Chihiro lay on Lin Youde's shoulder, looking at the report that had just been sent to his desk, and his chest was against the back of Lin Youde's head.

Viola also came around from the opposite side, she seemed to be planning to snatch one shoulder from the fox at first, but when she approached Lin Youde, she kept staring at the fox pressing on the chest of the back of Lin Youde's head, and then suddenly deflated, just leaning on Lin Youde's big arm and head to look closer.

Of course, the fox saw Viola's actions, she curled the corners of her mouth and smiled evilly, it seemed that she was going to tease Viola, but at this time, Lin Youde finished reading the report in his hand, he picked up the report, and seemed to be going to hand it to the girl who was crowded beside him.

The fox quickly pressed Lin Youde's hand and pressed the report back to the table, while Viola, although a step slower, also moved to press Lin Youde's other hand.

It seems that the two girls plan to look at it like this, and Lin Youde is also happy to enjoy the benefits.

"Burgenland?" When the fox saw the name of the province where the riot took place on the report, he couldn't help but exclaim, "I remember that there is a hot spring in this place!" ”

Before the words fell, the soft pressure on the back of Lin Youde's head disappeared, and the fox straightened up and raised his right hand: "Let's go!" Take that place over! It would be nice to turn it into a German enclave! ”

Viola looked at the fox in surprise: "Why are you so excited?" ”

"That's a real hot spring! So let's rush over and occupy Schönbrunn Palace in one go! Then let's have fun in the hot springs! Little Viola, do you know the Tao, the hot springs in every place are different, so every Yingzhou person has a great dream, that is, to soak in the hot springs of the whole world! ”

Viola looked like she had been culture-shocked, and finally she shook her head and looked at Lin Youde.

"What should I do if something I've been waiting for for a long time finally happens?"

"What do you think will happen to the council?" Lin Youde asked Viola rhetorically, "Will the government be authorized to take military action?" ”

"Of course, but the Parliamentarians don't dare to approve it openly, they need the Hungarian government to publicly ask for our protection. As soon as the Hungarian Government sends us such a request in the form of a telegram, it is expected that the Parliament will approve by resolution the upgrading of our diplomatic relations with Hungary to the level of ambassadors, while authorizing the Wehrmacht to take all necessary action in the event of an attack on Hungary. ”

Lin Youde tapped his fingers lightly on the documents on the table.

"That is to say, the parliament will not directly agree to the annexation of Austria......"

"Yes, those people are not just trying to restrain you, and your actions may provoke international disputes, they are really afraid of being pushed to the forefront."

Lin Youde pouted, he originally thought that this was the German parliament in the 1930s, and it had to be a little bloody, but now it seems that the German parliament is no different from the parliaments of other countries, and in order for them to pass a resolution to start a war, they must create enough public opinion.

Britain and France have been slow to take action against the expansion of the mustache in the last time, largely because domestic public opinion does not support the war, and parliamentarians simply obey public opinion. The same is true of the United States, if the Japanese hadn't blown up Pearl Harbor, maybe the United States would have entered the war.

And now, in this time and space, the problems that plagued Roosevelt back then are also in front of Lin Youde. The capitalists of all stripes did not want to get involved in the war – with the exception of the arms dealers, but now that Lin Youde was the largest arms dealer in all of Germany, the influence of the other arms dealers was almost negligible.

The urban propertied classes also do not want war very much, and the civil war has only been fought two years ago, and many of them have just recovered from it, and they are too afraid that the war will expand into a big war and smash their pots and pans.

At this time, the drawbacks of Lin Youde's economic reform were presented, and one of the main means by which the mustache reversed the economic situation in Germany in the last time and space was to expand military production, through which he digested a large number of unemployed workers and re-flowed the economy.

Therefore, Germany had to expand, and after the expansion, they would be able to organize more armies, so as to provide more orders for the domestic military industrial enterprises. So the mustache's expansionist policy has its economic basis.

