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Foreign Secretary George: "The best way to prevent this from happening is to drag Austria into the war and consume their strength.

Politics and diplomacy are the strengths of the Habsburg dynasty, and their only shortcoming is military.

Of course, this shortcoming is only relative. Looking at the whole world, only France and Russia can rival them. "

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Chapter 37 Four Powers Pact

In Constantinople, a spoils sharing meeting is currently taking place in the coalition headquarters.Since the Anti-Turkish Alliance is composed of four countries, it is natural for the four to come together to share the spoils.

In this regard, the Vienna government pays great attention to food appearance. Anyway, Greece and Montenegro are also victorious countries, and they still have a share of the spoils.

As the de facto leader of the Anti-Turkish Alliance, Austrian Foreign Minister Weissenberg took the lead in saying: "With everyone's joint efforts, we finally won this war in the Near East.

Now that the war is over, it is time to distribute the spoils.In principle, we distribute the spoils of war according to the contribution of each country in the war.

If you have any special requirements, you can put them forward first, and we will give priority to those that can be satisfied. "

"Prioritizing" over "satisfying first" already set the tone for the spoils meeting.Weissenberg's meaning is very obvious, not to mention the excessive requirements, it is impossible to pass.

Futoryak, the governor of Constantinople, said with a smile: "The Black Sea Strait is the gateway to the Russian Empire. We hope to obtain the Ottoman territory along the Sea of ​​Marmara."

The sale of the land belongs to the sale of the land, and the spoils still have to be fought for.As long as the negotiations in St. Petersburg do not come to an end, the Russia-Austria territorial deal on the Asia Minor peninsula will be uncertain.

It's just that compared with the tense representatives of Greece and Montenegro, Fortoriak is much more relaxed.

As a senior member of the Russian Empire, Futoryak knew how determined the tsarist government was to get rid of this burden.

Negotiations are still at a stalemate, it's just to maximize the benefits, a deal is almost inevitable, otherwise the negotiator would not be the Governor.

Greek Foreign Minister Nislav followed closely: "We hope to obtain the Izmir region to accommodate the Greeks in the Ottoman territory."

The Vienna government's immigration plan also depends on the person. Those with background backgrounds are not on the first batch of migration lists. Only after the background is confirmed and left alone will they be packaged and sent away.

Although Greece is a little weaker, it is also a member of the Anti-Turkish Alliance. The Greeks who survived in the Ottoman territory are not within the scope of migration for the time being.

Despite Nislav's best efforts to restrain himself, Weissenberg was stunned by the opening of the Greek lion's mouth.

The Izmir region is not a backcountry. After the loss of Constantinople, it is the most prosperous port of the Ottoman Empire and the largest city in the country.

Located on the western coast of Ottoman, it can be said to be the most elite area on the Asia Minor peninsula. Even the capital Ankara was not as prosperous as it was before the war.

After doing diplomatic work for a long time, Weissenberg is also well-informed, his unhappy expression flashed away, and he still smiled, and turned his attention to the representative of Montenegro.

Nicolas Cage, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Principality of Montenegro, said blankly: "We have no requirements for the territory, but only hope for economic compensation."

Are there really no territorial requirements?

the answer is negative!

The problem is that Montenegro is too weak to operate the enclave at all.What they want is adjacent territories. The problem is that those areas are all Austrian mainland. Who dares to bring them up?

Spy on the homeland of the great powers?This joke can't be played indiscriminately, showing the slightest thought may lead to the disaster of destroying the country.

Weisenberg nodded in satisfaction: "I understand everyone's request, except for Baron Nicolas Cage's request, which can be clearly answered, everything else needs further discussion.

In this war, everyone seized a lot of property, which in principle belonged to each other.

Now that the Principality of Montenegro has given up its territorial claim, it will take part of the Austrian military's booty as compensation to your country, and in addition, give your country a first-class battleship in active service. "

Nicolas Cage is satisfied with this result.The strategic materials for this war were all from Austria. The price paid by the Principality of Montenegro was only the casualties of two battalions, and only 80 people died in the battle.

The first-class battleship is not cheap. The Principality of Montenegro does not have such a thing. Nicolas Cage does not know the specific cost, but the price for foreign sales in Austria is as high as 115 million Aegis.

Now is the ocean age, and everyone has a naval dream.In order to get to the sea, the Principality of Montenegro has been fighting with the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years.

It is a pity that the government's fiscal revenue is limited, and there is not much money that can be invested in the navy. The navy fleet only has a few sailing warships to support the facade.

With this harvest, Nicolas Cage is enough to return to China for business.As for the other trophies of compensation, he no longer counted on it.

The ones that can be realized have been disposed of long ago, and now the rest are the kind of commodities that are not easy to sell, and they are not worth much at all.

