Some people despise geniuses in specific fields and some people pursue them. Gustav, the Swedish prince who came with his visiting ship, appeared in front of Xia Shu with a passionate smile: "Ho...Ho...Ho...Ho...Ho...Ho...Ho Your Highness, the stunning and beautiful princess, every time I see you standing together, I can't help but praise the omnipotent Creator. Of course, there is also such a little jealousy. Why is the humble and me so ordinary?"

Xia Shu has known this Swedish prince who is 19 years old and looks a bit similar to the "Swedish God Tower" Ibrahimovic for five years. Although Gustav is also an admirer of Princess Louise, his friendship with Prince Joachim was due to racing and rowing. Although Gustav is steady and decent, he is a cynical "second generation" in his bones. He is keen on various events related to speed, and has investments in horse racing, racing and even rowing fields. Five years

Previously, he bought the "Flying Fish" speedboat designed by Joachim for a high price of 150,000 marks and won the Seine Racing trophy that year. Although the highest prize in the event was only 50,000 francs (about 41,000 marks), the Swedish prince's enthusiasm for rowing has been out of control. Over the past few years, he and his speedboat team have participated in dozens of famous or in full swing. Even though the prize money won is far from the same as various expenses, he is still happy.

As the internal combustion engine technology is in a rapid development stage and the rowing design is constantly updated, Gustav has become a fixed customer of the Royal German Shipbuilding Factory. As for this generous financial owner, Xia Shu has always been willing to accept everyone. As long as it does not affect the strategic layout, he is willing to transfer the latest and best speedboats at a high price. Just over two months ago, with the newly purchased racing "Thunderbolt" speedboat, Gustav won the 8th British Cup of Dec Water Racing held in London, snatching the trophy from the self-righteous British. Xia Shu's Royal Shipbuilding Factory sold the speedboat with a cost of less than 60,000 marks at a price of 190,000 marks, which is also a satisfactory winner.

“How is it like to hold a golden cup at the mouth of Thames?”

When Natsuki asked this question, Gustav just leaned down and kissed Princess Louise's back of the hand. He replied in a pun: "Well...unparalleled beauty!"

The little princess' cheeks flushed slightly, and it can be seen that she still has a good impression of the handsome and elegant Swedish prince.

The "prime second generation" who spends a lot of money gives people the impression of being a loser, but Xia Shu has no disgust towards Gustav. It is much better to focus on sports competitions than to be sensual and sexual, and to be indecent. Moreover, Gustav has been planning to use speedboat technology to strengthen Swedish coastal defense, which is also a young man with pursuit and quality.

As soon as he offered a few words of praise to Princess Louise, Gustav suddenly changed the topic: "Oh, by the way, Your Highness, I saw the combat speedboats that escorted the Guanyue Ship today. They are the torpedo attack models of 'Thunder'! Can single-person driving, with only one torpedo, ensure sufficient combat effectiveness?"

Xia Shu raised her right eyebrows lightly: "To prove this, we arranged the corresponding link in this year's joint drill, and Your Highness will see the answer soon."

"Oh ho!" Gustav grinned and said, "The high-speed performance of this speed boat is perfect. Since the German Navy has been equipped, the combat performance should be very good. Before coming, I made an ordering suggestion to my father, and he was willing to try new things, but the old antiques in the Navy were still questioning. This time, our Navy Chief of Staff also came with the ship, which opened his eyes and shoveled the old concept of rusting!"

"That's inevitable!" Xia Shu responded with a confident smile.

The two were chatting, and the trumpets outside the hall blew up and down. The lively hall suddenly became quiet. The band immediately changed the tune and played the "March of the German Empire". Walking on the majestic and passionate melody, Emperor William II walked into the hall with Queen Augusta Victoria, and people greeted the most honorable couple in the German Second Empire with etiquette that matched gender and identity. As usual, William II chose a gorgeous military uniform and white dress.

The hard collar, gold ribbon, silver medal, and bright color combination made it easy to become the focus of the audience. Of course, what impressed the German emperor the most was his very distinctive beard. Many German nobles were keen to make the beard into a shape with both ends upwards, but William II's beard looked particularly special. The high-rise end of the beard was already at the cheekbones of his face, which appropriately set off his arrogant, stubborn and ostentatious personality.

