Crown Prince William's time was unusually busy during this time.

Since his capture, Crown Prince Wilhelm has been traveling back and forth throughout France.

Prisoner of war camps, German settlements, and non-governmental friendship organizations for Germany, were the places where Crown Prince Wilhelm was often seen.

In October, Crown Prince William submitted a "Survey Report on the Survival of the German Population in France" to the French government, asking the French government to pay attention to the living conditions of the French Germans, and at the same time to improve the discrimination against the German communities, and to emphasize the problem of French and German children.

Qin Zhiyuan's name also appeared in this report, becoming the only bright spot in this report.

Because of the topical nature of the report, Le Figaro published the report in its entirety, and the defendant was subsequently sent to Germany.

Just before this report reached Germany, the Kaiser was in a bad position.

After the resignation of German Prime Minister Batemann, the position of German Prime Minister became unpopular, and those who qualified to be chancellors suspected that Ludendorff and Hindenburg would not obey their orders, and others who wanted to be chancellors would not win the consent of Ludendorff and Hindenburg.

The last man, Georg Milikies, became the German Chancellor, and in this process, the Kaiser played no role, and before that, the Kaiser had not even met Georg Milices.

This was the beginning of the Kaiser's disregard.

Regrettably, less than a month later, Georg Milikäs resigned and Georg von Hertling became Prime Minister of Germany.

Again, the Kaiser played no role in this process.

Throughout the month of October, when Germans were talking about the need for the royal family to hold back, it was at this time that Crown Prince Wilhelm's report on the German population appeared in German newspapers.

When they saw this report, all the anti-emperor factions collectively lost their voices.

Yes, even when he was in prison, Crown Prince Wilhelm did not stop running for the interests of the German people, and even persuaded the French government to change its attitude towards the German residents, even if Kaiser Wilhelm II was no longer suitable to stay on the throne, such a crown prince is worth looking forward to.

In November, Crown Prince Wilhelm testified in court over a dispute between a French-German resident and the local government.

Standing in court, Crown Prince Wilhelm argued with reason, even when the extreme French shouted in the court, "Let the damn Germans go back home", Crown Prince Wilhelm still did not stop fighting for the rights that this German family, who was already French.

When the trial was over, Crown Prince William earned the respect of everyone, including the president of the court, who expressed their admiration for him.

The French newspapers of the same day described Crown Prince William as "a model of justice and strong aristocracy".

The story was also widely reprinted by German newspapers, and when Germans read it, the focus of everyone's discussion was no longer on the need for the royal family, but on whether Crown Prince Wilhelm should succeed to the throne immediately.

There were even some extreme royalists who suggested that peace should be negotiated with the French to welcome back this "star of hope" of the German imperial family.

Crown Prince Wilhelm, who seemed to be the most expected, was not lost, and he continued to travel around France, chatting with German prisoners of war, attending forums of civil friendship organizations, attending banquets of German residents, and wherever there were Germans, there would be Crown Prince Wilhelm.

When Qin Zhiyuan returned to Corsica, Crown Prince William was also on the island.

When Qin Zhiyuan met Crown Prince William, Prince William was attending a groundbreaking ceremony for a community.

This is a German community, and in the Thunder City government's plan, it is inhabited by German residents. Of course, they are still the children of the Boy Scouts, and when they grow up, they will choose their future according to their own wishes.

By the way, this community was built entirely by German prisoners of war.

Thunder City and Trident City have launched a new bill, from now on, all buildings in Thunder City and Trident City will add a commemorative nameplate, which will indicate the start date, completion date, project cost, contractor, etc. of these buildings.

Everything else is easy to do, but the "contractor" is more troublesome.

For example, in the current community, the contractors are the 17th, 18th, and 21st battalions of the Corsica region of German prisoners of war, and the emphasis is not on the following numbers, but on the prefixes in front.

Think about it, it's not just the Germans who build the houses, but also the Chinese and the French, when these communities are built, the speed of construction and the quality of the construction will obviously be compared together, if the Chinese and French built communities are beautiful and strong, and the Germans build communities become tofu scum, then the Germans will be nailed to the pillar of shame in Corsica forever.

The same is true for the Chinese and the French.

It may sound a bit mean, but it turns out surprisingly well.

So far, in just about ten months, Thunder City has built three research institutes, eleven elementary schools, forty-five scout camps, and nine residential communities.

