude, watching her work with admiration.

In those moments, Perfikot's primary identity for them was not as the Lord of the North, but as the Empire's foremost Alchemist, which could even be prefixed with 'world'.

The world's first Alchemist.

To see the world's first Alchemist showcasing her craft, even if they couldn't understand anything, the nobles had to display awe and reverence.

Otherwise, people wouldn't say Perfikot was lacking; it would only reflect on them as a bunch of fools.

Perfikot wasn't concerned with these people, as they were unworthy of her attention. Compared to them, the machines in front of her were more pleasing to the eye and deserving of her focus.

"It's all outdated technology. Looks like the Adams family has been tricked!" Perfikot examined and came away with a slightly peculiar expression on her face.