William II's mother and wife are both called Queen Victoria. Although they are the same titles, the origins and styles of the two queens are obviously different. Queen Victoria is the eldest princess of Queen Victoria in England, with charming charm and outstanding talents. However, her British background and pro-British propositions were resisted by powerful ministers such as Bismarck, and her harsh discipline on her eldest son William (that is, William II) led to long-term tension in the relationship between mother and son; Queen Victoria was the daughter of Duke Schleswig Holstein, with pure Germanic bloodline and quite researched in art, and her arrogant personality is quite similar to William II, so she failed to successfully mediate the bad relationship between her husband and mother-in-law. It was not until Queen Victoria died of spinal cancer in 1901 that the internal disputes of the first German family finally came to an end.

With a brilliant crown, white long skirt, large pearl necklace, luxurious gem corsage, and rich appearance and dignified temperament, Augusta Victoria and her husband are a perfect combination in terms of external performance. Following them is the heir of the Second German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, the 22-year-old Crown William. With Germany's second-large industrial scale in the world and its army strength that stands out for the great powers, Crown William, who is still unmarried, is the best "diamond king" of this era. He is tall, has a long face, has eyebrows, eyes and nose that looks very similar to William II, and his big ears and pointed chin inherit the genes of his mother.

Being among the crowd, Xia Shu looked at the focus trio calmly. Under the inheritance system of European monarchies, no matter how amazing his talents he had, how much merit he had established for this empire in the past and in the future, it was difficult to cross the five brothers to the top of the imperial power unless they all married the daughters and gave up the right to inherit the throne, or were diagnosed with certain diseases that could not handle state affairs, or made unforgivable mistakes, the straight-minded German ministers could support the youngest Joachim to the throne.

The possibility of this happening is slim!

Knowing that he did not have the strength to fight the five kings alone, Xia Shu always showed no ambition on issues related to imperial power. He was deeply loved by the emperor and the empress but never arrogant. He was keen on naval affairs and did not easily enter the sensitive political field. Most of the time, he gave people the impression that he was devoted to studying ship machinery, or discussing technical issues with engineers from the German Navy and major shipyards, or enjoying his own small world at the royal ship repair factory entrusted to him by the German Emperor. Because of this, he and everyone

The brothers maintained a harmonious relationship and never had any conflicts that would not be faster. Especially for Crown William, he was respectful on any occasion. Interestingly, Prince Joachim now looks like the same person as Crown William in his youth. People often take photos of Crown William when he was thirteen or fourteen years old to talk about it. It is common sense that brothers look close to each other, but only these two people of William II's six sons and daughters have such a high similarity in appearance, and it seems that they have destined to have an extraordinary relationship.

Crown Prince William is the eldest son of the German Emperor. There are four princes between him and Joachim, namely the second prince Aitel, the third prince Adalbert, the fourth prince Augustus, and the fifth prince Oscar. These four princes did not show up at today's banquet. It's not that they all lived in seclusion. Aitel and Oscar have chosen to develop in the army, and it is not very meaningful to participate in the Navy's Military Port Festival. Out of personal ambition, Augustus did not follow the traditional imperial family route. He obtained a bachelor's and master's degree in political science from Bern University and the University of Berlin. He is currently preparing to go to the University of Strasbourg to pursue a doctorate in political science. As for the third prince Adalbert, who chose to develop in the German Navy, he had just boarded a long-distance naval training ship a few weeks ago, and was probably enjoying the warm sunshine in the Mediterranean.

Under the attention of everyone, William II and his wife came to the center of the hall and took the wine glass from the waiter. The German emperor put his left hand on his hips and raised the champagne high with his right hand, and said in a high tone: "I am fortunate to celebrate the Kiel Military Harbor Festival with you here. I suggest that we drink this glass together for the common prosperity and long-term friendship of Europe!"

"For friendship!" Everyone echoed in unison.

"For friendship!" Xia Shu raised her glass to signal to Gustav that with Sweden's strategic environment and traditional national policies, the possibility of becoming an enemy with Germany was slim. For Germany, there are advantages and disadvantages to win over this Nordic power rich in iron sand.
Chapter completed!