I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 836 Reserves
Decades after his rebirth, the person that George is most wary of is the little mustache. Others like Churchill and Roosevelt are not weak enough, but they pose no threat to Russia.

The mess that Britain is in now cannot be reversed by one person. Churchill is already Britain's best choice, but he still cannot prevent Britain's decline.

The United States is far away on the other side of the ocean and isolated from the Eurasian continent. As long as Russia does not make any mistakes, Americans can only play the Monroe Doctrine behind closed doors.

Little Mustache's military ability is average, but his political ability is really strong. He has mastered geopolitics. Compared with him, politicians of the same period are all trash.

No matter how strong the political ability of the little mustache is, he cannot solve Germany's energy problem unless Germany can get oil from the Kingdom of Romania.

Speaking of Romania——

After Carol ascended the throne, although he failed to marry Elena as he wished, he still used the remaining power of the royal family to abolish the old constitution and establish a corrupt rule.

It is also because of Elena that the relationship between Carol and Russia has taken a sharp turn for the worse, and the Kingdom of Romania is gradually becoming the biggest destabilizing 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 extraordinary obsession with money and his obsession with making money.

It's strange to say that after Carol ascended the throne, he inherited the wealth accumulated by the royal family over the years. In theory, money has lost its meaning to Carol.

Carol hopes to increase oil exports to Germany and, through his trusted Romanian ambassador to Russia, Nikola, said that if there are problems with Russia's oil supply, Romania can make up for it.

It should be noted here that in order to control Germany's oil reserves, Russia has limited its oil supply to Germany, and the pipeline capacity is only one-third of the maximum design standard.

The oil pipeline that cost a huge amount of money to build had two-thirds of its capacity was wasted, which made Carol discover the so-called business opportunity.

"What is oil quota? Don't you know?"

Guchkov was very angry. Carol was fine, but Nikolai was obviously pretending to be ignorant.

When Russia was building the oil pipeline, Ferdinand was still alive, and 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 by allowing Romania's oil to be exported to Germany via the pipeline built by Russia. Otherwise, the pipeline would not pass through Romania and there would be no need to allocate quotas to Romania.

Russia's own oil production can fully meet Germany's needs.

"I know, but your majesty——"

Nicholas's face was full of bitterness.

When Ferdinand died, he appointed his younger brother Nicholas as regent, who assisted Michael in governing the country together with Archbishop Christi and Chief Justice Buzdugen. When Michael came of age, the power was returned to Michael.

Carol was already an adult and did not need a regent, so after Carol ascended the throne, Nicholas was sent to Russia to serve as ambassador to Russia.

"Tell your Majesty the King, if he wants to export more oil to Germany, to build a pipeline himself."

Guchkov sneered. Regret now? It's too late!
As regent, Carol would have no chance to launch a coup if Nicholas did not agree.

Guchkov didn't know how Carol convinced Nikolai, but since Nikolai had made his choice, he had to bear the consequences.

Carol was also smart. After ascending the throne, he did not take any action that was detrimental to Russia, which left Guchkov no chance to vent his anger.

Guchkov waited for Carroll to make another mistake.

As long as Carol did anything wrong, Crown Prince Michael, who lived with Queen Helen in Greece, could return to Romania to restore the throne at any time.

Nikolai was just a messenger, relaying Guchkov's words to Carol verbatim, without changing a word.

Carol was furious. Russia would rather waste transportation capacity than let Romania make money, which was clearly bullying.

But let's forget about building an oil pipeline.

Romania and Germany are separated by the Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary. If it were not for Russia's intervention, this pipeline would never have existed.

During the World War, it was indeed Russia that caused greater losses to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

However, the biggest beneficiaries were not Russia, but the Kingdom of Romania and Yugoslavia.

When Russia was building the pipeline, it left room for the Czech Republic, Austria-Hungary and other three countries to meet their oil and gas needs. This is how it got the green light with the remaining power of the world war.

If Carol wants to repair it, there is no way. No matter how much money she pays, it is useless. This is not a problem that can be solved with money.

"I'm going to shut down the pipeline. If you don't want to make money, then no one should make money!"

Carol didn't dare to lose her temper in front of others, but she got furious as soon as she returned to the harem.

Elena said nothing and gave Carol a gentle hug.

Elena waited until Carol calmed down before she comforted him with gentle words.

