Chapter 29: Passing the Message

Sickert still kept his word. Five days before Christmas, that is, on December 20, 1925, he asked the Bavarian District Court to release Hitler early. Of course, he left a tail: he could not go abroad for two years, and he must be summoned by local authorities. You will be called upon and you will also be asked to write a letter of repentance.

Hitler complied without hesitation. He wrote in his letter of repentance: "For the violent actions I took during the Munich Revolution and the harm I caused to thousands of SS officers and soldiers, innocent citizens and comrades of my own party, I cannot I personally feel extremely remorseful. I deeply realize that in a country like Germany with a well-established system and strict laws, I should use legal means to express my political demands... I promise to abide by the constitution and laws in an exemplary manner in the future... "

Sickert showed the letter of repentance directly to Contini and joked: "Look, prison life is still very effective. Your friend has realized his mistake. I hope he will not make such similar mistakes again in the future." Wrong, not every military leader is as easy to talk to as I am!”

Contini smiled, but he was quite disapproving of it in his heart. He thought that Sickert was too bookish. Can a politician take his words seriously? This kind of cheap guarantee is worthless. Not to mention a personal letter of repentance, it means tearing up the signed international treaty when it needs to be torn up - whether it can be effective depends on strength rather than credibility. Of course, he believes that sometimes it cannot be done too hastily.

He thought so, but with a smile on his face: "That's good. After the misunderstanding is eliminated, everyone will be friends..."

Siket said with a smile: "Yes, since we are all friends, don't hide any good things you have. I heard that you are going to develop tractors?"

"That's right, but I didn't hide it from you. Your designers were brought in immediately. Of course, the technical specifications are subject to my arrangements. This is just a small matter." Contini lowered his voice and said, "Do you want Algeria Petroleum shares?" ? The current market price is 5.6-5.8 million US dollars. If you want it, I will give it to you for 4.8 million US dollars."

Sickert couldn't help but smile: "Don't say 4.8 million, I can't even afford 480,000."

"Anyone who can afford it." Contini pointed to the ceiling, "Your Majesty..."

"Shh!" Sickert jumped up like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

"You can send a message to His Majesty. Each point is 5 million, and you can sell it to him for up to 2-3 points! There is still 200,000 for your commission."

Sickert became alert: "Why are you selling oil shares? Didn't you say it will rise again? And the price is cheaper than the market price."

“I may consider selling not only the Hohenzollern, but also the Belgian royal family, the Norwegian royal family, the Greek royal family, and the Dutch royal family. Of course, the proportion will not be very high, that is, 1-2% for each family. By the way, there is also the Pope— -2%, I need someone who can speak with enough weight to help me mediate and prevent the French government from misjudging the situation and causing immeasurable consequences for itself. "

"French government? Incalculable consequences?" Sickert smiled, "If you want to entrust me to deliver a message to His Majesty, then you have to make it clear to me. Of course, you can also tell Muller that he has a better relationship with the palace than I do. close."

"I will tell Mueller, but I won't tell him the whole truth because he is not high-level enough. I can tell you here," Contini said. Proposals for terminal blocks, port dredging and other projects have been officially rejected by the French government – ​​7 days ago.”

"You mean you got so much oil but you can't transport it out?"

"This is the wishful thinking of the French. Since I have chosen this block to extract oil, of course there is a way to transport the oil - in fact, I had a plan B long before the French government planned to interfere with it." Contini walked to On the world map behind Sickert, a line from the oil block through Libya and then to Tripoli was outlined with a pencil. "This is my oil pipeline. Who stipulates that I must go through Algiers?"

Sickert was shocked: "You're not going to talk to the French?"

"The other reasons why the French interfered with this were all false. They saw that the oil fields had relatively high reserves and asked for money. They even wanted to use this method to force us away. You know, I am a soft-hearted person who doesn't like hard work. If the French had discussed with me, it would not have been a big deal for me to sponsor hundreds or even tens of millions of dollars more. However, such an act that disregarded international morality and business standards aroused my anger. Who said that we have to fight with the French government? Collaboration? I can’t do it myself?”

Sickert shook his head: "I am personally not very optimistic about the prospect of you going against the French government... There may be no proper reason to seize you, but it is the easiest thing to do to cause trouble for you - there are many tribal armed forces in Algeria."

"I have thought about this, and even thought about French foreign armed forces pretending to be tribesmen to attack the oil fields, but don't forget... What are the oil guards used for? Libya and Algeria are separated by a piece of sand. Are there any troops stationed? I am crossing the border. Who knows? They will use force, but I will not use force?"

