The Rise of the Empire

Originally, according to Ruprecht’s intention, it was enough to directly seize the oil field in Baku. In other places, local peoples were willing to be independent and independent, and they could also be incorporated if they were willing to accept German notice, as long as they did not affect oil exploration and For transportation, the crown prince does not want to interfere too much with local affairs, however, there are exceptions to everything!

　　The Bavarian Army fought so smoothly. Not only did it open a channel to the Baku oil field, occupy the oil-producing area, and easily wiped out the entire Transcaucasus region with a force of destruction! The local people seemed to agree with the German notice and the resistance was not fierce, so the frontline commander subconsciously expanded the control area. The end result is that the Bavarian Army easily controlled the entire Transcaucasus region, and even has the ability to operate from the North Caucasus!

　　 To be honest, although the North Caucasus region has very rich mineral resources, such as non-ferrous metals, tungsten, and manganese. But the ethnic and religious issues there are quite complicated. Do you know the Chechnya of later generations? It is in the North Caucasus, where the poor mountains and rivers, and the violent people are definitely not a suitable place to rule!

And the current situation is that Ruprecht found that his military operations in the Transcaucasus region were a bit large, and when he was about to shrink, suddenly there were opinions in Germany, including the Kaiser and parliament. Lao expressed his willingness to make some concessions on the Eastern Front in exchange for the territory obtained by Bavaria in the Transcaucasus!

So this has become one of the reasons why Prussia has allocated a lot of land to other states. The Kaiser and the parliament are not stupid. They can see that the territory that Bavaria has acquired in the Transcaucasus region has exceeded the control of Bavaria. What about the extra space? Naturally, it is distributed to other people, and there is no reason to abandon it!

　　 However, when Bavaria controls the entire oil-producing area, and can use other regions outside the Caucasus as a bargaining chip for the exchange of benefits, the two sides are also considered desirable this time. Other states have acquired parts of the Transcaucasus region, but Bavaria does not need to divide too much space from the Eastern Front to other states.

　　 is so good, now the stubbornness of the division of interests is coming! How to distribute in Transcaucasus?

"I know that everyone here is very interested in the Caucasus. It was originally out of plan. Who knows that the Russians are too casual. We accidentally reached the crossroads of Eurasia! And now, This area has also become the possession of the empire. As the supreme commander of the Bavarian Legion, as the person who has conquered this area for the empire with a sword in his hand, I first put forward my own opinions, and I hope it can be used for your reference. "Ruprecht asked someone to change a map of the Caucasus and said.

"The Caucasus region can be divided into North Caucasus and South Caucasus (Transcaucasus). The middle boundary is the Caucasus Mountains, with a total area of ​​about 400,000 square kilometers. At present, the Bavarian Army controls 200,000 square kilometers, the Baku oil field and the passage to the Black Sea region. It is already under the control of our army, and another force has landed in the North Caucasus. After the spring of the next year, we can easily obtain another place. In other words, there are no military obstacles here."

　　 "As the leader of this action, isn't it too much for the Bavarian Kingdom to control half of the region's economic interests?" Ruprecht said his conditions.

　　 "Can this half of the benefits be more clear?" Albert asked.

"The entire Caucasus region has very rich resources, in addition to oil fields, there are also rich non-ferrous metals and various non-metallic minerals. The Russians in these areas have established a lot of minerals, and half of the interests refer to all mineral resources in the entire region. Half of the proceeds!" Ruprecht said.

"If this is the case, I am afraid that the Kingdom of Bavaria will become the largest resource monopoly within the entire empire. And if I remember correctly, you have always opposed monopoly, thinking that this monopoly directly restricts competition and technological development." Special said.

"This is really not a monopoly. The coal-iron associated mines in the Rhine-Ruhr region of the empire and the Alsace-Lorraine region, plus the copper-manganese-zinc mines, diamond mines and other non-metallic minerals in the empire’s African colonies, In these places, Bavaria does not have any mining company other than a diamond mine. What's more, this time, we are willing to divide up half of the profits. Why can't this be talked about with monopoly? Could it be something we exchanged for blood and life? , Is it not a monopoly if you have to give it all to the speculative guy behind?" Ruprecht said sharply.

"I can explain to everyone that a considerable part of the income from these mineral resources is prepared for millions of Bavarian troops and rear personnel. It is them who stood up in the most dangerous moment of the empire~www.wuxiaspot.com~Use yourself His blood and lives were exchanged for the empire’s tomorrow. The professional placement and retirement of millions of people, the pensions of the disabled and the families of the dead need to be revealed from this. After this meeting is over, we will publish relevant Declare, and set up a special monitoring agency to supervise the use of these proceeds. I can be very responsible to say that every cent we spend is transparent!" Ruprecht said.

"Although these mines existed during the Russian era, after the war, these mines and surrounding infrastructure required a lot of capital and manpower input before they could be put into production. Obviously, this part was also included in the cost. Grand Duke Baden paused and continued:

"As far as certain resources are concerned, I think Bavaria is also suspected of a monopoly. For example, oil. Bavaria itself has oil fields in the Mesopotamia. Now it controls the world’s second largest oil field with an annual output of 18 million tons. Crude oil, you can already supply the entire empire and allies. Monopoly is not too much, right?"

"The oil side can surrender 30% of the production capacity. Except for the Bavaria region, the empire consumes less than 4 million tons of oil a year. We gave 30%, which can fully meet the needs of all countries, and monopoly can't be discussed. Come on, we export to other countries and earn foreigners' money. You can't do it too, right?" Ruprecht said. It is impossible to completely eat the profits of the entire oil field, because this is not only an economic issue, but also a political and national security issue. If oil is the blood of the industry, who wants to let their blood be pinched in the hands of others ?

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