After receiving gifts from his parents, Joey received a gift from his uncle Frederick I and his aunt Elizabeth was a book, Haggada.

This is a Jewish book full of Jewish prayers, psalms, folk songs, parables, and folk tales, and the Jewish word for Haggadah is the Jewish word for "tell," which stems from Moses' telling the Israelites to "tell" their sons about the Exodus from Egypt in order to inspire the Jews of all ages to yearn for freedom and salvation.

The Haggada is the most popular classic of Judaism, and not only Jewish children, but also many German children have been familiar and understood since childhood.

The great German poet Heine, after converting to Protestantism, still recited the Haggada to his children, and as a Jew seeking another kind of pleasure and honor, he occasionally heard the ancient and familiar recitation during the Passover, and he would also feel a shocking power in his heart.

At the end of the nineteenth century, there was an allusion to the "two Fredericks who loved freedom" in the mouths of German liberals and constitutional monarchists, one of whom referred to Joey's father, Crown Prince Frederick, and the other to Joey's uncle, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden.

There is also a slight difference between the two freedom-loving Fredericks, the crown prince of Freemasonry and Frederick I as the most important supporter of Zionism.

In Europe in 1879, only Britain and Germany were religious paradises for Judaism, while a thick cloud of anti-Semitism had already begun to hang over Russia, Austria-Hungary and France.

Even though Germany in 1879 was a happy land, there was still a Bavarian Catholic, Wilhelm Marr, who shouted "anti-Semitism" for the first time in the world, and even created an anti-Semitic coalition party in Germany, but fortunately, this party was still out of shape until 1906, when Wilhelm Marr died tragically.

But this dangerous current of thought from Austria had alarmed all upright Germans.

As the most important supporter of Zionism, Frederick I showed his firm stance by giving the classics of Judaism as a Christmas gift to all his relatives and acquaintances on Christmas Day 1879 as a sign of his unwavering support for the Jews.

According to Frederick I, the Haggada given to Joy was brought to Jerusalem by a rabbi living in Austria to attend formal prayer at the Wailing Wall.

This is probably the most meaningful gift Joey has ever received for Christmas.

Looking at Joey with a sincere smile on her face, Grand Duchess Elizabeth smiled proudly at her husband and said, "My dear, as I said, don't worry, the Hohenzollerns have never been against the Jews. ”

"Anti-Semitic?!" Hearing this idea, Joy shook his head with a smile, "Although the ideas I hate, such as national autonomy, ***, class struggle between rich and poor, and brain-body struggle, these ideas were first invented by Jews, but in Joey's view, the essence of thought is thought, and the thoughts of some Christians are not also dirty, so it is not terrible who ideas come from." ”

"The scary thing is, who is advocating and proliferating! Who is profiting from this! ”

To blame the Jews for all the contradictions of Christendom, or even to issue evil wishes to slaughter the Jews, is to blame the confusion and embarrassment you are experiencing now on the changes you did not want to face in the past, or on the vices that you have refused to cure for many years.

In the same way, Joy had reservations about the pluralism of the Jews, and he was only willing to unite all believers in God, whether you believe in the Old Testament, on the premise of one Jehovah.

As for Jesus or the Messiah, did he come? It didn't matter to Joey's mind.

Those people of Allahu, Joey was not interested in the slightest.

This was an era of the law of the jungle, and only when the German nation could unite the largest number of people with common beliefs, the empire could calmly face the bloody storm.

After all, faith is more than profit, which can unite the hearts of the real people, and if a country gathers because of profit, it will also disperse because of profit.

The solidarity of the Jews, on the other hand, was to consider the process of unification of Greater Germany, and to consider the religious and ethnic conflicts that would be confronted in the process of reunification.

Whether it is a scientific and technological power, an economic power, or a military power, their essence still lies in human power, even the industrial resources, raw materials and trade rules needed by the nineteenth century power also need to be mastered by people, from low-end colonial control to high-end cultural and economic control in the twenty-first century, all of which do not need a high-quality population to achieve.

Since ancient times, the method of increasing the population has been nothing more than the self-reproduction of the own nation or the introduction of high-quality foreign population.

