The Prussian secret police. (1) >
“It felt like a gentle-looking uncle.”
rumble rumble.
Amid the shaking train, Veyron was explaining to me about the Deutsche Bank executive I would meet today. We boarded the train to Berlin via the Prussian Railway.
The trains involved in the Prussian Ministry of Public Works were not yet fully state-owned, but during the end of the 19th century they were under state control with Prussian financial support.
control by capital.
Germany isn’t that far-fetched either. I thought.
“Prussia should always be careful. I don’t know what kind of brown bear lives inside such a warm-hearted man.”
“…Isn’t that serious?”
“Write. In the German Empire, Deutsche Bank is by no means a good financial institution.”
Negotiations with Deutsche Bank.
We boarded the train to Berlin to negotiate an equity investment in Deutsche Bank, which is in a rather poor financial condition.
Now, finally, if only Deutsche Bank could be put under control, I would be able to project my influence on the whole of the German economy.
It’s at the level of saliva, though.
“But, sir. I am a little worried, Deutsche Bank is a bank favored by the Imperial Family. It is a little different from other Berlin banknotes. Just looking at the projects they have been working on…”
“So, we don’t completely pierce ourselves, we just watch. To see how the other person comes out. We don’t just go out to exert a huge influence in the first place, we just need to apply a saliva.”
“That’s right.”
I am not going to declare war today.
I’m going to make an offer to Deutsche Bank.
If you don’t like it, just decline it.
However, Deutsche Bank as well as me will be seriously considering Berta’s debt problem.
It is a bank run the moment it is withdrawn, which is the worst risk for a bank.
“But today, it seems that there are a lot of Prussian police officers.”
Veyron scanned the surroundings with sharp eyes.
He grew up in a slum, and all he learned was noticing. The ability to sense atmosphere. The sensors that sense the crisis were shaking like the antennae of insects.
“Isn’t that an overreaction? Prussian police are everywhere.”
“….. Director sometimes behaves as if he’s lived in a peaceful place somewhere. Citizens can walk around alone at night without a gun… A peaceful place like that.”
“is it?”
“Yes.”
Veyron had always thought. The Detroit Director said something was lacking.
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Of course, the Detroit director is an incarnation of the dollar, so he could do anything to suck money like a whale, and his personality like a tortilla is crooked.
But the ‘missing’ part was not that part.
sense of crisis.
The Detroit Director had moments when he was sometimes too defenseless.
‘The same as in the case of the attempted assassination after the previous Black Wednesday’s secret meeting, and the time when one of his ears was cut off in Japan.’
Ironically, people are used to guns.
I’ve seen the Detroit director handle guns over and over again. Surprisingly, he was very good at it.
But sometimes.
very rarely.
Like an old habit coming out.
It felt like twenty twenty-two peaces were crawling out of my body.
“…Prussian police are everywhere.”
But Veyron swallowed the words.
Even if such a crisis comes, there is no problem.
It’s up to you to protect him like you did Black Wednesday’s assassination attempt.
‘There is no danger to him.’
Defense against assassination is solid.
The entire train car was already full of guards from the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.
That’s not all.
The Secret Service was established at the request of the US Congress after President McKinley was assassinated.
By order of President Roosevelt, this Secret Service was escorting Detroit Director.
There was little risk of being assassinated once.
“Director.”
“Um? But why.”
“….no.”
It is not strange that the SS is protecting the director.
The Secret Service was originally a subdivision of the Treasury, and Detroit is the chairman of the Federal Reserve.
It could be interpreted as being a member of the Ministry of Finance.
So the US government had good reason to attach a secret service to Detroit.
tweet.
The scenery outside the train was peaceful.
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Outside the train running on the country road, the forests passed quickly.
Veyron looked at nature for a moment.
“It would be nice if the negotiations with Deutsche Bank could be completed without problems.”
thump.
Veyron carefully swept the gun on his waist and the dagger he had in his arms.
‘Calm down.’
You have to protect yourself when driving.
‘It’s not my fault.’
Berlin Station.
The steam locomotive stops and begins to vomit numerous passengers. Berlin history screams at the overflowing passengers.
The noise of footsteps and conversations hits the eardrums.
But it wasn’t just the noise of passengers.
thump thump.
bloody aura.
A large number of Prussian police officers in police uniforms were also stationed on the spot and patrolling the boarding area.
‘Certainly there are more Prussian police officers than usual.’
taste is bad
Veyron continued to guard the keys. Not only uniformed cops, but plainclothes cops also need to be careful.
plainclothes police.
The Prussian secret police were notorious.
If caught by them, they could be taken to a dark room and subjected to severe torture.
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Or they could be taken to the interrogation room ‘normally’ and subjected to ‘normally’ ‘interrogation’.
“….. ttt.”
wow.
I’m not the only one who felt
Secret Service agents and Pinkerton’s bodyguards also hardened their expressions in tension. Their gazes quickly scanned the compartment in which they were assigned to prevent danger in advance.
‘Everyone is anxious.’
It’s dangerous to stay here too long.
