Under the moon, Xia Shu and Gustav sat side by side on the cliff rock near the sea, drinking, smoking, and talking without any scruples.

"A heir to the throne is fascinated by dishes and antiques half of the earth. In the past, it is certain that outsiders are ridiculed as a foolish and incompetent guy. Huh! Now this era is really hard to understand. The king does not care about politics, and the people are still very happy."

Gustav was full of grumbling. When Xia Shu first met him, this guy was a romantic and dandy boy who spent money like money. He said he admired Princess Louise, who was really obsessed with the graceful Countess Sava, and dragged Xia Shu down. After that, Gustav seemed to mature overnight, his words and deeds became steady. He no longer spent a lot of money to order rowing, but instead focused his energy on his naval business, married and had children, and lived a decent life that ordinary people envied. Who would have thought that he would have such a depressing mood in his chest?

"What else can it do?" Xia Shu comforted with kindness, "The history of a country is like a life journey, concepts and consciousness are constantly changing, and the experiences of countries are different, and the current status of historical situations will be very different. The Nordic nations have been fighting for thousands of years, and their diligent and brave character has been integrated into their blood, but the people are tired of war and killing, and only want to live a peaceful and comfortable life. They feel that the royal nobles will not put themselves in their shoes, and only the parliamentary governments that are not aristocratic can give them what they want, so they support the parliament and government and regard the royal power as an optional thing. This status is the most difficult to change. The efforts of His Majesty Gustav V are enough to show that it is difficult to reverse the concept of a country by relying on the power of a person alone."

Gustav threw the cup in his hand hard, picked up the bottle and drank it directly, with six or seventy-sixty-sixty-sixty-sixty-sixty-fourths of drunkenness and let out a trapped beast-like roar: "Why? Why are the Germans willing to follow the Hohenzollern royal family to fight on the battlefield. Even if they pay hundreds of thousands of people, they cannot hear the voices of opposing the emperor and imperial power? Now, the Germans have received a generous reward for their loyalty and courage to replace Britain as the world's strongest country and win everything they have dreamed of. The Swedes can only look at it and envy it!"

"For desire, for faith, for the obedience that the Prussians nailed to their bones."

Natsuki used brief words to express the answer Gustav wanted to know, but the Swedish prince obviously did not listen. He raised his head and asked: "Wow... Omnipotent God, why did you let me live in this hopeless era? I would rather be just a cavalry under Gustav II, charge into battle, jump into the battlefield, kill the enemy, and win countless glory. That would be a pleasure!"

Gustav is now thirty-two years old, and he is the age in his life who most desires to make achievements. He has such depressing thoughts, which is completely understandable. In order to realize his extraordinary ambitions, it is not enough to have intelligence and talent. He must have the most basic conditions and appropriate opportunities. If the Creator lets Xia Shu travel to someone similar to Gustav, he may become a business tycoon or industrial giant, and hold wealth envied by the world. If he insists on becoming a famous general or even the overlord of the times, his chances of success will be extremely slim.

"One of the key reasons why the great Gustav II succeeded was that he seized the opportunity of military change, which gave the Swedish army a technical and tactical advantage that other troops of the same era were not as good as those of other troops. In addition, his vision, courage and excellent military command capabilities, it was natural to win a series of brilliant victories."

Xia Shu expressed his experience in exploring the laws of history without hesitation. Unfortunately, Gustav does not seem to be the kind of wise man who is talented and intelligent, and he knows how to do it right. His thinking is straightforward. He does not bother to endure humiliation and does not know how to win in a roundabout way. Once he encounters a problem that even the royal power cannot cope with, he can only beat his chest and stamp his feet and sulk.

With a long roar towards the empty sea, Gustav returned to the summer tree like a deflated balloon, leaning on the ground with a sluggish tone, saying in a much more relaxed tone: "His Majesty the future King of Ireland, please help us launch a coup!"

"Well?"

"Perhaps only a coup can allow the Swedish royal family to regain national power, and then reorganize the armaments in the way we envision, so that the Swedish army can keep up with this military change and become a first-class power in Europe again."

This guy listened to what he said just now. Xia Shu thought to himself.

"How is it, Your Majesty? Do it or not?" Gustav asked.

Xia Shu grinned and said, "The coup can seize power, but not the people's hearts."

Gustav was silent for a moment: "So is this road not working?"

"There is actually no need to win anything through war adventures today." Natsuki advised with a pertinent attitude, "If the Swedish royal family can keep trying to keep this country away from war, I can guarantee that Sweden will be one of the happiest countries in the world in a hundred years, and the royal family will continue to be deeply loved by the people."

"real?"

"real!"

"That's good, that's good..."

After receiving a positive answer from Xia Shu, Gustav stopped talking, and snoring quickly sounded on the cliff.

