Chapter 102: Busy and Busy
After a long absence, when the fighting situation on the western front gradually became clearer, Adrian finally felt that he should have a good rest, so he chose a sunny day in the winter and returned to Dinah and his son.
Faced with the blue mountains, the green lawns at his feet, and the winding paths leading into the distance and into the quiet, he forgot for a moment that he was still the president of the Federal Republic of Germany. It feels so good, his wife and son are by his side, the forest meadow is close at hand, he can talk to the blue and white clouds when he opens his eyes, he can get in close contact with the forest when he opens his nostrils, walking on the mountain road with blue sky and green ground and fresh air, the fatigue of the past suddenly disappeared without a trace, Adrian took Dinah in one hand and his son in the other, and walked slowly on the manor path, here, he didn't have to worry about running into other pedestrians, he didn't have to say hello to anyone, They were accompanied only by cattle and sheep grazing in the distance and birds chirping happily overhead.
Every morning, Adrian opens the curtains and is immediately attracted by the picture in front of the window, the beautiful picture of the farm begins with the curtains opened, and the day's activities end with the curtains closed.
The farm is located in a gentle area halfway up the mountain, with a narrow road leading up. Faced with the greenery, he even feared that he would get lost in his own home.
The maids got up before 5 a.m. to milk the cows, leaving enough for the whole family to eat, and the rest was sent to the shop at the foot of the hill by a male maid to sell, and Augustus III also continued to work every day, and he liked to move his body, thinking that it would be good for him, he drove the cattle up the hill to graze, and then helped the servants to repair the farm implements, store forage, and so on. The work on the farm is never done, it depends on what kind of life you want to live. Indeed, even the owner, to enjoy a clean and tidy environment and a rich life, must pay hard sweat.
The task of the cows is to graze, bask in the sun, and produce milk on the natural pastures, and the quality of milk in this environment is indeed more guaranteed. For the next few days, Adrian would accompany his wife and children around the farm, fishing or hunting, whatever he wanted. The heavy snow had been delayed, and the sky had occasionally rained lightly, and on the balcony in the light rain, he suddenly found that the winter flowers were also blooming so brightly, and they laughed happily every day, chatted casually, and hugged each other happily, almost ignoring the beauty of nature.
For Augustus III, no matter how busy he is, he still has to find time to play with flowers and plants, so that the residence seems more integrated with nature and more life. After the light rain, the weather gradually cleared, the mountains appeared greener, the flowers appeared more colorful, and the clouds and mist slowly surging in the valley were like a milky white river, soothing and unrestrained, as if in a fairyland.
My father-in-law is a person who pays attention to the quality of life, and this farm is the kind of binary, super-large courtyard layout, scattered and combined, and scattered. The innermost room was Augustus III's own quarters, where Dinah, Adrian and the children lived on the second floor of the main body of the estate. The first floor is mainly functional, with a living room, a studio, and a study room. In addition, a side house is inhabited by people below, and the downstairs is dedicated to various farm tools, carpentry lathes, etc. There is also a two-story house on the hillside, which is a large cowshed, on the second floor there is a super large drying room, on which the harvested grain is piled up, and at the back of the building there is a bungalow with some hay, firewood, wooden trailers, etc. Augustus III personally managed the forests, fields, livestock, and farms, and he felt that he was still in good health.
In addition to the profits from forest and farm management, Augustus III often received a generous state allowance as a reward for his contribution to the defense of his homeland. When he was not working, he occasionally walked his dog, often took his children for a walk on the farm, and watched the servants harvest corn and sugar beets for a long time. Baskets of corn are loaded into trailers, the straw is crushed and returned to the field to be used as fertilizer, as are the beets, the big beets are sent to the market to be sold, and the yellow leaves are pressed into green manure to improve the land.
Many fruit trees are planted around the estate, which produce peaches, plums, apples, pears, grapes, as well as cucumbers, green peppers, turnips, and Chinese cabbage in the vegetable garden...... In Berlin, these fresh fruits and vegetables are good, especially those grown in this natural environment, and the taste is definitely different!
Most of the work of the servants is spontaneous, they do things and are very active, and occasionally they will ask the master when they encounter big problems.
