When the eyes of the whole world were attracted to Sarajevo, Lin Youde seized the time to do his own arms business.

The decision to issue war bonds was accompanied by the decision of the Austro-Hungarian Parliament to accept foreign exchange and investment bank loans and arms purchase agreements attached to loans.

Most of the German people took it for granted that Lin Youde's actions were in support of Austria-Hungary, while the German top brass believed that Lin Youde had played another trick of printing money, in order to get more paper marks into circulation through this means.

No one paid attention to the act of lending itself - the loan has to be repaid, and if it is not repaid, it can only take something, and if you repay the debt, it is equivalent to giving an excuse to meet each other.

Of course, that is all for later, Lin Youde has made enough gestures, and he will wait for Austria-Hungary and Serbia to fight hard and send troops to Vienna.

Not only is Lin Youde waiting for this opportunity, but many German politicians have also seen Lin Youde's intentions, and they are waiting for Austria-Hungary to go up and grab interests when it is crushed by the last feather. At the end of March 1932, the Reichstag of the German Republic passed a resolution calling on the Wehrmacht to be ready to "support the war between friendly countries and demons" at any time.

Soon after the adoption of this resolution, Russia also announced that if German troops set foot on the lands south of the Austro-Hungarian province of Slovenia, then the general mobilization of Russian troops would begin.

As soon as the Russian electricity was launched, the Germans did not pee, and the Poles urinated first. The Polish king immediately announced that if Russia began to mobilize, Poland would - Poland would ask for help from the protectorate, Great Britain!

In just one month, the situation in Europe, which was originally still stable, suddenly became turbulent and thunderous.

When Lin Youde received the statement from the Russians, he couldn't remember where Slovenia was for a while, and after looking at the map to confirm it, he threw this statement aside and stopped paying attention to it - he Lin Youde wanted Vienna, Prague, and if possible, he also wanted Budapest, that is, there was no Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia.

The powder keg of the Balkans is a mess, and whoever loves to go goes.

At the end of March, another thing happened that was more meaningful to Lin Youde's personal life.

Lin Guokai, a fellow countryman who had been recuperating in Dessau for more than a year, came to Potsdam to find him, and by the way brought the reason why he had been "idle" for so long: a beautiful German girl.

Lin Youde couldn't help but complain: "Did you come to Germany to find a way to save the country or to find personal happiness?" ”

And Lin Guokai replied truthfully: "I suddenly realized that in the future, there will be times when I have to risk my life on the road to save the country, and I have to quickly leave a back for myself, in case I kneel, and I will have an explanation for the old people in the family." ”

After speaking, Lin Guokai stroked his wife's stomach with gentle movements, and at this time, the fox next to him decisively coaxed and made a lot of noise.

After that, Lin Youde pushed off all the itinerary of the day, accompanied Lin Guokai and his wife to go around the Sanssouci Palace, and reminisced about the old days. Then Lin Youde asked the fox to accompany Mrs. Lin, Mrs. Lin Guokai, to take a bath, and the two men returned to Lin Youde's office and sat opposite each other with a glass of wine.

"Since you're here, I have something for you to do."

As soon as Lin Youde opened his mouth, Lin Guokai said excitedly: "Are you going to the International Student Association?" I heard that the number of Chinese students in Germany this year is several times higher than in previous years......"

"No, I'm not going to let you go there." Lin Youde shook his head, "Actually, I have another task to give you. ”

As he spoke, Lin Youde put down his wine glass, came to the bookcase by the wall, took out a scroll from the bookcase, returned to the table and unfolded it on the table.

"What is this?" Lin Guokai glanced at the map drawn on the scroll, raised his head and looked at Lin Youde with a puzzled expression.

"Just look at it, this is a map of Australia." Saying that, Lin Youde pointed to the Pilbara region of Western Australia with his right index finger, "The Australian government, like most governments in the capitalist world, has recently fallen into economic difficulties, of course, Australia's situation is a little better than other countries, after all, their main industry now is animal husbandry, and there are not many industries." In order to enrich the national treasury, the Australian government decided to auction off the mining exploration rights and exploitation rights in the country. ”

"And then?"

"The Deutsche Foreign Exchange and Investment Bank has bought the exploration and exploitation rights in the Pilbara region for fifty years, and the first exploration teams have already boarded the ship. You go here with the second exploration team, your task is to recruit workers from the country to provide manpower for the future Pilbara iron ore mine, and in addition, in order to meet the needs of the large number of miners, you also need to recruit farmers to land here, fish, build ports and railways, in short, you have to get the Chinese to go all out to migrate to the area. ”

Lin Guokai frowned and looked at Lin Youde: "You...... This is intended ......"

