I am rich in martial arts, but choose culture to win

Berlin.

Charlottenburg Palace.

William I stood in front of a large floor-to-ceiling mirror, twisting his fat figure to show off the oriental dress he had just bought from Richmond Fashion Week.

This is the clothes designed by master Robert Lee, a fashionista, a loyal fan of Page tide brand and the second creator.

Of course, his Majesty Zhu Fugui, Robert Lee's long-time pen pal and aesthetic confidant, also contributed a lot to this suit.

The name of the suit is "Spirit of Resistance".

The white color, the wide sleeves, and the bright pattern on the chest made William feel fashionable and beautiful.

The most important thing is its implication, which is said to fit perfectly with the unyielding spirit of the German nation in pursuit of freedom and survival.

Of course, this suit is said to be the oldest and most traditional garment in China, even older than the emperor's dragon robe.

The fact is exactly like this, Zhu Fugui absolutely did not resort to deceit to deceive Robert Lee, a long-lost friend.

Can the plain white prison suit not be ancient?

Prostitutes and criminals are the oldest occupations of mankind.

This suit is the oldest professional uniform.

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His Majesty William spread his arms.

The wide sleeves and the feeling of air leakage made William feel a touch of Roman style.

On the side, a famous court painter is working hard.

On the other side, Bismarck clicked the shutter.

"Marquis von Bismarck, loyal German servant of Kaiser Wilhelm I."

This is Bismarck's epitaph written on the tombstone.

All his life he regarded himself as a loyal servant of His Majesty William.

It is the duty of servants to take pictures of His Majesty.

Bismarck heard from Zhu Fugui that An Lushan, a loyal servant of the Tang Empire, also did this kind of thing.

I will be more loyal than An Lushan at all.

This trip to the Ming Dynasty made Bismarck feel a lot of emotion.

British and French descriptions of Orientals formed a strong sense of tearing with what he saw and heard.

If it weren't for their religious and political shortcomings, Bismarck would have worried about the future of European civilization.

But in any case, the European body is the best choice for Prussia today.

For example, this photo in my hand.

An artist can make His Majesty more heroic, but so can superb photography skills.

This is what Bismarck learned from his Ming counterparts.

Zhao Aqian, the foreign minister of the Ming Dynasty, is said to have climbed to a high position step by step from taking photos of Zhu Fugui.

For Bismarck to sit in this position, or any minister to sit in this position, in addition to ability and loyalty, maintaining a close personal relationship with the monarch is equally important.

Bismarck had seen too many self-important fellows go through rough careers.

So ever since he saw the charm of photography, or the photo taken by Zhao Aqian, in which he was half a head shorter than the Ming emperor, Bismarck has keenly discovered a new routine of fixed pets.

Just like the chances of licking dogs who will take pictures in later generations will be much higher, Bismarck is also practicing his photography skills during this time.

So far it's quite successful.

William I happily took the photo, admired his heroic appearance, and praised him.

Of course, it doesn't mean that he thinks this "Oriental dress" is better than all his own dresses.

The former is still too simple and elegant, lacking embellishment.

But just like Yongzheng likes western clothes, wigs and silk stockings and high heels are just as good, for William, it is also a good choice to occasionally add some oriental charm to his private outfits.

Bismarck complimented: "Robert Lee deserves to be the godfather of fashion, but more importantly, Your Majesty, you have always maintained a good figure and are a natural hanger."

William laughed loudly, but suddenly thought of something, his face sank and he said, "Edward, have you read the latest "The Times?"

Bismarck sighed slightly.

Pork diplomacy has become the talk of the British after dinner, and His Majesty must feel that he has lost face.

After all, Queen Victoria of England is Her Majesty's biological mother.

In 1855, the despicable British used a beauty trick to destroy the plan of the Prussian marriage, and planted a time bomb in the Prussian palace.

His Majesty William's dissatisfaction with his daughter-in-law is almost a well-known secret.

The European royal family can be said to be a group of distant relatives.