After formally establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries, after face-to-face consultations, the Irish delegation successfully reached a series of official trade agreements with Sweden. In the future, regardless of war or not, Sweden will try its best to ensure the stable supply of high-quality iron ore sand, while Ireland will sell livestock and meat and milk products to Sweden at preferential prices. In addition, the navies of the two countries have also signed non-alliance strategic cooperation agreements, including the sharing and cooperative development of ship and aircraft technology, in-depth exchanges between naval personnel and regular joint training.

The visit to Sweden was successfully concluded, and Xia Shu and his party were about to set off to return. Since the Baltic Sea was still a war zone, the "Long Live Free" cruise ship carried by the Irish delegation was another non-military ship, so the Swedish Navy was escorted in the Swedish territorial waters. The neutral waters outside the territorial waters were provided with full protection by warships sent by the German Navy. When this ship with the huge flag of the Kingdom of Ireland came to Sweden, the Swedish Navy only dispatched one cruiser and two torpedo boats. When it left Stockholm, the Swedish Navy mobilized most of the fleet to be relocated.

During his voyage from the Stockholm port to the border of the territorial sea, Gustav became a temporary guest of the "Long Live Freedom". In this sunny and breeze-blooded weather, he was dressed in military uniform, full of energy, and introduced every Swedish ship in his sight to Xia Shu with a proud expression. The Swedish prince, who complained as soon as he drank wine, has served as the chief of staff of the Swedish Navy for four years. He has been working hard to promote the construction of the Swedish navy, constantly learning from the naval power to obtain experience and technology, and has obtained

It has achieved quite good results. In recent years, in addition to the modern light cruisers and medium- and short-range submarines ordered from Germany, the Swedes also built two shore defense armored ships and dozens of high-speed torpedo boats on their own, and formed naval aviation forces. Such a navy is not only a handful in Nordic Europe, but also in the top eight in the entire Europe. In addition, in Xia Shu's view, the training level of Swedish naval officers and soldiers is quite high, which is definitely even better than that of Ottoman Türkiye and Italy.

Under the white awning, the summer trees stand side by side with Gustav.

"At the earliest, wars between tribes may have arisen due to disputes over territory, food, and water, or just because of false speculation. With the development of civilization, although human wars continue, there can be obvious trends, that is, countries are increasingly willing to resolve conflicts and conflicts in non-war ways. Because wars inevitably lead to casualties, there are many deaths and hundreds of thousands of people in the previous war, and weapons are becoming more and more powerful. The number of casualties on the battlefield makes any country feel unbearable. The situation where multiple powerful countries are involved in a war may only be this time, and long-term peace will eventually come. At that time, the mission of the army is to protect national security rather than launch wars outside. In fact, with Sweden's strategic geographical location that is not susceptible to attack by foreign enemies, there is no need to sacrifice the living conditions of the people to force the development of arms, just maintain moderate national defense construction."

Gustav nodded: "Gone are the glorious times of Gustav II."

Xia Shu comforted: "There is no need to be depressed. Heroes do not only appear on the battlefield. Look, this elite fleet is a powerful guarantee for defending Sweden's national security. As long as it maintains its vitality, other countries will not dare to invade Sweden easily. Although many Swedes are not aware of this, when they look back and forth in this period of history, they will definitely find that there has been an amazing naval general in their country. Without being supported and valued by the government parliament, they have overcome all kinds of difficulties and give way to the small country in Nordic Europe. Sweden has a considerable naval force, allowing Sweden to stick to itself in this turbulent era, resist the envelopment and deterrence of powerful countries, and thus become a pure land that is not slaughtered by war."

Gustav thought about Xia Shu's words carefully, and suddenly turned his head to look at the other party: "Ireland should be very envious of Sweden's strategic environment?"

"From 1814 to the present, Sweden has not been destroyed by war for 101 years. Perhaps Norway's independence has weakened Sweden's national prestige, but the lives of the vast majority of Swedes are still peaceful and stable. The Irish people are more than 8 million people. In just over 60 years, when the Great Famine had occurred, Ireland had a population of more than 8 million. In just five years, at least four million residents were starved to death or fled abroad. This is Ireland under British rule! For hundreds of years, the Irish people have never given up their pursuit of freedom, and even faced with British teams that are much stronger than them, they have never feared retreat. Until today, the Irish people have not been able to fully realize their dream of independence, because a corner of Ireland has been artificially divided, so they have to continue to fight for the independence, integrity, freedom, and bloodshed and sacrificed their relatives and friends."

As he spoke, Xia Shu was slightly choked. Gustav must have heard of this bloody and tears history, but he never thought about the value of peace from the perspective of the country and the nation.

"I understand." The Swedish prince gently put his left hand on the shoulder of Xia Shu, "I sincerely wish you and your country a long-term peace as soon as possible."
Chapter completed!