The farm's parlor was very large, and the sofa occupied nearly half of the living room, and when Adrian returned here, this large parlor almost became his place to deal with state affairs, and the cabinet members would often come to disturb his quiet life, let him deal with some urgent papers, and some matters that urgently needed the president's decision. Above the hall hung several large paintings, the work of native German painters, whom Adrian knew were so generous in large part for his own sake, and of course, by friends who were directly close to Augustus III.
This vast area of forest, farmland, and castle is hereditary and will always be your own from the day you buy it! Dinah said that they would not separate from the farm in order to ensure the integrity of the farm, and that when Adrian stepped down as president, they would do their best to raise their son Halis? Eugene? Adrian, after all, as a father, has to make up for the lesson he lacks from his children sooner or later.
The situation on the Western Front was already clear, and now it was not Germany or Adrian who was most anxious to negotiate, but as an important party in the war, he began to stay out of the situation, which was very different from the scene of Miller's mission to France at that time.
Eric? Adrian understands that the Federal Republic of Germany is undergoing earth-shaking changes, and at this critical moment, he should not take the initiative to show up, but is more suitable for low-key recuperation, after all, the new Germany will have more work in the future, such as industrial revival, agricultural development, people's employment and the healing of war wounds, etc., so he must seize the time to accompany his wife, children and family first.
At this time, the French government has been completely paralyzed, and for the Germans, the border between Germany and France has long disappeared, and the French food can also alleviate the urgent need for food shortage in Germany, even including dairy products and sausages. However, it was none other than the French's own president, Poincaré, who brought all this to France. At this time, Adrian was eager to see how confident the proud president was.
The cost of living in a day in a prisoner of war camp was not a small amount, and who should pay for it, Adrian had consulted Hindenburg on this issue. Therefore, when the French could not come up with enough money and food, they could only find a way from the Entente countries or the United States, otherwise, the British could only come out to provide temporary relief, however, the British themselves had millions of troops still in the German concentration camps, and the food and medicine that traveled across the ocean were a drop in the bucket for the captured British soldiers. In this way, the Americans have finally discovered that the final solution to the fundamental problem is negotiation, but with whom? The German president is on regular annual leave, and the French leader is in custody, so the British and Americans cannot be allowed to talk on their own behind closed doors, so Adrian, a key figure in the negotiations, has all the more reason to remain indifferent.
The Germans have always had a positive attitude towards a negotiated settlement of the war, and the British have long known that this is just a diplomatic rhetoric of the Germans to cover up their ears, however, they cannot blame Max, because after Minister Miller, Max went to Britain and France in person, and took the initiative to ask the United States to intervene in war mediation and negotiations, but Britain and the United States overwhelmed Germany in the arrogant military background of France, and this bitter wine was first drunk by the French, followed by Britain and the United States.
Although under the leadership of Marshal Foch, there was no major incident of collective defection in the army, but the morale of the army was dealt a fatal blow, and the shadow of the fiasco of the war could not be eliminated in the short term, and the short-term stable situation of Foch was destined to not be maintained for a long time. Soon, many middle- and lower-ranking commanders within the French army began to accuse the government and high-ranking generals of incompetence. On many public occasions, the German Joint Intelligence Agency's lurking personnel in France took the opportunity to fan the flames and spread all kinds of fallacies, and rumors of the reunification of Germany and France were also overwhelming and flying all over the sky for a while, so that the situation slowly began to get out of control, and many soldiers either chose to surrender or gathered in groups to leave, and at the same time, small-scale collective defections also occurred from time to time.
The rapid collapse of the French defenses was undoubtedly exacerbating the situation for the British and American armies. George was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and led the wartime cabinet to find the German representative in Britain several times, asking him to reach an agreement on an armistice as soon as possible, and asking him to pass on the British government's credentials for the release of British troops and their return to China. Based on the loss of face due to the failure of the previous peace talks, and the fact that he had similar ideas to Eric, Max found a reason to prevaricate, claiming that he was only represented by the will of the country and could not act on behalf of the president, and this happened to be the president's legal holiday...... In a word, love can't help.