Baron Brooke's face was ugly, he didn't notice for a while that the Prague people had long turned their backs on Austria, and he wanted to wait for Prague to be taken back first, and then cleaned it properly, but he didn't expect the other party to directly raise it at this critical time and make the whole issue public. In this regard, he had no good way but to forcibly defend and change the subject: "The question of Prague and Bohemia is an internal problem of our Austrian Empire!" There is no need to discuss it here! This is the same as Prussia's Silesia, is it possible that some people in Silesia are clamoring for independence or joining other countries, and you Prussia will directly accept it and let a few people do whatever they want?

Now we are going to say that the Prussian army must withdraw from Bohemia and return Bohemia to our Austrian Empire! There is no doubt about this, otherwise, we in Austria would rather fight again! ”

Bismarck saw that the other side was resolute, and Britain and France had intervened, and he knew that this time he might not be able to annex Bohemia, especially the people of Prague, who had already set off an independence movement, and even if Prussia wanted to annex Prague, it would probably take a lot of effort to completely suppress those Czech Democrats in Prague.

Prince William, who was next to him, glanced at him and whispered, "The people of Prague opened the city gates and let us Prussia occupy Prague, and I promised them to help them become independent." Even if the Kingdom of Prussia were to be annexed, I would ask my father to grant them full autonomy. ”

So Bismarck announced: "In this case, we promise to withdraw our troops from Prague and all of Bohemia." Whether it is your Austrian army or the Prague People's Self-Defense Army is in charge, it is not a matter for us. ”

That being said, Bismarck secretly wanted to inform the Pragues to prepare for them to take over, not the Austrian army.

After a series of bargains, like market vendors, the two sides finally agreed on the terms of Austria and Prussia. The preliminary talks between the two countries have been reached, and the main content of the Prague peace talks has been announced. The rest was about the negotiations between Denmark and Prussia, between Italy and Austria.

However, even with the support of Britain and France, Denmark and Italy were defeated countries after all, and they were still small countries compared to these two countries, so there was not much fairness to speak of, and the conditions were quickly set.

The first was Denmark and Prussia, which agreed to release all captured Danish soldiers and occupy only Jutland, and to return all the remaining islands to the Kingdom of Denmark. But the two sides quarreled over the Faroe Islands and Iceland, two groups of islands far from the Danish mainland.

Denmark, for its part, insisted that the Faroe Islands and Iceland be returned to the Kingdom of Denmark, stating that it would prefer to exchange a number of islands in the northern part of Jutland for the isolated Faroe Islands and Iceland. Prussia, on the other hand, insisted that Jutland, the Faroe Islands, and Iceland must be handed over to the Kingdom of Prussia, preferring to buy them with 1 million thalers as compensation.

British Foreign Secretary Granville George Levison-Gower couldn't hold back and stood up and said: "Mr. Bismarck, your demands are too rude!" Is this how your kingdom of Prussia bullies the weak with the strong? Your invasion of Jutland, your invasion of Denmark, the forcible capture of the Faroe Islands and Iceland are shameless acts of aggression! I can't imagine that you are still proud of this and complacent, in this case, we in Great Britain have always been allies of Denmark, and we have followed the rules of your country to directly invade and occupy Jutland and Faroe Iceland and other places. ”

Seeing that the British Foreign Secretary even said such a thing, Bismarck's face also changed drastically. He was a little embarrassed and looked at Prince William next to him.

In his opinion, the reason why the Faroe Islands and the Icelandic Islands must be seized from Denmark was because the Chinese Empire had proposed that the Kingdom of Prussia take advantage of the war to occupy them and then hand them over to them under the name of Lend-Lease. This brought us to the Atlantic rivalry between the Chinese Empire and the British. And now, although the Chinese Empire has risen strongly, it is still much worse than the old maritime power Britain, not to mention that the Faroe Islands and Iceland are in the North Atlantic Ocean of Europe after all, very close to the British mainland, and far away from the Chinese Empire. Therefore, seeing the tough attitude of the British foreign secretary, Bismarck no longer wanted to insist.

However, Prince William still wanted to insist, otherwise, he would be sorry for the group of friends in the Far East, and this in itself was also for the sake of the interests of the Kingdom of Prussia. If the Kingdom of Prussia wants to become a European power, it must become a maritime state, and it must also become a maritime country, open up overseas territories, and occupy a place in the North Atlantic, which is very beneficial to the future maritime strategy of the Kingdom of Prussia.

Therefore, Prince William stood up and said categorically: "Mr. Levison-Gower, don't forget, you are only an observer of this peace conference, or did you agree to let you participate in the meeting for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor of France, and please don't forget your identity and meddle in the peace talks between Prussia and Denmark at will!"

Secondly, if you want to declare war on Prussia on behalf of your country, our Kingdom of Prussia can only fight! Only, can you represent Queen Victoria? ”

Granville George Levison-Goyle turned red when he heard this, and angrily yelled at Prince William, "You, what do you mean by that? Declared war on my British Empire on behalf of Prussia? ”

Bismarck hurriedly stopped Prince William's response, and said to the other party with a smile: "Mr. Levison-Gower, you know, Your Highness is young and vigorous, please bear with me." But with the Faroe Islands and Iceland, we will not back down. If your country wants to, just send troops, and we in Prussia will do it! ”

Bismarck's loud words embarrassed Levison-Gower even more. Fortunately, the French Foreign Minister next to him, Baron Haussmann, at the behest of his own emperor, stepped forward to ease the scene: "Mr. Levisen-Gower, let Denmark and Prussia negotiate this matter on their own." ”

Levisen-Gower was helpless, knowing that it was impossible for him to declare war on Prussia as he casually said, and that once the trouble became big, it was likely that his newly appointed position as foreign minister might be lost, so he could only keep silent and regard it as a tacit acquiescence.

As a result, the negotiations resumed smoothly. Denmark saw that the backstage boss Britain also retreated, so naturally it no longer insisted, and the two sides successfully reached an agreement.

On the part of Italy and Austria, since they were originally members of the Holy Roman Empire, the two sides negotiated more smoothly and directly negotiated that the Austrian Empire would cede the Veneto in the present territory to the Kingdom of Italy. Originally, this place was Italian territory, but now it is just returned to its original owner.

After all, today's discussions, although there were many people, were still considered internal discussions, and newspapers and other European countries were not allowed to attend the signing ceremony, and tomorrow when the signing ceremony was officially held, not only the reporters of the major newspapers and periodicals will be watching, but also some other European countries and even the citizens of Prague will come to watch the excitement, so the official signing of the document will have to wait until tomorrow. Of course, when the time comes, these big figures, such as the French Emperor Napoleon III, will naturally not appear again, and the rest of these matters will be handled by four countries, and at most, the foreign ministers of Britain and France will act as witnesses.

Even the armistice between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Empire, and between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kingdom of Prussia had been formally signed, and it was only necessary for the two sides to sign again the next day on the Peace of the Four Nations.

But no one expected that on the same night, a major event would happen, causing the entire Prague Peace Conference, which was almost to the last step, to fall into a complete stalemate.