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Chapter 415: Unexpected Joy

Just as the prince was hesitating and wandering, some people seemed to feel that Ruprecht's mind was not confused. Just before the final order of the German Emperor was issued, another important guest came to the palace in Munich. This person was no one else, General Sevke and his younger brothers who had drunk and had a chat with the prince half a year ago.

"The Italians are doing a very poor job of confidentiality. Do the Turks know?" The prince was preparing to receive the distinguished guest while complaining about the Italians.

"You seem to be very hardworking during this period. But it's not because of the approaching wedding. Because your face is not a little happy." After the initial greetings, General Sevke did not seem to plan to continue to detour, but said straight to the point. "If I guess correctly, your country is in trouble, and one of the focus of the trouble is our Türkiye. Is that true?"

"That's right. This is difficult to deal with. Germany cannot take action against countries within the alliance because of a country outside the alliance, both politically and economically." The prince's answer was also very direct.

"It seems that I can breathe a sigh of relief." Shefkai said with a smile.

"What does it mean?" The prince frowned slightly. He was a little angry and didn't like to play dumb fans with others on these key issues. This is the most boring and inefficient thing!

"You once said that you would establish an alliance with Turkey. I was still skeptical about this statement, but now, I really believe it! Because in the situation where both domestic and foreign forms are very unfavorable, you are still thinking about a way out and have not given up on Turkey. I see sincerity in it. If you give up, you will not be criticized and you will not have to take any risks, but obviously you have given up on this simple choice." General Shefkai said.

"Don't put a high hat on me. We now represent our own country. The countries are talking about interests. Vanity and praise have no effect." The prince said angrily.

"However, Turkey has nothing to be admired by you now. You are doing big things. Whether it is monopolizing the supply of armored steel for warships in the world, occupying half of the German shipbuilding industry, or mining diamond mines in South Africa, it can explain this."

"I heard that your country's newly built ships are popularizing kerosene mixed boilers, and a large number of motor vehicles are added. It requires a lot of heavy oil, gasoline and diesel, and these materials need to be imported from the United States. Is that true?" said Sevke.

"That's right." The prince did not deny it.

"Then do you think this is OK? We will completely transfer the oil extraction rights of the entire Mesopotamia in the future to you. As long as we can successfully coup, as long as our African colonies are still ours. Then the oil resources of the entire Mesopotamia are jointly owned by you and the Turkish government, and we will divide them into 70%! You account for 70%!" After saying that, General Sevke picked up a pencil on the table, walked to the front of the map, and included all areas in the future, including Iraq and Kuwait!

"Damn it! 20% of the oil resources in the world in the future will belong to me?" The prince was surprised and almost fell to the ground. As a time traveler, Ruprecht knew what General Sevke had given Bavaria with a casual stroke! Black gold, a land with black gold flowing!

However, soon, the prince gradually calmed down. Although the Mesopotamian Basin was rich in oil resources and it was not difficult to exploit, before the end of World War II, the fuel output in the Mesopotamian Basin was not high, and the output in later Iraq was only more than 4 million tons during World War II.

One of the very critical factors is that the use of oil resources was not popular at that time. Oil was more expensive than coal, and cars that could only use oil and its derivatives. The number of aircraft was still small. Although Germany had no oil fields in the first World War, did you ever hear that Germany was short of fuel? At the beginning of the war, the German army had only 4,000 motor vehicles in the entire army and could not even use up the fuel in stock. The petrochemical industry is still in its infancy. Therefore, there is no demand for oil, and the natural output is not high. It was even before the Second World War that oil became a strategic resource.

But the situation is different now. Not to mention, Bavaria needs oil, Austria can also vigorously develop the petrochemical industry, such as synthetic rubber... Don't think that synthetic rubber was popular in the second battle. In fact, there were also those in the first battle, and it was also created by the Germans. Although methyl synthetic rubber synthesized from dimethylbutadiene is not very good, it is cheap. Fuel mining in the Mesopotamia Basin is not difficult. The key is that someone needs investment and a market. Both of them are relatively short of...

As for what happens when the British find out? After reading a lot of documents, the prince found that in 1900, he only found that some places had oil, and the British had not decided to invest. Perhaps because the prospects were unclear and the Turkish government did not know how much profit it could have, it would hand over the oil extraction rights in the Mesopotamia to itself? The prince kept fooling the oil extraction rights in the Mesopotamia, and the Turks came to their door by themselves! This is too polite... It's hard to refuse the kindness!

Ruprecht calmed down his excitement. After all, General Sevke is not in power now, and it is still unknown whether he can fulfill the agreement after taking power. Even if the general agrees, what about the young Turkish party? So while the prince confirms that he can pick up a huge treasure, he also needs to add insurance to the agreement.

"The German government will not make a clear statement. If the Kingdom of Bavaria does it in the name of volunteers, there will be many difficulties. Start-up capital is a big problem. We are confronting a European power, and the Italians will only launch an attack with the endorsement of British and French funds." The prince understood what he said. I can help you, but you have to suppress something, right? Don't use future interests as collateral. This thing is not real money and reliable!

"This requirement is reasonable." General Sevke's answer was beyond the prince's expectations. "I will give you an account within 2 days. 80% of all the funds of the young Turkish Party in Europe come from here. According to my estimate, at least 500,000 pounds can be used. There will be an inflow of funds every month in the future."

"In addition, we will follow the plan, and the current regime will inevitably be overthrown." General Sevke's answer surprised the prince.
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