The economic account of Crown Frederick was settled in detail, and a detailed account book showed that the person who kept the account was not someone who could be easily fooled.

The current scene made the Junker nobles present very embarrassed. They didn't know when Frederick would settle the score. They were so smart that they just hit the weak point of Land Junker's hope of increasing tariffs.

A nobleman from the Turingo region who had been associated with the crown prince broke his silence and said, "Your Highness, your view is a bit one-sided. In fact, you should not only look at the price of grain sales on the market, but also consider that our production costs are constantly changing."

"Dear Michel von Essenhena, can you introduce it?" asked the Crown Prince.

"Of course, dear His Royal Highness, you should know that our agricultural machinery and seeds need to be imported. Now these things are also raising prices wildly, causing the cost of our agricultural production to soar. If the tariffs are not raised, the current market cereal sales price will be more profitable than before, deducting the cost of these agricultural machinery and seeds." Michel von Essenhena from Turingian said.

"The prices of agricultural machinery and seeds are rising? I received the news that the prices of German industrial products are getting lower and lower?" the crown prince asked curiously.

"Dear His Royal Highness, German agricultural machinery is indeed very cheap, but the quality of those German goods is not good at all. The land nobles here use the best imported goods from Britain and the United States. If they use domestic German goods, they are cheap. However, the maintenance costs are amazingly high. In the end, the imported goods are cheap and of good quality." Baron Auerbach interrupted in a hurry to make up for his stupidity just now.

"Oh, it seems that importing is not all disasters. It turns out that mechanical equipment is good to import. But how can such a good thing soar? "The crown prince asked in confusion.

"It's all because of the German machinery manufacturing industry. Those idiots saw that we formed the Iron Valley Alliance and raised tariffs to protect the price of grain. They also followed suit and demanded that the tariffs on imported machinery be raised. Now the prices of imported machinery products have also risen three times a day. Those idiots did not improve the quality of their products well and were just focused on making garbage goods. They are still embarrassed to ask for tariff protection, so the tariffs should not protect them!" Baron Auerbach said indignantly.

"Oh, it turns out that who the tariffs protect depends on whether it is in line with the interests of Junckers!" the crown prince concluded with a smile.

After hearing the crown prince's words, all the lands present at this moment, Junckers cursed in his heart to Baron Auerbach, "Pig Teammate!"

Earl of Great Junker Evald von Klester from Pomerania saw that the scene was obviously not moving in the track of his plan, so he had to stand up from behind and say, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, what they just said were some details. In fact, the most critical issue is that protecting the land, the food price of Junkers is the basis for protecting Germany, and the embodiment of the German patriotism."

"The embodiment of patriotism? Dear Earl Christ, your point of view is very novel!" said the crown prince with a serious face.

"His Royal Highness, the foundation of Germany is Junker, so eating Junkers' food is a manifestation of patriotism. Since it is patriotism, eating appropriately expensive grains is also a sacrifice for the country. Patriotism can never be paid at all, right?!" Earl Christer squeezed his eyes and signaled to his noble companions.

"Yes, love Junker means love Germany!"

"Eating high-priced food is a reflection of Edward's will!"

"Junker is everything about Germany! They should pay a high price to love us!"

The nobles shouted at the crown prince in a mess. The crown prince still smiled and looked at the nobles calmly.

Looking at the mysterious crown prince with a smile on his face, the noisy nobles finally calmed down. Looking at the calm nobles, the crown prince still smiled and asked Baron Auerbach, "Baron Auerbach, I remember you just said that 75 years ago, all your oats were exported to Britain, and ordinary Germans could not afford your grains at all, right?"

Baron Auerbach was a little hesitant when he heard this question and did not dare to answer the crown prince's question casually. He was about to turn around and ask for the opinions of his noble partners, but he heard the crown prince continue, "A upright Bavarian peasant, do you need to ask others for permission even in facts? Where did the integrity of the people of the Bavarian plateau go?"

This sentence hurt Baron Auerbach's self-esteem. This straightforward man on the Bavarian plateau felt blood rushing up and said in a rough voice, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, you are right. My oats were exported 75 years ago. The Germans at that time could not afford my oats!"