The guards quickly headed out of Berlin’s history.
To check-in at the hotel we had reserved, the luggage was carried and followed by aides.
“Why are there so many Prussian police officers in Berlin history?”
“It’s a lot of Berlin history. Berlin is the heart of Prussia, so shouldn’t anything happen?”
“But…it’s more and more bloody than usual.”
“I felt that too, but there must have been some kind of public safety incident in Prussia. It’s not something we care about. They’ll take care of security in Berlin.”
The Detroit Director waved his hands.
His eyes were already out of focus. It was the expression that came out when he rolled his head while making a plan.
“We just need to get ready to fish Deutsche Bank at the hotel.”
He shrugged.
“I understand Veyron’s concerns, but the Secret Service even has a Pinkerton, so worrying about it is a waste of mental energy. The Prussian police in Berlin history will have a hard time breaking through this person.”
“I believe.”
Let the Detroit Director smile and say.
The shoulders of the Secret Service and Pinkerton bodyguards were wide open. I felt that the will to revive the client’s expectations was full.
Because there has never been a more rewarding moment than when one’s clients send infinite trust.
Besides, the Detroit director’s words made sense.
‘Actually, it is unreasonable for the Prussian police to break through these personnel and secure the Detroit director.’
Best of all, the Prussian secret police aren’t crazy enough to engage in gunfights in Berlin’s history.
By the way…
Veyron glanced through Berlin’s history for a moment and then turned away.
‘But why do you feel like you’re looking at us from a while ago?’
***
After check-in at the hotel. next day.
We went to the Deutsche Bank headquarters with all our preparations. The plans I have prepared so far and Kylian’s advice. Veyron shoved the data he had been researching into his head.
‘Actually, Deutsche Bank’s crisis is easy to solve.’
Deutsche Bank’s crisis is one.
Huge loans for three national-scale projects.
Huge loans to Baghdadban, a large German shipping company, and Krupp were buried like bombs.
But in other words.
If you repay the loan at those three places, it’s over.
‘No, there is no need to repay all three places.’
cash flow.
Deutsche Bank was able to get out of the crisis if only one of them had to be resolved for the supply of cash flow and liquidity to normalize.
Because each one is big.
Even if one is resolved, the cash flow will surge like a tsunami.
“The crisis of Deutsche Bank is only a matter of time. If we endure now, Deutsche Bank can revive at any time.”
“On the other hand, if you can’t stand the present, you’re in hell.”
it’s hell
“If only one of the three goes bankrupt, it’s hell.”
“It’s the German government’s karma. Aren’t all three loans from the German government’s greed?”
right.
It would not have happened if the German government had not been greedy. No, the large German shipping company was the work of Krupp, not the German government.
Krupp is a state-owned company.
It’s the German government’s fault.
“Let’s say that Baghdadvan is unavoidable because imperialism is the current world trend.”
Baghdadvan.
In fact, it’s exactly what the European powers are doing.
British 3C policy. Trans-Africa railway in France. It was understandable because it was the flow of the imperialist era.
“But the big German shipping companies and Krupp are clearly the greed of the German government.”
All problems erupted by swallowing the military-industrial complex called Krupp.
This was the greed of the German government itself.
“But Krupp will be back to normal. A large German shipping company is already preparing for a boom in low-cost steel. It’s really only a matter of time before repaying the loan.”
Even if the Berlin Banknote shakes right now.
Fundamental itself is much more solid as there is a push from the German government. Because there was room for state public funds to be injected.
All the funds were being put into the normalization of Krupp, and it was only now to interfere with Deutsche Bank.
“We’re here today to trade them the ‘time’ to survive. If you have the ‘time’, you’re a company that can survive, so we’ll have to give them what they want.”
meeting room.
We were the only ones sitting in the large meeting room of Deutsche Bank. There was something wrong with putting a bodyguard in the negotiating room, so I placed them outside except for a few.
The bodyguards defended the entrance to the Deutsche Bank to prevent any possible terror attacks by anarchists.
At this time, most of the terrorists were anarchists.
“It’s been a while.”
squeaky.
The door to the conference room opened and the Deutsche Bank negotiator appeared.
However, instead of a warm-hearted man, a man like a sharply forged sword came in.
Prussian secret police uniform.
A police officer with a dazzling rank commander also came in to join him.
“…..!”
We jumped up from our seats.
Even if I didn’t want to be shaken, I had no choice but to shake.
It was not Deutsche Bank’s negotiating group ‘like’ that entered the IPO.
Beings a million light years away from such cute things.
Prussian secret police.
and.
Treasury Secretary Max opened the door and appeared.
“This is Secretary of the Treasury, Marx. This is the second time we’ve met.”
Treasury Secretary Max smiled faintly. The atmosphere in the negotiating room froze at once.
“Sit down. It’s a long day.”
“….Yes.”
In such an atmosphere as if they were walking on thin ice, the negotiators took their seats.
***
Prussian secret police.
The most brutal domestic security organization and secret intelligence agency in the imperialist era.
