Feng Yunshan was wondering, Mao Qi had already knelt down in front of the hall: "Mao Qi, deputy chief of the general staff of the Weichen General Staff, meet Your Majesty!" By His Majesty's order, Prince Karl, Princess Elisabeth, and the Prussian Minister to China, Mr. Karenway, have been brought here. After speaking, he glanced at Prince William and Karenway behind him, and motioned for the two to hurry up and meet as well.

Prince William, Princess Elizabeth and Karenway bowed one after another: "Meet Your Majesty!" ”

Feng Yunshan waved his hand, took the initiative to walk down the hall, holding Karenwei with one hand and Prince William with the other, and said with a smile: "It's all my own family and old friends, so I don't have to do these false courtesies." Let's go, this hall is too dull, accompany me to the imperial garden. It's just that Princess Elizabeth didn't know where she came from, Feng Yunshan didn't pay much attention to it, just smiled and nodded.

Little Prince William laughed and said heartily: "Dare not obey your fate!" ”

Both sides laughed.

Wu Ruxiao, who sent Valevsky back to the palace, saw it in his eyes, and couldn't help but secretly say that His Majesty was indeed much closer to the Prussians than the French. It seems that there should be some differences in the policies of the two countries.

"Your Majesty." Karenway cautiously reported, "At the behest of Prince William, Prince Regent of Prussia, Prince Karl would like to express his heartfelt congratulations to His Majesty's Chinese Empire on the destruction of the invading British Expeditionary Force!" At the same time, my sister, Princess Elizabeth, was eager to hear me speak of the beauty of your country, and she came with me on a journey to the East. ”

Feng Yunshan realized that the beautiful blonde beauty turned out to be the younger sister of Prince William.

He immediately smiled and said, "The prince conveyed to the prince for me, thank you for his congratulations!" May the friendship between the Chinese Empire and Prussia last forever! After speaking, he said to Liu Shengbang behind him: "Send someone to the harem to let Concubine Hui come to the imperial garden, she is fluent in foreign languages, and accompany Princess Elizabeth." ”

Feng Yunshan said that Concubine Hui is Fu Shanxiang, who has recently been named Concubine Hui, plus in the past two years, Feng Yunshan has basically handed over the affairs at hand to the cabinet and the General Staff to deal with, there are not so many things, so Fu Shanxiang did not concurrently serve as Feng Yunshan's personal secretary anymore.

When everyone entered the Royal Garden, Prince William and Princess Elizabeth were stunned by the beautiful scenery in front of them. Princess Elizabeth, in particular, ran like a child to the large clusters of flowers blooming in the distance.

Feng Yunshan and Prince William looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

Afterwards, Feng Yunshan and Prince William Jr. entered a pavilion and began to talk, and Liu Shengbang naturally served by his side. Moltke, along with Calenway, Wadsey, and the others, knew that something important had something to say, and they scattered far away with a group of Royal Forest sergeants.

Feng Yunshan beckoned and asked Mo Qi to enter the pavilion to listen together, which made Wadsey and the others envious, and a little moved by the master Mao Qi.

When Moltke entered the pavilion, he happened to hear Emperor Feng Yunshan talk about promising to provide oil to Prussia, "Prince William, with the close alliance between China and Prussia, I have no problem selling some oil to Prussia at a low price." The problem is that it is better to buy oil than to own oil mines directly, and to buy oil for long-distance transportation by sea, piracy and hostile forces are very rampant, and if there is a mistake, there will be heavy losses. I felt that from a long-term point of view, Prussia might as well seize the oil fields from the outside. ”

Seeing Prince William's thoughtful look, Feng Yunshan continued: "I have always had a question about why Prussia's navy is so weak and slow to expand its naval strength. It was only in the past two years that your Kingdom of Prussia purchased some warships from Britain to form a so-called 'Royal German Fleet', but its strength was not as strong as the nearby Danish Navy. ”

Prince William said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty does not know, in recent years, the Kingdom of Prussia has been expanding, wars have continued, since my uncle became king, all the finances have been invested in military reform and weapons development, if it were not for the establishment of the German Customs Union in the German region more than 20 years ago, which stimulated economic development, plus in recent years, with the help of Your Majesty, some weapons and industrial machinery and equipment of Prussia can be sold to the East, and there is the loan support of your country from time to time, The Prussian economy has long been crossed. It's not that Prussia doesn't want to develop the navy, it's that it doesn't have the financial resources. ”

"However, it may not be clear to Your Majesty that my father, after becoming Prince Regent, concentrated on the development of the Prussian naval forces, not only ordering a number of warships from Great Britain and other Western European countries, but also secretly building the Prussian naval port in Königsberg, the capital of East Prussia, and a 313-hectare plot of land purchased by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg through the A-German Agreement, and has built a number of warships. In this way, now Prussia has its own military ports and warships in both the Baltic and North Seas. ”

I see! Feng Yunshan finally understood that with Prussia's degree of scientific and technological development and industrialization, the navy should not be so weak, and it seems that it also has a hidden hand, no wonder it can defeat the opponent in the next war against Denmark and annex the Schleswig region.

