Negotiations continued for several more weeks. During this period, in order to induce the British to make concessions, at the initiative of Lin Youde, the federal army went out to the Yadong area and reoccupied the Longtu Mountain Pass lost in 1888. They looked at Sikkim in the distance and made a show of being ready at any time.
A large-scale invasion of the south.
The federal navy is even more active.
Originally, the navies of the two countries were here to build prestige for their respective leaders, but they couldn't stay in Haiphong Port all day long and eat military pay? So the two countries began to exercise on the sea surface of the Beibu Gulf. On the surface, they were doing their own exercises, but secretly
But he screamed loudly.
Under this situation, Lin Youde directed a drama of using a submarine to conduct a torpedo attack underwater, and he acted it out. He also sent an invitation to the British naval fleet, hoping that they could "guard the target ship and prevent our submarine from firing." He was so proud.
Of course, the British Navy would not refuse. They put up an exaggerated formation in the exercise waters and even dispatched Shenji patrols.
In the minds of the British Navy, submarines were still a poor weapon that could only submerge underwater for less than an hour and were slow, so they set up a loose formation and arranged a several-mile diameter submarine around the target ship.
The encirclement also uses Shen Ji to guard a larger area of the sea.
What they didn't expect was that Lin Youde's Type 001 submarine prototype was equipped with an original type of fuel cell, which could run underwater at a speed of 14 knots for six hours without a snorkel, and was also equipped with a prototype of the "Tianting" system -
—It’s actually sonar.
In this way, Type 001 rushed to a place 5 nautical miles away from the target ship and launched a torpedo without anyone noticing.
The torpedo accurately hit the target. Since the electric torpedo had no track, the British once thought that Lin Youde had tricked and installed explosives in the target ship, until Lin Youde ordered the submarine to float up in the center of the British formation and raise the national flag.
Later, Lin Youde invited the commander of the British Asiatic Fleet to board the submarine and experience submarine diving for himself. This rear admiral named John Jericho was the commander who commanded the main force of the British Home Fleet in the Battle of Jutland in the last time and space. He was praised by Lin Youde.
I was deeply shocked by the amazing strength displayed by the submarine - at least that's how it seemed on the surface.
Shortly after this "joint exercise", China and Britain successfully reached an agreement, and Britain made very big concessions, including: recognizing Tibet and Xinjiang as federal states, returning the concession and giving up the right to inspect inland rivers, etc.
wait.
Truth indeed only exists within the range of a cannon.
On May 4, 1904, under the threat of Lin Youde's cannon, Sun Wen and Isabella signed the "Sino-British Tibet Treaty".
After everything settled, in accordance with the practice of international exchanges in this era, the French hosted a diplomatic reception on the night the agreement was signed.
**
Lin Youde has long been accustomed to things like cocktail parties. After these years of experience, he has long been familiar with all the procedures and etiquette.
Therefore, when he and Isabella, the other protagonist of the cocktail party, accidentally met their eyes, he smiled reflexively, nodded slightly, and his actions were smooth and smooth, even by the most stringent standards.
Perfect and decent.
But Isabella did not respond to Lin Youde according to the established etiquette. She picked up the wine glass on the passing waiter's plate, said something to the two men who were talking to her, and turned towards the terrace connected to the banquet hall.
Go.
Before turning around, she glanced at Lin Youde again.
Lin Youde was stunned.
Josephine next to him poked him gently and said, "This is an invitation from a lady. If you don't go, it will bring shame to the lady."
"This..." Lin Youde looked at his wife, still hesitant, "This... is this what happened? Maybe it was just to express his disdain for me..."
"Okay, okay, you go. I had a chat with Isabella when we had afternoon tea before, and I personally think she actually appreciates you quite a bit."….
This is the advantage of having a foreign wife. In the past month, Josephine, who has the status of a French aristocrat, has often been a matchmaker for Lin Youde through tea parties and other ladies' social occasions. However, Lin Youde did not expect that the Queen of England would also intervene in these tea parties.
foot.
"She admires me very much?" Lin Youde was still a little unsure.
"Yes, I think so." Josephine shrugged, "But I'm afraid she didn't realize it. She thinks you are a hateful opponent, an oriental shameless bastard, a contractor of Satan or something else, and now I invite you
In the past, I'm afraid you also wanted to have some tit-for-tat verbal confrontations with you. But believe me, my dear, Isabella is very interested in you as a person who can shake up her empire."
After speaking, Josephine pushed her husband again and signaled him to "go" with her eyes.
Lin Youde curled his lips, picked up a glass of wine and ran to the terrace.
As expected, Isabella was the only one on the terrace. She was lying on the baroque-style railing with her back to Lin Youde. The soft curve of her back was exposed from the large open collar at the back of the dress. Her large areas of delicate skin were illuminated by the lights of the banquet hall.
