Chapter Twenty-Nine: Passing the Word
Sickert was still trustworthy, and on December 20, 1925, five days before Christmas, he asked the Bavarian District Court to release Hitler early, leaving another tail: he could not leave the country for two years, he had to be on call if summoned by the local authorities, and he had to write a letter of repentance.
Hitler did not hesitate to do so, writing in his confession: "I am deeply remorseful for the violent actions I took during the Munich Revolution and for the harm done to thousands of Wehrmacht officers and soldiers, innocent citizens and comrades of our own Party, and I am deeply aware that in a country with a perfect system and strict laws like Germany, I should express my political demands by legal means...... I pledge to abide by the Constitution and the law in an exemplary manner in the future......"
Sickert showed the confession directly to Contini, and joked: "Look, prison life is still very effective, your friend has realized his mistakes, I hope he will not make such mistakes in the future, not every military leader is as good as me!" β
Contini smiled, but he was quite unimpressed, thinking that Sickert was too bookish, and the words of politicians could be taken seriously? This kind of cheap guarantee is worthless, not to mention the letter of repentance written by the individual, that is, the signed international treaty should be torn up - whether it can be effective or not depends on strength and not on credibility, of course, he believes that sometimes it cannot be rushed.
thought so, but there was a smile on his face: "That's good, everyone will be friends after the misunderstanding is cleared......"
Siketpi said with a smile: "Yes, since everyone is friends, don't hide what good things you have, I heard that you went to develop tractors?" β
"That's right, but I didn't hide it from you, I let your designer enter the venue as soon as possible, of course, the technical specifications have to be arranged by me, it's just a trivial matter." Contini lowered his voice and said, "Do you want Algerian oil shares?" One point is now worth $5.6 million to $5.8 million, and if you want it, I'll deal with it for you for $4.8 million. β
Sickert smiled bitterly: "Don't say 4.8 million, I can't afford 480,000." β
"There are people who can afford to buy it." Contini pointed to the ceiling, "Your Majesty......"
"Shh Sickert jumped up like a cat that had been stepped on by its tail.
"You can send a message to Your Majesty, 5 million points, and you can sell him up to 2-3 points! There is also 200,000 to calculate your commission. β
Sickert became alert: "Why are you selling oil shares, don't you say that it will go up?" And the price is cheaper than the market price. β
"Not only here in Hohenzollern, but also the Belgian royal family, the Norwegian royal family, the Greek royal family, and the Dutch royal family, I may consider selling, of course, the proportion will not be very high, that is, 1-2% per family, by the way, and the Pope - 2%, I need some people who speak enough to help me mediate and prevent the French government from misjudging the situation and causing immeasurable consequences to myself."
"The French government? Immeasurable consequences? Sickert smiled, "If you want to entrust me with a message to Your Majesty, then you have to make it clear to me, and of course you can also tell MΓΌller that he has a closer relationship with the court than I do." β
"I'll talk to Muller here, but I won't tell him the whole truth, because he doesn't have enough level, and I can say it here." "The proposal of the Algerian oil company for the railway and exclusive terminal blocks and port dredging projects of the Algerian oil company has been officially rejected by the French government β seven days ago," Contini said. β
"You mean, you got so much oil and you couldn't get it out?"
"It's wishful thinking on the part of the French, and since I chose this block to extract oil, of course there is a way to transport the oil β in fact, I had Plan B long before the French government intended to interfere with it." Contini walked to the map of the world behind Sikert and sketched in pencil a line of oil blocks passing through Libya and then to Tripoli, "This is my oil pipeline, who dictates that I have to go from Algiers?" β
Sickt was taken aback: "You don't plan to deal with the French? β
"The reason why the French are obstructing from this, other reasons are false, it is nothing more than seeing that the oil reserves are relatively high and reaching out to ask for money, and even trying to use this means to force us away, you know, I am a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, if the French have a good consultation with me, it is not a big deal for me to sponsor hundreds or even tens of millions of dollars, but such an act of ignoring international morality and commercial standards has aroused my anger, who said that it is necessary to cooperate with the French government? I can't do it myself? β
Sickert shook his head: "I am personally very unoptimistic about the prospect of you and the French government going against you...... There may be no good reason to seize you, but it is easiest to cause trouble for you - there are many tribal forces in Algeria. β
"I've thought about this, and I've even thought about French expatriates posing as tribes to attack oil fields, but don't forget...... What are oil guards for? Libya and Algeria are separated by a patch of sand, are there troops stationed? I crossed the border, who knows? They will use force, I will not use force? β
Sickett felt the cold hairs on his back stand on endβhe now suddenly regretted sending the officer to Italy, no wonder this kid had to practice so many unbelievable subjects, not only against the Bedouins on camels, but also against the French colonial armed forces and even the French.