However, Lin Youde's reform has little to do with the military industry, it is a series of internal redistribution adjustments, and now through marketing, to achieve product sales expansion, the effect of these measures is too good, far more than Lin Youde envisioned before the reform. In mid-1932, when he was just serving as Viola's adviser, Lin Youde also vowed that no matter how good the reform was, Germany would inevitably expand, because it needed a wider raw material production area and sales market.

But now it seems that Lin Youde at that time was really "too young, too simple Tucson broken", according to the current trend, Germany's economy is likely to continue a virtuous circle, and eventually achieve a "peaceful rise" like West Germany after the war in another time and space.

This is a good sign, but it also has side effects.

That is, the Germans were unwilling to fight.

The proletariat is fine, after all, Lin Youde is now the general representative of the working class.

Scientists and other scholars will also support Lin Youde, because Lin Youde has the card of "liberating ordinary people from the majesty of God" in his hand, and even if some scientists do not support armed intervention at first, they will turn to support armed intervention after the Austro-Hungarian Empire uses war queens and even god queens to suppress the rebels.

But the problem is that it is the bourgeoisie that now controls the parliament.

Unless there is another revolution, or a coup d'état in the name of revolution, the parliament will not act because of the will of the proletariat and the scientists.

Without the authorization of the parliament, the Wehrmacht could not be mobilized, nor could the gods and warriors be dispatched, and it was a bit of a suspense to rely on Lin Youde's own national volunteers to complete the goal of annexing Austria.

"These guys in the council," the fox's voice penetrated Lin Youde's ears at the same time, and the soft touch also returned to the back of Lin Youde's head, "Obviously, they all want to swallow Austria in, but they don't want to take risks, they can't do anything with these people." I think we're still going to have a coup d'état, anyway, now that little Viola and I are in your hands, the National Volunteers will storm Berlin, surround the Reichstag, burn those parliamentarians to death, and then all the problems will be solved! ”

"You mention this extreme approach again!" Viola seemed dissatisfied.

"So what now? Those fat-headed and big-eared guys must be waiting for us to act first, carry the black pot, and then when the time comes, they are going to pick fruits to eat. Without hesitation, the fox retorted to Viola, "This game would be too beneficial to them if we played according to the rules, because we could not have given up Austria, and those rebels must have taken the Declaration of Humanity written by our dear advisor as their creed, and if we remained silent, our prestige would be seriously damaged." ”

"I know that, so we can go to parliament and persuade them," Viola also showed a willingness to back down, "and you said that they all wanted the benefits of the annexation of Austria, especially the tariffs, and that before we – I mean Lin's business – had been able to obtain tariff benefits by forgiving the debts of the Austro-Hungarian government, but this benefit was limited in scope, and it was all in the areas where our own industry had a monopoly. The others have long been envious to death. If there is a common interest, then there is a possibility of consensus, and in my opinion it is not low! The council may even be just waiting for Lin to come up with a quid pro quo that they can accept. We should go to the negotiations! ”

"Yes, I should go." The fox nodded like a peck of rice, and then added, "Bringing submachine guns and cannons to negotiate, also known as negotiation, gun negotiation, this was a very popular practice in the Age of Discovery." ”

"We are gentlemen of civilized industrial nations, not barbaric pirates and mercenaries!"

Lin Youde had an illusion, feeling that as soon as he turned around, he could see two names fighting in the air with superpowers, and he even felt that he could hear the crackling sound in the air.

Lin Youde couldn't help but pout, he has been liking this facial action more and more recently, because before Viola said that he was "very tasteful" when he pouted, regardless of whether it was salty or sweet, a beautiful girl said that she had a taste, which was enough for Lin Youde to develop a new habit.

The argument behind it continued, the fox's ball and Viola's racket both hit Lin Youde's body from time to time, but his mind had turned to the future response.

Indeed, as Viola said, anything is possible in contact with the bourgeoisie, as long as there is a common interest. The capitalists are merely relying on oddities to live on, intending to exchange the authorization to go to war for a good price.

