Seeing William's expression of emotion, Teegler immediately continued: "This Captain Kidd was originally the captain of an armed civilian ship with a privateering license from the British Empire, and it stands to reason that such a person would not become a pirate, but it may be God's arrangement, this Kidd did not open at all for more than half a year after obtaining the privateering permit, and the embarrassed Kidd reluctantly attacked a Mughal Empire envoy ship protected by the British East India Company in the Indian Ocean......"
Hearing this, William was a little unhappy, he didn't come to listen to Tegler tell the story of how that Kidd became a pirate, he wanted to listen to the main point, that is, the treasure!
"Tegler, don't talk nonsense, let's talk about the treasure!"
Seeing William's displeasure, Tagler immediately bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, what I am talking about is related to treasure, the Mughal Empire's envoy ship is not an ordinary ship, the Mughal Empire was at war with neighboring countries at that time, and the British took the opportunity to sell weapons and other materials to the Mughals, the backward Mughals were very rare after seeing the British materials, at that time the East India Company had just established itself in India and needed the support of the Mughals, so after winning the favor of the Mughal Emperor, the East India Company immediately started trading with the Mughal Empire, The Mughal emperor, who was interested in British goods, agreed, and the emperor sent a prince as an emissary, carrying the spoils he had plundered from the enemy country to trade with the British."
William's expression moved, and he hurriedly asked: "How much are these gold and silver jewels worth?"
"Your Majesty, although we do not know the value of these Mughal gold, silver and jewelry, according to our insiders lurking among the British, the value of the materials on this ship is around millions of pounds, and more importantly, it is said that this ship also contains the state gifts that the Mughal emperor prepared to give to the British king, the value is incalculable!"
Hearing the millions of pounds coming out of Tegler's mouth, William felt his eyes glaze out "Millions or millions?"
"Your Majesty.
I think it's between four million and six million!
” Nima, at least four million pounds, four million pounds what a concept!
As the world's largest power, the British Empire's pound is equivalent to the dollar of later generations, which is not only the world's currency but also very strong, of course, the current pound is much more valuable than the dollar of later generations.
At the current currency exchange rate, four million pounds sterling is equivalent to nearly ten million silver marks.
This is a very large fortune, so large that William is tempted by it.
"Tegler, you're saying Kidd's treasure has been found?
Haha, I really didn't misread you!
” William, whose eyes narrowed slightly, seemed to see nearly 10 million silver marks piled up in front of him at this moment, and his face showed a yearning look, and his face towards Tegler became better and better.
But seeing William's transformation, Teegler wiped his sweat and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this, Captain Kidd's treasure we haven't found yet........" .............................
After Tegler's words were finished, a crow flew over William's head, taking away the black thread from his head.
"What do you say!
Didn't find it!
Didn't find it.
What good news come and tell me!
Are you entertaining me?
” For about ten seconds, William reacted, and then only saw William's expression as colorful as a rainbow, and then it was a complete eruption towards Tegeler!
"But, Your Majesty, we already have news, and I believe that it will not be long before there will be good news from North America."
In William's loud denunciation.
Tegler said weakly, and this sentence improved his situation.
Hearing that there was already a clue, William frowned, then lowered his voice and said: "This matter, you personally go to supervise it, it's already September, so let's do it, I'll give you half a year.
You go to North America yourself and ask Bruneke to cooperate with you, and if you can find the treasure within half a year, I will immediately raise your knighthood and let you join the cabinet, if you don't find the treasure you said within half a year.
Then I will never show mercy to those who fool me!
” William's words made Tegler's face full of horror, especially when he heard that William was going to North America himself, but William's order had been given, and he had no choice at all, so Tegler had no choice but to leave William's office quickly.
Seeing the back of Tegler, who had fled from the desert, a smile appeared on William's face.
However, the problem of black slaves must be taken seriously, and as a later generation, William was well aware of the role played by black slaves in the American Civil War, after all, when a slave saw the hope of freedom, his power was extremely great.
And now there are 150,000 black slaves in the Prussian colony alone, and the black slaves who can survive under heavy labor are undoubtedly strong or have a skill, and those old, weak, sick and disabled have long been ruthlessly eliminated, so once a large-scale uprising of black slaves broke out, it was definitely a huge blow to the North American colonies.
Of course, for the black slaves, William never intended to emancipate them.
The rise of the empire must be stepping on countless bones, and the existence of these black slaves is indispensable in Prussia now, if these black slaves are freed, then the economy of the colony will not be bad.
William wasn't a racist, but he was definitely a pragmatist.
