C2480 British Mediation Group

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.

Everyone knew that war required money, and the country needed money to invest in the large project. But what if they didn't have money? If you don't have money, you can only borrow it. There really isn't much of a difference between a country and a small family.

If the tsar wanted to abolish serfdom and build the Trans-Siberian Railway, he would have to borrow money from all over the world, especially from the London City, who would have to grit their teeth and borrow money no matter how high the bond interest was.

For example, the war between Prussia and the Denmark, as well as the war with the Austria, were all secretly taking advantage of the fact that the City of London was the source of the high interest funds.

The underwriting of this kind of War bond was very complicated and secretive. It was related to the diplomacy between countries, the checks and balances between financial groups, the national strategies of various countries and so on.

If you want to succeed with this kind of underwriting, other than the above conditions, what's more important is that you must also give the Investor enough interest, and these merchants must carefully calculate your repayment ability.

Businessmen want to calculate how likely you are to win the war. If your government falls because of the war, then your ability to accept these debts is in doubt, let alone pay interest. It's hard to say if Prussia will be able to pay the principal.

The big shots within the Dutch stock exchange had given Napoleon a shocking piece of news. Last year, Prussia had secretly discussed the War bond acceptance business with the financial oligarchs of the Bank of England and the Bank of England.

Prussia had initially planned to issue £7 million in war debts to the City of London. With a capital of £7 million, Prussia would be able to carry out a moderate intensity war, and that money would be Prussia's war fund for France.

Everything was done in top secret, and France had no idea that such a business was being discussed!

But today, France finally found out that this business was not only in negotiation, but also just half a month ago, the City of London changed her attitude. They made a pessimistic judgement of Prussia and eventually rejected this business.

The oligarchs did not seem to think much of the war between Prussia and France. They thought that Prussia had no chance of winning the war at all, that even the war would be difficult.

Since he was going to lose, why did he have to go into such a loss-making business? That's a pound War bond! Although the British royal family passed some small talk behind their backs, the merchants were still merchants. They had their own independent thinking, and their business would definitely not be controlled by the royal family.

In the end, he still refused. There was no hope for £7 million, nor was it possible for him to borrow £5 million. In the end, he didn't even manage to borrow a minimum of £3 million.

The French, from top to bottom, had finally figured out what was going on. It turned out that Britain had not changed its nature, and the coordination group he was working on was trying its best to avoid a war. That was because he had predicted that Prussia would not be able to carry out such a war!

They found that Prussia was not strong enough to sustain the war, unless they could raise a lot of money from the City.

With the current level of power, in the event of a war, Prussia would not only have a hard time winning, but would not even have a chance at a draw.

This way, they would not be able to control the power of one continental Europe. This war would not weaken the strength of France, but give it an excuse, an excuse to eat fat!

Such an outcome was not what the British wanted. Since the war could not bring France down, they could only change their strategy and try their best to prevent it from happening.