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

"The Rise of the Devil" brought a new experience to those who followed this novel at the time. Prussia was a relatively secular country, but it still had Protestant beliefs.

We have traditionally followed the bright and majestic image of God, and the protagonists we designed, without exception, symbolize beauty and kindness. To be honest, Europeans are already a little tired of aesthetics. Even if it is a beautiful thing, it is said every day and every second. Emphasize that people can get annoyed, and it is normal to pursue something new.

"The Rise of the Devil" is completely contrary to the greatness of the light. It tells you from the writing that this is not a just thing. Although Adolf is the protagonist, he is not kind and there is no so-called justice. He symbolizes a defeated man. The empire was frightened and insulted, and his anger drove him to the path of the devil.

He had beautiful ideals at the beginning, but reality shattered his ideals, and even the motherland he fought for was destroyed. He hated all the humiliations imposed on them by the victorious countries. The enemy countries humiliated their glory and trampled on them. With dignity, the world was divided up under the banner of fairness and justice.

This national hatred from the inside out cannot be reconciled. Adolf is the will of the country, and he is the choice of the people. In the end, he became the head of state from a beggar.

This is the general story described in the first "The Rise of the Devil". In terms of sales, it has surpassed most magazines. August's writing style is not amazing. He is famous purely because of his new subject matter and wide audience. Among them Nationalist and militaristic ideas also became key to promotion.

August also received a considerable sum of royalties for this work, which was quite satisfying.

She is not the only one who enjoys it. The majority of readers are also very interested in the story. Adolf is very similar to most people in real life. He is depressed because of his inexplicable obsession with the nation that the street newspapers talk about.

Political thinking is superficial, superficial but not profound. This is also the current situation of most Prussian political history enthusiasts. They have no sense of politics, talk eloquently when they have only a superficial understanding of politics, and are keen on radical remarks. They can easily become extreme like Adolf. Nationalists ultimately drag their beloved motherland into the abyss.

After August rested for a few days after finishing writing, she felt itchy everywhere in her body. She wanted to continue writing, but she couldn't do it anymore, but the inspiration suddenly appeared like this, which made her very annoyed.

In the end, after a few days of procrastination, I wrote an outline and only a few hundred words of text. I couldn't write anymore. No matter how I wrote, I felt like I couldn't breathe.

She now has a little wealth, and August wants to use this money to invest in something. After all, it would be too much of a loss to just spend it like this.

You must find someone who is very talented, but Yu has no room to display his talents. No one is optimistic about him, and he will eventually succeed.

And August will help him along the way.

She set her sights on one person, Paul Mauser.

On the banks of the beautiful Neckar River in Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany, there is an ancient small town - Obendo. This town was famous all over the world in the middle and lower [-]th century and the first half of the [-]th century. , because the world-famous Mauser Arsenal was located in this town at that time, and the Mauser brothers, one of the world's famous firearms designers in the second half of the [-]th century, also left their entrepreneurial footprints in this town.

The Mauser brothers were the purpose of August's trip. She wanted to draw these two gun masters into her camp. She even bought a small house in the suburbs near Brandenburg for them.

Even though they were only squeezed into a dilapidated apartment, the Mauser brothers had already prepared a place to go before they became employees.

It's a pity that August didn't know anyone in Württemberg. She took the map in person and braved the scorching sun, non-stop looking for traces of the Mauser brothers.

Finally, when she found the Württemberg Arsenal, she heard that they were now working here.

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Paul Mauser was just a child from an ordinary family, not a nobleman. He had been obsessed with firearms since he was a child, and was very similar to her brother William Mauser.

They all chose to work in the arsenal. Paul Mauser even wanted to be a soldier and then go out to work. Although it is now 1859, considering that time in this world is very chaotic, Paul has not yet become a soldier.

Paul's biggest dream is to one day make a firearm named after himself. To this end, he continues to learn and assemble his own guns for fun at home.

And he had an idea. Traditional fireworks ammunition requires three seconds to fire and half a minute to reload. This kind of gun is inefficient and easy to be ganked by mobile cavalry, so he and his brother William Mauser are trying a back-pull type. The rifle can load bullets in the body of the gun and then eject the cartridge case, but it is a pity that there is no money.

They are just ordinary people, how can they have money for scientific research, and the parts that Paul Mauser is currently playing with are all picked up in the arsenal. The safety of this thing is not guaranteed, and explosions are not uncommon.

Paul Mauser, who just started working in the arsenal today, heard that someone was looking for him. He seemed to be a very beautiful girl.

I don’t seem to be familiar with this kind of person. Why did someone suddenly come to me?

At first he didn't take this matter to heart, thinking it was another person with the same name as himself. This was not uncommon in Prussia. It was normal to have the same name.

During the lunch break, the person in charge of the arsenal gingerly called Paul Mauser and William Mauser to the conference room.

Although it can't be said to be a conference room, it's just a table with a few people surrounding it.

The moment Paul Mauser saw her, he felt that he was captured. She was so beautiful. She was wearing a noble off-shoulder dress, and the gully on her chest could be vaguely seen. She was wearing a strong Louis XIV dress. Recommended white stockings and black high heels.

The skin as white as milk and the smile that appears from time to time on his face are so exciting.

She reveals an invisible majesty from top to bottom, unlike the conservative women of this era. I have to say that she is really beautiful.

Paul and William looked at each other. The Mauser brothers didn't seem to understand what was going on. Valentina looked at the dirty two people in front of her. They looked like ordinary workers. Why did her master have to travel across mountains and rivers to come from Berlin? What about meeting them in Württemberg?

August saw the two brothers coming to him and said with a smile, "Hello, my name is August, a kind-hearted man who wants to help you."

"Subsidy?" Paul was a little confused. He didn't seem to be that poor, right? Is it too much to talk about funding?

August shook his head, "I recognize your cause, so to speak, I am August von Parseval, do you understand?"

The two brothers' hair stood on end immediately. It turned out that the person in front of them was the youngest daughter of the Parseval family.

"It turns out to be His Highness... I'm sorry, we are too blind to recognize the truth..." William Mauser quickly lowered his head.

"It's okay. I want to fund your research and development of firearms. I'm very dissatisfied with the rule of my eldest brother and my second brother. They lack thoughtful thinking. For this, I need an army, and your support is particularly crucial. I have full confidence in your weapons. "

"Your Highness, why us? There are obviously more talented people..."

"So do you want to refuse? Don't worry, the treatment I will give you is not what this Württemberg can give you. I really like to bet on something, and I will bet the entire Prussia on you."

"Your Highness...do we have the right to refuse?" William Mauser asked.

"Of course, but do you want to reject me? I can give you resources. You just need to hand over the guns you made to me. I don't care about the rest."

August has already put forward all the good things he can offer, such as houses, laboratories, funds, etc. If he still loses and cannot convince the two of them, then August really has no choice.

Paul Mauser was obviously shaken. He dreamed of making a gun that was ahead of its time, and August was able to give him everything he wanted. He was tempted.

The same goes for the elder brother. The Mauser brothers all chose to surrender to August under this honor. They resigned from Württemberg the next day and followed August to Brandenburg.

August gave [-]% of the money he earned from writing books to the Mauser brothers so that they could develop guns. The problem of firearms would soon be solved.

Auguste planned to take the remaining money to Paris to meet someone.