Oscar's reason is undoubtedly a bit far-fetched. However, this time Germany made it clear that it was not prepared to share the benefits handed over by France to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Oscar believes that Crown Prince Karl should also understand what he means.
Crown Prince Karl certainly understood what Oscar meant, and a trace of shame and anger flashed in his eyes. Oscar actually used the excuse that Austro-Hungarian Empire did not send troops to participate in the attack on France to exclude Austro-Hungarian Empire from claiming war compensation from France. This is simply unreasonable.
If it were another person, Crown Prince Karl's anger would have burst out long ago. However, now he is facing Crown Prince, the most powerful Empire in the world. This person who is one year younger than him is already the most powerful person in the world. This made Crown Prince Karl full of jealousy, but also a little afraid. Perhaps, even he himself doesn't know that he is afraid of Oscar!
"Your Majesty, even so, I still think Austro-Hungarian Empire has the right to obtain part of France's compensation." Crown Prince Karl insisted.
"Your Highness, let's do this, Austro-Hungarian Empire will negotiate with France on his own. How much benefit you can get from France depends on you." Oscar said impatiently. Crown Prince Karl clearly doesn't know how to advance or retreat. His words are very clear, but Crown Prince Karl still holds on to her.
Crown Prince Karl became even more angry. In his opinion, Oscar's statement was really shameless. If Austro-Hungarian Empire is allowed to negotiate with France on its own, what benefits can they get from French? France is almost drained by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Besides, as long as Germany gives France some instructions, France will ignore Austria-Hungary the Empire's Demand. Therefore, it is almost impossible for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to get benefits from French.
When he thought of this, Crown Prince Karl knew that it was almost impossible for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to kill French. In addition to feeling regretful in his heart, he also became even more hostile towards Germany.
"Okay, Your Majesty and Austro-Hungarian Empire can give up their claim for compensation from France. However, in the subsequent negotiations on Italy, the interests of the Austro-Hungarian Empire must be guaranteed. After all, Austro-Hungarian Empire is the main force fighting Italy. We have sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight Italy. Therefore, we should occupy a major position in Italy's compensation!" Crown Prince Karl continued.
It seems that Austro-Hungarian Empire doesn't want France's compensation. Therefore, he could only set his sights on Italy. Austro-Hungarian Empire dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to fight Italy, so in the negotiation with Italy, it is completely natural for Crown Prince Karl to occupy a larger share.
Oscar smiled, he knew that this was Crown Prince Karl's true intention, he wanted to get more benefits from Kingdom of Italy. However, although Austro-Hungarian Empire sent hundreds of thousands of troops to fight Italy, their real effect was not as good as the tens of thousands of Germany* troops.
"Your Highness, Austro-Hungarian Empire's interests in Italy naturally need to be guaranteed. However, everything needs to be determined after negotiation." Oscar said.
"This is natural. Your Majesty, I hope that during the negotiations, German Empire can support Austro-Hungarian Empire's reasonable requirements." Crown Prince Karl said. He seemed to think that Germany would definitely support their request.
"What requirements does your country have during the peace talks with Italy?" Oscar asked.
"Austro-Hungarian Empire hopes that Italy can compensate us 50 billion Krone! In addition, Italy needs to bring The area east of Venice is ceded to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The overseas colonies of Italy will also be transferred to the Austro-Hungarian Empire!" Crown Prince Karl said.
Oscar couldn't help but frowned after hearing Crown Prince Karl's request. I have to admit that Austro-Hungarian Empire has a big appetite. Fifty billion Krone is equivalent to 40 billion Mark. In addition, Germany has decided to ask Italy to compensate Mark 20 billion. If we add this up, Austro-Hungarian Empire will have to compensate Mark 60 billion. The total war reparations they need to pay are even more than the war reparations France needs to pay. However, Kingdom of Italy is far from as rich as France!
Although, Kingdom of Italy was also a first-rate power before the war. However, the time of unification was late and the industry was not very developed, which made their economy not very good.
Of course, Kingdom of Italy is not really broke. During the unification, they plundered a lot of wealth. Especially Catholic Church's wealth, almost all fell into their hands. However, after decades, it is very difficult to say how much of that wealth will remain. Oscar It is certain that Kingdom of Italy simply cannot afford that much money.
Oscar predicts that after Kingdom of Italy has compensated German Empire 20 billion Mark in war reparations, there will not be much money left. At most, Austro-Hungarian Empire will be given a few billion Mark in war reparations.
In addition, Austro-Hungarian Empire wants Italy to cede Venice, the nearby area, to them. You know, the area near Venice can be regarded as a relatively developed area of Italy. If those areas are lost, plus Germany has already reserved Sicily, Italy will lose a lot of territory. In this case, Italy is severely weakened.
There are not many overseas colonies of Italy, only Libya and Italian East Africa, including Abyssinia and Eritrea and Somalia. Among them, the most abundant one is undoubtedly Libya. German Energy Company, a subsidiary of Oscar, discovered oil there. Oscar also knows that Libya has the most oil among Africa countries. Therefore, Oscar has long made up his mind that the colony of Libya will be taken into the hands of Germany. After all, Germany's demand for oil is also increasing day by day.
Although Middle East is richer in oil, Middle East is further away than Libya. Middle East's oil Oscar will not let go, and Libya's oil Oscar will not let it go either.
Now, Crown Prince Karl actually wants to accept all Kingdom of Italy's overseas colonies. Such an appetite is too much! No matter what, Oscar will not agree. At most, Italian East Africa will be handed over to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but Libya will never be handed over to them.
"Crown Prince, Austria-Hungary the Empire's Conditions, are undoubtedly a bit harsh. I think Kingdom of Italy will definitely not agree to these conditions." Oscar said.
"If they don't agree, then we will send troops Italy to completely destroy them!" Crown Prince Karl said firmly.