In fact, it was not just another ten minutes that was extended, from the first time the crown princess urged the three people to go downstairs to eat, to the three people finally went downstairs to eat, a full hour passed.

Although the three of them were still a little uneasy when they looked at the crown princess with a gloomy face, they still felt a sense of accomplishment when they thought about the harvest of the last hour.

First of all, I found a huge business opportunity from the immigration advertisement issued by the U.S. Embassy in the newspaper, even if this business opportunity eventually needs to be confirmed by someone in the United States, but everyone estimates that this thing is eighty percent true, mainly based on Joey's memories of the construction of American railroads in his previous life.

Second, based on the judgment of the Americans that the scale of railroad construction will be large, this is the view that Joey insists. Then this would be a great stimulus to the German steel industry, and it would be logical not to impose high tariffs on cheap American grain, which, if properly managed by the Crown Prince and Sir Gruson, could be a good opportunity to dismantle the Iron Valley Alliance.

Finally, Grusen suggested that the crown prince should take this as an opportunity to make some more compromises to the Junkers, such as appropriate agricultural subsidies, especially subsidies for the Junkers' use of domestic agricultural machinery and fertilizers, so as to reduce the resistance of the centrist party in parliament as much as possible, so that the crown prince's economic policies can be supported by the majority.

While his father and Uncle Herman were eating and discussing, Joey pulled his mother, who was still a little angry, to the side, and quietly but proudly told his mother that Uncle Herman had donated 500,000 Imperial Gold Marks to her foundation, and that her mother would have more funds for charity activities this year.

The crown princess was immediately stunned by such a generous donation by Sir Gruson, and without caring about the slightest complaint just now, she quickly interrupted the conversation between the two men, and after another prevarication and humility, the unhappiness of Fang Cai had long since disappeared. As for Joey, he hid next to him and ate lunch peacefully.

Hermann Grusen was the master of the industrial empire of Magdeburg in the nineteenth century and a student of the German economist Professor Georg Friedrich Liszt. In Magdeburg, almost all industrial industries are under his name, from steel mills, machine factories, shipyards, sugar mills to mines. In his later years, Hermann-Grussen sold his shares in the steel mill to the Krupp family, and after his death he donated all his estate to the city of Magdeburg and the local church as the head of the Christian bishopry.

Patrick Barnaby left the passenger terminal in the Port of Hamburg early in the morning, and he didn't immediately go to the train station and took the train to Berlin. Instead, he found a hotel near the shipbuilding area near the port of Hamburg, which was densely populated with many shipyards, settled himself and his luggage, and then went to a higher ground near the shipbuilding area, carefully observed the work of the German shipyards in Hamburg, and wrote down the shortcomings in his notebook one by one.

"The personnel organization of the shipyard is low, and there are obviously redundant personnel in some positions, which is a manifestation of low work organization efficiency."

"There is also a disregard for the safety of workers, and the scaffolding is not as good as the British shipyards in the 40s." Patrick shook his head and made another note.

"The shipbuilding model is backward, the world is about to become popular steel-hulled ships, and the construction of iron-ribbed wood-hulled ships is still being carried out here, although there is a dock in the construction of iron-hulled ships, but the model is also nearly 20 years behind the UK." Patrick shook his head anyway and continued to write about the shortcomings of the German shipyards.

"The level of skill and efficiency of the worker who does the riveting is generally low, and if he were in England, he would have been fired by the shipyard owner."

"The degree of mechanical use and popularity of the German shipyard is too low, and most of the equipment is still carried by manpower and animal power, and now the British has long popularized machinery, I really can't imagine the work efficiency of the German shipyard." Patrick continued to shake his head and sigh.

As the shipyard whistle sounded, Patrick took out his pocket watch and looked at it, "It looks like it's time for the lunch break, and I'm going to see if the workers love their job enough." ”

At the gate of the shipyard, Patrick watched the workers walking out of the gate of the shipyard in twos and threes, and continued to evaluate in his heart.

"Young, all young." Patrick shook his head, "Shipbuilding requires experience, it is difficult to build a ship well without inexperienced and unskilled young people, the best age for shipbuilders is between 30 and 40 years old, that is to have a brain, to have energy and energy, these Germans are too young." ”

"Well, but there is one thing, the young people of Germany are stronger than the young people of England, and their spirits are generally better than those of the young workers of England, and they talk and laugh, and they are ruddy and strong, and it seems that the food in the German shipyard should be good." Patrick gives his final assessment.

