Chancellor Bismarck struck a match again, let his cigar smoke turn gently in the flames, and sat quietly watching as Crown Prince Frederick told Joey why he had been called.

After all, the original idea originated from Joey's head, and it involved the diplomatic field of complex relations, and Frederick was worried that if something was missed in the process of his own paraphrasing, Germany would be damaged, so after thinking about it, he decided to let Joey come forward and explain his plan himself.

When the old prime minister had completed the standard procedure of lighting a cigar with three matches, the crown prince also made his thoughts clear to Joey. Looking at the crown prince who was so patient, the old prime minister couldn't help but be dumbfounded, compared with his own education of his sons Herbert and William, it seemed that the crown prince's education method was more recognized by his own children.

Thinking of the bad Herbert, the old prime minister was troubled for no reason, and even the cigar smoke, which should have exuded the aroma of acorns and fruits, became spicy in his mouth.

After coughing up the annoying cigar smoke, the old prime minister noticed the smoke and Joey's sparkling eyes.

Then, Joey's clear words rang out, "Your Royal Highness, do you need me to tell you my thoughts on the war in the South Pacific?" ”

With the Prime Minister's permission, Joy began to talk about his huge economic diplomacy plan involving many countries.

"My lord, I would like to start with the position that Germany should take in this war in the South Pacific." Joey secretly wiped the sweat from his palms and threw out his first position, "In this war, Germany should maintain a neutral attitude." ”

This neutral point of view had already been stated by the crown prince, but the old chancellor Bismarck disagreed, believing that it was necessary to support Chile and Prussia's friends with a clear banner.

Therefore, now the old prime minister asked with a gloomy face, "Your Royal Highness, do you know the relationship between Prussia and Chile, and do you know what disastrous consequences Germany will have in South America if Germany declares itself neutral in this war?" ”

A sudden momentum came to his face, and Joey found that listening to the old prime minister's speech next to him, and talking to the old prime minister head-on, it was a completely different feeling, decades of officialdom and battlefield grinding, the old prime minister's powerful aura was completely sent and received in his heart, and a simple question had made Joey feel sharp.

"Don't be afraid, my mother can refute you, you are speechless, and I can't lose as a son." A belief lit up again in Joey's heart.

In the old prime minister's heart, he wanted to blow away Joey's unrealistic diplomatic ideas in one go, and by the way, he would show out the evil anger he received in the Taiwo today, so when he questioned Joey, he brought his own powerful aura and wanted to give Joey a dismount.

But I didn't want to, Joey was like a tenacious flame, blowing down by himself, although the flame swayed in the wind, but the wind stopped, and the flame burned hard. Looking at Joey's bright eyes, the old prime minister was a little surprised, and said in his heart, "This child's personality is really like his mother." ”

Joy didn't care about the old prime minister's messy thoughts, and continued, "My lord, what I said about neutrality is neutrality with conditions and positions. ”

Without waiting for the old chancellor to ask questions, Joey said quickly, "The neutral conditions I am talking about are based on world peace and world justice, and the Germans love world peace and maintain the position of world justice. ”

"Based on the idea of world peace, the war between the Bolivian Federal Army of Peru and Chile should stop. In accordance with the concept of world justice, Bolivia should compensate the Chilean joint venture for all its losses and, in accordance with the contract between them, continue to grant the joint venture exclusive rights to the nitrate mining in the Antofagasta region. ”

"No way, the purpose of this war in the South Pacific is to break the above agreement, and if it is restored to the state before the war, the Peruvian Bolivian Federal Army will not agree to it in any case." In the smoke of cigars, the old prime minister said with a calm face.

"Of course, it was on the basis of impossibility that I made this suggestion." Joey still smiled hard and said, "This condition is not for both sides of the war, but for Germany." ”

"It is my original intention to let Germany wear the cloak of world peace and appear in front of both sides of the war with a fair face."

"Because Germany wants to seek sufficient benefits from both sides, it must have such a neutral posture, and there is no better excuse for loving world peace and upholding world justice."

"Both sides seek enough benefits, how to do it?" The old prime minister asked quietly.

"My lord, this is a complicated process, please allow me to continue with the neutrality of the position." Joey was not swayed by the old prime minister's questions and continued his opinion.

"There is a position of neutrality, and this position is to help Chile win this war!" Joey gave the old prime minister a 180-degree turn.