The growth model of self-reproduction is too slow, and only with the blessing of modern medicine and modern food production, these two technologies, can the modern population grow rapidly, and it has an obvious effect on agricultural countries, but the long-term effect on industrial countries is average.

To increase the population of Germany, it is necessary to take into account the position of Prussia, or the position of Prussia in Germany, from the Prussian point of view, the Prussian aristocracy, represented by the Protestant Wilhelm I and Bismarck, adhered to the idea of Little Germany.

The reason for Prussia's opposition to the Greater German Idea put forward by Catholic Austria was, in essence, the fear that the Catholic Germans would harm the interests of the Protestant Germans. The religious persecution of Protestantism by Catholicism within Christianity is no worse than the persecution of Judaism by Catholicism, and the Protestants of Prussia still remember the tragic situation of Protestants in the historical Huguenot Wars.

For Prussia to realize the dream of Greater Germany, it had to resolve possible potential religious conflicts within a nation.

Otherwise, even if it is the same people, it will be a river of blood because of religious killing.

The hegemons of the United States and the United Kingdom are dominated by WASPs (White-Anglo-Saxon-Protestant), as well as France, Russia, and Japan, which are historical rivals for hegemony.

Germany's world path required diversification, but this pluralism had to be, in Joey's view, a pluralism dominated by the Protestant Prussians, or rather, the WASP in the German sense of the word.

Is the way to strengthen the power of Protestantism is to have another religious war to destroy the Catholic Germans?

The stupidest, stupidest Germans would never have thought of this option.

Or, through the natural growth of the population, surpassing the Catholics?

Protestants allow abortion, while Catholics do not, and under the same social conditions, the existence of this religious code is destined to make the idea difficult.

Or, forced conversion?

This was undoubtedly an artificial attempt to undermine the unity of the existing German Empire, forcing the Southern States, especially Bavaria, to oppose Berlin, and Germany could not have a German-style Civil War because of its religious differences.

Most importantly, in the 1880-1890 period of Joey's previous life, a record 1.34 million Germans emigrated to the Americas, especially the United States, and at this time they tried to preserve every German moment by all means, rather than thinking about racial or religious discrimination.

Therefore, the only possible option was to bring in a highly qualified population to meet the population needs of the German Empire.

The high-quality population of the nineteenth century was preferred, the English, whose education, skills, religion, and qualities best met the needs of the German Empire, but as the teacher was concerned, the British were also the most corrupt (rich) and depraved (happy) people living in the world at present, and it was simply impossible to get the British to emigrate to Germany on a large scale.

Then there were the French, who were good in education, skills and quality, but the thought of the difference in religion and hatred of Prussia was still an impossible task.

Well, the Germans in Austria?

It may have been an option, but it was always on the back burner until the question of Greater Germany or Little Germany was resolved, and Prussia could not find a new ally for Bavaria that would have a stronger opposition within the Reich.

By the same token, Poles, uneducated Czechs, aggressive Hungarians, Romanians born thieves and liars, and devout Croats were not on the option of mass immigration for religious reasons.

As for the Russians, Serbs, Bulgarians, and Greeks who profess Orthodox Christianity, in addition to not having the slightest acceptability in terms of education, skills, and qualities, they are even more religiously opposed to Protestantism and Catholicism, and are certainly not in the option of mass emigration.

As for the people of the immigrants who believe in Allahu..... Do you want them to kill Joey herself again?

Perhaps, sometimes it is right to retain religious discrimination.

Bringing in immigrants from the far Asian East and Black Africa?

Please, don't make this kind of brainless joke, new immigrants go to the United States, that is because the United States has a large amount of uncultivated land, a mature national system and a perfect economic backing as a guarantee, so it needs a large number of uneducated laborers to engage in low-end economic activities.

History has shown that once economic development stabilizes, xenophobia against certain ethnic minorities engaged in low-end economic activities begins.

In Germany in 1879, the distribution of land had long ended, the social structure was mature and stable, and the economic development needed more high-quality skilled workers, rather than ordinary laborers.

Therefore, all things considered, the Jews became the most suitable candidates, and in the blood of the land of Germany, the Jews and the Germans, especially the Protestant Germans, have long been fused together in blood, even in the Catholic South German region, with 1/4, or even more than 1/2 of Jewish ancestry, there are also many people.

