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On March 22, 1862, William I officially held the coronation ceremony in the main hall of the Palace of Versailles in France, without exception William I, Prime Minister Bismarck, Chief of the General Staff Moltke, almost all the representatives of the Chinese Empire looked very tired, and even their eyes were full of bloodshots, and they looked like they had not rested. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Most of the participants on the German side are soldiers, and the generals with medals and honorary ornaments on their chests are wearing exquisite and gorgeous dresses with their heads held high, they know what kind of era they are going to witness, and the difference is that the chests of the Chinese Empire from the head of state to the generals are very clean, and Li Anmin is even a little jealous of those foreign colleagues, because the medal assessment system of the Chinese Empire is very strict, so the gold content of the medal can be described as very high, The officers and soldiers on the front line, and even many people, would rather use the opportunity of promotion in exchange for a medal after nine deaths, and the preciousness of the medal can be imagined.

Cardinal Norton from the Vatican gently landed the double lion and eagle crown representing supreme power on the head of Wilhelm I after the tedious ceremony, and at this moment almost all Germans couldn't help but cheer, another European empire, the Second German Reich was officially announced!

Wilhelm I's face flushed with excitement, Prussia finally became the German Empire in his hands, a powerful empire in Europe successfully rose again, this is the expectation of every Prussian, for this expectation they have paid too much price and waiting, finally when this dream comes true, the old enemy French completely trampled under their feet, let the French land weep, crowned in Versailles, is the greatest revenge and insult to the French.

William I can be described as infinitely beautiful, but Lin Haijiang's words are not easy, Lin Haijiang can feel the pair of extremely unfriendly eyes present, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Russian, British, French, etc., Lin Haijiang found that he was actually quite successful in life, and even made almost half of the world hate himself?

After the coronation ceremony, at the dance of the dinner, the representatives of the Chinese Empire became alone, first of all, they faced the language barrier, because Li Anmin was surprised to find that almost all of the people present were talking cordially in French, the language of international diplomacy, although the Chinese Empire prepared a French translator, it was really a drop in the bucket, so the dinner dance became a dinner banquet for the representatives of the Chinese Empire. Wang Faren and other people stood at the cold table and began to taste various French dishes and exquisite pastries.

Lin Haijiang couldn't figure out why German dishes were not used instead of French dishes at the gala party after the Kaiser's coronation and enthronement. Those German generals and diplomats obviously hated the French, but they were all able to talk to each other fluently in French?

Soon, the representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Odos, began to slander Lin Haijiang and the Chinese Empire with a slight sense of alcohol, but Odos was not a fool, but a diplomat who was very surprised, and he made Lin Haijiang into some of the most well-known jokes in the upper class of Europe, so that everyone in the audience laughed.

The French translator standing next to Lin Haijiang is a German, these days he was moved by Lin Haijiang's generosity, it can be said that he is busy and doing his best, at this time Odos slandered Lin Haijiang to his heart's content, and the German translator naturally stopped doing it, this is a formal diplomatic occasion, as a translator, the only thing he can do is to translate Lin Haijiang's original text!

As soon as I heard that I was made up by someone to be incompetent in lifting the corners of a woman's skirt! Lin Haijiang was suddenly furious, he was about to ignore it, he suddenly changed his mind, anyway, he gave people the impression that he was extremely barbaric and cruel, so why can't he be a little worse? As the head of state with the largest tonnage and the strongest combat effectiveness in the world, Lin Haijiang thinks that his face is equivalent to the national image of the Chinese Empire. Scolding back? I don't know French, the other party can't understand Chinese, and I am a little reluctant to use English.

In the end, Lin Haijiang chose a very simple and effective method, so he walked over with a French translator and said directly: "Mr. Odos, slandering and insulting the head of state in the Chinese Empire is generally shot!" ”

After waiting for the translator, Odos pouted and said, "It's a pity that I am not a citizen of the Chinese Empire, and I am the plenipotentiary representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. ”

Lin Haijiang was waiting for this sentence from Odos, so he smiled slightly and deliberately said in a loud voice: "Then Mr. Odos, is it okay for me to regard the personal attack you just made against me as a declaration of war by the Kingdom of the Netherlands against the Chinese Empire?" ”

Yes? Odoston's face was pale and stunned, and Lin Haijiang waved his hand and said: "From 0:00 tonight, the two countries will officially enter a state of war, as you wish, Mr. Plenipotentiary of Odos!" ”

"Oh my God! Oh! O my God! Führer Lin, I didn't mean that, I just played a European-style goodwill joke with you! "Odos is desperately explaining! A few Spaniards were also helping to explain.

