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Prince Wilhelm of the Kingdom of Prussia stayed at the embassy of the Kingdom of Provence in France. The Kingdom of Prussia had a very close relationship with the British, and when Napoleon the Great ruled Europe, the Kingdom of Prussia acted as a pawn of the British, fighting against the First French Empire. It's just that he was repeatedly defeated by Napoleon and lost a large part of the country. Fortunately, they won the last two wars against the French and the French, which restored the Kingdom of Prussia to its great power.

This time, Prince Wilhelm traveled to Paris in search of an opportunity to expand the influence of the Kingdom of Prussia. If he could join the Canal Company, Prussia's influence would be greatly enhanced. However, because of the strong opposition of the Chinese Empire, even with the support of Britain, the Kingdom of Prussia could not join the Canal Development Company. However, the Kingdom of Prussia did not attach much importance to this.

Prussia, the second most powerful power among the German states, has always had great ambitions for the unification of Germany. It's just that many European powers are unwilling to see the emergence of a unified Germany, so the dream of the unification of the Kingdom of Prussia can only continue. Of the more than 300 German states, the Kingdom of Prussia was the most powerful outside the Austrian Empire. Of course, in terms of industrial strength, the Austrian Empire could not be compared with the Kingdom of Prussia. The Kingdom of Prussia had a population of almost twenty million, while the Austrian Empire plus the Kingdom of Hungary. It has a population of 30 million. Prussia produced 200,000 tons of pig iron, while Austria produced 150,000 tons of pig iron! From all this, it can be seen that the strength of Prussia was not much worse than that of the Austrian Empire.

But. The Austrian Empire had very close relations with the Russian Empire during this period, although the Kingdom of Prussia also had good relations with Great Britain. But on the European continent, the influence of the British Empire was clearly not as strong as that of the Russian Empire. If the Austrian Empire and the Russian Empire joined forces, the Kingdom of Prussia would not be an opponent at all. Therefore, the Kingdom of Prussia could only secretly wait for an opportunity.

"Your Royal Highness, the Imperial Chinese Ambassador to France asks for a meeting." While Prince Wilhelm was pondering the future of the Kingdom of Prussia, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Prussia to France entered his office. Tell him.

"Chinese, what do they want to do?" Prince William was a little confused. The Kingdom of Prussia had relatively little intersection with the Chinese Empire. Of course, in the early days of the Chinese Empire. A large amount of industrial equipment was once purchased from the Kingdom of Prussia. However, it is also closely related to economic exchanges. Subsequently, the Chinese Empire became hostile to Britain as a close ally of Britain. Naturally, relations between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Chinese Empire would not be good.

"Let him come to me!" Prince William said. Since you can't think of it, let's just wait for the mystery to be revealed. The current Chinese Empire is already one of the world's great powers, so it is natural that the Kingdom of Prussia can pay attention to it.

Led by the ambassador of the Kingdom of Prussia to France, Guo Mingquan, the ambassador of the Chinese Empire to France, walked into the office of Prince Wilhelm.

"Hello, Your Royal Highness!" Guo Mingquan said respectfully.

"Hello, Your Excellency, please be seated!" Prince William said. Subsequently. The maid of the embassy brought them fragrant coffee.

After a few pleasantries. Prince William questioned, and he really couldn't understand why Guo Mingquan would visit him at this time.

"His Royal Highness, His Majesty the Emperor of our country wishes His Royal Highness the Prince to visit the Tuileries Palace at an appropriate time. By the way, our Emperor Xià will leave France in a few days and return home! Ambassador Guo Mingquan said.

"What? The Emperor of China wants to see me? Prince William was a little surprised. Prince William also admired this emperor who was more than a decade younger than him, but was able to build such a powerful empire in just ten years. It's just that there is no friendship between the two sides. Now, the Emperor of China actually wants to see him, which makes Prince Wilhelm suddenly feel very honored.

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, His Majesty the Emperor would like to meet you before returning home!" Guo Mingquan said solemnly.

"Your Excellency, please turn around the Emperor of China, and I will visit him at the Tuileries Palace tonight!" Prince William hurriedly said. Since the Chinese emperor wanted to see him, he naturally couldn't make the Chinese emperor wait for a long time. At the same time, Prince William was also speculating about why the Chinese emperor wanted to see him, which made him very curious. After all, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Chinese Empire did not have much to do with each other.