Before, the reason why taking San as the French emperor could not get a high-blooded and high-class lady as his wife was because the major European nobles agreed that the Bonaparte family was a low-level upstart and collectively rejected him.

To put it bluntly, it’s just a simplified version of Ah San, who is not allowed to intermarry with Brahmins and Kshatriyas even if he becomes a high-ranking official of a lower caste.

In fact, this set of Chinese ancestors has long since played badly.

Not to mention things as far away as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the so-called five surnames and seven wangs, and the so-called famous scholars in the Wei and Jin Dynasties are actually such a set of things.

Fortunately, the Chinese ancestors believed that "princes and generals should have kindness".

When Hou Jing, who came to the Southern Dynasty with a heavy army in hand, asked Emperor Wu of Liang to give him a marriage, and after receiving the reply "Wang Xiemen, Gao Fei, I can visit him under Zhu Zhang", his choice was not to be obedient and willing to be a licking dog .

Instead, they sent troops to break through Jianye, imprisoned Liang Wu, and slaughtered Wang Xie.

"In the old days, the swallows in front of Wang Xietang flew into the homes of ordinary people."

This is something that Europeans dare not even think about.

Specific to the two royal families of Prussia and the United Kingdom, Victoria's husband is actually a nobleman of Saxony in the German state, and he is a relative of William I.

The British hope that Germany will be unified in a limited way to balance France, but at the same time they also hope that the unified Germany will be a pro-British liberal country.

Therefore, the Victoria couple tried their best to promote the combination of the eldest princess and William's eldest son Frederick III.

This marriage, full of conspiracy and political calculations, is also one of the foreshadowings of the future break between Germany and Britain.

Victoria's grandson, with Victoria's grandson, finally hit the dog's head.

【simply put】

It was Prussia who wanted to marry Russia to consolidate the quasi-ally relationship, but the Princess Princess of England intervened, fascinated the Prince of Prussia and succeeded in ascending the throne.

And she took her parents' orders to carry out liberal education in the Prussian court.

This is incompatible with the conservative ideas advocated by William I and the Junker aristocracy he represented.

Ever since she insisted on holding her wedding in England, the eldest princess of England has shown a strong posture, showing her sense of superiority all the time, despising Prussian culture, and even unwilling to pay superficial compliments.

Queen Victoria also maintains correspondence with her daughter, and she never forgets to remind her every time: "You are the princess of England, and you must always put British interests first."

She looks like a vicious mother-in-law who asks her daughter to suck blood from her husband's house.

At the same time, Victoria also publicly stated: "I don't care what the Prussian tradition is, but remember that it is not every day that a Prussian prince marries the eldest daughter of the Queen of England."

Listen, it was clearly the British guy who planned to seduce my son with a beauty trick before, but now he is saying such a thing!

William I was so angry by the mother and daughter and his ineffective son several times that his blood pressure soared. If his daughter-in-law's family background was not too strong, he would have driven this woman out of Berlin long ago!

Bismarck also knew the source of William's anger, and quickly persuaded: "Your Majesty, pork diplomacy is pork diplomacy! Now is the time for us to keep a low profile and accumulate strength. It is best not to arouse the vigilance of the British."

"Humph, Edward, do you think I'm mad at the title 'Pork Diplomacy'? No, no, Edward, there's nothing wrong with pork diplomacy. I love pork as much as every Prussian, but..."

William I snorted coldly, "I'm angry with those pious British people who talk about sacred pork in a joking way. These British people who don't even know how to fry fish, what right do they have to laugh at delicious pork?"

"Go and give my orders to the chef!"

William I turned his head and said to the waiter, "Starting today, the palace will only eat pork imported from the Ming Dynasty, and British pork is not allowed, especially from the princess. I will be provided with pork from the Ming Dynasty for three meals a day. Remember live, to be born."

"Didn't her mother say she didn't know the Prussian tradition? One day I will stuff raw pork into that old woman's mouth! Then tell her, this is our Prussian tradition!"

