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Volume 1 Chapter 769 The Killer

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    Sure enough, after Gilmelon finished speaking, Fox said: "At the moment, the government's finances are almost empty, and they want to make additional allocations. This" As he said that, Fox glanced at Abu  Abt, who had a bad feeling in his heart, immediately stood up and said: "Your Highness the Regent, Your Excellency the Prime Minister, the army's expansion plan is now reaching a critical moment, and now the rebellion in North America is resurgent, so in terms of funding,  Naturally, it seems to be stretched thin, so like Gilmelon, I also hope that the government can provide additional funding to the army!" Abbott's words almost made Gilmelon angry.  The battle between the navy and the army at the top of the British hierarchy has never been a secret. In the past, when Britain did not set foot on the European continent, the annual battles often ended in naval victory.  In the UK, the navy can be called the Royal Navy, but the army cannot be called the Royal Army at all. Although it seems that this is just a small matter of title, in fact this is also a legacy of British history.  But this situation changed after the British senior officials realized their shame and bravely proposed the Continental Army plan.  "But now the rise of the Prussian navy is an unavoidable fact. Our British Royal Navy must maintain its absolute advantage over the Prussians!" "I remember that the size of the Royal Navy has more than a hundred main battleships.  A local fleet can equal the total number of Prussian navy, so what do we have to fear? The most important thing now is the army! Not to mention that our current colonies require a large number of troops to be stationed just for the rebellion in North America.  Mobilizing tens of thousands of troops, and these troops may not be enough! The North American rebellion was suppressed by mobilizing as many as 70,000 troops from our country and Prussia. But now, if the Prussians stand behind the Continental Congress,  , then the army we need to mobilize must at least reach the size of that year. I would like to ask Lord Gilmelon, if the local fleet cannot stop the Prussian navy of the same size, then the funds our government has invested in the navy over the years.  Where did you go!" After Abt finished speaking, Gilmelon, who asked directly, was silent for a while.  At this moment, Augustus, who was sitting at the top, also spoke: "The Navy's financial supplement cannot be passed. The top priority now is to extinguish the rebellion on the North American continent, so the financial needs are tilted towards the Army. Of course, the current financial situation is that everyone  I also know that, so I am going to allocate 400,000 pounds from the royal finance to the national finance." As he said, Augustus paused and then said: "The army must do its best to fight the war in North America.  We don¡¯t want to see the situation in North America deteriorate to the level it has been for more than ten years! In addition, the navy must strengthen its training. If that doesn¡¯t work, it will temporarily deploy warships to various overseas fleets to reinforce the local fleet, so as to ensure the advantage over the Prussian Navy!¡±  After that, Augustus ignored the expressions of everyone in the palace and turned around to leave.  After His Highness the Regent left, Gilmelon looked at Abt with very dissatisfied eyes, but Abt was not afraid at all but looked at Gilmelon with a victor's eyes, and the two sides had a fierce look.  of collision.  "Okay. You have all heard the order from His Highness the Regent. Stop making trouble and stand down!" Just when the atmosphere between the two ministers became increasingly dangerous, Fox said.   Shane, who received full authority from Bruneck  Horst finally got to the bottom of this biggest scandal since the establishment of the Prussian colonial government in North America.  The cause of this scandal was that a poor man from Prussia met Georg in a chance encounter.  Then he disguised himself as Rocks' nephew and William's close playmate.  Then, after inadvertently revealing several forged and almost seamless documents to Georg.  Georg naturally had no doubts about his identity.  After defrauding Georg's trust, the shabby man claimed that he and Georg had become very popular during this period, so he was prepared to use Brandenburg's relationship to not only promote Bruneck to a higher position  , and at the same time, he was also able to help Georg ascend to the throne of governor left after Bruneck left.  Of course, all this is not without cost. He needs Georg to provide 200,000 gold marks as funds to smooth relations with Brandenburg.  After spending many days with this bad guy, Georg developed blind trust in this bad guy.  Driven by the desire for promotion in his heart, Geog finally took the risk and took responsibility for himself.In the matter of soldiers, he stretched out his devil's hand.  Fortunately, due to Scharnhorst¡¯s sudden intervention, the money had not been handed over to the poor man by Georg, and the poor man was later arrested together with Georg.  After Scharnhorst handed this document, which could be called the closing argument, to Bruneck, he kept paying careful attention to Bruneck's expression.  In this case, Georg, Fred and others who designed it are all Bruneke's cronies. It can even be said that if someone expands the scope of the attack, then the case can be extended to Bruneke's North America.  