C2472 Kiel canal

Xiao Letian stood up from the table, walked to the filing cabinet and took out a thick file. When Bismark opened the folder, he was immediately flabbergasted by the information inside.

"You, you, you, you … Do you want to... God! "Isn't it a bit too cruel to do this to an old man who's over 60 years old …"

Xiao Letian laughed coldly: "My dear old friend, this is a national war, it is related to the survival of the nation. This battle will eventually change the national power gap between France and Germany, there is no reason to hate or say that, morals and righteousness are not suitable for war."

"In order to win, we must do whatever we can, because only by winning, only by winning faster and faster can we avoid the war falling into a prolonged war of attrition. I want to win because I want to kill fewer people."

"This is what a good person is, a true good thing, don't you think?"

Bismark kept the information and returned to Xiao Letian. He sighed and said, "Alright! "Since that's the case, we can only do so. Although this matter will have a great impact on our history once it's exposed, for our race, it doesn't matter …"

That secret file that could completely infuriate Napoleon III was locked inside a cabinet, so no one was allowed to get close to it.

At this point, it was already past 11 AM. The wine had already been drunk twice, and the dishes on the table had been changed three times. Having finished their business, the two old friends began to look forward to the future. They all thought about how long the war would last for the Chinese and Prussia.

Although Bismark was known as the Prime Minister Iron-Blood and although Xiao Letian was scolded as the executioner of the East, the two of them were still pacifist politicians. The reason for the war was just to make their own people live better! As soon as the war was over, their minds would return to economic construction.

The two of them, one old and one young, had an age difference, looking forward to the future development of technology, the future changes in geopolitics, the future rise and fall of the nation, Xiao Letian even recommended two huge plans to Bismark at the table.

Xiao Letian was a little drunk. He pulled the chair next to him and sat down, placing his left hand on Prime Minister Iron-Blood's shoulder as he smiled and said, "My dear old friend, do you know? "At this moment, Prussia has a great opportunity in front of you..."

"If you will listen to me, then Prussia's economy will grow at a rapid pace, and you can even avoid the strategic repression of the Jutland Peninsula. Do you believe me?"

Bismark was also slightly drunk as he shook his head, "Will God give me such a good thing? I'm afraid you're joking with me. "

No, no, no, my dear old friend, there must be such a good opportunity. If you don't believe me, open the map and we'll take a look.

In the study room, there was a ready-made map. Xiao Letian picked out a map of Jutland's Peninsula and unfolded it on his lap.

Why did Prussia wage war against the Denmark? Was it only because of the hatred in history? Wrong! Prussia was interested in the strategic position of the Jutland Peninsula.

The North Sea is here, the Baltic is here, and where is the main road that connects the North Sea and the Baltic? On the Jutland Peninsula.

The Strait of Skaglok, the Strait of Kattegat, and the Denmark, the fortress nation that would never be captured. The Jutland Peninsula was like a sharp knife, controlling such strategic locations.

The goods and materials between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea had to pass through here. All the countries' merchant ships were under the control of the Denmark's navy, and Britain also coveted this place. The British Royal Navy treated this place as a valve that controlled all the countries on the Baltic Sea.

This is the Portal, my dear Prime Minister, and of course you know what it means. And who had the power to close the door? In the hands of the British, in the hands of the Denmark.

Britain was like an iron lid that was firmly pressed down on the North Sea, causing Germany to be unable to breathe. And we must admit that for the time being we have not the strength to confront Britain at all.

We can only be patient in England to pursue the second, third and fourth place in the fifth place.

At this time, I found a very, very good way out. Why don't we transfer all the money that the Denmark people earned into our own pockets?

Couldn't it? Look here, come closer, dear Führer, and look at the name of this city on the map here.

Kiel City! If we were to draw a line here with pencil, we would have to draw, draw, draw … Up to here, hahaha!

Don't you know this city, this river? Oh right, this is the hamburger from the Elbe River!

The big gift package I gave you is this canal! The Kiel Canal!

With a hiss, Bismark sucked in a breath of cold air. It was as if a hole was stabbed into his brain, and many unimaginably large brain holes opened up!

"You, you, you, you … How did you do it? "Oh my god, how dare you think of such a great project?"

A smart person would always be a smart person. A layer of window paper could break with just a little bit of it.

Germany is a country without a sea entrance, and its coastline is largely concentrated on the northern and western borders.

Furthermore, its coastline was cut in half by the Jutland Peninsula, which meant that it was cut in half by the Denmark.

For example, in the Germany's Kiel city, it was a port city located in the Baltic Sea, while the hamburger was directly facing the North Sea.

German merchant ships. German warships to and fro between the ports of their own country had to circle around the coastline of the Jutland Peninsula, carefully moving forward under the control of the Denmark Navy within the range of their shore defense artillery.

This was not only related to national security, but also severely affected the Germany's marine interests.

If he could really build such a canal from Kiel City all the way to hamburger. The distance between North and West Prussia would be reduced by at least 750 kilometers.

Don't bring up the issue of national security and the navigation of warships! Just the economic benefits alone, this canal would attract countless Northern European merchant ships to borrow its way here. The German clearly saw how much money the Suez Canal earned.

So, do Germany want to make money from the Baltic states?

Even in his dreams, he wondered, once this canal was built, who would be so foolish as to take a detour around those merchant ships of the Baltic Sea countries? Who wouldn't want to take a closer shortcut? This was a golden mountain! An inexhaustible mountain of gold!

Oh my god, my Xiao Letian, how on earth does your brain work? How can you think of such a genius?