After a little thought, Nicolas Cage replied: "No problem, we are very satisfied with this compensation."

There is no such thing as a war of words.Diplomatic negotiations can sometimes be cumbersome and sometimes easy.

It is necessary to keep bargaining, which is based on the fact that the two parties are close in strength, have the ability to bargain, and the negotiation conditions are far apart.

Now the conditions offered by Austria have exceeded the expectations of the Principality of Montenegro, so naturally there is no need to bargain.

When the negotiation was entering the next stage, the voice of the guard outside the door sounded: "Your Excellency, an urgent call from St. Petersburg."

"Bring it in!" Governor Fortoriak said

After receiving the telegram, Futoriak didn't shy away from it, and just flipped through it.

"Gentlemen, I think this negotiation can be concluded."

After finishing speaking, Fortoriak directly passed the telegram to Wesenberg, the title on it was "Agreement between Russia and Austria on the Disposal of the Territory of the Ottoman Empire".

Both Russia and Austria have signed a treaty, and the tsarist government has sold all its post-war interests, and there will be no value in further negotiations.

As for the Greeks, they were naturally ignored by Fortoriac.

Anyway, the interests belonging to the Russian Empire have been obtained. If the Greeks want to get a share of the Asia Minor peninsula, they should go to the Austrians for it. This is no longer his business.

After quickly browsing through the documents, Weissenberg said slowly: "There is really no need to talk about it. Since the treaty has been signed, we will implement it according to the content of the treaty."

Weissenberg didn't think the Russians would play any fake telegram game. Anyway, the treaty didn't need to be re-signed. There was no point in deceiving him except asking for trouble.

The content of the treaty is as follows:

1. The Russian Empire gave up its territorial claim to the Ottoman Empire and supported Austria’s annexation of the Ottoman Empire. In return, the Vienna government needs to compensate the Tsarist government with 6800 million Aegis cash;

2. The Russian Empire promised to resettle the people in the Ottoman Empire, and the Vienna government needs to pay a resettlement fee of 1.25 million Aegis; (guaranteed to be resettled in a territory [-] kilometers away from Austria)

3. The Vienna government promises that the Austrian Navy will not establish a port in the Black Sea. Warships with a displacement of more than 2000 tons must first seek the consent of the Russian side to enter the Black Sea;

4. Russia and Austria will jointly attack...

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After circulating the contents of the treaty, Nislav was embarrassed.Originally, he thought that when Russia and Austria had disputes and Greece's support was needed, he would take advantage of the opportunity to benefit from it.

Reality tells Nislav that this is completely overthinking, and everyone has closed the door to handle it by themselves, and there is no intention of asking them at all.

Not counting the war funds, the Austrians will have to spend 1.93 million Aegis just to pay the Russians.If war expenses are added, the Vienna government will have to spend at least 4 million Aegis before and after.

The Austrians paid such a high price, why should Greece get a share of the Asia Minor peninsula?

Perhaps aware of this, Weisenberg added: "Sir Nislav, in view of your country's performance in this war, I suggest that you should be compensated according to Montenegro standards.

As for the Izmir region, in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the future, I think it is better for you to give up. "

Hearing this "suggestion", Nislav broke out in cold sweat on his forehead.Where there is a discussion, it is clearly an announcement of the result.

The scene suddenly became awkward, and Nislav no longer knew how to respond.

Reject Weisenberg's "suggestion"?

Just think about it, even if Izmir is given to Greece, Nislav dare not accept it now.Otherwise, a conflict broke out later, and he would be responsible for it.

But after agreeing, Nislav was not reconciled, and he didn't even try to fight for it. How could he go back to work?

Seeing that the negotiations were about to reach a stalemate, Governor Futoriak, the host, came out to smooth things over and said, "You may wish to put aside the issue of the two Izmirs for a while.

The Ottoman Empire has perished, and now it is necessary for us to issue an announcement to the outside world to warn those villains who are making trouble behind it. "

On this issue, the positions of the four countries of the Anti-Turkish Alliance are all the same, and they don't have a good opinion of the British who are behind the tricks.

Austrian Foreign Minister Weisenberg echoed: "Your Excellency's suggestion is very constructive. We should indeed warn the villains behind the troubles, lest they will not advance or retreat and continue to do some disgusting shit."

Both bosses said yes, Nislav and Nicolas Cage would naturally have no objections.

Shouting threats to the British from a distance is exciting to imagine. This is something that European countries want to do but dare not do.

If it weren't for the banner of the anti-Turkish alliance, Russia and Austria rushed to the front to bear the thunder, and they would not dare to participate in such a show of face.