On all the cronies of the colony.  Although he had been prepared in his heart, Bruneck still felt deeply regretful when the truth was revealed before his eyes.  "Scharnhorst, what do you think about the handling of this matter?" After a while, Bruneck put down the document in his hand and asked Scharnhorst.  After hearing what Bruneker said, Scharnhorst said quickly: "Your Majesty the Governor, I dare not exceed my authority!" "I tell you to say it, just say it!" Bruneker looked at Scharnhorst with a prison-like gaze.  Looking over, Scharnhorst could only feel that his scalp was numb. In the end, Scharnhorst said resolutely: "Although General Georg was deceived.  But after all, he committed a serious crime, so I feel that he should be dismissed according to Prussian law. Although Fred and General Arbery were not the main conspirators, they accepted George's bribes, and according to the total amount of property they received.  Price, and considering the current situation, I think Fred and Arbery should be punished with major demerits. As for the other generals and officials involved in the case, their positions should all be demoted, and their illegal gains should be confiscated.  , and was punished with half a year¡¯s salary!¡± Scharnhorst finally saved Bruneke some face.  If they were really sentenced according to Prussian law, then Georg and Fred would at least be sentenced to death.  Because under Prussian law, all corruption and bribery exceeding 10,000 gold marks are capital crimes.  If Scharnhorst is determined to be detrimental to Bruneck, then he can take this opportunity to wipe out Bruneck's cronies in the colonial governorate.  But Scharnhorst has not done so at the moment. Of course, Scharnhorst also has some selfish motives for doing so.  Scharnhorst knew how much William valued Bruneck, just as Bruneck knew Scharnhorst's position in William's mind.  If nothing else, Bruneke was able to concentrate on developing the North American colonies for Prussia for more than ten years without asking for praise from Brandenburg.  Everyone gives Bruneke a thumbs up. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Bruneck has been operating in North America for more than ten years, and its power is so huge that it can even be said.  Except for Bruneke raising the flag of rebellion, for the rest, he could get the support of more than 80% of the people in the colonial government.  If Scharnhorst dares to purge Bruneck's forces in North America, there is no doubt that he will receive a huge backlash.  Even Scharnhorst couldn't withstand this kind of backlash.  ¡°Besides, Bruneke is someone who wants to be promoted.  Although Brandenburg will consider punishing Bruneck if this scandal gets bigger, Scharnhorst believes that the worst result is that Bruneck will continue to stay in North America. Brandenburg  It was impossible to kill someone like Bruneck who had made great contributions to the kingdom just because of this incident.  And at that time, once Bruneck's future is blocked, Scharnhorst will naturally not want to go up for a while.  In this case, Bruneck, who stays in North America, will naturally have plenty of opportunities to deal with Scharnhorst.  With such considerations in mind, Scharnhorst decided to help Bruneck turn this matter into a minor one. After all, Georg did not spend the money. In other words, it did not cause any harm.  What a loss.  "Well, Scharnhorst, your opinion is quite pertinent. Although Georg and the others have done such shocking evil things, after all, they have also made great contributions to the Kingdom of Prussia. We can't let one problem happen.  Then they rejected their loyalty to the Kingdom of Prussia. Of course, in my opinion, this punishment is a bit lighter. So, Georg was stripped of his military rank, Fred and Arbery were imprisoned for another year, and they were demoted.  , the military rank was reduced from major general to ?School, but the position remains unchanged for the time being.  The rest of the officials involved in the case will also handle it according to your opinions!  " After Bruneck finished speaking, Scharnhorst saluted him and left. After Scharnhorst left, Bruneck recorded the matter in an official document and sent someone urgently.  Sent to Brandenburg Although Bruneck, as the governor of the North American colony, was initially given full power by William to handle colonial affairs, it was impossible for Bruneck to give William the power he had given him.  Applying it to anything else, if he conceals it, it will cost him his life if his political opponents find out about it in the future. In addition to the official document to William, Bruneke also wrote an official document.  Regardless of whether he knew about it or not, Bruneck obviously had an inexcusable leadership responsibility in this matter, so Bruneck also asked William to punish him and set an example to him. He finished writing the official document.  After writing the confession, Bruneker suddenly felt helpless after putting down his pen. He didn't know what kind of ripples this official document would cause when it was sent to Brandenburg. Of course, someone would definitely grab his pigtails.  Lunecke really can't be cruel to Georg and the others. After all, they are the generals he trained and watched.   The weather in August is really unbearable for William. Although he has gone to Sanssouci Palace to escape the heat, the temperature is too high and it is always uncomfortable. "Carlo,  I deliberately created an opportunity for you, why did you waste it?  "William sat on the wicker chair in the office and said to Carlo standing next to him. Before coming to Sanssouci Palace, William specially brought Christine and Charlotte. For Christine, it was mainly William who  He was not sure about leaving her in the Brandenburg Palace, and Charlotte and William naturally wanted to create more opportunities for Carlo. Hearing William's question, Carlo said with a red face.  Your Majesty, for some reason, I am unable to say anything in front of Princess Charlotte!  " Carlo's words made William burst into laughter. He knew that Carlo was shy, but he didn't expect that Carlo would be so shy. You must know that in the previous battle in the Austrian Netherlands, Carlo was a single man.  He killed several French soldiers and was a real man with numerous scars on his body but his expression remained calm. ¡°I said Carlo, if you don¡¯t seize the opportunity, then I will give the opportunity to others. I don¡¯t know about the others, but now.  The former King of Denmark, the Grand Duke of Schleswig, and the King of Spain all invited people to propose marriage to me!  " Carlos IV of Spain had to depose his queen because of the previous domestic rebellion. Since then, the position of Queen of Spain has been vacant, and the current Grand Duke of Schleswig is the son of the Grand Duke who once exchanged territory with Prussia. Just this year  He was only eighteen years old when he came to the throne. As for Lilissa's cousin, coincidentally, his wife also passed away. Seeing that Prussia had become the strongest country on the European continent, they were naturally eager to strengthen their relationship with Prussia for whatever reason.  And this naturally made the Prussian princess popular. ¡°Your Majesty, you can¡¯t do this.  You promised me!  " Seeing the anxious look on Carlo's face, William couldn't help laughing anymore. Just as William continued to tease Carlo, Hornde hurried to William's side and leaned against William  He said in his ear: "Your Majesty, there is news from Brandenburg that Neville had a heated relationship with several maids assigned to him, and he also hinted to several close friends that he would meet in Western Lithuania in the future.  Give these officials a great future!  " Hornde's words made William's mood, which had just seemed better for teasing Carlo, become gloomy again. "This useless thing finally showed its fox tail. Go and call Christine. I have something to say to her.  explain!  "After finishing speaking, William closed his eyes and rested his mind. After a while, footsteps sounded in William's ears. William opened his eyes and saw that Christine had already walked there under the leadership of Hornde.  Beside him, after seeing William open his eyes, Christinni bowed to William. Seeing Christinni's actions, William sighed in his heart. You know, Christinni had never done this before.  She would salute him and rush into William's arms every time she saw her. But after the Neville incident, Christine really changed.sp;Although this change is good to a certain extent, at least in the eyes of more people, Her Royal Highness is more in line with the majesty of a dignified Prussian princess, but in William's view, this change is very damning.  , because the sister who was once lively and innocent has become farther and farther away from him.  "Sit down quickly, look at you, your head is sweating. Hornde, go and get someone to prepare iced black tea. This is Christine's favorite!" After letting Christine sit down, William faced  Hornde said.  After a while, the iced black tea was served in front of Christine.  "Christine, how are you getting used to being in Sanssouci Palace these days? I would say you should go out and walk around more." "It's okay, brother, I'm fine. Besides, there are Sister Charlotte and Karina.  Here!" "That's good! After thinking about it, I think Neville is very good. I'm going to arrange your wedding in October. What do you think?" Hearing what William said, Chris  Ding Ni's pretty face turned red instantly.  "Haha, if you don't say anything, I'll take it as if you agree. Okay, then you can go down first. Hornde and I have other things to discuss!" After William finished speaking, Christine bowed to William.  Then she left in a hurry, but the expression on her face revealed the excitement in Christine's heart.  "Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Looking at Christine's leaving figure, Hornder stood beside William and asked.  William said softly: "I have no intention of playing this game anymore. You arrange for a few trustworthy people to arrange an accident for me in Brandenburg. Neville must die! But this matter must not be allowed to happen to Christine."  Ni knows, and I hope that everyone who knows about this matter will shut up forever! Do you understand what I mean?" When saying this, William's expression did not show any emotion.  fluctuation.  "As you command, Your Majesty!" And Hornder understood immediately after William finished speaking, and then left.  Christine, I didn¡¯t want to be like this, but the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain, so I¡¯d better let you get rid of this thought now.  In fact, when he ordered Hornde, William also felt a sense of shame in his heart. After all, he had just promised Christine that he would make things happen for her and Neville.  But this shame comes and goes faster.
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