Seeing William's expression of inspiration, Tegra immediately continued:
"This Captain Kidd was originally an armed civilian ship who held a British Empire privateer license. Logically speaking, such a person would not become a pirate, but it may be God's arrangement that Kidd is obtaining a privateer.
But it did not open for half a year after the permit. The embarrassed Kid had no choice but to attack a Mughal emissary ship protected by the British East India Company on the Indian Ocean..."
William was a little unhappy when he heard this. He was not here to listen to Tegra's story about how Kidd became a pirate. What he wanted to listen to was the point, that is, the treasure!
"Tegra, don't talk too much nonsense, let's talk about the treasure!"
Seeing William's expression unhappy, Tegra immediately bowed and said:
"Your Majesty, what I am talking about is related to the treasure. The Mughal emissary ship was not an ordinary ship. At that time, the Mughal empire was going to war with neighboring countries, and the British took the opportunity to go to Moghal.
The children sold weapons and other supplies. The backward Mughals were very rare after seeing the British supplies. At that time, the East India Company had just gained a foothold in India and needed the support of Mughals, so after winning the favor of the Mughal Emperor.
The East India Company immediately started a trade with the Mughal Empire, and the Mughal Emperor, who was interested in British goods, agreed. Then the emperor sent a prince as an envoy on the ship full of him robbed from the enemy country.
The trophy goes to trade with the British”
William's expression moved, and he asked quickly:
“How much is this gold, silver and jewelry worth?”
"Your Majesty, although we do not know the value of the gold, silver and jewelry of the Mughals, we know from the inside line that the materials on this ship are worth about millions of pounds, and more importantly,
It is said that there is a state gift that the Mughal Emperor is preparing to give to the British king on this ship, and the value is incomprehensible!"
William felt his eyes blurred when he heard the millions of pounds spoken from Tegra.
"How many millions are there?"
"Your Majesty. I think it should be between four million and six million!"
Damn, there are at least four million pounds. What is the concept of four million pounds! As the world's largest power, the British Empire's pound is equivalent to the US dollar in later generations. It is not only a global currency, but also very strong. Of course, the current pound is
But it is much more valuable than the US dollar in later generations.
According to the current currency exchange rate, four million pounds is equivalent to nearly ten million silver marks. This is a very huge wealth, so huge that William is attracted by it.
"Tegra, are you saying Kid's treasure found? Haha, I did not read you wrong!"
William, whose eyes narrowed slightly, seemed to see nearly ten million silver marks piled up in front of him at this moment. His face showed a look of yearning, and his face towards Tegra became better and better.
Seeing William's transformation, Tegra wiped his sweat and said carefully:
"Your Majesty, this, Captain Kidd's treasure has not been found yet..."
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After Tegra finished speaking, a crow flew over William's head and took away the black line on his head.
"What did you say! No found! No found. What good news do you come and tell me! Are you using me for fun?"
After about ten seconds, William reacted, and then saw William's expression as colorful as a rainbow, and then he erupted completely towards Tegra!
"But, your majesty, we have news. I believe that in the near future, good news will come from North America."
In William's loud condemnation, Tegra said a weak sentence, and this sentence improved his situation.
Hearing that there was already a clue, William frowned and lowered his voice and said:
"You personally supervise this matter. It's September now. Let's give you half a year. You go to North America to let Bruneck cooperate with you. If you can find the treasure within half a year, I will immediately
To promote your title and join the cabinet, if you don’t find the treasure you mentioned within half a year, then I will never show mercy to those who fool me!"
William's words made Tegra's face full of horror, especially when he heard William wanted to go to North America himself, but William's order had been issued and he had no right to choose at all, so Tegra had to leave helplessly.
William's office.
Seeing Tegra's fleeing back, a smile appeared on William's face.
However, the problem of black slaves must be taken seriously. As a person in later generations, William knew the role of black slaves in the American Civil War. After all, when a slave saw the hope of freedom, the power he exerted was extremely huge.
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Now there are 150,000 black slaves in the Prussian colonies alone. The black slaves who can survive heavy labor are undoubtedly strong or have a skill. The elderly, weak, sick and disabled have long been ruthlessly eliminated.
Therefore, once a large-scale uprising broke out in black slaves, it would definitely be a huge blow to the North American colonies.
Of course, William never planned to liberate black slaves. The rise of the empire must be carried on countless corpses. The existence of these black slaves is indispensable in Prussia. If these black slaves were liberated, wouldn’t the colonial economy besides the economy?
Too bad.
William is not a racist, but William is definitely a pragmatist.
