Guo Songtao remembered his mission in Europe, nodded quietly, and said, "Mr. Prime Minister, please elaborate!" ”

Bismarck glanced at Marshal Ron and King Prussian next to him, and began to elaborate on the origin of the matter: "Mr. Special Envoy, we want to send troops to Denmark in the near future, defeat Denmark completely, and force King Frederick VII of Denmark to cede the entire Jutland Peninsula and all other islands, and keep only their own Isle of Zealand, so that our Kingdom of Prussia can replace Denmark, in addition to Schleswig and Holstein, which have been recovered, but also control the Skagerrak Strait and even the entire Baltic Sea. Paving the way for Prussia to become a naval power.

And in order to send troops to Denmark on a large scale, Britain and Tsarist Russia on the European side, as well as France, will inevitably intervene, especially Tsarist Russia and Britain. In this regard, because Britain and Tsarist Russia are ready to propose peace talks to your country, can your country make the appearance that it wants to send troops to the port of Aden and Africa in West Asia and the appearance that it is going to attack Orenburg in the north before the peace talks, so that Britain and Tsarist Russia will be on full alert and will not dare to move their forces indiscriminately to meddle in the affairs of Northern Europe, so that we Prussia can smoothly and undisturbed to capture Denmark!

Of course, this time does not need to be too long, and our Prussian army will certainly be able to capture Jutland and the islands of Funen and Bornholm in two months.

In addition, the Kingdom of Prussia is ready to apply to your country for a war loan to cover the expenses of the war. The amount is about 140 million thalers, with the entire railway in Prussia as collateral, the loan period is 10 years, and the annual interest rate is 8%. ”

Song Tao's face changed slightly, this Prussian kingdom was really ambitious, and he directly started the idea of annexing almost half of Denmark's territory. However, these places, for the Chinese Empire, have no interests, on the contrary, the occupation of the Danish Jutland Peninsula and some islands, blockading the Baltic Sea, and making the Baltic Fleet of the entire Tsarist Russian Navy suffer pinch, it can be said that it is in the interests of the Chinese Empire! And the most important thing is that Guo Songtao knew very well in his heart that Tsarist Russia had attacked the Chinese Empire several times, and according to the emperor's character, it would definitely rise up to retaliate, and the request of the Kingdom of Prussia coincided with the purpose of the Chinese Empire.

Although it is not cost-effective to send troops to Orenburg, what if the surrendered Kazakhs or Mongols attack? The reason why the Kazakh rebellion failed everywhere was mainly due to the backwardness of weapons, and secondly, the lack of training and disorder, but now the Chinese Empire can provide some weapons and military staff to make up for some of this problem, and it is a very ideal choice to support the Kazakhs to fight against Tsarist Russia. Guo Songtao can think of it himself, he believes that the emperor and Zuo Zongtang and others can think of it.

As for the sea, it is necessary to send troops to the port of Aden, and even to capture ports along the African route, Cape Cape Town and other places, especially in southern Africa, where His Majesty has said that there will be many gold mines, and sooner or later the Chinese Empire will expand its power there. Moreover, this can also further move the maritime front forward, so that the sphere of influence of the Chinese Empire can be further expanded to the entire Indian Ocean, and the Chinese Empire will officially become a naval power from then on!

Thinking of this, Guo Songtao did not hesitate at all, nodded directly and said: "No problem, I will write to the emperor of my country as soon as possible, and Your Majesty should agree to come down." However, this back and forth, coupled with the preparation time for sending troops, is estimated to take some time, and I ask for your country's understanding and cooperation.

As for the loan, this amount, although it is not particularly large, is also quite a lot, however, for our Chinese Empire, it is not a big problem. But the key is that even if it is an alliance, there is an old saying in our East called 'brothers settle accounts', and I think everyone knows this truth: what is the benefit of the Chinese Empire agreeing to this? ”

When Zhang Zimu heard this, he was a little dumbfounded, he had never dealt with the King of Prussia or the Prime Minister, he had always only been on Prince William's side, and there was usually no conflict of interest, and everyone was safe. How can there be such a bare asking for benefits? For a while, he couldn't understand Guo Songtao: Is this still the humble and gentlemanly Xiangyin Guo Jinshi he knows?

And Ron on the other side also began to frown, this oriental was too direct. On the contrary, King Pu didn't care at all, and still looked at it with a smile on his face.

Bismarck laughed and said, "Mr. Special Envoy is really cheerful, direct enough!"

My Bismarck's favorite thing is to be straightforward, and since it is a cooperation between the two countries, it is natural that everyone has enough interests.

In this way, I heard that your country is currently building railways and factories on a large scale, and that a large amount of steel is needed, and that the steel production of our Kingdom of Prussia, although not very large, is enough for our own use at home, and that we can buy some from Europe, I promised Mr. Special Envoy that at least 10,000 tons of steel will be sold to your country every year at the current price between European countries.

In addition, the most-favoured-nation tariff treatment continues to apply to some goods that your country trades to Europe, in our Kingdom of Prussia, and even in the North German Confederation.

In terms of time, we also need some time to prepare, and since Mr. Special Envoy said so, we will agree to send troops on time in half a year.

If Mr. Special Envoy has any other conditions, he can also bring it up himself, how about it? ”

Guo Songtao knew that the conditions he wanted to put forward would not be agreed to by the other party, but he still had to say that if the other party did not agree, he would naturally feel guilty, and at this time, if he asked other questions, it would be much more likely to agree.

Therefore, he said directly: "It is basically no problem to send troops to the British colonies and the Orenburg side of Tsarist Russia." As for the loan, I wrote to our Majesty, and I should have agreed. I can even broker a match for your country by borrowing another 600 million thalers from our Chinese Imperial Oil Corporation to make up 200 million thalers, and the time limit and interest rate will remain unchanged according to your country's proposal. Speaking of this, seeing that the other party's face finally changed, Guo Songtao knew that his words had played a role.

He continued: "Our condition is that we will actually attack Orenburg in Tsarist Russia!" The ultimate goal should be Baku, a border town on the western shore of the Caspian Sea! Now, although Tsarist Russia has weakened and its national strength has been greatly reduced, after all, it has a vast land area and a large number of army troops. Therefore, the Chinese Empire needs allies, and the Kingdom of Prussia is our very ally! Your Majesty, Mr. Prime Minister, Marshal, are you willing to be a true ally of the Chinese Empire, to attack Tsarist Russia from the east and west? ”

King Pu's face changed greatly, and just as he wanted to speak, Bismarck replied first: "Mr. envoy, this is impossible! As you know, the Kingdom of Prussia has always had good relations with Russia, and Prussia's military strength is too weak to stand up to a power like Russia, and it is still not strong enough to defend itself, let alone take the initiative to attack the other side! We can't agree to such conditions! We cannot push the entire Kingdom of Prussia into a pit of fire for 30 million people. ”