"Australia is a Dominion of the Commonwealth, the Governor has little power, most of the things are decided by Parliament, and parliamentary elections are based on a constituency system, and there are more constituencies with a large population. When the population of the Pilbara exceeds that of Sydney and Canberra combined, the Commonwealth Dominion has the final say. ”

"You really came up with this idea," Lin Guokai nodded again and again, "Isn't this the idea we talked about when we were chatting nonsense back then!" ”

Of course, Lin Youde didn't remember what they talked about back then, but he didn't mind Lin Guokai misunderstanding.

But Lin Guokai's expression immediately dimmed, and he sighed: "It's a pity that among the people who were chatting nonsense at that time, the arms and legs were intact, and the two of us were left." ”

Lin Youde was also silent, and a solemn atmosphere suddenly enveloped the entire room.

After a while, Lin Youde picked up the wine glass and made a toast to Lin Guokai: "To those partners who go first." ”

"Well, hats off for their bravery and fearlessness."

After speaking, the ******** man silently clinked glasses and drank all the brandy in the cup.

After drinking, Lin Guokai smacked his lips: "This foreign wine really can't be drunk like this, cheers or our rice wine." ”

Lin Youde smiled.

At this time, Lin Guokai continued: "I understand your intentions, but if you use German money to help us expand our influence in Australia, won't the Germans have an opinion?" ”

"They will make a good profit, what can you say? Not to mention the United States, which has an astonishing steel production, and Europe, which is far away, these iron ores can make huge profits just by selling them to the Ming Empire and Yingzhou. ”

"Are you still going to sell iron ore to Yingzhou?" Lin Guokai frowned, "If you want to be **** like this, you won't be your 'colonial governor'." ”

"Don't worry, I didn't say that the iron ore sold to Yingzhou was sold to the Ming Empire at the same price." Lin Youde spread his hands to his fellow villagers, "Yingzhou has a narrow land and lack of resources, and high-quality iron ore can only be imported from the United States. In this case, of course, we have to slaughter the people of Yingzhou. In addition, I can't help it, if I don't sell it to Yingzhou at all, my backyard will catch fire. ”

Lin Youde did not tell Lin Guokai that selling iron ore to Yingzhou was part of another plan of his. Although the Yingzhou government - now the Japanese imperial government - does not recognize Matsudaira Chihiro as a goddess born in his own country, the fox still has considerable connections and influence in Yingzhou, and the company responsible for the sales of Australian iron ore in Japan in the future will be controlled by the faction to which the fox belongs, and the profits generated by this company will become the cornerstone of the faction's expansion power.

Although Lin Youde does not plan to meddle in Yingzhou's affairs now, he will definitely interfere in the future.

So it doesn't hurt to prepare early.

Lin Guokai seemed to accept Lin Youde's statement just now, but he immediately asked again: "Look at your tone, are you sure that iron ore can be found in this Pilbara area?" But I remember that Australia is not a country with a shortage of iron ore? It seems that a few years ago, a joint expedition announced that it was impossible to find high-quality iron ore with high reserves in Australia, and asked the Australian government to think less about big industry and more agriculture and animal husbandry? ”

Lin Youde shrugged: "If it weren't for this fart of this joint expedition, we wouldn't have been able to win the exploration and mining rights so easily, fifty years, if the Australian government thinks that it is possible to find high-quality mineral deposits there, where can it nod its head." Don't doubt it, anyway, I'm telling you, there are iron ores in the Pilbara, and it's a high-quality open pit deposit. ”

Lin Guokai stared at Lin Youde's face for a few seconds, and then he said.

"Do you know the way? Ever since you suddenly became Miss Host's top advisor, I felt that you were not an ordinary person. Now I'm more sure. ”

"You're trying to kill me." Lin Youde had a joking tone, but Lin Guokai's expression was very serious, not like a joke at all.

At the end, the fellow shook his head and stood up: "Anyway, I took this job, and it just so happens that I am also homesick, and I want to go back to see it, and also show my parents and daughter-in-law." ”

Lin Youde also stood up and stretched out his hand to Lin Guokai.

"I wish you all the best in advance."

Lin Guo smiled and shook Lin Youde's hand.