Bohad said with a wry smile: "You are so smart and have understood the purpose of the Grand Duke who brought you here."

But William said, "Mr. Bohard, I'm not happy at all, because I think I will have a disagreement with my father in this way. What should I do then?"

Bohad showed no surprise. He immediately said, "This is a very forward-looking problem, but it is not a problem, because the Grand Duke had already solved it from the beginning. He sent many young nobles to study in the empire, but you are the only son, and you have the right to inherit the first order. The fate of Prussia is in the hands of your family. Whoever is the Lord of Prussia will listen to him. Now the master is the Grand Duke, and the future is you."

Little William thought, obviously at his age, he couldn't think too deeply.

"Master Bohard." A servant walked in and whispered: "His Highness Yu has just sent you a message, inviting you to go to the royal palace and bring it with you..."

Bohad smiled knowingly and thought that the cooperation between the Empire and Prussia was still based on its foundation.

"Does it hurt?" In the bedroom of the royal mansion, Li Zhaocheng was lying on the kang. A doctor was dealing with the wound on his butt. His two butts were beaten to pieces and blood. Pei Yuanqi asked carefully.

Li Zhaocheng gritted his teeth: "It doesn't hurt, it's okay. My dad used a belt to suck it. When he pulled the belt, his pants fell off and almost ran out of his butt."

"Oh my man, don't be lyrics. You have a very good mentality. Other people's children are beaten by their father. You have to be honest for a month. You are not even honest for three minutes." Pei Yuanqi felt a little distressed, at least he had never beaten his son like this.

At this time, the doctor took off something from Li Zhaocheng's buttocks with tweezers. It seemed that it was paper stained with blood. Pei Yuanqi asked: "This won't remove the skin."

"It's not the skin, the skin is being scattered." The answer given by the doctor made people feel distressed. The doctor took a closer look and said, "It seems to be a banknote."

Li Zhaocheng glanced at it and said, "That was the money I borrowed from my classmates to buy firecrackers. Now, I can refuse to admit it and ask them to ask my dad to go."

"Okay, just shut up. At a young age, you have a mother-in-law's mouth. No wonder you were beaten." Pei Yuanqi really couldn't understand the child. Finally, he said to the doctor: "Treat the wound and send it to my house and take it there to recuperate."

"Uncle Pei, I won't go to your house. No one can set off firecrackers in your house."

"Shut up, why are there so many things?" Pei Yuanqi felt like he was about to beat someone up. But then he thought, Li Zhaocheng's child was a tough guy, his belt was shattered, and he didn't cry. He said, "If you go, let me release it. Don't you like Pan Mingqi's steam motorcycle? I don't have a motorcycle, and I have a four-wheeled car. If you recover, you will give it to you."

After arranging someone to send Li Zhaocheng onto the carriage, Pei Yuanqi went to the study room. Seeing Li Junwei walking around in the study room, the two of them looked at each other, Li Junwei blurted out: "How is my son? Are there any big problems?"

"Why are you so cruel? That's the heart of your son, the old man and the empress dowager, this is the fight!" Pei Yuanqi asked sternly.

Li Junwei felt inappropriate at first, but he became more and more angry as he spoke: "I have never cared about the child. Who knew that the child was so careless, and that boy was too obsessed with the beating. I took him to apologize to others, and then said for an hour. Good guy, he was praying to the son of the Grand Duke of Prussia, and he was still lying on the bed..., what the hell is this...?"

"Okay, what's wrong with boys? Zhao Cheng is a little bit ugly, but he is not mean. Whether in Shin Kyung or Xijin, who is the same age doesn't like him, it's much more popular than when you were a child."

Li Junwei waved his hand: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about serious matters. Bohad will come later. This guy has always wanted to revitalize Prussia. He wants to do anything like shipping and handicrafts. If you talk to him about this, leave the order in Xijin."

"Then why are you here for? Can't you just go to the office building to discuss it?"