The day before yesterday, Patrick Barnaby, from the moment he stepped on board and left the docks of London, had vowed never to return to England, the place of his sorrow and anger. From the moment the ship's whistle sounded, Patrick resolutely tore up his British passport and threw the pieces into the River Thames. Of course, this also led to the fact that he should have disembarked in Hamburg yesterday, and because he did not have a passport, he was detained by German customs for a day, and finally cleared the customs with the proof of an invitation letter from the German royal family.

Today, in the port of Hamburg, he carefully observed the situation in the German shipyards, and Patrick was planning for his future life, and if the job of being a tutor for the German prince did not go well, then he was ready to go to the German shipyard to seek an errand. Before seeking an errand in a German shipyard, Patrick wanted to see the working ability and attitude of the Germans, and then decide which German shipyard was worth a good job for, Patrick believed that through his observation in the next three days, he would definitely find a high-level shipyard in the shipbuilding area next to the port of Hamburg, and it would also be worth working for.

After his own observations from morning to noon, Patrick tentatively concluded that the German shipyards had many deficiencies compared to those of the British, but they seemed to be quite energetic and worthy of trying his hand at designing civilian ships.

On the way back to the hotel from the shipyard, Patrick's mind couldn't help but drift to the design of British battleships (ironclads) that he was good at, starting from the design assistant of the "Devastation class" (HMS Devastation), going through the process of changing the third ship of the "ravage class" to the independent "Dreadnought", growing up as a low-level ship designer on the "Alexandra class", after the growth and training of the "Reckless class", "Indomitable class" and "Agamemnon class", Patrick worked in " HMS Colossus, who was responsible for the design of the battleship's armor, became the chief designer of the materials department.

It can be said that without the tabloid incident on Fleet Street, Patrick would have been in the shipbuilding bureau in London and would have begun work on the design and preparation of the overall armor box for HMS Collingwood, the first battleship of the "Admiralty class". Although Patrick is a designer in charge of armor design, he is also familiar with the overall design of the ship, after all, how to design the armor belt of a battleship is one of the core of ship design.

Patrick shook his head diligently, leaving these things in his mind behind, after leaving the British shipbuilding bureau, other countries, especially Germany now, did not meet his conditions for the design of warships. In his eyes, at present, in addition to the lack of high-level shipyards, Germany does not have any commendable shipbuilding plans.

As for the level of the "Saxony-class" ironclad ship launched last year, in the eyes of British colleagues, the "ravage-class" ironclad designed by the British in 1865 and launched in 1869 can destroy it without any suspense, and even the "Hot Class" cruiser designed in the early 60s can easily compete with the "Saxony-class".

"Saxony" is a coastal defense ironclad used for shore defense and serving the German Army, compared with the British battleships (ironclads) with tens of thousands of tons, it is just a small ship that has shrunk by nearly 4,000 tons, and at most it is at the same tonnage level as the British cruisers.

Also in the eyes of British ship design peers, the "Saxony-class" is full of puzzling German-style comedy elements, with four chimneys arranged in a square, bizarrely placed in front of the armored conning tower, and the helmsman at the back of the conning tower, on an unprotected flybridge. The British really did not understand why the helmsman of the German warship should be placed on an unprotected flybridge, and did he need an open view to ensure sailing? If an open landscape is needed, why did the Germans put 4 chimneys in a square arrangement in front of the helmsman and the conning tower ....

Last year, when Patrick and his British colleagues saw the strange photos of the Saxony when it was launched, they were so impressed by the German comedy spirit that some people once jokingly called the "Saxony" "Germanic cement factory class". Well, there is not much to say except for the evaluation of the 260mm Krupp rear-loading gun, which the British were frontal.

"If the Germans are willing to build more warships and have an atmospheric shipbuilding plan, I am really willing to return to my old profession and let the British bastards who look down on me know who represents the real direction of battleship development." Patrick Barnaby thought gloomily.

The focus of Berlin tonight, or the center of Germany's power stage tonight, is in the palace of Berlin. All kinds of characters slowly converge towards the Taigong from all directions.

Among the many carriages bound for the Imperial Palace, on one of them sat Rudolf Franz Karl Joseph, Crown Prince of Austria-Hungary, and Count Gyulo Andrách, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary and Prime Minister of Hungary.

Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Rudolf looked at the Foreign Minister, Count Andráhi, who was sitting opposite, with melancholy and asked, "Dear Uncle Giulo, have you really submitted your resignation to His Majesty the Emperor?" ”

"Yes, Crown Prince. I don't want to hide this from you. Count Andráhi nodded in acknowledgement.

"Why, why did you quit?" Rudolph asked eagerly, "Is it because of those frivolous rumors in the court, Uncle Giura, you know, my father and me, no one believes those things about you and my mother!" ”

Rudolph's doubts were only exchanged for a long silence from Count Andráchy.

