December 1918 was supposed to be a month of anticipation and vision, because it had been four years since the outbreak of war, let alone a sumptuous dinner, and even the limited supplies that had been picked up early in the morning could not replenish the minimum calories needed for the day.

The main culprit for this is the war, and the person who has been most affected by the arrival of the war, until he becomes a minister of no other, is the Minister of Finance, and in Eric's government, it is Yarmar who holds this important position? Schacht, who was also one of Eric's close friends, was a co-founder of the Federalist Party.

The office of the Ministry of Finance was located next to the Prime Minister's Office, but Yarma no longer dealt with the country's financial problems in the Ministry of Finance, but moved the office to the Hanseatic Palace, Eric's presidential office, which Eric expressed his helplessness.

This morning, Eric got up early, intending to go to the office to sign a few words and communicate with Brauchitsch about the next move of Rommy's troops, but as soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the secretary Ananta ? "Mr. President, Mr. Schacht is inside," Gross said. ”

Eric stopped and walked over to Ananta and whispered, "When did you come?" ”

Ananta also whispered back, "I don't know, but when I came, Mr. Schacht was already inside, and in the office. ”

Eric looked sad for a moment, thought for a moment and said to Anata: "Find an opportunity to send a few documents on my desk that were sent yesterday and haven't had time to sign to the Prime Minister, I have to avoid them." Without waiting for Anata's reply, she hurried back the way she came, and then arrived at the Prime Minister's Office in a car under the protection of the secret services. For Eric's arrival, Stresemann was not mentally prepared, as far as he knew, the two people Erick was most afraid to see now, one was the Minister of Food Philip? Schedeman, the other is Finance Minister Yarmar? Shacht too. Fortunately, Philip was already busy supervising the transportation of food aid after the Soviet-German-Polish Friendship Pact was reached, but Schacht's problem was not so easy, and his problem was whether the war could end as soon as possible and put the country's financial mechanism on the right track. Can Eric give Shacht an affirmative answer? Obviously, it can't be done.

Seeing Eric in his office, Gustav quipped, "Mr. President, why did you come here?" ”

Eric said brightly, "Don't mention it, Yarma thinks my office is his own. Then he pulled out a pack of cigarettes and asked, "One for me?" ”

Gustav did not answer, but walked to the sofa with the ashtray on the table and said, "I'm afraid that before you finish this cigarette, Armar will find you." ”

Eric shrugged his shoulders to show helplessness.

As Gustav expected, there was a crisp sound of footsteps, the sound of high heels on the wooden floor. Eric looked at the puzzled Gustav and said, "It's my secretary, I told him to take the opportunity to take out the documents and send them to you." ”

Ananta knocked politely on the door, and Gustav said please come in, then stood at the door very politely and greeted him, then put the papers on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and took out a pen like a trick.

Eric quickly signed the document and handed it to Anata, and asked, "Is Yarma gone?" ”

Ananta knew that such a question would be asked, and replied succinctly: "Mr. Schacht is gone." ”

Gustav also asked curiously: "Does he really think of the president's office as the office of the Ministry of Finance?" ”

The well-behaved Ananta smiled and explained Yarma? Shacht's way of working was at the desk, and he skillfully held Yarmar? Shacht's fame. Anatha's way of defending the reputation of others instantly won the favor of Eric and Gustav to Anata. From Gustav's eyes, Eric saw a look that even a man understands. And Eric gave me a look of family to myself.

The two made eye contact when the door was pushed open again. It's rude to sign up without a trick, and when Gustav was trying to see who was so uninteresting, he found that it was not someone else standing at the door, but the protagonist of the topic - Alma? Shacht.

And Eric didn't look back, and he could see who it was from Gustav's stunned expression.

Arma? Born in Denmark and educated in medicine and political science at the Universities of Kiel and Munich, as well as a doctorate in economics at the University of Berlin, Schacht is a standard generalist politician. In 1908 he was vice-president of the bank of Dresden. Adrian befriended and supported him financially, and was the main financier of the Eric Arsenal. At the beginning of his service, Eric became an economic adviser to the government of the Brussels occupation government, laying a solid foundation for economic processing. Then, in 1916, he was transferred back to China to serve as president of the German National Bank, and once again touched the larger stage of economic development. This wealth of financial experience became Eric's choice to form the first finance minister of the government, and Yarma also supported Eric, so he took office. While in Hanover, Eric was able to help Armar with the economic problems of the Kingdom of Braunschweig, but at the level of the country as a whole, Eric was not enough, and the core problem was that the war was not over.

If it is just because of the wartime economic problems, Yarma will not be so entangled with Eric, but there is another problem, which Eric really does not want to touch, that is, restricting the operation mode of the German business community, which touches the interests of almost all German elites, this is a group that even Eric does not dare to offend, but Alma does not seem to care, what he cares about is to propose a plan, how to implement it, has become Eric's problem. Eric would like to throw the problem on his chancellor, after all, the cabinet is the role of the cabinet, but in fact, in Germany's federal system, Stresemann, as the chancellor of the cabinet, has become a presidential speaker, which is the evil result of centralization.

As if he didn't know that Eric was hiding from him, Yarma sat down very unceremoniously across from Eric, and asked, "How did you think about it?" You must know that the longer it drags on, the more difficult it will be for the country's economic recovery. ”

Stresemann stood in his office and was suddenly a little embarrassed, a president, a finance minister, and his superiors were discussing state affairs in the prime minister's office, so he had no choice but to interject and say: "Then you talk, I'll go out and walk around the park." ”

But Eric said, "No need, let's talk about it." I also need to let you know my attitude on this matter. Then he said to Anata, "Call two guards at the door, and you will go back." ”

Ananta obediently left with the papers, and Eric said: "Max has already had several conversations with Prime Minister George in England on the matter of peace negotiations, according to the telegram he sent back, he also mentioned the attitude of the American diplomatic ambassador in the telegram that Edward sent back to England on the way, and the development of things is going as we expected, but whether there are still variables in the end depends on the attitude of Paris, if they are still tough and resolute to fight to the end, we must also be prepared accordingly." And you, my old friend, your plan is very good, but don't forget that any radical means at this stage are unpredictable variables, and we will revisit them when the war is over. ”