Liberating serfs in Europe can effectively help Prussia rise on the European continent so that people in more countries are willing to accept Prussian leadership. However, in North America, liberating slaves is not good or even bad. Moreover, black people are very inconsistent with William's aesthetic view.
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However, it is not a problem to always let black slaves make trouble like this. How should we make those black slaves stable is a problem.
The 11th Cavalry Regiment of the Sixth Division, led by Luke, rushed directly to the gate of Grand Duke Saxony's palace. When a group of panicked palace guards appeared in front of Luke, Luke shouted.
:
"According to the order of His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Prussia, His Highness Grand Duke Saxony has several spies from enemy countries hidden around him. For the safety of Grand Duke Saxony's life and friendship between the two countries, the Sixth Division of the Kingdom of Prussia comes to clear the monarch! Please dodge immediately."
Luke's shouting made the Saxon guards who rushed to the rush to be confused. What should they do to these reckless Prussians at this moment?
As mentioned earlier, like other Saxon troops, the palace guards responsible for guarding the safety of Saxon Grand Duke were naturally completely infiltrated by the Prussians. Six of the ten officers in this army were Prussians.
Just as Luke saw that the palace guards did not move out of the way after hearing what he said and Luke was about to order a forcing him to break out, an officer behind these guards rushed to Luke.
"Is there any order from the government or my king?"
This is a Prussian officer and the leader of the hundreds of guards guarding the palace gate.
Luke did not reply to the officer's words, but handed the order stamped with William's seal to the officer.
After confirming that there was no error in the royal seal, the officer immediately ordered the team to be withdrawn. Although different sounds were heard among the guards. However, when the Prussian cavalry surrounded these people who made different sounds, all the guards did not have any more
One person talks a lot.
Although August had the habit of sleeping in, he had woken up at this moment. After all, the emergency bell that was still echoing outside the window was not a joke.
Like all the royal palaces in the Saxony Palace, there is also a bell tower for alarm. When Luke led the Prussian cavalry to the outside of the palace, the alarm bell was ringed, and the sleeping August was also
Wake up.
The Saxony Palace is relatively large, so August did not see what happened at the entrance of the palace, but this did not prevent August from turning pale.
Everyone knows what the alarm bell means, which means that a large number of unknown or hostile forces are starting a war against the palace.
Recently, August believed that there was nothing in the palace that could make the Prussians angry! As for why they were Prussians, it would be even simpler. After all, only Prussians can mobilize a large number of people in Dresden.
It's human.
The Prussians obviously had bad people. Thinking about their recent actions, August instantly realized that 80% of the Prussians came for themselves.
So after quickly putting on a coat, August didn't care about any shoes and clothes, and only wore a pajamas, and rushed to the bookcase in the bedroom, which was leaning against the wall.
It seems that there is no surprise to have secret passages in the noble family. Basically, every noble family has an escape passage in the home, which is also for safety first.
August struggled to push the bookcase along the wall, and then saw that there was a wall gap hidden behind the bookcase. The wall gap was very narrow, only enough for one person to enter sideways.
The wall crack was not long. August only walked for more than twenty steps and walked out of the wall crack to a stair platform. August hurriedly ran down the stairs. He ran about fifty times.
After a step, a corner appeared in front of August.
Following this corner, August didn't know how long he had been running. In the dark and narrow space, only a few rays of sunlight could shine into this passage. Suddenly, something that made August very distressed.
That is, the passage in front has collapsed, and the soil falling has blocked the passage. Originally, there was a artificial cave that had several rafts inside, and along the cave, it flowed through Dresden.
Elbe River.
In every big family, there is one in this kind of place, and it is absolutely confidential, but looking at the passage in front of you, August was so in tears.
The exhausted August did not look back. He knew that even if he turned around, he might not have his good fruit in the hands of the Prussians.
After digging for a while, August looked up at the channel that seemed to have not changed before him, and a trace of despair appeared in his heart.
At this moment, only a few footsteps were heard behind August, and he knew that the Prussians were chasing him.
Looking at the dirt-faced August in front of him, Luke could no longer see the spirit of the past from him. His decadent figure made people feel pitiful while resentful.
Facing August like this, Luke didn't want to say anything more, but when he turned to see an old man wearing the costume of a Saxon Palace servant, his face was full of respect.
"Thank you, otherwise I'm afraid this time wouldn't be so smooth!"
The old man waved his hand indifferently and said:
"I have been in this Saxony Palace for more than thirty years, but I'm not just for this day. You don't have to thank me. This is my duty."
After saying that, the old man left quietly, leaving Luke, who was full of shock, stood there quietly.