Perhaps in the eyes of my relatives and elders, I am just a lazy little rascal. In fact, I also think so myself. To live a more comfortable life, I had to use my relatives' connections to run to the distant East, pretending to be a consul and commercial representative, deceiving people into feeding me and giving me drinks. I even made such a judgment: perhaps this is how Philip will spend his whole life. But God seemed unwilling to abandon me, letting me play the role of savior of Luxembourg once, and it seems that I was born just to save Luxembourg. --- Excerpt from "An Oriental Legend of a Luxembourger" by Philip

  In September 1913 in Luxembourg an old man exclaimed: "Europe's peace is dying"

  The old man who let out a sigh of despair was none other than Paul Eyschen, the greatest Prime Minister in Luxembourg's history and a distant relative of that sharp-nosed, pointed-chinned little runt Philipps. This bald-headed old man with a face full of white whiskers had been in the position of Prime Minister of Luxembourg for a full twenty-five years but he was now facing the most dangerous moment in all of Luxembourg's history.

  In 1913, the world was indeed very turbulent. The two major military groups, led by the Anglo-French Entente and the German-Austrian Alliance, began their most frantic arms race. In 1913, Germany's standing army expanded from 420,000 to 870,000, while France increased its forces from 500,000 to 800,000. Russia also prepared to increase its military strength from 800,000 to 2.3 million, but ultimately fell short of this goal, with an army of only 1.4 million, which was still the largest in Europe, although its quality was far inferior and could not be compared to that of Germany and France. The Austrian army expanded from 270,000 to 800,000, while Italy increased its forces from 200,000 to 350,000, but the military quality of both Austria and Italy was not as good as that of Germany and France. Finally, the United States also responded to the tense situation in Europe by expanding its military strength from 34,000 to 160,000.

  It's actually a very normal thing for old colonial powers like Britain and France to have too many colonies, but their national strength doesn't match up. On the other hand, Germany has surpassed Britain and France economically and militarily, but because it unified too late, it had too few colonies, and the lack of raw materials and markets has already affected Germany's further development. When the forces maintaining the existing world order start to weaken, new powers will inevitably emerge to challenge the old order, and Germany played just such a role. Later historians attributed Germany's initiation of World War I to Wilhelm II's recklessness and foolishness, but they didn't think about why the entire German nation supported his recklessness and foolishness - many coincidences are actually inevitabilities.

  Now even those who are least interested in politics know that Europe has become a huge powder keg, only nobody knows where the fuse is and when it will be ignited.

  Paul Eyschen, as the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, a small country, cannot control the situation in all of Europe. He can't even grasp his own country's fate. Luxembourg is located at the crossroads of the entire European continent, sandwiched between Germany and France. Whoever fights whoever, Luxembourg will always be a necessary passage. Although Luxembourg was recognized as a neutral country in 1886, it does not have Switzerland's unique geographical conditions. Standing in the center of the battlefield, you call yourself neutral? Let me see!

  But if Luxembourg really had to go to war, this poor country of 300,000 inhabitants would not even be able to scrape together an army for a single battle. To use the words of Paul Eyschen himself, we have produced enough steel to conquer the world but do not have enough soldiers to use this steel.

  And cannot and war cannot stand Luxembourg's future where

  Paul Ischon recalled his idle nephew Philipps Ischon, who had done nothing but secure a non-salary consul position in the East. His wife was likable and got along well with Paul's own wife. A year ago, this underachiever suddenly showed up saying he had hooked up with an Eastern warlord and secured orders for Alberd Company, mainly machine tools and tower cranes, as well as equipment for a 1 million ton steel production facility. However, it was later heard that the production capacity was insufficient, and only 200,000 tons were produced. At the time, he also advised Paul to temporarily relocate some of his nationals to the East to avoid the impending war danger in Europe. Unfortunately, Paul didn't take him seriously due to their distant relationship and the less severe situation at the time. Now it seems necessary to consider this option, as Luxembourg's steel industry is its most reliable sector. If they were to move to America or other countries, iron ore and coal resources would already be claimed, but the East is said to be a vast undeveloped land. The only concern is what kind of warlord Philipps has gotten himself involved with.

  With a hint of doubt and expectation, the Prime Minister, who had been in poor health recently, immediately asked his secretary to invite this idle nephew. For the past six months, he had been idling away at home in Luxembourg, waiting for death.

