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"Your Majesty, once these railways and highways are completed, the Empire's control over these eastern territories will become extremely tight. At the same time, they will greatly promote the economic development of these regions. However, completing all these railways and highways according to plan will require a huge sum of money," the Chancellor of the Exchequer said.

Everyone's eyes fell on Oscar. The Ministry of Transport had put forward such a plan precisely to secure as much funding as possible. Although the German Emperor's authority was not as absolute as that of the Eastern Empire, Oscar was different from others. His abilities, along with the military achievements he had won while leading troops on the battlefield, had earned him immense prestige within the country. Furthermore, the military was almost entirely under his control. Thus, Parliament could basically no longer place any constraints on him. In truth, unless those parliamentarians had had their brains caught in a door, they would never oppose Oscar.

It was precisely because of this that Oscar had become the most powerful emperor in Germany's history. The distribution of the war reparations Germany had obtained was basically up to Oscar alone. The Cabinet hoped to use those reparations to pay for this transportation infrastructure project.

"Roughly how much will it cost?" Oscar asked.

"The preliminary estimate is at least twelve billion marks. If we can get fifteen billion marks, that would be even better," the Minister of Transport said.

Oscar could not help drawing in a sharp breath. He truly had not expected it to require so much money. Although they had gained a vast amount of war reparations this time, much of it had to be used to repay the debts incurred during the war. In addition, pensions for dead and wounded soldiers would require considerable