Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

Dealing with state affairs is not particularly easy for Tina. She has to deal with various departments every day, but because of this, Tina has gradually figured out the operating mechanism of each department.

Each department in Prussia can restrict other departments. If they cannot communicate with each other, it will be difficult to complete the operation of the government. August appointed many people, but there are still many important positions that are vacant. Tina has to be responsible for these Fill the vacant position.

It was obvious that there were a lot of vacant positions, and Tina finally understood that the reason why August gave this task to herself was to let herself know how the government works.

In the past, August would give detailed plans, and Tina would assign tasks to various departments. Because of August's authority, everyone would implement them.

But as soon as Tina's decree came to pass, various departments began to argue. Tina had to clear up the channels in every department, otherwise Prussia's huge bureaucracy would not be able to move.

A lot of money was spent on meaningless things, such as buying relationships. Albrecht was a very traditional conservative official, and most of his measures were very slow. Tina couldn't wait and did it herself, which seemed a little bit... It wastes people and money, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Tina has unlimited potential in the political field. She has her own set of political concepts, but she has little understanding of the operation of the political system. This is a good opportunity to learn.

Countless governments have advanced their own policies under such circumstances. If the top management can work together, this bureaucracy can exert its greatest power. However, in the absence of huge threats, they will fight with each other for something. The issue of profit distribution was debated for a long time.

Not even August can solve this problem. She is not omnipotent. The bureaucracy must slowly change. The current Prussia is still the Prussia of the Prussian king. August is just an agent and is still lacking in legal principles. legality.

It is not difficult to imagine what kind of problems Tina's policies will encounter in the later period. As the Prime Minister of Prussia, she should understand all this and then solve the problems, but as the Prime Minister of August, she must completely resolve these problems.

Finally, at the end of the year, the green belt was completely paved, costing more than [-] pounds, which was more than [-] pounds higher than the budget. Although it was less than [-] pounds, it was still an astronomical amount.

From the Rhineland to East Prussia, green plants can be seen everywhere. The vegetation coverage rate of the entire Prussia is as high as [-]%. Almost all the places that can be planted are planted, and the cost is very huge. August said this very satisfied.

"Thank you Tina, did it take you so long to complete these tasks?"

The report in August's hand is full of what Tina has accomplished during this period. He has a sufficient understanding of the entire bureaucracy and some aspects that can be improved.

"No, I can also benefit from talking to them about these things. This is of course the best. I thought the prime minister was the kind of profession that can make all the difference." Tina joked.

August said with a smile, "I dare not say that I can control the whole of Prussia. Even though I seem to be able to control the whole of Prussia now, in fact, every policy I make must take into account the needs of many forces. Even the regent, Nor can I cover the sky with one hand."

Auguste looked through the report on the progress of industrialization. She paid attention to the development of these situations every day. Although the military industrial enterprises have developed, the current training plan of the army is still too few, and the tactics used in the Napoleonic period are still a bit too high. So cliche.

"Tina, there is a new task for you, which is very important to the whole of Prussia."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"Military Reform."

The impression that the German army was strong was mostly left in World War I and World War II, when the German army almost overran the entire Europe.

But in fact, the quality of the Prussian army before unification could hardly be called first-class. A large part of the reason why the Seven Years War was won was because Frederick the Great was really a great general and had the support of other allies.

Later, the Prussian army was speeded through by Napoleon in fourteen days, which also proved that not always can a god general be able to lead a group of second-rate soldiers to fight.

And because of the existence of one person, the entire German army has undergone earth-shaking changes, Ron.

August handed this task to Tina, and it was time for her to touch on her areas of expertise.

"Army? I understand, leave it to me. I'm much better at this."

"Please, Prime Minister."

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After receiving this order, Tina immediately went to the German headquarters, the military camp in Brandenburg, which was also the address of the Prussian General Staff.

The General Staff is a special administrative unit in the government. Other cabinet affairs generally have nothing to do with it. The military has autonomy over itself. They receive military expenditures from the government and control the rest themselves. Therefore, in terms of military reform, Of course, we still have to rely on the people from the General Staff.

Tina is a member of the civil service group. Although she has research on military affairs, she can only give opinions at most.

And the person Tina chose was one of August's cronies, Moltke.

But before that, she had to go to the Mauser Arsenal. This great gunmaker improved his rifle in just two years. His newly developed rifle alleviated many shortcomings, and finally he designed the first A military rifle that has been implemented.

Mauser Type 60 rifle, 60 is the year. This rifle is already very suitable for future rifles. It has good accuracy and reloading speed. The problem is also obvious. Only one bullet can be inserted into the magazine, and due to the bullet specifications The problem is that the distance cannot be too far, but it is considered advanced in this era.

The Mauser brothers earned a lot of research funds from this Mauser arsenal, and they also came up with many amazing inventions later on, but they were all adopted.

Not far away is Krupp's arsenal. This boss was in a similar situation to the Mauser brothers. August spent a lot of money to sponsor him so that he could produce high-quality cannons for Prussia.

The two families are friends and rivals. They both want to be remembered in history, so they must continue to work. The cannon invented by Krupp has strong penetrating power and wide range. It is also at the forefront of the times.

And Tina came here for the army. The current Mauser Arsenal and Krupp Arsenal are too small, and it is unrealistic to equip the entire Prussian army. She just wanted to talk about expanding the production scale.

The first person she met was the Mauser brothers. Now the Mauser brothers are still tinkering with the original firearms and made some strange-looking guns, and each of them is expensive.

It can only be said that the cost of invention is very huge.

When it comes to expanding the scale of production, they definitely support it. However, the cost of the rifles they currently produce is still a bit high, but how can the army not burn money? Tina promised to give absolute support, and the Mauser brothers readily agreed. .

The research and development progress at Krupp is relatively slow, but there are already good samples, but Krupp likes large-caliber cannons.

The cannons produced were each larger than the last, and there were a lot of useless scrap barrels at the test site. The final one that was more reasonable was a [-] mm caliber, a barrel three meters long, and a weight of [-] tons. Cannon, compared to the later Krupp cannon, this thing has a smaller caliber, shorter range, and lower penetration.

But fortunately, this thing is suitable for military use. Even if it is not big, it can achieve pretty good results whether it is used for offense or defense.

A cannon that is too big cannot be carried away or pulled by a carriage. A cannon of this weight and size is just right. This is an experimental work in itself, but Tina unexpectedly fell in love with it.

Krupp was also curious why Tina would choose this kind of gun that he didn't think much of.

Tina's answer was simple. It was forced. Prussia is located at the crossroads of Europe. The army must maintain a certain degree of mobility. Not to mention quickly defeating the opponent, your army must reach the front line. Therefore, artillery is absolutely needed, but large guns are necessary. The caliber gun carriage cannot be pulled, and now there is no gasoline carriage.

If the kinetic energy is sufficient, of course you can change to a larger cannon, but you have to think about the feelings of the horses. If there is a ton of thirty or forty tons, how do you let the horses pull it?

Tina took the latest weapons developed by Mauser and Krupp and handed them to the Prussian Industrial Reconstruction Agency, which was quickly approved.

But an army with only guns and cannons is not enough. It also needs people. She needs to go to Moltke and Ron to discuss it.