"How can I refuse that two of the three largest empires in the world have opened their arms to our little Prussia!" Chancellor Bismarck suddenly sighed, "But there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, so please tell me about your conditions now." ”

"Poland, the condition is Poland." Engels replied with a smile.

"Hahahaha, what else can't be said directly here? I think, Friedrich, you're talking about Russia, right? Bismarck laughed, picked up his glass, and drank it down. The consequence of supporting the Polish revolution would be the complete confrontation between Prussia and Russia! ”

In fact, conspiracy rarely plays a role in the European diplomatic arena. Because the people who can become prime ministers or foreign ministers are all human beings, and Otto. Feng. Bismarck is the best of the best. How could Napoleon III's calculations not be able to see through it? France gave Prussia the market and resources that were most needed for industrial development, so could it make Prussia vote? And supporting the Polish Revolution and Russia's complete confrontation is undoubtedly the most valuable vote!

"Prussia does not need to be completely hostile to Russia, it just needs to remain neutral in the future." Mathilde looked at Bismarck with a smile, "The German people and His Majesty Wilhelm I are so peace-loving, as the chancellor, you can't bear to let them go on the battlefield against the world's number one army or navy, right?" ”

Bismarck smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Of course I can't bear to let the German people bleed, but the anger of Russia is not so easy to bear......"

"France and the Ming Empire could provide security guarantees to Prussia, and they could also conclude binding treaties." Empress Mathilde immediately promised.

"Uh......" Bismarck didn't know what to say for a moment.

And the mutual defense treaty? Isn't this tying Prussia to the chariots of the Ming and France?

"It doesn't matter, the Tsar's anger is not the same as going to war. He is now plagued by a lot of internal and external troubles. There will be no war against Prussia. Bismarck politely declined. While thinking to himself: "Alexander II really wants to take the wrong medicine to fight with Prussia, and the Ming Empire and the Turkish Empire will not need a treaty at all, and they will pounce on Russia and bite Russia." Moreover, Prussia has a standing army of 200,000 people, a perfect conscription system, and its industrial strength far exceeds that of Russia, so even a one-on-one war is a sure win! However, there was no need for Prussia to make a mortal enmity with Tsarist Russia. It's pointless...... As far as Prussia is concerned, the most advantageous thing is to stay outside the tripartite camp of Britain, France, and Russia, and it cannot lightly get involved in the struggle for world hegemony until the most favorable moment. ”

The current iron-blooded prime minister certainly had no intention of bringing down Napoleon III's empire through a war. It's also not possible! The latest intelligence suggests that the French army will deploy defenses in Alsace and Lorraine, using barbed wire, trenches, reinforced concrete fortifications, machine guns, and breech-loading artillery to defend against a possible German invasion...... At least 200,000 French troops would be on the Franco-German border, and if that 200,000 were not enough to kill all the stupid invaders, the French would bring back all their truly elite troops from North America - and it was clear that the Prussian military experts, like their American counterparts, could do nothing about the "defensively omnipotent" French. But. Wilhelm I and Bismarck had little interest in going to war with Russia, and the rich lands of central Europe were what Prussia really needed.

"Of course. Prussia would still support the Kingdom of the Polish Conference...... Prussia supported the restoration of the Vienna system in Poland. Bismarck probed the tunnel.

"The Tsar could no longer be allowed to be the king of Poland at the same time, the history of the past 30 years has shown the fact that the Russians did not consider the Kingdom of Poland an independent state at all!" Mathilde replied.

Then, she paused slightly and said: "Instead of letting the Tsar be the king of Poland at the same time, it is better to let the future emperor of the German Empire be the king of Poland at the same time." ”

"No, my king has no interest in this!" Bismarck hastened to refuse.

"Then let Poland be a free republic." Engels hurriedly took up the topic, "Now that the Polish revolutionaries are ready, as long as we can supply them with weapons and equipment, they themselves will be able to drive the Russians away." ”

"But the Russians have 100,000 troops in Poland!" Bismarck rolled his eyes, smiled wryly and shook his head.

"How much?" Engels was also shocked when he heard this, he had no exact information in this regard, and he did not expect that the tsar would actually station such a large army in Poland.

Mathilde said very firmly: "We will provide enough assistance, France will provide 20,000 rifled guns, 100 12-pounder guns, 100,000 grenades." It was also hoped that Prussia would supply the same number of weapons to the Polish revolutionaries.

In addition, Prussia was required to provide 100,000 marks and allow Poles serving in the Prussian army to participate in the Polish revolution in their own capacity. It was also necessary to allow the Polish Freikorps to enter Poland through the territory of Guò Prussia. ”

"That's right."

Bismarck was silent for a moment, as if to sum up his thoughts.

"Well, in principle I can agree, but there must be an agreement on the unification of Germany, as well as a treaty on cooperation between the German Customs Union and France, and, of course, a treaty of economic cooperation between Prussia and the Ming Dynasty...... When these treaties were signed, Prussia could come to the aid of the Polish Revolution. ”

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"That is, Prussia is already almost being co-opted by Napoleon III, is it? It's unbelievable. ”

In Nanjing's Fort Maria, Zhu Jishi, who had just attended the Imperial Council (known as the Shang Dynasty in the Forbidden City), frowned and looked at the telegram copy in his hand. "Bismarck and Wilhelm I weren't so easy to deal with, were they? They're ......."

Zhu Jishi didn't go any further, the Franco-Prussian War or something, after all, it was something that happened in another time and space.

"Hmph, what else can they do? Napoleon III did a good job this time, forcing the Prussians to choose between France and Russia. If France is chosen, then Prussia will have to fight against Russia, and in the event of a conflict between Britain and France in the future, Prussia can only choose neutrality. ”

Maria. Clementina said excitedly: "As long as Prussia is neutral, France will be invincible, and it will be able to concentrate its forces on fighting Britain for sea supremacy, and France will also control the Suez Canal and the Tehuantepec Canal...... The future world hegemony must be shared by France and the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhu Jishi glanced at the happy concubine, and was also thinking about the situation in his heart. The present situation seems to have clearly favored France and the Ming Dynasty, no, it should have been clearly in favor of France and the Roman Empire...... Thanks to himself, Napoleon III has been really smooth sailing in recent years, from a "clown" in history to a generation of heroes who created the most glorious and prosperous era of France. Even Marx didn't dare to write an article about him. But France, Italy, Mexico, the United Kingdom of Central America, the Confederate States of America, the Black African Empire, and the northern part of South America, how can they always seem to smell like paper tigers?

"Maria, I don't think the British Empire will be unresponsive, right?" Zhu Jishi suppressed the doubts in his heart and first pulled his thoughts to the current international situation. Now that the American Civil War is not over, Napoleon III has already aggressively launched a diplomatic offensive in Europe. Who else can't see this Sima Zhao's heart?

"How can they react?" Maria smiled and said, "As long as the two empires of France and the Ming Dynasty stand together, Britain has no way to take us." This is the greatest advantage of Napoleon III compared to Napoleon I! I think the Prussians also saw this clearly, and chose to side with the French. ”

"Is Prussia on the side of France?" Zhu Jishi still does not believe that the number one thug in history in Europe has been included in Napoleon III.

Maria smiled and said: "The neutrality of Prussia is on the side of France!" Because on the European continent, only two countries had the strength to fight France, Prussia and Russia, and Prussia's neutrality blocked Russia's westward advance. France does not have to worry about threats on land, it can concentrate on the sea! (To be continued......)