The banquet has begun, and the joyful dance music stimulates people's dancing emotions. Many young girls dance gracefully, but this occasion does not belong to the local buns like Sheffield, it is just a common dance party. Some members of the Secretary of State and his group were invited to attend.

After the grand hall, that is where the decision is really made. The Prime Minister of the German Empire and the Prime Minister of Prussian Hornloe Hirlingsfist held his head with his hands, and everything in front of him was still a little nervous. His daily life was spent in tension. The prime minister of the German Empire could be divided into two types, one was Bismarck and the other was others.

This is especially true after William II became the emperor of the German Empire. There will be no more powerful prime ministers like Bismarck. But the political environment of the German Empire is destined to appear again, which is very simple. This strong man must be personally served by His Majesty the Emperor, and Hornloe Hirlingsfist is in this embarrassing state.

Although the German Empire had long been unified, it could still be regarded as a Communist Party Alliance in a sense. It was just that it was not as exaggerated as the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was not easy to balance the interests of the royal family Junkers and capitalists in various parts of the territory, although not all places still have troops like Bavaria.

One of the issues that has been frequently mentioned in recent years is tariffs. Like the United States of America, the German Empire has been in a state of catching up in recent decades, so the solution is naturally to raise tariffs and work behind closed doors. The problem is that raising tariffs will inevitably lead to retaliation and fall into a situation of raising tariffs from each other.

The development of the German Empire is now possible. More and more voices from the Ruhr area are very dissatisfied with this tariff, because they have to bear the revenge for raising tariffs. If you want to go further, you must find a larger market, but if the empire still maintains such high tariffs, how can they go to other markets?

"High tariffs are out of place. What is this situation now? Protecting East Prussia's agricultural products? But we still need to import food because those manors cannot meet the needs of the whole country at all. What is the point of protecting them like this? The retaliation of high tariffs has made Germany's exports uncompetitive. For the development of the country, the manors in the east must be restrained, and high tariffs must become history."

The person who spoke again was a heavyweight, August Thysen, the president of Thysen United. August Thysen had bright eyes and looked at the crowd opposite him, and he was dissatisfied with the high tariff environment.

Because of the tariff issue, Thyssen United Company was severely damaged. Traditionally, the Russian Empire has always been the traditional market for Germany's exports, and exports accounted for 30% of Thyssen United Company. The reason why most people in the Ruhr area agreed to the tariff policy was because Britain occupied a large domestic market at that time, and the losses from Russia could be compensated for from China. But now it is another situation, and tariffs have become the focus of debate between the two sides.

"August is right. We cannot be blocked from the national gates and cannot get out." At this time, another representative from Ruhr District spoke, Alfred Krupp, who was still in Essen a few days ago.

Hornlowell Hillingsfist looked at the two and the people behind them who did not speak but had the same expression. They represented more than 260 cartel companies, three hundred coal mines and coal fields, two hundred mines and mining areas, fifty transport companies, more than one hundred power plants, more than two hundred banks and trading companies, and thousands of factories, mines and corporate entities.

Coal mines, steel, cement and machinery all occupy more than half of the share within Germany. Thyssen and Krupp are not friends at all, but they have the same position on this matter.

"Friends in the Ruhr area, you should know how important food security is to a country, especially in the environment of many unfriendly countries like us. We must ensure that the food of the German people is not affected by external shocks."

"I think the best way to avoid shocks is to improve production capacity and ensure self-sufficiency in food. If you are talking about whether it is impacted. In fact, the country imports food every year, and you cannot do this. You keep saying that for the sake of national security, but cannot meet the needs of the entire Germans. What is this? Even if you protect food security, you don't see it."

"We need a broader market, not locked in the country, do we understand? They are also agricultural fields, and the owners of our country are obviously not as far away as they call the country bumpkins."

"Did you take American money? Why do you want to talk to those country bumpkins?" The group of people opposite him started to blame, as if they were suspicious of Thyssen, Krupp and others' loyalty to the country.

"The foreign environment is not the same as you imagined. Can you take out your aristocratic status and make people pay for it obediently? Trade is equal. Can you think about it with your stubborn mind that is harder than steel plates?"

Both sides began to accuse each other of their selfishness. After understanding tariffs, they had an irreconcilable conflict.

"If you operate agriculture, you also operate agriculture. Why can't you guarantee the food for all Germans? Since you can't do it, it's better to let others help you."

"Our United States now has at least much purchasing power than the Russians. It depends on the ideas of those people in the Ruhr area. Can they have an advantage over those rural Junkers?" Sheffield poured a glass of champagne for Secretary of State Russell Kante and collided with the other party, "I hope everything goes well."

"What if the Germans don't give up their interests? Now the United States hopes to get the support of the Germans for Venezuela." Russelkant thought a little distressedly, "I heard that there are many spokespersons for the owners of Germany."

"What else do we talk about? We owe Germans? We want to make money but refuse to contribute, and waste time slowly? Waiting for advantage at the negotiating table?" Sheffield commented with a lip silence, "Damn, if you have such a good thing, it's their turn. Let's go find the British."

After sending off the Secretary of State aide, Sheffield drank champagne on his own and asked someone to call John Connor over, "Let me find a newspaper with a huge circulation but not very politically lit, and let the people from the London company pay some money to humiliate the United States in the newspaper, and it is better to have two satirical cartoons."

"Master, this?" John Connor looked at Sheffield strangely. What are you going to do? Swear by yourself?
Chapter completed!