Lin Haijiang frowned and looked at Odos: "Is it really a well-intentioned joke?" ”

Odos hurriedly nodded his head frequently, and Lin Haijiang's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light and then smiled slightly: "Then please accept the Chinese-style kindness!" ”

As soon as Odos nodded after waiting for the translation, he saw a big fist coming towards him, and Lin Haijiang grabbed Odos's clothes by the collar is an old punch, beating Odos's mother! yelling!

A head of state of the Chinese Empire beating the plenipotentiary representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands? The gentlemen of the so-called civilized world on the side have been completely stunned! Stand aside in a daze at a loss!

Bismarck, who hurried over, asked Lin Haijiang about the reason for the incident, and asked Odos with suspicion whether this was the Chinese greeting of Lin Haijiang's head of state, Odos looked at the almost vicious Lin Haijiang and nodded!

Bismarck, who had no choice but to do so, immediately announced to others that this was just a special friendly way of the Chinese Empire! As a result, some Spaniards and Italians not far from Lin Haijiang immediately disappeared from sight, they were all afraid of Lin Haijiang's enthusiastic way!

After the meaningless dinner, Wilhelm I sent someone to retain the delegation of the Chinese Empire, and Bismarck, Wilhelm I and Moltke waited for Lin Haijiang and his party in a small closed conference room, because the Germans had received a telegram that was very embarrassing to them.

Lin Haijiang is actually a little puzzled by Wilhelm I's anxious invitation, because yesterday the two sides have signed the first three parts of the Sino-German secret agreement, the fourth part and the fifth part must be adjusted in time for the implementation of the first three parts, so Lin Haijiang thinks that he should be able to rest well today, especially Kaiser Wilhelm I, who looks very tired today, but in the end, Wilhelm I retained the entire delegation of the Chinese Empire, and Lin Haijiang had an ominous premonition, It could be that something went wrong, otherwise the Germans would not have been so eager.

Sure enough, Lin Haijiang's premonition has always been very accurate, Bismarck reluctantly told Lin Haijiang and others in the conference room that the drawings of the two Zhenyuan-class 10,000-ton dreadnought battleships built by the Hamburg shipyard in Germany were stolen, and more than a dozen military and police officers on duty in the secret room were all killed, and now the empire is making every effort to solve the case.

Bismarck's news made Lin Haijiang feel a hint of crisis, the Zhenyuan class is actually an improved version of the dreadnought, and many of the Germans in its drawings have made corresponding modifications, Lin Haijiang thought that even if the British stole some scattered information in the construction process, it would not be possible to restore the overall design of the battleship in four to five years, but he never thought that the other party would directly loot the entire set of drawings, this technique has its own style?

If the British get a complete set of drawings, then in less than fifteen months, the most advanced battleships of the British will be launched for sea trials, which is a potential crisis for the Chinese Empire or Germany, it can be said that as soon as the incident happened, the Germans will focus all their attention on the British like Lin Haijiang, and the reason is very simple, because the whole world except Britain, France, Germany, and Russia have the industrial strength to build such large warships, this drawing is of little significance to other countries, After all, this kind of expensive capital ship is a sharp weapon used in a decisive battle on the ocean and fighting for sea supremacy.

For the declining Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries, this kind of warship does not meet their needs, and now the world's most concerned about this set of drawings can only be the British, very helpless The Germans do not have any evidence at the moment, although the Germans arrested and executed more than 40 suspicious elements in the Hamburg shipyard last year alone, but the British spies are still full of tricks, infiltrating from the outside, or breaking from the inside, etc., and even the bars outside the Hamburg shipyard have almost all been bought by the British.

Bismarck sincerely apologized for the leak of the battleship drawings, and then Chief Moltke announced that Germany would form a German naval alliance, and the General Staff would approve and pass the first naval expansion bill to build five battleships, seventy new destroyers, and twenty-five cruisers by 1870. and to strive for the passage of a second naval bill by the end of next year, with twelve warships, twenty-two heavy cruisers, thirty-four light cruisers, and one hundred and twenty destroyers by 1875, so that the German Navy would surpass the British Royal Navy in total tonnage in 1875.

(To be continued)