“Your Majesty, it is the Dutch who have made a request to us to abolish the mining license issued to you and recover the gold mine. Moreover, they also claim that this is a requirement that the sun never sets. Or rather, it was the sun that never set forced them. They hope that we will voluntarily return the gold mine, so that it will not hurt the relationship between our two countries! Shoubilo said.

“Hmph! The Dutch people have a good calculation, not only want to be a bitch, but also want to establish a chastity archway. It’s also good that the sun doesn’t set, and I want to draw salaries from the bottom of the empire! August snorted coldly, his face very ugly.

In fact, August had long anticipated that there would be such a day as the East Window Incident.

Even, being able to hide it for such a long time and allow the Germanic Empire to continuously obtain so much income from the gold mines was beyond his expectations.

Since 1704, the Germanic Empire has been mining gold. As of this year, it has been eight years.

In the past eight years, the Germanic Empire has earned more than 14 billion marks from gold mines.

It can be said that this money allowed the armament, strategic reserves, as well as transportation and industry of the Germanic Empire to develop greatly.

But even then, it would be absolutely impossible to get August to give up the gold mine. Because they are now mining at most half of the gold. At the current rate, this gold mine will not be mined for another ten years, and it will be no problem to mine it for seven or eight years. This is undoubtedly a great wealth for the Germanic Empire!

If this wealth had been had, the Germanic Empire would have become much stronger. The military strength of the Germanic Empire will also become stronger.

“Your Majesty, it seems that we have posed a great threat to the Germans, and they have begun to suppress us in every possible way.” Admiral Moltke Jr. said.

“Yes, Your Majesty. If the empire continues to develop like this, we will become even stronger, and the sun will not set and the people will not have the confidence to defeat us. That’s why they want to cut off our funding. Marshal Count Tirpitz also said.

You know, the revenue share from August Mining Company has now become the Navy’s largest source of funds. Even more than the military expenditure received from the imperial treasury.

For the Germanic Imperial Navy, it is naturally impossible to give up this gain.

“What happened to the construction of the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships? When will it be able to enter service at the earliest? August asked.

Marshal Count Tirpitz was stunned, and then replied: “Your Majesty, several ‘Caesar-class’ battleships have been finalized. If it’s fast, you’ll be able to serve in a month! ”

“Further accelerate the progress and put the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships into service as soon as possible.” August commanded.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Marshal Count Tirpitz replied, and his expression became serious.

“Your Majesty, are we going to prepare for war in advance?” War Minister Helingen asked.

August shook his head: “I don’t want to start a war now, our war preparations are not finished after all.” However, we must prepare for the worst. Grassberg Gold Mine, we will never give up. The Dutch people alone, we don’t have to care at all, they simply don’t have the strength to let us return the gold mine. However, the Sunseters and Gauls, who supported the Dutch Blue people, also posed a great threat to the empire. If the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships can be commissioned, it will definitely be a great deterrent for the people who never set, and they simply do not have the courage to go to war with us at this time. After all, the super battleships in service and under construction in the Royal Navy are only equipped with 343mm guns. In front of our 380-mm guns, there was simply no way to fight back.

As for the huge number of former dreadnoughts equipped by the sun that does not set, it is even more garbage. In such a situation, will the Germans dare to go to war with us? Once the war starts, their Royal Navy has no certainty of victory, and they have no certainty of defeating us! ”

The ministers of the Germanic Empire nodded repeatedly.

As long as the Sun Never Sets Empire is deterred by the Germanic Empire and does not dare to start a war. Then the rest of the Gallic states will be left alone.

Even the Germanic Empire was able to use a brief war to devastate Gaul again, just as they had done forty years earlier.

“It is necessary to speed up the construction of not only the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships, but also the ‘King-class’ battleships and the ‘Derflingel-class’ battleships. Our naval arms race that never sets the empire will intensify. Even our ‘Bavaria-class’ battleships would be better off starting construction as soon as possible. We need constantly powerful warships to deter the sun from setting! August said.

“Yes, Your Majesty!” Marshal Count Tirpitz replied.

From the perspective of the navy, the empire strongly supports the development of the navy and increases its investment in the navy, which naturally agrees.

This would make the naval power of the Germanic Empire even more powerful.

Although, the ‘Orion-class’ battleships of the Royal Navy of the Empire have been commissioned one after another, and the ‘Indefatigable-class’ battlecruisers have also been commissioned.

The dreadnoughts currently in service with the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Set Empire are already 20. Of these, four Orion-class battleships were super battleships armed with 343 mm guns.

But once the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships of the Germanic Imperial Navy are commissioned, the number of capital ships in service will reach 17.

Although, in terms of the number of dreadnoughts, it is three less than the Royal Navy of the Empire. However, the dreadnoughts of the Imperial Navy are definitely above the dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy of the Empire.

In terms of superdreadnoughts, the ‘Caesar-class’ battleships are far stronger than the ‘Orion-class’ battleships in terms of numbers, tonnage, and main gun caliber and defense.

If it were not for the fact that the preparations for war in the Germanic Empire had not been completed, if the war broke out at this time, once it fell into a long-term war, it would be difficult for the Germanic Empire to win, and it might be dragged down. Then, the Germanic Empire could have directly launched a war against the Sun Never Sets Empire.

Of course, the war potential of the Sun Never Sets Empire cannot be underestimated, and on the slipway of the Royal Navy of the Sun Never Sets Empire, there are still a large number of warships under construction. Even the battleships equipped with 381mm guns of the Royal Navy of the Empire are almost complete and will soon begin construction.

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