The Diplomatic Ball was as successful as the 21 thunderbolts that Lin Youde struck in the first place.
When Josephine appeared on the stage, she was so gorgeous that her Majesty the Queen, who was also dressed in the same dress, was overshadowed.
When the French knight wearing oriental costumes appeared, the old John Bulls in the venue looked at each other. They almost instantly understood that this was a hindrance caused by the Gallic Chicken. The calves who had followed their elders to gain seniority were busy praising him.
The beautiful scenery in front of us; the Gallic chickens were all in unison, both young and old were toasting to the beauty. Without exception, the chickens secretly vowed to win the favor of the beauty - they all knew that Josephine had given up her military duties.
At that moment, it was time to fight for the crown jewel of the Joffre family. The advantage of starting early was self-evident; the Sams stood aside in a tacit understanding. France is a traditional ally of the United States. There was no such thing during the Revolutionary War.
Thanks to the great help of the French goddesses, the Union Jack flag is probably still flying in the thirteen states.
The most embarrassing thing in the field was the observer representative sent by Germany. Originally, Germany hoped that those 21 lightning bolts would alert Britain and France to Lin Youde and the United States, leaving a relatively large encirclement net in Southeast Asia for this obviously aimed at Germany.
Net mesh, who knew that the French would get involved with Lin Ji in this way.
What the Germans didn't even expect was that Josephine's appearance in Hanfu was just the first stone that Lin Ji threw into the dance. The waves stirred up by this stone have not yet subsided. The daughter adopted by Lin Youde appeared on the 21st in the morning.
Sophie Tesla, the talented girl who became famous immediately after Thunder and Lightning, entered the scene.
The moment he saw his daughter, Lin Youde's jaw almost dropped.
Sophie drove in with a strange invention. This invention looked like - well, it looked like it was floating in the air. Sophie stood on top of the floating invention, which looked exactly like Yuri X in Red Alert 2 Yuri's Revenge.
"Sophie, what is that?"
"The prototype of the electromagnetic aircraft has just been completed, so I drove it out to show dad."
After speaking, Sophie drove this novelty and rushed to the table with snacks in full view of everyone.
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After the dance, Lin Youde called Sophie to the study.
"What's going on with that electromagnetic force aircraft? I don't remember that we have this research plan."
Sophie looked at Lin Youde, blinked her eyes, and asked, "Don't you like it?"
"Of course I like it. The effect of that thing is amazing. I'm so happy to see the big shots in Great Britain about to wet their pants. But, I want to know what's going on with that thing, Sophie."
Sophie shrugged and sighed like a brat.
"It's just a miniaturized force-guided levitation mechanism. It's the one you gave me last Christmas."
The guidance technology in this world can not only create amplifying wings for the Goddess, but also create floating carriers like the "symbol of the British Empire" the Birmingham.
However, the aircraft performed poorly in terms of air machinery, and the miniaturized single-person aircraft was extremely expensive. However, since Lin Youde could give Sophie a teddy bear with big diamonds as eyeballs, it was normal to give his daughter a small aircraft or something like that.
"I spent an afternoon replacing its shell, using a barrier formed by electric current to interfere with the gods' perception, and added some 'steampunk' style decorations that you like, Dad..." Sophie tilted her head.
, "Aren't we trying to scare those British guys? Lightning alone isn't enough?"
Lin Youde curled his lips and scratched the back of his head unconsciously with his right hand.
Well, it is said that children will reflect the character of their caregivers. This little girl, Sophie, has only been the daughter of Lin Youde's family for more than a year, and she is already quite like Lin Youde.
After more than a year, Lin Youde looked at his adopted daughter with a critical eye again.
"...Sophie, you seem to have grown taller?"
"Yeah, and my breasts are growing too."
Taking a closer look, it seemed that it was really the case. Lin Youde couldn't help but shake his head. The shelf life of lolita from the Nordic race is indeed not long. However, it will be a great thing to watch his daughter grow from a lolita to a royal sister little by little.