"Dear, anger doesn't help solve the problem. You have to wait for the right time—"

Elena was able to seduce Carol to give up the throne and elope, which shows that she is really capable.

Carol let out a long sigh. He was just talking. It was absolutely impossible to ask him to shut down the pipeline.

Even if Russia doesn't want to make money, Carol still wants to make money.

At least there is still some profit now.

"Russia cannot be strong forever. You are still so young and there are plenty of opportunities." Elena is very scheming. When Amur gets old, Russia will decline.

"You don't understand. Even if Russia is weak, Romania cannot fight it."

Carol had a lot of complaints but nowhere to vent them. He just wanted to make money and didn't have the courage to challenge Russia.

"Russia was almost finished ten years ago. I believe you."

Elena was smart and finished the bowl of chicken soup first.

Ten years ago, Russia was almost doomed to collapse, but that was not Carol's fault, and it didn't even have much to do with the German Empire. The main reason was that the Russian Empire brought its own destruction upon itself.

With Russia's current size, if Germany were to take over Siberia, Germany would still not be a match for Russia.

Not to mention Romania, it can't even get past Yugoslavia.

“I can sell oil to Germany even without going through Russian pipelines.”

Carol was determined to break the Russian limit.

Pipelines are indeed stable, efficient and low-cost, but before Russia built the pipeline, oil trade around the world was almost entirely carried out by tanker, not by pipeline.

The two pipelines built by Russia are also one of the important reasons why Russian oil defeated Rockefeller.

"My dear, we can't anger Russia until we have enough power."

Elena reminded 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.

Compared to Carroll, there are more options for mustaches.

Germany did interrupt trade with the United States, but it did not cut off third-party trade channels.

During World War II, Germany was blockaded by the Royal Navy, so Germany continued to obtain various strategic materials from the United States through Denmark until Germany's gold ran out and the United States entered the war.

Hoover's tariff war was also targeted, not a one-size-fits-all approach. Hoover did not impose tariffs on goods exported from Denmark to the United States, so the trade volume between Denmark and the United States increased instead of decreased after the tariff war began.

Alpha's intelligence indicates that Germany is increasing its oil imports from the United States through Denmark to increase 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.

From Yasan's perspective, George is Keshi's uncle.

The problem was that this uncle, K10, refused to acknowledge him, so K10's reply to George was that trade between Denmark and the United States was a commercial act, and even the royal family could not interfere.

George: Okay, okay, you want to play this on me, right?

When the Russian Empire fell, Catherine X, who had already 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 King of England even made a hypocritical statement expressing his willingness to accept Nicholas' exile, but later canceled it because of opposition from the British Parliament.

As for why the British king and parliament have different attitudes, that is a British characteristic.

In the Schleswig referendum in 1920, due to the conflict between Knudsen and the parliament, Knudsen dissolved the parliament and formed a cabinet himself, which triggered a crisis of confidence. It was with the help of Russia that the crisis was safely overcome.

Russia's demands were not excessive. It just wanted Denmark to earn less money. However, the Danes were unwilling to pay even this price, which made George very dissatisfied.

"You can't blame him for this. He has lost almost all his power now and is just a mascot, so what he said is the truth."

Guchkov told George that Kshi was not lying.

Although K10 overcame the crisis of trust with the help of Russia, it was also stripped of its skin, leaving only the national symbol.

The reason why Denmark became the middleman between the United States and Germany is due to path dependence and the decision of the Danish parliament, and has nothing to do with K10.

"Very good, spread the word that we are going to dig a canal in Jutland."

George cut off the source of the problem.

At the Paris Peace Conference, Russia gained access to the Atlantic Ocean through the Jutland Peninsula, completely freeing itself from the restrictions of the Baltic Sea. From then on, Russia 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 Baltic Sea outlet also played an important role in Christian IX becoming the father-in-law of Europe.

In the past, when Russia and Denmark were at odds, as long as Denmark closed the strait, Russia would be blocked in the Baltic Sea, and the situation would be similar to that in the Black Sea.

If Russia digs a canal on the Jutland Peninsula, Denmark's reliance on natural defenses will no longer be sufficient.

"Is this okay——"

Guchkov rubbed his hands excitedly.

George didn't really dig, he just asked Denmark to cooperate with Russia to limit Germany's oil reserves.

(End of this chapter)