The Sun Never Sets In Spain

In this petition letter, the French side offered a compensation of 100 million francs and promised to lift the alliance with the South German countries.

Although there is no territorial change involved, this condition appears to William to be quite good.

As the crown prince of Prussia, he knew a little bit about the goals of this war.

The most important thing is to prove its strength to other German countries and maintain the stability of the North German Confederation.

The second is to bring Nandella to his side, and finally to get something from France.

The compensation of 100 million francs...to say less is not a lot, and I am afraid of comparison in everything. The Spanish-Italian War just ended, Italy did not pay a penny, so it seems that France is quite sincere.

The matter was so important that Prince William did not dare to make a private decision. Instead of sharing this letter with other colleagues, he forwarded it directly to Bismarck.

When sending this letter, William felt that a big rock fell in his heart.

During this period of time, France's war potential was fully revealed. If the opponent had been so desperate in the first place, Prussia would never have reached Paris.

After hearing the news that the number of militias in southern France exceeded 300,000 and that the Spanish volunteers had entered France, William was worried about the future.

Now the victory of the war is finally guaranteed, as long as they say a word, peace will come immediately.

Judging from William's understanding of Bismarck, there is no reason for the other party to refuse.

Bismarck is adventurous, but he also has the restraint of a mature politician, and he still understands the truth about accepting when he sees it.

Sure enough, Bismarck's reply three days later showed obvious intentions.

However, Bismarck believes that there is still negotiation on the compensation, so we are not in a hurry to sign the treaty for the time being, let's talk about it first.

In addition, Bismarck also urged William not to tell anyone about it.

Betraying the country is not a glorious thing, especially at this juncture.

If the Bonaparte royal family falls, the new ruler may not be so easy to talk.

...

Fearful Nasan finally received a reply from Prussia. He was afraid that the other party would refuse to negotiate and that the other party would make the matter public. Fortunately, none of these bad situations happened.

As for the compensation, compensation, anyway, it is not the royal family's money.

The emperor was in a rare mood and started to inspect the barracks.

Looking at the capitalists and common people now, he always feels that the other side is going to create his own opposition.

At this time, we must ensure the loyalty of the army.

When the emperor visited the military camp near Oberkampf Heights, he found a place surrounded by many people.

"What are you doing?" Nasan frowned and asked the soldiers on duty outside the field.

"Your Majesty." The young soldier looked quite nervous, no matter how much he hated the power holder in private, most people's minds would still be blank when facing the emperor directly.

"In... there's a hot air balloon... in flight." The soldier stammered.

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Seeing that the emperor still failed to connect the barracks with the hot air balloon, another soldier on duty actively said: "Some people say that they can communicate with the outside world through a hot air balloon. Everyone is experimenting with feasibility."

Take three and suddenly realized that there were no professional air defense weapons these years. As long as they were raised enough in Paris before leaving the city, the Prussian army had nothing to do with these hot air balloons.

But the joy of finally being able to connect with the outside world turned into annoyance in an instant. In addition to feeling that IQ was being rubbed off, it was more about such an important thing that I didn't tell myself!

The emperor walked quickly into the arena, and when he saw the headed person in charge, his mood was even worse.

The middle-aged man in the center was the famous Republican, Leon Camby. This man had been opposed to launching a war before the war and left a bad impression on Nasan.

Not only did Gambida have a different attitude towards the outside world, Gambetta also publicly declared in the parliament that it would replace the monarchy with a republic.

He and Nasan are the most radical oppositions in the government.

Now that Paris is under siege, Gambit is actively organizing warfare, and from time to time he makes some criticisms against the government.

This made him even more unpleasant on the Nasan side, and his active work was regarded by the emperor as a manifestation of ambition.

However, Camby is one of the leaders of the bourgeoisie after all. Taking into account his situation, Nasan controlled his emotions, but asked indifferently: "Is it successful? Why didn't you report it in advance?"

"Your Majesty, this is an experimental project. If it succeeds, I will naturally respond to Marshal Lebeuf." Gambit said indifferently, and then looked at the slowly rising hot air balloon.

The language belt said excitedly: "The experiment has not yet started, but according to calculations, it is still okay to fly to Bourges, and then we will be able to communicate with the outside world.

It means that you can sit at most three people at a time, and the return journey is a bit cumbersome and it is difficult to control the direction. "

"Yeah." With three nodded, even if Gan Bi was very upset, he had to admit that this thing was very useful.

Of course there are flaws. Hot air balloons rely on wind to travel, and they fall into the wild when they don’t pay attention. The wild is full of Germanic people.

...

On December 11, the first batch of hot air balloons to be released flew near Neuville and Châteauroux in central France.

This time, the Parisians released a total of 4 hot air balloons, each carrying 2 people.

Only one of the hot air balloons is missing, and the other three have reached their destinations. The success rate is still very high.

At this point, the central government of France finally got in touch with the local authorities again.

But it is of great significance, but there is not much practical effect.

This was the first experimental flight, and naturally it was impossible for an officer of too high a level to sit in it.

There is not much effect except to report safety to the south.

After learning about the situation in Paris, the local government of South France immediately began to organize a return hot air balloon.

But most of Northern France is controlled, and getting to Paris from elsewhere is much more difficult than getting from Paris to other places.

When the hot air balloon was ready, it had been a week since Nasan and Camby met.

During this period, Paris did not move.

The army originally planned to take advantage of sufficient supplies to fight a few more breakout battles.

It is a pity that Nasan was afraid that such behavior would misunderstand Prussia, so he suppressed it forcibly.

As a result, Prussia was able to calmly complete its occupation of the rest of Northern France, thus avoiding the risk of two-line combat.

After waiting for the hot air balloon for a long time, the negotiations between Nasan and Prussia are also coming to an end, and a compensation of 400 million francs has been preliminarily determined.

This number is completely within the acceptable range of taking three, and it is even much looser than he expected.

Not only that, Prussia did not make a territorial claim to France, and gently let go of the problem of Alsace Lorraine.

It seems fair, but in fact, in the history of the first peace treaty signed by the popularization of law in January 1871, France only compensated 200 million francs, and also did not ask for cession of land.