Li Yongzhong carefully marked the places he saw with the bookmarks. After placing the books, Li Yongzhong asked: "Young Master, are we setting off according to the original plan?"

"Yes, our next stop is Sweden. It is mainly the iron ore cooperation between the two countries, and a solemn tailoring ceremony is needed. This is a small gift from King Carl. The next battle is the Netherlands or the United Kingdom, but it has not been confirmed. If I need to wait, I want to wait in Sweden." Li Zhaoyu said to Li Yongzhong.

Li Yongzhong said: "If you go to Sweden, there should be no special matters, so I want to ask you for leave and stay in Berlin for a longer time."

"Oh, what other plans do you have?" Li Zhaoyu did not expect that Li Yongzhong would make such arrangements. After all, the two were inseparable.

Li Yongzhong said, "Now the Prussian government is trying to communicate further with the textile workers in Berlin, but the news we have received is that the communication is not going well. The Prussian government has not taken any further action, it should be related to you. After all, you have a gentleman agreement with Crown Prince William.

But as soon as you leave, the necessary actions will take place. To be honest, I have no intention of intervening, but I want to observe all this as a bystander and experience this incident in person.”

When Li Zhaoyu heard this, he was shocked first, and then snapped his fingers: "Your idea is very good, Yongzhong, very good. We will also experience such things in the future. It is necessary to do our homework early and do our best. I support you, you can participate, but you must do two things.

The first is your safety. I don’t want to see you get hurt. Second, don’t let William and the Prussian government misunderstand your motives, so I suggest you report to William in advance.”

"Of course, my eldest son, I will handle these two points well." Li Yongzhong nodded repeatedly.

Li Zhaoyu said: "But Yongzhong, I hope you know that you are a bystander, an eyewitness, not a learner, do you understand?"

Li Yongzhong's eyes lit up, and it was difficult to hide his excitement. He said, "I will make it clear to all those who act with me for your kindness and kindness."

After the establishment of the Empire, the imperial government did not fail to use violence in China. The imperial guards and some troops stationed in various places would also participate in riots in some places. However, all violent institutions in the Empire adhered to an iron rule that mass movements must not cause large-scale casualties.

The imperial government has done something like suppressing the workers' movement, but it must be very cautious.

Li Yongzhong knew that in the face of workers' demands, the imperial government had long formed its own method, which was to transform comprehensive class contradictions into temporary and scoped employment contradictions. That is, to limit workers' demands to workers and capitalists, try to resolve them through negotiations between workers and capitalists, and then provide legal support for reasonable demands. If the demands are not considered reasonable or are somewhat excessive, they will not be supported.

This reduces workers' dissatisfaction with the government, but turns this dissatisfaction into dissatisfaction with capitalists as much as possible. This is beneficial to the resolution of social contradictions and national stability.

But Li Yongzhong was obviously not satisfied with this point, and he still hoped to find a more reasonable solution, but due to the limitations of the class, he could never find a perfect way.

The Prussian government naturally does not have the patience of the imperial government. Prussia, which is in the early stages of the industrial revolution, has far from gaining the corresponding political status. Therefore, the Prussian government adopted a simple and crude method of suppression. In fact, Li Yongzhong did not get much of the desired gain this time, but it was more of a lesson, but it was already a rare thing to be able to learn from others.

Li Zhaoyu and Li Yongzhong briefly discussed the change of the plan. Li Zhaoyu returned to the embassy and participated in various diplomatic affairs as planned, and signed several new military cooperation agreements with the newly established Army Department of Prussia.

These agreements include military cooperation between the Empire and Prussia, and some new ideas have emerged in this category. In the past, Prussia directly purchased the imperial military equipment. This time, not only did the Empire authorize production and transfer patents to Prussia, but also cooperate in production. The most remarkable thing is the research and development of new artillery, which was jointly promoted by the two countries, which means that the military cooperation between the two countries has reached a new height.

