The next morning, before dawn, Metternich arrived at the French base early, and then, under the escort of a team of French cavalry, he came to Napoleon's command again and met Napoleon who was having breakfast.

"You're coming so fast," Napoleon said with a smile.

"That's because I'm using your time now, so I have to save a little bit." Metternich replied while taking off his hat and greeting Napoleon.

"You probably haven't eaten yet so early, so let's have breakfast with me, and we'll talk while eating," said Napoleon.

"Thank you then." Metternik did not hesitate and sat down at Napoleon's dining table. A orderly man also brought him a breakfast.

"Mr. Metternich, you came so early, must have brought me some good news, right?" said Napoleon.

"About the peace conditions you have proposed," Metternich quickly sat upright and replied, "In principle, neither the Grand Duke nor I object. However, we have some other requests, and I hope to talk to you about it."

Napoleon frowned slightly and said, "I hope you don't intend to delay time. One suggestion, one counter-suggestion, another counter-suggestion, and then time - my time was wasted."

"Your Excellency General, don't worry, I believe our suggestions and your requirements are consistent in direction." Metternier said.

"Let me tell me." Napoleon looked not very interested, and deliberately took out his pocket watch and took a look.

"God General, your country has the highest technology level in the world. We really hope to purchase relevant technologies from your country, hoping to obtain the same rights as your country's citizens in this type of rights." Metternier said.

"In this matter, our country has the Patent Law. If you want to purchase technical patents, you can talk to the patent holders." Napoleon seemed to be careless and said authentically.

"But the patented technologies we hope to buy are basically in your hands, General," said Metternier.

"This question, well, in principle, is not a problem. As for the specific questions, you can talk to my brother, Joseph Bonaparte." Napoleon threw this matter to Joseph. Anyway, if Joseph was unwilling to sell, he would naturally reject them.

"In addition, we also hope that your country can impose certain restrictions on the export of weapons," said Metternier.

"This is not possible," Napoleon said immediately, "This will harm our business interests. This is impossible!"

"We can guarantee that orders from our government can fully compensate for this loss and also allow relevant companies in your country to obtain greater benefits."

"This is not a matter of money. It involves our business reputation and our political reputation. Our business reputation and political reputation are not only worth so much money." Napoleon said firmly.

"But this will constitute interference in our internal affairs, which also violates the principle of "mutual respect for each other's territory and sovereignty and non-interference in each other' in the peace treaty signed by your country and the Kingdom of Spain. I believe that these two principles should be more important political credibility."

"You are right, we do have to abide by these two principles. But these two principles are far lower in legal status than the Declaration of Human Rights and the principle of ‘human rights over sovereignty’ derived from the Declaration of Human Rights. We are worried that if we prohibit the trade in civil arms, it will cause humanitarian disasters in some areas. I hope your government can understand this completely reasonable concern of our country."

So the two people had a fierce debate on this issue. Finally, Napoleon said:

"Otherwise, we will put the dispute on the ground of seeking common ground while reserving differences. We will deal with this issue first. We can issue a joint statement, in which we individually promise that France will not seek to implement a policy of long-term sale of weapons to certain areas of your country, and that the weapons we sell to these areas will not exceed the level of supply in recent years since the peace reached between the two sides, and that we are ready to gradually reduce the sale of weapons to these areas, and will lead to a final settlement after a period of time. And you promise to resolve the unsolved issues between you and the local people in a peaceful manner as much as possible, and avoid the humanitarian crisis caused by the use of non-peaceful means. What do you think? This is the biggest concession I can make."

"General Bonaparte, we have one last request," said Metternich.

“What are the requirements?”

"Some influential figures in our country hope to get the opportunity to invest in the 'military industry consortium'." Metternier replied without changing his face.

Napoleon thought for a while and replied: "The Military Industry Consortium is an enterprise alliance, but there is no enterprise or stock called the "Military Industry Consortium". You can invest in some of the enterprises, as long as you can obtain the consent of other shareholders, this is not a problem."

“Isn’t your family the largest shareholder?”

"In some companies, but in the whole consortium, our shareholding ratio is not particularly high," Napoleon explained, and said, "If so, can we think that we have basically reached an agreement?"

"Yes, General." Metternier replied.

Napoleon looked at the pocket watch and said, "Because this negotiation consumed more time, I still need more compensation now, both for France and for me personally..."

So on that day, Grand Duke Carl and General Napoleon Bonaparte signed an agreement on the peace issue between the two countries. According to this agreement, the two countries will restore peace and establish closer trade relations. At the same time, the Austrian army will withdraw from all French territories and the territories of France, and express deep apology to the French people and other peoples who were harmed in the war. At the same time, Austria promised that no one or any force would be allowed to use Austrian land to engage in activities that endanger France's security and stability.

They let Austria go and signed such an agreement that neither cedes nor compensation, which certainly caused some criticism in France. However, Pravda had been prepared for this. They quickly published an article, analyzed the current military situation, and pointed out that the great significance of letting Austria withdraw from the war as soon as possible was for France to achieve the final victory. In addition, France did not gain nothing. At least, those royalists hiding in Austria might have to change places now.

If the person who signed this treaty was someone else, even if Pravda tried his best to cleanse him, he would probably be labeled as a stolen country. But considering that the person who signed this treaty had just won a great victory and saved General Napoleon Bonaparte, the god of war in the Republic of the Republic more than once, what can everyone say? To be too long, someone whispered: General Bonaparte may still be diplomatic... although there is no problem with his general direction.

After signing the agreement, Grand Duke Carl immediately took his army to leave Luxembourg and retreated to Kaiserslautern. Napoleon left all the British artillery and more than 10,000 soldiers from the Northern Legion with experience in defensive warfare and Sirte in Luxembourg to be responsible for the alert to Austria. He then rushed towards Prussia with other troops.

A week later, Napoleon's army approached Cologne, and the Cologne defenders surrendered without fighting. Napoleon stayed in Cologne for a day, where he met the first group of peace-seeking messengers sent by the Prussians. However, the Prussians' sincerity in peace did not impress Napoleon. So Napoleon continued to advance eastward, and the journey was unstoppable. Half a month later, the army arrived near Hanover. Here he met the newly formed British and Prussian coalition led by Marshal von Morendorf.

The coalition forces had about 100,000 troops, but because of the previous Battle of Verdun, Britain and Prussia lost the most elite troops. Now, most of the coalition forces with 100,000 people are recruits with less training, and they are extremely lacking in weapons. Not to mention the brand new Minnie rifles, they are quite scarce even with old-fashioned smoothbore guns. The number of cannons is far less than that of Napoleon. The future of this battle is naturally very unoptimistic for the British and Prussians.

So in the afternoon of that day, the Prussian messenger came to Napoleon's military camp with the authorization of King Frederick William III to pray for peace.

However, Napoleon's conditions for peace became more harsh than in Cologne. As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked the Prussians to pay 150 million francs, recognized France's control over the Rhine basin, including Hannover, and immediately declared war on Britain.

The Prussians immediately declared war on Britain, and now they can agree without blinking their eyebrows. It is not a problem to admit that France's control over the Rhine basin, including Hannover. However, the Prussians could not pay even if they sold the money. If there was such a sum, Prussia would not have fallen to this point. One of the big reasons why Prussia was persuaded by the British was because it encountered a financial crisis.

The Prussian envoy begged Napoleon to give up his hands and told Napoleon that they would not be able to pay so much money no matter what. Napoleon said that France could lend money to the Prussians to pay this huge sum of money, but the Prussians needed to use various national taxes as collateral. To put it more clearly, from now on, all the financial powers in Prussia will be managed by the French.
Chapter completed!