Just when William's scalp was about to explode, Duke Locks spoke: "Your Majesty, the prospect of our Prussia is still worth looking forward to, and now we have just defeated Austria and threatened the countries of Europe with a great victory.
Our experience should be more devoted to the development of people's livelihood and the improvement of national education, as long as the time comes, Prussia will be ready to soar."
When William heard Locks' words, he bowed his head slightly in agreement, and he said: "I'll leave it to your Excellency in the coming time."
After Locks agreed in a panic, William walked out of the Locks family's parlor and walked outside.
Not far from the parlor was a garden, and William vaguely saw Christine and Karina standing in the garden, talking to each other, not knowing what they were doing.
William walked closer, only to intermittently hear what the bride, brother, and what they don't want, William was confused, until William walked up to him.
Here Karina is saying that she wants to be the bride of William's brother when she grows up, Christine does not agree that William is his brother, so she will not give William's brother to Karina, the two little girls are arguing, and William is crying and laughing.
"Brother," Christine glanced at William, and then shouted and ran over and grabbed William's arm and complained: "Brother, Karina is a bad person, she wants to dominate you alone" When Karina heard Christine's complaint, she changed her usual lively image and stood in place writhing and tugging at her skirt.
Looking at the two little girls who looked like ceramic dolls, William was greatly depressed.
William doesn't mind fraternity, the key is that this body is only ten years old, and the hair hasn't grown yet, where is the capital of fraternity, I won't let go of any of them in a few years, William thought in his heart.
But the level in front of him still has to be passed, looking at the shy Karina in front of him, William said softly: "Karina, now that we're still young, these things will be talked about when you grow up, if you become a big beauty, I won't let you go" Karina looked up in surprise when she heard William's words, and when she saw the smiling William and the screaming Christine, Karina covered her hot cheeks and ran out of the garden.
Christine was furious when she saw William staring at Karina's back as she ran away, kicked William hard, and then ran out as well.
William was left to lament his feet in place.
William returned to his study with an angry Christine back to Sanssouci Palace, and remembered what Duke Locks had said about Denmark, so he opened the map and looked at it.
In the 18th century, Denmark was relatively strong, including what would become Norway, in Scandinavia, Denmark bordered the Kingdom of Sweden, and to the south, including Hamburg, and bordered the Duchy of Mecklenburg.
If Prussia wants to attack Denmark, it will have to pass through the territory of the Duchy of Mecklenburg, but fortunately, the Duchy of Mecklenburg and Prussia are extremely close allies, and the Duke of Mecklenburg Friedrich II of this generation has only one daughter, which Wilhelm has seen before, that is, Sophia Christian Ludwig, who is about the same age as Wilhelm.
Thinking of this, William was happy again, this little girl was poured a lot of ** soup by William back then.
But Denmark's neutral attitude towards international affairs has left Denmark with few enemies in Europe, but when you think about Sweden, it dawns on William.
An alliance between Prussia and Sweden would not only unite Sweden against Russia, but also form an effective threat to Denmark.
William immediately ordered an envoy to be sent to the Kingdom of Sweden to meet with King Gustav of Sweden and throw an olive branch to Sweden.
Fast forward to June, when Spain declared war on the British, as it had done in history, and Britain, who had been encouraging the war in North America, finally felt that if there was no other support, the war might be lost.
King George III sent Lord North, then Prime Minister of Great Britain, to Prussia, and William ordered Locks to meet him, where he received the British Prime Minister at Sanssouci Palace.
Lord North looked at the little king with great appearance and extraordinary bearing, and he saluted William and said: "I have long heard that His Majesty William is wise and brave enough to meet His Majesty, and it is indeed worthy of his name, and he has come for the long-term friendship between our country and Britain and Prussia by the edict of King George III."
William chuckled and said: "Your Excellency Prime Minister North is polite, we in Prussia and England have been working hard to maintain peace in the civilized world, and on behalf of Prussia, I extend a warm welcome to Your Excellency" After speaking, William motioned for Wentworth to sit down in a chair on the side, and asked Wentworth to serve a cup of tea.
William then asked everyone except North, Locks, and Prince Ferdinand, who had just been recruited into the palace by William, to retreat.
