Since Joey persuaded his father and Prime Minister Bismarck to establish a foreign policy between Germany and the Qing Dynasty, which was different from the 19th century, which was common between the strong and the weak, and to establish a new type of diplomatic relations centered on commerce and trade, and politics and military relations centered on economic development.

Joy did think about how he could profit from this new type of diplomatic relations, but he never foresaw that the impact of the new German-Qing relations would bring such rich political and economic benefits to Germany in the world.

In fact, not only did Joy not expect, but also Crown Prince Frederick and Chancellor Bismarck did not foresee it, not even other visionaries in German society, and even the whole of Germany.

The first income from France, in the eyes of many people who did not know the inside story, had nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty, but within Germany, the group of people who decided the direction of German policy knew very well that without the exchange of interests in East Asia, this income would not dare to be imagined.

After basically meeting the minimum requirements of French Foreign Minister Fresine, the amount of compensation for the French was finally fixed at 300 million francs.

This reparation, which came from the French government after a formal apology to Germany, was much smaller than the 5 billion francs paid in the Franco-Prussian War, a measly 300 million francs, but only 25 million German gold marks.

Although the amount is not large, it also depends on who it is compared to, and this 300 million francs reparation is the second and second largest indemnity amount in the history of the German Empire, but after the Franco-Prussian War.

Compared with the previous French reparations, public opinion in European countries generally believes that compared with money, Germany's gains this time are mainly in politics and people's hearts.

Politically, it was a victory of the monarchy over the republic.

Under the leadership of the German royal family, the two most important monarchies in Europe, in the face of the republican state's offense to the German monarchy, collectively took joint action to force the French government to apologize and pay reparations for the rude behavior of their citizens.

In Europe, everyone has seen the great power of the monarchy again, and if the monarchs are united, they can still make the bourgeoisie and other political forces tremble.

Sovereigns are still not objects that the world can despise.

Many of Europe's declining aristocrats and fallen monarchs have brought new hope to Germany in re-examination, and a large number of monarchical supporters have begun to gather in Berlin.

More bourgeois, liberals, and republicans began to keep an eye on Germany's every move.

In short, many people who have a heart have once again begun to seriously observe this monarchical power, which has been established for less than ten years.

After the iron-blooded prime minister and the peaceful prime minister, Bismarck once again gained a new prestige, the protector of imperial power.

Under the full influence of the German propaganda machine, the old chancellor united vertically and horizontally, once again defeated the prestige of the French, resounded in Europe, and let those who in recent months thought that Bismarck was old and soft-hearted, re-see the iron and blood of the old prime minister.

According to the latest poll conducted by the Ahrensbach Institute, German public opinion has reached a new high in the indicators of trust in government policies and the leadership of the German royal family.

The public's confidence in the government naturally means that the government's policy implementation power has become stronger, the resistance to policy implementation has become smaller, the government's administrative costs have been lowered, and the good social effects brought by good policy effectiveness have become more significant.

Better and better means that the German government can carry out more profound changes, whether economically, politically, or militarily.

In addition to the gains of people's hearts and minds in politics, there is also the harvest of national self-confidence.

The national self-confidence of the German people is once again soaring, especially in the face of the French, and it is impossible to contain the kind of self-confidence and superiority that unconsciously exudes superiority.

Eight years ago, France was to be overthrown with real guns, and eight years later, with just one diplomatic protest, the same effect can be achieved, and Germany is still so great.

The dissatisfaction with the government, society and the economy in the hearts of the German people has suddenly turned into high patriotic fervor.

In addition, the speed of economic development in Germany and the efficiency of the people have increased by a few percentage points.

The victory was so inspiring, especially since it was forged with real money from the enemy's reparations.

The hearts of the people in Germany have become more positive, but the hearts of the people in France have become more confusing.

After the overthrow of Napoleon III's empire, within the French Republic, the forces of left-wing republicans and liberals dominated the political life of France. The right-wing parties are weak, and the far-right royalists are even weaker.

However, after republican France was humiliated by imperial Germany, the call for a powerful figure in France to lead France again to glory suddenly also rose.

Although the left-wing French government has repeatedly emphasized that democracy and republicanism are the real roots of France's strength, the French people, under the inflammatory propaganda of the royalists, are increasingly convinced that France still needs a Napoleonic hero.

The slogan of Long live the French emperor also quietly appeared on the streets of Paris.

