"Our plan is actually very reasonable. Now no one is willing to throw a lot of money into Africa, and no one has the ability to provide a large number of immigration to the African colonies. Apart from the central government, we are the only ones! The Prime Minister's opposition is a bit unexpected." Earl Schelling said uneasy.

"A very normal reaction, or common problems at the top, if we can easily get them, then we will not think about their goodness. If there are some twists and turns that make us realize how difficult this naturally-conducted thing is, then we are owing favors. We need to make appropriate concessions in some areas next. Therefore, whether it is the German Emperor or the Prime Minister, even if they agree with our proposal, they will discuss it seriously." Time travelers did not care.

“So you think our plan will be achieved?”

"It will definitely be reached! It may even be reached before I return to Munich! This agreement is likely to be signed by the Prime Minister himself, and then transferred by his son!" The time traveler said confidently!

"Not it?"

"As for the Wittelsbach family, the Wittelsbach family will always be the king, but Bismarck can't always be the prime minister!" The time traveler once again was proud of his identity advantage!

At the same time, in the Berlin Palace, German Emperor Frederick III was discussing this matter with the Prime Minister. As time travelers expected, African colonies are indeed a pitfall for Germany at present! The money invested is a lot, but there is no reward! The German Emperor sometimes wonders what the use of the colonies he has worked hard to get is?

"In principle, the Bavarians did not do too much. The British, French, and Belgians all did this. They handed over a large amount of land and minerals to private companies and only extracted a certain amount of taxes and profits. If a company did this, I would agree, but the other party itself has a government background! Will it have an impact on the empire's colonial policy? And they paid fixed taxes. Although now, we have taken advantage of it, but in the future..." the colonial minister said with some concern.

"So we reject their advice?" Herbert asked.

"At least, there should be another condition that is more favorable to the empire." said the colonial minister.

"I think you should have contacted their representatives, so have they agreed? If this agreement can be reached, we can reduce the deficit by at least 4 million marks in the colonial field every year. And if the Bavarian policy is successful, it will be very reference for the empire's operation in African colonies!" Some things are not convenient for my father to take action, so Herbert must say it himself.

"What should I do for other companies in the empire, and what should I do for Bavaria? Is this OK?" asked the silent German Emperor.

"If this is the case, we will also be responsible for local security and infrastructure maintenance, and we may not even have 400,000 marks a year in terms of taxation! Merchants will never lose money because a large amount of basic costs are burdened by the empire." The colonial minister shook his head and said, "What they want is a semi-independent right, which is the big end of their efforts to increase their investment!"

"Then where is their profit point? They can't do a loss business." The German Emperor frowned.

"Maybe it's minerals, tin, copper, manganese, etc., and maybe there's a plantation economy. If they follow their agreement, when these are built, the profits they will get will be higher than the taxes paid in proportion. But the infrastructure costs will be very high. I'm afraid it's really hard to say whether it's really profitable." The colonial minister did the calculations.

"There is another possibility to disperse the population pressure in the Bavarian Kingdom. Bavarian industry is poor and the land is poor. If part of the labor force can be diverted, it will be beneficial to the kingdom. Even if it is not lost or made a profit, it is acceptable." The Prime Minister was also considering why time travelers should do this. Europeans are unwilling to go to backward Africa. Since they want to develop independently, a large amount of labor is required. The government cannot even give immigrants free land to attract local people to Africa. So what will the Bavarian royal family do to make up for the labor gap? Another question is, where is the other party's profit point?

"If you can't figure it out, just change the treaty a little, just do what you said." In the end, the German Emperor, who racked his brains and didn't understand, decided to forget it. What is the matter of only a few million marks? There are cases of semi-independent colonies. European countries do this, otherwise which company or big family is willing to go to Africa where birds do not shit? Bavaria's behavior seems a bit out of line, but it is also within the framework. Moreover, the local colonial governments in the Empire, dare to be serious about the same kingdom as the Empire? They should be too proud of their professional ethics!

"Don't you think the empire is too indulging in Bavaria?" When leaving the palace, Herbert asked his father carefully.

"Indulge? Not only do you think so, but some people even wrote secret letters to the royal family saying that Bavaria has a tendency to be independent. What if it is? In the end, it will be left alone. The empire was originally based on mutual compromise. What's more, the Vettelsbach family and the Habsburg royal family are closely related. As long as Bavaria does not really make independence, the empire cannot interfere too much in their internal affairs. And overall, their actions have indeed shared the pressure of the empire, and the merchants are the ones who are really hurt, so they are anxious."

"Fundamentally, the royal family trusts those kings more! Instead of merchants or other nobles, because the emperor and kings are the real ruling class of the empire, the nobles and capitalists are just assistants! We are just senior employees. And they are shareholders!" the Prime Minister emphasized again.

"Is this annual expenditure of millions of marks really worth it? Even if we plant sisal and rubber, it will take at least 6 years to make the profit and loss balance, not to mention the initial investment! Even if there is minerals, it will only take this time one year ahead of the time!" Shering said with some confusion after seeing the agreement sent by Herbert himself. The time traveler put it away without hesitation. The Empire Colonial Department has passed it, and it can be effective as long as it goes back and handed it to my father for signature.

"That's it! Luderitz Bay! Put everything around in, and it will become the vault of the future Bavarian Kingdom! This is also what His Highness **** means." The time traveler drew a circle with a pencil on a large-scale map of Africa!

Thanks to a book called "A Brief History of the Chronicles of Africa", the benefits that travelers get from it are even more than the Krupp armor that took years to create! Because travelers carefully selected places to produce the world's highest unit value mineral - gem-grade diamonds! What's even more valuable is that the mines in this place are very difficult to dig, and they are coastal and offshore areas! Even the railways don't need to be built far! The difficulty of mining even the British diamond mines in South Africa is low!

In 1908, the first diamond was found here, and 40,000 carats were produced that year! By 1913, 4.69 million carats of diamonds had been produced here! It was worth more than 7 million pounds! 7 million pounds! It can be converted into a warship from the pre-Dreadnought era, which can cost about half a dozen! Even the dreadnought can produce at least 2.5 Bavarian-class battleships! And the price is only a few million marks!

Of course, this is still a secret now. If the German central government knew about it, something would happen. So no one except the direct members of the Bavarian royal family knew about this news, even the royal chief Earl Schelling!

"Okay, now we can finally go." Everything we want to do has been done. Time travelers need to continue going home to farm and develop. The road within Germany has been paved. Bavaria's representative in the central government can do these things well. The rest is a series of cooperation plans between Bavaria and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Two families with both traditional friendship and blood relationship should be easier to talk about, right? Time travelers thought.
Chapter completed!