Qin Tian's reason is undoubtedly a bit far-fetched. This time, however, Germany made it clear that it was not prepared to share the benefits handed over by France to Austria-Hungary. Qin Tian believed that Crown Prince Karl should also understand what he meant.

Of course, Crown Prince Karl understood what Qin Tian meant, and a trace of shame and anger flashed in his eyes. Qin Tian actually used the reason that Austria-Hungary did not send troops to participate in the attack on France, and excluded Austria-Hungary from claiming war reparations against France. This is simply a rhetoric.

If it had been someone else, Crown Prince Karl's anger would have exploded long ago. However, now he is facing the crown prince of the most powerful empire in the world, and this person who is a year younger than him is already the most powerful person in the world. This made Crown Prince Karl full of jealousy, but also a little afraid. Perhaps, even he didn't know that he would be afraid of Qin Tian!

"Your Majesty, even so, I still think that Austria-Hungary has the right to a part of the French reparations." Crown Prince Karl insisted.

"Your Highness, so be it, Austria-Hungary will go and negotiate with France on its own. How much you can benefit from France is up to you. Qin Tian said impatiently. Crown Prince Karl clearly doesn't know how to advance or retreat, his words are already very clear, but Crown Prince Karl still holds on.

Crown Prince Karl became more and more angry in his heart, in his opinion, Qin Tian's statement was really shameless. Let Austria-Hungary negotiate with France on its own, so what benefits can they get from the French? France was on the verge of being drained by Austria-Hungary. Besides, if only Germany had instructed France a little, France would have ignored the demands of Austria-Hungary. So, if Austria-Hungary wanted to get benefits from the French, it was almost impossible.

Thinking of this, Crown Prince Karl knew that it was almost impossible for Austria-Hungary to want to slaughter the French. In addition to regretting in his heart, he also became even more hostile to Germany.

"Well, Your Majesty, Austria-Hungary can renounce its claim for reparations against France. However, in the ensuing negotiations with Italy, the interests of Austria-Hungary had to be ensured. After all, Austria-Hungary was the main force in the war against Italy. We sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight against Italy. Therefore, we should occupy a major position in Italy's reparations! Crown Prince Karl continued.

France's reparations, Austria-Hungary seems to be not wanted. So, he could only turn his mind to Italy. Austria-Hungary sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight Italy, so it was a matter of course for Crown Prince Karl to occupy a larger share of the negotiations with Italy.

Qin Tian smiled, he knew that this was the true intention of Crown Prince Karl, wanting to get more benefits in the Kingdom of Italy. However, although Austria-Hungary sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight Italy, they did not really play as much role as tens of thousands of German* troops.

"Your Highness, the interests of Austria-Hungary in Italy naturally need to be secured. However, everything needs to be negotiated before it can be determined. Qin Tian said.

"It's natural. Your Majesty, I hope that in the negotiations the German Empire will support the reasonable demands of Austria-Hungary. Crown Prince Karl said. He seemed to believe that Germany would certainly support their demands.

"What do you want in the peace talks with Italy?" Qin Tian asked.

"Austria-Hungary wants Italy to compensate us with five billion crowns! In addition, Italy needed to cede Venice to the north, the area east of it, to Austria-Hungary. Italy's overseas colonies are also to be transferred to Austria-Hungary! Crown Prince Karl said.

After listening to Crown Prince Karl's request, Qin Tian couldn't help frowning. It has to be admitted that the appetite of Austria-Hungary was not small. 50 billion kroner, which is equivalent to 40 billion marks. In addition, Germany has decided to demand compensation from Italy for 20 billion marks. If this were to be added up, Austria-Hungary would have to pay 60 billion marks in compensation. In total, they had to pay even more war reparations than France had to pay. But the Kingdom of Italy is nowhere near as rich as France!

Although, the Kingdom of Italy was also a first-class power before the war. However, the time of reunification was relatively late, and the industry was not very developed, which made their economy not very good.

Of course, the Kingdom of Italy is not really without money. At the time of unification, they plundered a lot of wealth. In particular, almost all the wealth of the Catholic Church fell into their hands. It's just that it's very difficult to say how much of that wealth will be left after a few decades. Qin Tian was sure that the Kingdom of Italy would not be able to come up with so much money at all.

Qin Tian predicted that after the Kingdom of Italy compensated the German Empire with 20 billion marks in war indemnities, there should not be much money left, and at most it would give Austria-Hungary several billion marks in war indemnities.

In addition, Austria-Hungary wanted Italy to cede Venice, the nearby area, to them. You know, the vicinity of Venice is also a relatively developed area in Italy. If those areas were lost, and Sicily, which Germany had already predetermined, Italy would lose a lot of territory. In this way, Italy is seriously weakened.

Italy did not have many overseas colonies, only Libya and Italian East Africa, including Abyssinia and Eritrea and Somalia. Among them, the richest is undoubtedly Libya. Qin Tian's Deutsche Energy Company, however, extracted oil there. Qin Tian also knows that Libya has the most oil among African countries. Therefore, Qin Tian had already made up his mind that the colony of Libya would be returned to Germany. After all, Germany's demand for oil is also increasing day by day.

Although the Middle East is more oil-rich, it is a little more distant than Libya. Qin Tian will not let go of the oil in the Middle East, and Qin Tian will not let go of the oil of Libya either.

Now, Crown Prince Karl actually wants to accept all the overseas colonies of the Kingdom of Italy, such an appetite is too great! No matter what, Qin Tian would not agree. At most, Italian East Africa will be handed over to Austria-Hungary, and Libya will definitely not be handed over to them.

"Your Royal Highness, the conditions of Austria-Hungary are undoubtedly a bit harsh. I don't think the Kingdom of Italy will agree to these conditions. Qin Tian said.

"If they don't agree, then we will send troops to Italy and destroy them completely!" Crown Prince Karl said categorically.