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Mark Rudd asked William IV in a puzzled way: "Your Majesty, if you told them about such an important oil storage location, would it make Prussia more threatening after it became stronger?"

William IV shook his head and said: "Look at what countries are around, the Ottoman Empire will never be easily touched by others. I don't know, it's okay, I know, it's desperately tight.

The Tsarist Russian Empire in the north was very poor in fuel every year. Now that they know that the other side of the Black Sea is their dream fuel, what do you think of Alexander II? "

Mark Rude swallowed his throat and said in shock: "I will definitely try my best to rush forward."

"Hate plus lust, the kind of motivation, right"

William IV added: "In the east is the Indian subcontinent peninsula occupied by the British. On the side of the bed, the British naturally did not want to see the Russians go south to gain that area, and even more did not want the Ottoman Empire to rise with this resource and even threaten the United Kingdom. The **** of the Suez Canal broke the British waist.

Nor do they want Prussia to threaten Britain's presence in the East Indian Ocean while gaining a firm foothold in Europe. "

This time, Mark Rude clearly listed the oil storage places that His Majesty had just revealed, one by one. The idea that the Netherlands was at a loss was suddenly overshadowed by the possible battle between these countries.

"If these countries really end up fighting an energy war because of this, then it will be another opportunity for the Netherlands"

William IV said earnestly to his chief of staff: "The Netherlands needs space and time for peaceful development, especially in the Far East, and as I said in the Privy Council, what the Netherlands lacks now is talent.

And some of these countries are top talents. Only when these countries are at war can the Netherlands be able to get them from these countries and bring them back to the Netherlands. Austria has already been taken away by us. After they have been cultivated for a few years, we will continue to come again. twice. "

Mark Rude heard the silence and decent Austria felt sad.

Prussia has a lot of talents, and now the entire German Confederation is full of talents, and so does the United Kingdom. If the talents of these countries can be obtained, the Netherlands and the Netherlands will not be popular in the world. "

"But these two countries are among the top countries in Europe, the countries are developing rapidly, they are full of pride, and their citizens will not leave their countries easily."

Mark Rudd is worthy of being a soldier, and he speaks straight.

William IV said in shocking words: "So, I am creating the fuse of their war. As long as they speak out for war, then the Netherlands, which is also a Germanic country, will be the choice. You know, Sweden is too cold. no one's going."

Mark Rudd "I'm afraid they won't fight each other, as you said, they're all Germanic just like Holland"

William IV said in a good manner: "Who said they were told to do it directly, don't you think that the current war between Britain and Tsarist Russia is not a fight?

If Prussia and France fight, what if the one who has the upper hand provokes Britain? "

"Ying Guo will naturally suppress the other side," Mark Rude couldn't help saying.

"I can't hold it," asked William IV.

"Can't hold back?"

Mark Rude said tremblingly: "Then the European war is coming."

William IV smiled and said: "That is our hope. Imagine that the great powers of Great Britain, Germany, and France have all escaped the war because of the long-term war, and went to the Far East of the Netherlands to recuperate and take root. What we most want to see"

"But didn't Your Majesty just say that Holland could make sacrifices for Germany?"

William IV looked at Mark Rude with a funny look, and said, "Sacrifice, we in the Netherlands are willing to sacrifice other Germanic brother countries"

what!

Mark Lude immediately realized that what His Majesty said just now was deceiving people, and even he believed it. Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed at the thought he had just been here.

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At the residence that William IV prepared for William I and Mo Qi, there was still shock on William I's face, and Mo Qi was similar.

Mao Qi couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, this William IV actually told us such a big secret, what is he trying to do, I always feel that things are not that simple"

William I: "This little guy's character that never suffers, obviously he has calculated something."

Mao Qi: "Does he know that it is difficult for the Netherlands to grab it from the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom, so he uses Prussia to get a piece of the pie?"

William I thought so just now, but vaguely, he also felt that William IV seemed to be more than that simply because he dared to challenge Britain's position in South Africa, he would not think that the other party was someone who was willing to give in easily.

However, he couldn't figure out what this guy was thinking. It seemed that he could only see what the other party was thinking if he could only go back and analyze it together with Bismarck.

Thinking of this, William I asked Mao Qi: "How do you think he compares to Crown Prince Frederick?"

Mao Qi didn't expect William I to ask this question, and just wanted to answer neutrally, but in the end, under the eyes of William I, he said, "William IV is really a young talent."

When William I heard the words, he already knew what it meant.

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The visit of William I and Chief of General Staff to the Netherlands attracted the attention of all countries in the world, especially Britain, France, Tsarist Russia, Austria-Hungary and so on, which required the reporters in Amsterdam to continuously report to the Netherlands for 12 hours. Countries play relevant latest intelligence.

On May 25, 1866, William IV and William I held a press conference in Amsterdam. At the press conference, the two sides agreed that the two countries would recognize the borders of Denmark, and the two countries would jointly manage the security of the Principality of Nassau.

At the same time, the two countries signed a number of agreements on cooperation in Africa. Among them, Prussia will purchase five colonial rule from the Far East of the Netherlands~lightnovelpub.net~ The Netherlands does not allow countries to use the territory of the Netherlands to launch any unfriendly actions against Prussia. action.

The Netherlands has also received support from Prussia. It will start next month by using Prussian ships to help the Netherlands speed up the pace of immigration to the Far East. The Netherlands will acquire Prussian industrial technology, including steel and iron, to develop Dutch industrial technology. .

William IV and William I also signed an exchange of educational talents between the two countries, and will regularly introduce Prussian talents to the Netherlands for teaching activities to help the Netherlands improve the education level in the Far East.

Prussia gained employment opportunities for Dutch talents, improving the quality of life of Prussian citizens.

At the same time, many people believed that Prussia even used talents to infiltrate the Netherlands, and sooner or later the Netherlands would become an ally of Prussia.

Many people in European countries expressed their "worry" opinions, among which Britain and France have the most.

Even many people in the Netherlands have begun to express such concerns.

Seeing this, William IV smiled secretly: "Many people think that the world is a world where big fish eat small fish, but in the animal world, there is still this other kind of legend, that is, the miracle of a crocodile swallowing an elephant."