The response from Britain, France and the United States was swifter than Lin Youde expected.
Originally, Lin Youde felt that the eyes of the great powers should be on Beijing at this time and pay attention to reforms. Germany probably also saw this opportunity before contacting Xiang Qiyi. But surprisingly, after Lin Youde's diplomatic note was issued, not only did Germany have
The United States, which had a large number of direct interests, responded quickly and lodged representations with Germany. Britain and France also took quick action - and it was a big move that far exceeded Lin Youde's expectations.
Just over a week after the note was issued, Josephine Joffre rushed from the capital of French Indochina to Langabo, accompanied by a regiment of the French army and half of the French Asiatic fleet. The nature of the demonstration was obvious.
Lin Youde received his old acquaintance at the base camp and gave Xiafei a hug when they met. After eating the tofu, he wiped his mouth and said: "It's so interesting. Every time I say goodbye to you, I feel like we will be enemies the next time we meet again.
, but this speculation has never been realized so far.”
The girl also smiled. Looking at that smile, Lin Youde felt for no reason that she must be in a good mood at this time. As expected, Josephine Xiafei said in a joking tone with a smile: "Personally, this situation is
It’s very disturbing. If this continues, I might fall hopelessly in love.”
"That's not possible." This answer did not come from Lin Youde. Josephine looked down in surprise, and met the eyes of Sophie who had slipped into the reception room at some unknown time.
"You haven't seen my little daughter yet?" Lin Youde reached out and touched Sophie's head, and introduced to Josephine, "This is the daughter of the great scientist Nikola Tesla, and now she is my adopted daughter. At the same time,
He is also the leader of the Lin Kee Scientific Research Center."
"Leader? Such a young girl?" Josephine did not hide her surprise. Most of the senior leaders of the Nanyang Army knew what Sophie was doing, and there were also many rumors among the middle and lower-level personnel, so Lin Youde thought that Josephine
Fen had known these things for a long time. So after seeing Josephine's surprise, Lin Youde felt strange: Josephine was not the kind of girl who knew how to act, especially on such inconsequential matters.
She really didn't know that the little girl was developing technical equipment for the Nanyang Army.
Maybe she knew that Sophie Tesla was providing technical support to Lin Ji, but she didn't expect that Sophie Tesla was such a petite thirteen-year-old girl.
Josephine looked at the little girl, and her slightly tilted head once again impressed Lin Youde with her cuteness.
The little girl also raised her neck and stared at Josephine with red cat eyes. After a moment, she turned back, pulled Lin Youde's trouser leg and asked: "Dad, why are the women around you so beautiful?"
Lin Youde thought nonsense, I am the protagonist.
On the other side, Josephine smiled quite happily. The eight virtues of knighthood include humility. Judging from Josephine's consistent performance, she must strictly restrain herself in all aspects with these eight virtues. But as a girl, hearing
Such an unabashed, direct and sincere compliment would indeed make her happy. It had nothing to do with vanity, so Josephine expressed her feelings frankly.
Sophie stared at Josephine's smile and suddenly said: "I like this guy."
Normal people would probably fall in love with this upright and innocent knight princess.
As soon as Sophie finished speaking, Josephine made an astonishing move. She suddenly reached out her hand and picked Sophie up.
"I like you too, little one."
"You're not too young!"
Ba would often hug Sophie, but Lin Youde was still surprised by the harmony of the scene in front of him - probably because they were both of European race, the scene of Josephine holding Sophie seemed to have a natural sense of harmony.
Blonde hair and silver hair, emerald green pupils and crimson eyes, white-based dresses and pure black dresses. It is obvious that the characteristics of the two girls are so different, but they don't feel inconsistent when put together.
Lin Youde couldn't help but move forward. He subconsciously wanted to join the scene and become part of the composition.
Josephine glanced at Lin Youde, smiled and allowed Lin Youde to join. She even moved forward slightly to bring the two closer.
At this moment, Sister Yu, who seemed to be Josephine's adjutant, coughed twice.
Only then did Josephine wake up from a dream. She quickly put Sophie down, put away her smile and cleared her throat in a serious manner. When she spoke again, her words had been replaced by business-like diplomatic rhetoric...
"Mr. Lin Youde, I am here to convey to you a motion jointly proposed by the government of the French Republic and the British Empire. We hope to establish a relatively stable cooperative relationship with the Nanyang Army and your ally the United States to safeguard our
Common interests of the area surrounding Malacca.”
An encirclement network against the new German Empire in Southeast Asia is very good and is in line with Lin Youde's interests.
"Is that why the Republic's top military officer in Southeast Asia was asked to personally visit Horangabo? I have already felt the sincerity of the French Republic." Lin Youde said in as calm a tone as possible, "However, since it is a joint motion, only sending
Isn’t it a bit grand for the British Empire to have people from the French Republic serve as special envoys?”
Josephine curved the corners of her mouth, allowing Lin Youde to appreciate her "business smile" for the first time.
"Regarding this point, I understand your dissatisfaction. In fact, the second thing I want to convey is related to this. If you do not object, Mr. Lin Youde, the current Queen of the British Empire is willing to go to Langgabo in person to assume the full power of the empire.
Negotiation representative. This is the second thing that the country has asked me to convey to you."
Lin Youde couldn't help but was speechless. Oh dear, the Queen of England came to this small island that is not even a country in person? Isn't this a bit of a fuss?
But Lin Youde thought about it again and felt that his idea became clear again. In the past few months, Britain seemed to have been looking for an opportunity to express its attitude towards the new Germany internationally. The previous high-profile announcement of the start of construction of a super battleship was a manifestation of this appeal.
Great Britain probably felt that it was not enough to just prepare for war, but to actually show its fangs to warn the Germans.
The tiny Philippines is a perfect place for the British Empire to show off its military power. This island has no so-called strategic depth, and is surrounded by the sea, which is suitable for the Royal Navy. If something goes wrong, it can quickly exit the game. Anyway, the Philippine Islands are the closest.
The colonies of the British Empire are also hundreds of kilometers away, and the success or failure here will not directly affect the interests of the empire.
This abacus was so good that Lin Youde couldn't help but want to seize the British Empire's plan and make good use of it.
If done well, maybe we can actually "stop fighting with force" and successfully prevent our compatriots from killing each other.