"I feel that the atmosphere of the conference today is pretty good." Sitting in the well-decorated conference room, Bühler carefully observed the nobles around him. The most noble position was naturally reserved for Crown Prince Ruprecht. As long as it was not the German Emperor or the Bavarian King Ludwig III, Crown Prince Ruprecht must be the most noble. Next to it is Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and on the other side is Prince Albert.

Crown Prince Christian and Prince Baden sat opposite each other, but from the perspective of position, Crown Prince Saxony is more noble. His position is a little more despicable, and he has no sense of existence. However, Buller was not angry, but was a little relaxed. After all, these people in front of him either hold the weight of power now or are about to hold the weight of power. In terms of birth, it is even more in the sky and the earth. As an alien in this salon, it is better not to be too eye-catching!

However, to Buller's surprise, the atmosphere of the salon was quite good, at least not all the sarcasm or eye drops I imagined. Looking at their respective preparations, they were indeed here to talk about the matter. The information documents brought a lot, and the drinks provided in the salon were all alcohol-free, which was really rare for German aristocratic salons.

In fact, it is normal for this situation to happen. This is the first appearance of Prince Albert and Prince Baden in important decision-making. Although they have done a lot of things before, such as Prince Albert was responsible for contacting Bavaria, and Prince Baden was responsible for logistics during the war. But after all, they are just executors or liaison officers, and have never been a policymaker. Prince Baden will become the Grand Duke of Baden in the future, and Prince Albert will at least become the regent or prime minister of German Prussia in the future. Therefore, it is crucial whether this time can leave a good impression on other senior officials.

What about Duke Albrecht? For him, a real-powered duke in the kingdom and who had experienced the baptism of war, such a salon was not that important. After experiencing it for a long time, he would get used to it. Just let it go. And because he had also fought on the Western Front battlefield, the duke was not disgusted with Buller. Since it was invited by Crown Prince Ruprecht, the duke should give him some thin face.

As for Crown Prince Christian, to be honest, staying with such a group of people is also a very uncomfortable thing for Crown Prince who is only 20 years old and has just entered the political arena. None of the people in it is simple. He is young and young, and it is difficult to have some of his own ideas except calling 666! To be honest, he is not yet graduated from college yet! Even the youngest Prince Albert among the others is over 30 years old!

"Today, what we are discussing is very formal and important, but the way we discuss is easy. As newcomers on the German political stage in the future, you always have to go through a process from immature to maturity, so let this process start from today." Ruprecht said. Of course, this statement was mainly for people other than himself and Duke Albrecht. Although Prince Baden is very old, he has limited experience and has little diplomatic experience. This is even more so for the rest of others. It is the first time that something similar to the national strategy is formulated!

"Prince Albert, as the host, do you come first?" Ruprecht said to Prince Albert. After all, the meeting was initiated by the prince. Although Ruprecht was chaired by it, it was better for Albert to speak the first speech, and the latter also looked eager to try it out.

"In this unprecedented war, most important European countries were involved in the war, and after the war ended, it meant that the relationship between countries was repositioned. Germany and Austria, as winners, shared European hegemony, and Britain was the loser and licked their wounds in a corner. The French were still confused and considered whether to reconcile with us. Russia was the enemy of the empire. In the future, we would still meet on the battlefield. But in the whole of Europe, there was another relatively powerful country that was ignored, and this country was one of the former members of the allies, Italy."

"I have been thinking about a question, why did Italy turn against the covenant and choose to be neutral? For Germans, what is the status of Italy? Have we made mistakes in our foreign policy towards Italy? What should the relationship between the empire and Italy in the future?" said Prince Albert.

"Although the Russians once commented on the Italians, saying that it was entirely diplomatic etiquette to call Italy a powerful country. Prime Minister Bismarck also said that the Italian desire for a colony was like a hungry man who saw bread, but he did not have a good mouth. The defeat of Italy in Ethiopia in the 1990s seemed to illustrate this problem. But I think that as an emerging country with a very important strategic position, Italy is still a very important part of the empire!" After Prince Albert finished speaking, he looked at Ruprecht's reaction in the upright position. After seeing that the other party had no expression, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he knew that the crown prince had never had a good impression of Italy. Although the original Bavarian Naval Design Bureau was supported by an Italian, in his opinion, the crown prince, who was more upright by nature, was very dissatisfied with Italy's capriciousness and excessive greed. Even the two sides had a military confrontation that broke out in a state of non-declaration of war. When Italy was preparing to plan for Libya, under the promotion of the crown prince, the German Empire firmly stood on Turkey's side, thus making Italy's second military expansion fail. This result naturally gained the absolute loyalty of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the hostility of the Italians.

If it is in public, let alone Prince Albert, even people of the Grand Duke of Baden should not easily question Ruprecht's decision. Because after all, the Turkish Empire played a certain role in this war. With this example, the issue of Italy and Turkey's choice can only be a verbal shot! This kind of verbal shot can easily make the crown prince think that it is politically targeting himself, and if this step is reached, then the two sides may have to get into evil.

However, today is a private occasion, and before the talks, Prince Albert had indirectly asked Ruprecht if he minded discussing this issue. After the latter agreed, Prince Albert's article was finally released.
Chapter completed!