With the French government's prosecution of several current affairs cartoon newspapers, the French people realized the dilemma of sitting in a prison cell for a while.

Immediately there were voices against press freedom among the French people, and the French press freedom law, which was originally a foregone conclusion in parliament, stumbled into a French press censorship bill.

Losing money and going to prison made the French left-wing forces silent for a while.

The French right-wing newspaper, which Joey quietly funded, suddenly published an interview with an anonymous person in the German royal family, who confessed that France with the Napoleonic Emperor was the powerful France that the Germans had always feared, and France under the republican system was like a courtesan in the French red light district, and Germany only needed to beckon.

The German royal family and the government insisted on this article, which was a complete fabrication, and once again emphasized that the French left-wing government under the leadership of Grevy was powerful! A good partner of the German royal family, the government and the people!

Finally, I once again seriously protested against the irresponsible rumor-mongering behavior of the French people to undermine the peace between Germany and France.

Some things, the more they deny them, the more they are believed to be true, especially under the clamor of people with intentions.

But there was already a great uproar in France, with the left-wing government at a loss for words, and the right-wing gaining momentum, and it seemed that overnight, the royalists' power had swelled almost to the point of being as large as the left-wing forces.

In the streets of France, the left began to shout, defend the achievements of the Paris Commune, defend the republic, defend democracy and freedom, while the right wingers also took to the streets, also shouting, one country, one voice, one force, one leader!

When the minds of the entire population of a country begin to split and are keen to express their emotions on the streets, it is natural that many things will be delayed.

After losing money and scattering people's hearts, a delayed France is naturally the happiest with Germany.

Crown Prince Frederick and Chancellor Bismarck, happy to let Joy and the Allensbach Institute, continue to make France a miasma.

The second entry had the strange name of the Kiyori Peace Deposit, and it came from far away Japan, a place that few Germans knew.

According to the German government, it was in Far Asia, when a territorial dispute broke out between the two countries, and the German government, through unremitting diplomatic mediation, finally made the two countries give up the idea of settling their contradictions by force, and then received a guarantee for peace.

In return for Germany's hard work, the Japanese government voluntarily paid a peace deposit of 10 million gold marks to the German government to maintain stability and peace in East Asia.

Can you still receive gold marks for keeping peace? The curiosity of all classes in Germany was aroused.

As the Germans learned more about it, they discovered something more interesting, the payment method of the 10 million gold marks deposit was divided into two parts, and the first part of the 5 million gold marks was paid by the British government.

Why did Britain pay for Japan?

According to the German Government's explanation, the Japanese Government could not afford such a large amount of security deposit, and the Japanese Government was able to make up the peace deposit demanded by Germany by taking out a loan from Britain.

The pro-German media portrayed the incident as the German government's dedication to peace, while the critical German media, which dismissed the behavior as too bullying and weak, did not seem so gentlemanly.

No matter what the media says, the minds of ordinary Germans are much simpler, oh my! To be able to extort a country to the point that it needs to borrow money in order to pay us, a guarantee for peace.

We are relieved to see our German government so rogue outside.

The second part actually became collateral, the Japanese government mortgaged a gold mine, and the German government accepted it?

A gold mine worth 5 million gold marks, which means that the mine must hold at least 15 tons of gold to be equivalent to the gold content of 5 million gold marks, without taking into account the cost of development, machinery, transportation and labor.

What gold mine is worth 5 million gold marks?

Of course, it was the Rishikari gold mine in the Miocene volcanic belt, and in his previous life as an economic psychology researcher, Joey had read an investment proposal for the purchase of Sumitomo Mining's shares, which included a detailed analysis of the Rishikari gold mine.

If calculated according to the reserves, the proven reserves of the Ryokari gold mine are 170 tons, ranking first in Japan and sixth in the world; In terms of grade, the grade of the Ryogari gold mine is the first in the world, with an average gold content of more than 80 grams per ton of ore, and there has even been a record of several thousand grams of gold per ton of ore.

Generally speaking, more than 2 grams of gold per ton of ore is worth mining.

According to the conclusion of the latest mineral exploration technology in the 20th century, the volcanic belt of the Pacific Ocean has the world's top 10 gold deposits and rare metal deposits, and the gold mines in Africa are not brilliant compared to this ore belt.

Joey really wanted to pocket the top ten gold mines, after all, the report he had read in his previous life was so detailed that the specific latitude and longitude coordinates of each gold mine were clearly written.

