A short time later, two generals with the rank of Prussian major general on their shoulders walked into Brüneke's office.
When the two men stepped into the office, Bruneke only glanced up at them slightly, then lowered his head again.
The two generals, who had been summoned by Brüneke, suddenly looked at each other a little.
These two were Fred and Albery, divisions of the 3rd and 4th Colonial Divisions.
"Your Excellency, what's wrong with you?"
For a moment, as if he couldn't stand the dreary atmosphere in the room, Fred said boldly.
Fred and Arbéry, both pure Prussians, were the first officers to follow Brünec to the North American colonies, and they gained Brüneck's trust through their performance in the war.
In the past, although Brüneke was very serious about them, there was never a situation where they were called in without saying a word.
Hearing Fred's words, Bruneke raised his head again.
"What's the matter, it's too late for you to wait a while?
Fred, Alberry, you have disappointed me so much!
” As he spoke, Brunecke's eyes began to look at the two generals in front of him in detail, as if they had seen them for the first time.
Earlfred and Albery were shocked to hear Bruneck's words, and they asked themselves if they had done anything out of the ordinary lately.
"Your Excellency the Governor, what's going on?"
Albery didn't ask, but when Alberi asked, he saw Brüneke suddenly jump up from the sofa like an enraged lion, and then stared at Fred and Albery with red eyes and roared: "You're too embarrassed to ask me what's wrong!
Look what the hell you're doing!
Well, one by one, when I left my side, I thought that my wings were stiff, and I dared to do this kind of thing in the face of the world's condemnation.
I didn't wronged you by killing you 10,000 times!
” Alberi felt a little aggrieved in his heart, but he still spoke like Fred as soon as Bruneke finished yelling: "Your Excellency the Governor, please stop your anger!"
"Rest the anger, rest the anger, do you think that if you become a division commander, I can't control you.
You are far away from the emperor and can do whatever you want, aren't you!
” As he spoke, Bruneke picked up a document on the table and threw it at Fred and Albery's heads.
Brunecke's move made the faces of the two generals turn red, and then Fred was the first to refrain from saying: "Your Excellency the Governor, what's the matter.
You can tell us bluntly, Alberry and I are loyal to you, and if we do anything wrong, please tell us directly, we don't want to be wronged!
” As he spoke, Fred stiffened his neck and looked into Bruneke's gaze.
"Okay.
It seems that I am not wrong, your wings are really hard!
I won't say much, you can read this document for yourselves!
” With that, Bruneke pointed to a neatly stacked document on his desk and said to the two.
Fred and Albery looked at each other at Brunek's words, and then the two stepped forward to pick up the document and flipped through it.
The flush on Fred and Albery's faces had subsided as the papers flipped through.
Instead, it was pale.
Fred pale and put the file back in its original position, but it was clear that his hands were shaking quite violently.
"Have you finished reading it, have I wronged you!"
Seeing Fred gently put the file back on his desk, Bruneke said loudly to the two of them.
"Your Excellency the Governor, this must have been deliberate, and you know that there must be empty salaries in the army, but definitely not as much as this document says!"
Fred spoke, but it was clear from his tone that he wasn't very confident.
"I don't ask if the situation is serious or not, I just ask if this matter has anything to do with you!
Or how deeply you're involved!
” Hearing Brunecke's words, a glimmer of light appeared in the eyes of Fred and Albery.
"Your Excellency the Governor.
This thing .............."
"Don't play dumb riddles with me, I want to know the truth of this matter, if you dare to hide anything, then I can guarantee that your heads will definitely become victims of the rectification of military discipline!"
After Bruneke's words.
Not only Fred, but also Albery also had a cold sweat on his forehead.
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As the two of them lowered their heads, Fred made an expression to Albery, after which Albery gritted his teeth and said: 'Your Excellency Marshal, in fact, this situation occurred during the reorganization of the two divisions, we know something, this matter involves many people, including General Georg and Thooven, they are also involved, when General Georg came to us, I hope we can help, do some tricks in these two new divisions, of course, he also promised not to go too far.
And because of General Geog's favors, and because Georg told us that the profits from this matter were used to clear your relationship in Brandenburg, Fred and I would turn a blind eye to their affairs!
” After Alberi finished speaking, Bruneke was stunned on the spot, and did not speak for a long time.
