The auction is over, but the impact of the auction is still continuing. The trade in warships has never been separated from politics, and this time is no exception.

The temporary compromise between Britain and Austria is naturally the highlight. The active participation of other countries in the auction is also a political signal, indicating the outside world's recognition of Austrian hegemony.

It is human nature to tend to be pros and cons. Now that the dust has been settled, showing favors may not make the Vienna government look at each other, but if it does not show favors, it will definitely be "seeing each other".

In this context, whether you need to buy warships or not, representatives from all countries have called the price at least once, and the atmosphere is absolutely hot.

Of course, it is mainly because of the split auction, the minimum starting price is only 200,000 SHIELD, and everyone still has the ability to bid. If all of them are large fleets, it will not be so lively.

Who dares to make a random quote if you don’t have money? What if the transaction is completed? Confiscation of deposit is a small matter and is considered to be intentional trouble, which will be a big trouble.

The world's second-largest naval fleet and the shipbuilding technical engineers had a final total transaction price of only 130 million ASUS, including more than 30 million ASUSUS sold in the anti-French alliance, which was simply a bargain price that fell on the floor.

However, Franz was satisfied. Unlike later generations who were full of local tyrants, there were too few countries with purchasing power these days.

In addition to the defeated France, only Britain, Austria and Russia had fiscal revenues of more than 100 million ASUS, and there were less than ten countries with fiscal revenues of more than 20 million ASUS.

After deducting the 60 million British people, they can get nearly 40 million in profits from other countries, but they can't be satisfied.

"After the settlement is completed, let's share the allies according to the compensation ratio. They are all waiting for the flour to make bread!"

Spending money is a must, and Austria has never been the one who eats alone. The Vienna government has always done a good job in sharing, which is also an important reason why Austria can have a good international reputation.

...

Foreign Minister Wesenberg: "I met with the Spanish representative yesterday afternoon and the Spanish hoped that we would fulfill our previous commitments and support them in the coming Philippine war.

Taking into account the need to rebuild the international order, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends implementing the agreement and supporting Spain to cut off the Japanese's tentacles deep into the South China Sea region."

Verbal promises are naturally not binding. If it is a normal period, the Japanese rob the Philippine Islands, Austria would not mind pushing them to help them.

After all, the Vienna government is also coveting the Philippine Islands, but it is unable to take action due to political influence.

If it falls into the hands of the Japanese, this pressure will no longer exist. Austria can wait for Spain to give up the Philippines and find an excuse to beat the Japanese and take away the Philippine Islands.

I don’t know if the Japanese are lucky or not. They don’t come early or late, but they are just waiting for Austria to rebuild the international order.

The anti-French alliance has not yet been dissolved. Once Spain brings the Philippine War to Vienna for discussion, Austria will definitely help the relatives first and then the manager.

The tragedy is that the Japanese do not take any of them. Not to mention that the Vienna government will not support them, I guess that European countries will not support them.

The only person who hopes that the Japanese government can win may be the French. Unfortunately, the defeated France no longer has the right to speak.

Once the Vienna Peace Council makes a resolution, as a rulemaker and vested interest, the Austrian government must support Spain in order to maintain the authority of the Peace Council.

Seeing that the duck that he got flew away, Franz said angrily: "Tell the Spaniards that you can support them, but we won't participate in the war.

Let them do their preparations more fully and show the prestige of the European world. Don’t learn from the French in Vietnam that they are embarrassing.”

There is no doubt that the Spaniards also calculated the Austrian position and came to support him with nothing. Anyone who promised some benefits, Franz's reminder would be more implicit.

...

On April 2, 1892, at the Royal Opera House of Austria, the Vienna Peace Conference officially kicked off.

There were no flowers, no applause, and there was no so-called opening ceremony. There was only a cold and large round table, plus a few rows of chairs.

There is no doubt that no one is qualified to the negotiating table. In addition to the anti-French alliance countries, the regional powers that can appear at the negotiating table are at least powerful.

"This time I invite you to come here, mainly to ask everyone to be a witness, handle the follow-up affairs of the anti-French war, and establish a new international order.

We are discussing the issue of order slowly later, and now we should first recover the anti-French war."

Wesenberg made the word "witness" very seriously, and the meaning to be expressed is very obvious: Don't mix the work of the aftermath of the anti-French war, just let our anti-French alliance do it yourself. If you have any problems, you will slowly talk about it when establishing an international order.

This naked statement undoubtedly hurt many representatives. After all, he was attending international conferences and not allowing us to express his opinions. It was simply...

Before everyone could react, the Belgian representative who had been prepared had started accusing the atrocities of France.

A lot of evidence has been taken to the table, and even the missing and murdered soldiers who were used as excuses to declare war have been reinterpreted.

After the Belgian representative finished speaking, the German Federal representative followed, and then the Italian states took turns to accuse him.

