"I'm going back to China soon, so I'm making my position clear. China considers the Bulgarian parliament itself to be a legitimate institution and that the Bulgarian parliament has the power to elect leaders they identify with. Of course, Bulgaria was an administrative region under the Ottoman Empire, and it was necessary for the Bulgarian administrator to accept a mandate from the central government of the Ottoman Empire as a final formality. Just as China is the suzerainty of Goryeo, Vietnam, Siam, and Hawaii, their countries ultimately decide who will be the king, which is a matter for Goryeo and Siam themselves, and the final recognition of the king's choice is our power in China. This power cannot be broken. Based on the philosophy that we uphold in China, we believe that the British proposal is morally sound. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Xin spoke eloquently, and the other participating countries listened to it in the same way.

Li Xin's speech made it clear that he was about to leave Berlin and go back to China, and it was the Chinese ambassador to Germany who would remain in Berlin to continue to attend the meeting. Li Xin's statement is China's statement, and it is just a statement. Once the Chinese delegates leave, there will be no Chinese influence in the conference that will decide the fate of Bulgaria.

The delegates of various countries listened to Li Xin's words very tolerantly, and did not think about the meaning of the truth. Moreover, what Li Xin said is not a shocking theory, one of the powers of the suzerainty over the vassal state is to decide the leader of the vassal state.

Shrewd diplomats like Prime Minister Bismarck also heard what Chinese Foreign Minister Li Xin meant: Goryeo, Vietnam, and Siam are all distant Asian countries, and now that China has mastered almost the entire Western Pacific, European countries don't really care now. It's interesting that China took Hawaii out on such a serious occasion. Hawaii was out of reach for Germany, and Prime Minister Bismarck was happy when he saw the British Foreign Minister's face change.

China's move on Hawaii was not new, and Britain knew that China's Pacific Fleet had built ports and fortifications in Hawaii. There is no other navy in the Pacific that can compete with the Chinese fleet, and substantial control has been accomplished. According to the urine nature of China, it is estimated that it will not be long before the local Hawaiian natives become Chinese. China has made it clear to Britain that it wants to become the hegemon of the Pacific. Although Britain was dissatisfied with this, it could only keep silent for the time being.

It was not Britain who had an ugly face, but the foreign ministers of Russia and Austria-Hungary did not look good. Both of these hostile countries wanted to be able to control Bulgaria, and China's support for the British's views meant opposing their positions. But the two countries did not come out to oppose it, and since China has made it clear that it wants to give up its substantive influence on Bulgaria, what Li Xin said is what he said.

After making some common-sense arguments, Li Xin left Berlin. After leaving Berlin, Li Xin went straight to London. He was going to negotiate with the British Admiralty.

"Our country wants to buy your country's old-fashioned artillery technology." Li Xin said straight to the point.

The British Admiralty Secretary was stunned, although there had been secret contact beforehand, but the content of the technology purchased by China was really beyond the expectations of the British Navy. The Lord of the Admiralty asked, "Are you sure you want to buy old artillery technology?" ”

"Do you think it's appropriate for us to sell 14-inch guns with tube-down to South American countries? What's the difference between selling to South America and selling to Germany? Li Xin said with a smile.

The Admiralty Minister just shook his head slightly, which was clear enough. Germany began to build a large number of warships, and if the Germans were allowed to get the latest tube-retreat artillery technology, no matter what the technical level of German ships was, their artillery technology would certainly be able to develop by leaps and bounds. That's not good for Britain. The reason is clear, but the British Admiralty Secretary raised the suspicions of the British Admiralty, "Doesn't your country have the technology of old-fashioned artillery?" ”

Li Xin was stopped by this question, he didn't know much about naval equipment, and the new and old styles were just a very general concept in his mind. The central government believes that after years of development, the British old naval guns have a thick technical foundation and a high level of design, and the British no longer need these technologies, and it is a good thing to buy these technologies at a reasonable price.

After listening to the question of the British Admiralty, Li Xincai considered this issue for the first time, and it seems that China has never developed "old-style artillery". The reason is easy to figure out, if China has developed old artillery, then just adopt China's old artillery technology, why buy it from the British. The reason for buying from the British is clearly because the old Chinese artillery technology is very low, and it is more convenient to buy it from the British than to study it yourself.

Foreign ministers are never asked, nor can they be asked. Li Xin said with a smile: "Our old artillery technology has been developed for a short time, and it has been eliminated by new technologies very early. British technology is undoubtedly the pinnacle of old artillery, and we in China do business very benevolently, even if there are no new ones. Give the old and give the best. ”

This matter is probably so confused, and the British Admiralty Secretary has no reason to ask too much. After the two sides talked, the British Admiralty offered China a sky-high price of 5 million pounds.