They may ask for shares in Lin Youde's company, and they may even ask Lin Youde to demutualize foreign exchange and investment banks, but Lin Youde will definitely not accept the latter request.

Lin Youde is not a dime a dime, he knows that sometimes he has to sacrifice some interests appropriately in exchange for greater benefits. When he decided to secretly supply weapons to the proletarians in Austria-Hungary, Lin Youde was mentally prepared to trade with the capitalists, and he also asked Highbert to touch the bottom line of the capitalists of various factions in advance, and prepared intelligence for the negotiations.

But Lin Youde has never stopped thinking about other solutions, but he has never found them.

He had thought that the two girls would have some good ideas, but now it seemed that he was thinking too much.

Lin Youde stared at the report in his hand, the key now is to make a decision quickly, the faster the determination is made, the shorter the time left for other countries to react, and the more beneficial it will be for his side.

If you act fast enough, it is possible to break down the Austrian defenses in an instant, and to occupy Vienna.

- However, this kind of rapid occupation will inevitably lead to a close confrontation between the two gods. The two goddesses of the Austro-Hungarian Empire happen to have the same name as the famous person in history, and it is unknown what the combat power of the one named Theresia is, but Sissi is a ruthless character who single-handedly kills the witch.

Thinking of this, Lin Youde began to have a headache, if he didn't go directly to Shenji to fight hard, he could only fight a war of attrition, and at the same time use the air force to transport troops to the rebellious provinces behind Lower Austria to support their battles, and exhaust the war potential of the Austrians. Lin Youde is very confident that he will win the war in this way, but this relatively long process will have all kinds of uncertainties, and he must be prepared to deal with all kinds of situations in the coming year.

Obtaining a parliamentary mandate was just the beginning of a series of troubles.

Lin Youde couldn't help but shake his head, and at this time an idea popped up in his mind: if this was the same as in a certain game, it would be nice if it was an event that would jump out if the conditions were met, in the game, Lin Youde only needed to try to meet the conditions to trigger the German-Austrian merger, and then he could annex Austria with a click of the mouse.

Lin Youde is a little nostalgic for the days when he sat in front of the computer and played games, and it was much easier to navigate the world in the game than it is now.

But in that case, now he Lin Youde will have no benefits.

It's good to know that Lu Dao will travel into some kind of love game, so that Viola and the fox will probably become transfer students from a certain school or something, and Sissi from the Austro-Hungarian Empire will also become classmates, and the daily conversation and creation of events can gradually narrow the distance......

At this moment, Lin Youde suddenly stopped, and a good idea popped up in his mind.

Regardless of the "guardian knight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire" for the time being, Sissi, the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Franz? Ferdinand could have been wooed. Ferdinand, a prince who did not hesitate to give up his right to inherit the throne of all future people in order to marry his commoner lover, has always been committed to improving the status of the Slavs, he sympathizes with the weak, and hopes to reform the decaying empire.

It's just that he didn't even realize his ambitions and died at the hands of Serbian extremists.

And Ferdinand in this time and space, judging from the information confirmed by Lin Youde, is similar to the personality of the previous time and space, he also married a common wife, is also fighting for power for the Slavs, and is equally sympathetic to the weak.

However, Lin Youde felt that it was better to confirm, after all, he had already seen the difference between the concepts of many people in this time and space and the previous time and space.

So he asked Viola: "What kind of man do you think Ferdinand, the current Emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire?" ”

"In a word, a wise monarch."

As soon as Viola finished speaking, the fox interjected, "It's a pity that I was born in a hopeless country. ”

Lin Youde ignored the fox and continued to ask Viola: "Do you think his desire for imperial power is high?" ”

"Well...... Viola said after holding back for a long time, "it shouldn't be high, after all, she is the one who voluntarily gave up her inheritance...... What, what do you want to do? ”

Lin Youde stood up, pulled Viola to the other side of the desk, pulled out a blank piece of paper and put it on the table, and then took out a pen and stuffed it into Viola's hand.

