Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

"Fritts, didn't you go to help His Majesty with his work?"

After seeing Lin Shangzhou, Letitia turned off the lawn mower in her hand, walked to Lin Shangzhou and asked him.

"No."

Lin Shangzhou shook his head and sat down on the grass. Letitia curled her lips at his unruly look and sat down next to Lin Shangzhou.

After thinking for a while, Lin Shangzhou said to Letitia, "Actually, you can help Alexandrine with those simple tasks. Didn't you help me with some simple tasks in Strasbourg? You can try to help Alexandrine with them."

"That's the emperor's job. Can I do it?"

Letitia sighed softly, and Lin Shangzhou turned his head and said to her: "Don't worry about this, Papen is not a fool. He knows that Alexandrine is not capable enough now, so he will not send too important and difficult tasks to Wuyou Palace. The ones sent here are simple and easy. You are fully capable of handling them."

"Then I'll give it a try..."

Letitia nodded slowly, thinking that what Lin Shangzhou said made sense. Then she immediately realized that if she was helping the Kaiser with his work, what was Lin Shangzhou doing? Wouldn't he be free?

"No, if I help His Majesty with the work, then what are you doing? Am I not stealing your job?"

"I have other things to do in the next period of time. I am afraid I will not have time to help Alexandrine with her work. The most I can do is to help her solve the problems she cannot handle through the communicator."

Lin Shangzhou said to Letitia in a serious manner, which surprised Letitia. At first, she really thought that Lin Shangzhou wanted to pass the work to her so that he could have some free time, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Well, I'll help you with this."

This time, Letitia did not hesitate and directly agreed to let Lin Shangzhou help him. Lin Shangzhou was naturally very grateful for this and he thanked Letitia again and again.

This also made him more convinced that Letitia really had the characteristics of a mustache, otherwise she would not be able to show her excellent talent in this area.

After thanking him, Lin Shangzhou leaned back on the grass with both hands and looked up at the sky. After looking at the blue sky for a while, he said to Letitia, "Letitia, I'm going to take Alexandrine out today. I'm going to take her around Berlin and the surrounding areas to show her what life is like for ordinary German citizens."

His words surprised Letitia. She did not ask why, but asked another question: "Ah...you want to take His Majesty out alone? Isn't this a safety hazard?"

"It should be okay...right..."

Lin Shangzhou realized that he was wrong halfway through his words. He couldn't be careless about such things. Who could guarantee that he wouldn't encounter any danger while taking Letitia shopping?

This is Berlin, Germany in the 1930s. No matter how good the public security is, it can never be better than China in the OTL before the time travel. What if, just what if, some danger occurs and Alexandrine is injured, then he will be in big trouble.

Seeing Lin Shangzhou like this, Letitia was very angry. How could such a thing be taken lightly? She stretched out her right hand and poked Lin Shangzhou's forehead with her finger and said angrily: "How could you be so confused about this matter? If you can't solve the safety problem, I won't allow you to take Alexandrine out. Wait until Cecilia comes back."

After saying that, Letitia did not retract her finger, but continued to poke Lin Shangzhou's forehead hard. This woke Lin Shangzhou up, and he immediately thought of a solution.

"There's no need to wait for Cecilia to come back. I can just call Bode."

"That's pretty much it..."

After hearing this feasible solution, Letitia withdrew her fingers. At this time, she saw Alexandrine walking out of the Worry-Free Palace, so she stood up and kicked Lin Shangzhou lightly, indicating that Alexandrine had come out.

Lin Shangzhou also stood up from the ground, turned around and looked at Alexandrine who had walked to the car and waved to him. He said to Letitia, "Then I'll go over."

"Ah."

Then Lin Shangzhou quickly came to the car, got in, started the car, and drove Alexandrine out of the Worry-Free Palace.

"Fritts, where should we go first?"

Alexandra couldn't wait to ask Lin Shangzhou. Lin Shangzhou looked up at Alexandra in the rearview mirror and said, "Let's go to where I live first. For safety reasons, we need to bring Bode with us."

"Oh... okay."

The German Emperor's enthusiasm was extinguished a little, but she was still very excited. It was a feeling she couldn't describe. It was not only because she was going on an incognito visit, but more because it was the first time she walked out of the Worshipful Palace as an ordinary girl.

At least that's what she thought.

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Chapter 199: Understanding the Sufferings of the People (Part )

More than 20 minutes later, Lin Shangzhou stopped the car in front of the apartment where he currently lived. He asked Alexandrine to stay in the car while he got out and walked into the apartment.

This apartment is on the same street as the staff apartment where Goebbels and his colleagues lived. It was a house that Louis bought for him after his house was burned down. Of course, when Lin Shangzhou found out about it, he returned all the money he had spent on the house to Louis. It was just a house and he could afford to buy it himself.

Lin Shangzhou called out Bode who was reading in the apartment, then Lin Shangzhou sat in the back seat of the car and Bode sat in the driver's seat.

"Mr. Hipper, shall we go to the monument first?"

Bode asked Lin Shangzhou as he started the car. He looked up at the rearview mirror and was stunned when he saw the blonde girl sitting in the back seat in the mirror.

