Chapter 227: Brigadier General Tolubko

Seeing Anne hang up the phone, both Alice and Leon looked at her, Leon didn't care and Alice looked at her intently.

Ignoring Alice's gaze, Anne said directly to Leon: "We will compensate you soon for 800 pounds, but I hope we don't have a chance to meet again, you are disgusting!" ”

Leon's face was extremely ugly, disgusting comments were no longer as simple as sarcasm, but what else could Leon do? Lithuania is a country with laws, and the only thing he can do is dig a trap like he did earlier, and he can't do anything else.

The service staff on the side was very ashamed, because she knew very well what her identity was. She really liked Anne's songs, but the oppression of life forced her to compromise, but she despised Leone just as much as Anne and Alice, even if she didn't dare say the same thing.

Naturally, Ernst would not show up for such a thing, so it was a guard from the guard of the security bureau who casually took out 800 pounds in cash and handed it to Leon, only nodding slightly at Anne and Alice and leaving without even saying a word. Of course, Alice and Anne couldn't say anything, and they caught up to express their gratitude and said that the money would be repaid.

The guard didn't say much, he just said that he would convey this to Ernst, looking at the back of the guard leaving, Anne and Alice's hearts were complicated, they didn't expect Ernst to show up. Is it that he is not interesting to himself at all, or is he ready to cast a long line to catch a big fish?

The answer may only be known to Ernst himself, and the two little girls who were a little confused left with their hearts full of thoughts. They didn't know that what had been a vague line was now clear, and after this indirect contact, Anne might not be able to imagine how much the future would change her.

Walking on the construction site with hard hats, surrounded by guards and police officers from the Security Bureau, senior cabinet officials, and project leaders, most of the people refused when Ernst asked to visit the new city under construction, because the safety of the construction site was really not guaranteed, but at Ernst's strong request, they had to start making arrangements.

This is an apartment complex in Vilnius New Town, about 12 identical apartment complexes, which will be able to accommodate more than 450 families if completed. The apartments are about 100 square meters or even larger, with two households on one floor but three units in one apartment, so it can be said that the area of the apartment is not small.

There is an apartment that has been built for two months and the frame has been completed, and Ernst is still quite satisfied with the layout after going upstairs. After urbanization, a large number of Vilnius citizens will live here, and Ernst is confident that they will be satisfied with the new home, which is surrounded by greenery and a shopping street, which is ideal for shopping and leisure.

"What about the location of the school and hospital?"

"It's not far from the civic living area, especially the primary school coverage is very high."

Prime Minister Arturas replied with a painful look on his face, and he couldn't help but do it, after all, it was a financial allocation, and the construction and operation of the primary school was not small. Even some savings would have amounted to £4,000, after all, ERNST could not afford errors in the quality of the work.

The Czech Duchy, the Kingdom of Lithuania, and the Russian Empire, although the three countries directly controlled by Ernst are not as good as the United States, Ernst also attaches great importance to the safety of students. The United States values the safety of its students because it will have a president in the future, while Ernst values it because it is the foundation of the Three Kingdoms.

Prime ministers, cabinet ministers, local officials, generals, which of these did not graduate from the schools of the three countries? How could Ernst ignore the issue of safety?

Most of the people working on the construction site were prisoners of Shikoku, who might have been officials, aristocrats, and wealthy people before they became prisoners, but now they have only one identity, prisoners of hard labor. These prisoners are physically strong, and they can't afford not to be strong, because the other option for not being healthy is death.

Are you skinny? Sorry, 100 kilograms are still handed to you, and it must be completed within the stipulated time, otherwise breakfast, lunch, dinner will not be your share. This is a defilement of human rights, a system of slavery! Journalists have exposed similar questions, but Shikoku has only one answer - they are not ordinary people.

Human rights are only for ordinary people, as long as they commit crimes, then there are no human rights, and citizens' taxes cannot be used on these people who do wrong things. If there is a cause and there is an effect, you have enjoyed and done it, then you naturally need to pay, even if this effort is a bit excessive in the eyes of many people.

