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When William III heard the news that Italy had been pitted with 200 tons of gold by the Chinese Empire, he instantly squirted out the coffee in his mouth.

Prince Baden's old arms and legs did not dodge, and he was sprayed in the face, and although Hitler next to him hurriedly jumped away, he was also sprayed between his legs, which was very embarrassing.

"Hahaha! Rubbing Lini, this stupid! Hahaha! ”

Wilhelm III didn't care about the black-faced Prince Bard and the embarrassed Hitler, he just patted his thigh and smirked.

After all, he is a young man under the age of twenty, and his heart is uncertain!

Prince Baden gritted his teeth, but he couldn't hold back his frustration and took out his handkerchief to wipe the coffee off his face.

And Hitra looked at the wet place between his legs, and obviously couldn't wipe it off, so he could only drag his shirt down and try to cover it so that no one could see it.

"To say that the Chinese Empire is also lacking in virtue, how can it think of such insidious, despicable, shameless, and obscene tricks to pit Italy?"

William III was still so immersed in the pleasures of the East African gold heist that he was unaware of the international conspiracy behind it.

Prince Baden couldn't stand it anymore, threw away his handkerchief, and said with a dark face: "Your Majesty, Italy is about to end, do you think it's funny?" ”

Wilhelm III was stunned for a moment, looking unhappy, obviously not very satisfied with Prince Baden's attitude.

"Isn't it just two hundred tons of gold? How is it over? ”

Prince Baden had a constipated expression of hatred that iron could not be made of steel, and said, "Your Majesty, that's two hundred tons of gold!" Even for our German Empire, it was a tenth of the treasury reserves. Not to mention poor Italy, which is equivalent to half of the Italian treasury! ”

Wilhelm III's expression was very unnatural, although he had no idea about two hundred tons of gold, but when he knew that two hundred tons of gold was equivalent to one-tenth of the reserves of the German treasury and half of the reserves of the Italian treasury, after a comparison, he understood the weight of these two hundred tons of gold.

But he inherited the stubbornness of Wilhelm II, but he still chose to quibble.

"So what? The Chinese Empire will not force Italy to hand over 200 tons of gold, right? This gold robbery is clearly a deliberate attempt by the Chinese Empire to trap Italy, and at most it is just a lesson for Italy. ”

Prince Baden's beard was about to rise up, and he was about to go crazy, but for some reason he suddenly turned his head to look at Hitler.

Hitler smiled bitterly, and had no choice but to say to Wilhelm III: "Your Majesty, this gold robbery in East Africa is obviously deliberately tricked by the Chinese Empire to lure Italy into being fooled, so as to give the Chinese Empire an excuse to start a war against Italy!" ”

Wilhelm III frowned and said: "Italy is our ally, and if the Chinese Empire goes to war against Italy, aren't you afraid that our German Empire will also go to war with them?" ”

Prince Baden snorted coldly at this time: "The question is, now Your Majesty, do you dare to go to war with the Chinese Empire?" ”

In the face of Prince Baden's provocation, Wilhelm III's face instantly darkened.

Hitler laughed in his heart, the relationship between Wilhelm III and the Prince of Baden has become more and more tense recently, which is very beneficial to Hitler, but at this time, Hitler still has to side with the Prince of Baden.

"Your Majesty, we sacrificed German Southwest Africa to exchange space for time, and only when we are well prepared can we start a war with the Chinese Empire."

Seeing that Hitler was also helping Prince Baden speak, Wilhelm III was suddenly unhappy and snorted coldly.

Prince Baden glanced at Hitler and nodded, expressing satisfaction.

Hitler then continued: "The Chinese Empire should not attack Italy proper, but it is inevitable to frighten Italy, and the final result will inevitably be a compromise between China and Italy under our mediation, and the Chinese Empire will retreat to the second best thing and demand from us the German East African colonies." ”

"What? Are you saying that the Chinese Empire was targeting our East African colonies? ”

William III was amazed, feeling incredible. Obviously, it was Italy that provoked the Chinese Empire, so why did the German Empire want to hand over the colonies.

