Prussia is naturally not a good place to study abroad. Even there is no imperial full-time middle school there, which is not suitable for children of Li Zhaocheng's age.

Li Junwei interrupted his stubborn son and said, "You are only twelve years old now, and I can't take you to Europe, but this time, I will go to Europe for several years. When you are sixteen years old, your grades in school are good and you have enough talent to show it, I can bring you to Europe. Now, you can only go to school."

Originally, Li Junwei was preparing to set off before the New Year, but William delayed for a long time. He wanted to say goodbye to his friends in China in recent years, give them gifts, and buy many gifts for relatives at home and things for future study. Just this made him busy for two months. His things were specially loaded with a cargo ship. It is hard to imagine a nine-year-old child so planned.

Since I couldn't celebrate Christmas when I returned to China at this time, I simply stayed in the empire and passed the Spring Festival first before leaving. So the fleet waited for the Lantern Festival after the 35th year of the empire.

Li Junwei and Little William were on a diplomatic ship - the flying Henan people, but Li Junwei was defeated by the self-discipline of Little William. Every morning, the child would perform morning exercises with the imperial guard officers and Marines who were on the boat. After dinner, he would enter his cabin to study. All the teaching materials were brought from Shen Jing. Even the daily homework was assigned by him in advance. On the contrary, Li Junwei would play cards and chess with the people on the boat when he was bored, and his life would be leisurely.

When the boat set off from Penang to Suez on the trans-ocean route, Li Junwei felt that life was even more boring. Fortunately, the flying Henan People had a complete range of entertainment facilities, and Li Junwei was also willing to pay for various competitions. On this day, after watching a unique small football match, Li Junwei returned to his cabin and found that Li William was working hard in his homework in the small living room. Li Junwei was surprised because Li Wang never liked to disturb others, nor was he liked to be disturbed by others. He should be in his cabin now.

"William, what's wrong with you?" Li Junwei asked.

Little William packed his homework book and said, "Your Highness, I have a question to ask you."

"Oh, if it's a math problem, I can't do it, but I can introduce you to an officer who graduated from artillery, and he will definitely answer it."

William Xiao said solemnly: "I want to ask you how I can get along with my father when I return to Prussia."

"Why are you asking me now? We are more than a month away from Prussia."

William said: "Because we are going to Suez, which is very important to the empire. I am worried that because of your itinerary, we will be separated, so I have no chance to ask for advice." William said.

"You are really a plan." Li Junwei praised half-jokingly. He patted Little William on the shoulder, sat opposite him, thought about the question seriously, and asked back: "Is this a question? The grand duke is your father. You are not only his son, but also his heir, but you are excellent, aren't you?"

Little William insisted: "This is a problem. I think my personality is not very good, not very likable. When I was in Shin Kyung, I felt it. The adults didn't seem to like me, and I think my father was too. Moreover, I may not like my father."

During the years in China, William has been dealing with the imperial royal family and several clan royal families for many years. Because of Li Mingxun, most of these people are approachable and very different from nobles like the Grand Duke of Prussia. Moreover, although the education of the imperial royal family can be called elite education, it never refuses it. Instead, it encourages children to deal with the people. Therefore, William often wanders around the streets and alleys of Shenjing.

At the beginning, he kept a distance from the people, but even the prince Li Zhaoji lingered in the market, so he was completely happy. Obviously, this was contrary to the education of European aristocrats.

Moreover, there are great differences between Xiao William and his father. Xiao William is very simple and does not have high requirements for material life. However, Old William is just the opposite. He likes to enjoy and prefers art of art.

In recent years, William Old and Prime Minister Bohard presided over the reforms in Prussia. Due to financial shortage, some of his extravagance and waste have been restrained, but they have not completely disappeared. For example, he no longer builds art museums with art style, but he will also set up similar majors in the founding universities. He will no longer build new palaces, but will continue to decorate and update the original palaces.

While the empire was purchasing industrial equipment on a large scale, the grand duke would also package the machinery and equipment he liked and satisfied his enjoyment to purchase to reduce expenditure.

For example, the Oriental Company in Prussia purchased steamships from a shipyard in Penang, which means that steam-powered cargo ships and yachts are purchased together. However, the shipyard has no yacht business, so it can only purchase yachts from Shin Kyung's shipyard.

"If you pursue harmony and closeness between father and son, this is indeed a problem. But I think this kind of thing is not necessary to force it. I think you can adapt to your father." Li Junwei thought for a while and finally said.

"Why?"

"Because you are a natural soldier and have good obedience. As long as you obey, there will be no problem. And you are the natural heir of the Grand Duke. No matter what your ideals and ambitions you have, you can do it after you truly grasp the power. Now, you only need to obey." Li Junwei said.

Little William nodded slightly, then saluted Li Junwei and said, "Yes, Your Highness, I've sued."

Of course, William's guess about Li Junwei's itinerary was just a guess. The Empire did not have any decent actions in the Suez region because the situation here became very stable at this time.

Sinai Pasha Amar established the Milit system in Sinai. It is said that it is Milit, which is actually the Special Administrative Region. Both sides of the canal and the entire Sinai Peninsula are included. In this Special Administrative Region, Amar first established a local council. People who own real estate, real estate, or certain shares in the Suez Canal Company and have a good tax record in the Ottoman Empire can enter the parliament as members.

Although the parliamentarian does not restrict the need to be Ottoman, they restrict their official positions or aristocratic status in their home country. Of course, after a few years, the limit must be Ottomans, which led to many Oriental people joining Ottoman nationality. Although the empire never recognizes dual nationality, they turn a blind eye to the Chinese who join the Sinai Special Administrative Region and will not deliberately target their national identity.