Rudolph looked at the silent Count Andráchy and couldn't help but become more anxious, and said a little unscrupulously, "Uncle Gyulo, is it because those Czechs who are dissatisfied with my mother are making trouble?" I have long said to my father that the current Austro-Hungarian Empire is too rotten, and that the British should be emulated, and that only a constitutional monarchy can solve all the problems of the empire, and that the Haggsburg family has ruled for too long! ”

After hearing this, Count Andráhi felt a strong headache coming, looking at the young crown prince, Count Andráhi thought carefully for a moment, and felt that he should do his best to give some careful guidance to his confidante's son.

"Your Royal Highness, the problems between the 11 peoples of the empire cannot be solved by constitutional monarchy alone. Germans, Magyars, Czechs, Poles and Croats, they were all cornerstones of the existence of the empire. ”

"We must understand the desire of the Czechs to turn the dual Austro-Hungarian Empire into a triadic government, after all, the Czechs made great contributions to the survival of the Austrian Empire in the Austro-Prussian War, and the Czechs are actually the people who love the Austro-Hungarian Empire the most in the entire empire. So, as Prime Minister of Hungary, I tried my best to reassure the Czechs, which was one of my most important jobs. ”

"The Poles in Galicia helped the Ukrainians in the territory of the rulers of the Reich, guarding the north for the Reich; The Croats guarded the south for the empire, controlling Italy, Bosnia, and Serbia. Together with the Germans in Austria and the Magyars in Hungary, they made up the five main groups that maintained stability throughout the empire. ”

Count Andráhi stretched out his right hand and continued, "These five groups are like the five fingers of this palm, if they can be united. With that, Count Andrách clenched his fists tightly, "This is a powerful Austro-Hungarian Empire, invincible, otherwise, the open palm is a plate of loose sand." ”

A tightly clenched fist was placed in front of the crown prince's eyes, but the fire in Count Andrássy's eyes gradually extinguished, and he sighed secretly in his heart, "I was telling Rudolph that national unity is the foundation of the existence of Austria-Hungary, but the Austro-Crès-Hungarian agreement that I promoted to distinguish between Inner and Outer Letanya, and the right to rule Outer Letania freely for the Hungarian Magyars, does not seem to be a good medicine to unite the Austro-Hungarian peoples!" ”

"What these fellow Magyars of mine are doing now, the merciless oppression of the Slavs, this must be the source of the division of Austria-Hungary. The Croats of Transleitania defended the honor of the Hagsburg family, but now they are being forced to leave their homeland by our fellow Magyars, and it has become the best choice for Croatia to immigrate to the United States..... I was forced to resign by the Austro-Hungarian agreement I signed... It was the biggest joke of my life. ”

Rudolph looked at Count Andrahi's fist and said disapprovingly, "Uncle Giura, I still think that the key to the empire is liberalization, especially political liberalization and economic industrialization. Now the national baggage of the empire is too heavy, and a lot of money is spent on appeasing these different peoples, and it seems to me that whoever wants to leave Austria-Hungary, it will leave. As long as Austria focuses on its own political and economic reforms, and shakes off this national burden, maybe Austria can develop faster! ”

"Oh my God!" Count Andráş felt that the world was spinning for a while, and he was even more speechless in his heart, "The non-cooperative attitude and centrifugal tendencies of the Hungarian Magyars towards the empire are the side effects of what you call social liberalization and industrialization, Crown Prince!" Lacking all the resources needed for industrialization, Transleitania had always been an agricultural part of the empire, and was on the verge of becoming an outcast in the wave of imperial industrialization that began in 1870. ”

"It was precisely because Hungary could not get enough benefits from the industrialization of the empire that it was necessary to oppress the Slavs, drive them out of their land, and let Hungary get more land to grow more crops in order to maintain its own dignity. And your so-called social liberalization has fueled the separatist sentiments of several major ethnic groups, as the future emperor of the empire, you can still say such things, the crown prince, I really don't know where the future of Austria-Hungary will be....." Count Andrrashi thought of this, and his headache split.

"Uncle Giura, do you know, I can't wait to see my good brother Frederick, Frederick can be appointed by his father as Minister of Economy, this is the victory of liberalism I am talking about, I want to have a good talk with Frederick, so that Germany and Austria can unite to promote constitutional monarchy and liberalism! It would be better if Frederick could work harder and oust Bismarck, the old fellow! Crown Prince Rudolf is imagining his trip to Germany.

"I have to work for a few more months, and if I want to resign, I must first do a good job in the "Three Emperors Alliance", otherwise I must not resign!" Count Andráhi looked at the young and somewhat childish face in front of him, and secretly swore in his heart.