"Your Majesty, the French really can't stand the fright. As soon as the Imperial Army attacked, they immediately relented and accepted all the conditions offered by the Empire. This is the original of the peace treaty, Theophile? Delcasse had already signed it. The treaty is now in force. "German Foreign Minister von? Kidren? Vahit's face smiled.

"Very good, very good. The French finally threw in the towel. The war on the European continent can come to an end. Qin Tian nodded with satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, according to the agreement, the French will pay the war reparations of five and five billion marks to the Reich in three years. One hundred and fifty million marks for the first year was to be handed over to the Reich within three months of the signing of the treaty. How to use this money, please make it clear to Your Majesty. "Imperial Prime Minister Bernhardt? Feng? Billo said. The high-ranking officials of the Imperial Cabinet have long been staring at this money.

Qin Tian thought for a moment, and then said, "This money should be used to pay off the debts owed during the war first!" In addition, preparations had to be made for the next landing operation on the British mainland. The remainder is used for infrastructure construction. The large territories that the Empire had gained in Eastern Europe would need to build more railways and roads to ensure its control over these areas. ”

Russia ceded millions of square kilometers of territory to Germany. Plus half of Belarus and the whole of Ukraine, all under German control. This allowed the area of German control to increase by millions of square kilometers at once. It's just that most of those places are rich in resources, but backward in development. In particular, the transportation facilities are very backward. If Germany wants to develop these places, it will have to strengthen its infrastructure.

In addition, those places were nominally under German rule. But there weren't many places that Germany could really control. The vast countryside, in particular, is still under the control of the locals. The partisans who opposed German rule were even more numerous. Next, Germany had to mobilize troops to exterminate those guerrillas. Good transportation facilities were also an important guarantee for the German army to exterminate the guerrillas.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Bilow nodded.

"Our negotiations with the French are over, then, our negotiations with the Italians are ready to begin!" Qin Tian said.

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Austro-Hungarian delegation also arrived in Berlin yesterday afternoon. Your Majesty, if you have time, meet with the Austro-Hungarian delegation! Foreign Minister Vahit said.

Qin Tian thought for a moment, then nodded: "Let's hold a banquet in the palace tonight to entertain the Austro-Hungarian delegation." One way or another, the Reich and Austria-Hungary were still allies. However, I heard that the people of the Austro-Hungarian Empire have been a little uneasy recently! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Reich gained a great deal of interest in its negotiations with both Russia and France. However, Austria-Hungary was not able to get much out of it. Especially with regard to the French negotiations, we did not let Austria-Hungary intervene at all, which made them particularly unhappy. Washitt said.

"Humph! In the war against France, they did not exert any strength at all. Is it possible that we still have to give them a little benefit? That would be ridiculous. "Minister of War and Chief of the General Staff Von? Marshal Falkenhein said.

The Reich* military was very dissatisfied with the performance of Austria-Hungary in this war. Of course, the Austro-Hungarian army dragged a certain enemy for the empire. However, their performance on the battlefield was too bad. If it weren't for the timely reinforcements of the German army, perhaps they would have been defeated on the battlefield. Performing so badly, and still trying desperately to reap the benefits, it is simply self-aware.

Of course, the Austro-Hungarian Empire also paid a lot of losses in the war. Therefore, they hope to be able to reap more benefits in the negotiations to make up for the losses at home.

It's just that Germany won't let them get their way. After all, the two sides are still allies now. But with the transformation of international relations, the relationship between allies has begun to gradually change. In order to secure its own interests, Germany would begin to suppress Austria-Hungary. Moreover, the recent ambitions of Austria-Hungary also made Germany feel threatened.

At the same time, at the Austro-Hungarian embassy in Germany, Crown Prince Karl was angry.

Originally, Germany had prepared a hotel for the Austro-Hungarian delegation. However, Crown Prince Karl refused Germany's kindness and insisted on living in the embassy. The German side did not say anything about this, as they wanted.

Immediately after Crown Prince Karl arrived at the embassy, he began to inquire about the contents of the treaty signed between Germany and France.

Although the negotiation process between Germany and France was secret, the content of the treaty was not. Anyone with the slightest access will be able to know the content of the treaty. Anyway, the treaty has been signed, and that is already a matter of completion. No one can change it.

"Your Highness, according to what we have heard, the French are to pay Germany a war reparation of five and five million marks, and at the same time to transfer all their overseas colonies to Germany. In addition, the territory north of the Loire in mainland France had to be ceded to the Germans. The Germans also limited the military power of France, demanding that the total strength of the French army should not exceed 100,000 men, that it could not have heavy artillery and tanks, that the navy should not build large warships and submarines and aircraft carriers, and that it should not have aircraft. The number of police and security forces cannot exceed 100,000 and so on. The Austro-Hungarian ambassador to France, Zunebrugg, said.

At this time, Crown Prince Karl's eyes were already red. He was completely stimulated by the benefits that Germany had reaped from France. Although, he had long thought that the Germans would definitely make a lot of money from the French. But I didn't expect that I would catch so much.

Not to mention anything else, the war reparations of 55 billion marks alone made him salivate. If Austria-Hungary had paid so much war reparations, their domestic crisis would have been well resolved.

In addition, France's vast overseas colonies also filled him with longing. Austria-Hungary did not have colonies, so Crown Prince Karl was very eager for Austria-Hungary to have a vast colony that could be exploited and oppressed, just like other countries.

Half of the territory of mainland France was ceded to Germany, which surprised Crown Prince Karl. You know, that's half of France's best territory! It has a well-developed industry and abundant resources, and a large population. Germany has swallowed such a large piece of territory, and I don't know how much its strength will increase.

Crown Prince Karl's heart has been filled with jealousy at this moment.