Expedition to Europe

Crown Prince William was extremely busy during this period.

Since being captured, Crown Prince William has been traveling back and forth across France.

Prisoner of War camps, German residential areas, and non-governmental friendly organizations for Germany are places where Crown Prince William often appears.

In October, Crown Prince William submitted a "Survey Report on the Survival of German Residents in France" to the French government, requiring the French government to pay attention to the living conditions of German residents in France, and at the same time requiring improvement of discrimination against German residential areas, and especially emphasizing the problem of German children in France.

Qin Zhiyuan's name also appeared in this report, becoming the only highlight of this report.

Because this report is very topical, "Le Figaro" published the report in full, and then the report was sent to Germany.

Just before this report was sent to Germany, the German emperor was in a very bad situation.

After the resignation of German Prime Minister Bethmann, the position of German Prime Minister became unpopular. Those who were qualified to serve as Prime Minister suspected that Ludendorff and Hindenburg would not obey their orders, and others who wanted to serve as Prime Minister would not win the consent of Ludendorff and Hindenburg.

The last person named Georg Millikas became the German Chancellor. In this process, the German Emperor did not play any role. Before this, the German Emperor had not even met Georg Millikas.

This was the beginning of the German Emperor being ignored.

Unfortunately, in less than a month, Georg Millikas resigned sadly and Georg von Hertling became the German Chancellor.

In this process, the German Emperor also did not play any role.

Throughout October, the Germans talked about whether the royal family still needed to be retained. At this time, Crown Prince William's report on German residents appeared in German newspapers.

When seeing this report, all the anti-emperor factions collectively lost their voices.

Yes, even if he was imprisoned, Crown Prince William did not stop running for the interests of the German people, and even persuaded the French government to change its attitude towards German residents. Even if the German Emperor Wilhelm II was no longer suitable to stay on the throne, such a crown prince is worth looking forward to.

In November, Crown Prince William testified in court because of a dispute between a French-German resident and the local government.

Standing in court, Crown Prince William argued for his rights. Even when an extreme Frenchman yelled in court, "Let the damn Germans go back home," Crown Prince William did not stop fighting for the rights that this German family, who was already French, deserved.

When the trial was over, Crown Prince William won the respect of everyone, including the president of the court. Everyone expressed admiration for Crown Prince William.

The French newspaper of the day even described Crown Prince William as "a model of justice and strong nobility."

This report was also widely reprinted by German newspapers. After the Germans read this report, the focus of everyone's discussion was no longer whether the royal family was necessary, but whether Crown Prince William should succeed to the throne immediately.

Some extreme royalists even proposed to negotiate peace with the French and welcome back this "star of hope" of the German royal family.

Crown Prince William, who seemed to be the most popular choice, did not lose his way. He continued to travel around France, chatting with German prisoners of war, attending seminars of private friendly organizations, and attending banquets of German residents. Wherever there are Germans, there must be Crown Prince William.

When Qin Zhiyuan returned to Corsica, Crown Prince William was also on the island.

When Qin Zhiyuan met Crown Prince William, Crown Prince William was attending the groundbreaking ceremony of a community.

This is a German community. According to the plan of the Thunder City Government, all residents here are German residents. Of course, they are all scouts now. When they grow up, they will choose their future according to their own wishes.

By the way, this community was built entirely by German prisoners of war.

Thunder City and Trident City have launched a new bill. From now on, all buildings in Thunder City and Trident City will have a commemorative plaque, which will indicate the start date, completion date, project cost, construction unit, etc. of these buildings.

The rest are easy to handle, but the "construction unit" is more troublesome.

For example, the construction units of this community are the 17th, 18th, and 21st battalions of German prisoners of war in Corsica. The key is not the number behind, but the prefix in front.

Think about it, it is not just the construction team composed of Germans who are building houses, but also the Chinese and French. When these communities are built, the speed of construction and the quality after completion will obviously be compared by people. If the communities built by the Chinese and French are both beautiful and solid, while the communities built by the Germans become tofu dregs, then the Germans in Corsica will be nailed to the pillar of shame forever.

The same is true for the Chinese and the French.

This may sound a bit despicable, but the actual effect is surprisingly good.

So far, in just about ten months, Thunder City has built three research institutes, eleven elementary schools, forty-five scout camps, and nine residential communities.

