Chapter 572: Prisoners of War
Yannick retracted his hand and muttered. "It doesn't have to be mine."
"Snapped!"
There was a crisp sound, and then he felt burning pain on his cheek. Yannick was suddenly slapped, and Yannick was a little confused. Who else dared to hit him? !
"What do you mean by that?!" Queen Elizabeth glared at him with misty eyes, her body trembling slightly with anger. "Who do you think I am! A useless prostitute?!"
Yannick explained a little guilty. "I mean, maybe it's His Majesty George's." Although he also knew that they only had two daughters in the original time and space, the history here was completely in another direction. Maybe one day before, they suddenly became interested. Then she got pregnant.
Queen Elizabeth turned her face slightly, wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes, and said coldly. "It hadn't been done in a long time, long before he passed out."
Yannick scratched his head in embarrassment. "Uh, sorry."
Although he still had to wait until after he was born to get an appraisal to confirm, Yannick still felt that it would be better to prepare early. "Your Highness the Queen, maybe we should have a serious talk about this child. What should we do after these twins are born?"
"What should I do?" Queen Elizabeth asked with a frown. "You don't want to recognize them, do you?"
Yannick thought for a moment and asked. "What if I want to admit it?"
Queen Elizabeth lowered her eyes and her tone was very decisive. "If you dare to admit it, then I will have no choice but to die."
"Well don't talk about immortality. Of course I won't admit it." After all, this is not a glorious thing. The German Crown Prince gave birth to a child with the British Queen, and the Queen is still a married woman. If this matter is spread If it comes, it will definitely cause an uproar.
It doesn't matter to Yannick, after all, he was a famous playboy before, maybe the German people will still talk about it.
But how will the British people react? Maybe the public will become passionate and the people will be indignant, and then the British mainland will become the Afghanistan and Iraq of later generations; the German garrison will have to deal with endless attacks and harassment.
It's not worthwhile no matter how you think about it.
"Let's do this. After the children are born, I will declare them as godsons and goddaughters. This can also set an example and ease the relationship between our two countries."
It is a traditional Chinese custom in the East to recognize a godson as a goddaughter, but this custom does not exist in the West.
However, there are two similar sayings, one of which is godfather and godmother.
Godfathers and godmothers in the West originated around 200 AD. At that time, the church had a profound influence. When every baby was baptized, there must be a godfather or godmother of the same gender to assist in the baptism ceremony. Together with their biological parents, they ensure that their children will follow the right path of faith and morality. After years of evolution, the church has stipulated that a child can have a godfather and a godmother, but the godfather and godmother are not necessarily husband and wife. They are the child's lifelong mentor and role model.
There is another saying: second father/second mother: it means that this adult has similar qualities to the biological father and biological mother in the child's life, including care, guidance, listening, encouragement, support, etc. They are usually the parents of their child's best friends. Since the child goes there more often and the other parent likes the child, they love and care for him/her as a member of the family. This relationship is usually long-lasting. The mother of a foreigner's best friend has been regarded as his second mother since he was a child. Every Mother's Day, birthday, and Christmas, her name must be on the gift list.
"What do you think?"
After pondering for a long time, Queen Elizabeth nodded reluctantly.
Putting this matter aside for now, Yannick got down to business.
"You want to talk to me about prisoners of war, right?" There are probably more than 400,000 British prisoners of war captured in the French campaign and the British battlefield. About 300,000 prisoners of war have been released and sent back to China. There are still more in Germany. Around 100,000 British prisoners of war. "Of course I won't keep them to waste food, but the problem now is not that I won't let them go back, but that they don't want to go back."
"How is that possible?!" Queen Elizabeth had a look of surprise on her face. Is it possible that there are still people who are addicted to being a prisoner?
Yannick shrugged. "If you don't believe me, I can take you to visit the prisoner-of-war camp. Let them tell you face to face what the situation is." Among these 100,000 people, 20,000 to 30,000 have special skills. They eat well in the prisoner-of-war camp. Drink, as long as you work with peace of mind, you can still get a good salary. It was indeed "quite expensive". The wages they received in the prisoner-of-war camps were almost as much as the wages of ordinary British workers before the war.
And now as long as they are willing to stay and work for Germany, their wages can rise to the level of German workers.
As the saying goes, if you have milk, you are your mother, and if you have money, you are your father. Naturally, not many people are willing to go back.
The remaining 70,000 to 80,000 people are willing to join the German Foreign Legion and continue to fight.
"We are conducting a final investigation. I guess we can probably repatriate around 20,000 to 30,000 people at most. As for the remaining 70,000 to 80,000 people, since they want to stay here, I can't force them to be evicted."
"I just remembered one thing. You see, there are a lot of idle sailors in Britain now."
As mentioned earlier, the German Navy suddenly had many more warships, some of which were newly launched by itself, and some of which received warships from the British Navy. So many warships suddenly joined the German Navy, resulting in a serious shortage of personnel in the naval fleet, reducing the fleet to half. paralyzed state.
On the other hand, Britain, which was originally the most powerful existence in the world, has now lost most of its warships, and the remaining few warships can only form a regional force.
The German naval ships had no sailors, while the British navy had countless sailors but no warships that could fight.
"As far as I know, the British Navy has laid off a lot of people recently, right?" It is naturally impossible for the British Navy to keep so many sailors free of charge. After several layoffs, there were hundreds of thousands of unemployed navy personnel. Many of these people had been sailors for generations, and as a result, they were suddenly unemployed. Without any skills, even survival became a problem for them, and all they could do was consume food in vain.
"So I want some experienced British sailors to serve on German warships." This is also a way to restore the fleet's combat effectiveness as soon as possible. Of course, Yannick couldn't trust them and would not place them on the main battleship. But there are still countless destroyers and cruisers that need people to drive and operate them; these British sailors just come in handy.
Seeing Queen Elizabeth frown slightly, Yannick smiled. "Actually, this is also for your sake. Those sailors have no skills except being sailors. How can they survive? There is no job, or there is not enough food to fill their stomachs. If they cause trouble, it will be difficult to deal with."