Even the old prime minister, who has been through the storm for so long, couldn't help but be stunned by the sudden change in Joey's position, "It's a neutral position, and you want to support Chile to win?" ”

"Yes, Chile, as a friend of Prussia, must win this war, and we must support Chile, let the Chileans dismember Bolivia and Peru, and we want Chile to gain access to the resourceful Atacama Desert region, which is where our interests lie." Joey said in the affirmative.

"The Chileans are at the bottom of the pack at the moment, their navy's largest tonnage warship has just been sunk, their army is besieged by several times the enemy in the port of Antofagasta, and now the whole world does not believe that they can withstand the offensive of the Peruvian Bolivian Federal Army." The old prime minister said in a cold tone.

"My lord, but I believe that the final victory belongs to the Chileans." Joey's train of thought was still not influenced by the old prime minister, and he still replied in the affirmative.

"Although the Escalda was sunk by the Peruvians, in terms of tonnage, it is indeed the largest tonnage warship of the Chilean Navy, but it is only a wooden steam cruiser commissioned in 1855, an old warship that has been in service for 24 years, and the Peruvian Huaazca and Independence, which sank it, are only 10 years old and young, and they are both ironclads."

"A two-on-one, ironclad battle against a wooden steam cruiser, even if the tonnage of the Esmeralda is large, the result of the battle is obvious."

Relying on the detailed intelligence of the Chief of Staff of the German Royal Navy Stockch, Joey accurately restored the true situation of the naval battle of Iquique that had just taken place.

"My lord, please also note that in the hands of the Chilean Navy, there are also the Admiral-class ships that were commissioned in 1873, as well as the ironclads of the same class Cochrane and Valparaiso, which are similar in tonnage and firepower to the Peruvian Caisca and Independence, but are much younger."

"If the Chileans can design an ambush of the Peruvian Navy's ironclad ships, as long as they sink one Peruvian ironclad, then Chile will have a naval advantage in the South Pacific, as a country at the western foot of the Andes, Chile, Peru and Bolivia, whoever controls the seas will decide where the land war of this war will be fought."

Joey casually used the objects in the pavilion to simulate the terrain of Chile, Peru and Bolivia, and then pointed to the simulated terrain and said, "Relying on the tall Andes Mountains at the eastern foothills, the Chileans are not worried about the attack from the east of the land, the Chileans have already withstood the attack of the Peruvian Bolivian Federal Army in the port of Antofagasta, as long as they win the naval battle, then Iquique, and even Lima, are within the range of the Chilean army." ”

"As you said, the Chileans are now in dire need of 5,000 German army weapons and equipment, and the real meaning behind this is that even with the loss of the navy's largest warship, the Chileans are confident that their navy will win the war."

"The purpose of their need for more troops is to be prepared to quickly stab Peruvians and Bolivians in the back after they have gained naval superiority, and then end the war."

"So, my father and I both thought that Chile was going to win the war." Joey looked at the old prime minister, without a trace of hesitation, and gave his own conclusions about the victory or defeat of this war.

"Two Highnesses, without Prussia, are so sure that Chile can win?" The old prime minister of the cigar smoke asked with twinkling eyes.

Seeing the old prime minister's eyes, Joey's heart suddenly jumped, and the ghost messenger said, "Not necessarily, without the help of Prussia, this will only be a bad battle." ”

"Oh, Your Highness the Prince, tell me about it." The old prime minister followed and asked.

"Because this is the key to Germany's interests in Chile, the Chileans would not be grateful to Germany for the victory that the Chileans have achieved on their own without German help." Joey replied calmly.

"So," the old prime minister asked, who was exhaling a puff of smoke.

In the end, Joey was still under the influence of the old prime minister, so he could only follow the old prime minister's train of thought and say, "So, we have to participate in this war." ”

"Qiaoqiao, last night we discussed not going to war, only providing weapons." This is different from last night, Joey gave himself a different way of thinking, and the crown prince couldn't help but remind Joey.

"Well, it seems that the old prime minister is going to be taken into the ditch." Joey suddenly woke up and said in his heart, "It's worthy of being a treacherous and cunning, and a few words of psychological hints made me change my thinking last night." ”

"But the hint of the old prime minister still stems from my own demons, Germany must be deeply involved in the huge economic benefits of Chile, otherwise a slight diplomatic touch, or just selling some weapons, will not be able to control the Chilean government."

"The risk is proportional to the benefit, if you don't risk it, you won't get the benefit, since I know that Chile can win in the end, then I'll give it a go!" Thinking of this, Joey raised his head again, looked at his father and the old prime minister, and said firmly, "Yes, we want to participate in the war, but I want to participate in this war in another form." ”