Once the plan is set, the next step is to implement it. The first step in the whole plan is to spread rumors. Rumor-mongering is actually a very technical thing, and there is a lot of attention to who releases the rumors and how to amplify the rumors.

Generally speaking, a high-end and high-grade newspaper like "Science Pravda" cannot be used to actively spread rumors. This kind of thing of rumor-mongering is always done by some small newspapers first. This time, for example, the rumors were first published in the chauvinistic tabloid Le France Forward.

According to the newspaper Le France Forward, the Sultan of Turkey had sent an envoy to France, who would negotiate with France on behalf of His Majesty the Great Sultan the purchase of a cannon factory for the production of cannons.

"Le France Forward" is famous for bragging, and in that newspaper, there are three days and two heads of "** exclamation is invincible", "see **, so-and-so country immediately kneel" and other nonsense, basically everyone only regards it as a kind of fun.

So the Le French Herald newspaper published this rumor, but it didn't really attract any attention, well, neither the general public, nor the Turkish ambassador to France, nor the Russian ambassador to France noticed this rumor - if this kind of thing needs to be noticed, the embassy doesn't have to do anything else.

But what happened immediately after that began to attract some people's attention. First of all, the French Ministry of Public Security suddenly dispatched and seized the "French Forward" newspaper and arrested the newspaper's reporters and editors. The reason, of course, is rumor-mongering. However, in France, where there is freedom of speech, although it is not completely legal responsibility for such a thing as rumor-mongering, under normal circumstances, basically no one will pursue legal responsibility for these things. Now that the Ministry of Public Security has trampled on "freedom of speech" in this way, this has immediately attracted the attention of some media.

Soon, these media discovered that things did not seem to be so simple. Because generally speaking, this kind of "rumor-mongering" case, even if it is to be investigated, is mostly only civil liability. Even if you lose in court, you generally don't have to go to jail, but you have to make an apology statement in the newspaper, and then accompany a sum of money to settle the matter. So this kind of thing, generally speaking, the person concerned will not be imprisoned.

However, the editors and reporters of the newspaper "Le Française" were imprisoned, and not only they were imprisoned, but one of the reporters of "Traditional France", who happened to visit a friend in the editorial office of the newspaper "Le Française", was also arrested. And it hasn't been released yet.

Traditional France is a conservative newspaper that claims to "preserve the country's history" and "protect the essence of the country" for France in the era of great change, and many people know that it may have a royal background. But in any case, this is a legitimate media, and the reporters of a legitimate media can be arrested and locked up just because they sit in the editorial office of a friendly newspaper, which is really not free of speech.

So "Traditional France" was the first to attack, and it published a special issue, with two huge words on the front page: "Please let them go!" The following is an article denouncing the Ministry of Public Security's abuse of power and infringement of press freedom, and at the end there are two sentences like this: "Although the newspaper is small, there are still two poor bones!" ”

A number of newspapers then expressed their support for Traditional France. For a while, the newspapers were lively.

At this moment, the people who ate melons all lifted their spirits, ordered coffee in the café, and asked for some desserts, sat down steadily, and prepared to watch the play.

However, things turned out more than everyone expected, and suddenly almost all the newspapers were silent, and the newspaper "Traditional France" even published an article that the media should not interfere with the independence of the judiciary.

In the café, new rumors began to emerge that just yesterday, the Ministry of Public Security urgently met with the heads of several major media outlets, told them something, and then everyone fell silent. As for what the Ministry of Public Security told them, I'm sorry, it's a state secret, and you can't say it, you can't say it.

As a result, this matter began to really attract the attention of some diplomats. Then they inquired and found that the issue of the newspaper "France Forward" was completely nowhere to be found in the world. It seems that someone took it back and destroyed it. Then they noticed that Science Pravda published an article that said, "Rumor-mongering is not freedom of speech."

The article in "Science Pravda" strongly condemned the practice of spreading rumors and indiscriminately creating public opinion, and said that whether it is the rumors in the "French Forward" newspaper or the rumors related to the so-called "state secrets" that have recently circulated in cafes, they are all nonsense and irresponsible abuse of freedom of speech, and this practice will inevitably damage freedom of speech in the end.

