"Our plan is actually very reasonable, no one is willing to throw a lot of money into Africa, and no one can afford to send a large number of immigrants to the African colonies, except for the central government, only us! The Prime Minister's opposition was somewhat unexpected. Count Schelling said with some uneasiness.

"It's a normal reaction, or a common problem at the top, if we get it easily, then we won't think of their goodness, and if there are some twists and turns that make us realize how difficult this natural thing is, then we owe a favor. There are a number of areas where we need to make appropriate concessions. Therefore, whether it is the Kaiser or the chancellor, even if they agree with our proposal, they will take the trouble to discuss it. But the traverser didn't care.

"And you think our plan will come to fruition?"

"It will be done! Maybe even before I get back to Munich! It is very likely that this agreement was signed by the Prime Minister himself, and then passed on to his son! The traverser said confidently!

"Not really, right?"

"As for the Wittelsbach family, they will always be kings, but Bismarck cannot always be prime ministers!" The traverser is once again proud of his identity!

At the same time, in the Imperial Palace in Berlin, Kaiser Frederick III was discussing the matter with the chancellor. As the travelers expected, the colonies in Africa are indeed a pit for Germany at present! I put a lot of money into it, but I didn't see a return! The Kaiser sometimes wondered what was the use of the colonies he had worked so hard to get.

"In principle, the Bavarians did not do too much, the British, the French, the Belgians all did it, they gave a lot of land and minerals to private companies to operate, and only a certain amount of taxes and profits were extracted. If it were a company to do this, I would agree, but the other party has a government background! Will it have an impact on the colonial policy of the Empire? And they pay a fixed tax, although now we take advantage of it, but in the future. The Colonial Chancellor said with some concern.

"So we reject their proposals?" Herbert asked.

"At least there should be a change of conditions that are more favorable to the empire." Said the Colonial Chancellor.

"I think you've already been in contact with their representatives, so did they agree? If this agreement can be reached, we will be able to reduce the deficit in the colonial sector by at least about 4 million marks per year. And if Bavaria's policy is successful, it will be very useful for the operation of the empire in the African colonies! "There are some things that are inconvenient for Dad to go out, and they have to be said by Herbert himself.

"What about the rest of the empire, then what about Bavaria. Is it okay to do this? The silent Kaiser asked.

"In that case, we would also be responsible for local security and infrastructure maintenance, and we might not even have 400,000 marks a year in terms of tax revenue! Merchants will never lose money, because a large number of base costs are borne by the Empire. The colonial minister shook his head and said, "What they want is a semi-independent right, and this right is the big part of what they pay for!" ”

"So where are their profit points? They can't afford to lose money. The Kaiser said with a frown.

"Maybe it's minerals, tin, copper, manganese, and so on. And maybe the plantation economy. If they had agreed with them, when all of this was built, they would have made a higher profit than they had paid in proportion to the tax. However, the cost of infrastructure construction will be high. It's hard to say whether it's really profitable or not. "The Colonial Chancellor did the math.

"Another possibility is to disperse the population pressures within the Kingdom of Bavaria, which has poor industry and poor land, which would also be beneficial to the kingdom if some of the labor force could be diverted. Even if you don't lose money or make money, it's acceptable. "The prime minister is also thinking about why the time-travelers are doing this, Europeans are not willing to go to backward Africa, since they want to develop independently, it will require a lot of labor. The government does not even give free land to immigrants to attract natives to Africa. So what will the Bavarian royal family do to make up for the labor shortfall? Another question is, where is the profit point of the other party?

"If you don't figure it out, forget it, revise the treaty a little, and do as it says." In the end, the Kaiser, who racked his brains and didn't figure it out, decided to forget it, what is the matter of only a few million marks? It is not uncommon for a semi-independent colony to be run into a colony, and European countries do the same, otherwise which company or big family would want to run to Africa, where birds don't? Bavaria's behavior seems to be a bit out of line, but it is also within the framework, and the local colonial government in Imperial Africa really dares to be more comfortable with the empire as a kingdom? Think too highly of their professional discipline!

"Don't you think the Empire has been too indulgent of Bavaria?" As he left the palace, Herbert cautiously asked his father next to him.

"Connivance? You are not the only one who thinks so, some people have even written secret letters to the royal family, saying that Bavaria has independent tendencies, so what about it? In the end, it was all gone. Empires were originally built on mutual compromise. What's more, the Wittelsbach family had a close relationship with the Habsburg royal family. As long as Bavaria did not really seek independence, the empire could not interfere too much in their internal affairs. And in general, their actions do share the pressure of the empire, and it is the merchants who really suffer, so they are in a hurry. ”

"Fundamentally, the royal family trusts those kings more! And not merchants or other aristocrats, because the emperors and kings are the real ruling class of the empire, and the nobles and capitalists are only assistants! We're just senior employees. And they are shareholders! The Prime Minister stressed again.

"Is this spending of several million marks a year really worth it? Even if we grow sisal and rubber, it will take at least 6 years or so for us to break even, let alone the initial investment! Even if there are minerals, this time is only advanced by one year! Schelling said with some wonder after seeing the agreement sent by Herbert himself. And the traverser put it away without hesitation, the Imperial Colonial Department has already passed, as long as he goes back and hands it over to his father for signature, it can take effect.

"That's it! Lüderitz Bay! Divide everything around and it will become the treasury of the future kingdom of Bavaria! This is also the meaning of His Highness ****" said the traverser as he drew a circle with a pencil on a large-scale map of Africa!

Thanks to a book called "A Brief History of Africa", the Traveler gets even more benefits from it than the Krupp armor that took years to make! Because the place that the traveler has carefully selected produces the highest unit value of the mineral in the world - gem-quality diamonds! What's more, the mining is very easy to excavate, and it's coastal and offshore! You don't even have to build a railroad far! The difficulty of mining is even lower than that of the British in the diamond mines of South Africa!

The first diamond was discovered here in 1908, and 40,000 carats were produced that year! By 1913, 4.69 million carats of diamonds had been produced here! Worth more than £7 million! £7,000,000! Converted to a battleship from the pre-dreadnought period, it can probably be exchanged for half a dozen! Even if it is a dreadnought, it can produce at least 2.5 Bavarian-class battleships! And the price of oneself is only a few million marks!

Of course, this is still a secret, and if the German Central Committee knew about it, something would happen, so no one knew about this news except for the members of the Bavarian royal family, not even Count Schelling, the head of the royal family!

"Alright, now we can finally go." Everything that wants to be done has been done, the traveler needs to continue to go home and farm, the road inside Germany has been paved, and the Bavarian representative in the center can do these things well. And the rest of the matter is a series of cooperation plans between Bavaria and Austria-Hungary, and it should be easier to talk about the two families who have both traditional friendship and blood relations, right? The traverser thought in his heart.

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