26 Planning 7

"Your Highness, welcome back!!" Four beautiful secretaries, like flowers and jade, came forward to greet him. It's really nice and puts one in a good mood. As soon as Wilhelm got in the car, he couldn't wait to ask, "Miss Annie, has the company been established?"

"Yes, it has. The exploration equipment is in place, and the extraction machinery has been ordered. The factory will be able to deliver in a few days, and we have also recruited a batch of workers."

"Have the head of the oil company come to see me." He wanted to quickly extract the Daqing oil field and store as much as possible before the outbreak of war.

"Yes."

Viora reported, "Your Highness, Mr. Walter has been inquiring about when you would return to the country. He has been waiting for you since early this morning."

"...Surely he's asking about whether the PPK pistol has caught your eye? These businessmen are always eager for any opportunity to make money." Wilhelm asked another question. "How is Speer's restaurant doing?"

"He submitted a request to open a branch yesterday. The profits are sufficient. He is asking for Your Highness' permission to open a new branch."

Wilhelm nodded. "Let him proceed, and tell him not to have too narrow a vision. It's not just Germany; I want to popularize restaurants in Europe and even the whole world." After thinking for a moment, he continued, "Tell him not to waste the leftover parts of processed animals. Collect all the things that can be called meat, like chicken gizzards, hearts, intestines, and livers, as well as pig intestines, trotters, and head meat, which have a bit of a meaty flavor. Add starch, seasonings, and preservatives to make canned goods.

Also, don't waste the fruits and vegetables that have been juiced. Collect them all and make dehydrated canned goods.

Furthermore, the leftovers from the restaurant should be strictly sorted and recycled. After some processing, add preservatives and make them into canned goods. However, these canned goods should be clearly labeled, so they don't get mixed up with other canned goods." This is a good method that can be implemented nationwide.

If these leftover rice and dishes were sorted, preserved with some preservatives and frozen, it would be a good food reserve. In the German POW camps in the original timeline, nearly 10 million soldiers from various countries, including 5.7 million Soviet soldiers, were imprisoned.

Just the amount of food consumed by these prisoners is astronomical. It would be great to use these leftovers, which have almost no cost, to feed them. "Tell Speer to prepare to open a branch as soon as possible."

"Yes."

"What about Goebbels' publishing house?"

"Your Highness, a Frenchman showed interest in the book you wrote. He wants to buy the rights and translate it into French for publication in France."

"No problem. Tell him that if other countries want to publish it in the future, they should follow the usual royalty agreement and not deliberately raise the price." One of the most important reasons for Wilhelm to write books, besides making money, is to increase his influence and personal brand awareness. This isn't the developed internet world of the future, so writing books is one of the most effective ways to raise someone's profile. The book the Frenchman is interested in happens to be the one he plagiarized, "The Little Prince," which was his favorite book when he was a child.

After hearing reports from other aspects, the convoy has already arrived at the palace. Wilhelm went straight to William II's office. "Grandfather, I'm back."

William II's face rarely showed a kind smile. "You've worked hard, my child."

"It's nothing. Did I hear that my father has returned?" He was actually a bit curious to see what kind of person the man who should have become Wilhelm III is. He's giving up the high and influential throne to become an explorer risking his life.

As soon as Wilhelm mentioned his own son, William II's face immediately turned sour. That bastard son came back to pay respects to his own son, but after a few days, he said he was too miserable and couldn't stay, and wanted to go out to relieve his mood. Who knows where he ran off to.

"...," Wilhelm was quite speechless after hearing that. This father is really strange. The three of them, the brothers, seem to have been born to deal with William II. They hardly get to see each other once in several years.

Wilhelm II waved his hand dismissively. "Let's not talk about him. I have reviewed the contract you made with Soviet Union and there's no problem."

Wilhelm said. "I have decided to send people to explore oil in China."

"You mean the oil company you established last time?" asked the other person.

"Yes, we made an agreement that if we find oil, we will take 20% of the profits for 20 years."

"Are you so sure that you will find oil?" Although not very familiar with the subject, he knew that oil exploration was a complex undertaking. Various preliminary investigations and exploration procedures sometimes took several years.

He is 100% sure he can find oil, unless the butterfly effect can change the geological structure of tens of thousands of years. Wilhelm replied confidently. "We will know when the time comes. Don't worry, Grandfather. We will have accurate news within six months."

Then Wilhelm reported the contracts signed with Soviet Union to Wilhelm II one by one.

When Wilhelm II saw the winter clothing contract, he couldn't help but be surprised. "Five million sets of winter clothing? Why do you need so many winter clothes?"

There was nothing to hide about this. Wilhelm honestly replied, "Those are for the Soviet Union. You know how cold the Soviet winter is. We can't let our soldiers freeze while fighting, can we?"

Wilhelm II furrowed his brow in confusion. "If you're planning to attack the Soviet Union, why would you give them so much industrial equipment? Aren't you causing trouble for yourself?"

Wilhelm shrugged helplessly. "If we don't offer them enough benefits, how can we expect them to agree to our conditions? I think it's more important to train our soldiers than worry about what we give to them." Even if Germany doesn't cooperate with the Soviet Union, after the economic crisis erupts, the United States, France, and even Britain will engage in various transactions with the Soviet Union. Therefore, it is impossible to block the industrial development of the Soviet Union.

Wilhelm suddenly slapped his forehead. "Grandfather, I forgot something. You asked the ambassador to China to secretly apply for the lease of an uninhabited island, preferably far from shipping routes."

"An uninhabited island? What for?" Wilhelm II felt a bit out of sync with his grandson's thinking.

"I want to secretly send troops there to train for amphibious landing operations. This is for the British Empire across the channel." Amphibious landings can be considered one of the most brutal forms of combat in war. Anyone who has played amphibious landing games knows that because warships have limited draft, they cannot directly transport troops to the beach. Combined with the densely packed obstacles on the beach to prevent enemy landing crafts from directly storming the beach, and amphibious tanks landing.

Soldiers can only disembark from the boats in advance, wade through the water on foot, and during this process, the concentrated enemy firepower will cause heavy losses to the attacking forces. It is not an exaggeration to say that the first wave of soldiers sent in are basically going to their deaths.

In the 20th century's largest amphibious landing battle, the Normandy Landings, the Allied forces faced a mixed army, and each soldier knocked out around 3,000 enemy soldiers, paying a price of nearly 60,000 casualties.

So he wants to train his soldiers in amphibious landing operations in advance.

Wilhelm II couldn't help but widen his eyes. "Damn, is this grandson crazy? He wants to attack the Soviet Union and invade Britain. Does he think war is a child's play?"