Hitler smiled bitterly and said, "Doesn't Your Majesty still understand? From the very beginning, the essential purpose of the Chinese Empire was to continuously encroach on the Empire's overseas colonies and cut off the supply of various resources to the Empire's overseas colonies, thereby further strengthening the comprehensive economic blockade of the Empire. ”

"Damn the Chinese Empire, which has just robbed our colonies in Southwest Africa, and now it has come to rob our colonies in East Africa, damn it! We resolutely refuse to give them back, and if we want to fight, we will fight well! ”

William III was strong-blooded, so he naturally did not think about the consequences and was ready to fight with the Chinese Empire.

Prince Baden frowned and said: "German East Africa cannot be given to the Chinese Empire, after all, there is a large amount of gold and diamonds, and there are more industrial raw materials necessary for the German Empire, once the Empire loses these, it will have an impact on the empire's industry and finances." ”

Hitler shook his head and said, "However, if we don't give it, we can only start a war with the Chinese Empire!" ”

Baden asked rhetorically: "Can the war be confined to East Africa and not expanded into a full-scale war?" ”

Hitler said with a bitter face: "Last time, we could have let General Schriefen carry the blame, but unfortunately in the Liberian War, the imperial ** team was defeated and suffered heavy losses." If this time the old trick is repeated, I am afraid that the emperor will be extremely dissatisfied with it. ”

Prince Baden said: "That's for the German Empire, they must understand!" ”

Hitler said: "However, if Italy is left in the way this time, there may be room for manoeuvre." ”

Rome, the royal palace of Italy.

The queen who has the sole power is angry at the moment, and she can't wait to find someone to grab her face and tear it apart immediately.

Just now, the Italian Foreign Minister conveyed the attitude of the Chinese Empire, which must hand over the murderer, return 200 tons of gold, and compensate the Chinese Empire for all its economic losses, otherwise it will be tantamount to a war against the Chinese Empire.

For the Italian side, there is no problem in handing over the murderer, and it doesn't even matter if you lose some money, but the two hundred tons of gold are fatal.

In fact, the Italian troops who participated in the robbery did not get two hundred tons of gold at all, they got only a few hundred kilograms of gold covering the surface, and the inside was all fake stones, not gold at all. However, the Italian army robbed it, which is a fact, so the Chinese Empire insisted that the two hundred tons of gold were true, leaving Italy speechless.

After all, it was the fact that this robbery was indeed caused by the greed of the Italian soldiers, and in the international arena, wherever the Chinese Empire went, the Chinese Empire was responsible, and Italy was at the loss.

If it's a small amount of money, then Italy also admits it, anyway, it's not the first time it has been cheated by the Chinese Empire.

But the problem is that it's a whole 200 tons of gold!

You know, even the Italian treasury is only a little more than 400 tons of gold.

As a gold standard country, these more than 400 tons of gold is the monetary base of the entire Kingdom of Italy, the guarantee of economic stability, once 200 tons of gold to the Chinese Empire, then it will have a huge impact on Italy's monetary stability.

In fact, the gold reserves in the Italian treasury do not have the so-called more than 400 tons of gold on the books, and most of the gold is taken out by Friction Reni for various reasons to make gold jewelry and utensils.

At this moment, there are not even 50 tons of gold lying in the Italian treasury, not only can it not pay 200 tons of gold to the Chinese Empire, but even once it is exposed, the entire Italian currency market will collapse.

"Queen, it's not good, it's not good!"

The sudden shout startled Mo Lini.

When I looked up, it was the governor of the Bank of Italy who rushed in.

"Queen, something is wrong, the people are running for gold like crazy!"

"What? These damn people! I'm so! Ahhh ”

Mo Lini was so angry that she wanted to bite and grab someone.

At this time, the Italian people suddenly ran on the gold, apparently hearing the rumors, and fearing that the Italian government would take out the gold reserves of the treasury for the Chinese Empire.

The people of Italy did not want the value of their paper money to depreciate, so they all poured into the banks to exchange for gold.

In fact, it is impossible for the Italian people to know about this, and it is impossible for them to know that the Chinese Empire has pitted Italy with 200 tons of gold, and there is obviously a motive behind this, deliberately inciting the people, and has achieved an ulterior purpose.