Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

Li Fu first met with Alex, the Gallic ambassador who was still in the capital. After confirming that the Gallic Empire indeed wanted peace talks, he made a separate appointment with Leinster, the ambassador of the Hans Empire.

During the meeting with Leinster, Li Fu took the initiative to propose the possibility of ending the war as soon as possible.

Leinster heard from Li Fu's words that Gaul wanted peace talks. He compared it and said that peace talks with the Gallic Empire were beyond his capabilities and were not something he could decide.

But from his own point of view, he also feels that the war has reached this level and there is no need to continue fighting.

If possible, or able to have a rough idea of ​​what the Gallic Empire was willing to negotiate, he could give feedback to his emperor, William II.

Li Fu expressed his understanding of Leinster's words.

After all, everyone is eating this bowl of rice, and some of them are also well-connected.

Now Hans's imperial army is gathered near Paris and can attack at any time.

You, the Gallic Empire, have finished the peace talks and if you want the empire to stop attacking, you must show some sincerity.

For example, in this peace negotiation, you have to give an explanation as to what you are going to talk about, which things you think can be brought up for discussion, and which things cannot be discussed.

You can't say that if you just say peace talks, I will stop the attack, and millions of troops will just stand around Paris and waste their military pay.

To put it simply, if you want to negotiate, you can, but you need to sign a letter of intent first to show that you really want to negotiate and are not stalling for time.

This is just like when you go to buy a house or a car, you can't keep your mouth open and the person selling the car or house should just keep these things for you.

Alex understood Leinster's request.

To this end, Li Fu, as the host, held a small cocktail party in the banquet hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs so that Gaul and the Hans Empire could reach a preliminary agreement.

The reception was a success. After Alex and Leinster met, they chatted like two good friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Alex and Leinster signed a "Letter of Intent for Mutual Understanding between Germany and France."

The signing of this letter of intent means that the war between Gaul and Hans has ended, and the two countries have officially entered the peace negotiation stage.

After the cocktail party, Leinster sent a telegram to the Hans Empire Headquarters and told the other party about the signing of the letter of intent.

Hindenburg and Wilhelm II, who had been waiting for news at the headquarters, waved their arms excitedly when they learned that the letter of intent had been signed.

In fact, when Leinster sent the news back to the headquarters that the Gallic Empire wanted peace talks, neither William II nor Hindenburg believed it.

Because they felt that the Gallic Empire had not yet reached its end. There were still millions of troops in Paris, and they still had the power to resist.

Even if the Hans Empire suffered a defeat under the walls of Paris, it would not be impossible for the Gauls to push the front back to the Somme and Marne rivers.

Therefore, when he learned that the Gallic Empire was preparing for peace talks, William II immediately asked Leinster to sign a letter of intent with the Gallic Empire.

All I want is to finalize this matter as soon as possible.

Now that the letter of intent has been signed, William II breathes a sigh of relief.

This battle was finally won.

I originally thought the war would only take a few months, but unexpectedly it ended up lasting more than four years.

This caused the Hans Empire to exhaust all the energy of the entire empire and pay a huge price.

As for the army, after several major battles, the entire Hans Empire suffered at least three to four million casualties. More than [-]% of the navy's surface ships were lost.

A large number of young men were transferred into the army, causing the entire empire's economy to fall into recession and prices to soar.

For example, before the war, the average annual salary of a worker was about 1156 marks, which was enough for a family's normal daily expenses.

However, at the end of the war, although the average annual salary rose from 1156 to 1784 marks, the increase in supplies meant that wages were very high.

For example, the daily beef consumed by the people of the Hans Empire increased from 1.59 per kilogram before the war to 2.27 per kilogram. Pork increased from 1.62 to 2.49.

Almost all the supplies that people need for daily life have increased by about twice.

Perhaps everyone has no idea about it. To put it simply, the cost of living has almost doubled, an increase of more than 200%. But wages only increased by a pitiful 50%.

This is equivalent to people needing to spend more money to support themselves.

Other than that, do you think it's over?

No, not nearly enough.

In addition to these, facilities and materials such as industrial manufacturing, medical drugs, etc. are also tilted in the direction of war.

This results in many times when people have money in their hands but cannot buy life-saving medicines.

It can be said that these four years of war brought not prosperity and glory to the Hans Empire, but endless difficulties.

Even, in some areas, some protests have broken out in Hans Empire's factories, but the local authorities handled them very quickly and suppressed all these protests.

Otherwise, it is very likely that this wave of protests may spread across the country.

It is also worth noting that such a situation in the Hans Empire happened with the full support of Daxia.

Without the full support of Daxia, the situation of the Hans Empire would be even more difficult than this.

This is why the Hans Empire has always emphasized the need to control the Balkans during the war, because it has its lifeline there.

Similarly, this is why William II couldn't wait to agree to peace talks as soon as the Gallic Empire came into contact with the Hans Empire.

Because if the fight continues, even if the Battle of Paris is won, he will not be able to continue.

If the fight continues, even with Daxia's support, the Hans Empire may collapse.

In Europe, the Hans Empire, which had the strongest industrial strength, was in such a situation. So the Gaul Empire, which was weaker than the Hans Empire, was actually even more uncomfortable with the John Empire.

Perhaps among all the countries that participated in the war, the only two countries that had a better time were America and Bactria.

Let’s talk about Millikin first. Since there was no attack on the mainland, coupled with the orders from Europe, Millikin’s mouth was full of food.

Although Millican also participated in the war in the later period. But with the few troops and fighting power he sent out, they never experienced a decent battle. Although there were casualties, they were not serious.

Coupled with a large number of orders, Millikin's economy grew a lot during the war.

Especially during the war, the United States continued to develop the central and western parts of the country, so that the living standards of the people in the country did not decrease.

A large number of agricultural and sideline products enrich people's dining tables.

All this satisfies the top management of Millikin and the ordinary people.

If you had to name something during the war that made Milician unhappy, it would probably be Daxia.

The loss of Oahu, the destruction of the Pacific Fleet, and the loss of South America’s only right to speak.

All of this was brought to them by the Great Xia Empire.