Bruneke did not expect that this matter would involve not only Fred and Albery, but also Georg and Thofen.
Georg was one of the recruiters and the general in charge of the logistics of the divisions in the North American colonies, while Thofen was also a close confidant of Brüneck, having served as Brüneke's lieutenant and now the head of the Colonial Government's Treasury Division.
Inadvertently, Brünecke didn't expect that these cronies of his would do such a thing without getting any news.
"How much good Georg has given you!"
Faced with Bruneke's anger, Fred had no choice but to admit it "Georg gave me two estates and five thousand gold marks, and Alberry got a coffee plantation and ten thousand gold marks" "Well, you are really capable, and you have obtained such a large fortune in a short period of time.
Why didn't you tell me earlier, such a good business, why didn't you count it as mine!
” Bruneke said with a furious grin.
But after Bruneke's words, Fred and the others did not dare to continue.
"You two have been with me at the Governor's Palace for the past few days, and I have ordered Scharnhorst to investigate this matter thoroughly.
This is the biggest scandal in the history of our colonial government, and you don't deserve to continue in the glorious Prussian army!
” With that, Brunecke collapsed on the couch as if he had exhausted all his strength.
This matter has been made clear by this point, that is, it involves the entire military and political systems of the North American colonies, and the generals and officials involved are all his Bruneke cronies, in this case.
There is no escaping the responsibility of misemploying people.
If, as Fred said, Georg did under the banner of Bruneke, then it would mean that Bruneke's political life would also come to an end.
After all, the people involved are all his Brüneke's cronies, and it is obvious that not many people want to believe that Brüneke does not know about this matter.
"Your Excellency.
Besides, according to Georg, the channel he found said that as long as you can raise 200,000 gold marks, then you can guarantee that you will become the chief official of the Wang** Ministry of Affairs, and now this money has been prepared, as long as it is delayed for another two months, I think everyone will be fine!
” It seems that he can't bear to see Brüneke's current decadent appearance.
Fred reassured.
It was good that he was not comforted, and as soon as he was comforted, the expression on Brunek's face became even more decadent and gloomy.
"You know, word has come from Brandenburg that in less than half a year I will be able to leave North America and return to Brandenburg, and His Majesty has personally promised to reserve a position for me!
As soon as this incident comes out, do you think I still have hope!
” As soon as Brunech finished speaking, it immediately caused a huge wave in the hearts of Fred and Alberry, which they did not expect.
Brüneke received the promise of His Majesty the King without a word.
But in this case, wouldn't it be a joke to raise 200,000 gold marks to get through the Brandenburg relationship, and it could even be said that they were doing a disservice!
"Alright, I'll call Georg here, and I'll have you two stay.
You'd better pray that Scharnhorst doesn't mean to kill them all, or no one will be able to protect you, even me, and you'll kill you!"
” With that, Brunecke ignored the two men and got up and left the office. .........................................
With William's intervention, Neville, who had been driven to Holstein, immediately received an order to return to Brandenburg, and the excitement on Neville's face was overflowing when he saw this order.
He did not have time to socialize with those who had come to congratulate him well-informed, and as soon as he hurried back to Brandenburg.
After learning of Neville's return to Brandenburg, Wilhelm summoned him to the Brandenburg Palace.
This is the second time William has met Neville, of course, the first time because of the rush of time, William did not look at Neville closely, so this can also be said to be the first official meeting between William and Neville.
The meeting was arranged by Wilhelm in the main hall of the Brandenburg Palace.
After Neville's arrival, all but a few attendants were driven out of the palace.
Of course, there were other people in the palace at this moment, including Christine, Louise, and other members of the Hohenzollern royal family were in the palace, but they were all hiding in the rooms on both sides of the main hall.
The room had been additionally reworked so that at least the figures in the palace could be faintly seen through the walls and normal tones of conversation could be heard.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Led by the guards, Neville entered the palace and saluted as soon as he saw the young figure in a full black uniform.
It was really not in vain in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before, at least Neville was still decent in terms of etiquette, so that people couldn't find any faults.
In the face of Neville's respectful greeting, William just nodded lightly and said: "I called you here for no other reason than to see who could make my sister desperate.
Neville, I won't say much else, but I just want to ask you, what kind of life can be called happiness!
