Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

"Is there really such a thing? He sent people to Spain? That old guy Franz Joseph is really not a trustworthy person." William II's face changed drastically and he cursed. Over the years, he and the other party have not gotten along well. Yes, he even thought that the other party was already hanging on his own Germany, but now it seems that Joseph has begun to have second thoughts. Spain, can Spain help them?

William II looked at the south with contempt. Although he admitted that the other party's level of development was already astonishing, if he really wanted to face the German Empire, William II believed that Spain would definitely not take Germany a year to defeat it. The premise of defeating the other side, of course, is that France can allow the German Empire unimpeded passage within its borders.

Thinking of this, William II frowned even deeper. The anger he had just heard turned into worry. He was not a reckless guy. Otherwise, he would not have let his grandfather treat him in the first place. Such high expectations. In fact, he didn't know the current predicament of the German Empire. It was surrounded by people from all directions. He was originally looking forward to the Kingdom of Italy, but. Damn the Italian royal family, that family is a bunch of guys who only take benefits but don’t work. They started signing the alliance more than 20 years ago, but until now, I have seen them issue even one against several other countries. Even Vittorio didn't make a fart sound, which made him extremely disappointed. If he didn't need it to prevent him from completely falling to other countries for violating the pity, he would have been a Prussian soldier. He went south to occupy Rome. It was those guys' turn to watch a show and watch the German Empire fighting with others. Thinking of this, he returned to the issue of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Now, this issue arises at the wrong time. . "Your Majesty, why are you so anxious to find me?"

"Originally I didn't want to come to you in the middle of the night, but this problem is a bit serious. Take a look."

After saying that, he asked someone to hand the letter to Theobaden and said: "I didn't expect that something like this would happen at this time. It's really not worrying." After reading it quickly, I was still a little worried because of what I had just done. The eyes that were squinted after waking up had already cleared the clouds and mist to see the bright moon. He glanced at the letter again and said calmly:

"Your Majesty, maybe they really just want to say hello on your behalf?"

"Hmph! Say hello. Over the years, he sincerely said hello to us when we were together. Don't think that everyone is a fool. What he has done over the years is just to consolidate his power in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It’s just a position, I even wonder if he is preparing to become the only king in the future."

William II ignored Theobaden's hint of looking around and continued: "Although they have been sharing weal and woe with us in recent years, that is because they are based on the strength of the German Empire, especially the economy. , they used the development of the empire to pull up the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which had no problems, so that now their ranking has reached the seventh largest economy in the world after the United States, the Empire, the United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, and France. They are not satisfied with such a powerful country, and now they even want to hook up with Spain. Franz Joseph is truly a wily man."

When it comes to being wily and calculating, it's all a matter of words. It can be seen that at this moment, he had a problem with Joseph, even disgusted. In fact, Theobaden was also very angry about this. After all, no one was willing to accept that his most trusted business partner secretly went behind his back to lure others into a behind-the-scenes deal. To the Prussians, this was an absolute insult. However, compared with William, he was calmer because everyone stood at different angles.

After a long time, William II also calmed down. This was forced, because he looked around and found the same thing as before. The German Empire was still surrounded. This fact was still before him. After seeing William II who had calmed down, Theobaden spoke up: "Although what Joseph did was extremely excessive, obviously, they also encountered difficulties, and they also realized the limitations of their position. So if you want to break free from the shackles, there is no development to the west or north, so you want to go south, which is the maritime zone, where Spain and the British are the overlords, and Italy and they are the landlords. The British do not expect to leave. So the reason he asked Spain for help was because he wanted to develop in the south, or even, if possible, through the Mediterranean to Africa and other parts of the world, instead of just being stuck in the Balkans all day long."

"More importantly," Theobaden said, "More importantly, Your Majesty, don't forget that Austria is a branch of the Habsburg dynasty that once dominated Europe. However, Spain is also the two major branches of the Habsburg dynasty. One of the branches, and the Spanish royal family has always maintained intermarriage with the Austrian royal family, and they still maintain the closest relationship by blood. Although Alfonso XIII did not go to the Austrian royal family this time, their blood is connected. It is still impossible to get rid of it. I even suspect that the reason why the British want to marry Spain is to break this bond and reduce the dependence of these two influential countries in Europe. It also indirectly makes Spain and us The German-Austrian alliance reduced relations to prevent us from joining forces to deal with them. So I think we don’t have to worry too much about their approach. The ones who are worried should be Britain, France and Russia."

"What do you mean?" Yes, why did I forget that these two countries are natural allies.

Theobaden said: "Since the Austro-Hungarian Empire was forced to accept the leadership of the German Empire under helpless circumstances, it is obvious that the other party is still unwilling to accept our leadership. Therefore, there was nothing before. After all, Joseph I know that Spain will never accept them getting too close, because their relationship with Russia makes Spain, an obviously neutral country in the world, embarrassed. Spain is most likely to refuse Austria-Hungary's approach, but now because of Northern Europe "

William II became more and more discerning as he listened: "This provides them with an opportunity, so Franz Joseph wants to open up another lifeline, and the target is Spain. He even wants to use this to get rid of the Austro-Hungarian Empire's total economic dependence. us."

"That's right." Theobaden nodded and said, "This time we played the family card."

"Then what do you think Alfonso XIII will do?" After William II knew the position of Germany, he was naturally happy to look at this boy king who was more than a generation younger than him. How to deal with this problem that even he found difficult.

The third update is to make up for yesterday. It is less than 3,000 words. There are two more updates during the day. Please give me monthly votes and promotion votes. (To be continued.