In this letter of peace request, the French side gave the condition of 100 million francs in reparations and promised to dissolve the alliance with the countries of South Germany.

Although it does not involve a territorial change, this condition is already quite good in William's opinion.

As the crown prince of Prussia, he still had some understanding of the goals of the war.

The most important thing was, naturally, to prove its strength to the other German states and to maintain the stability of the North German Confederation.

The second is to bring Nandra to his side, and finally to get something from France.

100 million francs for indemnity...... It's a lot to say less, and everything is afraid of comparison, Italy didn't pay a penny in the just-ended Spanish-Italian War, so France is still quite sincere.

The stakes were so high that Prince Wilhelm did not dare to make a private decision, and instead of sharing the letter with other colleagues, he forwarded it directly to Bismarck.

As he sent the letter, William felt a big stone fall from his heart.

During this time, France's war potential was fully revealed, and if the other side had played with its life at the beginning, Prussia would never have reached Paris.

Ever since hearing that the number of militias in southern France had exceeded 300,000 and that the Spanish volunteers had entered France, William was worried about the future.

Now that victory in the war has finally been ensured, peace will come immediately if they say a word.

And judging from Wilhelm's understanding of Bismarck, there is no reason for the other party to refuse.

Bismarck was adventurous, but he also possessed the restraint of a mature politician, and he still understood the principle of taking what he saw was good.

Sure enough, Bismarck's reply three days later showed obvious intent.

However, Bismarck thought that this indemnity was still negotiable, and he was not in a hurry to sign a treaty for the time being, and talked about it first.

In addition to this, Bismarck told Wilhelm not to tell anyone about it.

Betraying the country is not a glorious thing, especially at this juncture.

In the event of the fall of the royal family of Vanabas, the new ruler may not be so talkative.

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A frightened Nasan finally received a reply from Prussia, fearing that the other side would refuse to negotiate and that the other side would make the matter public, but fortunately none of these bad circumstances happened.

As for the indemnity, it is not the royal family's money anyway.

The emperor, who was in a rare good mood, inspected the barracks.

When he looks at those capitalists and ordinary people now, he always feels that the other side wants to rebel against him.

At such times, it is important to ensure the loyalty of the army.

When the Emperor inspected the military camp near the Oberkampf Heights, he found a place where there were quite a few people around.

"What is this doing?" Nasan frowned and asked the soldiers on duty on the outskirts of the field.

"Your Majesty." The young soldier seemed quite nervous, and no matter how much he privately hated those in power, most people's minds would go blank when confronted directly with the emperor.

"Inside...... Inside is a hot air balloon...... Flying. The soldier stammered.

“？”

Seeing that the emperor still failed to connect the military camp with the hot air balloon, another soldier on duty took the initiative to say: "Some people say that they can contact the outside world through the hot air balloon, and everyone is experimenting with the feasibility." ”

It dawned on him that there were no professional air defense weapons in those years, and as long as they rose high enough in Paris before leaving the city, the Prussian army had no way to take these hot air balloons.

But the joy of finally being able to connect with the outside world turned into annoyance in an instant, in addition to feeling that my IQ was rubbed, more importantly, I didn't tell myself about such an important thing!

The emperor walked into the hall quickly, and when he saw the person in charge, his mood was even more ruined.

The middle-aged man in the center was none other than the famous republican, Leon Gambida, who had been opposed to war before the war and had made a bad impression on Nazman.

Not only did he have a different attitude towards the outside world, but Gambida also publicly declared in parliament that he wanted to replace the monarchy with a republic.

He and Nasan were the most radical antagonists of the government.

Now that Paris is under siege, Gambida actively organizes the war and from time to time makes some remarks against the government.

This led to his lack of pleasing on the third side, and his active work was also regarded by the emperor as a manifestation of ambition.

However, Gambida was one of the leaders of the bourgeoisie after all, and considering his situation, Nasan controlled his emotions and just asked lightly: "Did you succeed?" Why don't you report it in advance? ”

"Your Majesty, this is an experimental project, and if it succeeds, I will naturally react to Marshal Leboeuf." Gambita gave a perfunctory remark coldly, then looked at the hot air balloon that was slowly rising.

Yu said excitedly: "The experiment has not started yet, but according to calculations, it is still no problem to fly to Bourges, and we will be able to contact the outside world at that time."

It is to sit up to three people at a time, and the return journey is a bit troublesome, and it is difficult to control the direction. ”

"Hmm." Nasan nodded, even if he was very unhappy to see Gan, he had to admit that this thing was very useful.

Of course, there are defects, the hot air balloon travels by the wind, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the wild, and the wild can be full of Germanic people.

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On December 11, the first hot air balloons were released near Nevers and Châteauroux in central France.

This time, the Parisians flew a total of 4 hot air balloons, each carrying 2 people.

Only one of them is missing, and the other three have reached their destination, and the success rate is still very high.

At this point, the central government in France finally got in touch with the local government again.

But it is significant, but it has little practical effect.

This was the first experimental flight, and naturally it was impossible for too senior officers to sit in it.

There is not much to do except to report safety to the south.

Having learned of the situation in Paris, the local government of southern France immediately began to organize a return hot air balloon.

But most of the northern France is controlled, and it is much more difficult to get to Paris from elsewhere than from Paris.

By the time the hot air balloon was ready, it had been a week since the meeting between Nasan and Gambita.

During this period, there was no movement in Paris.

Originally, the army planned to take advantage of the abundance of supplies to fight a few more breakout battles.

Unfortunately, Nasan was afraid that this kind of behavior would cause Prussia to misunderstand, so he forcibly suppressed it.

As a result, Prussia was able to calmly complete the occupation of the rest of northern France, thus avoiding the risk of fighting on two fronts.

After waiting for no news from the hot air balloon, the negotiations between Nasan and Prussia were also coming to an end, and a preliminary indemnity of 400 million francs was preliminarily set.

This number was completely within the acceptable range of Na Three, and it was even much more lenient than he expected.

Not only that, but Prussia did not make territorial claims to France, gently sparing the question of Alsace Lorraine.

It seems to be fair, but in fact, in the first peace treaty signed by Franco-Prussian in January 1871, France only paid 200 million francs in compensation, and also did not ask for land cession.