Lord North respectfully walked to the chair and sat down, he looked at the Prussian nucleus in front of him and said: "To tell you not that Your Majesty, at the moment our ** team has suffered some losses in the process of suppressing those rebellions in North America, and His Majesty King George III would like to ask your country to give some support to our military operations in North America."
Do you know what kind of support your country wants from us in Prussia," asked William, feigning surprise "My Majesty would like to ask Prussia to send a reinforcement of not less than 30,000 men to North America to assist our army in suppressing those rebellions."
Lord North is really not shocking and endless, one mouth is 30,000 people, I'm afraid that the British army in North America does not have 50,000 people now, let Prussia send 30,000 troops at once, the British are really good calculations.
"This, Your Excellency Prime Minister, it's not that we Prussia are unwilling to help, you should know that we just ended the Austro-Prussian War not long ago, although we Prussia won this war by luck, but in the war we Prussia suffered a lot of losses, we really can't afford to provide an expeditionary force of 30,000 people, I hope you can understand" William resisted the urge to scold and said apologetically The cunning little fox, Lord North scolded in his heart, and when William finished speaking, North spoke again: "Your Majesty, those criminals in North America are provoking the entire civilized world, and as a great power, Prussia should shoulder the heavy responsibility of maintaining world peace" "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I'm sorry that we really can't afford to provide 30,000 people to support your country, because our finances are running out of money," Duke Locks said apologetically "Didn't your country capture a lot of materials in the Austro-Prussian War, and didn't the Habsburgs pay reparations, how could there be no money?"
asked North suspiciously "Well, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Britain claims to be an empire that has interests all over the world, so why is it a little difficult to just support the war of tens of thousands of people in North America?"
Locks asked rhetorically North didn't say anything now, the nobility who benefited from the victory of the war was the nobles and bureaucrats, but during the war it was often the commoners who paid the most, so there would be cases where the pay was not proportional to the return, and there had been a small scale in England.
North thought that William, like George III, had given most of his benefits to the Crown property, and he had no choice but to put forward the British Terms: "As long as Prussia sends more than 20,000 reinforcements to North America to help the British, as long as the land attacked by the Prussian army will be administered by Prussia, and as long as Prussia wants to attack the Netherlands, then the Hanover area will be unconditionally accessible to Prussia."
Without waiting for William to speak, Locks was deeply afraid that William would suffer a loss and said first: "We have seen the sincerity of your country, but these conditions are very general, that is to say, the benefits of our defeat are ours, and if we can't defeat it, we Prussia are helping Britain out of our own pockets" "Your Excellency cannot say that, these conditions have been agreed to by His Majesty the King, and it is your country that will be occupied by your country after it has been fought that will show the greatest sincerity of our Britain," Lord North said eloquently, but Locks did not take his way.
"Your country must come up with substantial conditions and show us your determination before we consider sending reinforcements to North America," Locks retorted Know what Prussia's determination is to see our country," North asked, and after North finished speaking, Locks and William gave a tacit look, and then Locks said: "We hope that your country will be able to provide a group of technicians to help us build a shipyard at Danzig capable of building large warships, and at the same time we consider Denmark to be the greatest enemy in relation to the Netherlands, and your Majesty would like to ask your navy to help us defeat the Danish navy," Locks made Prussia's request "This is impossible, at the moment our navy is really powerless, the navies of France, Spain, and the Netherlands have all posed a great threat to our country, and our country cannot draw naval forces," Lord North said without hesitation "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I think you should understand how much damage the Danish-led armed neutrality alliance has caused to your country's counterinsurgency operations in North America, and the arms and supplies of those rebels have been transported by these people, as long as your country can destroy the Danish navy, once we occupy Denmark, we will block the Kattegat Strait to ensure that no aid from the Nordic region will fall into the hands of those rebels," Locks continued to tempt "This, Your Majesty the King and Your Excellency the Duke, please allow me to report to my Majesty the King of your country's conditions at once, and then reply to your country after I have received orders from your Majesty," North hurriedly stood up and saluted, and after speaking, at William's signal, Lord North hurriedly followed one of his attendants.
Support, all kinds of requests, everyone is powerful, and it will be absolutely powerful in the next.