The Rise of the Empire

The situation is now very clear. Prussian companies share the market with the Bavarian royal family in the name of cooperative research and development. In return, Bavaria will be given some help and support in terms of reserve troops and financial financing. For purely armored vehicles, Bavaria can get slightly more than one-third of the profit. Then it will also drive the development of other industries, such as trailers, engines, and machinery manufacturing. If we really want to cooperate, we must discuss these aspects. Generally speaking, the prince is quite satisfied, but in some aspects, the prince still wants to fight for it. \u003c/p\u003eTo be honest, ever since the prince decided to let Bavaria take a share of the fruits of victory on the Eastern Front in the future, the prince has been making preparations in all aspects, wanting the Kaiser to acquiesce in the expansion of Bavaria, And let one's wife ascend the Austrian throne, it is impossible without enough strength, it is impossible to rely solely on the Austrians, and the original size of Bavaria's army is not enough, after all, it only accounts for less than 20% of the imperial army now. This amount is still low! \u003c/p\u003eSince it is impossible to expand your troop establishment in name, you can only use your brain in terms of form. For example, a Prussian armored battalion has 45 various tanks and chariots. One armored battalion got 60 vehicles.... \u003c/p\u003eThis may seem excessive, but in fact it is normal for troops to be overstaffed or understaffed. For example, most of the German armored forces in World War II were understaffed, and the overstaffed ones were, for example, during the Battle of Kursk. The Grossdeutschland Division, if I remember correctly, all Panther tanks were incorporated into the Grossdeutschland Division. So now the question is, why did Prussia insist on accepting a small establishment and let Bavaria maintain a large establishment? \u003c/p\u003eThe original is very simple. Judging from the current military size and economic level, the situation in Bavaria is much better than that of the German central government. Almost all of them are under construction in the center of Germany, while other kingdoms in Germany have invested very little in this. Therefore, Bavaria can send as many armored units as possible to each army, but Prussia absolutely cannot do it. \u003c/p\u003eTo give a vivid example, for example, Prussia raised 500,000 troops with 1 million marks, while Bavaria raised 100,000 troops with 30 marks. The funds allocated to each military unit are obviously different ah! The prince has been planning to do some tricks on the weaving....... \u003c/p\u003e"I want to take the lead in building the armored force." The prince thought for a while and said. \u003c/p\u003e"What do you mean?" Arnold Siemens suddenly became alert. Although the rise of the Siemens family is closely related to politics, and Arnold himself has dealt with political figures, he only knows that there are some things that they can't touch of! \u003c/p\u003e"Prussia has not conducted any research on the armored forces yet, and the Kingdom of Bavaria has undoubtedly come to the fore. Therefore, I hope that we can follow our opinions on the specific establishment and construction plan." The prince explained. \u003c/p\u003e "This has nothing to do with us, we are just businessmen." Arnold himself seemed to refuse. "And the Kaiser himself will be very resistant to this kind of thing."\u003c/p\u003e "The Kaiser is already very resistant to some of the things you do. Or what we are talking about now makes Germany very dissatisfied. Your purpose is to Make money, and use the name of military expansion to put the country's funds in your pockets. Those Junkers' actions are certainly wrong, but at the same time, your actions are actually not appropriate. Is that so?"\u003c/p\u003e "Okay, let's refine it As far as the Siemens family is concerned, you have not been very clean since the laying of the first telegraph line? You are familiar with this aspect. What's more, I think what we do is in the interests of the empire, and we can't let laymen lead experts, right?" Prince half Said in a threatening and half-persuading way.

The prince did not dare to overestimate the integrity of the German capitalists, but it was also good, as it provided some convenience for himself. \u003c/p\u003e "I need your help, and I will give you something in return. How about it? This is a cooperation between you and me, and has nothing to do with other people." The prince said. \u003c/p\u003e"You think too highly of me." Arnold Siemens didn't answer directly. \u003c/p\u003e"Think about it, anyway, we still have a lot of time, we can take our time, we have a good start, we have reached a certain understanding with each other, although no agreement has been signed, but future discussions can be based on This is the basis." The prince seemed to be a little bored, and these words he said were already ready to issue an order to expel the guests. \u003c/p\u003eArnold Siemens gained a lot from the spy this time, but he may not have gained anything. After all, the two parties only reached an intention, and there is no written agreement! In other words, both Bavaria and Prussia have the opportunity to repent, but obviously, the possibility of Prussia as the active party is almost zero, but Bavaria will decide whether to implement this agreement based on what the other party has done. \u003c/p\u003e"In that case, I will take my leave first." Arnold Siemens said after bowing slightly. Before going out, he turned around again: "I will consider your suggestion to me personally, because I also think that laymen are not suitable to lead experts."\u003c/p\u003e "His Royal Highness, you and the Siemens family Talking about these things has exceeded the normal business scope to some extent, right? If the Kaiser knows about this matter, it may be very bad for us." After the meeting, the prince told part of the content of the meeting Earl Schelling, and hoped that he would be in charge of liaison with the Prussian industry, after all, he was very busy. But the latter is obviously a little worried about the content of this meeting! \u003c/p\u003e"First of all, the Kaiser hopes that we can share the big cake of German military industry with Prussian industrial enterprises. Many things we discussed today were ordered by the Kaiser. As the head of Siemens said, we cannot People eat all the orders, and it would be good to take a third of them. Even if we don’t agree now, the Kaiser will use other means to force us to submit in the future. Just like this navy order.”\u003c/p \u003e "What's more, those Prussian industrial giants do have interests with us. We want to expand the army, and they want it too, so we aimed our knives at some Junker nobles. The more chaos in Prussia, the better for us , for the future, we also need to find some other powerful allies within the empire. As for the blame of the Kaiser? They are not afraid of businessmen, so what are we afraid of?" Ruprecht said with a smile . \u003c/p\u003eNo matter how good the relationship between the two parties is now, that's it. No matter how bad the relationship is, can it be worse than history? In history, Friedrich III (the prince's father) and the Kaiser did not even fight each other when they met. Wasn't the prince also the Imperial Marshal in the end? Isn't my uncle also the commander-in-chief of the German-Austrian Eastern Front? never mind! \u003c/p\u003eThe second one is here~~~! Ask for a subscription\u003c/a\u003e~~~! ! \u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e