Taken aback by this price, Li Xin said almost instinctively: "I think I will give five thousand ...... Five hundred pounds is good. "After all, I have worked in the Ministry of Commerce, and at least the technology of asking for money at a sky-high price has not been completely abandoned. Five million pounds was enough to build several old battleships. Moreover, when he said 5,000, Li Xin also felt that the price was too high, and what China needed was an artillery braking device, not the entire artillery. Five hundred pounds is too much for this thing.

Seeing that Li Xin was not fooled, the British Admiralty smiled heartily: "Either so, our Admiralty has some patents that we want to sell, and if China is willing to buy them, we can consider cooperating." As for the issue of artillery, I have already understood China's sincerity, and it is indeed inappropriate that the price is too high. ”

In the end, the result of the negotiations was that China paid 4,000 pounds to buy part of the "old technology" from the British. Neither China nor Britain is willing to sell the latest technology to third countries, and the British are better, because they accept their backwardness for the time being. As China is in the lead, it naturally does not want other countries to catch up faster through technology outflow.

The negotiations were more of a subtle diplomatic gesture than a purchase of technology. The meaning of this is clear only to the two naval powers themselves.

After doing this, Li Xin left London and embarked on the journey home. Seeing that it was the end of 1885, and after a whole year of running around, Li Xin only wanted to hurry home and reunite.

Just when Li Xin's ship passed through the Strait of Malacca, Li Xin got the news that the Berlin conference had collapsed.

Britain and the Ottoman Empire took the same position, while Germany and Austria-Hungary took the same position, and the position of Germany and Austria-Hungary was for Germany and Austria-Hungary to elect a Bulgarian Grand Duke. Russia did not expect Germany and Austria-Hungary to stick such a knife. The Russian Tsar, who was visiting Germany, was furious and simply went back to St. Petersburg. And the Russian foreign minister also followed Li Xin's example and left Russia's position, "The current Grand Duke of Bulgaria is a legitimate Grand Duke elected by the people, and this person's position cannot be shaken." And Russia, according to their agreement with Bulgaria, has a lot of power over Bulgaria. ”

Leaving aside these hard words, the Russian foreign minister also left the Berlin meeting. The rest of the kingdoms of Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy continued to meet. According to the information provided by the Chinese ambassador to Germany, these countries finally came up with a resolution to "restore order in Bulgaria".

This resolution seems frivolous, and it says nonsense about the chaos in Bulgaria and the fact that the local government is not recognized. In the end, it was made that "several great powers agreed that it was necessary to restore order in Bulgaria." The restoration of such order is conducive to peace and stability in Europe. ”

What is revealed in the fluttering words is a strong murderous intent, what is called the restoration of order, and the first step in restoring order is to push it to the current Bulgarian government. As for the process of overthrowing the current government and what the outcome will bring, this is not a matter of concern to the European powers. Li Xin knew very well that this was a resolution formulated under the principle of unanimity of the so-called great powers, and if he wanted to implement this resolution, it would depend on who would personally implement it.

"The Ottoman Empire, the end? Or Austria-Hungary? This is something to see. Putting down the telegram, Li Xin easily guessed with a standard mentality of looking at the excitement.

However, things did not turn out as well as the European powers, and Russia was blunt enough to intensify their offensive in the Caucasus without saying a word. The war had already reached its end, and Russia had slaughtered the Azerbaijani region and basically wiped out the pro-Ottoman forces. Those Azerbaijanis who opposed Russia were either killed or forced to flee to the Ottoman Empire. Now that Russia has strengthened its military deployment, it has begun to continue its all-out southward movement. The route of the troops included not only the Russian-Ottoman border, but also the passage of troops through the territory of Iran, bypassing the Ottoman fortress from the east side, and heading straight for the Asian part of the Ottoman Empire. Looking at that menacing appearance, it has the meaning of entering Baghdad and marching into Syria.

In response to the reaction of the Russians, Britain immediately countered. In addition to the reappearance of the British Navy in the Black Sea through the Bosbrus Strait, Britain has also begun to mobilize its forces in India and is ready to enter Iranian territory to fight.

At this time, India had not yet reached the era of the partition of India and Pakistan, and Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh were still within the scope of Greater India. This Hindi-speaking Iran has a long border and can go directly to Iran to fight.

Perhaps it is because they are accustomed to China's strategy of winning if they don't make a move. Li Xin felt ridiculous about Russia's simple and crude strategy.