He rubbed his eyes, unable to believe what he saw. Then Bode turned his head to look at the person in the back seat, and was dumbfounded when he saw that Alexandrine was indeed sitting there.

Why the hell is the Kaiser here?!

"Your Majesty? Why are you here?!"

Hearing Bode's words, Alexandrine hurriedly signaled him to lower his voice and said, "Shh - don't call me that, I'm on a private visit."

Lin Shangzhou looked at Bode with interest and said, "Bode, don't be too surprised. From now on, don't call Alexandrine like that, and don't call her by her name. Just call her 'Miss'."

“Uh… I see…”

Bode nodded stiffly. No matter how he thought about it, it was unbelievable. How the hell did Mr. Hipper kidnap the German Emperor? !

He turned his head and prepared to drive. At this time, Lin Shangzhou said to him again: "Bode, the safety of Alexandrine and I is in your hands. I hope I won't put too much pressure on you."

Bode forced a smile and said, "Heh...Heh...No, no..."

Of course, he was extremely nervous. If something happened next and caused His Majesty to be injured, Lin Shangzhou would be in trouble, and he would be in trouble too.

Then he realized that he was thinking about something bad, and quickly dismissed the thought and focused on driving.

The car was driving smoothly on the road in Berlin. Alexandrine excitedly leaned on the car window and looked at the streets outside. She had seen the street scenes outside in the past, but today she felt extremely excited and curious.

"Fritts, should we go to the monument first? Something like the Victory Column? Where is it? What does it commemorate?"

Alexandrine turned to Lin Shangzhou and asked, she didn't know there was such a place in Berlin before.

"Over there in Central Park is the monument Mr. Albert funded to commemorate the soldiers who died in the last war."

Lin Shangzhou replied that he was a little surprised when he learned that the monument was built with Albert's personal funds, but when he thought about it carefully, it was indeed something Albert would do.

"Built in memory of the soldiers who died in the last war? The one that ended ten years ago?"

As Alexandrine spoke, she moved inside from the car window and came to the side of Lin Shangzhou, almost sticking to him. Bode, who was driving, saw this scene through the rearview mirror and his heart trembled.

Lin Shangzhou wanted to move aside to avoid being too close to Alexandrine, but then he found that he had nowhere to hide unless he pushed Alexandrine to the other side, so he accepted the situation.

He nodded and said to Alexandrine, "Well, countless brave German soldiers died for their country in that war. As the emperor, you should and need to go there to mourn the fallen soldiers. I believe their heroic souls will be honored to see the emperor they are loyal to personally mourn them and lay flowers for them."

Lin Shangzhou always felt that his words were strange. Although World War I was a dog-eat-dog war among imperialists, Germany won here after all. Those soldiers were heroes to Germany. As emperor, Alexandrine had the obligation to mourn them.

Ten minutes later, the car slowly stopped in front of the entrance of Berlin Central Park. After the car stopped, Lin Shangzhou opened the door and got out of the car with Alexandrine.

Bode walked up to Lin Shangzhou and looked around vigilantly. Seeing how nervous he was, Lin Shangzhou reached out and patted his shoulder, which scared the tense Bode.

"Don't be too nervous, this is Central Park, and everyone here is an ordinary citizen."

"Yes…"

Bode nodded slightly and tried to relax himself. Besides Lin Shangzhou, there was also the German emperor beside him. It was hard for him not to be nervous.

After comforting Bode, Lin Shangzhou walked into the park, with Alexandrine following closely beside him. Bode was still observing his surroundings vigilantly.

After walking for a few minutes, the three arrived at the center of the park. In the middle of the square stood an obelisk about ten meters high. There were no fancy decorations on it and it looked like just an ordinary marble pillar.

On the platform at the bottom of the monument there are some flowers presented by Berlin citizens, and there are other people in the square stopping to look up at the monument.

"Come on, let's go buy some flowers."

After saying that, Lin Shangzhou walked towards the flower vendor's cart, with Alexandrine and Bode following behind him. Lin Shangzhou bought three bouquets of white flowers from the vendor at his own expense and gave them to Alexandrine and Bode.

He walked to the monument with the flowers in his hand and placed them on the base. Alexandrine also placed the white flower in her hand on it, then closed her eyes and folded her fingers together.

Seeing that the girl was praying, Lin Shangzhou lowered his head and looked at her. Half a minute later, Alexandrine put down her hands and opened her eyes.

Seeing her open her eyes, Lin Shangzhou asked, "Do you have any special feelings after coming here?"

"Thoughts..."

Alexandrine waited for a moment before looking up and saying to Lin Shangzhou, "I feel a little sad. They gave their lives for the country, but all they got was a cold monument."

"I've heard Leah talk about the war before. She told me that she wanted to make military achievements like Uncle Albert and get the medal of honor on her own. But she could get the medal, Uncle Albert could get the medal, but these people couldn't get the medal. Their families lost them forever..."

Alexandrine became depressed. She was a sentimental girl, and her identity as the German Emperor made her deeply sad.

Lin Shangzhou comforted her, “Alexandrine, as far as I know, Mr. Albert has done a good job in the treatment of veterans and subsidies for the families of fallen soldiers, so don’t be too sad.”

