Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

The content of the treaty was so unsatisfactory. It took about a week to sign the treaty. As an old Prussian politician, Albrecht really wanted to get more land or more compensation.

Either don’t take it to maintain a good reputation, take more and take more. If you take less, you will be an aggressor, and if you take more, you will be an aggressor. So it is better to take more and put an end to Poland’s behavior.

Although sitting on the seat of the victorious country looks majestic, sitting on the left and right are the foreign ministers of Britain and France, and the Ming Dynasty opposite is not a good person.

At the meeting, Albrecht used a more tactful tone and refused to sign the treaty immediately. He wanted to delay it until Berlin and London had settled matters.

Tina wrote a letter to Albrecht, asking her to delay the meeting no matter what, maintain the negotiation status here, and let the Prussian troops stay in Beijing.

This approach is simply to put pressure on the defeated country, but it is of little significance, because the British have not withdrawn their troops, and Tina obviously wants to seek an explanation from the British through diplomatic means.

August, on the other hand, was more realistic. What she wrote in her letter to herself was that if the British issued an ultimatum, no matter how much he could get in the end, he would have to sign it first to ensure that the relationship between Prussia and Britain could be maintained. As usual.

In the end, as expected, the British issued an ultimatum on the fourth day. They did not want to waste too much time on this treaty. Albrecht chose to listen to August and concluded this treaty with Ming Dynasty. The four countries Treaty of Beijing.

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Tina has been arguing with the British Foreign Office about this issue in the past few days. After hearing that Albrecht signed the treaty, she became angry and helpless. Prussia had no way of confronting any major power.

The British people's opinions have changed too fast. Yesterday, they called you brothers, and today they immediately stab you in the back. In Tina's eyes, the image of Britain can be said to have hit rock bottom, but in August's eyes, it is a different scene. .

"The British really stabbed us in the back... They really didn't blink when they tore up the treaty." Tina complained in August's office after receiving the signing of the treaty.

She was originally supposed to be responsible for intervening in the American Civil War, but now her job has become sending telegrams to the British Foreign Office.

"Tina, don't be angry, this matter is my problem."

August turned the globe on the table in a circle, "I'm a little too anxious. My ideal is to build Prussia into a world power. The claim for the territory of Malaya and the war against the Ming Dynasty are considered It is part of the East Asia strategy, but this will inevitably conflict with the British. The British may have seen the potential of Prussia in the war against the Ming Dynasty, so they changed their minds midway."

Tina looked at August and said helplessly, "Forget it... at least we are considered a victorious country, and Britain has not completely turned against us yet..."

Of course, the local Prussian newspaper enthusiastically called this victory "the second step towards the world."

In the eyes of these ordinary people, Augustus used the Prussian army to win a war with the superpowers. Although he did not get any tangible benefits, as soon as the news came out, many Germans living in Prussia immediately Feel proud.

Of course, in international public opinion, Prussia was scolded by democrats from various countries, and the Austrians scolded it the most. After all, Prussia is really annoying, and its industrial output is actually higher than itself.

Of course, the German big brother must seize every opportunity to reduce Prussia's influence, especially those pro-Prussian elements in the country.

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By April, Lincoln had just ordered the blockade of the Texas coastline, and Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas had joined the South.

The Battle of Fort Sumter in Charleton Harbor a few days ago had kicked off the American Civil War. The Confederate army led by Beauregard attacked Fort Sumter for thirty-six hours. The bombing of Fort Sumter has not yet been completed. What's more, the Americans are more picky than the Europeans. There is no military spending at all. Forget about cannons. Two guns are good.

The general who resisted at Fort Sumter was called Anderson. You can only say that this stage of the American Civil War was relatively harmonious. Lincoln told Anderson that he would persist until he ran out of ammunition and food, and if there was no other way, he would surrender.

Turning around, Lincoln still had to think of ways to reinforce Anderson's army, and then he hesitated. He hesitated at such a critical time. The main question was whether to abandon this fort. If it was abandoned, it would actually be okay. It was not particularly important anyway, and it was neither strategic. There are no fortifications in important areas.

Just when Lincoln was hesitating, the Confederate army had surrounded the entire castle. Is it useful? It was somewhat useful, but not much, because the Confederate Army itself was a bit conflicted about whether it should fight or not. Beauregard, the commander of the Confederate army, persuaded Anderson to surrender. They were both from West Point Military Academy, and they were still teachers and students.

But Anderson refused to surrender, so Beauregard had no choice but to fire for thirty-six hours. The battle lasted for a day and a half, and all the crabs on the beach were killed. So how many casualties were there?

zero.

No one in Anderson's troops lost any honors. It can be said that the two sides were throwing firecrackers at each other and glaring at each other. The one they were hitting was just a favor. If they didn't hit, it was a favor. If they hit, it would be called an accident. Of course, if they hit each other again, it would be a shame. It's all going to be lost.

In the end, Anderson, who was out of ammunition and food, surrendered, and then he returned to Washington... Yes, he went directly back to Washington, which is outrageous.

But this is indeed where the first shot of the American Civil War was fired. In the future, this civil war will gradually expand and become a real war.

Now both the North and the South still have reservations. No one wants to fight a full-scale civil war, so they only stay at the stage of limited war, but even this is enough to make Lincoln restless.

He opposed slavery, but he worried that abolishing it would cause trouble for the erratic Confederate states joining the South.

He had also heard before that both Britain and France planned to help the Allied forces, provide weapons to the south, and provide military support when necessary.

At this time, he also focused his attention again on the letter Tina sent him half a month ago.

Now that France is on the opposite side of itself, what else can I do? He could only seek help from other countries, and he suddenly remembered Prussia, the invisible power that defeated the Ming Dynasty.