That's it, the White Army collapsed surprisingly quickly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn just a few months, the world's most powerful and best army vanished and then went up in smoke.

This provides a good conversation point. It also sends the wrong signal to people.

William was not as strong as they thought he would be, as good as he thought he would be—yes, maybe his military talent was very good, but so what? his political prowess could not even prevent the betrayal of his own men. A guy like this is okay as a general, but it's a little lacking as a commander-in-chief. Not to mention being a king and a monarch.

The future of the Hereford family may not be as bright as people thought at the beginning. Quite a few people think so.

And the truth of the matter is known to only a very small number of people. Only a handful of the most core members know how dismissive William's attitude towards the White Army is. In fact, from the very beginning, he had already decided to abandon this patchwork army, which was only used for temporary transitions.

The vast majority of people make a mistake. That is the root of the strength of the White Legion - the strength of the White Legion is not the strength of the White Legion itself. Its strong roots are William. It was the mighty William who shaped the mighty White Army, and not the other way around. In addition, it was not the White Army that abandoned William, but William himself abandoned the White Army.

Without the White Army, William could train more elite troops in the shortest possible time with his ability, his officer corps, Russia's population and industrial power.

But without William, the White Army inevitably declined, and even died.

But it wasn't a big deal, and all in all, after William's astonishing abandonment of the White Legion so easily, the army's affairs were settled.

In the following time, various news came frequently at home and abroad. There is good news, as well as bad news. One of the most gratifying things for William was the surprisingly easy success of the difference machine.

Without hesitation, the Briton easily sold a large difference machine to Russia. Because of the quasi-alliance between the two sides, the asking price of the other party is not very high. Of course, compared to the huge role of the difference machine, the price is not a problem at all. Even if the other party sells 10 million imperial gold, William will grit his teeth and go back to grab a difference machine.

However, what really cared about William was not the actual difference machine, but the design and construction drawings of the difference machine, as well as the engineers and scientists who could design and build the difference machine.

At this point, the Cheka's actions are not satisfactory.

In Briton proper. The Checas were severely restricted, and as an established powerhouse, the Bretons had their own secret police, a dark web of spies and agents. In the efforts to infiltrate inward, the Cheka members suffered heavy losses. A large amount of money was invested, and a large number of elite agents were sacrificed. The results were scarce.

"In other words, you didn't manage to buy Babbage, or any of the Briton engineers of sufficient power and weight?"

The living room of Rotterdam, Wilhelm's villa. William calmly looked at the Cheka head of the Briton sub-district, and was watched by his calm gaze, the sweat glands of the Cheka head seemed to be out of control.

Speaking of which, this villa was given to him by Victoria...... But William really used it without hesitation. Even if it were discussed here, the conspiracy against Briton had no scruples at all.

This may sound like a bad thing, but it's actually safe.

Because after just living in this villa, William changed all the servants in the villa from top to bottom in the shortest possible time. Among these servants are non-commissioned officers and students who have graduated from military academies, agents who have come out of Cheka training camps, and servants who have been hired temporarily from the local area. The presence of the first two guarantees the stability of the third party. As a prince, William could easily and unscrupulously dispose of his servants. For example, they will kill those who have contact with the outside, those who have reported the news, or simply the professional agents sent by certain forces.

Of course, some of the "lucky ones" will be left behind. Then he thought he had succeeded. William would deliberately use them to spread the ...... he wanted people to know about Or something misunderstood.

That's it. William easily transformed the villa given by Victoria into his own lair, and talked to his spy boss about the conspiracy of the original owner of the villa. If it weren't for the failure of the secret service leader's mission, William would have found it a pleasant thing.

"Very, very sorry, Your Highness. But, but—"

Before the other party wanted to say anything, William stopped him, and then asked rhetorically: "I spend so much money every year, train so many agents, so many women, and so many ...... In the end, in exchange for your trembling, do you have a useless apology? Or do you think I'm very foolish, as long as you apologize to me, I will be considerate of you, and then laugh and take the matter away? My spy leader's worldview is so naïve that I have to say that my education has failed. ”

"......" Hearing William say such a frightening thing lightly, the spy leader sweated even more. William even suspected that if he continued like this, he would die of dehydration.

But it doesn't matter, spies who can't complete their missions are like canaries who can't sing, and if they die, they will die, and there is nothing to be sorry about.

That's it, the poor spy leader is under tremendous pressure from His Royal Highness the Prince. After a reprimand, he left William's residence as if he were stepping on cotton. Next, whether he wants to commit suicide or continue to work hard is not in William's consideration. The specific things are done by the guys below, and they are only responsible for those general, aspect-oriented things, which is the so-called leader.

However, it seems a bit unreasonable to say that the Cheka agents are all rubbish. On the one hand, the enemy is too strong, and on the other hand, the conditions in Russia are difficult to attract truly capable scholars.

Welfare is one thing, conditions and environment are another. The vast majority of people consider Russia to be an academic desert, where there are not enough scientists, not enough universities, not enough scientific research institutes and academic institutions. In such a situation, no scholar would want to go to Russia.

Unfortunately, that's it. Although William tried very hard to solve this problem, trying very hard to attract talent and establish public colleges and universities, it was difficult to solve this problem in a short period of time.

"It's terrible. Thinking of this, William was very emotional...... Fortunately, there are still some scientific research talents under his command. Although during this time, these guys are trying to tackle high-power steam engines and ironclads...... So, before the Difference Machine, these two things were what William wanted the most......

Well, maybe the ironclad will be a little further behind, but the high-power steam engine is definitely the top priority. Power, power energy, this was the heart of the first industrial revolution. A revolution in power. The power of the steam engine replaced human and animal power. It replaces the original water and wind power. These were not very high, they had extreme power, and they were replaced by those steam engines that were constantly improving, constantly increasing, and perfecting.

One-horsepower steam engine, ten-horsepower steam engine. With the popularity of the steam engine, advances in technology, new materials, new forging techniques, and the manufacture of more sophisticated parts. The power of the steam engine was constantly and constantly increased. Eventually, a powerful steam engine with thousands of horsepower, enough to tow a dozen train cars, appeared. Tens of thousands of horsepower appeared, pushing the steam turbines of steel warships of tens of thousands of tons. The power of human beings is growing in unprecedented numbers in this era. Its production, its strength, its production and, of course, its consumption. Again, in geometric increments.

The productivity of the industrial age is unimaginable to people in the agrarian age, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a realm of "gods"!

"But I still want it. Differential machine or something. Thinking of this, William felt very unwilling - if the invention of the steam engine led to a revolution in power, then the invention of the differential machine would lead to an information revolution.

Computing speed, computing power, ability to process data...... Today's difference machine appears only as a large toy for the aristocracy. Its significance lies in aiding computing, scientific research. But William knew, and William rightfully knew what the Difference Machine would bring to the end.

The age of industry is also the age of mathematics. The age of mathematics is, of course, the age of computing. Difference machines with computing power and increasingly strong data processing capabilities will naturally greatly promote the increase in productivity. People today don't understand this...... But, soon, soon, people will understand what the real value of this bastard toy is.

The co-occurrence of the steam engine and the differential engine will produce a co-effect that will explode in a geometric manner. Productivity gains, which were already on the fast track, will be speeding up again. Powerful nations become more powerful - like Briton. This country with excellent industrial capacity cares about the widespread popularization of differential machines, and its industrial production capacity will naturally reach a new level...... Their scientific research efficiency, the speed of product upgrading, and the production efficiency of their high-precision industrial machinery and equipment will increase significantly. All of these will reinforce each other, pull each other together, like twisted together, rising cancer cells, exploding at a desperate rate......