The emancipation of serfs in Europe can effectively help Prussia rise on the European continent and make the people of more countries willing to accept the leadership of Prussia, but in North America, there is no benefit at all to emancipating slaves, and there are even disadvantages, and the black people are very inconsistent with William's aesthetics!
However, it is not a problem to let the black slaves continue to make such trouble, and what should be done to make those black slaves settle down is a problem. ...........................................................
The 11th Cavalry Regiment of the 6th Division, led by Lugack, rushed directly to the gate of the palace of the Grand Duke of Saxony, and when a group of panicked palace guards appeared in front of Lugack, Lugake shouted: "On the orders of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Prussia, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Saxony has several spies of the enemy country lurking around him, and for the safety of the life of the Grand Duke of Saxony and the friendship between the two countries, the 6th Division of the Kingdom of Prussia is hereby to clear the king's side!
Please get out of the way now."
Lugake's shout caught the hurried Saxon guards at a loss as to what they were to do with the impudent Prussians.
As mentioned above, like the rest of the Saxon army, the palace guards responsible for the security of the Grand Duke of Saxony were naturally thoroughly infiltrated by the Prussians.
Even six out of ten officers in this army were Prussians.
Just as Lugak saw that the palace guards did not get out of the way after listening to his words, and Lugake was about to give the order to break in, an officer who had been behind these guards rushed in front of Lugake.
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"Do you have any orders from the government or my king?"
This was a Prussian officer, and at the same time the leader of the hundreds of guards guarding the palace gates.
Lugake did not reply to the officer's words, but handed the order, which was stamped with William's seal, to the officer.
After confirming that there was no mistake with the royal seal, the officer immediately ordered the team to be closed, although there were also different voices among the guards.
But when the Prussian cavalry surrounded the dissenting men, none of the guards said much.
August had a habit of sleeping, but he was awake at the moment, after all, the emergency bell still echoing outside the window was no joke.
Like all royal palaces, the Saxon palace had a bell tower for alarms, and Lugack and the Prussian cavalry had just rushed outside the palace gates.
The alarm bell was sounded, and the sleeping Auguste was awakened.
The palace of Saxony is relatively large, so what happened at the entrance of the palace, Auguste did not see it, but this did not prevent August's face from turning pale.
Everyone knows what the alarm bell means, and it means that a large number of unknown or hostile forces are going to war against the royal palace.
And recently August thought that there was nothing in the palace that could make the Prussians angry!
As for why the Prussians.
It would be simpler, after all, the only people who could mobilize a large number of men in Dresden were the Prussians.
The Prussians were obviously not good at coming, and thinking about his recent actions, August instantly understood that 80 percent of the Prussians were coming for him.
Therefore, after hurriedly putting on a coat, August did not care about any shoes or clothes, and with only a nightgown, he rushed to the bookcase in the bedroom, which was leaning against the wall.
It seems that there is a secret passage in the aristocratic house, which is not a surprising thing.
Basically, every nobleman's home has an escape passage, which is also for safety first.
August laboriously pushed the bookcase aside the wall, only to see that there was a crack in the wall hidden behind the bookcase, which was narrow enough for one person to enter sideways.
The crack in the wall was not long, and August only walked out of the crack in the wall for about twenty steps to a staircase landing, and August hurriedly ran down the staircase.
After about fifty steps.
A corner appeared in front of August.
Along this corner, Auguste didn't know how long he had been running, and only a few rays of sunlight could occasionally shine into this passage in the dark and narrow space, and suddenly something happened that made Auguste very painful.
That is, the passage in front of it has collapsed, and the falling earth has blocked the passage completely.
There was originally a man-made cave with several rafts and the Elbe River flowing through Dresden.
In a place like this, there will be one for every big family, and it belongs to the kind that is absolutely secret, but looking at the passage in front of him, August is simply crying without tears.
The exhausted Auguste did not look back, knowing that even if he did, he would not have his good fruit in the hands of the Prussians.
After digging for an unknown amount of time, August looked up at the passage in front of him that seemed to be still unchanged, and a trace of despair appeared in his heart.
At this moment, only a few footsteps were heard behind August, who knew that the Prussians were coming.
Looking at the grizzled Auguste in front of him, Lugake couldn't see the old look from his body at all, and his decadent figure made people feel resentful and pitiful.
Lugake didn't want to say anything more in the face of such Auguste, but when he turned his head and saw an old man dressed as a chamberlain in the royal palace of Saxony, his face was already full of respect.
"Thank you, Your Excellency, otherwise, I'm afraid this time wouldn't have gone so well!"
The old man waved his hand absently and said: "I've been in this Saxon palace for more than thirty years, but it's just for this day, you don't have to thank me, it's my duty" With that, the old man left silently, leaving Luke standing still with a shocked face.