Germanic Empire: please call me William III

“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, have you noticed the question that the financial situation of Germany is completely incomparable with ours? The revenue of the Empire was much higher than that of the Germans. However, even the Empire felt enormous financial pressure, and even ran a huge fiscal deficit. However, the Germans were still frantically expanding their armies, building warships, and buying supplies. Where did they get so much money? Chancellor of the Exchequer George asked.
Prime Minister Herbert Asquis frowned involuntarily.
“This is indeed very suspicious, is it not possible that the Germans did not borrow a lot of debt? However, according to the information we have received, the Germans did borrow some money from the banks, but not much. ”
“Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, this is a place that surprises everyone. The reason why the Germans were so rich and dared to challenge the empire was because they received a large amount of wealth. If the Empire wanted to contain the Germans, even if it competed with the Germans in the international market and robbed them of their orders, it would not have much effect. In that case, it will only make the price of various resources rise further. Lloyd George continued.
“If we can find the unexpected source of funds for the Germans and then cut off this source of funds for them.” Then, even if the Germans wanted to compete with us, even if they wanted to buy a large amount of materials, they could not do it! “Lloyd George This is undoubtedly a bargain.
“Will the Germans get huge loans from the lighthouse country, and many of the materials they want to buy, such as food, oil, etc., come from the lighthouse country!” Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Gray said.
“We checked, and the debt between the Germans and the lighthouse countries was at normal levels and did not increase suddenly.” Lloyd George shook his head.
“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, gentlemen, I think I know what the problem is!” The Minister of Colonies, Marquis Milnskrug, said.
“Oh? Where? Prime Minister Herbert Asquis asked hastily.
“According to the information left by my predecessor, the Germans found a huge copper mine on the island of New Guinea in the Dutch Spice Islands. The Germans would mine large quantities of copper from there every year and transport them back to the country. However, there are rumors that it is not just a copper mine, but a gold and copper mine. There, the Germanic people found large quantities of gold. They mined the gold there and shipped it back home for refining for profit. Said the Marquis of Milneskrug.
“How is this possible? Did the Germans really have such good luck? Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was a little incredulous.
“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, from the indications at hand, this is very likely. Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why the Germans suddenly became so rich. Lloyd George also said.
Prime Minister Herbert Asquis nodded, “Then, gentlemen, if this is the case, what are you going to do?” Is it not possible to launch an attack directly? It was very close to our New Guinea colony, but it was, after all, Dutch territory. In addition, the Germans will never give up, they will fight with us! ”
“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, if it is really a huge gold mine, we will never be able to let the Germans continue to exploit it. In that case, they will become stronger and stronger, and at the same time, they will pose a very big threat to us. Without sufficient funds to support them, the Germans would not be able to build warships, expand their armies, and buy supplies. Their war preparations will not be completed for a long time. We will also get more preparation time. Said the Marquis of Milneskrug.
“So, gentlemen, what are we going to do?” First of all, it is not possible to go to war with the Germans because of this. If there is a war, it will be very bad for us! Prime Minister Herbert Asquis still wanted to avoid war as much as possible.
“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, we can get the Dutch to come forward and reclaim that gold mine. Over the years, the Germans had insisted that it was a copper mine, and that it was also used to pay taxes to the colonial authorities of the Dutch Spice Islands. Tax evasion alone is an astronomical number. If only the Dutch could come forward to get back to the gold mine. Well, everything is fine! Lloyd George proposed.
“Hollanders? Do they have the guts? If they dared to demand such a thing from the Germans, the Germans would be able to flatten them in an instant. “Prime Minister Herbert Asquis obviously couldn’t believe the Dutch had the guts.
In fact, the Hollands have been working as a wall-to-wall weed, walking tightropes between several great powers. At the same time, it also maintains good relations with several major powers. Otherwise, how could they have survived such a rich Spice Islands colony?
The sun never sets and the Gauls are also salivating over the Spice Islands colony!
“It is true that the Dutch were afraid of the Germans, but if we could support the Dutch and pull the Gauls together, the Dutch would have a strong backing. It was even possible to make the Dutch completely offend the Germans. In the future, if war breaks out, the Dutch blue people will only be on our side. Foreign Secretary Edward Gray said.
“It’s a good idea for us to pull up the Gauls and back them up!” Prime Minister Herbert Asquis said.
“Coupled with the fact that the Germans have been mining gold for so many years, so many gains have not yet dried up. Presumably, the reserves of that gold mine are very amazing. Would the Dutch be willing to give up this low-hanging fruit? Lloyd George continued.
“The people who mobilized us, used our influence, let the Dutch people take back the gold mines.” Tell the Dutch that if they take back the gold mine, we will ensure their safety. If the Germans dared to use force against them, we and the Gauls would support them! Of course, if they refused, then they would not want to keep the Spice Islands colony. We, and the Gauls, could divide up their spice island colonies. Without this rich colony, can the Holland Kingdom continue to be maintained? Prime Minister Herbert Asquith asked.
“Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister!” The ministers of the Empire who never set the sun answered one after another.
In order to suppress the Germanic Empire and contain the Germanic Empire, they also did everything they could.