"Your Excellency, is the navy going against their oath and choosing a side?”General Schlieffen was very dissatisfied.
Lieutenant General Lil 'Xiaoqi was also very surprised, as if he did not quite understand why Count Tirpitz would do this.
Everyone knew that Count Tirpitz was a confidant of William II and had a close relationship with him. William II had just died, and Count Tirpitz was going to interfere with the succession of the throne?
"General Schliefen, I'm doing this for the sake of the Empire. I firmly believe that Prince Ogyust is the most suitable heir to the throne!”Count Tirpitz said.
"Can you tell us why?”Lieutenant General Little Foggy spoke.
Liu Chuan smiled and said," Generals, you should know that I've established a mining company and discovered a huge copper mine in the Spice Islands."”
General Schlieffen and Lieutenant General Lil 'Motch nodded repeatedly.
This news was not news to the upper class of the Germanic Empire.
Of course, there were many people who envied Liu Chuan.
"In fact, it's not a copper mine. It was just that in order to not attract attention and not attract the attention of the people of Sun Never Sets, it was publicized as a copper mine. In fact, it was a gold-copper mine. The gold reserves reached more than 3,000 tons, and the silver reserves also reached more than 10,000 tons. Apart from that, there were also 30 to 40 million tons of copper ore. The entire mine was worth 20 to 30 billion marks!”Liu Chuan said.
"What is it? Oh my god!" General Schlieffen and Lieutenant General Lil 'Motch exclaimed.
The way they looked at Liu Chuan changed.
If Liu Chuan was just an ordinary prince before this, then he would be a prince. Now, Liu Chuan's wealth was not inferior to the wealth of the old consortiums in the Germanic Empire.
The German Empire was also a capitalist country, and a highly developed capitalist country at that. In such a country, money was very important. It could even be said that money was omnipotent.
" I've already promised the Earl that 20% of the annual income of the August Mining Company will be donated to the navy for free until the mine is completely mined. I know that the army is also very short of money. I can also promise to donate 20% of the August Mining Company's annual income to the army.
In my plan, the August Mining Company will be able to earn at least one billion marks a year from mining!”
Liu Chuan revealed his trump card.
The current standing army of the German Empire was 600,000 soldiers.
With so many troops, they needed to be paid, trained, and purchased weapons, equipment, and other resources. They needed a large amount of military expenditure every year.
In fact, the army of the Germanic Empire was also living on a tight budget. The annual military expenditure was not much more than the navy. Under such circumstances, if they could get an extra 200 million marks or more from Liu Chuan every year, then all the problems could be solved.
General Schlieffen and Lieutenant General Xiao Maoqi finally understood why they chose to support Liu Chuan.
The navy could get so much military expenditure from Liu Chuan every year. Then, the navy's large-scale warship construction plan could be implemented. The navy dreamed of challenging the Imperial Navy of the Sun Never Sets!
With Liu Chuan's support, this dream would undoubtedly be realized very soon.
Lieutenant General Lil Motch looked at General Schlieffen, waiting for him to make a decision.
As the deputy chief of staff, he had a lot of power and influence. However, General Schliefen was the head of the Army before he became the Chief of Staff.
However, Lieutenant General Xiao Maoqi felt that there was nothing wrong with supporting Liu Chuan to inherit the throne.
After all, this way, the Army would be able to get 200 million marks or more from Liu Chuan every year.
"Your Excellency, I don't want to use money to buy the throne. I just want the empire to become stronger. Our enemy is extremely powerful. As for our allies, they aren't that great. "Therefore, if a war breaks out in the future, we can only rely on ourselves.
The international situation is getting more and more tense. I'm sure that a war will break out within ten years. By then, would the empire be ready? Could he defeat so many powerful enemies?
In my opinion, in the future war, if the Empire wants to win, we must use our advanced mobilization system and perfect railway transportation to gather the main force at the beginning of the war and attack Gaul. They would defeat the Gaul Kingdom in the shortest time possible and force them to withdraw from the war. After that, they would mobilize their main forces to attack the Russian Empire. Only then will we have a chance of winning. However, if he wanted to do all of this, he had to make all the preparations in advance!
If I can become the emperor, I will do my best to support the army in preparing for war!”
Liu Chuan once again raised his opinion.
General Schliefen's eyes lit up. This was in line with many of his views.
He also suddenly felt that Liu Chuan inheriting the throne might really be the best choice.
"Prince Auguste, if you can promise to do all this, the army will support you!”General Schliefen expressed his stance.
"I can swear to God!" Liu Chuan said firmly.
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