So much so that the mustache who was committed to the extermination of the Jews had to issue a decree stipulating that only those who were more than 3/4 of Jewish blood were real Jews, and those who were of 1/4 and 1/2 blood were all considered Germans, so the blood of Jews had long been in the body of the Germans.

There was no more foolish leader in the world than the education of the Jews, their scientific, technological, financial, and trade skills, and their vast wealth, all of which were so desperately needed by the German Empire, that this wealth did not remain in Germany but to finance the United States.

The history of Catholic persecution of Protestants and Judaism is destined to make it easy for Protestantism and Judaism to form alliances, and the most realistic example of this is the Protestant-Jewish alliance that prevailed in Britain and the United States in his previous life.

Historically, at the beginning of the establishment of the German Empire in 1871, it was the second country in Europe after Britain to give Jews full equal rights in the constitution, and the founding day of the German Empire was called the National Liberation Day by the German Jews.

Thus, in every sense of the word, Joey was a supporter of the Protestant-Jewish Union, as was his own father.

After receiving the gifts from all the elders, Joey will next take the new gifts from the hands of his older siblings, who are already adults.

A pair of polo cues that William gave Joey.

Polo is a top game popular among European aristocrats in Europe in the past decade, a more luxurious and intimate aristocratic sport than the inter-royal equestrian competition.

In Joey's previous life, in the 21st century, when the commercialization of sports was extremely developed, polo still retained its own privacy, refused to be commercialized, refused to be overseas, and still retained the aristocratic characteristics of only a very small number of people playing.

As a sports fan in his previous life, Joey probably only remembered one sentence, there are three expensive private activities in the world, the third is to be a humble gentleman in front of people, but the queen can safely keep multiple mistresses, and the second is to own a luxury private yacht that is at least more than 45 feet long.

And the first expensive private activity is to be able to engage in extravagant polo matches.

A polo game requires at least 4 expensive warm-blooded horses, and 4 horses need to be trained from at least 12 horses according to the success rate, considering the injuries and discomfort of the horses, no one will prepare 4 horses for the polo game, so there are dozens or even hundreds of horses in the stables, which is not uncommon in the families of wealthy nobles.

Just like in Joey's previous life, in the famous novel "The Great Gatsby", Fitzgerald said when describing Tom's wealth, "He brought in a whole herd of horses for polo, and it is unbelievable that anyone in my generation can be so generous." ”

Of course, in addition to having a large number of horses, you also need to have a farm with a large area, a top horse trainer and enough horsemen.

As for the personal equipment for the race, such as helmets, saddles, clothing, boots and polo clubs, they are nothing more than shabby-priced luxuries compared to the above-mentioned horse and venue requirements.

The polo cue that William gave Joey is composed of two parts, the cue in his hand is made of perennial rattan from the Asian rainforest, and the club head is made of Argentine hardwood that is more than 100 years old.

After gently waving the polo stick in his hand, Joey smiled to himself a little self-deprecatingly, it seems that unconsciously, he has also entered the realm of an annual salary of more than 20 million US dollars.

In my heart, though, I seem to prefer football from the working class.

Joey's second sister, Princess Charlotte and his wife, gave Joey a ticket to the Duke of Meiningen's National Court Theatre with no expiration date.

After the defeat of the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen by Prussia and its incorporation into the North German Confederation in the Austro-Prussian War, Bernhard II, the grandfather of Prince Bernhardt, devoted all his energy and money to the cause of unlimited artistic innovation.

Since 1870, the city of Meiningen has been one of the most famous opera destinations in Germany and in Europe.

Among the many theaters in the city of Meiningen, the National Court Theatre of the Duke of Meiningen is undoubtedly the most dazzling, it is famous in Europe for its historically accurate sets and realistic performance style, in addition to opera, the Court Theater is named the birthplace of naturalism and critical realism, and the orchestra of the theater has also become an orchestra on a par with the Vienna Philharmonic because of the presence of a group of great conductors.

Hard-to-get a ticket is another nickname, and even a master like Wagner needs to use high-level connections if he wants to come to a show.

In an age when there was no internet, television, movies, and pop music, theater represented almost all forms of entertainment.

