Qingzhou.

Intelligence from Europe was on Xiao Ming's desk.

Austria withdrew from the European theater of war, Prussia and France made a truce, and Henry's rule over France was officially recognized.

In a few months, the situation in Europe has changed more than the weather in summer.

However, for Xiao Ming, he didn't care about this change, for him, Henry had achieved his goal.

Both Prussia and Austria suffered considerable losses in the war against France, and Henry's army suffered considerable losses in the war.

The war left Europe's three land powers needing to rebuild their strength against the Empire for a while.

What the empire needs now is precisely this window to strengthen the mechanization of the army.

"Prussia recognized Henry's rightful place with France, and for the Empire, Henry could become an enemy of the Empire at any time, because Henry no longer needed the help of the Empire." Cui Shangan analyzed.

Xiao Ming nodded, he was a little surprised by the sudden change in Prussia, but he could guess the purpose of Friel II.

With Prussia's historical nature, his next target must have been Austria and Hungary, which also belonged to the Holy Roman Empire.

In order to avoid a further war with Henry, he was likely to join forces with France to divide Austria.

"Henry had promised to recognize the Empire's occupation of East Indochina, Canada, and Tangier, and wanted to test Henry by sending an envoy to France to sign the treaty, and if he chose to refuse, it would mean that Henry was ready to reneg on the covenant." Xiao Ming said with a deep groan.

"What if Henry is really going to break the covenant?" Cui Shangan asked.

"I never expected Henry to admit it, so during the French Civil War, I took the opportunity to take their colony, whether he admitted it or not, I would not vomit the meat I ate, but if he did not, the Empire could take the opportunity to stop aiding him." Xiao Ming said.

After a pause, he said: "This diplomatic thing is up to Tang Wenjie to do, what you are mainly doing now is military preparations, the Suez Canal has been opened, which provides conditions for the empire to increase its military presence in Europe, whether it is to protect the empire's oil interests, or to use force to open the European market, the empire needs to increase the deployment of military forces in Suez and Tangier, I want you to deploy 50,000 people here within three years, and make these two indestructible military bases for the empire." ”

Cui Shangan nodded, now the empire is engaged in agricultural construction in the colonies of Africa, and the fertile land of Africa and the agricultural technology of the empire have made each manor harvest abundantly.

The grain, vegetables, and meat in these estates were directly supplied to the Empire's offshore military bases, eliminating the heavy task of transporting supplies from the Empire.

Previously, it was almost impossible for the Empire to deploy 50,000 men here, but now it is very easy.

After all, in the industrialized empire, the farms in Africa are also mechanized, and the efficiency is very high.

"Yes, Your Majesty." In response, Cui Shangan turned around and left.

Seeing Cui Shangan leave, Xiao Ming's eyes glanced at the intelligence documents, in fact, he didn't care much about the changes in Europe.

Because for the empire, now that the gap between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger, the reason why he is muddying the waters in Europe is just to save some effort when he wants to clean up Europe.

After all, there are many countries in Europe, the situation is complicated, and some countries even change several times a year, and it is simply impractical to focus on supporting one person.

The Empire's use of France was over, and the next country the Empire was to cooperate with would be Austria.

In short, he will not let Europe be so calm.

Deciding to adjust the policy towards Europe, Xiao Ming immediately sent a mission to Austria, and as he guessed, less than a month after the mission departed, there were new changes in Europe, and France and Prussia jointly attacked Austria.

On the tenth day of the attack on Austria, the Imperial mission arrived in Vienna.

"Beasts, Henry and Freel II are beasts, Austria really shouldn't dance with them."

In the face of Tang Wenjie, Franz angrily denounced the shameless behavior of the two countries, and within ten days, Austrian territory in Poland was annexed, and sixteen cities were lost on the southwestern border.

The French army, which had survived the civil war, was very brave and skillful, and with the advanced weapons provided by the Empire, the Austrian army was defeated one after another.

"Your Majesty now understands that it's not too late, Henry has also betrayed the Empire's covenant." Tang Wenjie said.

After arriving at Suez City, which was established by the empire on the Mediterranean coast of the Suez Canal, Tang Wenjie first sent people to Paris.

In Paris, his people were given a cold reception, and Henry did not show up from beginning to end, so the matter of the Entente was naturally over.

It has to be said that Henry's trick is very shrewd, he not only expressed his dissatisfaction with the empire, but also did not directly deny the original promise.

But in Tang Wenjie's opinion, it can be directly determined that Henry reneged on the covenant, and the empire will not go around in circles with Henry on this issue, and his performance can only be enjoyed by himself.

Franz was calm on the surface, but his heart was on the verge of collapse, and Austria could not hold out for long in the face of the attacks of France and Prussia.

He said, "This Henry deserves to die, he deserves to be punished like the fire of the Empire." ”

Tang Wenjie smiled, he said: "This time I have been fully authorized by the emperor, and now I have ordered the merchant ships in the Mediterranean to stop transporting supplies to France, and the evil deeds of France and Prussia have destroyed the regional balance in Europe, which is intolerable to the Empire, and I think it is also intolerable to Your Majesty." “

"That's right." Franz was also smiling, he knew that what Tang Wenjie said was all about the scene, and any regional balance was nonsense, and it was the purpose of the empire to contain Prussia and France.

But he could only echo for now, so he said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Reich is really well aware of the righteousness, and we in Austria are willing to cooperate with the Reich, but now we are afraid that we do not have much time in the face of the attack of France and Prussia. “

Tang Wenjie was not worried at all, he took out an agreement, and said: "In order to maintain peace in Europe, we have decided to establish the Vienna Convention Organization, as long as Austria is firm in the Entente, it is equivalent to joining the Vienna Convention Organization, and from then on the Reich and Austria will become the founding members of this Convention Organization." “

Franz looked puzzled, and he said, "So what is the use of this organization for Austria?" “

Tang Wenjie said with a smile, "The purpose of the organization is to implement collective defense among the contracting parties, and in the event of a war between any contracting party and another country, it must provide assistance, including the use of force. ”