The diversion of the attention of the British public does not mean that the Germans are no longer the target deliberately set by the British, although when the British began to scold the French, there were many fewer newspapers and media attacking Germany, and compared with the situation between Britain and France, which can be called a shrew scolding the streets, although the German media under the guidance and control of the government also countered the previous British remarks, but the two are more like a quarrel between two gentlemen.

But this is no worse than representing the Germans. The Royal Navy, pushed by the Earl of Selborn, came to the conclusion they wanted to see: "No matter how friendly the German Kaiser and his government may be to Great Britain, the new German Navy was built with the aim of war with England." "Ridiculous logic.

On the basis of this conclusion, the Earl of Selborne submitted to the cabinet the "Memorandum on the Naval Budget for 1903~1904", in which there were two key points: for a time, the German navy was not built for the purpose of gaining maritime superiority in the war with France and Russia, but for the purpose of fighting a war with the British Royal Navy; Second, when formulating Britain's naval policy, we should not ignore the German people's hatred of Britain and the huge development plan of the German navy.

The Cabinet accepted the memorandum, and the Earl of Selborn, with the support of the Cabinet, submitted to the Parliament an application for special funding for naval shipbuilding, perhaps because the current German Navy is indeed much stronger than in history, and the Parliament has not approved the application in the past.

Of course, not all agreed, since your Admiralty said that the Germans were preparing for a decisive battle with the Royal Navy at home, then we would have completely defeated them at home, so only approved the construction plan of adding one battleship per year for the four fiscal years of 1903~1907, and the armored cruiser was vetoed.

Something is better than nothing, and the Earl of Selborn was quite satisfied with this result, and immediately decided to order two more new battleships. The number of new battleships built will be as high as an unprecedented 10, making it the largest number of first-class battleships built by the British Royal Navy, which is the Edward VII class.

Jochen, who was far away in Berlin, didn't know about this, otherwise he would have been happy. But now Jochen is happy.

"242 tons of gold! Worth more than 650 million marks! Now it's ours! The Imperial Prime Minister Machar, who had received a windfall, seemed very happy.

"Adolf, normal heart. It was too early to rejoice before the gold had yet to reach the empire itself, before it reached the empire's warehouses. "Although he said so. But the smile on Jochen's face couldn't be hidden.

"I'm sorry, I'm too excited, Your Highness, but this 660 million worth of gold is a huge fine thing for the Empire's finances. We're growing fast, we need money everywhere, and the government's wallet has always been tight. Martial knew that Jochen was also in a good mood, so he also smiled and apologized.

"Don't worry, Adolf, our gold production in the Philippines and New Guinea will slowly increase. Believe me, the British paid so much in Africa to get the gold mines of the Boers, and we didn't necessarily get much less in the Far East than the British. Jochen said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Highness, I believe that with the efforts and 'dedication' of those 'hard-working' workers, the empire's gold reserves will become more and more abundant." Martial said with the same smile.

What Britain had done on African soil was spurned in the white world, and the British were embarrassed by the fact that the Boers were of white descent. If it were replaced by those local African natives, the British would not be as wolf as they are now. And Germany was in the name of humanitarianism. But in the Far East, they are also doing criminal deeds that run counter to humanitarianism.

The Philippines and New Guinea are both important gold producers in Southeast Asia, and with the repression of the German army in the Philippines, in addition to causing a large number of indigenous Filipino deaths, it also brought a large number of captives to the Filipino armed resistance groups and "criminals" who had pro-Philippine independence tendencies or actions.

Most of these people are young and middle-aged, and of course it is impossible for Germany to support them. But they can't just let them go, otherwise it is very likely that they will become a security security for Germany in the Philippines again.

It was a huge waste of such high-quality labor to be sent to concentration camps or to be asked to eat peanuts, and these people were sent as coolies to the gold mines of the Philippines and New Guinea.

Most of the gold producing areas in the Philippines are concentrated in the more remote mountainous jungles, and the working and living conditions are extremely harsh. If you want to hire workers to mine here, not to mention the large expenditure, it will be difficult to gather enough workers to form a mining scale even if you are willing to spend money.