Drama is the origin of the film industry that will become popular all over the world, good actors, good scripts, good directors and good scenes are all borrowed from drama, and Joey, who is determined to make the Golden Bear defeat the Golden Man and become the highest honor in the film industry, has long wanted to see the drama of the 19th century and wants to know how attractive it is.

Just an open-ended ticket, that's not enough for Joey.

Joey looked at his brother-in-law, Prince Bernhardt, with a sincere face, "Dear brother-in-law, you can't let me enjoy a wonderful drama alone, can you?" ”

"Look, I'll just say that Qiaoqiao has a sweetheart, and he can't go to the theater alone to enjoy the show if he understands it completely." Princess Charlotte glared at her husband, who was a little embarrassed, and said in a crisp voice.

"Jojo, I love the Christmas gifts that Queen Eugenie and Mary gave me, they are so wonderful, I think when little Ernst is a little older, I'm going to have a good visit to Louis Vuitton, Guerlain, Cartier in Paris, oh... Oh my God, it's so exciting..."

When it comes to bags, cosmetics and jewelry, Joey's second sister, Princess Charlotte, immediately transforms into a shopaholic.

Prince Bernhardt, while earnestly echoing his wife's idea, explained to Joey in a low voice that in fact, they also had the same ticket as Joey in their Christmas present for Mary.

"Ahh In fact, I just want to say that in the future, there will be a technology that can record images, so that more people can enjoy the drama of Meiningen, so that it can be spread faster and wider...... But what is it called now..."

This gift made Joey feel a little big.

Heinrich gave Joey a shell, a large shell more than 10 cm long, with an elaborate and unique spiral structure, which resembles a winding road winding down from the top of a mountain, completely free from each other without stitching, and the free spiral layers are connected together by extended ribs.

It looks like a pagoda incense enshrined in an oriental temple.

"The British like to call it the precious spiral snail, and its Latin name is the snail." Heinrich looked at Joey, who kept looking through the shells, and explained with a smile, "I bought it from a local fisherman when the Grand Fleet was passing through the Philippines. ”

"Jojo, do you know that His Majesty Franz I once bought an identical snail and now puts it in Schönbrunn Palace."

"I know, Henry." Joey looked at the treasure in his hand with bright eyes, and his mind flashed back to what he had seen and heard in Schönbrunn Palace in his previous life, and he couldn't help but say, "Back then, His Majesty Franz I exchanged it for 4,000 guilders, and oh my God, it cost 4,000 gold coins." ”

With that, Joey quickly pushed the snail back to Heinrich, shook his head and explained, "Henry, this thing is too valuable for me to accept." ”

"Hehe, take it Jojo, I just got this thing for 50 pfennigs, and many people have received this Christmas gift from me." Heinrich smiled and gave the gift back to Joey.

"Really?" Joey looked at his brother in disbelief.

"Of course, when I first arrived in the Philippines, I was amazed at how many of these shells were there, and the price was as low as giving them away." Even at this time, Heinrich still shrugged his shoulders incredulously when he thought about it, "Many people in the Grand Fleet spent money to buy this thing, and I bought it early, and according to the guy who bought it later, the price of this thing was finally raised to 5 marks a piece." ”

"It seems that we have to find a way to get the Philippines from the Spaniards, even if it sells for 400 gold coins in Europe, it is destined to be a huge income." Joey's eyes sparkled.

"Well, that's right, after all, they are all real, I have inquired, and some merchants in Amsterdam sell fakes made of rice paste by Qing people, which can sell for thousands of gold coins." Heinrich nodded.

Hearing this, Joey looked at his brother, touched his chin again, and finally couldn't help but dip his finger in saliva and wipe the shell in his hand vigorously.

"Jojo, you idiot, I've already washed them with water!" Heinrich couldn't help but laugh and scold.

Looking at the cheeky and smiling Joey, Heinrich suddenly became serious, "Jojo, I just want you to remember that without the existence of the Grand Fleet, I can't give you this Christmas gift." ”

"I know, Henry." Joey nodded vigorously.

"So, you owe the Navy a giant ship like the Qing Kingdom, oh no, it's a fleet!" Heinrich nodded vigorously, signaling that Joey's deal was not negotiable.

"Well, Henry, I think I owe you a navy, a mighty navy." Joey held out his hand to his brother and made his promise.

A naval dream, just between handshakes.