Dazzlingly white.
"I just discovered that your dress is of my design." Lin Youde thought for half a second and decided to use the style of the dress as the first topic.
"Really? This dress was chosen by my steward. There must be some admirers of yours among the tailors." As a result, Lin Youde hit a snag.
Fortunately, Isabella didn't mean to let the conversation go cold. She immediately picked up a new topic while giving Lin Youde a beating: "Halfway through the negotiation, Sun Wen's position suddenly became tougher. What did you do to her?"
What happened?"
"Nothing, I just promised her that the navy would have a 50-50 victory rate in a war between China and Britain."
As soon as Lin Youde finished speaking, Isabella turned her head sharply and stared at him with sharp eyes - no wonder, Lin Youde was openly challenging the dignity of the glorious Royal Navy.
Lin Youde took his cheeky characteristics to the extreme: "Oh, Your Majesty, you are more beautiful than the last time I saw you. I can understand now why all the men in Britain are so attracted to you."
In fact, this is not a compliment. Lin Youde is generally very beautiful, and the better the bloodline, the more beautiful she is. Those who stand at the top of the Shenji are all beauties who have conquered the country.
Of course there are exceptions, like Yuan Weiting, although she has very good qualifications, the fierce aura that lingers around her wastes her qualifications.
In addition, although people like Tomoe are not as good as Josephine and Kaoru in terms of some "hard indicators", such as bust size, breast shape, leg extensions, skin type, hair texture, etc., but Tomoe's temperament covers up these minor flaws.
Let her become a beauty not inferior to those two.
Isabella is different from the beauties Lin Youde already has. She has the unique charm of a high mountain flower. In addition, her thorny character like a rose is also a cute point in Lin Youde's opinion.
At this moment, Lin Youde looked down at Isabella from a close distance, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that this queen was indeed a beauty that she should try her best to receive.
Men's greed is really terrible.
Perhaps she was keenly aware of the slight aura from Lin Youde. After looking at each other for a few seconds, the Queen snorted contemptuously, turned her head, took a sip of wine into her mouth, and then said in a voice that clearly contained contempt: "
I have had some interactions with Josephine, and I can't understand why she would fall in love with a guy like you. If it were me, I would choose to be more gentlemanly, more far-sighted, more..."
At this point, Isabella was obviously stuck.
"Actually, you haven't thought about what kind of person you want to marry?"
"Yes, that's right. I just know that it's definitely not you." Isabella actually admitted Lin Youde's statement very simply, "Actually, from the moment I knew that I would become the queen, I knew that my marriage and
My own will has nothing to do with it.”….
Originally, Lin Youde wanted to say nonsense, "You are the queen, who do you want to marry? It's just a matter of words," but then he thought that saying this was a bit too stupid and would probably lower his favorability, so he gave up.
It was just an ambiguous expression: "In life, there will always be times when you can't help yourself."
"Really? But I think you live a very casual life." After Isabella said this, she glanced at Lin Youde, and the contempt she just felt disappeared on Java Island unknowingly.
Lin Youde also saw at this time that the queen was indeed lonely.
No wonder Josephine encouraged her to follow him so enthusiastically. Most French and Spanish people are naturally good at flirting. This is their racial talent. Josephine probably saw that Isabella had been a virgin for too long.
I was unbearably lonely, so I encouraged my husband to come over and have an affair.
Lin Youde thought that a girl who would take the initiative to create opportunities for her husband to cheat was weird. Anyway, no girl in the 21st century would do this.
In any case, as a man, Lin Youde decided to respond to his wife's expectations.
So he came to Isabella's side and also leaned on the Baroque railing, his shoulder leaning on Isabella's bare right shoulder.
The Queen doesn't seem to mind this.
Lin Youde smelled a faint scent of perfumed water. The smell was mixed with a slight smell of alcohol, and it became a bit fragrant - this experience was really strange.
Only then did Lin Youde notice that Isabella was holding a large cup, more than half of which was filled with liquid. Judging from the color, it was not red wine or champagne, but high-altitude wine such as Highland whiskey.
Lin Youde looked at the fruit wine in the medium wine glass he was holding, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.
I don’t know if Isabella noticed what Lin Youde was thinking. She smiled slightly, shook the wine in her hand and said, "I actually like drinking. I often look at the world map in my bedroom.
, meditating while tasting wine.”
"It sounds so lonely." Lin Youde commented truthfully, "In Chinese culture, wine tastes good only if you drink it with your buddies. Drinking alone may seem very romantic sometimes, but most of the time, it's
It makes people feel high-spirited.”
"Song-high-assentation-few"? Isabella frowned slightly. Just now Lin Youde literally translated each word and turned it into "song-high-assentation-few". Isabella can only understand this Chinglish.