Something with a sense of accomplishment.
"Anyway," Lin Youde shook off the messy thoughts in his mind and smiled at Sophie, "Well done this time. Who else knows about the aircraft except you and me?"
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The world was shocked.
Newspapers in all countries invariably use the largest fonts to spell out shocking headlines on the front page...
In the United States, Nikola Tesla was released from prison on parole at lightning speed. The house where he and Sophie once lived was quickly protected. Federal agents took away all the pieces of paper that could be collected in the house.
Returned to Washington for Tesla to interpret his daughter's research.
In Europe, the Queen of Austria personally issued an order to search for Sophie Tesla's kin in the Balkans; the British Royal Academy of Sciences directly established an electrical research bonus system, regardless of race and nationality, as long as the Queen produces results can be rewarded; the Germans
Then they protected all their electrologists, and William II personally met with Qin Lun and made him an imperial earl; the French were more romantic, and they invited the seventy-one-year-old Jules Verne out to let him
The science fiction novelist who accurately predicted many scientific and technological advancements expressed his views on the technological advancements taking place on that small island in the East before the Congress of the Republic.
In the East, Lin Youde's actions of bullying the enemy received a different response. Liang Qichao scolded Lin Youde in a newspaper controlled by the reformists for being addicted to Western wonders and tricks and forgetting his ancestors. However, Empress Dowager Cixi asked the emperor's relatives seriously,
Should Lin Youde be given an official position and be recruited, but Yuan Shikai's firm opposition gave up the idea; the Japanese government ordered all domestic newspapers not to report relevant news, and foreign students were not allowed to "spread false news" in public places.
, and finally even dispatched the shogunate - originally the shogunate's secret operations force, the shogunate is now used by the militaristic government as a proxy for the secret police.
Not only were the foreigners deceived, but the people inside Lin Ji were also deceived by Lin Youde and his daughter. In such a big Lin Ji, only a few of Lin Youde's confidants knew what was going on with the aircraft. Even if spies from other countries wanted to find out, they couldn't.
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Of course, if you are a top spy, you will always notice some clues. But Sophie’s casual skills have two very wonderful things: first, there were many goddesses from various countries present at the dance, Josephine and Britain
The queens are all world-class powerful goddesses, but none of them felt the unique fluctuations of force-guiding technology products emitted from Sophie's "new invention", so even if some spies noticed that Lin Youde once gave his daughter a small suspension device
, and cannot make the judgment that "the thing at the ball is not a technological product but an alchemical product"; secondly, the timing of this thing's debut is too good, echoing the 21-gun "salute" concocted by Lin Youde. If you want to overturn a lie, then
It is very easy, but it is more difficult to overturn two lies that echo each other...
It just so happens that there is real technological progress to back up this lie.
In subsequent joint military exercises, the Nanyang Army unreservedly demonstrated its technical and tactical strength to its European and American colleagues.
Originally, Lin Youde was planning to use the performance of the Nanyang Army to make his "Tesla Cannon" deception of the enemy more real and lasting. Now Lin Youde simply ordered all levels of the Nanyang Army to report completely to the British, American, French and German military observers.
Open, let you take a look at the radio system that we directly equip to the platoon level, and demonstrate in front of you our infantry and artillery coordinated attacks, on-call artillery support, etc. I envy you to death!
There are naturally many ** among the soldiers, such as the *** general who once declared that "the only advantage of using breech-loading guns is that our logistics will collapse faster." However, most soldiers are relatively sober and sensible, especially those who
Officers who have been on the battlefield. These officers naturally know what higher communication capabilities mean on the battlefield.
Even those diplomats and politicians who did not understand the war quickly understood the value of this humble communication system after seeing the performance of the Nanyang Army.
for example.
In this world, fighting against generals' armor is a necessary subject in military exercises of various countries. When soldiers from Britain, the United States and France were practicing in a serious way how to disperse and attract the attention of generals to create attack conditions for guided cannons, the soldiers of the Nanyang Army directly
They retreated and took cover, then the leading officer took out his walkie-talkie and shouted a few times, and soon a squadron of goddesses fell from the sky.