” William went straight to the point as soon as he came up, and his gaze was a little aggressive towards Neville.
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Against William's gaze.
Neville only felt a tingling in his scalp. ’ Now he is talking to the Lord of Prussia, the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire!
This is no joke, if he has the slightest mistake, not only should he stop thinking about interacting with Christine, I am afraid that his net worth and life will be very dangerous at that time.
"Your Majesty, I think that a happy life is for two people to love each other.
My love for Christine is absolutely sincere and sincere, and I can swear to God!
If I can get together with Christine, then I will love and care for her with all my body and mind!
” "Why are you?"
Sitting on the throne in the palace, William did not have any mood fluctuations because of Neville's beautiful words, and still said in a light tone.
"Oh.
Is happiness really enough to love each other?
I don't deny the greatness of love, but Neville, you also have to understand that without bread, the so-called happiness does not exist at all, and you must know this better than me if you have lived at the bottom since childhood!
To be honest, I'm skeptical of your motives for getting closer to Kristine.
Put away your cookie-cutter rhetoric, and don't have the slightest lie in front of me.
Otherwise, that kind of fate is not something you can afford!
” As William's words landed, Neville's face became a little pale and ugly.
After a while, Neville spoke: "Indeed, Your Majesty has said a lot, love without bread is not happiness, I can say that I have a deep understanding of this, but Your Majesty, you also admit the greatness of love, as long as two people really love each other.
Then the lack of materials is not a problem, both of them can use their own efforts to change their lives, since life can be changed, then why give up this love!
” After Neville finished speaking, William in the palace didn't feel anything.
But in the room on the edge of the palace, Christine was already in tears.
Seeing that her daughter was emotionally out of control because of the words of the kid outside, Louise's face was very ugly, but fortunately, Anna on the side kept comforting Louise.
"Would Neville be willing if I gave you the position of Governor of a land and asked you to give up Christine?"
"Your Majesty, I refuse, I love Christine, therefore I will not give up!"
After Neville's words, William, who had been sitting on the throne, stood up and walked down the steps to Neville's side and smiled at him.
William's smile seemed to give Neville great courage, and then William's hand was placed on Neville's shoulder and he said: "Neville, to be honest, you're very nice, even I'm impressed by you, but I have one last question now.
Christine is my most adored sister, and the dowry I give her is the whole of Western Lithuania, and you should understand the weight of it.
Tell me, if I marry Christine on the condition that your mother henceforth live only in the Brandenburg Palace, and that your personal freedom, including yours, be restricted, would you still be willing to join Christine?
” After listening to William's words, Neville seemed quite excited, and he immediately said: "I do!"
William, who sat at the top, smiled and said: "Very well, you go down first, this matter will not be long before I will give you an answer, my Grand Duke of Western Lithuania" With that, William's hand on Neville's shoulder slapped a few more times.
Neville then saluted William and left the palace excitedly, led by his attendants.
As soon as the door to the palace was closed, the door to the side room was opened, and Louise hurried out and complained: "William, why didn't you consult with me, and you agreed to this kid!"
Hearing Louise's complaint, the smile on William's face remained unchanged, but at this time, Christine walked to William's side happily and hugged William's arm vigorously, and Pear Blossom smiled with tears: "I knew my brother was the best for me!"
William reached out and gently wiped the tears from the corners of Christine's eyes, and then said: "You go down first, my mother and I still have something to say!"
After Cristinie left, the smile on William's face disappeared, and then he said to Louise: "There's something wrong with this Neville, you see I'm going to detain his mother and restrict his personal freedom, but it was under this harsh demand that he didn't hesitate at all and immediately agreed, obviously either he really loved Christine to the extreme, or this person was definitely scheming, at least he must have thought about all the requests I might make, and rehearsed it countless times.
If the former is the case, then I don't have anything to worry about.
But if the latter is the case, it is clear that Christine must not marry him!
” After saying to Louise, William turned to Anna and said: "Anna, you first select some of the ladies of the palace who are good-looking, and then I will ask Horn to arrange a test for this Neville, remember to be absolutely trustworthy!"
If you can survive my beauty, or if you can survive the rest of the arrangement perfectly, then you can really become my Grand Duke of Western Lithuania, Neville.
William thought to himself.