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Kingdom of Prussia, Prime Minister's House in Berlin.

The Third Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and former Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Prussia, Nicholas Pearson, accompanied by his successor, Ambassador Wezemann, visited Prussia again and came to the Prime Minister's Office in Bismarck today.

Under Bismarck's attention, Nicholas Pearson is still as strong and astute as he was seven years ago.

"If I were Your Excellency Bismarck, I would certainly not fail to understand that Prussia, whether in terms of strength or prestige, was not enough to deal with the French Empire."

Ignore Bismarck's sarcasm.

He continued: "But I know this precisely, that's why I seem to stay away from the Netherlands and get closer to the French Empire recently, so as to let France relax its vigilance and deploy one-third of its forces in the Far East. Purpose, this Prussian invasion was diminished by a weakening of the French resistance."

Seeing Bismarck returning to his calm, he continued:

"Second, as the Netherlands led the International Hague Tribunal to impose sanctions on France, the French imperial government and Napoleon III have been complaining about people's livelihood for a long time, and their popularity has declined day by day. If Prussia secretly suppresses Napoleon III and Orly in the future. The public opinion of the Vier government has separated them from the people, and Prussia will benefit a lot from it.”

Wezemann, the current Dutch ambassador to Prussia, looked at his predecessor, now the third deputy foreign minister of the Netherlands, Nicholas Pearson, while Bismarck changed his mind from indifference and even ridicule to calm. When Bismarck's face was dignified and scruples, his facial expression changed four times in just a few minutes.

From this, it can be seen that the distance between him and the former and the "boss" in front of him is worthy of recommending him to become the Dutch ambassador to Prussia. Nicholas Pearson seems to be more powerful than when he saw it as the deputy of the embassy. The demeanor of a general has become more prominent than before, and he is worthy of being a deputy minister of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Just as he was thinking, Bismarck spoke up.

"Long time no see, you're still who you were before," Bismarck said with a smile: "Life in Amsterdam seems to make you mature faster than in Berlin."

What did Wezeman see? He looked at Bismarck and Nicholas Pearson in disbelief.

The former showed a smile, while the latter was still sullen as always.

And Bismarck's greeting just now was more like a friendly greeting, obviously pulling in a relationship with Nicholas Pearson.

This made him a little confused.

Nicholas Pearson: ""Amsterdam's climate is more suitable for me to live in. Of course, Berlin also has its own good, but it is more of a good memory, but compared to Berlin, I am more interested in Paris next, Prime Minister. Is it the same?"

Wezeman praised Nicholas Pearson's cleverness. After saying this, the topic was immediately pushed to the purpose of this visit.

Bismarck put away his smile and resumed his serious and dignified expression. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that the amiable smile just now was him.

Sure enough, the old politicians are the old politicians, and this turn of the face is faster than the book.

"Following the principle of raking grass and beating rabbits, in case the French Empire is as tough as the Netherlands, and a war starts in the south of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Prussia can also tear off a large piece of meat from the Netherlands or the French Empire. Of course, it doesn't matter how much. The important thing is to prove to the outside world politically that although Prussia has just annexed other small countries of the German Confederation, its strength has fully recovered to its peak, and it has a strong strength, which can deter all the ambitious people around Prussia who are just around the corner.”

Nicholas Pearson sneered and seemed to be frank, but Bismarck was harboring evil intentions. He said, "I don't agree with the Prime Minister's statement. I admit that Prussia has regained its strength and conquered it. The original countries inside, but Prussia is unstable inside, even Prussia is unprecedentedly powerful, but Prussia also has hidden troubles”

What bane?

Wezeman thought to himself.

Bismarck stared at Nicholas Pearson calmly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Nicholas Pearson answered without them waiting too long.

"Prussia has just completed the great cause of unification, and the people are unstable. Both His Majesty William I and Prime Minister Bismarck need a big victory to suppress this restless heart, and those who intend to continue to destroy the unity of Prussia, am I right? ?"

Bismarck nodded and said, "Not bad."

Nicholas Pearson continued: "And this great victory must be carried out by an external rival of Prussia. It doesn't make much sense for a small country to win. After all, the two kingdoms of Bavaria and Hanover were destroyed before, less than this. In fact, it is difficult for the two countries to deter others and the wild people inside, so I guess that it must be a big country to achieve this effect.”

Although Wezeman already knew which country he was talking about before he came, he couldn't help but follow the topic and began to speculate about going to other countries.

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If not the French Empire, what if other countries, such as Britain or the Tsarist Russian Empire or the Austro-Hungarian Empire that defeated it before? What about Prussia?

What can the Netherlands get out of this? What to lose?

Bismarck asked knowingly: "Which country?"

Nicholas Pearson did not answer directly~www.readwn.com~ The Austro-Hungarian Empire has been well-prepared for Prussia, and the border between Prussia and Prussia is very closely guarded. It is difficult to achieve the effect in a short time.

And because there was a war between the two countries before, this time the Austro-Hungarian Empire is almost the same enemy of Prussia.”

Bismarck: "The Hungarians may not listen to Franz Joseph I and come to work for the Austrians"

Nicholas Pearson retorted: "But the Hungarians don't want the Austrians to be defeated. The next person who needs to face the powerful Prussia is themselves, so the Hungarians must have a wise choice."

Bismarck did not argue, but asked: "What about the next one, is it the Russian Empire?"

"The current economy of the Russian Empire is not as good as that of the Kingdom of Prussia, and there seems to be some gaps in military technology, but the Russian Empire is vast, and although Alexander II has opponents at home, there are many people around him, not to mention, there The weather is the devil. I believe that anyone who has been there knows that Moscow and St. Petersburg in winter are definitely far more people want to stay away from there than Stockholm, and the Prussian Society is eager to grow and develop, but in the It seems unwise to give up the back and ribs to France and Austria-Hungary to attack the Russian Empire without certainty of victory.”

Bismarck said with a smile: "I understand. Your guess is the French Empire. Could it be that Prussia is sure to win when attacking the French Empire, or that when it attacked the French Empire, didn't the reserve become the Tsarist Russia Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire?"