"Forget it. The future of the empire is not something I care about at all. That cheap father of mine is also an autocrat who doesn't listen to other people's opinions. Besides, my cheap big brother is the same. He has great ambitions but little talent, but he thinks he's outstanding. Under such circumstances, did the Empire still have a future?”Liu Chuan shook his head speechlessly.
William II had seven children, six boys and one girl.
The most favored were Crown Prince William and Princess Victoria Louise.
Liu Chuan, on the other hand, was the least noticed of William II's children. Or rather, he was a completely dispensable character.
If he dared to express his opinion, or even dared to say in front of William II,""You can't go on like this. The empire will be finished by you sooner or later!”
The furious William II would probably teach him a lesson.
Even Crown Prince William would be hostile towards him. Crown Prince William regarded the future throne as his own. He would never allow other princes to covet it.
The court struggles in the western world were also very cruel.
For the sake of power, it was also very normal for brothers to kill each other.
"At worst, we can wait until the empire collapses and escape from the Germanic Empire to the Lighthouse Kingdom. It was a paradise for the rich. As long as he had money, he could live comfortably for the rest of his life. Perhaps that was the best ending.”Liu Chuan told himself.
Although he felt a little helpless, there was nothing he could do.
However, the prerequisite was that he had to have money.
The Lighthouse Nation was a paradise for the rich, but it was also a hell for the poor.
The rich could do whatever they wanted, but the poor could only suffer.
However, even though Liu Chuan was a prince of the Germanic Empire, he was not that rich!
After fusing with Prince Auguste's memories, he understood the prince's life.
Prince Auguste was not a person who liked to spend money recklessly. His pocket money since he was young, as well as the annual dividends from the royal family's industries, added up to only a little more than one million marks.
To an ordinary person, this might already be a large sum of money.
However, if he wanted to spend his entire life drinking, this amount of money was definitely not enough.
Moreover, once the Germanic Empire collapsed, the royal family's property would be confiscated, and they would no longer be able to receive dividends.
"Looks like I have to think of another way. If the German Empire could be saved after they had the money, they could help them. If the future of the Germanic Empire was uncertain, he would escape to the Lighthouse Kingdom and live the rest of his life comfortably. If he didn't enjoy it in his previous life, he would enjoy it in this life.”Liu Chuan made his decision.
However, how could he make a fortune?
In this era, there were many technologies. However, due to the limitations of technology, it was not easy to achieve.
There were many business opportunities in the future that had no conditions in this space-time.
As for many traditional industries, they had already been occupied by other business giants.
For example, in the Germanic Empire, Krupp was a military magnate, and he was also involved in steel smelting and shipbuilding. Rhine Metal was a giant in the smelting industry and a rifle supplier to the German Empire.
The shipbuilding industry was also monopolized.
As for cars, they were a new industry. However, Daimler and Mercedes-Benz had already established their own companies and produced their own products.
During this period, the two car companies had not merged yet.
"Oh right, we can go and mine for gold! At this time, there were still many gold mines that had not been discovered. If he could dig one out, he would be able to earn a lot!”Liu Chuan suddenly became excited.
Then, he began to filter through the gold mines in his memory that could be mined and finally chose a target.
It was the Grasberg gold mine in New guinea.
This gold mine had huge reserves. The gold reserves alone were as high as 3451 tons. Apart from that, there were also 18762 tons of silver. Copper was the most abundant, with a reserve of more than 39 million tons.
If the gold, silver, and copper here were all mined, in this era, the value would exceed 20 billion Imperial Marks, or even higher.
This was definitely a huge sum of money! In this era, the financial income of the Germanic Empire was only 900 million marks a year.
The value of the Grasberg gold mine was equivalent to the financial income of the Germanic Empire for twenty to thirty years.
If he could mine this gold mine, not only would Liu Chuan earn a lot of money. At the same time, it could also make the German Empire stronger. Perhaps they could even last longer in future wars.
If they could change the course of the war and avoid the collapse of the German Empire, that would be the best.
The location of the Grasberg gold mine was under the control of the colony of the Spice Islands. It was very close to the colony of the Germanic Empire, Emperor William's territory, and the colony of New guinea.
The Lotus Kingdom was just a small country that lived in the cracks. With Liu Chuan's identity, it was not difficult to obtain a mining license from the Lotus Spice Islands colony. However, the only thing he had to pay attention to was whether the people of Sun Never Sets would come and plunder the place once the news was leaked.
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