Yes, but Lin Youde did this deliberately.
"This is our old proverb, probably a thousand years before King Arthur."
Isabella looked at Lin Youde blinking his eyes, and finally shrugged.
"You didn't explain the meaning because you were sure I could guess it."
Lin Youde nodded.
In fact, as long as they are not particularly hard-headed, these Chinglish-speaking foreigners should have no problem understanding them.
"You're right, drinking alone does mean being alone." Isabella took another sip of wine, "But, there are not many people in this world who are qualified to drink with me. My mother
He’s also a non-drinker.”
"So," Lin Youde also took a sip of wine, and then said in a joking tone, "your ideal husband is actually someone who can drink with you."
Isabella was amused by Lin Youde's joke and burst into laughter like silver bells.
Lin Youde responded with a laugh like a string of golden bells (…).
After finishing laughing, Isabella said semi-seriously: "Maybe you are right."
So Lin Youde picked up the wine glass and took a big sip of wine, and made a very exaggerated swallowing sound to remind Isabella of the fact that he was drinking with her at the moment.
"No, no," Isabella smiled and shook her head, "You can't do it, I hate you very much."…
"It turns out that Her Majesty the Queen will show such a defenseless smile to those she hates. It seems that being hated by others can be pretty good sometimes."
"A smile is the cheapest tactic in the world to win over someone."
"is that so?"
"That's it." Isabella put away her smile and said decisively, "Okay, we've talked a lot about gossip, let's talk about business."
As soon as these words came out, the aura surrounding Isabella completely changed, and the soft girl just now turned into an unreal bubble in an instant.
"To put it bluntly, I heard that Lin Ji is peddling weapons all over the world."
"Why, the British Empire also wants to buy our torpedoes?"
"No, I want to buy the machine you use to make that new type of torpedo," Isabella put her face close to Lin Youde,
"I want to buy 'Zhurong'."
In the eyes of others, the two of them were 100% kissing passionately, and no one would have imagined that they were glaring at each other with shrewd eyes.
"That's very expensive, Miss Isabella."
Since both the United States and France have ordered fire control computers from Lin Ji, the technology of divine calculations is still spreading to other parts of the world, but no one else can build a supercomputer like the Helang Yabo Scientific Research Computing Center. But Zhu Rong, can
It is still a top-secret technology that is 100% in the hands of Lin Youde, and of course it is priceless.
But Isabella is obviously determined to win.
"I have plenty of money. I can give you gold and silver."
"I want Australia." Lin Youde was also unambiguous and spoke loudly.
"This is impossible." Isabella refused without hesitation. "You can ask for money as much as you want, but the British Empire will never give you any money. Even if it is just a dominion."
"Then, I want the rights to explore and mine in Australia, and authorize us to transport immigrants from the mainland as workers in the mining areas and to reclaim the land around the mining areas to support these workers. In addition, we also hope to hire some paramilitary personnel to deal with local
Aboriginal attack."
"Aborigines?" Isabella frowned, "There are no wild aborigines in Australia."
"You're not sure, are you? Besides, we still need soldiers to deal with kangaroos and the like. You know that bipedal animals are very harmful when they move in groups."
"I guess you still need guns to deal with koalas." Isabella rolled her eyes at Lin Youde, but then said, "The ores you mine must pay taxes in accordance with imperial law. In addition, I can only give you twenty
After the mining rights expire, you will have to re-enter the mining agreement with the empire."
"make a deal."
Lin Youde agreed readily, and then took advantage of the situation and kissed Isabella on the mouth.
The girl's lips were filled with the aroma of whiskey. Her teeth were very neat. Lin Youde didn't even touch a canine when he licked them. Her tongue was as thin as gummy.
While kissing with tongue, Lin Youde put his arms around the queen's waist. Only then did he realize that her body was trembling slightly.
Finally, Lin Youde ran out of breath held in his chest, so he ended the long kiss.
Isabella was completely stunned, staring at Lin Youde with her mouth slightly open.
"It feels great." Lin Youde licked his lips and commented with satisfaction, "This kiss is indeed worthy of Australia's sovereignty."
At this time, Isabella finally reacted, and she slapped Lin Youde across the face.
She was a goddess, and she could have slapped Lin Youde from the second floor terrace to the clock tower across the street, but she just slapped Lin Youde with the strength of an ordinary woman.
"Scum!" After saying such a curse, Isabella turned around and left the terrace angrily.
Lin Youde touched his slightly swollen cheek and said to Isabella's back: "As long as the agreement just made is still valid, I will have your cronies come to my temporary residence tomorrow."
Isabella didn't answer, and returned to the venue without looking back. No one was there.
Lin Youde shrugged, poured the remaining wine in the glass into his mouth, and started to walk back.