The three research institutes are the Institute of Biology, the Institute of Materials, and the Institute of Power.

The Institute of Biology has already developed penicillin, and this alone has been worth all the money.

The Materials Research Institute has not yet achieved results, but Qin Zhiyuan is not in a hurry, whether it is nylon or synthetic rubber, as long as it is made, the value is no less than penicillin.

The power research institute's mind is that the aircraft engine design has not yet been completed, but there is an unexpected surprise, Long Chengyuan, who doesn't like to do housework, actually made a washing machine in order to save trouble.

Not fully automatic, of course, but a drag-on washing machine.

When Qin Zhiyuan saw the washing machine, he immediately proposed the concept of a wave wheel washing machine. In fact, the wave wheel type and the drag type are almost the same, the principle is the same, and Long Chengyuan didn't take much effort to get one.

Soon, construction began on a washing machine factory.

At the same time, the Power Research Institute added a research project, household appliances, for which Qin Zhiyuan had only one request: to let those lazy people like as much as possible.

Well, this "lazy man" refers to Long Chengyuan, almost every electrical appliance comes out, and Long Chengyuan must try it first.

There are more and more research institutes, and the construction progress is also accelerating, thanks to the vigorous promotion of wooden houses, and now the wooden houses have formed a complete industrial chain, with companies responsible for logging, companies responsible for cutting and drying and shaping, and companies responsible for installation and maintenance.

It is not enough to have a house, but also to have more other daily necessities in life, so various factories came into being, first clothing factories, then furniture factories, glass factories, ceramic factories, and so on.

The Chinese have one of the best characteristics, as long as they can solve the problems themselves, they will never pay for them, and they will pay for things at every turn, which is a symbol of not living in the Chinese.

Of course, there are specializations in the art industry, some people are better at making furniture, some people have a very high level of making clothes, and some people cook deliciously.

As a result, a simple social division of labor immediately appeared, and some economically minded people began to use various advantages to expand the scale of production and invest in the construction of factories, which has formed a boom, similar to the "sea fever" on the land of China in the 70s of the 20th century.

It has been very fruitful, and in a very short time Corsica has begun to sell to mainland France, such as canned fish and beans.

Corsica is located in the Mediterranean Sea, where the fishery resources are abundant, and fish occupies an important place in the current food chain of Corsica, which is a good thing for the new generation of "Corsicans" to enrich the table and replenish nutrition.

And bean food, this is the Chinese specialty.

Westerners can't figure out why beans can be turned into soy milk, tofu brain, and tofu, and by the way, they must not forget tofu milk......

Because of the support of the Americans, the Entente was now less and less dependent on the Far East, which gave Corsica an opportunity.

Because of its location in the Mediterranean, all merchant ships destined for France would arrive in Corsica first, and when Corsica had a certain production capacity, it was natural for many people to change the destination of their goods from Marseille to Corsica.

With a combination of factors, Corsica now looks more and more prosperous.

So much so that every time Qin Zhiyuan returns to Corsica, he has a feeling of time and space travel, feeling that this is not like a city in the early 20th century, but more like a city in the late 80s.

Because Corsica values environmental protection and promotes environmental protection, Thunder and Trident are more of a paradise than most cities today.

At least on the current island of Corsica, because of the spread of geothermal energy, the dense chimneys in the city are almost invisible, and the air quality is much better than in big cities like London and Paris.

In London or Paris, it's no exaggeration to say that when you go out in a white shirt in winter, you will find black mud on your neckline before noon. And if you go out with a mask, it's even more sad, within half an hour, there will be two black spots on the nostrils on the mask, which are all filtered soot.

With a good natural environment, a positive attitude towards life, and a neat and orderly social order, almost everyone does not want to leave Corsica.

In the 4th arrondissement, where the Institute of Biology is located, there are two large houses for Louis Renault and Ferdinand Foch, who came to Corsica once and immediately fell in love with it, even if it was for a price higher than in the center of Paris, and the elder asked for a piece of land to build his villa.

Foch's land was requested by Pierre, and Pierre had already decided that he would find a way to let Anne move her family to Corsica after Qin Zhiyuan and Julie got married.

Compared to Paris, Thunder City ......

No, Paris is more of a country than the city of thunder!

(To be continued.) )