According to statistics, the urbanization construction of the Kingdom of Lithuania has begun for more than 2 months, and during this period, about 200 people died of exhaustion, which is a large proportion of the number of only 5 or 6,000. But Ernst's decision never wavered, and even the prisoners of Shikoku continued to come here.

"Arturas, what do you think about the fact that Britain, the United States, Japan, and France are preparing to set up new banks in East Asia?"

Ernst's abrupt change of focus made Prime Minister Arturas stunned, but he soon guessed the meaning of Ernst's words and hesitated: "Your Majesty, do you think this is directed at us?" ”

Shaking his head, Ernst did not answer directly but said: "Most of the interests of Europe are occupied by the Czech principality, and I have only been crowned for two months, but the Kingdom of Lithuania has already signed an order for more than 50 million pounds in Europe, what this means You should be very clear, we need to be careful." ”

Most of the orders signed by the Kingdom of Lithuania are timber, building materials, daily necessities, etc., although they are light industries, but when the quantity is huge, it is naturally a large amount.

For the establishment of new banks in the four Asian countries, then they may also do the same for the Czech principality, and the matter in East Asia may be a test to test the Czech principality or test the attitude of Ernst.

"Greece and Turkey are still at war over territorial issues, and the USSR is not idle, and now the flames of the USSR are everywhere in Europe, and maybe one accidentally ignites the whole of Europe."

Ernst's casual remarks worried Alturas, not only most of his officials, but also the horror of European propaganda against the Soviet Union. Officials such as Arturas naturally understand that this is not the case, but they are still afraid because it involves their fundamental interests.

In fact, the four countries under the influence of Ernst do not have to worry at all, because Ernst has a very strong control over the three countries, and even Hungary does not need to worry about anything because of the three countries. Of course, Ernst also has something to worry about, that is, with the influence of the Soviet Union, Ernst's path will be difficult in the future.

There was no way around it, and now Ernst needed the Soviet Union, just as the Soviet Union needed the Czech principality, Ernst was self-respecting and the Soviet Union wanted only a familiar enemy against him, and not too much hostile.

On the whole, in the past two years, the cooperation between the Soviet Union and the Czech principality has been quite good, although they themselves stand in different positions, but there is only a relationship of interests between countries. If the Soviet Union was able to keep the Czech principality, to preserve its position in Europe, and even to avoid danger, why did Ernst not cooperate with the Soviet Union? Although this cooperation was only tacitly agreed by the two countries, it was enough, and if you really asked the Czech Duchy and the Soviet Union to sign any agreement, even if it was signed secretly, Ernst probably would not agree.

"General Tolubko, how is the formation of the new army going?"

Tolubko was a Russian nobleman and a friend of Ernst's acquaintance in St. Petersburg, where his family had traveled to the Czech principality at the time of the upheaval, and he was recommended to study at the Royal Army Academy of the Czech Duchy, where he was already a lieutenant colonel before coming to the Kingdom of Lithuania.

With only a few years after the collapse of the Russian Empire, how could Tolubko become a lieutenant colonel? In fact, he was a captain officer in the Russian Empire before he came to the Czech principality, and after training at the Royal Czech Army Academy he graduated as a major, and three years as a lieutenant colonel was not fast. Of course, this is not his age, after all, he is only 30 years old this year.

Following Ernst to Lithuania was an opportunity for Tolubko to become the main person in charge of the military reform, and as a result of which his Czech rank of lieutenant colonel became the rank of Brigadier General of Lithuania. There is naturally a big difference between a general and a colonel, including the literal meaning. This is a colonel, this is a general, two completely different concepts, even if the general is only a brigadier general.

"Five army divisions have completed basic training, but it will take some time to get them into battle if they need to......"

Tolubko was also killed on the battlefield, so he very much agrees with the saying that a soldier who has not experienced artillery fire is an ordinary civilian who has been armed.

"Half a year, I will only give you half a year, and then I hope they can become real soldiers!"

Ernst's meaningful words made Prime Minister Arturas startled, his majesty the king would not be preparing for war with other countries! Tolubko was thrilled by the same idea, because war meant merit, it meant that he would be promoted in rank, that he would become a real general.