Naturally, borrowing money is not so simple, and if you want to maximize your interests in the Franco-Prussian War, you also have to have political demands.

As a South German state, Heichengen was also obliged to participate, and although Heichengen was Prussian territory, the name of the Heichengen royal family could still be borrowed.

"Uncle Wilhelm, Heshingen, as a member of Germany, is also obliged to take part in the Prussian war of resistance against France."

Well! Wilhelm I didn't understand, what did Ernst mean by this? The company's money has been lent out, and the Heixingen royal family still wants to contribute.

"Although Heshingen is now an inalienable territory of Prussia, we, the Kingdom of East Africa, as a member of the German Confederation, are also obliged to contribute."

"Well, your East African kingdom is also going to war!" William I seemed to have heard a big joke, although the Kingdom of East Africa was established on the day it was recognized as a German country, but the geographical location of East Africa, everyone just wanted to be happy, and they would not really regard Africa as Europe!

"No, it was Heshingen who went to war as a German state."

"Ernst, with all due respect, Heshingen is now only a nominal German prince, and we Prussia will do it for ......"

Suddenly, Wilhelm I froze, and it occurred to him that Heichengen had indeed become a part of Prussia, but there was really a group of people with good military literacy in it, and Prussia had no right to requisition.

Prussia has long begun to implement compulsory military service, but conscripts can only forcibly recruit citizens in Prussia, but the identity of the cadets of the military academy in Heixingen was the so-called "Far Eastern students" at the beginning of Ernst, so they were not Prussian citizens, and later the Kingdom of East Africa was established, and these Far Eastern students naturally became citizens of the Kingdom of East Africa.

In fact, Prussia has long paid attention to the Hexingen Military Academy, after all, conscription is one of the most important tasks in Prussia, and the Hexingen Military Academy is actually an irregular military academy registered in Prussia, that is, the pheasant school.

At first, the Prussian government did not pay attention to Prince Constantine's establishment of this pheasant school, after all, Heixinggen is a big place, and the population is so small, what kind of work can be played.

But they did not expect that this pheasant school did not recruit students in Prussia at all, but brought a large number of so-called "international students" from the Far East.

It's nothing, a pheasant university, the students are still from the Far East, the world's "well-known" power, and Prussia's impression of the Far East is the same as what its minister in the Far East saw in Zhili, and the Ottoman Empire in the south.

Later, however, when the Austro-Prussian War broke out, Prussia changed its mind, and the local conscription department in Heisingen had previously mentioned in its report to the central government that its cadets were obedient and disciplined, and that their military qualities could be compared with those of the average Prussian army.

In fact, he wanted to pull a large number of students (compared with the Hexingen area) to be cannon fodder, which was naturally rejected by the Hexingen royal family at that time, which was a "foreign student", not a Prussian citizen, and at that time there was a shortage of manpower in East Africa, and the Hexingen Military Academy was a crash course, and it had to be sent to East Africa, so the matter was over.

Later, Wilhelm I began to pay attention to the Hashingen Military Academy, and that is to mention the Berlin Military Academy.

Prince Constantine relied on his connections to force two of the best students of the Heshingen Military Academy to study in it, and at that time Ernst valued only three talents, and now the chief of the General Staff of the Royal East African Army is one of them, because Ernst needs a person with outstanding ability to go to East Africa to check and balance the mercenary faction and the consortium faction for himself.

And the remaining two, also one in a million, were sent by Ernst to the Berlin Military Academy for further study.

Related! So the early life of the two of them after going to the Berlin Military Academy can be imagined, but soon the Berlin Military Academy was shocked by its learning ability.

At the Berlin Military Academy, the top military academy in the Kingdom of Prussia, the two of them were among the best every time, because they both came from the Heshingen Military Academy, and were called "the Heichengen Heroes" by the students and teachers.

The two heroes performed well, and they came from the Far East, and at the same time, they were also students from the pheasant school of the Heixingen Military Academy, and they naturally brought traffic through the back door, which led to Wilhelm I also heard of it.

He also met the two of them at the Berlin Military Academy, which really belonged to the dragon and phoenix among the people, and the fame of the two heroes brought the Heixingen Military Academy to a little prestige in Prussia, which changed the impression of some Prussians on the Far East, the Far Easterners are not bad, there are so many talents, but they only bloomed in Prussia, it can be seen that it is not the weak quality of its citizens, but the stupidity of the government and the deliberate suppression of talents. In other words, our Prussian education is strong.

William I, who had a good impression of the Hexingen Military Academy, asked: "Why don't you go to war in the name of the East African Kingdom, but in the name of the Hexingen Prince?" ”

"Although East Africa is also a German country, it is located overseas, and Heixingen is a traditional South German state, and if there is a war in France, it will inevitably affect South Germany, so it is natural to participate in the war in the name of Heixingen."

Ernst explained it this way, in fact, the East African Kingdom was spun out, and the East African Kingdom could not fight with France, after all, there would be no one to look up and look down in the future, but the East African Kingdom wanted to get some of the benefits, so what should I do, naturally the trumpet was launched, and the benefits were obtained with Heixingen, and then transferred to the East African Kingdom.

With this procedure, it is very important, if East Africa declares war directly on France, then France will inevitably have a hard time in Africa and East Africa in the future.

And Heixingen is different, because now Heixingen is really a part of Prussia, and the French will also settle the account on Prussia as much as Heixingen takes.

"What do you want?" William I asked.

After all, no profit can not be early, and the Heixingen royal family took the initiative to participate in the war, and it must have wanted some benefits.

"Uncle William, it's not really difficult, you also know the geographical location of East Africa, we just want to get a small island in the waters of East Africa."

"The island?"

"Yes, this island is part of the Comoros archipelago, now a French colony, called Mayotte. For East Africa, the location of this island is crucial, but it is of little use to France, because France has other islands in the western Indian Ocean, and if the kingdom can defeat France, we hope to be able to negotiate Mayotte. ”

This appeal is really not high, an island, I have never heard of it, Wilhelm I thought, and if you can exchange an island for the Heshingen Military Academy to join the battlefield, it is very cost-effective, for Prussia, the army is now more and more, after all, the opponent is France, the "first power of the European army".

"Yes, if Heixingen enters the war, we will hand over the ownership of this island to the Heixingen royal family after the war."

"By the way, Uncle William, although Heixingen is in the war, I want to give the command of this army to Cousin Leopold." Ernst said.

"Of course there is no problem!" This was not even a requirement in the eyes of William I.

But this was very important for Ernst, the Heshingen Military Academy was its own "Whampoa", and it was not really going to be cannon fodder for Prussia.

This time in the Franco-Prussian War, we can also take advantage of the situation to see how the ability of the Heixingen Military Academy is, and at the same time train this batch of students, the battlefield is the growth place of soldiers, and the military academy cannot cultivate real military experts.

The enemies that East Africa will face in the future cannot always be indigenous, so it is important for the students of the Heixingen Military Academy to go through the experience of war. After all, the future of East Africa will be based on them to build the East African military system.

Leopold was also one of the fuses of the Franco-Prussian War, and his Spanish throne was disrupted by the French, so Leopold still held important positions in the Prussian army, and it is estimated that his son will only inherit his father's business in the future.

Prince Karl was originally the commander-in-chief of the Prussian Army, and he had great energy in the army, so Leopold was also promoted all the way in the Prussian army, and his younger brother Carol I went to Romania, so Leopold's status in the Prussian army in the future can at least rank in the top ten.

Handing over the Eishingen Military Academy cadets to Leopold, Ernst was also relieved, after all, they were all his own people.

(End of chapter)