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Throughout March and April, Prussia and Great Britain were locked in a never-ending diplomatic spat over the princess's inappropriate food, which caused her to suffer from diarrhea leading to rectal prolapse.

However, this kind of dispute is just a lot of thunder and rain, but it has successfully diverted attention and provided cover for Mingpu trade.

And Daming didn't have time to argue with these German barbarian cousins. As early as mid-February, the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty had already seized the time to start construction of two important railway lines at the same time.

The China-Horizontal Railway from Xinhu to Salt Lake City, and the China-Chongqing Railway from Xinyu to Xinqin.

Back then, Yixian designed an extremely large railway network for China in his "Strategy for the Founding of a Country".

But because it was too impractical, it became nothing more than a wishful thinking in the end, and even he himself left the nickname of Cannon Layman because of this.

Zhu Fugui has always been eager to learn, so naturally he has already written a copy of the Ming version of "Founding Strategy" and locked it in the cabinet in Zhu Dashuai's office.

Regarding the plan for North America in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Fugui planned to build a three-horizontal and three-vertical main railway line, as well as related branch lines, with a total of 20 kilometers.

That's basically the total mileage of American railroads in 1890.

However, Ming Dynasty already owns the northern part of Mexico, and in the future, places like Canada with vast land, sparse population and abundant resources will definitely be included.

Therefore, there are still differences between Ming North America's railway planning and Millikin's planning, but the general framework is the same.

Although Canada is large, most of its areas are cold and permafrost unsuitable for building railways.

As for the part where the railway can be built, the British are already helping to repair it.

So it is enough for Daming to take care of his own affairs.

It's just that at present, the construction of the Eastern Front needs to be postponed indefinitely.

The northern government is unified, and its strength should not be underestimated.

It is easy to defeat them, but it is difficult to govern them, and Zhu Fugui has no interest.

Therefore, Ming has no motivation to push the border to the thirteen colonial states.

There is no way to build a railway there.

But if Da Ming doesn’t cultivate it, Little Lincoln should be able to repair it himself. After all, bright products are still delicious!

Even if you don't count the Eastern Line, the remaining railway network in Zhu Fugui's plan is still a huge project.

Later generations Sun Yat-sen established the China Railway Corporation and wanted to build a 16-kilometer railway in China, which was already called a cannon.

Based on this calculation, Zhu Jupao's name may be worthy of the name.

However, things like railways, in fact, the difference in technical difficulty caused by the influence of terrain on things like railways is very large.

During the peak period of the Americans, that is, in the first half of the 40th century, they built 21 kilometers of railways, which were dismantled one after another. By the 20s, there were still 26 kilometers of railways.

In the 21s, the total mileage of China's railways was only 20 kilometers.

Literally, the gap between the two seems like a chasm.

But with a little understanding, numbers don't tell the story.

Americans have practically given up on rail transport and are in a state of general decline.

The speed and carrying capacity of the railways of the two countries cannot be compared in the same breath.

But these figures can at least illustrate one point, that is, it is far easier to build railways in the United States than in China.

Chapter 438 Rumors

Except for the pitiful terrain in the Rocky Mountains, most of the United States is a plain with little difficulty in building roads.

If it is a mountainous and hilly terrain like China, Americans in the 19th and early 20th centuries would not be able to build so many railways even if they introduced 50 Chinese workers.

But Zhu Fugui really had 50 Chinese workers, and he really built railways on the Great Plains of North America.

Therefore, Zhu Fugui is very confident that he can complete his road construction plan within 10 years.

According to calculations by the Railway Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, the construction of these two railways will start this year. The Shanghai-Yan line is more difficult and will take about one and a half years to complete. The Yu-Qin line is technically less difficult and has a shorter mileage. The whole line is open to traffic.

Zhu Fugui also rushed to Xinyu and Xinhu during this period of time to participate in the swearing-in meeting of two groups of road construction workers, and cut the ribbon for these two railways.

After finishing the ribbon-cutting in Xinhu, Zhu Fugui rushed to the south without stopping to deal with a troublesome matter.