If any diplomat or politician sees such a contrasting scene and cannot understand the importance of communication capabilities, then his political life is probably coming to an end.
By the way, the commander of the British generals who later served as the imaginary enemy said angrily, "Your foul does not count", so the exercise restarted after consultation. This time the Nanyang Army showed off its insane bazooka deployment density to lure the enemy.
?Create opportunities to kill with one hit? Is it necessary? Each person takes a shot, takes the points and leaves...
This military exercise has basically become the performance time of the Nanyang Army. A senior war reporter wrote: The only thing that the generals of the European empires can feel lucky about now is that there is no industrial capacity support behind this Chinese army, and they cannot measure it.
They do not even have self-produced artillery to produce those new equipment. It is estimated that for a long time to come, the Nanyang Army will have to purchase outdated artillery from their American allies.
In general, Lin Youde successfully made such a gesture: I have more powerful things hidden, so it doesn't matter if I show them to you.
The benefits of this are obvious. Lin Youde's right to speak in Southeast Asia is guaranteed. By the way, Xiang Qiyi gives up the idea of causing trouble by knocking on the mountain and Zhenhu. It also makes the Germans afraid to act. What are the disadvantages of this? It is similar to what the reporter said
, that is, if Lin Youde wants to improve his industrial capabilities by introducing technology in the future, he will probably encounter a lot of obstacles, and even the Americans will not provide it without reservation.
At this time, the role of Lin Youde's connections in the United States became apparent.
Roosevelt asked Lin Youde to introduce a thousand sets of radios for the US military. Lin Youde readily agreed. In exchange, the Americans promised to help Lin Ji build a steel mill. This was not an act of the U.S. government, but an act of support for Roosevelt.
The consortium running for President of the United States secretly provided support, dispatched engineers and provided equipment in private activities. On the surface, it seemed that Roosevelt used low prices and "favor debts" to obtain a batch of technical equipment for the U.S. Army for free.
The chips are more abundant.
Of course, the equipment will not be provided immediately. Lin Youde promised to provide the first batch of equipment to the US military around 1902. According to Lin Youde's vision, by that time, he should have developed dry batteries and other things, and he could provide the US military with batteries and
The hand-operated generator version retains technologies such as unlimited power transmission.
As for the electromagnetic aircraft and Tesla cannon that Roosevelt had repeatedly tested, Lin Youde pretended to be curious and repeatedly hinted that "your price is not high enough." In the end, Roosevelt had no choice but to give up: he had already received benefits anyway.
There are still Britain and France over there who are staring at each other, right?
Seeing the Americans asking for things from Lin Ji without any psychological burden, Britain and France finally couldn't sit still. The face of the old empires prevented them from reaching out as unscrupulously as the United States. In addition, the two old empires had China in their hands.
No one was sure whether Lin Youde would be willing to give them face due to their blood debt, but seeing the American family laughing so hard made them feel really unhappy.
After hesitating for a long time, the French took the lead.
In July 1899, this multi-party alliance meeting in Nanyang, which was called "the last diplomatic ceremony of this century" by Western reporters, underwent changes that no one expected.
This change caught Lin Youde off guard again.
On July 6, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed to Lin Youde the Jiafei family's response to Lin Youde's marriage proposal through open channels and formal etiquette.
The current de facto leader of the Joffre family, the 91-year-old Duke Joseph Jean Joffre, agreed to marry his granddaughter Josephine Joffre to Lin Youde, the "Oriental who shocked the world."
A half-joking order issued by Lin Youde, a marriage proposal that both parties involved felt would never come to fruition, left the couple in a state of "not yet mature lovers above AUO" and ready to fight each other at any time for the benefit of the motherland.
The confidante who saw the beauty of the bayonet suddenly turned into a fiancée...