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

The moment she looked at August, Tina felt that the situation was wrong, very dangerous, very dangerous, so Tina could only try to keep smiling.

Smiling like shit, Tina can't smile at all now, her whole face is fighting, her expression is extremely weird.

"Well... August, please listen to my quibbles... No, listen to my explanation... I came back to get something. Really, you have to believe me."

"Well, I believe you."

August said softly, which made Tina a little embarrassed. August was not a fool. She would definitely be able to see through her lies at a glance.

But if the fact that I secretly went to this ghost place to secretly photograph the Prince Regent of Prussia was exposed, I would definitely be scolded by all walks of life...

"Do you really believe me?"

"Of course, Tina is my most trusted deputy, of course I trust you."

"Then would you believe me if I said that Frederick the Great climbed out of his grave?"

"Then I have to push him back quickly, otherwise he will threaten my position."

Tina: "Um...you did it on purpose, right?"

August: "I'm serious, okay? So what? What does my Prime Minister want to do when he sneaks into my office while I'm taking a nap?"

August's eyes fell on the camera hidden behind Tina's back, "Tina, what are you hiding behind your back?"

"It's nothing, just a small personal interest..."

"let me see."

"Can I say no?"

"No."

August used his little authority to make Tina surrender on the spot. Although August didn't have much reaction after reading the contents of the camera, she probably knew what it was anyway.

"Tina, if you want to take a photo, just say so. Is it necessary to take a secret photo? I'm not that stingy."

Tina is really embarrassed now, thinking in her heart, aren't you making things difficult for me? How could I, the Prime Minister of Prussia, do such a thing?

Although he has already done it, there is nothing to say. What’s wrong with the Prime Minister’s personal hobbies? Can’t the Prime Minister take photos?

"Tina... are you free tomorrow? I just want to take a day off. Why don't you go out for a walk with me? Just think of it as having fun. It's so boring to be stuck in this place for the past two or three months."

"Tomorrow? Of course, I have a day off these two days."

"That's great. I was also thinking about giving you a day off, but I'll save it now."

Tina said thank you... Then I won't be free tomorrow.

……

February [-]th is also a bright sunny day in Berlin today. Brandenburg is near the core industrial area of ​​Prussia and should have been the hardest hit area by environmental pollution.

But unlike London, England, August had long expected that something like this would happen, and asked people from the Industrial Recovery Administration to plan a green belt area, relying on these green vegetation to purify the air. Although air pollution is still there, it is worse than Although London is known as the Fog City, Berlin looks much better.

Tina didn't run around in military uniform all day like before. Let's not talk about the parliament. As for August's cronies, they usually wore suits or various post-modern dresses.

For example, Valentina's maid outfit, Tina's casual clothes when not at work, these messy clothes can be said to be unique in this era.

But without exception, they were all designed by August. August’s ideas were very unique. There was also a wave of de-Rococo craze in the Prussian clothing industry, and everyone rushed to imitate August. However, in this era before nylon, silk stockings were very troublesome to make and very expensive to sell.

The French people next door like white stockings, while the Prussian side wears black stockings. It can only be said that everyone has a bright future, but it is a pity that there are no leg rings, otherwise the aesthetic level can be improved by two levels.

August and Tina agreed to meet at the gate of Congress. August would often wear plain clothes to inspect the public sentiment. After all, sometimes you may not dare to say anything in front of the leader, but behind his back, he would When he started to point fingers, August wanted to listen to the truth, otherwise the policy would be divorced from reality and become I don’t want you to think, I want what I feel.

August took Tina to wander around various places in Berlin. They first went to the library in Berlin. They usually came here rarely, and usually only scholars or professors came here to read.

What is popular in Prussia now is vocational education, which is intended to cultivate the working class, and not particularly many resources are invested in this intellectual class.

Tina looked at the entire library. The total number of people was less than two digits, which was too few for such a large library.

"Is everyone busy? The working system adopted in Prussia should be more people-friendly. Why are there so few people here?"

Tina asked. She doesn't often come to investigate the public sentiment, so she doesn't know the specific situation in Prussia very well.

"That's not necessarily the case. The main class composition in Prussia is the bourgeoisie, the Junker class, the aristocracy and the working class. The proportion of intellectuals in Prussia is very small. In order to achieve industrialization, we have invested a lot of money in vocational education, but just relying on What can be gained from vocational education is limited. So far, most of our industrialization has been copied from the UK. Now we have almost caught up with the UK and France based on industrialization alone. However, the lack of innovation makes it difficult for us to Complete the go-ahead.”

