To William's surprise, after his reprimanding words, Anna's face actually showed an aggrieved look, and there seemed to be some tears in her eyes.
"Wilhelm, I know all these expenses, as the queen of Prussia, I must not entertain guests shabbyly, and the ladies I invited, their relatives are in the government, I am only doing my duty as a queen, and I have not been back to Vienna for a long time, what is wrong with finding some Viennese opera company to relieve homesickness!"
Facing Anna, who was very aggrieved, William felt as if his stomach had accumulated a belly of fire, but it seemed that he couldn't make it.
"Ahem, Anna, Prussia and Austria are different, and the Hohenzollern family and the Habsburg family are also different, you should know that every year Prussia's state finances need the help of the royal finances, and even last time in order to expand the navy, I also asked my mother to dispose of some royal property, we Hohenzollern do not have a rich family background like the Habsburgs!"
William's words did not make Anna compromise, and after William finished speaking, Anna did not respond to her but stood there alone and whimpered, which made William very speechless.
At this moment, I only heard hurried footsteps outside the office, and before William could speak, the door of the office was heard by Buel's voice, "Her Royal Highness the Queen Mother has arrived!"
The singing was opened, and Louise hurried in.
Seeing Anna standing in front of William whimpering, Louise's face changed.
She asked William with a dark face: "William, how did you make Anna cry!
Such a good girl, how can you be willing to bully her!
” The cycle of karma is unpleasant.
Just now, William was still reprimanding Anna, but in an instant, William's role changed from being a trainer to being trained.
"Mother, why are you here, and I definitely didn't bully Anna, I was asking Anna something just now" "What?"
Seeing Louise clearly standing on her side, Anna's face showed a look of gratitude.
After all, Anna grew up listening to stories of palace battles, and there are very few queen mothers like Louise who protect her daughter-in-law in history.
"It's just...
It's about the management of the royal family's finances."
At the mention of this, William's tone became a little slurred.
After all, when Louise said that he would hand over the royal property to William, William once arrogantly said to Louise that except for the annual balance, Louise was in charge of everything else, and William would never ask.
Hear William mention the management of the royal family's finances.
Louise patted her forehead as if she had suddenly realized it and smiled: "William.
If you don't say it, I almost forgot, it's like this, after all, Anna has married us Prussia, and as the queen of Prussia, Anna always needs some activity funds in her hands, so I told Buel that Anna can also participate in the management of royal property in the future.
Some of the property is up to Anna!
” Looking at the smile on Louise's face, William smiled bitterly.
It seems that her mother still doesn't know what's going on.
"Mother, Anna used 970,000 silver marks this month.........."
"Oh, more than nine hundred and seventy thousand silver marks, so what.................
Wait, how much did you say Anna used!
” Looking at Louise with a shocked look on her face, William didn't know what to say to her somewhat natural mother, but things still had to be said, so William repeated the amount "Ninety seventy-six thousand six hundred eighty-five silver marks" William's answer allowed Louise to confirm that she had heard it correctly the first time, and then Louise looked at Anna with a stunned face, and under Louise's gaze, Anna looked a little twisted.
At this moment, Louise's face had turned red, and thinking about what she had just done, Louise suddenly realized that she didn't seem to know where to continue talking.
But after only a moment, Louise walked up to Anna, took Anna's hand, and asked: "Anna, how did you use so much money?"
"Mother, because I have just married Wilhelm, and seeing him work so hard every day, I also want to share some of it for him, and I also want to integrate into life in Brandenburg as soon as possible, so this month I often hold events for the wives of cabinet ministers and military ministers."
Hearing Anna's answer, the look on Louise's face softened slightly.
Louise knew about some of Anna's events, and even when Louise held the first two events, in order to cheer for Anna, Louise also participated in such events, but later because Louise was not interested in the opera troupes in Vienna, she did not participate in the subsequent events.
But Louise never thought that Anna would spend so much money, knowing that Louise's annual pocket money was only about 500,000 silver marks.
