That morning, after Ah Dao finished his breakfast in a hurry, Misch came in to report on work.
"Mr. Princeps, your guests have arrived and are waiting in the reception room on the second floor. Do you want to prepare?”
Misch said.
Adolf nodded and looked down at his watch.
"7:30, just like the agreed time. Yes, it really is a German, as punctual as a clock!”He nodded in satisfaction and picked up a napkin to wipe his mouth. Then he stood up and said,"I've already prepared everything yesterday. I'll go up now.”
After saying that, Adolf adjusted the collar of his suit and walked up, leaving Misch and Miss Caitlyn to clean up the table.
"I heard that the Empire is at war with Austria. Is this true?”
Caitlin asked Misch in a low voice.
"No, this is not a war. It's just a simple occupation. We haven't even declared war on Austria.”
Misch replied briefly. He looked around and lowered his voice."To be honest, although Mr. Princeps looks very energetic, he hasn't even had a good night's sleep these past few days, especially last night. He woke up a few times in the middle of the night…I can tell that he has something on his mind.”
"Oh, I really didn't expect that. He should still be worried…Hmm, then it seems that Mr. Adolf will have to negotiate with the honorable generals for a while.”
Caitlin said as she put away the cutlery.
"Maybe." Misch shook his head and walked out.
Misch didn't tell anyone about the guests Adolf was meeting.
Although Adolf regarded everyone in the Prime Minister's Office as his confidant, Misch had to keep it a secret from his own people out of caution. After all, it was hard to say if there were spies among them.
" But..." Misch was still very puzzled." Why would the head of state meet with those people from the energy industry at this juncture?”
Second floor reception room
"Good morning, respected Ruler. Please allow me to introduce you.”Albert Speer, Minister of Industry, who had just joined Adolf's cabinet, introduced the newcomer to Adolf.
"This is Mr. Frick, the vice president and chief oil explorer of Rhine Company. This was Eric, the vice president of Farben's oil supply chain and the head of the survey team. This is Byron Oil Company…"
Speer introduced them to each other, and they shook hands with Adolf.
Adolf began to get down to business.
" Gentlemen, I think you should be very clear about the fact that oil is the blood of the industry. There is no doubt that it is black gold. However, as the second largest industrial country in Europe, we lack enough oil and even have to rely on large amounts of imported oil.”
Adolf sat in front of everyone and said.
" For a country, oil is life. Without the sovereignty of oil, our energy and economic security will be in jeopardy. But now, most of the known oil fields in the world are in the hands of other big countries, which is a great threat to Germany.”
"Although we have developed the technology of converting coal to oil, the heating value of coal to oil, especially diesel, is completely incomparable to that of refined oil, so they cannot replace the role of crude oil.”
" But if it's just buying it at a high price, we can still accept it. But some countries are trying to interfere in the internal affairs and diplomacy of the Imperium by controlling the oil export. I will never tolerate that!”
After saying that, he took out a data sheet from the folder.
" Just as we announced the occupation of Austria, the British Prime Minister, Chamberlain, ordered a large amount of imported oil from Rumania and raised the price so that it would flow mainly to other Western countries with relatively abundant foreign exchange.”
" What?!"
Hearing this, the industrial elites present were shocked. This was clearly to cut off the industrial lifeline of the Empire! Although there was no war, this loss was enough to cause the empire's industry to collapse!
" All of the oil stocks in Romania were snapped up by Britain. They also booked the oil supply contract for the second half of the year and the oil supply right after the contract expired. They also rented all the barges and train carriages in Rumania as much as possible to avoid being used to transport oil to us.”
Adolf angrily threw the document on the ground.
"They want to destroy us!" Adolf said loudly as he looked at the pale-faced industrialists.
"But we have a way.”Adolf paused and said.
He took out two maps from the folder. One was a map of the Empire, and the other was a map of the world. On each map, some places were marked with circles.
"The British and French think that they can control us just because they have control over Rumania, but I will tell them that they are wrong. The locations and data marked on these maps are all areas that are very likely to contain oil.”
However, when these people got a copy of the map, they were dumbfounded after looking at it.
"Is this true? My Fuhrer, there is a huge oil field on the west coast of Schleswig Holstein in northern Germany?!”
The vice president of Rhine was shocked.
"These oil fields are buried at a depth of about 2000 meters, so we haven't explored them before. However, with the current technology, we can explore 3000 meters or even 4000 meters underwater, so I believe this shouldn't be a problem.”
Adolf said confidently.
As a 21st-century transmigrator, Adolf knew that there were already 44 oil fields being exploited in Germany in the 21st century. However, the technology in this era was limited, and most of the oil fields with deep burial depths could not be exploited yet. Therefore, Adolf decisively gave up and only chose the oil fields close to the surface.
"You want us to explore the Persian Gulf region in the Middle East? But…that was the territory of the British and French forces.”
The vice president of Faben Chemistry was troubled.
" The intelligence department of the Imperium will assist you in going to the Middle East. Although the Middle East is very backward and considered barren, you must do your best to explore the areas that I have indicated and find out as many oil locations and reserves as possible. These areas will be the battleground of the army of the Imperium in the future. Don't count on any luck!”
Adolf said sternly.
Unlike the 21st century, the Middle East before World War II did not have a large amount of oil. At that time, the production was only 5% of the world's. As for the discovery of oil, it was after the 1950s.
In this life, Adolf would make arrangements on this point, but the most important thing now was to find out the location so that he could launch a large-scale invasion of the Middle East in the future.
After some discussion, Adolf dismissed the industrialists and returned to his office to pay attention to the affairs of Eastern Asia.
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