But when I think about it, except for the Ryokari gold mine and the Porgera gold mine, the rest of the gold mines are either in the United States, Canada, or Australia, and these three places are places that Joy can't take anyway.

In fact, Joey didn't have much hope for the Ryokari Gold Mine.

First, Japan is not a terra nullius land in Africa, it is not a place where you can occupy a piece of land on a first-come, first-served basis, and if you really want to use force against Japan for no reason, the supply and support of the army will definitely not be able to bypass the British, and if the British do not support it, there is a chance that the German navy will go around half the world to go on an expedition to Japan.

Second, unlike Britain, Germany has a large number of colonies in East Asia as a foothold, and there is also a Chinese fleet as a military endorsement, even if it really takes a piece of land in Japan, how to maintain it is a headache for the Germans.

But who would have thought that Major General Dietrich's vigorous and unusual battle plan would actually frighten the Japanese, and British Foreign Minister Cecil rushed to Berlin at this time to reiterate to the Germans where the interests of the British Empire in East Asia were, lest the Germans forget the British Empire's sphere of influence in the Qing Dynasty after they became friendly with the Qing Dynasty.

The unexpected appearance of the two appeared, but there was one, which made Joey seek the opportunity to obtain the Lingjia gold mine.

The rush to Berlin to mediate the Franco-German conflict was, in fact, nothing more than a façade played by Lord Cecil.

For a diplomat of the British Empire, how to build momentum, how to use power to suppress others, how to take advantage of the situation, and how to take advantage of the situation are the watersheds that distinguish the outstanding and excellent diplomats.

Foreign Minister Cecil was an outstanding British diplomat, who keenly seized the opportunity of the German-French conflict, hid the interests of the British Empire in East Asia under the surface of mediating the German-French conflict, and forced the Germans not to cede enough interests to Britain, so that they could not think of gaining an advantage in the German-French conflict.

Because of the conflict between Germany and France, the British created a momentum with their hands, and this momentum was also in the hands of Foreign Minister Cecil, who could use the situation to suppress the French or the Germans, as for who to favor, it depended on the British side to obtain more benefits from that side.

Who made the British Empire the current world hegemon, the only superpower.

This game is currently the only one that can be played.

That's right, the game of building momentum and taking advantage of the situation can only be played by the British Empire, but this does not mean that others cannot participate, and can only watch the British Empire want to be a winner-take-all, so before the official meeting with Foreign Minister Cecil, Crown Prince Frederick, Prime Minister Bismarck and Joey planned early on where the interests of the Germans in this game were.

On the question of the Qing Dynasty, the Germans were very interested in it, and took the initiative to express their respect for Britain's sphere of influence in the Yangtze River valley, and even put forward the idea of harboring evil intentions, and that Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan south of the Yangtze River were all recognized by Germany as Britain's sphere of influence.

In the British sphere of influence, Germany did not seek to establish colonies, concessions, or garrisons, and the German navy needed to be notified of the Royal Navy in advance when entering the Yangtze River basin.

In return for his interest in Germany, Foreign Minister Cecil also said on the spot that Britain had agreed to become the Germans' sphere of influence in Shandong, Beizhili and Shanxi regions of the Qing Dynasty, and even the northeast region.

You harbor evil intentions, and I will dig a pit with my hands, everyone is at their fingertips, it depends on who can keep a sober mind.

Such a proposal to roast the Germans on the fire was quite politely rejected by Bismarck.

"What a joke, Germany has not yet reached out to the great powers, especially England, to grab the colonies. We must pay attention to planning and be able to keep the original intention. ”

"The German Empire was founded less than ten years ago, and the experience of treating the colonies, the spheres of influence, and the navy was not worth mentioning in the eyes of the British, even in the eyes of France, the Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal."

"Between countries, it's like a game, you don't understand the rules of other people's games, and you break into it, it's like a novice with a huge amount of money to go to a gambling game organized by strangers, and in the end, this novice will only be played to death by others."

"Soberness is the most important talent of a navigator, people can have a goal to strive for, but they must not let greed become the driving force for progress, otherwise they will only become the prey in the hunter's trap."

While Prime Minister Bismarck was sober-minded and refused, Crown Prince Frederick was even more sober-minded, saying a new term that his youngest son, Joey, had been saying in his ear, "Open doors, equal opportunities." ”

To put it simply, Crown Prince Frederick proposed that Germany's national treatment of Britain should apply to all areas under the control of the German government, including the mainland, colonies, and spheres of influence, and that Britain should do the same as reciprocal conditions.

