Parets is a small town with beautiful scenery, surrounded by undulating forests. The total population is more than 3,000 people. As the territory of a count, Parets can be said to be a livable place, but Parets is due to
Due to its remote geographical location, it can be said that its leisure life is not rich enough.
"See Your Highness the Prince." When the carriage stopped in front of the steps of a castle, our little William was awakened by the sound outside the carriage. Then the royal wet nurse, Viscountess Dredd, who accompanied the Prince to Parets, held little William.
The prince stepped out of the carriage. Outside the carriage was a strong man with a mighty appearance and a big beard, leading many attendants to bow their knees.
"Count Hans, you don't need to be so polite. According to your Majesty's order, I will take His Highness the Prince to live in your territory. I won't disturb you." Mrs. Dredd knelt down and saluted the bearded man.
"Mrs. Dredd is so polite. It is an honor for our Brunmontar family to serve His Highness the Prince. If there are any requests, we will try our best to satisfy them," the bearded man said after saluting.
Little William knew that this was the family he would stay with in the future, and the bearded man was undoubtedly Count Hans von Brunmonthal. As a member of the glorious Prussian army, the count had participated in the Seven Years' War and succeeded to the throne of Bavaria.
In terms of war, it can be said that the earl was a brave and skillful general with outstanding merits.
In the Seven Years' War, which was launched by Prince William's great-uncle Frederick the Great as one of the main planners, Prussia gained the vast territory of Silesia. However, it is undeniable that the Seven Years' War also caused great harm to the entire Prussia. According to statistics
Prussia was almost a piece of scorched earth, 13,000 homes were destroyed, hundreds of towns were in ruins, and thousands of families were wiped out. According to his own estimate, 180,000 Prussian soldiers died on the battlefield, and 500,000 civilians died from lack of medicine and food.
Accounting for 1/9 of the country's total population at that time.
The year 1771 was the twilight years of Frederick the Great. At this time, Prussia was suffering from the wounds left by the Licker War. As for this great uncle of his, our little William had never seen him since time travel. It was not because of Frederick.
Emperor Lieutenant-General did not care enough about our little William, but Frederick the Great believed that the Prussian monarch should learn independence, autonomy and war from an early age, so he personally appointed Count Hans to be responsible for teaching and training His Royal Highness little Prince William.
Count Hans was once a personal guard of Frederick the Great. He followed Frederick the Great and made many military exploits during the Seven Years' War. He won the favor of Frederick the Great, so Frederick the Great felt confident that the Hohenzollern family
The only male of the third generation was given to him to raise.
In the evening, the setting sun covered the Count's Castle in Parets with a layer of golden color, and our little William was lying on the bed admiring the scenery outside the window.
"His Royal Highness, it's time for dinner." Mrs. Dredd walked in, picked up little William and lifted up her shirt, while our little William happily inhaled the sweet smell.
There was a knock on the door, and a woman's voice was heard coming in, "Mrs. Dredd, the Earl has held a welcome banquet for His Royal Highness tonight. I hope you can bring His Highness the little Prince to attend."
"I understand, I will bring His Highness the Prince to attend on time, please don't worry, Lord Earl," Mrs. Dredd replied after hearing this.
The person outside the door said goodbye after hearing Mrs. Dredd's answer and walked away.
"His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia has arrived." At night, little William was picked up by Mrs. Dredd and walked into the hall of the castle. The hall was originally very noisy, but it quickly became quiet under the loud announcement of the attendant.
Come down.
The people present, led by Count Hans, saluted our Prince William one after another. When Mrs. Dredd carried His Royal Highness the Prince to the rostrum, Count Hans raised his head and said loudly, "Let us honor Prince Friedrich William."
Cheers, Your Highness." Everyone in the hall, both men and women, raised their glasses and loudly said, "Congratulations to His Highness, Prince Friedrich William." After that, they started drinking.
"His Royal Highness, this is Viscount Vitus of Braylon," Count Hans's old face said as he stepped in front of little William, and then stepped aside. I don't know if our little William understood, that Vitus
The Viscount bowed and left without waiting for little William to answer. Then Old Hans introduced the guests to our little William. Little William was really not interested in listening anymore, so he closed his eyes and wandered into space.
went.
In the blink of an eye, our little Prince William is 5 years old and has lived in Parets for more than three years. It is now 1775 AD. This year is not very peaceful around the world.
Under the rule of Qianlong of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, China was in a fierce battle with the Great and Small Jinchuan. The United States, the later world hegemon, kicked off the American War of Independence with the gunshots of Lexington in April 1775. At this time, Europe was suffering from the Seven Years' War.
Countries have not resolved their conflicts, so they are all recuperating. It is foreseeable that another turmoil on the European continent is not far away.
"William, what are you thinking about?" A somewhat childish voice pulled our William out of his memories. The speaker was Carlo von Brunmontal, the son of Count Hans. Carlo was one year older than William.
, has been following William since he can remember, and little William is happy to have someone to accompany him in mischief, so little Carlo can be said to be completely led astray by William.
"William, I didn't tell my father that we went to pull roses yesterday. You have to believe me," little Carlo said aggrievedly, lowering his head. It turned out that little William and Carlo were wandering in the garden yesterday. Let's go.
While walking, I stepped on a bouquet of roses. Although roses are beautiful, they also have thorns. Our little William was wearing a pair of soft-soled shoes, and the delicate soles of his feet were pricked. Although there was no bleeding, it was still annoying.
, so little William tricked Carlo into pulling out all the roses. Those were roses that occupied a quarter of the garden. Carlo was also a real person. Hearing what little William said, he took action, but before he could wait, the result was
After he finished plucking, Count Hans appeared in the garden with the countess. When the countess saw that her beloved rose had been plucked out by her bastard son, she went crazy on the spot and ordered the servants to take little Carlo back to the room and let him go again.
Count Hans went to get the riding crop. Poor little Carlo, William returned to the room and listened to Carlo's screams for a whole hour.
"Comrade Carlo, you have to understand that this is for everyone's good. You think, it doesn't matter if you prick me, but what if you prick your sister? So as a brother, you have to do everything for your sake.
"Sister, think about it first," said little William plausibly. Carlo's sister is called Du Li, who is only a few months younger than William. Du Li often plays with William and Carlo, but Du Li's health is not very good, and she has been
The countess was sent to Munich for treatment.
"That's true, it would be bad if the thing pricked my sister." Carlo, who had solid eyes, laughed happily after hearing this. Hey, poor child, he didn't want to think about who else could walk in the flower garden except William.