In the early morning, the ancient and fresh air fills the land of Heixingen, and the traditional agricultural estate landscape shows its vitality.

With its green tree-lined paths, streams, and busy farmers working in the fields, the town of Heunggen and the countryside are naturally in harmony.

Ernst sat in the carriage and leisurely admired the beautiful rural landscape, although the Industrial Revolution was vigorously unfolding in the hot land of Europe, the remote and secluded Heixingen was not too affected, without the tall black chimneys rising from the ground and the roar of machinery.

The population of Heixinggen is neither more nor less, the streets are neat and clean, the streets are full of people coming and going but not crowded, the small sheds built by small vendors on the street sell fresh vegetables from the fields and fruits from other places, and some shops have industrialized daily necessities, but the type is single.

There were also small newspaper kiosks selling news on street corners, and the development of compulsory education in Germany made newspapers popular among the masses, and of course there was also the credit of Ernst's grandfather, Prince Frederick, who was an enlightened monarch, although he did not make any achievements in politics, but he really opened up the cultural and educational undertakings in the Hexingen region, and he was very interested in culture and art.

Many German literati praised him, at least the intellectuals in the Heixingen region benefited, and Heixingen was also considered to have a relatively strong cultural atmosphere.

Today is the first day of Ernst's recovery, and the first time Ernst has stepped out of the castle to see this new world.

"Tom, stop, go get a copy of today's paper." Ernst commanded his servants.

"Yes, young master!" The servant named Tom replied respectfully.

The coachman slowly parked the carriage in front of the newsstand, and soon Tom got out of the car to buy the newspaper, and Ernst began to check the information in the newspaper.

Stuttgart Weekly (fiction)

Well......

Stuttgart is an important city in southwestern Germany, and newspapers are not a novelty, but at this time Germany was not yet unified, and the newspaper industry was very chaotic, and there were all kinds of small local newspapers.

However, the newspapers of this era still felt more novel to Ernst, and unlike the color newspapers of later generations, the contents of such newspapers were varied, and the text was dense, lacking pictures, and not intuitive enough, and Ernst was dazzling to look at.

There are some municipal arguments above, which I will not elaborate on here, and Ernst does not have much concept of these, and it is difficult to resonate with them when they are new to it, and then look down.

"The new King Wilhelm I appoints the new Prime Minister of Prussia, Bismarck may change Prussia", such an unpretentious title.

At this moment, Heixingen has long been incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia, but it is still too early for Prussia to unify Germany, Heixingen and Sigmaringen next door belong to the Hohenzollern branch, in the early years, Prince Constantine and the next door Prince Karl jointly promoted the two princely states to join Prussia, which is Prussia's two tentacles in the weaker influence of South Germany.

Bismarck's biography was briefly described in the newspaper, and on April 14, 1847, the meeting of the parliament of the United States of Prussia opened, and he was elected as a full-fledged member of the state of Berlin. In 1851 he became a delegate to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Frankfurt Confederation Conference, and soon after he was promoted to ambassador, a post he held for eight years. In 1857 he was appointed ambassador to Russia. On 23 September 1862, he became Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

This was followed by an analysis of the character and rhetoric of the new Prussian prime minister, and finally a prediction of a major change in Prussia.

It makes a lot of sense......

At least Ernst thought that Bismarck was indeed a leader in the unification of Germany, and that he and Wilhelm I were kings and ministers who worked together to create a unified and powerful Germany.

In the final analysis, Heixingen had already bought a ticket for the future, sided with Prussia, and contributed to the great cause of the unification of the German region.

However, these were too far away for Ernst, who was still a teenager, and his fate was not actually in his own hands, and he did not become a helmsman when the tide came, and was destined to be a lonely boat with the tide.

Fortunately, his identity is not what he used to be, and he doesn't have to struggle to survive in the cruelty of this era like ordinary people, maybe he can further become a trendsetter of the times.

Although the current era is turbulent, the opportunities are also beyond imagination, and it is natural to strive for a closer step to grasp some information about the future.

Of course, the premise is to blend into the background of the times, otherwise good resources are wasted, so what is there to complain about.

Ernst believes that how much ability to eat a few bowls of dry rice is more important for oneself to cultivate one's ability and grasp the pulse of the times, rather than infinite imagination.

Just like in the previous life, many key politicians, I also did my remarks, Ernst scoffed, if the key politicians crossed over, and were in a high position, how to govern the country well?

In the face of the history you are familiar with, you can talk freely on the Internet, but when you are in it, you will find that things are not simple.

For example, in a country, you accidentally know some information about the future, but it is unrealistic to expect the people under your command to obey you with your mouth.

In the face of various complex situations, it is difficult to face them without systematic learning, such as those processes and rules.

If you become a superior person, what you should do on the first day, who are your own people, and whether those known geniuses will do things according to their own ideas are uncontrollable.

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Ernst had been an engineering consultant in his previous life, he had never been in a high position, he had almost no experience in commanding others, and he had no experience in interpreting official documents, even if he was a petty official at the level of a village chief, he might have more experience than himself.

Fortunately, I am young and can still learn. Now that you have the conditions, it is natural to take the initiative to integrate into the new identity.