The report from the Le France Herald could not be found, but it was not difficult to get the general idea. So the Russians were taken aback, and the Turks felt that it was really a rumor that they were busy in vain.

But at this time, a big name like "Scientific Pravda" suddenly jumped out to refute the rumors, but it scared both the Russians and the Turks.

Nowadays, everyone is already familiar with the characteristics of Scientific Pravda. Everyone knows that Scientific Pravda never lies, but it is the most deceiving.

At first, the Russians were relieved, because Scientific Pravda said that the news was a rumor, and Scientific Pravda never lies, so it said that it was a rumor, then it must be a rumor. But before this breath was finished, they immediately remembered the second attribute of "Scientific Pravda": "Scientific Pravda" is the most deceitful.

That news is a rumor, but what is a rumor? For example, the news said that the negotiation was about a gun factory, but in fact it was a gun factory, isn't that news a rumor? For example, if the news says that there is a gun factory, and it turns out that there are two gun factories, or an arsenal that produces both guns and cannons, then isn't that news also a rumor? In short: Science Pravda is very cunning, and you must be careful not to be deceived by it. - As a result, the Russians became even more nervous.

On the other hand, the Turks were also nervous, because they also noticed the refutation of the rumors by Scientific Pravda. They also know that "Scientific Pravda" does not tell lies, but is the most deceitful. So they immediately began to think about what the hell Science Pravda was trying to cover up.

The Turks, of course, knew that they did not cooperate with the French with a single artillery factory, nor with a single gun factory, nor with other factories, and did not send envoys over...... But what if in this news, only the words "Turkey" are rumors?

Although France and Turkey are traditional allies, the friendship between the two countries goes back a long way. However, recently the French and Russians have also come closer. The French accepted a large number of Russian students, and the French also exported a lot of weapons to Russia, and the French ...... Alas, when you used to watch the moon with me, you called me Britney; Now that the new man is better than the old man, he won't call me a heretic, will he?

In the end, neither the Turks nor the Russians could hold their breath, and they both asked the French government through some channel to see if there was really a matter of selling factories to each other.

The French government, on the other hand, told them that the French government did not act like this. Of course, the French government also cherishes friendship with any country in the world that is willing to be friendly with France, and is willing to maintain mutually beneficial economic and trade relations with them. The French government does not have a trade ban on either Turkey or Russia, so as long as they can find a suitable business partner, trade in accordance with the law, and pay taxes according to the law, the French government will not interfere in specific legal business activities.

The meaning is obvious, that is, as long as you pay for it, and you can find a seller, you can buy whatever you want.

So the Russians first asked, "Well, can I buy the technology of the Lorraine steel plant?" ”

And the answer he got was, of course, "You can go and talk to Lorraine Steel." ”

Of course, to talk to Lorraine Steel about this at this time is basically to seek skin with the tiger.

So the Russians asked: "So what if we want to buy technology for guns?" Can you also go straight to the 'Bonaparte Arsenal'? ”

Again, this question was answered in the affirmative, and the "Bonaparte Arsenal" seemed to be very interested in the sale. Negotiations between the two sides soon began, and the Russian negotiators stayed in the hotel attached to the "Bonaparte Arsenal". Then, they found out that there was a group of Turks living next door to them......

This arrangement is certainly not unintentional. In fact, this pattern was also common in later generations. Back then, at the time of the Iran-Iraq war, neither Iran nor Iraq could produce 152 mm grenade bricks on their own. But this thing is a fast-moving consumer goods with huge consumption, so buyers from the two countries are looking for sources all over the world. At that time, only the Da Mao camp and the Red Rabbit country produced this kind of shells. Of course, the quality of Da Mao's bricks is leveraged, but the price is also leveraged, and everyone can't afford to use it specifically for Da Mao's family, so they all go to Chitu to buy bricks.

Then the shameless little white rabbit arranged for the representatives of the two families to live in one building, or two next door. Then, both families felt that Yali Mountain was big, for fear that they would not buy more, and the bricks would be bought, and then the shameless little white rabbit happily counted the small money.

This time, the arrangement of the French had a similar effect, and soon, both the Russians and the Turks reached a package agreement with the "Bonaparte military industry" for the purchase of the arsenal and related technology.