Forrest Kingdom, City of Zeland.

This is a port city with a good deep-water port, with a large number of sailing boats moored on the pier not far away.

There are five famous shipyards in the kingdom, two of which are located here.

Outside the city, on the roads leading to other places, a large number of trucks pass through every day.

In a town near the city, a baby's loud cry suddenly came from a house.

"The Mother of Nature blesses, mother and son are safe..."

A craftsman wearing a dirty worker's uniform and black body prayed devoutly outside.

Immediately, he saw the country maid walking out with a baby in her arms: "It's my daughter, give her a name."

"Well... I've thought about it a long time ago. Girls say they'll be called Jenny! Jenny Black!"

...

In the blink of an eye, seven or eight years passed.

Little Jenny is different from other quiet girls. She has been lively and active since she was a child. She plays with the wild boys in the town, making her father "Wick" and her mother "Hellia".

Jenny's father was a craftsman, and his ancestors were blacksmiths. By his generation, he had gone to the city to learn craftsmanship for several years.

In addition to making irons and repairing farm tools, we also create simple machinery and even repair clocks. It is very famous nearby and has a good family income.

At least, a child who is hungry cannot grow that tall and runs so fast.

This day.

Mrs. Hailia was walking out of the house with a basket in her arms when she saw Little Jenny rushing over.

She ran so fast that she almost fell through the underneath Mrs. Helia's skirt.

"Jenny..."

Mrs. Helia said angrily: "You should learn to be a little more ladylike. Look at other girls, there are no girls like you. Even shepherds are more polite than you!"

She was nagging and began to worry about Jenny's future marriage.

"I don't want to get married!"

Jenny dressed like a little boy wearing a baseball cap: "I will be a sailor in the future and become an explorer and captain in the future."

Because it is close to the beach, many men here choose to become sailors.

Not to mention, with the development of the navigation industry and the discovery of a series of islands, rumors of many sailors getting rich overnight have spread, stimulating generations of young people to rush to the sea.

"Women can't be sailors and captains!"

Mrs. Halia rolled her eyes.

"Good news! Look at what this is?"

Just then, Wick Black strode back, holding a ham in his hand.

"oh!"

Jenny's eyes lit up: "Dad, will we eat meat tonight?"

"Yes, let's have a good meal tonight."

Wick replied with a smile, looking very happy.

"Dear, what good thing happened?"

Helia took the ham from her husband's hand and asked strangely.

Even if their family is rich in the town, ham and other things are enjoyable only during the holidays.

"The Zeland newspaper has published news... confirms that the Eastern colony discovered by the great captain Spencer was not an island, but a huge continent!"

Wick excitedly picked up Jenny: "It's very suitable for building tropical plantations, it's a very large market... although the local natives are not very friendly..."

"Indigenous? I heard that some of the indigenous people in the colonies look like monsters and even have strange witchcraft... Is it true?"

Jenny asked immediately.

"Jenny!"

Helia glared at her, waiting for her husband's follow-up.

"So... in the future, the goods that can be exported will increase significantly, and I received another order for textile machines!" Wick said excitedly.

Although most textile machines are made of wood, there is also a demand for iron parts.

What's more, he is not unable to do carpenter work.

“That is indeed worth celebrating.”

A smile appeared on Helia's face: "I'm going to buy a few white bread."

In any case, it is always a good thing for a husband to increase his income.

Hearing this, even Jenny had a happy smile on her face.

...

A few days later, in the small workshop.

A small figure sneaked into his father's studio.

Although Mrs. Hailia once harshly warned Jenny not to disturb her father's work, Jenny obviously left it behind.

At this time, in the small workshop, there were tools such as lathes, hammers, wrenches, etc., which emitted a smell of oil, but in Jenny's eyes, it was like treasures.

She came to a spinning machine that had just been completed and started to try it out curiously.

Looking at the flying spinning wheel, I felt very accomplished.

"who?"

Wick's voice suddenly came.

"ah!"

Only then did Jenny remembered fear and wanted to escape.

But her body touched the spinning machine, and the machine fell to the ground.

"not good!"

When Jenny saw her father's figure walking in, her scalp was numb and she was so scared that she dared not move: "I've gotten into trouble."

"Jenny, you're here again...huh?"

Wick walked in and looked at the still rotating textile machine, and suddenly became stunned: "It's down...it's the same moveable, so in this way... the textile spindles can be lined up vertically to improve efficiency...haha! Haha!"

He laughed, picked up Jenny and turned around, and kissed her on the cheek: "You are my lucky star."

Jenny breathed a lot and seemed to have no need to be punished for this.

She thought for a while and asked, "Dad... can I come to study?"

"Do you want to be a craftsman?" Wick was stunned: "There are no women in the craftsman guild...but... there is no harm in learning a craft..."

He looked at the spinning machine and nodded: "Okay...I allow you to learn from me."

"Thank you dad!"

Jenny kissed her father on the cheek happily.

...

With this idea, the new spinning machine was completed quickly and received great praise from customers.

Wick received a more reward than before. He smiled every day when he came back. Jenny could also enter the workshop to learn the most basic craftsmanship.

But the good times don't last long.

Soon, a group of angry craftsmen surrounded her house one night.

"It's this person!"

"He made that tool and made us unemployed!"

The angry crowd shouted and rushed into Jenny's house to smash it.

Jenny was held in her arms by her crying mother, her eyes full of confusion.

"Isn't technological progress a good thing? Why... why did it become like this?"

...

The next morning.

She came to the door of the smashed workshop and made up her mind secretly: "This is not my father's fault..."

"Jenny...Let's go!"

Wick and Helia packed up a carriage and prepared to leave the sad place.

"Father...I decided."
Chapter completed!