"There are news in Amsterdam and Paris, and there are some diplomatic matters that need to be discussed." Li Junwei sat on a chair and saw his son being carried to the car on a stretcher from the window glass. He felt a little uncomfortable.

When Bohard arrived at the palace, he also saw Li Zhaocheng being carried into the car. The child shouted to the accompanying embassy staff: "You can help me bring a message to William. I'll go to my Uncle Pei's house and let him get out of bed and go to find me."

Bohad did not come alone. He brought several nobles, all of whom were right-hand assistants. After only a few words with Pei Yuanqi, he determined his intention to cooperate. Although Li Junwei did not support the plan of the Grand Duke of Prussia during the embassy negotiations, he had already given Prussia the highest cooperative status.

"Your Highness, I saw that the little prince was injured just now. There was no need for this. The matter between him and William was not that serious." Bohard took the initiative to say after several assistants followed Pei Yuanqi to the office.

Li Junwei sighed and said, "Bohard, do you think I'm smart?"

"I think you are definitely in the smartest column in the world," Bohard replied seriously.

"But I find it really difficult to learn to be a father." Li Junwei shook his head helplessly.

Bohard laughed: "But I think the little prince is a good child, and he will help you become a good father."

Li Junwei shook his head, not wanting to bother with this issue anymore. He said: "You and Pei Yuanqi will be fine for the cooperation in economics and technology. You don't need to ask me about this."

"I heard from Master Pei that the empire hopes to develop the economy of Xijin. Any strategy that is conducive to the economic development and population growth of Xijin will be supported. So you support us to order more goods from Xijin, and even some technically protected products. The only problem now is money. The Brandenburg territory and Prussia are not rich places. Our grand duke's annual fiscal revenue is only equivalent to 950,000 imperial silver dollars. So I suggest you delegate power to allow us to raise funds within the empire, especially bank loans." Bohard made a long-planned suggestion.

Li Junwei shook his head: "It's not that simple. I need to ensure that your grand duke gets the money and buys our goods later. I don't want him to use the money to arm the army and engage in war."

"This is very simple. We can reach a series of cooperation, first borrow money, and then store the money in the bank in Xijin, and not bring it back to Prussia." Bohad gave a plan, which is also the consistent way of cooperation in the empire.

Li Junwei did not directly support: "This kind of cooperation is a kind of harm to you. I know that the Grand Duke can accept it, but the Grand Duke will also receive a lot of criticism because of this. I hope you can understand that the cooperation between the Empire and Prussia is a long-term plan. If this plan is to be implemented smoothly, it must make both sides feel happy."

"Obviously, if you have an idea, can you just say it briefly?" Bohard likes Li Junwei's attitude very much, or in other words, no one will dislike it. Everyone likes others to think about themselves, and every country wants equality.

However, in Europe, there is no equality among countries. Powerful countries, such as France, can trample on the dignity and sovereignty of weak countries. At this point, the empire did a better job, but this time, Li Junwei hopes that it can be better and more perfect.

Li Junwei said: "End the war and cooperate with us."

"We? There are other countries besides the empire?" Bohard asked in surprise.

Lee Junwei nodded: "Yes, I got the news that the Netherlands has been convinced, and Louis XIV has also determined that the war with other countries of the Great Alliance will be ended before attacking the British mainland. I hope Prussia can join in and be in line with us."

"There is no problem at this, I am very pleased to see this." Bohad said happily. At least in King Yu's mouth, Prussia has the same status as a country like the Netherlands and France.

Li Junwei asked on his own initiative: "The Grand Duke is very ambitious. I want to ask your opinion, whether he can accept the same pace as the empire and end the war."

Bohad thought for a while and said, "The Grand Duke himself has no problem. After all, this war originated from the expansion ambition of the tyrant Louis XIV. Although the Grand Alliance has launched a counterattack now, our goal is to protect our interests under the authority of France. The actual interests of this war are not as great as imagined. With Louis XIV's arrogance and the strength of France, we cannot get compensation, and we cannot let France cede the land. Even if there are these two things, there are very few that can be given to Prussia. In fact, Prussia can only get prestige, that is, upgrade to a kingdom.