These three research institutes are the Institute of Biology, the Institute of Materials, and the Institute of Power.

The Institute of Biology has already developed penicillin, and this alone has paid back all the capital.

The Materials Research Institute has not produced any results yet, but Qin Zhiyuan is not in a hurry. Whether it is nylon or synthetic rubber, as long as one of them is developed, its value will be no less than penicillin.

The Power Research Institute's aircraft engine design has not been completed, but there is an unexpected surprise. Long Chengyuan, who doesn't like doing housework, has come up with a washing machine to save trouble.

Of course, it's not a fully automatic one, but a drag-type washing machine.

When Qin Zhiyuan saw the washing machine, he immediately proposed the concept of a pulsator washing machine. In fact, the pulsator and drag-type are similar, and the principle is the same. Long Chengyuan didn't spend much effort to make one.

Soon, a washing machine factory started construction.

At the same time, the Power Research Institute added a research project, household appliances. Qin Zhiyuan had only one requirement for this: let those lazy people like it as much as possible.

Yes, this "lazy man" refers to Long Chengyuan. Almost every kind of appliance must be tried by Long Chengyuan first.

The original text is in Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

There are more and more research institutes, and the construction progress is also accelerating. This is thanks to the vigorous promotion of wooden houses. Now a complete industrial chain has been formed for wooden houses. There are companies specializing in logging, companies specializing in cutting and drying, and companies specializing in installation and maintenance.

It is not enough to have a house. We need more daily necessities in life, so various factories came into being. First, there were clothing factories, then furniture factories, glass factories, ceramic factories, and so on.

The best trait of the Chinese is that they never pay for anything they can solve by themselves. Paying for things at every turn is a symbol of not being able to live among the Chinese.

Of course, everyone has their own expertise. Some people are better at making furniture, some are very good at making clothes, and some cook delicious food.

So a simple social division of labor immediately appeared. Some people with economic minds began to use various advantages to expand the scale of production and invest in building factories. This has formed a craze, which is similar to the "going to sea fever" in China in the 1970s.

It is indeed very effective. In a very short period of time, the materials produced in Corsica have begun to be sold to the French mainland, such as various canned fish and canned beans.

Corsica is located in the Mediterranean, where fishery resources are rich. Fish occupies an important position in Corsica's current food sequence. It is a good thing for the new generation of "Corsicans" to enrich their tables and supplement nutrition.

As for bean products, this is the specialty of Chinese people.

Westerners can't figure out why beans can be turned into soy milk, tofu pudding and tofu. By the way, we must not forget tofu fermented paste...

Because of the support of Americans, the Allies are now less and less dependent on the Far East, which gives Corsica an opportunity.

Because it is located in the Mediterranean, all merchant ships heading to France will first arrive at Corsica. When Corsica has a certain production capacity, many people naturally choose to change the destination of the goods from Marseille to Corsica.

Under the intersection of multiple factors, Corsica now looks more and more prosperous.

So every time Qin Zhiyuan returns to Corsica, he has a feeling of time travel. It feels like this is not a city in the early 20th century, but more like a city in the late 1980s.

Because Corsica attaches importance to environmental protection and advocates environmental protection concepts, compared with most cities now, Thunder City and Trident City are more like paradise.

At least in Corsica, due to the promotion of geothermal energy, there are almost no dense chimneys in the city, and the air quality is much better than that of big cities like London and Paris.

In London or Paris, it is no exaggeration to say that if you go out in a white shirt in winter, you will find black mud on your collar before noon. And if you go out wearing a mask, it is even more tragic. Within half an hour, two black spots will appear at the nostrils of the mask, which are all filtered coal ash.

Good natural environment, positive attitude towards life, neat and orderly social order, almost everyone who comes to Corsica does not want to leave.

In the fourth district where the Institute of Biology is located, there are two large houses prepared for Louis Renault and Ferdinand Foch. After visiting Corsica once, old Renault immediately fell in love with it. Even if he paid a price higher than that in the center of Paris, old Renault also asked for a piece of land to build his own villa.

The piece of land that Foch had was requested by Pierre. Pierre had already decided that after Qin Zhiyuan and Julie got married, he would find a way to get Anne to move her family to Corsica.

Compared to Paris, Thunder City...

No, compared to Thunder City, Paris is more like the countryside!