Scheming Against Russia (Sixteenth Update)

Joseph and his party boarded the train and left Berlin for Moscow, thoroughly satisfied. Although he had not been able to meet Oscar on this trip, the results had still pleased him greatly.

The German government had accepted the Russian Bolshevik Party's trade request in full. However, half of the payment had to be made in grain. The remainder could be paid in timber and Mineral Resources.

Although Russia was also desperately short of food, Joseph did not think there was anything wrong with this demand. After all, Germany had always lacked grain, so it was only natural for it to demand as much as possible. As for whether this would have any harmful effects on Russia, Joseph did not care. Though he knew full well that this might cause many people to starve to death, he could not spare the thought. His mission was to make Germany agree to trade with Russia. Now that his mission was complete, the rest was no longer his concern.

Joseph did not know just how mad the Bolshevik Party would become in order to obtain more machinery and equipment. They brutally snatched the last grain of food from the peasants' hands, utterly indifferent to whether they lived or died. Even if those peasants starved to death alive, they did not care in the least. In their eyes, so long as the nation's industry could recover and develop, what did the deaths of a few lowly peasants matter?

"Your Majesty, the Russians actually agreed to our terms. Do they not know that this will starve many people to death?" Prime Minister Bülow asked, his face full of astonishment.

"The Bolshevik Party's leaders will not care about the lives of ordinary Russians. Besides, Russia has far too many people anyway. If some starve to death,