"Your Excellency, two hundred billion marks is simply not enough to compensate the empire for its losses. 100 billion marks is the condition of the empire. "Feng? Kidren? Vahit shook his head repeatedly.

This is a good opportunity to blackmail the French, how can it be easily missed? If I let it go, I'm afraid there will never be such a chance again. The Emperor's request was to squeeze as much oil out of the French as possible. Even if Germany won the war, it would need a lot of money to restore its economy and absorb its newly acquired territory.

For example, most of the territories that Germany acquired from Russia were relatively poor in transportation but rich in resources. If you want to develop these places and contribute to Germany's strength, rather than becoming a drag on Germany, you have to invest a lot of money. Germany could not come up with this money, so it could only find a way to pay war reparations. It is precisely because of this that Germany will do its best to squeeze these defeated countries and get as much war reparations as possible from them.

"Your Excellency, the war reparations your country received from Russia are only 20 billion marks, right? Why did France pay as much as five times more war reparations than Russia? "Theophel? Delcasse said.

"Your Excellency, I can answer this question for you. First, Russia inflicted far less damage and losses on the Reich than France. Second, Russia is much poorer than France. Thirdly, Russia's reparations to the Reich were small, but they were compensated from elsewhere. For example, Russia ceded a large part of its territory to the Empire. If France wants to exchange territory for reparations, as Russia did, I have no problem with that. Vahit said with a smile.

Theophile? Del Casse immediately stopped talking, France mainland is only 500,000 square kilometers in total, how can it be compared with Russia, which has as many as 20 million square kilometers? If the Germans had also slaughtered on French territory, their losses would have been great.

"Your Excellency, four billion marks. This is already twice the war reparations that your country received from Russia. That's eight times the war reparations your country received in the Franco-Prussian War. "Theophel? Delcasse said through gritted teeth.

"Four tens of billions of marks? Not enough, so be it. Six tens of billions of marks! The empire has reduced by 40 billion marks at one time, which is already a manifestation of the sincerity of the empire. Washitt said.

"Six billion marks, that's still too high. The French Republic could not have paid such a reparation in any case. "Theophel? Delcasse said. The Germans began to give in, which was undoubtedly good news for them. He hoped that he would be able to push the price down a little bit again.

The two sides bargained for a long time at the prices of 60 billion and 40 billion. In the end, the amount of compensation was set at 55 billion marks, which was 5 billion marks higher than the bottom line demanded by Qin Tian.

Theophile? Even if Delcasse was reluctant, there was no way, and he could only choose to compromise when the attitude of the German side became more and more tough. Otherwise, if the negotiations break down, it will be very detrimental to France.

"Your Excellency, the amount of five and five hundred and fifty million marks is too great for me to be sure that the government will agree to it. If the French government is not satisfied with this amount, then I have no choice. "Theophel? Delcasse said.

"Of course, I can understand that. However, I think your Government will agree. After all, this was the bottom line of the German Empire. If your government does not agree, then the German* army will continue to attack. Washitt said.

Theophile? Delcasse picked up the threat in Vahit's words. However, he had no way to refute it at all. Who allowed Germany to now fully seize the initiative?

"The second condition was that the German Empire demanded that the French government transfer all its overseas colonies to the German Empire. After the defeat of France, there was no longer any need to have those colonies. Vahit continued.

Germany has long coveted those colonies of France. Although, the colonies owned by France may not be as rich as those owned by Britain. But if you look at it in terms of area, it is not less than that of the United Kingdom. These colonies were already very good relative to Germany, which had only a few tiny, barren colonies.

Before the outbreak of World War I, France had large colonies, including large colonies in Africa, a small part of India and islands in the Indian Ocean in South Asia, a colony of Indochina in Southeast Asia, islands in the Caribbean and part of South America, and a large archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.

The cession of these colonies to Germany would make Germany a powerful colonial empire all at once. A large number of overseas colonies will provide Germany with a huge source of raw materials and overseas markets, so that Germany's industry can further take off.

Again, these colonies were very important to France. If they could, they would certainly like to be able to keep the colonies. However, the French government has long been on the same page. Knowing that the war was lost, it was clear that these colonies could not be saved.

"Your Excellency, the French Republic is willing to cede to you our colonies in Asia and the Americas. African colonies, can we be allowed to keep? Anyway, most of those colonies are deserts and rainforests, and they are very poor. Even if Germany had those colonies, it would be of no use. "Theophel? Delcasse said.

Vasit shook his head: "The Empire's demand is for France to transfer all its colonies to the Empire, and there is no room for bargaining for this!" ”

Those colonies in Africa, seemingly poor. But Emperor Qin Tian attached great importance to it. For example, the colonies in North and West Africa are rich in oil. It may not be necessary to exploit them now, but these resources will be very important for Germany in the future.

"All right, Your Excellency. Since the German Empire wanted those colonies, as a sign of our sincerity, we agreed to transfer those colonies to Germany. "Theophel? Delcasse said.

Vasit nodded, very satisfied with the Frenchman's acquaintance.

"The third condition was that the French government must cede to the German Empire all the territories north of the Loire and Corsica. There is no room for bargaining in this article. Once again, Washit put forward a condition.