They are the beings of the so-called ‘public security’.
The Korean Central Intelligence Agency is not much different from the so-called ‘Jungjeong’ of Namsan.
The most famous of them is probably that.
‘gestapo.’
The infamous secret police agency of Nazi Germany.
If there’s anything surprising about it.
Nazi Germany, 1930’s.
The Prussian secret police add an army and change its name, and that is the fact that it is the ‘Gestapo’.
‘In a nutshell, these guys are the only ones minus the Nazi German colors in the Gestapo.’
Where does that ruthlessness go?
Even without the skin of Nazi Germany, they must have been brutal enough and put the citizens in fear.
Their pursuit was also relentless, to the point that socialist Bernstein dropped his crane and fled to England via Switzerland.
“…Why are the Prussian police here?”
“Well.”
Treasury Secretary Marks is stumbling. bump I tapped the table with my finger.
“Lord Detroit.”
“Yes.”
“It was good for us. We sold the Krupp Steel division and let ThyssenKrupp established. If we had yielded steel, we did the best we could.”
“……”
“We want to get along well with Detroit-sama. But why do we keep…”
“Try to cross the line.”
A light faded from the eyes of Treasurer Max.
The Prussian secret police were like dry puppets. It was a space that felt more terrifying than pressure.
“I don’t know what you mean about trying to cross the line.”
“Potsdam and Berlin are the holy places of Prussia. The Berlin Banknote is the sanctuary of the Prussian treasury. It is the sanctuary of the Prussian royal family and the imperial family of the German Empire.”
“…..”
“Really… you thought we didn’t know? Then you’re naive.”
Treasury Secretary Marks is stumbling. I tapped the table with my finger.
“We all know that. So, I hope that Detroit-sama will keep good deeds when we care and respect them.”
“Um… have I crossed the line?”
thud.
It sounded like that.
In the large conference room, the blades flew around as if there was murder at any moment.
Secret Service Guards were unable to move. Unlike terrorist groups, the Prussian secret police are a recognized security agency of the German Empire.
If you make a mistake, it immediately escalates into a diplomatic issue.
widely.
Treasury Secretary Max stopped his finger.
“Did you cross the line?”
“…..Yes.”
Treasury Secretary Max’s eyes were dark and dead.
No, I felt that way.
“If it had passed, I would have shot it.”
“…!!!!”
I suddenly had this thought.
This is Prussia.
Even if I touched them, I touched them properly. I thought so.
“Fortunately, you haven’t crossed it yet.”
“……Yes.”
“The person sitting next to me. Can you see it? This is the person leading the Prussian secret police. The original Minister of the Interior was going to shoot you. I stopped you.”
“!”
“It was difficult to dry.”
This.
it’s time to step away
“Lord Detroit.”
“Yes.”
Treasury Secretary Max smiled.
“We’ll take Miss Bertha back.”
Prussian secret police.
From Frankfurt to Berlin’s history.
Most of the officers were the ones who were assigned to watch me.
They knew it all before I came.
‘Um… do you really think you’re going to kill me?’
Is it a crisis?
***
“Well….”
I lifted my index finger. Treasury Secretary Max wiggled his eyebrows.
There was no tremor in my voice.
“Haha… I’m not sure what to say in this situation. Would you like to hear my suggestion?”
“Yes?”
Treasury Secretary Max looked at me with a slightly glaring gaze.
but it’s a good opportunity
“It’s not a bad thing. Maybe it’s a way to settle Krupp’s debt and revive Deutsche Bank in the long run. We’ve prepared Plan B in case something like this happens.”
“In this situation?”
Treasury Secretary Max smirked.
“I’m sorry, are you crazy?”
“No. I’m extremely sane. I’m just… this kind of person. I.”
“……”
“It’s a way to really save lives. Trust me. Besides…”
I smiled as kindly as possible.
“It’s a plan to f*ck the British bastards.”
It would be a lie if I said I didn’t feel a sense of crisis in this situation.
But I am sure I will not die here.
‘It’s not just belief… If I disappear, some faces come to mind.’
That said, it can’t be touched easily.
Even if these chisels kill me here and now without even knowing it,
They will suffer the same.
The United States is never one to give up its national interests. Even if it wasn’t for me, I would desperately rush to protect him.
Would they really have considered the situation?
‘It’s more comfortable with someone you know. Because if I were to be killed this time, America would almost certainly send a stronger and more madman. Maybe the brown bear Roosevelt himself will come forward.’
It’s not because of me.
because of national interest.
At least I had the backup power to return that sense of crisis.
Thinking like that, I kept my composure.
And after that, measures came to mind one after another.
Crisis is both risk and opportunity.
if there is a risk. On the other hand, there are also opportunities.
“uk…?”
Treasury Secretary Max’s eyes widened.
This seemed a bit tempting, so he slowly pulled out the chair and put his buttocks on the seat. The back rested comfortably on the chair.
I raised the corners of my lips.
“Are you interested?”
“What…..”
Treasury Secretary Max tapped the desk with his fingers.
“Let’s hear it.”
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