Chapter 16: A War of Words
The sun rose in the sky as scheduled, and Lyon, who was contemplating the development of Germany's new arms, did not sleep all night.
After returning from a trip yesterday, Lyon conceived many options, but they were all rejected for various reasons.
After washing his face, Leon rubbed his eyes with slightly dark circles, today is the first negotiation between the Soviet Union and Germany on the issues left over from the past, and as a representative of the military, he needs to show a good enough mental outlook. Glancing at himself in the mirror, Leon left his room, pushed open the door of Sophia's room next door and walked in, Sophia was still asleep on the bed.
Leon looked at Sophia who was sleeping steadily, Sophia, who was already very beautiful, looked even more beautiful in a quiet sleep, and Leon couldn't help but be a little stunned.
I don't know how long later, Sophia opened her eyes, and then saw Leon who was close at hand, Sophia opened her eyes in horror, which were originally a little sleepy, and then exclaimed, "Ah!! Bastard! What did you do to me?! ”
Leon touched his nose: "Didn't do anything, if I did something to you, would you not feel it?" ”
Sophia moved her body in confusion, and immediately felt a lot more relieved, but still gritted her teeth: "Why are you so perverted?" How did you get into my room? ”
Leon was a little helpless: "Miss, your door is not locked at all, and you haven't even closed it." ”
Sophia thought about it carefully, as if she didn't close the door when she returned to the room yesterday, and suddenly became a little embarrassed: "Oh, it seems that yes, I'm sorry, I blame you." ”
Leon nodded solemnly and said, "Well, I forgive you, you get up quickly, I'll wait for you outside." With that, he walked out of the room.
Sophia nodded gratefully when she heard this, thinking that she didn't expect him to be quite generous, huh? Something seems wrong?
The people in the other rooms were also driven away by the screams of the morning, and they got up one after another, and then everyone had breakfast together and went to the conference hall in the Kremlin to begin the first day of negotiations.
On the way, Sophia asked Leon angrily: "Why did you enter my room?" I was so stupid in the morning and apologized to you. ”
Leon replied innocently: "Originally, I saw that your room was open, and I thought you were up, and I wanted to come in and ask you to have breakfast together, who knew that you were still sleeping?" ”
Sophia was speechless in the face of this high-sounding reason.
The foreign minister on the side, Rathenau, said to the two Leons with a mocking face: "I said that you are young and young, you must pay attention to your body when you do that, and you will be alive in the morning, and it will not be good for others to make noise." ”
Sophia's face turned red all of a sudden: "Minister Rathenau, things are not what you think, it's Leon who came into my room early in the morning, and I ......" Rathenau interrupted her and said: "I understand, I understand, when I entered your room in the morning, they were all here, blushing or something." ”
Sophia was speechless in embarrassment when she heard this, so she had to keep beating Leon on the side to hide her embarrassment, and Leon looked confused:, it's not me who is teasing you, why are you beating me?
In the joyful frolicking of the group, the Kremlin, which was not far away, suddenly came to the front.
Waiting for everyone in front of the Kremlin gate was Soviet Foreign Minister Checherin, everyone shook hands with each other, and under the leadership of Chicherin, they walked into the Kremlin with the puzzled eyes of the guards at the door.
After everyone arrived at the conference hall, they took their seats one by one, and then began to praise each other before the tug-of-war.
"Haha, I heard that your country is beautiful, and I walked around it yesterday, and it really deserves its reputation." Rathenau said with a smile.
"Where is it, your country is an outstanding person, you see, you Colonel Lyon are so young, you are really a hero from ancient times." Not to be outdone, Chicherin also said an old Chinese proverb in passing.
Leon looked at the two of them with a smile while listening to Sophia's translation, and thought: You foreign ministers have a lot of things, and I don't speak.
Finally, after the mutual praise was over, Ratnau gradually became serious and took the lead in attacking: "I heard that your country refused to recognize the Brest Peace Treaty signed between China and your country a few years ago? ”
Checherin deserved to be the foreign minister of the behemoth of the Soviet Union, and at this time he smiled: "That was signed between our country and the Second German Reich, and now that the Second Reich has perished, this contract will naturally be nullified."
Rathenau continued without changing his face and without a beating heart: "The Weimar Republic inherited everything from the Second German Reich, including, of course, the Peace of Brest. ”
Chicherin slowly became serious: "You and I don't need to say much, you and I know what the situation of your country is now, why bother with things that have long been out of the times." ”
Ratnau looked directly into Chicherin's eyes without showing weakness: "I'm afraid that the situation in your country is similar to ours, right?" The Red Soviet Union is now being excluded from all sides in the international arena, and only we, Germany, consider the Bolsheviks to be a great party, and only we are willing to accept you. ”
Chicherin smiled: "Of course we understand your country's intentions, otherwise we would not be sitting here and talking, but our country resolutely does not agree to continue the implementation of the Brest Peace Treaty, which is a promise made by the Bolsheviks to the Soviet people!" ”
Ratnau immediately discussed with the others, and the group did not intend to continue the implementation of the "Brest Peace Treaty" before they set off, and the war of words just now was just to remind the Soviet side that Germany had generously terminated the contract, so as to gain the initiative for subsequent negotiations.
After all, Germany's national strength is now weak, so Schroeder immediately changed his attitude of not letting go of his previous attitude and said to Chicherin with a smile: "Germany has always considered from the standpoint of other countries and tried its best to ensure a win-win situation, so the "Brest Peace Treaty" will be nullified, so as to show our country's respect for your party and your people. ”
Lyon listened to the side with admiration, this is the old fritter of diplomacy, what should have been given up after saying this, it seems that Germany has lost a lot in order to give face to the Soviet Union, and if the Soviet Union does not make concessions in the subsequent negotiations, it will be very stingy.
Chicherin obviously understood the meaning of this sentence, and secretly scolded Rathenau in his heart, but his face had to show a grateful look: "Germany is really a generous country, the time is almost noon, so let's eat first, and we will continue to discuss in the afternoon, how about it?" Chicherin hurried to eat, or he might die of suffocation.
Leon secretly breathed a sigh of relief, finally ending it for the time being.