Chapter 262

On May 20, 1866, King William I of the Netherlands and Chief of General Staff Mark Rudd invited William I of the Kingdom of Prussia and Chief of General Staff Moltke to pay a friendly visit to Berlin. William I accepted the invitation and officially visited on the 23rd. Amsterdam.

After a grand banquet in Amsterdam, William IV invited William I and General Moltke to have a 2+2 dialogue.

Mo Qi first said:

"Permanent peace is just a dream, not even a beautiful dream. War is partly a manifestation of God's will. Without war, the world would stand still and indulge in utilitarianism. In the state of war, the most Noble virtues - courage and selflessness, devotion to duty, voluntary self-sacrifice, and a life-threatening spirit of risk-taking."

His Majesty William IV and William I both glanced at each other with a smile, but did not answer.

King to king, general to general, and generals to answer questions from their own generals.

Mark Lude took a dignified moment before saying: "If a war breaks out, no one can predict how long it will last, and no one knows how it will end, General Mao Qi, it will be a seven-year war, and it will even be a seven-year war. It's a Thirty Years' War that might even give"

He looked at Mao Qi and sighed: "It will bring disaster to the person who first threw the match into the powder keg"

Mao Qi said without hesitation: "As a soldier, the implementation of military orders is the most important and most basic morality and professional ethics. We only need to implement the orders from the cabinet and the king, and others will have to plan and plan.

Our Prime Minister Bismarck said that pacifism in Europe is neither universally recognized by citizens nor supported by major power politicians, and the idea of ​​unfettered state power is deeply rooted.

Therefore, General Lu De, let's not think the world is too great. Great people are always in the minority. Prussia lives only for itself"

Sure enough, as His Majesty William IV said, Prussia is arrogant and selfish.

Mark Rudd saw General Moltke's attitude that Prussia does not represent the world.

William IV had told him that Prussia ended up living in its own world.

Therefore, in dealing with Prussia, you must be careful, and only by calculating the benefits of Prussia will you gain the sincere cooperation of the other party.

Thinking of this, Mark Rude thought to himself: The British are more aggressive, although they are only prudent, but they are more elegant.

William IV said to William I: "Since General Mao Qi said so, then now Prussia's African action plan is firm?

Over 70 years old, William I looked at the 26-year-old Dutch king: "It must be done"

William IV narrowed his eyes and reminded: "Although the Austro-Hungarian Empire is newly established, its strength is not."

William I said indifferently: "The new bottle is replaced with the old cap, the dog will eat **** if it can't be changed."

William IV seemed moved and said: "France has 5,000 French troops stationed in Gabon. I feel that the 30,000 Prussian troops in Cameroon can eat it in one bite. The 20,000 people in Austria-Hungary are in Eastern Nigeria, which is too small. Now, it's a tough one for Prussia."

William I couldn't hear William IV's innuendo that Prussia was just eating flesh and blood, otherwise why is it that the Prussian colony of Cameroon's southern Gabon garrison is a quarter of the northern Austro-Hungarian garrison in Nigeria? Grab Nigeria instead of Gabon.

He wasn't even annoyed at all, but rather embarrassed.

William IV heard an old saying that it is the essence of life to grow old and not die.

It is not an exaggeration to use it on William I.

I saw William I: "The friendly neighbor relationship with the Netherlands makes us Prussia do not want to be with the Netherlands in Africa."

William IV asked suspiciously, "Why?"

Mark Rudd and the two were also attracted.

William I: "Because we only want to expand to less friendly neighbors, as you know, the Netherlands has always had a close relationship with Prussia, His Majesty William IV, right?"

Are Prussia and the Netherlands really close enough?

How should William IV respond?

It's hard to say, that William I just said that Prussia's expansionary policy towards unfriendly neighbors did not accept the statement that Prussia could oppress the Netherlands?

If all the two countries are friendly, then does it mean that the Netherlands must do more cooperative actions with Prussia, for example, in Prussia's confrontation with France, stand on Prussia's side?

These are all William IV needs to calculate.

He knew that after the Tempus War and the Prussian-Austrian War, General Bismarck and William I began to prepare for the Franco-Prussian War. In the previous life, the war was prepared for four years, and it did not start until 1870. After nearly a year of fighting, Prussia finally reached the Paris, in 1871 at the Palace of Versailles, William I officially announced the establishment of the German Empire, officially entering the era of the troika ruling Europe, which remained unchanged until 150.

Now that you are familiar with this time point and the occurrence of the event, the Netherlands will naturally not let go of the possible risks and the benefits that can be obtained. Of course, buying an insurance is also the most important.

Warming up, William IV knew it was time to get down to business.

"I also think that Prussia has too little interest in the Gulf of Nigeria, so we in the Netherlands support this Prussian operation"

William I smiled and said, "How can the Netherlands support a law?"

Mark Rude looked at William IV nervously.

Obviously, there is coercion in William I's language~www.mtlnovel.com~ This feeling is really uncomfortable.

However, seeing Mao Qi's indifferent look on the opposite side, Mark Rude couldn't lose the face of his Majesty, so he also pretended to be full of confidence.

William IV laughed with laughter, and the atmosphere was light, as if a gust of wind had blown away a turbid air, and said: "The stability of the Netherlands is the best support for Prussia, do you think your majesty is right?"

William I's face changed: "Is His Majesty William IV threatening me?"

William IV: "How dare you, I just don't think Belgium's pro-British policy will fall to the Netherlands. Of course, if it weren't for Napoleon III being too ambitious for the land, I actually prefer to cooperate with France."

Mao Qi's face changed suddenly, and William I's expression changed slightly, then he looked up at William IV, and William IV also looked at him, and both of them stared at each other for a long time.

Just when the two chiefs of general staff, Mark Rudd and Mao Qi, were worried in their hearts, William I and William IV laughed.

William I praised: "The Netherlands deserves to be a Prussian of the same language and race, and a great German."