Soon a sternly worded announcement was born. Representatives of the four countries of Russia, Austria, Hexi and Greece jointly signed it, and the title was directly titled "Convention of the Four Nations of the Anti-Turkish Alliance".

1. From now on, the evil Ottoman Empire will perish;

2. For the peace and stability of the world, the Anti-Turkish Alliance will continue to fight against the remnants of the Ottoman Empire around the world;

3. Any act of harboring or covering up the remnants of Ottoman will be regarded as a challenge to the anti-Turkish alliance. Once discovered, the anti-Turkish alliance will take extraordinary measures to attack, including means of war;

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Chapter 38 The helplessness of a small country

Autumn is crisp and clear, and it is another harvest year.

Franz is in a good mood recently. Russia and Austria have reached an agreement, and the Near East War is considered to be settled.

As for the Greeks, it will take a few days to accept reality.If it weren't for the uproar of domestic nationalists, King Ludwig would have compromised long ago.

Ambition needs to be supported by strength. Ordinary people don't need to know it, but the ruling class must be sober.

King Ludwig, who was originally from a small country, naturally knows what is the way to survive in a small country.

The Wittelsbach dynasty was able to make a comeback in the Kingdom of Lombardy after losing the Bavarian throne, not just by kinship.

If they hadn't been aware of current affairs, saw that the general situation was gone, and decisively surrendered to Austria, even if they paid more attention to eating, Franz would not have been able to arrange a good place for them.

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In Athens, the atmosphere in the Greek royal palace is very depressing. Ludwig I's face is full of sadness these days, so the palace people have to be careful.

In fact, if anyone is changed, it will not be much better than Ludwig I. The blooming nationalism in Greece is really a big trouble.

"Great Greece" is a huge pit, the kind that jumps into the country of death, but it is still being targeted by Greek nationalists and is ready to be implemented.

According to the concept of Great Greece, the territory of Greece, including Constantinople, is about five or six times the current territory.

To achieve this goal, the prerequisite is to "punch Austria and kick Russia".

Frankly speaking, such a great strategy is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people, at least Ludwig I did not dare to think so.

The Ottoman Empire perished, and Greek nationalism boiled again. One by one, the governments asked for this and that, regardless of whether they had the "strength" to compete for the spoils.

Since it was reported that the government intends to give up the territorial claim on the Asia Minor peninsula, nationalists have launched massive demonstrations.

In the palace, Ludwig I could hear the voices of the Greek people.However, no matter how loud the voice is, it must be able to be realized?

Ludwig I asked: "Are the people outside still unwilling to disperse?"

Prime Minister Cariosio replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. The government has sent people to explain, but unfortunately they have not been able to convince them.

These people have lost their minds completely.I really don't know what kind of chaos will be caused after the signing of the treaty. "

A piece of news that is not known to be true or false can trigger large-scale protests. If the news becomes a reality, the consequences can be imagined.

Ludwig I shook his head: "These people are just pawns pushed by those bastards, I don't believe they don't know the consequences of doing so.

If the Austrians are really angered, it will not be good for them to destroy Greece.Just look at the route of the demonstration. The organizers are deliberately avoiding the embassy district.

Is it just that they think this can make us compromise?Or do they think they can use nationalism to get rid of me, a hated king? "

Nationalism is only one aspect. The bigger contradiction is the industrialization reform that Ludwig I is promoting, which seriously damages the interests of those with vested interests.

Greece is just a small country, neither a sufficient market for commodity sales nor a source of raw materials.If we want to complete the primitive accumulation of capital, we have to step up internal exploitation.

In this context, Ludwig I, who promoted industrialization, was naturally unpopular.

Prime Minister Cariosio suggested: "Your Majesty, there is actually no need for you to do this. Take a step back, and the process of industrialization will be slower."

As a native Greek prime minister, Cariosio still has great affection for this country.

Being in a high position, he naturally knows that promoting industrialization is the best choice, and the sooner the better, the difficulty will only be greater if it is delayed.

However, what looks beautiful is not necessarily practical.

In order to oppose the reform, the conservatives unleashed even crazier nationalism in an attempt to force the government to make concessions.

The madness of capital is beyond imagination, and the lives of ordinary people are even more miserable.No longer supporting the king, Ludwig I's reforms quickly stalled.

After weighing the pros and cons, Ludwig I sighed helplessly, and then said: "Forget it, since everyone doesn't like reform, why should I be such a villain!

Cancel all industrial plans, let go of cotton exports as they say, honestly..."

There is no way, the reality is so helpless.The benefits of industrialization are in the future, but the benefits of cotton export are in the present.

Although there are many places in the world where cotton is grown, the international market is still in short supply.Almost all cotton exporting countries have made a lot of money.