These Filipino captives became the best coolies, and when they entered here, they did not hope to leave alive, and the Germans did their best to squeeze the entire labor force of these yellow-skinned monkeys in their eyes, and the British concentration camps seemed a little warm and silent compared to here.

And because of the inconvenient transportation and remote location, and the fact that these Filipinos are already dead in the social sense, the German government has no need to worry about the situation leaking out.

The large amount of Filipino coolie input also allowed the production of these poorly located gold mines to quickly get on track, and when these Filipinos died, the infrastructure of these gold mines was estimated to be almost completed, and then serious recruitment of workers to use mechanized mining to improve efficiency.

Everyone is in it for gold, but the Germans are clearly more cost-effective in terms of income and output.

In this case, Jochen was able to joke with Mashal not to get too excited about the mere 242 tons of gold, and behind this light-hearted topic was the brutal disappearance of thousands of lives.

However, this is the norm in this colonial era, and no white society cares about the suffering of those inferior people in the colony, this is an era of rapid development of human civilization, and it is also an era of rapid decline of human morality.

"But when the gold arrives, you're afraid you'll not be able to live in peace, Adolf. I am sure that your Prime Minister's office will not be at peace then. Jochen laughed.

"Your Highness, you said it was too late, and now I am not at peace anywhere." The smile on Marshall's face immediately turned into a wry smile.

"That's right, this matter is all through their hands, so it's normal to go to your place early to rob it." Jochen said with a smile as he looked at Mashal's bitter melon face.

The intelligence and joints were done by the ND Bureau, the GSG did the killings and finishing, and the smuggling and transportation were handled by the Navy. And this is really a trophy to be said, neither the navy nor the army wants to spit it out and hand it over to the prime minister.

"These two people usually blow their beards and stare when they meet together, but this time it's good, the two of them went to stand in a trench, and the two of them actually said in unison that this gold belongs to the Navy and Army!" Machar was angry and funny: "Navy and Army? In peacetime, when I was grabbing funds, I desperately shouted that this was from the army! It's navy's! This will start talking about the Navy and Army?! ”

"Obviously, they know that they will definitely not be able to fight you as the prime minister of the empire, so they will first join forces to pull out the gold from you, and then they will quarrel with themselves in private." Jochen shook his head and smiled, "So what are you going to do?" Adolf, after all, they got this gold back, and they won't give it up if they don't give it any sweetness. ”

"Because of the implementation of the "Fleet Law", the navy's shipbuilding funds are being allocated according to the plan, so it is against the "Fleet Law" to add additional funds to them, and now there are many warships that the navy has started construction and plans to start, so there is no need to give them another mark." Marshal said.

Well, Kerster, it looks like you're completely out of luck, Jochen thought to himself.

On the one hand, in order to save transportation costs, the troops we withdrew from the Philippines left all the light weapons and some heavy weapons in the Philippines, and those who came back empty-handed and re-equipped the stocks they had consumed had to be replenished.

In addition, Schlieffen suggested that the operation was so successful because of the excellent performance of the ND Bureau, and therefore wanted to increase the funding of the intelligence agencies, which I think can be supported. ”

Jochen is happy to see this, even if the intelligence agency does not produce results, it is much better than not investing, and it is a good thing that Schlieffen can pay attention to the development of the intelligence agency.

After all, in Europe today, the outdated notion that all intelligence needs can be met by the observation of front-line officers alone, and that reconnaissance activities can be completely entrusted to the army's cavalry divisions, is still very marketable, and Germany in history is also one of the believers in this concept.

"Besides, giving Schlieffen something special can also gag his mouth, his army has increased funding but the navy does not, he can't come with Kerst to mess with me, right?" Marcal obviously has a way of dealing with the two leaders of the navy and army: "And Kerst will also think that Schlieffen has quietly taken the advantage and put himself aside, and when the time comes, the two of them will quarrel, and I will be quiet." ”

is worthy of being the prime minister of the empire, two peaches kill three soldiers, and play beautifully with division and pulling, Jochen tapped Machar with his finger, and said with a smile: "Adolf, it's worthy of you, Koster is probably going to be angry." Okay, then it's all up to you, I'll just ask. ”

"Yes, Your Highness." (To be continued......)