Joseph II's mind was naturally unknown to outsiders, but after seeing Kaunitz enter the Prussian embassy in Vienna, the Prussian embassy became the focus of attention of the whole Viana.
What Kaunitz did in the embassy is unknown to outsiders, but when he saw that the Prussian ambassador to Austria, Siklaes, personally sent Kaunitz out of the embassy gate, and the smiles on their faces, it was presumably beneficial for both of them that this meeting was beneficial to both of them.
At this moment, Wilhelm also returned to Potsdam, in Sanssouci Palace, Wilhelm was sitting in the garden looking at the late autumn scene in front of him, having experienced the war and knowing the value of peace, this comfortable life was really not easy to come by.
But as the king of Prussia, how could William come down comfortably, no, Locks came to William's side with a report.
As soon as he returned to Sanssouci Palace, William left his preparations for the expansion of the army to Locks, and as the prime minister of Prussia, William hoped that Locks would provide him with an effective and feasible plan.
And Locks, after receiving William's order, had a headache with William's irresponsible attitude.
The post-war reconstruction of East Prussia and the post-war pension of the army have already made Locks a little anxious, but now it is good that William handed over the expansion of the army to Locks as if he was refusing to do so.
The report provided by Locks is very clear that if William's idea of expanding the army is followed, then Prussia will have to pay up to more than 8.3 million marks of silver for this item, and after the expansion.
Prussia's annual military spending also needed to increase by almost a million marks of silver.
This report caused William to gasp, after Locks had already given William a plan for the reconstruction of East Prussia and a plan for the army's reward and pension, which required a total of 19 million marks of silver.
Of course, the Prussian treasury was rich, but in the face of such a huge sum of 19 million marks, the Prussian treasury was far from enough, and the state treasury also needed to reserve a part of the money for administrative expenses and other expenses, so that Prussia needed to come up with more than 27 million silver marks in addition to the money needed to expand the army.
What is the concept of 27 million marks, these silver coins stacked together can completely drown the entire Sanssouci Palace in a sea of silver coins.
Locks told William that the treasury could only come up with thirteen million silver coins.
And the gap is as high as 14 million, the gap basically accounts for more than half of the total, this number makes William can no longer negotiate, William who was lying on the chair leisurely jumped up like a cat that had been trampled on.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, can't these plans be compressed any longer?"
"Your Majesty, I don't think any plan can be compressed, our financial department has pushed the budget to the limit to arrive at such figures, so I'm sorry" As he spoke, Locks smiled politely at William.
After listening to Locks's words, William was helpless.
Since the treasury could not come up with such a large amount of money, it was necessary for William to go to the Queen Mother Louise to find out if the royal family of Hohenzollern could come up with such a large sum.
Looking at William's anxious back.
Locks, who was secretly watching, laughed a little, this little king is really a little idealistic, in fact, there is still moisture in Locks's report to William, but this moisture is not very much, Locks hopes to use such data to make William clearly understand that Prussia has no strength to expand the army at the moment.
But looking at William's back, Locks felt that maybe William could really come up with such a huge sum of money, of course, in this way, Locks had nothing to worry about.
As long as William can come up with another 10 million silver coins, then Locks will be confident that he will carry out all the plans.
"Mother, I remember one thing, how much property do we Hohenzollern have?"
"My child, how did you remember this?"
"It's nothing, just tell me" With that, William sat down on the couch next to Louise, who was very puzzled.
She didn't understand why William suddenly asked such a question, only to see Louise say to William solemnly: "William, you must know that our family is not wealthy among the royal families of the entire continent.
It can even be said that it is poor, and the successive kings have taken out their property selflessly to supplement the national finances........"
Apparently Louise thought William was trying to get out of business when he asked how much money he had "Okay, I see, I'm going to use this money on the right path, just tell me" An anxious William stopped Louise from preparing a tirade "Okay, I can't help you, wait, I'll look for it" With that, Louise stood up, then walked over to the bookshelf on the edge of the table and rummaged through it, and after a while, Louise pulled out a thick account book.
