C2480 British Mediation Group (1/2)
On the last day of January 1870, the British external phase suddenly summoned Prussia and the French ambassador in London. During the meeting, the British external phase expressed deep concern about the situation and was willing to make diplomatic adjustments in order to avoid the outbreak of war.
What surprised the French even more was that the person in charge of the mediation team this time was the British Prince of Crown Prince Edward!
For the Crown Prince to personally step in and make diplomatic arrangements was a very high standard of treatment. The moment the news was released, the European political scene immediately went into an uproar.
The pessimistic critics changed their tone. They all agreed that this was Britain's greatest effort for peace in Europe! Once Britain was engaged in the tripartite negotiations, the situation would naturally ease and the war would certainly be avoided.
The French ambassador immediately sent a telegram to Versailles, after which Napoleon drank three cups of strong alcohol in excitement. Of course the French Emperor was not afraid of war, war to him was as easy as eating a sandwich.
Even French Emperor was a person who loved war. It could be seen from the battles that he had instigated since he ascended the throne.
In Napoleon's eyes, defeating a small Prussian was as easy as flipping over a mountain. However, this kind of balance policy which supported Britain in the third round of the challenge made him feel disgusted and disgusted.
If Prussia and France went to war, it was foreseeable, the combined power of the two countries would be greatly reduced, and Britain would be able to sit back and watch the second place grow farther and farther away from him.
After all, Britain did not want to give France a chance to level the playing field. They wanted to control the world forever, and they wanted to leave the second place behind forever.
In order to prevent the British from scheming too much, Napoleon III did not want to start this war either.
However, he had never expected that Britain would actually change its national policy and send the Crown Prince to mediate. Could it be that all those arrogant English bullies had changed their nature? French Emperor was a little confused.
To govern a country was not to be confused. All the intelligence services in France had been mobilized, and the politicians of Paris linked up with each other to analyze the situation.
What exactly did the coordination group led by Crown Prince Edward send over? Or a trap? If he did not understand this problem, then French Emperor's happiness would not last more than a few days.
A vast amount of intelligence funds had been invested, but almost all the French intelligence agencies had been dispatched to pry into this secret. They had never thought that the breakthrough of the final intelligence report would actually come from the Netherlands!
As we all know, the first stock exchange in human history was set up in the Amsterdam of the Netherlands. In the era when the Netherlands ruled the sea, the stock exchange of the Amsterdam was indeed the financial center of Europe.
Of course, his glory had already been snatched away by the City in London, but old man Hu was still here.
They are inextricably linked to the British City of London, and they can hear the latest news from London's financial markets.
The gifted French intelligence officer s had unexpectedly found a way to break through from here!
The financial veterans of the Amsterdam had actually spread the shocking news to France. It turned out that since last year, Prussia had been negotiating with the City, attempting to raise the funds for the War bond.