"We want Gabon and French Congo, and Central Africa is still left to the French, but how about we ask for some other economic and political rights? For example, the right to garrison in Madagas, and the right to use ports in Dakar or Algeria?" Ruprecht thought for a while and said.

"Are you going to establish a naval base system covering the Atlantic and Indian Oceans? This idea is very good. If possible, other islands in the Indian Ocean that originally belonged to the British, such as Diego Garcia, were also taken over. In this way, the entire East Atlantic and the Western Indian Ocean region will be our sphere of influence, and the maritime forces of other powerful countries will be squeezed out." said Grand Duke Baden.

The right to use the French and African ports to exchange the Central African region for Germany, which seems pretty good, but the Grand Duke of Baden himself thinks it is too cheap to do so. Because in his opinion, the French are ultimately defeated, and in fact they have no right to choose than the British. After all, the German army can consider entering Paris at any time now! It would be good if it was not driven in Europe this time, and the colonies did not require much, and even if it was harsh, the French would accept it.

"In fact, there is no need to be petty about these issues. The French should be very clear about their positioning. If they fail, the losers will have to pay the price. The normal price will make them afraid, and the too light punishment will even make them lucky." said Grand Duke Baden.

"France needs to pay a price, which is certain, but we can make this price softer, for example, in terms of economy. The empire has obtained enough territory in this war, and it is not very meaningful to have more or less. Moreover, Central Africa is not a very wealthy place. In this regard, I agree with the Crown Prince Ruprecht's opinion, and we can just use Gabon and French Congo." At this time, Battel said, on this point, he supported opening up the French.

"So how much economic costs the French have to pay? We received 5 billion francs of compensation from the French in the French-Prussian War. What about this time?" asked Grand Duke Baden.

"How about providing an interest-free loan of 200 million pounds per year within 10 years? The term is 5 years, and repay it in the fifth year?" Ruprecht thought for a while. Under the gold standard system, one pound is about 7.32 grams of gold, while one pound is 0.29 grams of gold, and one pound is about 25 francs. And an interest-free loan of 200 million pounds per year is about 5 billion francs. If the annual interest rate is 5%, then the five years are not considered cumulative, the German government has received interest of 1.25 billion francs. Of course, in fact, these things cannot be counted, but for France, it is okay to get such a result after the war is over. This joked with William and the French that once the war started, William believed that he could take 50 billion francs of compensation from the French, which is much lower!

"This is still too little." Grand Duke Baden frowned and said.

"If we still think it's too little, then we can only take it from the British. I'm going to get 3 billion pounds of compensation from the British." Ruprecht said with a smile. In history, in the Versailles Treaty, the total compensation of the Germans was 226 billion gold marks, about 11.3 billion pounds, and later reduced to 132 billion gold marks, about 4.99 billion pounds. However, in fact, this is not paid in 2010.

Ruprecht wanted real money instead of a treaty number. What if the number was too much, what would the British do if they could not afford it? Although the financial situation of the UK was much better than that of Germany in history, it was still very difficult to pay 30 pounds in a short period of time, for example, in 20 years. After all, the British government's fiscal revenue in 1913 was only 189 million pounds! Of course, you have to say that the British fiscal revenue in 1918 was 700 million pounds in history, which is fine, but you have to consider the high profits and high wages under inflation and excessive taxes. This is incomparable in wartime and peacetime.

The 3 billion pounds that Ruprecht mentioned naturally cannot be the value of the pound during the war, and it must be before the war! And the prince cannot directly say that he will pay it back in 42 years like in the Versailles Treaty. Please, 42 years, who can explain clearly what happens in 20 years? Therefore, the entire repayment period must be compressed within 20 years, best of all, 15 years! Because within 15 years, Ruprecht can guarantee that the British will not have the ability to bare teeth. If it is 20 years later, who knows what the United States is? What the Soviet Union is? The United Kingdom is not scary, what the terrible is the international environment!

"3 billion pounds is too little, right?" Barth said.

"So what do you think the upper limit for the British to pay? What we need after the war is the pound that can fall into our wallets, not a treaty number." Ruprecht said. "Of course, I don't know much about the economic issues. This aspect can be left to you to deal with, as long as Bavaria can get one of its own."

It is impossible to give all £3 billion to Germany, and the French did not give all to Germany. In fact, the compensation from Britain and France was to Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As for the specific ratio, no one said it, and Ruprecht did not mention it. After all, this question is very sensitive. Who made Ruprecht's wife the future Austro-Hungarian Empress? To a certain extent, it seems to be the same concept for Bavaria and Austro-Hungarian Empire!

So you can say that Ruprecht avoids suspicion or exchanges of interests, and gains dominance in terms of territoriality, then the crown prince is willing to hand over the right to negotiate compensation against Britain to the German Emperor and the parliamentary faction, and he only made suggestions.

"I think Mr. Baden and I can definitely get back the economic interests of the empire at the negotiating table." Bart expressed his appreciation for the crown prince's concessions, while Mr. Baden nodded and expressed satisfaction.

"The British representative is coming soon, so who is responsible for receiving it?" asked Grand Duke Baden.

"This will be a relatively long dispute, and I estimate that the British will not surrender. Therefore, I will be the leader of the group for the first time and I will give it to the two of them a few times in the future. And I have to consider how to beat the British more painful!" Ruprecht said with a smile.

"Then on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor, I wish you a perfect ending in the final stage of the war." Grand Duke Baden said with a smile.

"The Imperial Parliament will hold a grand celebration for you after the war, and your record will make you the most dazzling star in the Imperial War." Barth's words on the side also contain praise.
Chapter completed!