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"I'm more clear. We must prevent the British from falling to the United States. The British have vast colonies. The Americans are the most powerful industrial industry in the world. Once these two countries join forces, it is terrible. The Americans' national strength can be seen from the support of us in this war. They have reasons for cooperation. The British need Americans to fight us, and the Americans need Britain as a bridgehead to curb Germany. The British colonies also have a very attractive attitude to the Americans. So at this time, we can't give them a motivation to get close!" said Grand Duke Baden.

"If I hand over this task to you, can you do it well?" The German Emperor thought for a while and asked, the implication was that if Grand Duke Baden was allowed to be responsible for the negotiations. In fact, except for the final signing of the contract, the real bosses would not always go to the shift. If the German Emperor did not go back, Ruprecht would not specifically discuss this matter for a long time. After all, the big guys still have a lot of things to do, so how can they have time to engage in marathon negotiations? Grand Duke Baden is okay, after all, Grand Duke Baden is not big... There are fewer things.

As for giving it to the Social Democratic Party? That is impossible! What a historical significance it is to sign a successful armistice contract! How could the German Emperor agree to let the parliament lead such a glorious thing? For the German Emperor, it would rather fulfill Bavaria than let the parliamentary faction, which he saw as a traitor, take this honor!

"The negotiation issue will not last too long. After all, the British have no bargaining capital. However, before negotiation, we need to communicate with Crown Prince Ruprecht on some things. I think I am not as good as the Crown Prince in this regard, so I can serve as a representative, but the fundamental issues must be listened to the opinions of His Highness Ruprecht." Grand Duke Baden thought for a while and said. "Of course, as the emperor of the German Empire, your opinions must also be taken seriously. I will seek a balance between the two."

"What you said makes sense. In fact, when it comes to negotiations with the Allies, we are the same as Bavaria and even the parliamentary faction on many issues. The only difference is the degree of punishment for Britain, and this is not impossible to discuss." William II paused and said: "Compared with the negotiations with the British, I think the most difficult thing is the issue of post-war interest distribution. The current German Empire is no longer the time when Prussia had an absolute advantage in the past. Now, any interests will eventually be divided by the three families, and it is very difficult to deal with anything once it involves interest issues. Moreover, the empire cannot monopolize all overseas colonies. We can not give it to Turkey, but Austro-Hungary is absolutely impossible to avoid it."

When it comes to Austro-Hungarian Empire, William II was very complicated. If there was no marriage between Ruprecht and Princess Mary, then both parties would be able to do their business. But the problem now is that to some extent, Bavaria and Austro-Hungarian Empire are one! At least for decades. Then the question arises. What does Ruprecht think about this issue? Can the interests of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the interests of Bavaria be so clear? This marriage is like a binder, connecting Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire that had been separated. Therefore, many things are even more troublesome!

"We must at least symbolically draw a colony in Africa to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, although they only participated in the final attack. Even if they gave the Austro-Hungarian Empire the reward on the Eastern Front and gave Bavaria a face." Baden thought for a while and said.

What does it mean to pay for the Eastern Front? This is easy to understand! To be honest, looking at the entire Eastern Front, the Prussian army had no more than two armies at most. The starting force of Bavaria was two armies, and even marching four armies was more than enough to form four armies in the end. The Austro-Hungarian Empire did its best on the Eastern Front. In fact, if it was based on the principle of equal pay for equal work, other German states would definitely not be able to divide so much territory, and these things were not given for nothing. Since the German states had more things on the Eastern Front, then the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Bavarian Legion would be compensated for the issue of Britain and France on the Western Front. Otherwise, how could everyone have fun in the future?

In fact, judging from contact with the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Bavaria, Ruprecht was not very interested in allowing the Austro-Hungarian Empire to occupy African colonies. After all, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had too few people, but the population of 48 million (more than history) swallowed up a large amount of Russia's land this time, and the core ethnic group was seriously insufficient. In this case, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not so persistent in the territory of faraway Africa, and it might be more of a face issue.

Therefore, the colony issue is the easiest to negotiate. The Grand Duke Baden answered so simply because of this reason.

The real core problem lies in the distribution of compensation! You should know that even Germany and Austria, as the victorious country, suffered heavy losses in this war, and military expenditures, bonds and loans had to be repaid. These things are to some extent stronger than the planes and cannons of Britain and France! If you want to expect that the compensation from Britain and France after the war can completely make up for the losses of Germany and Austria's war losses? Let's take a shower. In fact, even if the amount stipulated in the treaty exceeds Germany and Austria's war expenses, it is impossible to get these things back in reality!

Look at the war reparations against Germany in the Versailles Treaty in history, and then look at the war reparations that the Germans had to pay later, and then look at the continued reductions and the continued payment of war reparations for War 1 after the Second World War, you can clearly understand this problem! The British could not afford so much money at all, even if they sold Buckingham Palace, they would not be able to raise so much money in a short period of time, even if the British had the help of the United States, they could not do it. After all, the currency of this era was linked to precious metals, and the total amount of precious metals was limited!

Well, with limited compensation, how to distribute these compensations has become a very serious problem. This is not only a problem between the three giants and a group of younger brothers in Germany, but also involves the issues between Germany and Austria. As the saying goes, brothers can settle accounts clearly, and individuals can break up because of money, let alone the country? Especially when a brother in his family is still a family with the Austro-Hungarian Empire... Sometimes the German Emperor really wants to ask Ruprecht, are you Germany or Austro-Hungarian?

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