Looking at Anna with an aggrieved face, Louise thought about it and didn't blame her, otherwise, it would not be good to hurt Anna's face, so Louise said with pity: "Forget it, it's just some money, you husband and wife don't hurt the harmony because of this matter, and Anna, your intentions are good in this matter, but there is something wrong with your way, you have to know a truth, that is, good steel should be used on the blade!
This money may not seem like much to you, but you know, if this money is put on the state, then it can help us Prussia to arm more troops, so that more children can enjoy basic education, and next time we can't do that, you know?
” Although Louise's words also contained a slight reproach, after all, she still showed Anna mercy, so Anna was not unacceptable to Louise's persuasion "Knowing my mother, I'll pay attention next time" "Well, that's fine!"
Watching the rain turn from rain to sunshine between Louise and Anna, William quickly became depressed.
Co-authored in this matter, only William is the bad guy ......................... ..................................................
Kutuzov's northward strategy made very good progress, and the 27,000-strong army conquered the southern Estonian town of Veryandi without much effort, and then Kutuzov immediately convened a meeting of some local tyrants in the Veryandi region to divide the spoils.
Previously Kutuzov on the eve of the dispatch to Estonia.
In addition to worrying about the possible variables on the way, he was also worried about the rule of the conquered occupied areas, and if he had to occupy each area, Kutuzov would have to leave his army to defend the city, which would undoubtedly weaken the strength of Kutuzov's army on the other hand.
But if troops are not sent to occupy these areas, then if St.
Petersburg sends an army from south Jinskov Lake to Varga, then the areas occupied by Kutuzov in northern Latvia and southern Estonia will naturally be unsafe.
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And if Kutuzov doesn't send troops to defend the area.
Those unwilling opposition forces will certainly rise up immediately, and when the time comes, Kutuzov's retreat and logistical lifeline will be cut off.
Just when Kutuzov had a headache, Kulichkov offered him a plan.
Kulichkov believes.
Since the occupation of these areas would have diluted the strength of the army, and the rear of the army would have become extremely insecure if they were not occupied, it was fortunate that a policy of the best of both worlds had been adopted, which Kulichkov called "dividing the territory."
Kutuzov sold areas of no strategic value, as well as non-important areas, to local families interested in governing them.
And the price in these areas is not simply money, but a three-in-one method of materials plus troops and money.
It's like Varga, the town on the border between Latvia and Estonia.
The city, as well as its belongings, was sold by Kulichkov to several local nobles of Varga for 1,100 rudimentary soldiers, plus enough logistical supplies for an army of 10,000 to fight a month's worth of battles, plus 130,000 silver coins.
This price may seem excessively for a nobleman, but if it is distributed among several nobles, then for these nobles, these things are not impossible to take.
You must know that Kutuzov is not simply selling population or land, but the right to rule a city and the region to which it belongs.
There will be some local tyrants in every region, and Kulichkov's policy of dividing the land is aimed at these local tyrants.
Kutuzov's future rests on the army, and he knows that only the army is his everything, so he wants to arm the army.
Kutuzov can be said to have exhausted his strength, and the most important factor in the armed army, besides people, is money.
There is no salary, no weapons, and the devil will serve you as a soldier.
The local tyrants are not short of money, but how to make the local tyrants pay willingly is the biggest problem, and Kulichkov's exchange for regional domination is indeed an effective solution to these problems in some respects.
Kulickov, on behalf of Kutuzov, promised these tyrants that as long as the tyrants can come up with a satisfactory price, then these areas will be completely owned by these tyrants, even if these tyrants kill everyone in the city, Kutuzov will not care, and they will have no problem if they want to dominate the city.
And in exchange, if the purchase of those areas thrown by Kutuzov caused a decrease in the strength of the family, then in order to show goodwill, Kutuzov's army could send troops to destroy the enemies designated by the family.
Although these nobles were originally a privileged class in their respective regions, there was no one who did not want to be able to stand at the head of everyone, and the nobles were not all monolithic.
This clause made everyone very excited, which meant that as long as Kutuzov was given a satisfactory price, then he could get an independent kingdom of his own, and Kutuzov would also send troops to help him destroy the enemy, which made countless nobles and merchants red-eyed.