  Phillips Isman, who was looked down upon by his distant uncle, actually made a big deal at home after mixing and waiting for seven or eight years in the Far East. It turned out to be Wang Zhenyu's dock crane and Anjiang Steel Plant equipment. More tragically, due to the lack of industrial workers, coal mines, and iron ore resources, Anjiang Steel Plant's production capacity was reduced from 1 million tons to 200,000 tons, and this commission also naturally shrank with it.

  Due to insufficient resources, the Anjiang model city construction was taken over by the Germans, and the railway project also returned to those Belgian bastards. Our poor Philips had no choice but to take the commission of less than 8,000 pounds and honestly return to Luxembourg. After all, his family at home needed money too, so he decided to send back this largest sum of money he earned over the years first.

  This time, after returning to the Albed company, he was fired and only left with the identity of Philipps, the Consul of Luxembourg in Hankou, China. He could only spend his days at home, which lasted for half a year until he was summoned by his uncle Paul, who held the position of Prime Minister.

  "No problem, dear Uncle Paul, trust your nephew, I and that Chinese Wang are as close as brothers. He said at the time that if we Luxembourgers were interested in going there to take refuge, he would be willing to allocate a piece of land for us to live on and develop until the end of the war. Can you imagine it, dear Uncle Paul? The whole of Europe is at war, but we subjects of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg can continue our happy and peaceful lives in calm Asia, keep producing steel and then transport these products back to Europe to make a big fortune. It's just too perfect!" Philipps' bragging skills are really top-notch.

  But that depends on the object. In front of his uncle, Prime Minister Paul Iscovich, boasting is no different from playing with a big axe in front of Luban: "Alright, Phillips, I'm your uncle, and I know how capable you are better than anyone else. It's not me who's hitting these things, they're not something you can think of. Tell me, which Zhong ** valve said that?"

  "Cough, dear Uncle Paul, how can you say that about your nephew? It's actually that damned Zhong Xuegao who said it. He seems to be very familiar with and understanding of the European situation. It's likely that he was one of the Qing Empire's Gong Pai students who studied abroad. I met a Belgian railway engineer who returned from studying in his country."

  "Alright, alright, dear Phillips, stop it, you're going too far. I'm just worried about my country's safety. Can you guarantee that this guy won't get any ideas? And how far is the place you mentioned from the British sphere of influence? Can the British control it?" Paul Iscariot considered a different question, and poor Phillips was speechless on the spot.

  Paul Iscovich sighed and shook his head, "I'm getting old", otherwise he would have gone himself. He rang the bell on his desk and his secretary immediately came in: "Arrange a carriage for me, I want to go see our lovely Grand Duchess."

  The current Grand Duke of Luxembourg is Marie-Adéla?de, who is the first female Grand Duchess and the eldest daughter of the late Grand Duke William IV. Following the death of William IV, who had no male heirs (he and his wife, Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal, had six daughters), the Luxembourgish royal family was forced to change its rules of succession, which previously prohibited female succession, allowing Marie-Adéla?de to ascend to the throne.

  This 19-year-old child has to face an unprecedented complex situation. Paul Isch can only think of a way as soon as possible to help this child lead the country out of crisis.

  "Grandfather Paul, are we really going to move?" The young and beautiful princess asked her own question. In fact, for this 19-year-old girl in the country, she didn't even have a specific concept. Her father hadn't had time to teach her how to handle state affairs before he went to see God ahead of schedule. This was truly a terrible thing.

  Paul Eyschen sighed, he knew better than anyone that in the whole of Luxembourg, only he, as Prime Minister and symbol of the country, and Grand Duchess Marie-Adéla?de, could not leave. Firstly, the Entente powers led by Britain and France would not allow a comrade-in-arms to desert the same front line. Secondly, the Central Powers led by Germany and Austria needed Luxembourg's ruler to stay in Luxembourg. The poor child's fate was doomed to be a tragedy - once war broke out, she would watch enemy troops pouring into Luxembourg City, watching her own territory fall.

  "Your Highness, I, Paul Iscandar, have dedicated my life to serving the Principality. Trust this old man's judgment. War in Europe is inevitable. What we can do is find a new place to settle and avoid our nation being destroyed in the war. More importantly, our industry will continue to develop and grow during the war. As for this land, after the war has decided its victor, we can still return and shake hands with the winner."

  Grand Duchess Mary thought what Prime Minister Paul's grandfather said seemed to make sense: "Then let Grandfather Paul take full responsibility, Dad had also entrusted it before his death"

  Paul Ischinger finally let out a long sigh of relief