"Yes, Your Royal Highness, I will tell His Majesty the Emperor!" Guo Mingquan nodded, he was also very curious why Long Yufei wanted to see Prince William. As the Reich's ambassador to France, he was familiar with the situation in Europe. Although the Kingdom of Prussia was also a first-class European power, it was only a state of Germany after all. There are also a lot of troubles in itself, which seem to be of little use to the Chinese Empire.

That evening, Prince William appeared at the Tuileries Palace. He was received by the Emperor of the Chinese Empire, Long Yufei, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lin Zihao. Long Yufei specially asked the chef who came to Europe with him to prepare a sumptuous Chinese dinner, which made Prince William very enjoyable and delicious. After all, the Germans, although strong in industry and scientific research, did not dare to compliment the cuisine, either sausages or beef stew with potatoes, there was nothing good at all.

"Your Majesty, thank you very much for your hospitality, Chinese food is so delicious, perhaps, I should find a Chinese chef. Otherwise, if you want to eat Chinese food in the future, there is no way! Prince William said with a smile.

"Your Royal Highness, this is very simple, I can hire a Chinese chef for you!" Long Yufei said with a smile.

Subsequently, several people came to a secret room, and Prince William knew that Long Yufei had a secret matter to talk to him. Therefore, Prince William also cheered up.

"Your Royal Highness, a divided Germany has little say in Europe or even in the world. I believe that only when Germany is united can it become a world-class power! Long Yufei said.

Prince William nodded, and at the same time guessed what Long Yufei meant.

"I think that the Kingdom of Prussia is fully capable and qualified to become the leader of the united German Empire!" Long Yufei clearly expressed his support for the Kingdom of Prussia.

Suddenly, Prince William's face was full of shock, he didn't expect that Long Yufei would actually say such a thing. You know, the Austrian Empire is now the recognized leader of Germany!

During the Holy Roman Empire, the German Empire consisted of more than 300 independent states, large and small, and the overall affairs of the empire were controlled by Austria, the most powerful of the states, and King Franz of Austria was also the emperor of the empire, known as Franz II. On August 9, 1805, Austria, Great Britain, Tsarist Russia, Naples and Sweden formed a third anti-French alliance and declared war on Napoleon, which ended in a major defeat. The defeat discredited Austria in the empire, and with the abdication of Franz II on August 6, 1806, the states were dissolved and the Holy Roman Empire came to an end.

The fall of the empire caused constant legal, administrative, and diplomatic friction between the states, but the subsequent French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars stimulated the German-speaking population of the former empire, and the pursuit of the same language, the same culture, and the same legal foundation in the states was at an all-time high. At the same time, the emergence of liberal ideas, which challenged the dynastic and autocratic systems of Europe's socio-political ecology, provided the academic basis for a unified Germany, and its promoters emphasized the importance of regional unification in traditions, education, and language. In terms of economy and trade, the German Customs Union, initiated by Prussia in 1818, was gradually extended to other states in the German Confederation, eliminating the cumbersome, contradictory and vicious competition of interstate trade. This, combined with the continuous improvement of transportation, has made it easier to trade and travel within and between states, further accelerating communication and exchange between German-speaking populations in Central Europe, although sometimes with some friction.

On June 18, 1815, Napoleon led the French army to a crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and announced his abdication. After Louis XVIII's reinstatement, the Peace of Paris of 1815 was renewed on 20 November with the parties to the Sixth Anti-French Coalition, which, together with the results of the Congress of Vienna, consolidated Austria's sphere of influence in Central Europe and established itself as president of the German Confederation. However, neither the peacemakers nor the conference could take into account the growing power of Prussia, let alone foresee that Prussia would soon challenge Austria's leadership. Both Prussia and Austria had ambitions to unify Germany, but they proposed two different proposals: Prussia's plan for Little Germany, Germany to the exclusion of Austria; Austria's Greater German Proposal, a Germany that included Austria.

But now, thanks to the support of Russia and other European powers, the Austrian Empire still dominates the many German states. It was not so easy for the Kingdom of Prussia to replace the Austrian Empire and unify Germany. The first thing to do was to exclude the Austrian Empire from the German Empire. But it is a pity that the current Kingdom of Prussia does not have this strength.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Xià, do you mean that the Chinese Empire is willing to support the Kingdom of Prussia as the leader of the German Empire?" Prince William asked with some excitement. This was a complete surprise for him. He didn't expect that Long Yufei saw him this time to express this meaning. (To be continued......)