My Italian

The talks inside Sanssouci became more heated as Italy counted Austria-Hungary.

"Is your country too impatient to count the warships that our country has not yet built?"

The speaker was His Excellency Count Erlenthal, the chief representative of the Austro-Hungarian delegation (who leads public affairs as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and can also be counted as Prime Minister), and it was the sixth day of the negotiations.

For him, who had been watching the excitement before, suddenly being proposed by Italy to form a combined fleet, how could Count Erlenthal endure it. What's more, the Italians also demanded wartime command, which is even more intolerable. Therefore, his tough tone and angry expression made the dissatisfaction of the Austro-Hungarian Empire show vividly.

In the face of the performance of Earl Erenthal, as the host of this meeting, Prime Minister Bilo has already seen through all this.

The Austrians are not really dissatisfied with this behavior, they are mostly waiting for them to give benefits. Sure enough, the Earl of Erlental continued. "If you want our country to accept your country's conditions, then your country must compensate."

Although Earl Erenthal said these words to the Italian side, for some reason, Bilo always had a feeling that these words should be aimed at himself.

"Is your country looking for the wrong person to seek compensation from our country? Besides, your country is not a Mediterranean country. Don't you need to guarantee sea control? If there is a war and your navies cannot join forces to fight, then It's a real tragedy."

Italian Prime Minister Antonio unceremoniously refuted the Austrian's remarks, but why does this sound so weird.

It was clear that the conversation between the two was aimed at the Germans. Because after the two said, they unabashedly looked at the Wei Ru Taishan-like Bi Luo who had been sitting all the time. It was obvious that he was waiting for this answer.

Facing the staring eyes, how could Bi Luo not know what these two were thinking.

But it is not easy for him to speak. As the German Prime Minister, it would be a joke if he was so easily run down by his two colleagues.

Seeing that they could not run the German Prime Minister, these two stopped pretending.

"Your Excellency Bilo, what do you think about this time?" Count Erlental asked by name.

"Yeah, I also want to hear the views of Your Excellency Bilo." Antonio on the Italian side also expressed his thoughts.

Faced with the inquiries from the heads of the two allied governments, Billo knew that it would be impossible not to answer, and I saw him speak. "Two, I think this is a very good decision for the two countries to form a joint fleet in the Mediterranean. This will help integrate the strength of our alliance in the Mediterranean and deter potential enemies. We Germany are also very willing to see it."

The two allies formed a combined fleet in the Mediterranean, which in itself was very beneficial to Germany. Not only can it contain the naval power of Britain and France, but it can also reduce the tension between Italy and Austria, which is beneficial to the overall situation of the alliance.

However, although Bilo is very optimistic about the Italian's proposal, the two are afraid that they want to benefit Germany from it.

I saw Billo continue to speak. "I think that since it is a joint navy, it should be discussed by the navy. I think the navies of the two countries should know more about how to talk?"

Billo did well in Tai Chi, and left the problem to the navies of the two countries. However, although he has a good idea, others are not vegetarians, and I saw Earl Ellental said. "Your Excellency Billo, we are indeed talking about the joint issue of the navy, but this is not just the navy, but also involves other aspects. The navy alone cannot talk about it, so it's better for us to talk about it."

"Our country thinks the same way."

Antonio tacitly assisted.

Facing the naked and undisguised intentions of the two, Billo gave a wry smile, because he knew that it would be impossible not to bleed this time. When they talked to Italy about including the British Empire as a potential enemy, they paid a high price for Germany. In addition to opening up more technology, the interest-free loan of 1 billion marks and some concessions on tariffs have allowed Italy to make a serious profit.

Of course, these are not important reasons. The most important reason is that the two countries have reached an agreement on the naval issue. In the future, the German Navy must reach 70% of the British Empire in terms of the proportion of main battleships. This is a concession from Italy to Germany for many benefits.

Of course, as part of the price, Italy, according to the treaty, must be responsible for containing some of its forces on land when Germany is at war with its neighbors. Although the treaty did not specify who it was, who else could be in the country bordering Italy's land, it couldn't be Switzerland or the Balkan children of the new country.

When the talks with Germany were almost the same, Italy then proposed the formation of a combined Mediterranean fleet.

This is a good thing for Germany and Italy, but it is difficult to say for Austria-Hungary. First of all, the coastline of Austria-Hungary is not long. In addition, Italy, which has a stronger navy, is standing in front. In addition, there is still a little dispute between Austria-Hungary and Italy, so Austria-Hungary is actually not very willing. However, considering that competing for interests in the Balkans requires support from Germany and Italy, it is completely normal to take some benefits.

However, Austria-Hungary wanted to take advantage, and Italy did not want to pay for the money, so the two sides felt that it was difficult to talk about this matter, so they aimed at Germany. Whoever makes this adjustment to the covenant will be Germany's most profitable, and whoever will not find him.

"I don't know what conditions Earl Erendal wants to put forward. If it is too high, we can't afford it."

Bilo finally let go. There is no way anyone can let Germany be the core. According to popular saying, it is the identity of the leader of the alliance. Since it is the leader of the alliance, you can't be as fussy as Italy and Austria, and the leader of the alliance must be responsible.

Obviously, these two also calculated that Germany must be responsible, and then they tacitly kicked the dispute to Bilo. Of course, Bilo also gave a request, not to speak out loudly, otherwise the German side would not want to be taken advantage of.

After being acquiesced by the Germans, Count Erlenthal opened his mouth and said. "We think it would be nice to have an interest-free loan of 100 million marks for ten years."

Well, this Austrian is already a clear card, and no longer hides himself.

This requires Bilo, who is the Prime Minister of Germany, to like it. The Austrians are really stuck just right, just in the bottom line of Germany's psychological bottom line. If there is more, he will refuse.

"Okay, our country agrees."

Billo didn't bargain, and responded directly.

This time, the purpose of Germany hosting the talks has been achieved. After the main goal is achieved, the next step is some finishing work. The three countries also talked for a lot of time for this finishing work. Finally, after the three monarchs (crown princes) played for nearly a month, the renewed alliance treaty was finally negotiated, and the three monarchs (crown princes) signed their names respectively.

After the signing of the treaty, the Italian and Austrian negotiating delegations from afar need to rush back to their respective countries. After all, these important officials have been away for almost a month, and they need to go back to continue to manage their respective departments.

But for some people ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ is a bit sad to leave.

"Sister Louise, come to Rome when you have time, I will miss you."

On the closely guarded platform, Vittorio, the crown prince of Italy, was sadly saying goodbye to the Kaiser's youngest daughter, Princess Louise.

"Brother Vittorio, I will miss you too."

The German emperor's small padded jacket also said goodbye to the crown prince with red eyes.

As for the adults on the side, they are also saying goodbye.

"Goodbye, William."

"Goodbye, Carlo."

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