"Can we make the empire better off without borrowing money?" Frederick leaned closer, and the admiral bent down in obligation, and the two touched their heads lightly, and then Frederick whispered: "The prime minister has guessed the empress's thoughts, and he dares to comply with the empress's needs, be the traitor openly, and continue to sign those money-grabbing agreements with the central bank - because the empress has no choice, and borrowing usury is a road of no return." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIt is precisely because of the collapse of the economy that she has to sacrifice the interests of the royal family, continue to borrow money to let us pay those orders, continue to borrow money to save market confidence, and continue to borrow money to guarantee the government's credit. Because as soon as she stops borrowing, snowflakes of orders will not be able to be paid, government credit will be bankrupt, the economy will collapse, riots, coups, anarchists will rise up one after another, and she, the empress, will have to be guillotined. So she will not only continue to borrow from the central bank, but she will also borrow more openly, recklessly. ”

Frederick secretly instructed him to squint and straighten his waist, looking at the admiral who had just woken up from a dream: "So, if you have no money, just reach out and ask Your Majesty for appropriation." She will do everything in her power to overdraw the royal credit in exchange for the strength of the Empire's hardware. ”

"But...... Who would lend the Empress so much money? We're talking about non-performing loans in the tens of millions! No bank would lend such a high-risk loan, right?"

"First, because it is a non-performing loan, the interest rate is so high, a full 13%, which is still the kind that calculates compound interest. Second, if it is a loan to a private person, there is certainly no bank willing to sign such a loan, but the nature of lending to the Imperial Cabinet and the Habsburg royal family is different, throughout the ages, the king, the government and the royal family have always been the best loan customers, the object of the bankers' robbery, because even if the royal family cannot afford to pay it, there is still an annual tax to pay off the debt, so even if it is a bad loan, even if the risk is very high, the bank will still lend money to the royal family, but the interest rate will be punitively increased several times. So, as long as Elena is willing to go out and take on debt, Braischroeder will happily lend money. Frederick dipped himself in water and wrote one or two or three on the glass coffee table and showed it to the admiral: "The most important point is that Braischroeder is only responsible for developing customers, in other words, Braischroeder is only responsible for making the Empress desperate and making her dependent on debt for a living; in fact, it is the international giants such as the Bank of Paribas and the Bank of England who lend money." Do you think Your Majesty is borrowing money from the central bank? No, the central bank doesn't have the financial resources to play with me. His Majesty borrowed money from Paris, and borrowed money from England. Because there is no war at the moment, the wealthy British and French central banks are trying to extract wealth from the ailing HRE Empire, which explains the sheer scale of the financial attack. ”

"Your Majesty borrowed it...... All reserves from London and Paris?" Admiral Farina's imagination was not enough.

"So what do you think? We've been borrowing money from Britain and France. Frederick sneered: "One day, we will use the money borrowed from the Bank of Paris to capture their Paris." Wait and see. ”

Admiral Farina slumped in the round chair, his mouth open, his limbs cold, his chest hot, shaken by Frederick's ambition, and thrilled by the ironic gamble.

One day, we will use the money borrowed from the Bank of Paris to capture their Paris.

What a high-spirited plan this is? But in today's rampant powers, this is probably the only light that the empire can see at the end of its rope!

Can such a ruined plan be exchanged for the hope of fighting a last-ditch war? Can the glory of Germany re-illuminate the battlefield of the Van Krange aristocracy?

Admiral Farina pondered these questions in the dark, when he suddenly saw a hand in front of him.

Frederick pinched his cigar, squinted his eyes and puffed out a wisp of smoke, and was hunching his hand to look solemnly at the admiral: "I believe that we are a community with a shared future. ”

The admiral stared at the ambitious young man with his mouth open and his old deep eyes, his white beard curled up like a knife, smiled knowingly, stretched out his hand to hold him, and stood up with respect, looking at him on an equal footing: "I am in charge of national defense and in charge of placing orders, Paul is in charge of the military industry and is in charge of digesting orders, you are in charge of the cabinet and policy, and you are in charge of obtaining more appropriations for us - we are united and it is more appropriate to call it the 'military-industrial complex.'" ”

"I'm glad to have an enlightened father-in-law like you. Frederick clenched hard, and the feeling of oppression in his five fingers came with the firm strength of a soldier.

"I'm glad to have a son like you. Admiral Farina took the relationship one step further, "I will make you happy, it is my duty as an elder." ”

Because the topic touched on the core secret, even Griffith did not have the opportunity to sit in on the conversation. He could only kindly hand Frederick his hat and coat when he opened the door and left.

As soon as he saw off the guests, Griffith turned back and broke into his father's study, where he saw the Admiral writhing around the carpet like a hamster in heat, his footprints trampling the carpet in a circle.

"Father...... What did you talk about?" Griffith couldn't help himself.

The admiral stopped, fumbled for the cigar box again, and while cutting the cigar, he stared at his son and smiled deeply: "Make a good relationship with Frederick." I'm not talking about affection, I'm talking about interests. ”

Griffith didn't know why, but he gladly accepted. His impression of Frederick had changed dramatically, and when Frederick sacrificed his career for Philia, he had recognized his brother-in-law's courage and responsibility.