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

August lived a relatively comfortable life during the period when Lilian seized power. He worked less overtime, got enough sleep, and had enough time to enjoy the life of a noble.

To be honest, this kind of life is really corrupting people's hearts. Living in Sanssouci Palace, Auguste can do anything, even if the mailbox is full of letters, he can ignore it and stay in bed whenever he wants.

Auguste has endured it for many years. She had to endure it in order to do big things, but now that a life of arrogance and luxury is right in front of her, how many people can endure it?

Obviously, August couldn't help it. She was just an ordinary person outside of her skin as a time traveler. She thought of treating herself a little and just being lazy for a day.

As a result, he lay in bed for more than half a month without ever leaving the house. For a few days, he didn't even step out of the room. In the end, Tina had to come all the way to wake him up.

When Tina saw August's appearance, to be honest, she was really afraid that what would happen if August followed her brother's example and ignored government affairs?

August finally walked out of the Sanssouci Palace after seeing Tina. This Sanssouci Palace was so damn carefree, and he was so drunk when he entered it.

When August returned to Congress, many staff members became inexplicably happy. Did they think they had been hiding some huge conspiracy for many days?

There wasn't much on Auguste's desk, so Valentina helped her with the work. Anyway, it was just boring work, the same for everyone.

Tina said helplessly, "August, have you cheered up?"

"Oh... Well, I'm not very motivated... Really, isn't there anything big?"

"By the way, the Prussian Academy of Sciences has brought some patent lists and needs your signature."

"Okay, let's see... Most of them are electrical... It would be great if someone could come and come up with AC power... This Karl Benz invented the single-cylinder gas engine, so that's it... Hey ?”

August suddenly stood up, "Is this?"

This move scared Tina next to her, "What's wrong?"

"real or fake?"

Gas engines have been around for a long time, and people in Britain and France have built them. The importance of this thing is self-evident. If you want to use it, you can only buy someone else's. Now there is actually a master in Prussia who has made it directly by hand.

The disadvantage of a single-cylinder gas engine is that the single-cylinder engine does not work smoothly, the speed fluctuates greatly, and it is easy to stall. However, the advantage is that it is cheap. Compared with the messy and other gas engines on the market, this thing is much cheaper.

"I seem to have heard of Karl Benz somewhere..." August sat on his chair and thought for a moment.

"Oh, by the way, he later registered a company. I remember it was called Benz Iron Casting Company and Machinery Factory. It was quite famous. It was just a small factory that did processing for others."

"What?!" August was a little surprised. Isn't this a Mercedes-Benz? August thought inadvertently, it seems that God has blessed me with great Germany, "Invest in Karl Benz, give as much as you want, and get the car out to me quickly!"

"What?"

Tina was already used to August's money-spending behavior. Putting aside some strange things, she still hoped to develop a more efficient engine, so she agreed to allocate funds to Mercedes-Benz, and even Promoting Mercedes-Benz into a national enterprise, Karl Benz also got a place at the Prussian Foundation.

The sudden takeoff on the spot made Karl Benz stupid. What did he do to be so awesome? Wasn't he just an engine guy? And the efficiency of this big thing is not very good, but at least he invented it by himself, applied for a patent, and then the Prince Regent suddenly gave him a lot of money to continue working on it.

When Tina saw Karl Benz at the Prussian Academy of Sciences the next day, he didn't seem to have recovered. Karl Benz was not from a rich and noble family. Did this make him take off too fast? Won't you let him float? If it doesn’t work, you have to beat, beat, beat!

Tina walked up to her, and Karl Benz came to his senses and immediately stood up and saluted her, "Prime Minister Bismarck! Why do you suddenly appear here?"

"You are Karl Benz, right?"

"Yes, what can I do for you?"

"Don't let His Highness August down? You country boy."

Tina stared at Karl Benz with a rather ferocious look, which scared him to the point of sweating. However, Tina's original idea was just to inspire these upstart scientists to stop holding on to him. If you are just waiting to die with your money, hurry up and come up with more awesome inventions.

However, most people may have the impression that Tina is a leader who comes to inspect and does not give you a good look. Although the salary is very high, people at the Prussian Academy of Sciences are afraid that Tina will suddenly come to his face and give them a few blows.

Karl Benz gains the buff Fear of Bismarck, and his scientific research speed increases by [-]%.

August, on the other hand, took the time to visit the General Staff. Although Ron said he could give him five years, August didn't know if he could help Ron delay it for five years. She used various means to turn Prussia into what it is now. She didn't know which Prussia was better than the otl Prussia. Should she wait a little longer and simply kill Napoleon III, and then take advantage of France's chaos? Would it be better to attack again?

That's not the case, August doesn't want to attack France when he's not well developed, as that would outweigh the gains.

She came to the Army Academy of the General Staff in person. Ron was teaching other officers in a classroom. August was lying on the window sill, watching the class like a dean.

Ron's first reaction after seeing August was that August must have come to him in an emergency, but he also thought that August would not be so leisurely when there was an emergency, so he calmed down. After a while, he ignored August and continued the class.

Moreover, the volume of speech unconsciously increased a little. Of course, some officers saw August, but no one dared to say anything. Ron is famous for being strict. If he dares to say something now, he will definitely be taken out. torture.

After the class time was over, Ron walked out of the classroom and asked, "Your Highness, why are you here? What's the matter?"

"Nothing, I just came here to take a look. Is it tiring to be a lecturer?"

"Where, for Prussia, this is a very ordinary job. Compared with His Highness August, it is nothing."

August: "Really? Isn't Moltke preparing for war with France? I am somewhat interested in this matter."

Ron: "Moltke's plan has been prepared since the beginning of the Austro-Prussian War. For this reason, he sent people to survey all possible directions of attack. As long as His Highness Augustus can lure France to war with us as he once did, By then the Netherlands and Italy will also join the war, and it is absolutely impossible for France to withstand the simultaneous attacks of the three countries."

"France will not take the initiative to attack. Napoleon III is not stupid enough to think that he can defeat the three-nation coalition composed of Prussia, the Netherlands, and Italy. Even if he can defeat Italy and the Netherlands, if he draws away the army, he will take What are we going to do with Prussia? This war is most likely to be a duel between France and Germany. Now it may be our turn to be the bad guy."

Augustus had almost the same idea when he lured Austria to go to war with Prussia, but Augustus rushed directly into the military parade in Vienna. It was obvious that he did not intend to make things easier for the Austrians.

Now Austria is in political chaos and is no longer a great power, but what about France? Completely crush it? Can Prussia do it?