There are all kinds of evidence, historical information, photos, and confessions of French soldiers. In a sense, the Vienna Peace will take so long to let everyone collect evidence.

As the shocking evidence appeared, the scene was touching, and many representatives attending the meeting left trembling tears.

Of course, no one knows whether it is really touched or fake. After all, there are many cameras in the hall recording this historic scene.

Listening to everyone's accusations, President Robert, as the representative of France, buried his head very low and reduced his presence as much as possible.

There is no way. The more tragic the content of the anti-French alliance accusation, the more evidence it will be, the more unfavorable it will be for France, and it also means that France will have to pay in the next step.

refute?

Not to mention whether there is any chance for him to speak. Even if he is asked to speak, he doesn't know where to start.

As a revolutionary, Robert's knowledge of this war is limited to the information left by the previous administration and reports from domestic media.

The things recorded by our own people are naturally inevitably beautified and modified. Many of the key details are mentioned in one stroke. If you want to know the specific situation, they can no longer find the person involved.

Robert always thought this was just an ordinary continental hegemony war, and there were many similar cases in history.

Judging from the scope of the war, the French army only stayed in Central Europe and Italy, which was far inferior to the Napoleonian era to Moscow.

In President Robert's view, the consequences are the worst now, and the punishments are slightly heavier than the last time, and it will be fine in a few years.

However, the reality is cruel. Just from the losses listed by the anti-French alliance countries, Robert knew that France was in trouble this time.

After the anti-French alliance defined the nature of the war as "aggression" and "anti-aggression", Robert finally couldn't help it. He knew very well that if he didn't speak up now, it would be even more difficult to explain it clearly later.

"protest!"

"France was also a victim of this war. Napoleon IV initiated the war. He could not let all French people pay for his personal mistakes.

We ask the General Assembly to issue a wanted order to arrest war criminal Napoleon IV, and give an explanation to the millions of people who died in this war..."

Before Robert could finish his words, Weisenberg, the host of the meeting, scolded: "Shut up!"

"Mr. Robert, don't you feel ashamed of not taking responsibility when encountering something, and turning the blame on yourself to be loyal to the emperor?

Sorry, I forgot that you have already revolutionized. You are a rebellious party, so naturally I don’t feel ashamed.

But you can do such shameless things, but we can't do it. The wanted emperor, even the exiled emperor, is not allowed by the international community."

"Shameless!"

"I have no eyes on my father!"

...

A series of scolding continued to be staged in the conference room. Obviously, Robert's blame target was wrong. Most of the representatives attending the conference came from monarchical countries, and it was obviously a "taboo".

Especially when there are camera records, in order to be politically correct, representatives of various countries must also stand up and show their positions.

Several representatives of the Republic who Robert had high expectations also joined the war of verbalism, which made him squirt bloody.

support?

What a joke, for France to compete with so many monarchical countries, you must be tired of living.

Before he could realize it, Robert came up with a solution. A cup had already flown towards him and passed by him. Then documents and pens came in one after another.

It was in chaos. Since some people took the lead in using violence, there have been many followers and the scene has completely fallen into chaos.

Obviously, there are many smart people. There are cameras behind it. How can you miss such a good opportunity?

Frankly speaking, if we were not the conference host, Wesenberg wouldn't mind joining. After all, there are not many opportunities to show loyalty, so how can we miss it when we come to our door?

Anyway, Robert is also the president of France. If an accident occurs in Vienna, Austria will be embarrassed.

"Guards, keep order quickly!"

When everyone was pulled apart, the stupid Mr. Robert had a bruised nose and a swollen head.

Fortunately, the wound was not deep and the medical conditions in Austria were good. I rescued it in time, otherwise the Vienna meeting would have become a joke.

...

After receiving the news, Franz once suspected that the French sent a dead soldier to deliberately cause trouble to reduce the punishment for war.

This speculation is well-founded. Judging from the camera records, the earliest water cups were flying out of the British delegation.

In an instant, Franz imagined the scene of collusion between Britain and France and using a dead soldier to retain his vitality for France.

As it turned out, he was completely overthinking. The French, who were under the eyes of the coalition, were not able to manipulate these things.

According to the collected intelligence, President Robert is also an important leader of the Revolutionary Party. He has led workers' uprisings many times and played an important role in the Paris Revolution.

Apart from his lack of political acumen, this passionate and brave revolutionary has almost no shortcomings in life and work.

It’s right to think about it. The Paris Revolutionary Government has been unable to elect a president for a long time, but no one is willing to take on this hot potato.

Robert, who was excluded from the center of power when the revolution was successful, was able to be elected president in itself.

As for national interests, I was completely overthinking. The anti-French alliance was so strong that France had no capital for negotiations at all.

Whether it is to send out the world's most powerful diplomats or send out a pig, the final result will not be essentially different.
Chapter completed!