After listening to Lin Shangzhou's words, Alexandrine's mood improved a little. What she was worried about was the treatment of the families of the fallen soldiers. Since Albert did a good job on this, she felt much better.

Alexandrine looked up at the monument and said, "Fritts, do you think we can avoid war in the future?"

Lin Shangzhou knew that Alexandrine was not asking casually, she really wanted to do this, but unfortunately, he knew that future wars were inevitable.

"We can't avoid war, sorry"

The conflict between the French Commune and the German Empire was not only a national conflict caused by Alsace-Lorraine, but also an ideological conflict, a confrontation between the new order and the old order. Even if Germany returned Alsace-Lorraine to the French Commune in the future, it would only bring short-lived peace.

There will be a war between the Third International and the Imperial Pact eventually, not to mention Russia in the East preparing for revenge and the Japanese Empire waiting in the wings on the seas of the Far East.

"That's it..."

Alexandrine's mood became depressed again. She did not like war. Even though she knew that everything Germany had now was won by war, she still felt disgusted with war.

"Don't be too sad, many things are not up to you to decide."

Lin Shangzhou stretched out his hand and placed it on Alexandrine's shoulder to comfort her. Alexandrine nodded, took a deep breath, and calmed herself down.

"Come on, let's go to the next stop. It's time for lunch. Go buy some groceries and then come back to the apartment so I can cook for you."

"Ah."

Then Lin Shangzhou turned around and waved to Bode, who was sitting on the steps observing the surroundings, indicating that it was time to leave, and the three of them returned to the car.

Then Bode drove Lin Shangzhou to the vegetable market where he often bought vegetables.

The car slowly stopped at the intersection. Lin Shangzhou opened the door and took Alexandria out of the car. Alexandria's mood became much better when she saw the busy street ahead. This was her first time to come to such a busy place.

"Come on, let's go in and buy something."

After saying that, Lin Shangzhou started to walk forward, and Alexandrine followed closely behind him. After walking for a distance, Alexandrine took the initiative to hug Lin Shangzhou's arm. There were too many people here, and she was afraid that she and Lin Shangzhou would be separated by the crowd.

Bode, who was following behind the two, felt his heart tremble again after seeing this scene. First, he was able to bring His Majesty out alone, and then there was such an intimate behavior. If this were to get out, I'm afraid the whole of Germany would explode...

When Alexandrine hugged his arm, Lin Shangzhou's first thought was to shake it off, because there weren't too many people here, much fewer than in a real downtown area. But after thinking about it, he decided to let Alexandrine hug his arm like this, as it wasn't a bad thing anyway.

Lin Shangzhou brought Alexandrine to the vegetable stall he often went to to choose dishes for lunch. Alexandrine looked at the vegetables on the stall curiously. Although it was incredible, this was indeed the first time she saw the appearance of vegetables before they were made into dishes.

In order not to disturb Lin Shangzhou from buying vegetables, Alexandrine took the initiative to let go of her hand and stood beside him, observing him buying vegetables and bargaining with the vendors. All of this made her feel extremely curious and puzzled, especially that Lin Shangzhou could bargain with the vegetable vendor for a long time just for a few vegetables.

Lin Shangzhou took her to many different shops, and he bargained in front of each shop in order to show Alexandrine that this was how people's daily lives were.

However, after he took the bag from the owner, he turned around and found that Alexandrine was no longer by his side. At this moment, cold sweat broke out on his back. He looked around hurriedly, and when he saw Bode and the blonde girl in front of him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and his heart fell.

He walked towards Alexandrine, and when he got closer he found that Alexandrine was chatting with a middle-aged woman.

(This is to understand people’s livelihood)

Lin Shangzhou walked towards Alexandrine while thinking. Before he walked over, the middle-aged woman waved to Alexandrine and then turned and left. Lin Shangzhou came to Alexandrine and said, "It seems that you have learned to understand people's livelihood by yourself. That's good."

Alexandrine smiled complacently and said, "Hehe, anyway, I am also... uh... cough cough..."

Halfway through her words, she realized that she couldn't reveal her identity, so she quickly closed her mouth and coughed twice awkwardly.

Lin Shangzhou smiled and handed the bag of food to Bode. He asked Alexandrine, "Eleni, what did you talk about with her?"

Alexandrine curled her lips and replied, "I asked about her life. Generally speaking, it's not good, but not too bad either. Her husband has a job in a factory, but the salary is not high, and she has three children to support, so she has to help others do needlework every day to earn money to supplement the family income."

After that, she asked Lin Shangzhou with a hopeful look:

"Fritts, most German families aren't like this, right?"

Lin Shangzhou shook his head and said, "Of course not, but there are definitely many families like this."

“Is there a way to make their lives better?”

Alexandrine asked impatiently, her eyes full of hope as she looked at Lin Shangzhou. Lin Shangzhou knew that this girl was eager to change the living conditions of these people. He was very happy about this, but he also knew that this was not something that could be rushed.

"Of course."

He looked into Alexandrine's eyes and said, and Alexandrine immediately asked after hearing this: "What should I do?"