"But Prime Minister Pitt, you also know that in Gibraltar our navy does not have an advantage at all, and His Excellency Winston is here, and it will be made clear below, if the navy loses control of the Strait of Gibraltar, how can it hold Gibraltar with only five thousand troops!"
As soon as Wolfenthal's words were finished, Winston, as the Minister of the Navy, turned green, and he didn't have such excitement, looking at Wolfenthal's eyes, he obviously thought that the Navy would not win.
"Your Excellency Wolfenthal, I must interrupt you, although in the Strait of Gibraltar, the strength of the Royal Navy does not prevail, but I believe that the excellent navy of our British Empire is not comparable to those second-rate of Spain and France!"
Regardless of whether the navy can win in the future, but the current field must not be lost, so Winston will say the above sentence, but obviously his words did not achieve good results, I saw Wolfenthal blink as if he did not understand his words, which made Winston very aggrieved.
At this moment, George III, who was sitting at the top, finally spoke, and he frowned and looked at the three Pete and said: "The Cabinet is right, the key to holding Gibraltar is not the number of troops, but whether the Strait of Gibraltar is in our hands, and once our navy loses control of Gibraltar, then even sending tens of thousands of additional troops to Gibraltar will not help......"
"But, Your Majesty .............."
Hearing that George III did not agree to send reinforcements, Wolfenthal was even a little anxious.
Just as he was about to dissuade him, George III glared at him and choked back what he wanted to say.
"Spain's 30,000 men is not a concern, our priority is still the Franco-Spanish combined fleet.
That's our henchmanship, Winston just told me that the home fleet can't send reinforcements for the time being while maintaining the deterrence of the French navy, and that's the biggest problem, and I hope the cabinet can come up with a plan for this!
” Listening to George III's words, Pitt immediately agreed. ..................................................
While Elstner and McLaen were whirling, a special investigative team headed by Prussian Justice Chancellor Lucas was investigating the shooting.
At the time of the incident, the houses on both sides of the street that were used as cover for the British were also interviewed.
Because at that time, Ernst and the others were located in the houses on both sides of the street, and except for one tavern, everything else was an ordinary residence.
The owners of these dwellings were quick to admit that the British had rented the house from them on the day of the incident, and that the time was only one day, and that the owner of the house did not dispute the price offered by the British.
Even because the conditions of the British were too generous.
Several of the homeowners also left a lease agreement.
There are even British handprints on the agreement.
In these houses, Lucas also found gunpowder residue left behind by the bullets.
Elstner soon approached McLaen again, telling him that he must hand over the killer immediately, or the Prussian government would take coercive measures.
Elstner's unusual attitude caused McLaen to panic immediately, and at this time, Augustus, who had not returned to London with Pitt, quickly arrived in Brandenburg after learning of this.
In the Prussian royal palace, Augustus read the investigation report of Lucas and his party provided by William, and proposed to William, hoping that Prussia would take into account the friendship between Britain and Prussia and minimize the influence of the matter.
At the same time, Augustus said that he would give Prussia a satisfactory answer, but only if the incident was not to blame Ernst.
William was enthusiastic about Augustus.
But for Augustus's request, Wilhelm said that he was helpless, after all, Ernst happened on the streets of Brandenburg, basically everyone in Brandenburg at this moment knew that Ernst blatantly violated Prussian law, if the Prussian government protected Ernst, then wouldn't it make the people dissatisfied.
In the absence of an agreement, Augusta prepared to leave the Prussian palace, but before he could leave the palace gates, Queen Anna of Prussia appeared in front of him.
At this moment, Anna was not the king of Prussia who later had a friendly meeting with Augustus, looking at Anna's cold appearance, Augustus was a little apprehensive in his heart, after all, Anna was Carl's own sister, and she was also a bitter master.
Of course, Anna didn't act like a shrew in broad daylight, after all, she was the queen of Prussia, so she had to pay attention to her identity no matter what, so Anna just said lightly: "His Royal Highness Augustus is really a great prestige, the Elector of Hanover can be said to have a good reputation in the empire back then, and the princes all admired it, but looking at the current performance, can it be said that the Elector of Hanover has been assimilated by the British?