Now it seems that Britain is destined to be the last unlucky guy, and the Netherlands is involved. France intends to be peaceful. The only stumbling block is His Majesty the Emperor of Habsburg. His Majesty the Emperor is not so easy to convince."

Li Junwei said: "I haven't thought about convincing him, or I don't have to convince him."

"What does it mean?" Bohad was puzzled. After all, in the battle against France, Austria was the absolute main force of the Grand Alliance.

Li Junwei asked: "There is a news that you may not know. In June this year, Tsar Peter will launch an expedition against the Ottomans, with the size of his army exceeding 100,000."

"This...how did you know so clearly? Did your country reach an agreement between His Majesty the Tsar?" Bohad became alert.

Tsarist Russia is also one of the continental powers, but it is not a strong country. However, reaching an agreement between such a big country and an empire is definitely a major event to change the geopolitical structure. And Bohad knew very well that ten years ago, it was His Highness who led more than 200,000 imperial cavalry to attack Tsarist Russia, allowing Tsarist Russia to cede land larger than Europe and a large amount of compensation. In this case, why can the two countries achieve such a high level of political mutual trust?

Li Junwei did not explain, he just used the reason for knowing that it was knowing. In fact, the Empire and Tsarist Russia did not have any political mutual trust. There was constant debate within Tsarist Russia on whether to attack the Ottomans, because they had unforgettable lessons.

Why did Tsarist Russia fail back then? The signing of the "Moscow Treaty" was not that the main force of the army had been dealing with the Ottomans on the front line and was taken advantage of by the empire. Who knows whether the empire would use the same trick again? Although the two countries have been friendly for more than ten years, this is not worthy of trust, because now King Yu is in Xijin and is in charge of the empire's foreign strategy. King Yu is the most capricious.

In the end, it was Peter Qiankun's decision to make up his mind because he thought it was really a rare opportunity. He needed a victory to determine the unique status of the Tsar, and this alone was worth taking risks. But Peter also reserved it and had always been vague about the empire, without explaining the time and strength of the troops sent.

But the empire had its own intelligence channels, and the most reliable channel was the Ukrainian left-bank Cossacks. These Cossacks lived between the Dnieper and the Don River. The leader was Mazepa. He had a good relationship with Peter and was also the largest lord of the Ukrainian left-bank Cossacks. But Mazepa also had a good relationship with the empire. It turned out that he was just a landlord and a serf-owner. He took the train for the economic development of Xijin and became the most powerful man.

This time, the Russian troops from Tsarist Russia were sent, and Mazepa also wanted to send troops. Peter directly asked his elite troops to be stabbed by the Empire. Mazepa was also worried that he would be stabbed by the Empire in the back and directly act as a fence-bearer. As long as the Empire was willing to recognize his interests in the Cossacks on the left bank of Ukraine, he would be willing to immediately surrender after the Empire declared war on Tsarist Russia and become the foreign vassal of the Empire. Of course, Li Junwei would not accept it, but he also gave Mazepa goodwill, so Mazepa told the news he knew.

Seeing that Li Junwei didn't want to answer directly, Bohad stopped asking: "It's OK. For His Majesty Leobed, the Ottoman poses a greater threat than France. Tsarist Russia's southward moves will cause the war that has been halted in southern Europe to break out again, so that Habsburg will definitely withdraw its troops from France, because His Majesty is worried that Tsarist Russia will fail. If Tsarist Russia is defeated, the Ottoman will counterattack Vienna. His Majesty is also worried that Tsarist Russia will win a big victory, and large-scale victory will affect the interests of Habsburg in southern Europe.

So as long as Tsarist Russia sends troops and the Ottoman resists with all its might, Austria will definitely start a war again. Instead of withdrawing troops from France, it is better to directly cease the war, so that we can fight with all our might."

"I think this can also help convince the Grand Duke to join us, right?" Li Junwei asked.

"That's right, Your Highness, but I still want to know more detailed plans," said Bohard.
Chapter completed!