Ernst pondered, and before he knew it, the carriage returned to the castle, pressed the bluestone path, drove into the courtyard, stepped out of the carriage, and the old butler ushered in.

"Young master, the master told you to go to his study when you come back, and discuss something with you."

"I see, Steward Kaino." Ernst replied.

Ernst followed the instructions of his memory and walked towards the study on the second floor, ascending the wooden staircase to the corridor on the second floor.

At the end of the corridor is His Royal Highness's study, which has its own balcony with pleasing greenery and flowers. The balcony overlooks the manor outside the castle and has a wicker chair on which Prince Konstantin reclined every time he rested, enjoying the daylight to relieve his fatigue.

Ernst walked to the door without hurry, knocked on the door of the study, and knocked......

"Please come in!"

Twisting the handle to push the door open, I saw Prince Konstantin sitting at his desk, flipping through the documents of the territory, Prince Konstantin saw that it was his son who walked in, took off the glasses on his face, and put them on the table.

"Here you are, Ernst, how are you doing?" Konstantin asked.

"Much better, father." Ernst stood respectfully aside.

"Well, I called you here this time to ask if you have any plans, or ideas for the future."

"Uh......"

Ernst pondered for a moment and said, "Father, I want to study on the mainland. ”

Hearing Ernst's answer, Konstantin smiled imperceptibly at the corner of his mouth. He was very pleased with his son's idea, but he still pretended to ask sternly: "As a nobleman in Germany, the Hohenzollern family has always focused on military affairs, why do you want to learn from the British?" ”

Ernst was a little nervous, but he calmed down and explained slowly.

"Father, in fact it seems to me that times have changed, in Europe before, the aristocracy was the most dominant party, but now with the development of industry, the power of the capitalists is growing in Europe, and there are even republics before the French. I think what gives them such encouragement and courage, I think it is capital, and the reason why capitalists accumulate huge amounts of capital in a short period of time is precisely the ...... of large-scale mechanized production."

"Excuse me, they're just clowns, Ernst you think too highly of them!" Konstantin said disdainfully.

"Father, listen to me, the capitalists are not enough to change the situation at the moment, but they are expanding too fast, like the Bill of Rights in England, the turmoil before France...... In the future, we will be the same in Germany, where the capitalists have a more advanced mode of production than we do, and industrialization has intensified the accumulation of wealth by the capitalists, which, if left unchecked, will directly threaten the rule of the aristocracy in the future. Far from it, how long has it been since the last Frankfurt meeting? Such a history will continue to play out in the future. ”

Konstantin listened to his son's alarmist words expressionlessly, and said, "Then what do you think?" ”

Hooked! Ernst explained to his father.

"I once heard an old saying in the East, if you can't beat it, join it, why can't we aristocrats also use the capitalist model to accumulate wealth."

"Then you're not afraid of breaking away from the aristocracy? You must know that as a great nobleman, the most taboo is to surrender your identity. ”

"Father, listen to me, the world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit. Our aristocracy itself exists as a whole of common interests, and only when the family is prosperous, it is natural that someone will come uninvited. ……”

After a long flicker, Konstantin seemed to be convinced. In fact, His Royal Highness, who has been in a high position all the year round, doesn't care about these things at all.

has his own great family business, which is enough for Ernst to enjoy for a lifetime, and it is better to be a second generation who eats and waits for death than to die.

Saying this, in fact, Prince Konstantin doesn't want Hei Xinggen to be an heir, and it's strange to say that Hei Xinggen is the only seedling himself, but the result is that his son is still the only seedling, and he is still an old man, Konstantin's biggest vision at present is that Ernst grows up quickly, marries a wife and has children, and holds his grandson.

As for what aristocratic glory and the like are nonsense, Constantine's father, Count Frederick, has experienced the war against Napoleon, and he finally jumped into the camp to get a winner, although he also served in the kingdom, but he basically has no actual combat experience.

The son's health is not very good (Konstantin thinks himself. It's better to let him inherit the family business honestly. Of course, I will not say these words in my heart to undermine my authority as a father.

The influence of the Prussian old and coarse mode of thinking of this era was still there, and the Junker aristocracy of the North German region, especially the Prussian nobility, was very impressive, and the aristocracy was indeed keen to develop in the army.

Of course, more and more aristocrats began to pay attention to cultural education, but most of them actually devoted themselves to literature and art, and did not pay much attention to practical subjects, and even some traditional conservative aristocrats were anti-intellectually believing that practical subjects were studied by the bourgeoisie.

The aristocracy was the most social, and in order to show their elegance and cultural literacy, most of them would learn these cultural and artistic things, and even in order to highlight their own appreciation of art (they did not have a good level), they would fund and encourage artists to create.

In this way, in the whole of Europe, the most respected cultural and artistic centers of the aristocracy were Paris and Rome.

But who is Ernst? A former science and engineering master, isn't it difficult to fix these things? And due to the influence of society in his previous life, he also felt that the so-called liberal arts were really useless.

Of course, it's different now, these things must be dabbled in, after all, if you want to integrate into the aristocratic group, these things are dragon slayers. I thought so, but Ernst mainly wanted to go to Berlin to realize some of his ideas. But I can't say that.