The direct military cooperation between the two countries can be made clear, and some cooperation is relatively obscure and even directly in the confidential category. Several agreements were signed directly by Li Zhaoyu and the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Army and Navy officers directly with the Prussian Army and even the Prussian government, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was excluded.

Most of these agreements involve third countries. For example, the empire supported the attacks of Arab tribal armed forces against British, French and Dutch colonists in North Africa. The military training was provided by the Prussian Army, and the two countries also had certain cooperation in African colonies.

This is the biggest gain of Li Zhaoyu's trip to Prussia. Based on the relationship between the two countries and the world situation, although it is very meticulous in negotiations, it was successfully implemented because of its strong willingness to cooperate. The empire hopes to have one more powerful ally in world affairs, especially in matters involving Europe. The Hohenzollern family is more willing to play an important role in world affairs and continue to pursue its status as a world power on the basis of being a European power.

During the end of the negotiations, Li Zhaoyu took a boat to Stockholm, Sweden. In Stockholm, Li Zhaoyu, a diplomat who visited Sweden as a prince, received the highest standard treatment. King Carl was obviously very excited about Li Zhaoyu's arrival.

The Great Northern War ended, and the only ones injured in this war were the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania. Its territory was divided up by Prussia, Ukraine and Sweden. Prussia and Ukraine were two countries that were purely advantageous, while Russia and Sweden both took advantage and lost some things.

Russia obtained a valuable Baltic estuary, but in the direction of the Southern Russian grassland, the Ukrainian federal independence incident occurred. Some of the land originally under Russia's actual control and some land originally under the sphere of influence were annexed by the Ukrainian Federation. The two countries are still at a strife because the border line has not been established.

No one can tell whether Russia suffers or takes advantage. Having the Baltic estuary is Russia's hundreds of years of dream, giving Russia a free breathing channel. But the problem is that Russia is a high-latitude country. After losing most of the black soil on the northern coast of the Black Sea, especially after losing the mining areas in the Donbass area, it is difficult for Russia to become a powerful country.

The situation in Sweden is similar to that in Russia. Sweden preserved the Livornia region on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea and ceded part of the land from Poland. These lands are densely populated areas, which are already extremely rich compared to the bitter and cold Sweden and Finland. In the Great Northern War, Sweden's territory overall expanded.

But the problem is that Sweden lost the Inglia region, and the land on the north and south sides of the Baltic Sea was isolated from the newly established capital of St. Petersburg. Russia took advantage of the situation to become a Baltic coastal country, which allowed Sweden to face pressure on land while also threatening the ocean.

Fortunately, Sweden gained the staunch ally of Prussia during the Great Northern War. The two sides not only cooperated politically and militaryally, but also became closer and closer in economic and trade relations.

Originally, Li Zhaoyu thought that this trip to Sweden was a friendship dance with King Carl, but he did not expect that the King of Prussia would become a third party.

At least Li Zhaoyu did not expect that when Prussia was facing a serious social crisis, the Prussian king would choose to leave Berlin and hand over the full power of internal affairs to the crown prince who had just returned from the League of Nations meeting.

But Li Zhaoyu thought so, it was actually caused by the domestic political environment. In the imperial political environment, the importance of internal affairs is never weaker than diplomacy, or even higher. The reason is actually very simple. The imperial diplomatic strategy has always been the responsibility of King Yu, and the internal affairs of the empire is not only the responsibility of His Majesty the Emperor, but also many princes and senior officials. The Imperial House of Commons, which represents the imperial civilians, is not allowed to directly participate in diplomatic affairs, which makes internal affairs even more important.

Another reason is that in the internal affairs of the empire, any spontaneous political activity organized by the civilians is the most troublesome thing for officials at all levels, even if it is just a group incident caused by an accident. Because of such activities, the local government has no power to dominate the situation, and the Security Bureau will definitely intervene, and the local garrisons will also inform them, which means that they will definitely go to Datianting.

