At the critical moment, Prince Karl must support these Chinese, not only because of his personal friendship with Xiao Letian and the kindness of reminding throat diseases, but also because of the deep ruling strategy in the future.

Karl will ascend to the throne sooner or later, and although the battle for the throne in Europe is not as cruel as in the East, it is not so easy to be a good king.

In this era of weakening monarchy, any European king needs to find ways to improve his strength and make allies.

China is a huge market that Prussia is very fond of, but how to open this market is very tricky, because the size of this ancient civilization is so large that even Britain and France cannot conquer it absolutely...... What do scholars say? Semi-colony, yes, yes, semi-colony.

The Chinese government is still enforceable, their armies are still fighting, their people are still loyal to the backward imperial court, and the Europeans can only get some special preferential treatment for commercial interests and politics in China.

Want to rule China in the same way as you rule Africa or India? That's a joke, anyway, the European politicians at the end of the 19th century didn't have that much ambition, and they had one mind for everyone in China, to make money!

Prussia did not have a strong navy, so their victorious army was useless, and it was simply impossible to colonize China. Not only is it impossible for China, but in fact, there is nothing of value left in the whole world for German colonization.

Then, after Karl ascended to the throne and Prussia unified Germany, how should the great empire develop its overseas interests? This is an important strategic question that Karl must take precautions for.

In Karl's conception, Xiao Lotian was not only his friend, but also an ally of the German power into Asia, the huge East Asia has huge commercial interests, once it can get rid of the semi-colonial model created by Britain and France, and open up a new model of money-making, then the entire economy of Prussia will be revitalized.

Although this strategy is not very mature now, this is already a serious issue in Carl's mind, and at this critical moment, he must support these Chinese students, which is also supporting Xiao Letian.

Karl smiled and said, "Dear Prime Minister, I know that the Qatar incident has caused a lot of trouble to Prussia, but we should also see the shining point in it...... It is precisely because of this battle that we can get all the actual combat data of this new ironclad ship without exposing the No. 2 ship!"

"Think about it, in the all-out interception of Britain and France, our No. 2 ship will not be able to conduct live-fire exercises at all, let alone have the opportunity to fight, haven't you always been worried about whether this warship is a failed investment?"

"Now the facts have spoken, the design idea provided by Xiao Lotian is completely correct, this is a bold and very effective new type of weapon, and every one of your marks is absolutely valuable......"

Carl's tall hat made Bismarck's face much better, "Hmm...... Of course, I know that this battleship is indeed excellent, but the conflict caused this time is too great, and the trouble for us Prussia is too great......"

"Who has the proof?" Karl asked rhetorically, "Three hours ago, our intelligence ship in the Atlantic returned to the Cape Verde Islands, a Portuguese territory, with the latest encrypted intelligence, which you should have seen ......"

"These Chinese are very well done, a night raid is as perfect as a textbook, and at the same time it also exposes the fact that France is strong outside the country, and the Zhiyuan strictly enforces the light control during the whole battle, and no one has seen the whole picture of this battleship......"

"The other soldiers who landed also painted their faces with oil paint, and took all the bodies with them, and also rescued the prisoners. It can be said that France has no evidence to accuse us, so what is there to fear......?

"Prussia is no longer the weak kingdom of Napoleon I, and if you want to accuse us of the crime of desire, it is a fantasy!"

Karl still poured himself a glass of wine, saw that Bismarck did not mean to stop him, added a few pieces of ice and drank a big sip, "Generally speaking, although this conflict shocked Europe, it was cloudy and could not reveal the truth, so France's anger can only be anger, and it is very simple to get through......"

"Oh, you seem to have noticed?" Bismarck asked, staring into Karl's eyes.

"In fact, it is very simple, continue to divide the rift between the emperor and the cabinet, the restoration of Napoleon III was already very reluctant, and those French who do not know how to obey have always had complaints...... Since they both have grievances, they should be able to take advantage of it!"

Hehehe...... Karl laughed like a little fox all the time, "What are Charles Louis Bonapartes afraid of? Aren't you afraid that the republicans are trying to restore the republic......?

"What are the cabinets and the capitalist elite afraid of? Aren't they afraid that Napoleon III will become more and more centralized, and finally form an absolute imperial state?"

"We can go both ways and use rumors to make the whole of Paris even more confused. On the one hand, rumors were spread among the people that the emperor was going to issue a national debt of up to billions of gold francs, and that special taxes would be added because the imperial army was going to be completely upgraded......"

At the same time, some opposition politicians and even exiled hostile elements attacked the corruption of the French army in the newspapers, and made the population think that the defeat at Dakar was purely the result of the incompetence of the army...... Proposed impeachment, requiring the emperor to carry out a major reform of the army before he could negotiate the issue of national debt and tax increases......"

"Hahaha...... With the French bureaucracy's ability to pass the buck, this quarrel will be protracted, and the emperor will think that the cabinet is trying to put pressure on him through military reform, and the bureaucracy will think that the emperor is trying to centralize power and accumulate money!"

Bismarck smiled, "Yes, at this time, we should be even more weak, and we can even beg the British to be peacemakers, and ask for a peaceful negotiation to resolve the crisis, we must become very, very aggrieved...... Hahaha, we have to give the whole French a sense of security!"

The two of them clinked glasses at the same time and said in unison, "Yes! Break their feelings, but give them a false sense of security." We must not allow the forces of France to be united, and we must not allow them to devote their national strength to preparing for war!"

"Let them have two more Christmases in a false sense of security!"