Greece’s Roman Road - Chapter 314

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After sending off the two ambassadors, Eder summoned the attendant and said to him: “Send news to the Prime Minister that the German and Austrian ambassadors have just come to visit and raised the price of Greek rubber to 32 pounds per ton.”

The guard also knew what to do, and immediately nodded and said, “Yes, Your Highness.”

After the two ambassadors of De and Austria left the palace, Ambassador Bass said, “Mr. Beryl, don’t take a rest at my place.”

Bellier knew that this was something Ambassador Bass had to say to himself, so he said cheerfully: “I haven’t eaten German sausages and stout beer for a long time.”

So the two ambassadors rode in the same carriage to the German embassy on Schweili Street.

After the servants served sausages and stout and closed the door, only two ambassadors were left in the office to taste the food.

Ambassador Bass first said: “Ambassador Belial, your country’s war in Serbia is not going well.”

Faced with the topic of Ambassador Bass, Ambassador Bailey knew that this was not smooth, and it was a euphemistic evaluation.

It is entirely possible to describe the Austro-Hungarian attack on Serbia as a failure.

The military governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portiorek, who failed to protect Grand Duke Ferdinand, led a 40,000 Austro-Hungarian army to attack Serbia, only to face Serbia’s 40,000 troops mobilizing the whole country. After losing 50,000 , and retreated back.

Faced with such a topic, Ambassador Berley bluntly said: “This is because the Russian frontline needs troops, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is facing the same predicament as your country, fighting on both sides, so the initial stage of the military operation was not smooth.”

“But now that General Portiorec is ready, he will once again lead the army to attack Serbia and impose severe punishment on this rogue state that assassinated Crown Prince Ferdinand.”

For the German ambassador, this is only the personal judgment of Ambassador Beryl. How the military operations of the Austro-Hungarian Empire will depend on the command level of the army of General Potiorec.

But it’s none of his business, it’s just a pretext.

“Mr. Ambassador, the task given to me by the German government this time is to ensure that this batch of natural rubber from Greece can be sold to us. The natural rubber reserves in Germany before the civil war are almost exhausted, and everyone thought it would be a quick war. Quick-decision war, you have seen the situation now, we can only compete with Britain and France”

Ambassador Bass stated his purpose this time: “So how much did the central government of the Austro-Hungarian Empire give you to purchase rubber.”

In the face of the German ambassador’s inquiry, Ambassador Beryl had nothing to hide, so he said generously: “I was given a price of 35 pounds per ton in China.”

Ambassador Bass calculated the upper limit of 11 pounds in his mind, so he also said the price the government gave him: “I have given him a price of 37 pounds per ton, and if it is higher, it is beyond my authority. “

As for why Germany is so much higher, Ambassador Bass did not explain in detail, nor did Ambassador Beliel ask.

However, he can probably guess that the German army is now equipped with more vehicles, so the demand for rubber is not comparable to Austria-Hungary.

In fact, as he thought, a lot of recent battles have consumed Germany’s rubber stockpiles to the alert level.

Now the rubber for German civilian cars is completely out of supply. Only agricultural and production units can get the supply of rubber. In addition, the government and the royal family can have a small amount of supply.

So for Greece, the only country that can supply rubber in large quantities, they have to buy it.

If there is no supply of Greek rubber, Germany will be in the dilemma of no rubber available in four months, which is not only a military problem, but also a big problem in domestic production.

Now that the two know the other’s reserve price, all they need to do is wait for a response from Britain and France.

While they were sitting together and talking, the British ambassador was meeting the French and Russian ambassadors.

In the private room of the British ambassador, Le Mans, the visiting French ambassador, hurriedly said: “The German and Austrian ambassadors just went to the palace. We found out that they gave the Greeks £32. Price per ton. Our plan worked.”

Seeing the beaming Le Mans ambassadors and Sassonov ambassadors, as a veteran gentleman, Ambassador Richard also spoke with a smile: “Now the good drama has just begun. Now we need to make the Germans lose a lot of money economically. , but it is destined that this cheap can only be earned by the Greeks.”

Russian Ambassador Sasonov said in an envious tone: “This is really an enviable sum of money. They don’t have to do anything, and someone helps them raise the price. They easily sell for nearly twice the price.”

Hearing the jealous words of the Russian ambassador, the French ambassador asked Le Mans to persuade him: “This is nothing, as long as we defeat Germany and Austria, we have enough interests. Compared with these money, it is the military influence of the territory and the country. Strength is the most important thing.”

Territorial expansion and war were more to the Russian ambassador’s appetite than money. After being persuaded by the French ambassador, he stopped speaking. Moreover, although Russia also needs to import rubber, its backward industries have little demand for rubber.

But the three ambassadors came together not to discuss Greece, the lucky country, but to talk about other things.

“Ambassador Le Mans, what a high purchase price the French government has given.”

After the three of them sat down, Ambassador Richard began to ask the French ambassador his own concerns.

In the face of the British ambassador’s inquiry, Ambassador Bard told the price that the country gave him. “30 pounds per ton, but due to the fact that my country is under too much pressure now, it can only purchase 30% of the export volume.”

Ambassador Richard is still not very satisfied with the price mentioned by Ambassador Le Mans, but the price given by his own government is similar: “The price given by the British government is 28 pounds per ton, and the purchase volume is 50% of the export share.”

He continued: “It seems that we have a 10% gap, but this is not a big problem. I believe our two governments will coordinate the work in this area. Now we neutralize the price basically at 14.5 pounds, so it seems We still have competition with Germany and Austria.”

In fact, Richard Mann is still not satisfied with the domestic price. He believes that it is possible to compete with Greek rubber to the price of 35 pounds per ton~www.mtlnovel.com~ This will be a big deal for Germany A single expenditure, in peacetime, they can buy a main warship for their navy.

It’s just that government officials are afraid that if Germany doesn’t buy it, accepting it will become a hot potato.

And there is no way to explain to the parliament that buying a large amount of rubber at twice the market price is to fight the enemy and strengthen itself.

So the government can only give three times the price now, and either buy all of it, or it will become its own big bleeding. Richard Mann can’t do anything about the government’s orders. After all, he’s just an ambassador and doesn’t live at 1o Downing Street.

Then Ambassador Richardman discussed with the French and Russian ambassadors on how the three countries could let Germany and Austria fall into the trap and fall into blood loss, among which the Russian ambassador watched without a word. The government negotiation is also very fast, and the result of the negotiation came in the evening. Among them, France still has a 40% share of imported high-priced oil, but the price has been raised to 15 pounds, and the British government will purchase the remaining 60% share for the concession of the French price increase.

After the negotiation between the two countries, the two ambassadors from Britain and France have enough confidence to let Germany and Austria dance with their baton.

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