Chapter 836 Reserve
Decades after his rebirth, the person who most alarmed George was the mustache. Others such as Churchill and Roosevelt were not strong enough, but they posed no threat to Russia.
The current mess that Britain is in cannot be reversed by one person. Churchill is already Britain's best choice and still cannot prevent Britain's decline.
The United States is far across the ocean and outside the Eurasian continent. As long as Russia does not make mistakes, the Americans can only play the Monroe Doctrine behind closed doors.
Mustache's military ability is average, but his political ability is really strong. He understands geopolitics. Politicians of the same period are all scum compared to Mustache.
No matter how strong the mustache's political ability is, he will not be able to solve Germany's energy problem unless Germany can get the oil from the Kingdom of Romania.
Speaking of Romania——
After Carol ascended the throne, although she failed to marry Elena as she wished, she still used the remaining power of the royal family to abolish the old constitution and establish the rule of poisonous vegetables.
It is precisely because of Elena that the relationship between Carol and Russia has taken a turn for the worse, and the Kingdom of Romania is gradually becoming the biggest unstable factor in the Russian system.
During his exile in Europe, Carol's financial situation was not good due to Ferdinand's restrictions, which led to Carol's unconventional obsession with money and his obsession with making money.
It is also strange to say that after Carol ascended the throne, he inherited the wealth accumulated by the royal family over the years. For Carol, money has theoretically lost its meaning.
Carroll hopes to increase oil exports to Germany and, by trusting Nicholas, the Romanian ambassador to Russia, said that if there is a problem with Russia's oil supply, Romania can make up for it.
What should be noted here is that in order to control Germany's oil reserves, Russia's oil supply to Germany is limited, and the pipeline capacity is only one-third of the maximum design standard.
Two-thirds of the capacity of the oil pipelines built at a huge cost was wasted, which allowed Carroll to discover the so-called business opportunities.
"What's going on with oil quotas? Don't you know?"
Guchkov was very angry, Carol let it go, and Nikolai was obviously pretending to be confused.
When Russia built the oil pipeline, Ferdinand was still alive. The relationship between the Kingdom of Romania and Russia was very close, so the pipeline passed through Romania.
Russia is taking care of its younger brother and will allow Romanian oil to be exported to Germany through the pipeline built by Russia. Otherwise, the pipeline will neither pass through Romania nor be allocated a quota to Romania.
Russia's self-produced oil can fully meet Germany's needs.
"I know, but Your Majesty——"
Nicholas looked bitter.
When Ferdinand died, he appointed his younger brother Nicholas as regent, working with Archbishop Christie and Justice Buzdugen to assist Michael in governing. After Michael came of age, he would return power to Michael.
Carol was already an adult and did not need a regent, so after Carol ascended the throne, Nicholas was sent to Russia as ambassador to Russia.
"Tell your Majesty the King that if he wants to export more oil to Germany, build a pipeline himself."
Guchkov sneered, only regretting it now? It's too late!
As regent, if Nicholas did not agree, Carol would have no chance to launch a coup.
Guchkov didn’t know how Carol convinced Nikolai. Now that Nikolai had made his choice, he had to bear the consequences.
Carol was also smart and did not do anything detrimental to Russia after taking the throne. This gave Guchkov no chance to spread his anger.
Guchkov waited for Carroll to make a mistake.
As long as Carol does something wrong, Crown Prince Michael, who lives in Greece with Queen Helen, can return to Romania at any time to restore the throne.
Nikolai was a messenger, conveying Guchkov's words to Carol exactly as they were, without changing a word.
Carroll was furious. Russia would rather waste transport capacity than let Romania make money, which was a clear bully.
But forget about building oil pipelines.
Romania is separated from Germany by the Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. If Russia had not stepped forward, this pipeline would not have existed at all.
During the World War, it was indeed Russia that caused greater losses to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
But it was not Russia that benefited the most, but the Kingdom of Romania and Yugoslavia.
When Russia was building pipelines, it left openings for the Czech, Austria-Hungarian and Hungarian countries to meet their oil and gas needs. Only then, with the residual power of the World War, was the green light given.
If Carol wanted to repair it, there was no way, no matter how much he paid, it would be useless. It was simply not a problem that money could solve.
"I want to shut down the pipeline. Since I don't want to make money, then no one can make money!"
Carol didn't dare to have an attack in front of others, and became furious as soon as she returned to the harem.
Elena didn't speak and gave Carol a gentle hug.
After Carol's mood stabilized, Elena gently comforted her.
"My dear, anger will not help solve the problem, you have to wait for the opportunity -"
Elena does have two tools to seduce Carol into giving up the throne and eloping.
