Chapter 17 Reception Staff

"Tirpitz, our partner status is not simple, by chance, the heirs of two of Germany's most powerful families successfully fought back against those who were shallow and arrogant and dared to offend the dignity of the emperor!" In Sanssouci Palace, the future Kaiser, the current crown prince Wilhelm, said very comfortably to his trusted servant.

"The prince of the Bavarian royal family, the son of ****, it is really rare for such a person to come out of those Catholics in the south. I thought it was just a barren land devoid of industry, with nothing but sparse crops and a few textile mills! Crown Prince Wilhelm's words made no secret of his disdain for the state. But he was right, Bavaria is poor, not even in agriculture, and many of its crops produce only three-quarters of the unit yield of rich areas! From 1871 to 1913, Prussian government revenues increased fourfold! Saxony is 3 times more! And Bavaria only 2 times!

"Of course, at least now this state has brought a lot of good things to our navy and army, and its role is still worthy of recognition. And we are now counting comrades-in-arms and partners. Looking at a court attendant with a slightly dissatisfied face next to him, William realized that his words had gone too far. His own words will surely reach the ears of His Majesty the Emperor through the mouths of certain people. It's bad to upset your own father or cause something else! Although William sometimes can't control his mouth, he is not a person who is stubborn to the end.

"This is also an opportunity for you, and I would like you to go to Munich as a representative of the royal family to discuss the matter with the Bavarian side in person. This is definitely not a private meeting. And what we talked about may have a big impact on the Admiralty, last time because of the armor procurement, a lot of positions have been vacated, and this time, the operation is good, we can go further! So, this time you will cooperate with Prince Ruprecht and his design bureau to get an order from the Navy! After retiring from the rest of the idle people, Prince Wilhelm said to his henchman Tirpitz.

Also, this time the representatives of the government will go with them, who seem to be Bismarck's henchmen. There are some things not to say in front of this person. In the end, Wilhelm reminded again that it was not a day or two in history that Wilhelm II wanted to get rid of Bismarck, and the fundamental reason was Wilhelm II's desire for power and the conflict between him and the prime minister in policy. Although he is now moved by this heart, it is clear that as the crown prince and not the emperor, he can't help this old guy who has been in German politics for decades. And in order to save some trouble, he had to point out this little brother of his!

"Okay, I will complete the mission assigned by His Highness!" Tirpitz replied in a low voice. And after leaving the palace, the future Minister of State for the Navy, who is now a naval colonel, Tirpitz has been thinking about what he should do! The reason why Tirpitz forever can be called "forever" is 2. The fundamental reason for this is that he is like-minded with the Kaiser. His plans for the Grand Fleet coincided with that of the Kaiser. He knew the current Prince William, knew how to curry favor with him, and knew how to get support from him. And this time he needs to face a prince he has never met. There is not much content about the other side even from the various records. Although the other party has a prominent status, he is only the grandson of the emperor after all, and he is also a Bavarian!

However, Tirpitz soon made up his mind, and in his opinion, after all, everyone's immediate goal was to come to the naval order, so let's talk about some bidding and naval design, and hope that this prince will not be so unheard. Although the newspaper was full of sharp arguments from His Royal Highness the Prince, who went by the pseudonym Sword of Bavaria, he believed that it should have been ghostwritten. Just like his current master.

If he could, he would even like to paint a picture of the high seas fleet in his heart with this prince! That kind of sea steel queue of dozens, if not hundreds, of various ships is enough to excite any ambitious person! Not to mention that such a large-scale naval construction is also a good thing for Bavaria itself, and at least a third of the profits will go to his pocket. In Tirpitz's opinion, the prince had almost no reason to refuse!

Tirpitz thought so, and so did Bismarck! He even felt that there was an atmosphere of impatience in the country! The newly formed Naval Association was ostensibly a civic group of enthusiasts, but at first almost all of its members were owners of large corporations. They have money, and if some more politicians or intellectuals join in, then their agitation will be even stronger, and if there are some more high-level imperial supporters, I am afraid that this time their moderately expanded naval policy will turn sour!

There is already a crown prince in the German center, and if the Bavarian side makes any more moves, the Bundestag is likely to come up with a much larger and more offensive naval proposal! With the influence of Prussia and Bavaria, this proposal can definitely pass, and even as prime minister, he cannot veto it. He could argue with the king, but it was impossible to get along with the Federal Parliament, and this proposal complied with the demands of the capitalists, and it was very likely that the Imperial Diet would pass it. A series of questions that will arise at that time will be what the Prime Minister does not want to see! Because this is very likely to shake his overall strategic layout!

"That prince, or perhaps the Kingdom of Bavaria, will support an even greater expansion! Definitely! They can reap shocking benefits from a new wave of shipbuilding orders! "The more Bismarck thinks about it, the more terrible he feels, but he can't prevent it from happening, you can't interfere in the personal dealings between the princes of the two states, right? Although Frederick III asked for his opinion in an inquiring tone, he knew that it was nothing more than a formality. Frederick III did not have the same cordial relationship with himself as the old emperor. And Bavaria dared to file a lawsuit with Prussia on the issue of the Kaiser's honorific title back then, how could it care about its own prime minister?

"I need to at least have one of my own people to keep an eye on them and see what happens along the way." The so-called soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, although some things cannot be changed, but he still hopes that he can have a guard in advance! Therefore, he specially found a confidant of his own to go to Bavaria with Tirpitz to discuss the matter of the royal meeting.

And our protagonist, he couldn't have imagined that the meeting he was expecting would happen so quickly! Before he left, a famous historical figure had already taken the initiative to come to the door, and planned to discuss the navy and warships with him!

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