But in Europe, especially in countries like Prussia, which have just emerged from the feudal royal system, the so-called civil political activities are not worth mentioning at all. The difference is whether to kill people, and many people need to be killed. Therefore, King William gave his son full authority to dominate. If Prince William can be resolved smoothly, it means that he has extraordinary political skills. If it eventually evolves into suppression, then the crown prince will definitely accumulate more prestige in the upper class of Prussia.

Relatively speaking, King William attached more importance to international reputation, so he boarded Li Zhaoyu's ship and arrived in Stockholm together.

When he was in Prussia, Li Zhaoyu moved into the embassy of the embassy, ​​but he would go to the commercial house outside the city of Crown William for a few days, and stayed there when he was late. But when he arrived in Stockholm, Li Zhaoyu did not stay in the embassy from the beginning, but followed King Carl's entertainment and moved into the southern suburbs of Stockholm, where you could see the Baltic castle.

The reason is very simple. Li Zhaoyu's female companion Xia Yixue likes this type of European architecture. This beautiful girl in Xijin is curious about everything she has never seen before, and she also likes photography and painting.

On this day, Li Zhaoyu was standing in front of the castle, watching Xia Yixue draw the castle with brushes on the drawing board, but the freehand Chinese paintings could not draw the green vines on the castle, so it looked a little out of place.

"Maybe you should learn oil painting." Li Zhaoyu gave her a suggestion.

"I heard that there are many artists among King Carl's court attendants. Maybe I can ask them for advice on dinner today. But language communication is still a problem, and I don't know if their Mandarin is fluent." Xia Yixue said softly.

Li Zhaoyu shook his head: "The itinerary has changed, we will not attend the dinner."

"Why?" Xia Yixue's bright eyes widened, unable to believe it. Because Li Zhaoyu is a man who is very law-abiding, he doesn't like others to change his plans, and he won't let others be at a loss.

Li Zhaoyu said: "There are too many people at the dinner that I don't want to see."

"Is that Prussian king? Although he is a little rude, he is a very important person." Xia Yixue said.

Li Zhaoyu shook his head. Old William was indeed a little rude. On the Qingluan, he saw Xia Yixue, the female companion next to Li Zhaoyu, but he was quite rude because Xia Yixue had no aristocratic status. According to European tradition, Old William once thought that this woman was Li Zhaoyu's mistress, and it was one of them.

Because of this, the two did not have that good view of King William.

"No, it was the nobles of the empire, who were full of copper smell, which made me unable to adapt. I was thinking about how to deal with them, but obviously it was not possible here. I would only be able to return home, so I would not attend the dinner and the several meetings tomorrow. We went north and went to the king's hunting ground. It is said that the coniferous forests there were at the most beautiful time. We could hunt... No, not hunt, we could have a picnic and ride horses in the forest. The king had a stable there and had a lot of horses in the collection." Li Zhaoyu said gently to Xia Yixue.

When Xia Yixue heard Li Zhaoyu say those imperial nobles who were covered in the smell of money, she understood. These people were the legendary aristocratic agents.

Sixty years ago, after the empire's intercontinental trade fleet arrived in Lisbon, the imperial merchants arrived immediately and traded with European countries. Over the years, the merchants have also summarized a set of experience, that is, in the feudal royal states in Europe, aristocratic status is extremely important. If they do not have aristocratic status, it is difficult to start a business unless they also have agents.

For example, in Prussia, ordinary merchants in the empire deal more with Jews and Genoese, and these people were agents of Prussian aristocrats. But agents were only agents after all, and those who were the masters were also people with aristocratic status. No matter how gorgeous the empire merchants were dressed or how much capital they had, it was difficult for them to enter their castle.

In the consulates stationed in various places in the empire, many consulate officials were the nobles of the empire, and the merchants of the empire often cooperated with them and used their identities to trade with the nobles of various countries. They would give these people the identities such as consultants and let them share the profits.
Chapter completed!