Cecil frowned at Crown Prince Frederick's proposal and thought carefully for a long time, but did not agree, after all, the Germans now have no colonies and spheres of influence, and it seems that the British Empire has suffered a loss in such an exchange.

But he did not refuse, after all, free trade is what the British government advertises and relies on, and if one day, when the world is carved up, this proposal of Crown Prince Frederick is completely in line with the interests of Britain in free trade.

In addition to maintaining the Qing sphere of influence is the fundamental interest of the British, maintaining stability and balance in East Asia is also the fundamental interest of the United Kingdom, which is clear to Foreign Minister Cecil, as well as to Crown Prince Frederick and Prime Minister Bismarck.

Therefore, the British would not agree to Germany helping the Qing to attack Japan, and neither of the Qing and Japan, which was too strong, was not in the immediate interests of the British Empire.

Stability is in the best interests of the British Empire, the game-setters of the world.

Maintain the status quo in East Asia and not accept any challenge to the colonial and sea power of the British Empire.

Chancellor Bismarck's answer was even more straightforward, the German navy would never attack Japan, this was just a trap, and extorting the gold mines in the hands of the Japanese was the real goal of the Germans.

Looking at the suspicious Foreign Minister Cecil, Chancellor Bismarck naturally moved out of Professor Richthofen, plus a series of awkward exploration professional terms, looking at Prime Minister Bismarck, who was full of bamboo, Foreign Minister Cecil couldn't help but believe a small half.

Immediately afterwards, Prime Minister Bismarck brought out the annual income of the Japanese government and the customs and tax collection materials, and then put the amount of security deposit demanded from Germany, and Foreign Minister Cecil obviously found that the Japanese government could not afford the extortion of the Germans.

Can't afford extortion, what does that mean?

It means that if the Japanese government wants to be finished, it must borrow from abroad.

Disraeli's Conservative government has been encouraging Japan's predecessor Tibetan Minister Shigenobu Okuma to borrow from the British, so there was a previous one, Okuma Shigenobu wanted to borrow 50 million pounds to fill the Meiji government's indiscriminate felling of yen banknotes, which led to his own resignation in the 14th year of the Meiji coup.

At the beginning, Shigenobu Okuma made a promise that he would agree to the terms of the British, and hand over the Japanese customs as collateral to the British government.

Customs, in the free trade world, the highest and most guaranteed authority, who controls the customs, is equivalent to getting a goose that lays golden eggs.

Unfortunately, Shigenobu Okuma eventually lost the battle, and with Hirobumi Ito and his supporters, the British Empire did not get the coveted control of Japanese customs.

For the Japanese government where Ito Hirobumi worked, the British Empire had long been unhappy.

And today, the Germans have created an opportunity for the British Empire to regain control of Japanese customs.

The opportunity is right now, and it must be seized!

The Germans understood very well what the British government wanted, and once again expressed their willingness to accept the British government to pay the deposit in place of the Japanese government, and at the same time welcomed the British possession of half of the shares of the Ryogari gold mine, and the Germans were willing to share the benefits with the British.

At this point, Foreign Minister Cecil finally believed that the Germans would not attack Japan or destabilize East Asia.

The rest of the plans are like the performances of Minister Barland and Minister Pashali in Chunfan Tower, and will not be repeated.

As long as you send a minister to Japan, you can gain control of Japanese customs, and by the way, you can eat a sum of money with an interest rate of up to 5% per annum, and there is a gold mine that is very likely to make huge profits.

Cecil was very satisfied with his trip to Berlin.

The interests of the Qing and Japan were tangible to the British, and the extortion of the French for shares in Syria, Jerusalem and the Suez Canal was far more out of reach than for the French.

The real British, of course, understand where their interests lie.

This Anglo-German confluence is a normal thing.

The Germans, in the end, took half of the shares of the Ryokari gold mine and, of course, 5 million gold marks in cash from the British.

The British Empire is like a lion, after the hyenas hunt for food, they can swagger away the hyenas and take the lead in enjoying the fruits of the hyenas' labor.

No way, this is a jungle era of the jungle, and Germany is not at the top of the food chain.

Lowering your head does not necessarily mean admitting defeat, and sometimes it may be a posture to accumulate strength in order to run hard.