"Immediately write a handwritten order appointing me as Plenipotentiary Envoy for the Austrian Crisis!"

"You...... What are you going to do? Viola's face was full of surprise.

Lin Youde didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Have you read Sun Tzu's Art of War?" ”

"I'm sure I've read it, I'm going to read it if you're so much in favor......" Viola looked like she was complaining "why do you distrust me so much".

"I've read it too!" The fox raised his right hand and jumped lightly, like a learning activist in a primary school classroom who rushed to answer questions.

"So, what is the essence of The Art of War?"

Without even thinking about it, Viola replied, "The soldier is very fast. ”

Lin Youde's gaze turned to the fox.

The fox replied triumphantly, "Go to the army and plot!" ”

Lin Youde could only shake his head.

"Soldiers who surrender without a fight, you two fools."

Lin Youde paused and continued: "So I'm going to Vienna to persuade the wise emperor to respond to the call of the people and get those fat-headed and big-eared nobles. ”

"And then?" Viola looked strange, "Aren't you going to annex Austria?" ”

"Of course, I will persuade the Kaiser to hold a referendum to see if the Austrians are willing to form a new, more complete German state with Germany."

"I like the idea!" The fox slapped the table and said, "The new country will be called the New Holy Roman Empire or something, and then give me a fief, well, don't choose, just the Burgenland with the hot springs!" I'm the Countess of Burgenland from now on! ”

Lin Youde and Viola ignored the fox's shouting, the two looked at each other closely, and then Viola said, "You're too wishful thinking, right?" ”

"No, I think it's a good chance, after all, Germany and Austria used to be one country."

"That was a hundred years ago!"

"In our China," Lin Youde patted Viola on the shoulder, "even if it is divided for two hundred years, it will eventually be restored to a unified empire." Besides, do you think that our propaganda in Austria-Hungary for more than a year has been done in vain? At least within the German ethnocracy within Austria-Hungary, our propaganda was quite successful. ”

"But didn't you angrily denounce the reporters of Free Austria on Chinese New Year's Eve?" Viola looked puzzled, "Is that a joke?" ”

"No, that's just because they're wild, and I have several newspapers in Austria that I directly fund. This Free Austrian newspaper is all day long, even threatening the expansion of our NERV among the working and peasant classes in Austria-Hungary, and if it were not for the swagger of those fools, my Manifesto of Humanity would not have been published in Austria-Hungary. "Lin Youde mentioned that the reporter on Chinese New Year's Eve was not happy, which is really a typical example of not being successful enough and more than failing.

Viola was silent.

But the fox had something to say again: "I said, as soon as you say it now, I also think that this plan has the possibility of success, but I haven't heard you mention it before, why didn't you think of it before?" ”

It seems that the fox has completely seen through Lin Youde, who just thought of this idea.

Lin Youde scratched the back of his head.

In fact, he was misled by the existing experience, the last time and space Germany and Austria merged, it was Austria itself that had public opinion, the mustache sent the German army to occupy the armed army, and then the referendum.

So Lin Youde also wanted to follow the script, send an army after the support of the people, annex it with arms, and then referendum or something.

But now that I think about it, Austria-Hungary is an autocratic country, and as long as the monarch is persuaded and there is public opinion, the only difficulty in merging is the degree of love of the monarch for the crown.

But that monarch was Ferdinand.

As long as he convinces the Austro-Hungarian emperor, the merit of "recreating the Holy Roman Empire" will bring him great prestige.

Even if he fails, his own diplomatic actions will give him enough momentum for the rest of the day, when it will seem more reasonable for Germany to send troops, and the Great Powers will be much less accusatory of Germany.

In addition, no matter what the outcome of the action is, his reputation will increase, and the difference is only how much it will increase.

The more Lin Youde thought about it, the more he felt that this was a good move, and he didn't expect it to be too bad before.

Therefore, at any time, people should not let their existing knowledge and experience block their vision.

After writing down the above lessons, Lin Youde picked up the phone and began to arrange his trip to Vienna.