Life of Being a Crown Prince in France - Chapter 1355 - Capítulo 1355: 1260: Medical Expenses
Capítulo 1355: Chapter 1260: Medical Expenses
Queen Louisa suddenly stood up, exclaiming, “God, we must not give up our territory so easily!”
Baron Stein hurriedly said, “Your Majesty, but these places are currently either under the control of the French Army or can be occupied by them at any time.
“Moreover, the French people promise to compensate us later with Celle.”
Prince Henry added, “Judging by the attitude of the French Prince just now, we might even secure more.”
Queen Louisa was momentarily stunned. Celle seems to be a province in eastern Hanover.
She said nervously, “This will lead to the British declaring war on us!”
“The French people will deploy troops to assist us,” Baron Stein said, “They have mobilized 380,000 soldiers. If these troops don’t deal with England and Austria, they will appear right across from us…”
Queen Louisa slowly sat back in the chair.
Indeed, Prussia currently has no army to refuse the French people, fortunately, they can offer more benefits than the British.
Prince Henry softly added, “Actually, if the British declare war on us, it’s not entirely bad. We can ‘delay’ repaying the loan we owe London.”
The Prussian Queen was quiet for a long time and finally nodded, “Then, you will be fully responsible for signing the agreement with the French people.”
Prussia borrowed millions of British Pounds in loans from the British, if they can renege on this opportunity, it is almost enough to offset the war reparations paid to France.
The negotiation process was very fast, and only two days later, on February 17th, the Treaty of Berlin was officially signed between France and Prussia, announcing the formation of a military alliance.
The two countries will establish a joint staff in accordance with the treaty to coordinate the movement of both armies.
At the same time, Prussia announced the abandonment of Schleswig-Holstein, the Danish territory captured not long ago, as well as Polish lands like Gdansk and Poznan, and handed over all enclaves in Northern Germany to France.
In return, France promises to help Prussia gain Celle, Luneburg, and Lauenburg in Hanover, as well as Stagard, the territory in the European Continent from Sweden.
Calculating by area, Prussia still suffers a little loss, but trading broken Eastern European lands for prosperous Western European towns is something they are actually very willing to do.
However, Joseph values Prussia’s enclaves in Northern Germany even more.
After losing these places, Prussia’s control over Northern Germany will decline significantly, and in the future, it can only honestly be a moderate power in the northern part of the European Continent.
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Karlsruhe.
Outside the Baden Palace, Joseph hugged his brother’s shoulders, smiling brightly, “Time flies, the little guy who used to mess around in the Palace of Versailles has now become a diplomat who can stand on his own. You did very well this time in Berlin, now we can transition to a full-scale counterattack.”
Just now Charles had handed him the text of the treaty signed not long ago. Most of the goals set before departure have been achieved.
Charles was thrilled to receive his brother’s praise, his face flushed with excitement, he puffed out his chest and said, “Those Prussians are really tough to deal with, I had to observe their expressions three times a second, fortunately Archbishop Talleyrand taught me some techniques…
“You just watch, I’ll help you do more things in the future!
“By the way, I’m recently studying battlefield command. So, can you let me go to the front line with you in this counterattack battle?”
Joseph nodded with a smile, “Every day you must spend at least three hours learning university courses.”
“Okay, I promise! So you agree?” Charles was so happy that he jumped around, then quickly realized that it might seem too impetuous, so he quickly returned to his brother’s side and swiftly tidied his clothes.
“By the way, one more thing.” Charles suddenly remembered the scene of saying goodbye to William III before leaving Berlin, “The situation of the King of Prussia might not be too good.”
“Tell me specifically.”
“You know, he was shot in the leg, I could smell the rotten flesh on his leg from three meters away,” Charles said, “He is constantly having a fever, the doctor said he might not last through next week.”
Joseph could not help but frown.
William III only has a 4-year-old son and no brothers, if he dies, then Prussia is likely to rapidly weaken.
Russia and Austria will surely take advantage of the opportunity to encroach on Prussia.
Having just taken Prussia as a “little brother”, he still needs it to balance the forces in the Germanic Region, he cannot just watch it collapse.
Thus he must find a way to bring William III back.
Prussian doctors certainly cannot be relied upon, they need French doctors to go.
In addition, according to the description provided by Charles, William III seemed to have wound infection.
This, in the late eighteenth century, is likely to await Jesus’ call, but now there is a special medicine, which is Penicillin.
Joseph thought of this, couldn’t help but feel a bit pained.
Although Lamark has cultivated better Penicillium in recent years, the annual production of Penicillin is less than 100 doses, and it can treat 10 to 20 cases of infection.
During the war, he also had Perna bring over 200 doses stored in field hospitals, and now they will benefit William III.
A huge medical fee must be charged to this fellow.
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South of Bayreuth, Alliance Command Center.
Archduke Karl frowned at the just-delivered war report, suppressing the annoyance in his heart, signaled the officer at the door: “Major Stolben, please convene all senior officers for a meeting.”
He spent nearly half a month and finally managed to corner Moro’s army, which ran around like wild rabbits, east of Nuremberg in Amberg. But then he mobilized nearly 100,000 soldiers, and after four or five days of siege, he was unable to break through even the French Army’s outer defenses.
He now had to commit more troops to the Nuremberg front line, which would lead to further delays in the plan to attack Baden.
After the aide left, Archduke Karl looked again at Verossi, saying, “Where is the Milius Corps?”
“Report received yesterday afternoon, they have just passed through Leipzig.”
Archduke Karl shook his head, “Order them to speed up further. If Berlin is occupied, it will severely damage the morale of the Allied Forces.”
A week ago he received news that the Oreluo Army had breached the Weimar line, and then was astonished to find Prussia’s heartland so empty that it couldn’t block this French Army unit of less than 10,000 people.
So he hurriedly dispatched Milius leading 25,000 soldiers to rush to reinforce Potsdam.
“Yes, Marshal.”
Verossi was just about to convey the order when a courier rushed in, looking alarmed, and said to Archduke Karl, “Marshal, news just came in that Berlin announced its surrender yesterday afternoon and signed a military alliance with France.”
“What?!” Archduke Karl stared wide-eyed in shock, suddenly foaming at the mouth, fell to the ground, and began to twitch violently.