"It's a foolish idea to incite armed Algerian tribes to riot...... They will instigate, I will not instigate? "I can incite the Algerians to be independent, and you say, are they willing to fight with the French for independence, or are they willing to follow the French against me for a little profit?" As long as the Algerians are independent, I can give the Algerians that part of the oil that originally belonged to the French! β
"After all, I'm just a knife seller, and I don't care what the Algerians want to do, so I just sell some arms and weapons." Contini smiled, "Of course I won't sell Italian products, I can sell German G98\MP-18, sell British Lee Enfield rifles and Belgian pistols to them, it doesn't matter if the Algerians can't pay, the United Group can take credit and deduct it from oil revenues in the future - I can still afford a few million dollars!" β
After listening to Contini's "knife theory", Sickett's face changed greatly, he didn't have suffered this loss, and after a while, he squeezed out a few words: "You! Ruthless enough! He had no doubts about the determination of the other party, and didn't the Munich riots illustrate all this? This is a madman in front of him, or a madman with hundreds of millions of assets, and he must not be judged by common sense.
"I dare assert that the British must not have said anything? Britain was worried that France would have too much influence on the European continent, and wished there was a place to distract the French, and if Algeria became independent, do you think the British would watch all this with a gloating attitude, and by the way, sell me their old arms stockpiles for resale? The Great Britain-stirring stick lives up to its name! β
"You're a trumpet-stirring stick right now! Even more shameless than the British! β
"Thank you, I'll take this review as a compliment." Contini smiled, "So now I have to give some shares to the royal family and the Pope, so that they can give a message to the French government, don't misjudge the situation - it takes a lot to suppress the unrest in Algeria, and the dead are not tens or hundreds of people that can be disposed of, as long as the French don't mess with me, I will obediently offer 38% of the oil, why do you have to make a win-win situation?" β
"I suddenly want to withdraw the instructor corps in the oil guard now, it's too dangerous and crazy to follow you, and it's easy to set yourself on fire."
"It's late! Everyone knows that you did all this, not to mention that your subordinates can't understand it, and your colleagues and even your bosses can understand your backtracking? What happened to the war with the French? Are you Germans afraid of war with the French? Don't you want Saar? Alsace and Lorraine you don't want it? If you dare to say this openly to the army, do you believe that 125,000 defense troops can drown you with a single spit? They are not afraid of death, will they be afraid of war with the French? Can't you practice now? I can pack a ticket with you, they may be very excited about fighting the Bedouins, but if they are fighting the French Foreign Legion or the French army, their excitement will definitely be burning - you forgot about the Ruhr area, they haven't forgotten! Besides, what if you don't go to war? Are you still waiting for the French to obediently send these territories back? You think beautifully! Any German older than 6 years old with a normal IQ would not be so naΓ―ve! β
Sickert was speechless, and he had to admit that he couldn't speak to the other even two more mouths when it came to debate and eloquence.
"Okay, I can't say it, I'll convey it to Your Majesty, and I'll do a good job of analyzing the pros and cons, it's his business to buy it or not, I can't decide."
"Trust me, as long as you bring the word, he will definitely buy it!" Contini finally said, "Tomorrow I will go to Bavaria to pick people up from prison, do you have anything else to explain?" β
"Don't get me in trouble!"
"I see, I'll tell Adolf."
"It's not him, it's you!" Sickert sighed, half pleading and half pleading, "I give you those 2,000 officers, the best and best mid- and low-ranking officers I selected from the 125,000 defense forces, you must be careful with me!" β
"Understand, I've doubled my salary and paid double the price, so I'm definitely careful." Contini laughed, "Next spring I invite you to go to Libya to review the team and see what this elite is capable of!" β
"You can rest assured of my people, but you must also reassure me in your actions and deeds, and you must inform me of everything that involves crossing the border to attack Algeria, otherwise I will order the officer corps to refuse to carry out the mission......" Sickert thought for a moment, and then put a tightening spell on Contini.
"Of course...... Passive defense and self-defense don't count, right? β
"No, but I warn you, don't play tricks!" Sickert added angrily.