William stared at the ledger with a greedy look in his eyes, watching it flip quickly under Louise's play.
"William, if the settlement is made to the first half of the year, the property of our Hohenzollern family should be eight million marks, of course, these assets do not include our family's real estate and all kinds of jewelry."
This answer made the long-awaited William slightly stunned, Louise had already said before that the Hohenzollern family was even poor among the royal families in Europe, but even so, the Hohenzollern family could still come up with a property worth eight million, and it did not include real estate and jewelry, so how rich should the royal families of France and Britain be?
William suddenly turned his mind to the real estate and jewelry "Mother, how many manors do you say our family has?"
"Wait, let me see" As she spoke, Louise flipped through the book that William coveted "Our family has one hundred and fifteen estates throughout Prussia, and outside Prussia our family has twenty-four estates" The numbers that burst out of Louise's mouth made William feel dizzy "Mother, do you think we can sell a few estates?"
"William, you are crazy, these estates are all family property accumulated from the ancestors of the Hohenzollern family, how can you say that you want to sell them so easily!"
Louise, who was furious, stared at William and said, Louise, who has some traditions in her bones, is not willing to participate in the political affairs of the country, in her opinion, her most important task is to keep this family business for William, you must know that there is no saying in Europe that the world is not kingly.
The measure of a family's strength is to look at the family's land and assets, as the king of Prussia, Wilhelm naturally became the leader of the Hohenzollern family, but this leader is not easy to be.
The Hohenzollern family is not only William's family, William can be regarded as the main branch, and around the main branch is around countless branches, although there is a tradition in Europe that the eldest son inherits the family business and then exiles the other sons, but for these exiled sons, often the eldest son who inherits the family business has to give him a fortune enough to make him bold and bold.
It may seem like there are many estates of the Hohenzollern family, but these estates are responsible for supporting the entire Hohenzollern family.
Once he wants to sell these estates, then it will inevitably involve the interests of the entire Hohenzollern family, even if William is the king of Prussia and the head of the Hohenzollern family, but he cannot so blatantly infringe on the interests of the family members.
Louise hurriedly dispelled William's improper thoughts, you must know that there are still a few old immortals in the current Hohenzollern family, although William has little contact with these grandfather characters, but William still understands the power of these characters, after all, there are a few simple characters with the surname Hohenzollern.
William had no choice but to inform Louise of his plans to expand his army and a series of plans, and after hearing that 27 million silver coins were needed, even the well-informed Louise couldn't help but cover her mouth and shout.
And when William told Louise that the financial gap was 14 million, Louise felt as if her heart was a little out of her control.
"You're not going to fill the gap with your family's fortune, are you?"
"Mother, I think so" Frank William left Louise speechless "Well, as the patriarch of the Hohenzollern family, you have the right to take eight million to fill the treasury, after all, that is already a tradition cultivated by the ancestors of the past, but you can't sell the manor, those manors belong to the whole family, even if some of them are ours, but I will not allow you to sell" Fortunately, Louise was still more reasonable, she allowed William to take eight million from the family, as Louise said, it was not a day or two for the patriarchs of the Hohenzollern family to fill the financial hole in Prussia with the family's property, so Louise had no objection to this day.
William still wants to fight, although eight million sounds a lot, but even if the eight million is removed, there are still six million, seeing William's expression, Louise seemed to know what he was going to say, only to see Louise waved his hand and said: "You can take the money, but you'd better not think about those manors, I'm also doing this for your good, okay, that's it, I'll go rest first" With that, Louise got up and left, leaving William smiling wryly.
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"Money!.
Where is the money!
My God!
Give me a clear way!
” "Wait............"
A flash of lightning flashed in William's mind, and he suddenly thought of a person, even if there was no money in the whole of Prussia, that person must have money in his hands, and because of his own support last year, he heard that that person's business was getting bigger and bigger, thinking of this, William's face turned cloudy.
PS: The collection is about to fall below the 3,005 mark, help!
This time is said to be double, which one has a monthly pass, it is better to contribute.