After the opening of the canal, a large number of merchant ships traveled between the East and the West. The empire's navigation industry was the first to emerge from the difficulties of the economic crisis, followed by a large number of new ship orders, allowing the shipbuilding industry to escape the economic crisis, thus revitalizing multiple industries such as mining, steel, and machinery.

According to regulations, in the 36th year of the empire, the Suez Canal Company would make its first dividend, and then half of its annual profit would be spent on maintenance and continued dredging and expanding the canal waterway.

In this way, the Suez Canal continued a long period of stability.

On the secret front, Ali, who was in charge of the Imperial Security Bureau, successfully gained military power. The army led by him went to Upper Egypt to hunt down the remaining Mamluk forces. This secret chess set up in advance had entered the state in case of emergency needs.

In this case, Li Junwei will only add icing on the cake and will not take the initiative to change anything. When a movement is worse than a quiet person, the best way is to do nothing. Therefore, after arriving in Suez, Li Junwei only said fake words in public.

The flying Henan people carried out simple maintenance at the shipyard in Suez, and then passed the canal and entered the Mediterranean. Li Junwei did not go to Xijin, but went straight to Lisbon, the base camp of the European diplomacy of the empire.

King Pedro II of Portugal prepared a grand welcome ceremony for Li Junwei. In Europe, Pedro II should be the happiest king. Although his country is relatively weak, he has a powerful and friendly country like the empire, and has huge colonies such as Brazil overseas.

Although Portugal has a population of more than one million, Pedro II became the richest king in Europe with his colonies, especially the gold and silver mine income of the Brazilian colonies. The Kingdom of Portugal did not have any debts. On the contrary, the kings of many countries owed him money. It can be seen from the fact that Pedro II treated William well. The reason was that the Grand Duke of Prussia borrowed a lot of money from Pedro II. If he borrowed money, he would borrow less. The creditor was the old man, and if he borrowed more, the person who borrowed money was the old man.

Little William stayed in Lisbon for less than five days before embarking on the flying Henan people on the journey back home.

"João likes him very much. He can stay for a while longer." Pedro II still felt a little reluctant to leave after seeing William away.

"I also like Ruo'ang, he is also a great guy." Li Junwei said.

Last year, Pedro II fulfilled one of his wishes, which was to establish Joao as his heir. Pedro II's throne was snatched from his brother, and he also married his sister-in-law for this purpose. He and his sister-in-law had a daughter. The nobles in China once wanted to establish this daughter as his heir, but Pedro II firmly determined his idea to establish his son Joao.

To this end, last year, Pedro II held a court meeting to reiterate this matter, and the empire also chose to support it as soon as possible.

"Did you come to Europe for the Spanish throne?"

"I heard you are interested, too?" Li Junwei asked back.

Pedro II smiled: "Of course I am interested, but I also know that I do not have the ability to compete for France and Habsburg, unless China fully supports me, but I think China should not do this."

In recent years, Pedro II has long understood the foreign policy of the empire. The empire has never devoted all its efforts to European diplomacy, and there is no need to devote all its efforts to Spain. The empire's biggest demand for Spain is its overseas colonies to the empire, but this matter has been achieved in the last war. The empire also controlled key departments such as customs and taxation in the Spanish American colonies.

But Pedro also knew that there was still a considerable space for cooperation between the two countries.

"Hyinsius invited you to the Hague to attend the meeting?" Li Junwei asked.

Pedro nodded: "Yes, but I want to go with you. On this matter, I still hope that our two countries will be in a consistent manner." Speaking of this, Pedro II said: "Antonio sent someone again today, this is the third time this year and the second time this month."

Since the news that the Chinese prince was coming to Europe spread, Antonio of Spain has repeatedly sent people to ask when he would arrive, but the ship schedule has not been fixed, so even Pedro II could not give him any exact news.

"Antonio is not my sincere friend, it is completely different from you. I don't want to see him now, otherwise the good mood that I finally got is gone."

Pedro laughed and said, "Okay, I'll cover it up for you until you want to see him."

Antonio was a Spanish nobleman Li Junwei met during the American War. His family had a deep relationship with the empire, and Antonio was very ambitious and had flexible moral standards. Therefore, with the support of Li Junwei, he rose to prominence in the domestic political arena of Spain, especially his contribution to promoting peace and colonial cooperation between the two countries, which made his prestige unparalleled in Spain.

After his father's death, Antonio inherited the throne of duke, quickly grasped the Spanish political arena with prestige and political means, and made great efforts between pro-French and pro-Habsburg factions. At the peak of power, Antonio became the prime minister of Spain.

Antonio was considered a patriot. He restricted the excessive expansion of the empire in Spain and colonies, and protected the domestic Spanish industries to a certain extent. However, he was not a patriot, because during this period, he expanded his family business and put his personal interests above the country.

When the Great Alliance War ended and France freed up its hands, Antonio's good days were over. The pro-French nobles were at their peak in Spain. Antonio lost his position as prime minister. However, Spain still needed him to deal with the empire, so Antonio still took charge of the Indy House, but Spain's overseas colonies also began to open to France, the Netherlands and other countries. Not only did Antonio not stop it, he supported it faintly.

The current Spanish political arena is becoming increasingly unfriendly to Antonio. Pedro is very clear about this. Antonio has begun to prepare for a way out, investing heavily in the Brazilian colonies and transferring assets. Also, due to the deterioration of the political environment, Antonio needs the support of the empire than ever before, so he needs to meet Li Junwei urgently.
Chapter completed!