C929 Neither of them is a good bird (1/2)

At a critical moment, Prince Karl had to support these Chinese people. This was not only because of his personal relationship with Xiao Letian and the kindness of reminding him of his illness, but also because of his great strategy of governing for the future.

Karl would definitely ascend the throne sooner or later. Although the war for the European throne was not as cruel as the ones in the East, it was still not easy to become a good king.

In this era when the monarchy was being weakened, any European king needed to find ways to improve his strength and form allies.

China was a huge market that Prussia liked very much, but the way to open up this market was very meticulous. This was because this ancient country's size was too big, to the point that even the combined efforts of the English and French was unable to conquer it. What did the scholars say? Semi-colonial, yes, yes, semi-colonial.

The Chinese government was still enforceable, their armies were still at war, their people remained loyal to that backward court, and the Europeans could only get some special commercial and political preferential treatment in China.

You want to rule China as you rule Africa or India? That was a joke. In any case, the European politicians of the late 19th century were not as ambitious as they were now. They were all thinking the same thing to everyone in China. Earning money!

Prussia didn't have a strong navy, so their victorious army was no use. It was impossible to colonize China. Not only was it impossible for China, but there were actually no valuable areas left in the world for the Germany to colonize.

Then, when Karl ascended the throne and Prussia unified the Germany, how was the empire supposed to develop its overseas interests? This was an important strategic issue that Karl had to prepare for.

In Karl's mind, Xiao Letian was not only his good friend, but also an ally of the Germany who had entered Asia. The gigantic East Asia had huge business interests, once they got rid of the semi-colonial pattern created by the English and French and created a new type of moneymaking mode, then the entire Prussian economy would be alive.

Although this strategy was still not mature enough, it was already a question that Karl was seriously considering. At this critical moment, he had to support these Chinese students, supporting Xiao Letian.

Karl, who had made up his mind, laughed and said, ”Respected Prime Minister, I know that the Qatari incident has caused a lot of trouble for Prussia, but we should be able to see the light in it … It is precisely because of this battle that we can obtain all the combat data of this new type of Iron-armored Ship without exposing ship number two! ”

”Think about it, under English and French's all-out attack, our ship no. 2 won't be able to carry out live ammunition exercises, and there won't be a chance for real combat. Aren't you always worried that this ship is a failed investment?”

”Now that the facts have been revealed, Xiao Letian's suggestion to design is completely correct. This is a bold yet very effective new weapon, every single one of yours is definitely valuable …”

Karl's tall hat made Bismark's expression improve a lot. ”Of course, I know that this warship is excellent, but the conflict caused this time is too great, and it gave us too much trouble in Prussia …”

”Who has evidence?” Karl asked in reply, ”Three hours ago, our intelligence ship in the Atlantic Ocean returned to the territory of the Portugal, to the Cape Verde Islands.