August understands this, but Prussia has now focused all its technology trees on the military industry, which has resulted in insufficient technology on the productivity side, but there is no way around it. You cannot have your cake and eat it too, and resources are limited. August could only choose to sacrifice resources on one side in exchange for rapid development on the other side.

National policy is a multiple-choice question. When managing a country, you will inevitably make some mistakes, but when it comes to major issues related to the country, August made almost every choice right.

August pulled Tina around the library twice. The most attractive thing to Tina must be history and military, but there are relatively few people who have to take care of both at the same time.

In the end, what the two of them took down from the bookshelf was their love token, the Adolf trilogy. In the beginning, August was just an interesting young lady in Tina's eyes, but slowly the relationship between the two became... It's getting better and better, and now we have become good friends who talk about everything.

"August, what do you think this country called the Soviet Union is like in your novel?"

"Would you be interested in a socialist country?"

"I'm not interested in socialist countries, I'm interested in Joseph as a person. I think I can learn from his tough tactics. Sooner or later, I have to clear out all the opposition. As you know, the government A lot of the allocated funds have flowed into the hands of the great nobles. If we can confiscate their homes, the wealth we can gain will be immeasurable."

"Those who are causing trouble must be dealt with, but it is not a good thing to eliminate all opposition. We need a mirror that can see the pros and cons. All our decisions are based on trade-offs, but at the same time we must Remember, we cannot give up the happiness of a small number of people just because of the happiness of the majority. Opposition is absolutely necessary. Blocking all opposition will not make us more righteous, but will make us less and less aligned with the needs of the people. The journey is getting further and further away.”

Tina nodded. She still agreed with August's words. She just felt that there were too many people who opposed her. The same words August said to her were completely different concepts. For this She was also very depressed about this situation, but there was nothing she could do about it.

"Tina, how about I write a novel about Joseph?"

"really?"

"Well, after all, my lovely Tina wants to know Joseph. It is the regent's duty to fulfill the Prime Minister's wishes!"

August said with a smile, this was almost a straight shot, and Tina almost didn't follow through.

After leaving the library, the two went to a cafe in the center of Berlin. From here, they could see the Reichstag Building, which was still under construction. The current construction condition was pretty good, but it was obvious that August's request was a bit too much. Damn it, the designers really couldn’t figure out how to combine so many artistic styles together, so they simply used Baroque as the core and sprinkled in the rest.

August is generally very satisfied with this building. You may not believe it, but this building was originally a thermos cup that he drew casually.

"Speaking of which, August, have you ever considered the issue of heirs?" Tina suddenly asked. It is estimated that Tina was the only one in Prussia who dared to ask this question.

August said, "Is it this? I haven't thought about it at all. I don't want to marry anyone else. I think it's good to be alone."

"Prussia still needs an heir after all. If not your child, whose child can inherit the entire country?"

"That's true, but if I were to marry a noble who doesn't know where, I can guarantee that I would definitely not be the saddest one. There must be someone who is even more angry, right? If you want to cut that noble into pieces, I'll probably propose marriage in the morning. The coffin slab will be put in this afternoon.”

"Who would do that..."

August stared at Tina with one eye open, and her expression seemed to have told her the answer.

"Don't worry, I will never get married. You don't have to worry about the heir. Isn't there a rightful owner of the Prussian Kingdom locked up in our five-star cell? Just let him give birth to a child, and then let him I will raise that child and raise him to be the heir of Prussia.”

Tina didn't expect this trick. Walrich hadn't burped yet, so why not just let him have a few more babies? After he gave birth, she would give birth to him, and no one would care about those children. Whose grandson is whose nephew?

"But, Tina, it would be a little uncomfortable if I were alone for the rest of my life..." August drew a few circles on the table with his fingers.

"It would be nice if there was someone who could stay with me all the time. I also need a little sense of security."

"Is that so... Then who can be your first choice?"

"I don't know, but I think she must have some status, she must be capable, and she must have a vague love for me. Finally...she must give me a completely unified German Empire as a gift for marrying me, at least This has to be the case..."

Tina was so embarrassed that she just had to read her ID number, "Then...this completely unified German Empire...can't be..."

"Well, huh~" August said in a cute way.

Tina said silently in her heart, I'm sorry Austria, I didn't have any interest in you originally, but now I have to annex you. I didn't have any interest in you originally, but I couldn't hold it back and she gave her too much.

Although a country is required as a betrothal gift, how can it be exchanged for an Auguste?

This is the time to really challenge the limit. Tina hopes to establish a small Germany with Prussia as the core without irritating the United Kingdom, but August wants a completely unified Greater Germany.

Should we do it? That can only be done, right? At this moment, Tina had already begun planning how to unify Greater Germany.