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

After walking around Berlin for a few times, August was not recognized, but if he were recognized, it would be something that would cause a commotion.

The sudden appearance of a country's leader on the street will definitely attract a lot of people eating melons. This social survey allowed August to find many social problems, mainly food problems.

It’s hard to tell the truth about this issue. Now Prussia relies on food imported from Britain. The food produced in Prussia is only enough to feed [-]% of the Prussian people. The rest of the people can only buy food imported from outside. , then you can only chew the bark.

Of course the British treated Prussia like a pig and slaughtered it. The British grain monopoly group had begun dumping grain to Prussia, and the local Junker landowners in Prussia strongly opposed this British behavior.

It would be better to say that they are opposed to all imported food. This will squeeze their room for making money, but they can no longer produce so much food.

Juncker is not happy about the import, saying that the market has been squeezed, and normal civilians will have no food to eat if they don't import. So what should we do? There is no way.

Mainly because of the Anglo-Prussian trade treaty, it was difficult for Prussia to find new suppliers. It had to discuss it with Britain first, but the British were always shameless. If you talked to them, you would get nothing.

August looked at the territory of Prussia on the map. In fact, the plains in central Europe were very flat, and the rainfall was pretty good. To the north was the Baltic Sea, which had abundant rainfall. August planned to take advantage of the fertile land here. The land is used to build a food production area sufficient to supply the whole country.

She asked people from the Ministry of Agriculture to inspect the actual situation in that area to see if it was feasible. Of course, if it was too close to an industrial area, forget it. The environmental pollution caused by industrialization is still quite serious, and now it can only be solved bit by bit. , but the safety of the people still needs to be guaranteed.

At this time, a letter from the Kingdom of Italy was delivered to the Army General Staff.

Valentina accepted the letter on behalf of Marshal Steinmetz, and the content was indeed very explosive. She went to the Prince Regent's office without stopping.

At this time, August was taking a nap with her face in one hand. Just when she was about to fall asleep, the sound of the door opening pulled her back from half-asleep.

"Oh, it's Valentina...what's wrong? You're so anxious..."

"It's a letter from General Wittenfeld."

This aroused August's interest. This battle was not particularly long. In less than half a year, Prussia replaced several waves of new recruits, and the casualties paid were not small. Thousands of Prussian recruits were buried abroad. , and as many as [-] Prussian soldiers were tempered in this war.

"There are five thousand injured and three thousand dead. The total casualties are more than eight thousand. Although most of the battles have been won, the casualties are still somewhat heavy..."

Prussia's total population is not particularly large. It is only about half of France's population, which is more than [-] million. If Greater Germany can be unified, the population should be around [-] million, but that is just a guess.

The letter wrote that the Red Shirt Army led by the Italian hero Garibaldi was powerful and well-organized. They had good military discipline along the way and had never killed innocent people indiscriminately or abused prisoners.

It is also because of this that Garibaldi can win the favor of many people. There is a huge gap between his army and the Bourbon army. Although he has adopted Prussian weapons, if I insist on saying so, the weapons of the Bourbon army are not bad, and the generals are also not bad. More sophisticated, but they were still being chased by Garibaldi's red shirts.

Even some Bourbon troops simply implemented the characteristics of the Italian army and surrendered on the spot. Auguste was very interested in Garibaldi's army. Although the red shirt army was very simple, it was more disciplined than the Prussian army, and its The performance is not much worse than that of the Prussian army.

It made August want to find time to visit Garibaldi to see if he could learn some methods of managing the army.

Putting aside all this, the fall of Naples meant the complete collapse of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. King Francesco II escaped from Naples and went to who knows where. Even if Auguste knew about it, she did not catch him. Intend.

After the northern Italian kingdom defeated the Pope's troops, it also attacked south, and finally met with Garibaldi's Red Shirt Army in Naples. After this century-old handshake, the Italian peninsula finally had its first real meaning after the fall of the Roman Empire for thousands of years. The above are unified.

"Summon General Wittenfeld to return home and award him the Iron Cross for his contribution in the Italian War."

The Iron Cross was still very valuable at this time. Auguste was not that obsessed with war, so she did not regard the Iron Cross as a war honor like Mustache. She believed that people from all walks of life who have made achievements can do it. Received the Iron Cross.

And this time General Bittenfeldt received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was a reward for his bravery in battle.

After all, if something happens to him, he is really good at it, which is much more powerful than the group of pensioners in the General Staff.

"Valentina, can you help me arrange the itinerary? I would like to visit Vittorio Emmanuel II in person. If possible, we can establish diplomatic relations quickly."

"I understand. Speaking of which, why is Miss August so interested in Italy? It is just a small country in the Mediterranean. If we don't interfere with it, it will remain divided, right? That will be one less competition for us. rival."

August replied, "I am not concerned about Italy, I am concerned about the outlet of the Mediterranean. If one day we have a war with Austria, Italy will definitely stand between us and Austria. From the perspective of national sentiments and interests, From the perspective, they should be more willing to fight Austria, and Venice has not been recaptured by Italy. A country that is neither particularly strong nor particularly weak, and is still dependent on Prussia to a certain extent, is certainly a good alliance partner."

Of course, this is just what Auguste said. Talking about an alliance with Italy is no different from talking about magical girls with QB. Italy can be said to be the most magical country in Europe and the least popular among the European powers, but its geographical location makes it Able to jump left and right.

Italy is located in the south of the European continent, with the Alps as a natural wall in the north. It is also located at the most important location on the Mediterranean route, so in fact, Italy really has the potential to be a wallflower.

First of all, it is not strong and will not be remembered by other powers. The second point is that its position is important and everyone wants to win over it. August must have the same idea.

Auguste never felt that Italy could really help him in the war, but as long as he could stabilize it and keep it neutral, it was enough, and the requirements were not too high.