Speaking of which, Feng Yunshan also understood that although Prussia had secretly developed its navy, it was still very weak because of its lack of financial resources. It is also true that if you want a large-scale navy, you will not be able to do it without training, but as soon as you train, you will immediately be discovered by neighboring countries such as Denmark and Tsarist Russia.

However, no matter what, you have to give Tsarist Russia some eye medicine, Feng Yunshan said in a tone that he was worried about the fraternal state of Prussia: "Prince William, the reason why I chose Prussia as the closest ally in Europe is that in addition to being friends with you, the Kingdom of Prussia shoulders the great mission of the unification and strength of the German nation, and is also the same as my Chinese nation, I feel the same feelings, so I am willing to help you." Now is the best time for the great powers to expand their overseas territories, Prussia should not only limit itself to the goal of becoming a great power on the European continent, but should go all out to expand overseas, without a strong navy, no matter how strong the army is, the country will not be able to really rise. ”

"I have a suggestion for you to bring to the Regent." Feng Yunshan glanced at Prince William Jr., and a look of demagogy flashed on his face: "Prussia should immediately develop its naval power on a large scale, and as for the lack of financial resources, I can support it and give your country a low-interest loan." Come to think of it, as long as the Danish Navy is defeated, the Danish Army is not at all an opponent of the Prussian Army. As long as Denmark is defeated, Prussia will be able to take advantage of the opportunity to unite the German nation and unify the entire German Confederation. Think about it, because of the crushing defeat in the Crimean War, Tsarist Russia almost completely destroyed the Black Sea Fleet, and lost the right to have a permanent navy in the Black Sea and the right to own a naval base in the Paris Treaty, so the Black Sea Fleet hardly had to think about it. The other two fleets of Tsarist Russia, the Pacific Fleet, which had been renamed the Siberian Fleet, were wiped out by my Beiyang Fleet, the Arctic Ocean Fleet was very small, confined to the Arctic Ocean, almost negligible, and the rest was the Baltic Fleet, which was basically old-fashioned sailing ships, which were attacked by the Anglo-French combined fleet in the Crimean War and did not dare to leave the port in the waters of Kronstadt, and were saved by hiding behind mine obstacles. This is precisely a great opportunity for the development of the Prussian Navy. If it can dominate the Baltic Sea, it can effectively reduce the threat from Tsarist Russia, which is not only more conducive to the unification of the German Confederation, but also facilitates overseas expansion. ”

Prince William's heart moved, Feng Yunshan's words moved him, indeed, this time period is the best period for Prussia to develop the navy, with the wealth of the Chinese Empire, since Emperor Feng Yunshan expressed his willingness to take out low-interest loans, there is no financial problem at all, maybe the emperor of the East has a plan, but that is nothing, the only thing to worry about is the attitude of the British.

So, Prince William raised his doubts: "Thank you, Your Majesty! It's just that Prussia wants to build a navy, except for Tsarist Russia and Denmark, it is mainly the attitude of the British side, and Sweden completely follows the British side. The British, for their part, were afraid that a strong Prussian navy would not be allowed to appear in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. ”

Feng Yunshan secretly laughed at this lovely Prince William, how could he be so real, he smiled and said: "Although Britain doesn't want to see a powerful Prussian navy appear, it doesn't want to see a powerful Tsarist navy. And, with Denmark, a Baltic naval power, as an adversary, your father will handle this well, don't worry. ”

Feng Yunshan just mentioned his meaning and asked Prince William to bring him the father who was about to ascend the throne as King of Prussia. He believed that with his own personal promise of financial support, the other side would seize the opportunity to develop the navy.

As for the conditions and purposes, naturally there are, and the other party must be clear about them. As an ally of the Chinese Empire, the continuous supply of advanced industrial technology, military equipment and talent from Western Europe is the primary condition for its own friendship. Secondly, Feng Yunshan always believed that even Britain was not the main opponent of the Chinese Empire, because there was no fundamental conflict of interests between the two sides, and the Chinese Empire had not risen to the point where Britain needed to fight for life and death, and the life and death enemy of the Chinese Empire was always the Tsarist Russian Empire, which had extremely expansionist ambitions.

Therefore, the most important purpose of Feng Yunshan's willingness to vigorously support Prussia's development of the navy was to contain Tsarist Russia and give it some eye medicine. Once Prussia became strong and unified the German states, it was natural that there would be a war with Tsarist Russia out of territorial expansion and the intolerance of one mountain and two tigers, as in history. Moreover, as long as Prussia took out a loan, Feng Yunshan was confident that this ally would ask this ally to move Prussia eastward and annex Poland and other places to contain Tsarist Russia when there was a large-scale war between the Chinese Empire and Tsarist Russia, especially when Tsarist Russia sent a large army to invade the east.