Carol let out a long sigh. He was just saying it. It was absolutely impossible to ask him to close the pipeline.
Even if Russia doesn't want to make money, Carol still wants to make money.
At least I can still make money now.
"Russia cannot be strong forever. You are still so young, so you have plenty of opportunities." Elena is deeply scheming. When Amur gets old, Russia will decline from prosperity.
"You don't understand. Even if Russia is weak, it is not something Romania can fight against."
Carroll is full of complaints and has nowhere to complain. He just wants to make money and really doesn't have the courage to challenge Russia.
"Russia was almost finished ten years ago. I believe you."
Elena was smart and drank the bowl of chicken soup first.
Ten years ago, Russia was almost doomed. That was not due to Carroll, and it had little to do with the German Empire. The main reason was that the Empire wanted to die on its own.
With Russia's current size, even if Germany has Siberia, Germany will not be Russia's opponent.
Not to mention Romania, even Yugoslavia could not pass this level.
"Even if it doesn't go through Russian pipelines, I can sell oil to Germany."
Carol was determined to break Russia's restrictions.
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Pipelines are indeed stable, efficient and low-cost, but before Russia built the pipeline, almost all oil trade around the world used oil tankers and no pipelines at all.
These two pipelines built by Russia are also one of the important reasons why Rosneft defeated Rockefeller.
"My dear, we cannot offend Russia until we have enough strength."
Elena reminds Carol not to seek death. Since Russia does not allow Romania to sell oil to Germany through pipelines, will it allow German tankers to enter the Black Sea?
Don’t forget that the Black Sea outlet is now controlled by Russia.
There are more options for mustaches than Carol.
Germany has indeed interrupted trade with the United States, but it has not cut off third-party trade channels.
During the World War, Germany was blockaded by the Royal Navy, so Germany continued to obtain various strategic materials from the United States through Denmark until Germany ran out of gold and the United States entered the war.
Hoover's tariff war was also targeted and not one-size-fits-all. Hoover did not increase taxes on Danish goods exported to the United States, so the trade volume between Denmark and the United States rose instead of falling after the tariff war began.
Alpha's intelligence indicates that Germany is increasing its import of oil from the United States through Denmark and increasing its domestic oil reserves.
George sent a telegram directly to King Christian X of Denmark, reminding Christian not to try to profit from the tariff war.
Counting from Ya San, George is Ke Shi’s uncle.
The problem is that this uncle Ke Shi does not recognize him, so Ke Shi's reply to George is that the trade between Denmark and the United States is a commercial act, and even the royal family cannot interfere.
George: OK, OK, you are playing this trick with me, right?
When the Empire fell, Keshi, who had succeeded to the throne, did not provide any help to his cousin Nicholas, not even a symbolic statement.
When the provisional government proposed that Nicholas go into exile in the UK, the British King pretended to make a statement that he was willing to accept Nicholas' exile. This was later canceled due to opposition from the British Parliament.
As for why the attitudes of the British King and Parliament are inconsistent, that is a British characteristic.
In the Schleswig referendum in 1920, due to the contradiction between Kesh and the parliament, Kesh dissolved the parliament and formed the cabinet himself, triggering a crisis of confidence. It was only with the help of Russia that the crisis was safely overcome.
Russia's request was not excessive, it just meant that Denmark would make less money, but the Danes were not even willing to pay this price, which made George very dissatisfied.
"You can't blame him. He has lost almost all his power now and is just a mascot, so what he said is true."
Guchkov told George that Kushi was not lying.
Although with the help of Russia, Keshi managed to overcome the crisis of confidence, he was also stripped of his skin, leaving only the national symbol.
The reason why Denmark became an intermediary between the United States and Germany is both path dependence and the decision of the Danish Parliament, which has nothing to do with the K-10.
"Very good, let's get the word out that we are going to dig a canal in Jutland."
George pulled the trigger.
During the Paris Peace Conference, Russia gained access to the Atlantic Ocean through the Jutland Peninsula and completely got rid of the restrictions of the Baltic Sea. Since then, Russia has had the ability to counter Denmark.
The reason why Russia maintains relations with Denmark is largely because of its access to the Baltic Sea.
The reason why Christian IX became the father-in-law of Europe was also due to the Baltic Sea outlet.
In the past, Russia and Denmark were at odds with each other. As long as Denmark closed the strait, Russia would be blocked in the Baltic Sea. The situation was similar to that of the Black Sea.
If Russia digs a canal in Jutland, then the natural danger that Denmark relies on will not be enough.
"Is this okay——"
Guchkov rubbed his hands excitedly.
George didn't really dig it, he just asked Denmark to cooperate with Russia to limit Germany's oil reserves.
(End of chapter)