Then he added with a clever word, "The grains of all the nobles here are also exported. At that time, the British liked the grain products we produced, and the Prussians and German civilians could not afford our grains at all. Only the British could afford this high price."

"At 75 years ago, everyone's grains were exported, so whose food were the Prussians or Germans eating?" the crown prince asked, but everyone was speechless about it.

"Of course, I eat the food of the Russians. From the beginning of the Pradesh War to the end of the Franco-Prussian War, every grain in my corps came from Russia. I didn't see a grain of grain here! Your grains have always been the food on the British table!" The crown prince gave the real answer in a stern voice.

The crown prince pointed at the Earl of Christ and said, "Dear Earl of Christ tells me that eating you big Junker's grains is patriotic. So 75 years ago, you sent the grains to the British dining table, so the British no longer love Britain, or are you actually British?"

The crown prince looked at Earl of Klester coldly and continued, "The Juncker class has military Junckers, court Junckers, parliament Junckers, land Junckers, capital Junckers. I want to know when the Land Junckers can represent all Junckers, or in other words, it can represent the Hohenzollern family?"

The crown prince looked around all the nobles, "When did they start to eat the Krester family, the Auerbach family, the Meyer family, the Essenhena family, and the food of you families represent Eddie, instead of serving His Majesty the Lord William I?"

Amid the piano sounds of Chopin's Mazuka dance music in the dance hall outside the room, the nobles present were sweating coldly, but they did not dare to refute a sentence.

"What's ridiculous is that your Auerbach family mainly produces oats, while your Klester family mainly produces wheat and rye. Do I eat your oats patriotic or your wheat patriotic?" The crown prince looked at the Baron Mayer from Saxony again and said, "The Mier family also grows wheat and rye. As far as I know, there has always been price competition with the Klester family. I am very curious, should I eat your 183 mark per metric ton of wheat patriotic or 189 mark per metric ton of wheat patriotic? After all, it seems that the more expensive the Klester family is, is it the more patriotic it is!"

Earl of Christ and Baron Meyer did not dare to look at the crown prince's gaze, so they could only shrink their heads tighter.

Crown Prince Frederick glanced coldly around the nobles who had become silent, and then said loudly, "Patriotism is a noble thing. Patriotism is thought rather than material. Don't put you vulgar goods that are stinky and stinky, on the cloak of patriotism. You are so disgusting and disgusting!"

"If a land Juncker wants to be patriotic, he will provide your best grains to your fellow countrymen at the most fair price! Instead of thinking about squeezing more profits from your fellow countrymen!"

The crown prince paused and eased his tone, "Germany is facing many difficulties now, not only in agriculture, but also in industry, science, and military. Since you are Junker and the foundation of the German Empire, you should show the qualities that Junker should have. First, ask what you have done for Germany? How to do it better? A Junker must have the appearance of Junker and shoulder more responsibilities, rather than trying to squeeze the interests of his compatriots!"

After letting the land present digest his speech a little, Crown Prince Frederick continued.

"I have always cared about German agriculture, and I have never forgotten the foundations of you German. But I don't think raising tariffs is the only way to protect you. Today you ask for tariffs to protect yourself, and tomorrow others will also ask for tariffs to protect themselves. The final result will be as Baron Auerbach said. Although you have increased the price of grain, the prices of agricultural machinery and seeds have also increased. You have not gained any benefit from high tariffs. The benefits are only in the hands of international grain traders!"

Crown Prince Frederick looked at the lands present and said seriously, "I always think that it is better to increase the agricultural subsidy for you to purchase machinery and seeds than to increase the tariffs. All subsidies will be given directly to you, rather than to others like the cereal tariffs."

"As for the quality of domestic agricultural machinery you are worried about, I promise you that I will use the strictest means to improve the quality of domestic machinery! The first step is that I will ask for the formulation of strict industrial standards for German agricultural machinery. Do you know what kind of agricultural machinery is the best, and I hope and ask you to participate in the formulation of standards together, and hope that you can eventually use German machinery comparable to British and American goods."

This is a beautiful Mazuka dance that Crown Prince Frederick danced alone in front of the Junckers in the German lands.
Chapter completed!