Or is it that after entering the United Kingdom, the descendants of the Elector of Hanover will turn against even their former benefactors, which is a villain's act!
” Anna's taunt made Augustus's face turn pale, but he couldn't refute it.
Anna's words were not unfounded, and the Habsburgs were indeed benefactors of the Electors of Hanover.
The Hanoverian dynasty can be traced back to Henry, Duke of Lion, Duke of Saxony and Bavaria.
In 1692, Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburgs, appointed Duke Brownschwig-Lüneburg as the ninth hereditary elector of Hanover.
If it weren't for the support of Leopold I, Hanover would not have become an elector, although this elector was more symbolic, but after all, becoming an elector was an elevation of status.
Moreover, in the subsequent war of the Grand Alliance, the Habsburgs helped Hanover resist the French attack.
Seeing Augustus silent, Anna couldn't make any more provocative remarks, so she had to walk away with a cold face.
After returning to the British Embassy, Augustus immediately called Ernst to him and then gave him a fierce training, looking at the somewhat unconvinced look on Ernst's face, Augustus had an even more headache.
The reorganization of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Prussian divisions was extremely rapid, and the reorganization had been completed so far, and what these three divisions lacked now was only battlefield experience.
William had previously promised the British to send the 17th Division to England, but now because of Ernst's file, the 17th Division did not make the trip. ...........................................
As the time entered November, the British side saw the situation in Gibraltar intensifying and the troops of the French and Spanish colonies frequently moved, but after all, they did not get entangled with the Prussians for too long on the Ernst question.
The British agreed to Prussia's request to expand its colonies in the middle of the North American continent, and at the same time the British government would exempt Prussian merchant ships from taxes on the Atlantic route for two years, and the British Royal Navy would provide the greatest facilities for Prussian merchant ships.
This condition is not unfavorable, and those colonies can be ignored for the time being, after all, these colonies are still in the hands of the Spanish and French, but the tax reduction of Prussian merchant ships for two years is a heavy bargaining chip.
Although Prussia and the British were allies, the British had always regarded the Atlantic Ocean as an inland lake, and the merchant ships in the Atlantic had to pay taxes to the British, otherwise, the pirates would be able to rob the merchant ships before the British could clean them up.
In previous years, the Prussian merchant ships had to pay a large amount of taxes to the British every year, amounting to about 800,000 silver marks.
Eventually, the Prussian government claimed that according to the investigation, the assassination of Karl was carried out by one of Ernst's guards, who was wounded by Karl in the previous brawl between Ernst and Karl, and then held a grudge, and then contacted several of his friends to ambush Karl in the place where Karl must pass in order to take revenge.
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The shooting ended in a deterministic manner, but the decision was not satisfactory to the Austrians, who received only 100,000 pounds in compensation from Britain and an apology, which angered Leopold II and prompted Leopold II's decision to join the Spanish camp.
Anna was also dissatisfied with the Prussian government's announcement, but she did not ask William to make trouble.
Anna's temper is a little stubborn, but it doesn't mean that she is stupid, and the past few months of getting along have also made Anna understand what kind of person William is, so she didn't do stupid things.
However, William's handling plan also gave Anna a sense of crisis, Anna knew that she and William could not go on like this, otherwise it would be detrimental to the Habsburgs, after all, if she could not tie William's heart, then this marriage would be completely meaningless.
Karl and Ernst both left Brandenburg in November to return to their respective countries, and the most frustrated was undoubtedly Christine, who had wanted to continue watching the excitement, but now that everyone was gone, where did she go to see the excitement.
On November 25th, Brandenburg received its first snow of the year, and looking out the window at the snow scene always makes one feel a little emotional, and Wilhelm is exactly that.
In recent years, thanks to God's favor and the efforts of the Prussian people, Prussia has not been hit by natural disasters, and with the introduction of crops from the New World into Prussia, Prussia's grain production has also increased, and the Prussian treasury has sufficient grain and grass.
In contrast, the Prussian treasury was a little short of marks, and it was suggested to Wilhelm to sell some of the grain in stock in exchange for cash, but this request was vetoed by Wilhelm.
In a little more than a month, 1790 will pass, but 1791 will not be an ordinary year, and there will be no war in Europe, so the treasury must have grain and grass in case of emergency.