Sickert felt the hairs on his back stand on end - he suddenly regretted sending the officer to Italy. No wonder this boy had to practice so many incredible subjects, targeting not only the Bedouins riding camels, but also the Bedouins who rode camels. The French colonial arm even the French.

"It's actually a very stupid idea to incite armed riots among the Algerian tribes... They can incite, but I won't incite?" Contini smiled conspiratorially, "I can incite the Algerians to become independent, you said, they are willing Fight against the French for independence, or are you willing to fight with the French for a small profit? As long as the Algerians are independent, I can hand over the share of oil that originally belonged to the French to the Algerians!”

"In the end, I'm just a knife seller. I don't care what the Algerians do. Why don't I just sell some arms and weapons." Contini smiled, "Of course I can't sell Italian products, I can sell German g98\\mp -18, sell British Lee Enfield rifles and Belgian pistols to them. It doesn't matter if the Algerians can't pay. The United Group can give them credit and deduct them from the oil revenue in the future - I can still afford several million dollars! "

After listening to Contini's "Knife Theory", Sickert's face changed drastically. It was not like he had suffered this loss before. After a while, he squeezed out a few words: "You! You are cruel enough!" He did not doubt the other party's determination at all. Didn’t the Munich riot illustrate all this? Whether this is a madman in front of you or a madman with a fortune of hundreds of millions, you must not use common sense to judge.

"I dare to say that the British will not say anything? Originally, the British were concerned about France's too great influence on the European continent, and they would like to have a place to distract the French. If Algeria seeks independence, do you think the British will hold on to it? Watching all this with a schadenfreude attitude, and then selling me their inventory of old weapons for resale?

"Now you are just a trumpet stir-up stick! Even more shameless than the British!"

"Thank you, I will take this comment as a compliment." Contini smiled, "So now we have to sell some shares to the royal families and the pope, and let them send a message to the French government not to misjudge the situation - suppress Algeria The cost of turmoil is not a small amount, and the dead people cannot be dispatched with dozens or hundreds. As long as the French do not cause trouble with me, I will obediently give up the 38% of the oil. Why must a win-win situation be fought to the death? Woolen cloth?"

"Now I suddenly want to withdraw the instructors in the oil guard. Following you is too dangerous, too crazy, and it is easy to get burned."

"It's too late! Everyone knows what you did. Let alone your subordinates, your colleagues and even your superiors can understand your renegade behavior? What's wrong with fighting the French? You Germans are afraid of fighting the French Are you going to fight? Don’t you want Alsace and Lorraine? If you dare to say this to the army, do you believe that one of the 125,000 defense troops can drown you? Are you afraid of fighting the French? Why don't you practice your skills now? I can assure you that they may not be as excited about fighting the Bedouins, but they will be less excited about fighting the French Foreign Legion or the French army. It will definitely burn to the point of destruction - you have forgotten about the Ruhr area! Besides, what if we don't fight? Are you still waiting for the French to return these territories? You think so! No German with a normal IQ would be so naive at the age of 6!”

Sickert was rendered speechless. He had to admit that in terms of debate and eloquence, he couldn't speak to the other party even with two more mouths.

"Well, I can't tell you. I will convey it to His Majesty, and I will also analyze the pros and cons. It's his business whether to buy it or not. I can't decide."

"Believe me, as long as you bring the word to him, he will definitely buy it!" Contini said finally, "Tomorrow I will go to Bavaria to pick someone up from prison. Is there anything else you want to explain?"

"Don't get me into trouble!"

"I know, I will tell Adolf."

"It's not him, it's you!" Sickert sighed, half pleading and half sincerely, "The 2,000 officers I will give you are the best and most outstanding middle and low-level officers I selected from the 125,000-strong defense force. Officer, please be careful!"

"Understood, I made double the salary and paid double the price, so I must be very careful." Contini laughed, "I invite you to go to Libya next spring to review the team and see the capabilities of these elites!"

"You can rest assured about my people, but I have to rest assured about your actions and actions. You must inform me of any cross-border attack on Algeria, otherwise I will order the officer corps to refuse to carry out the mission..." Sickert thought about it. Thinking about it, I added another tight spell to Contini.

"Of course...passive defense and self-defense don't count, right?"

"Not really, but I'm warning you, don't play tricks!" Sickert added angrily.