Oscar II did not answer directly, and Lin Yuan did not go around in circles with Oscar II, and said directly: "If you agree to my request, I will provide raw materials for your country's factories and help your country remove the British threat."

Oscar II felt a vague strangeness, he looked at Lin Yuan and said, "Help us remove the threat from the British?" What does this mean? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "In the transaction of the transfer of oil exploration rights in the Norwegian North Sea, the American oil company paid large-scale and large-scale bribes to high-ranking officials of your country, and once the truth of these things is disclosed to the people, the angry people will not spare you." ”

Lin Yuan's words were like a sledgehammer, smashing into Oscar II's heart, smashing Oscar II's heart trembling, and he thought to himself in surprise, how did Lin Yuan know these things?

Oscar II ascended the throne in 1872, and it has been nearly thirty years since then, and he has long practiced the kung fu of joy and anger, but despite this, he couldn't suppress his surprise after hearing Lin Yuan's words, and asked, "How did you know these things?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled mysteriously and said, "You don't need to know how I know, you just need to know that I have a solution to the problem." ”

Oscar II sighed softly and said, "The matter of raw materials is easy to solve, but the second problem seems to be not easy to solve. ”

Lin Yuan smiled confidently and said, "In front of me, there is no problem that is not easy to solve. ”

Oscar II was suspicious at first, and then thought of Lin Yuan's various "miracles", so he dispelled his doubts and said, "Can you tell me what the solution is?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "First of all, what your country's high-ranking officials are definitely doing is not right, I will not shield them, and you will do the same, you must severely punish them in the future, if you think they are all your relatives, you can't do it, then let them spit out the money, the real problem you face is actually how to appease the people and not cause a big **, I don't know if what I said is right?" ”

Oscar II nodded and said gloomily: "Yes, this is my biggest concern. ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "The solution to this matter is actually very simple. ”

Oscar II frowned and asked, "The solution is simple?" What is the solution? ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Please think about it, how can the people know the news of high-ranking officials taking bribes?" Or rather, how can the British spread the news? ”

"There are only two ways for the British to spread the news, one is radio, the other is the newspapers, and the Swedish radio and newspapers are private, and the controlling parties are British, and we have no right to interfere with their broadcasts and publications," Oscar II said. ”

Lin Yuan said: "If you can make their broadcasts silent, and newspapers can't print words, won't the problem be solved?" ”

Oscar II smiled bitterly and said, "Are you asking me to send troops to occupy the radio stations and newspapers of LinkedIn?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Of course not, that kind of method is too intense, and the impact is very bad, and the impact of that kind of means is even worse than the bribery of high-ranking officials." ”

Puzzled, Oscar II asked, "But there seems to be no better way than to send troops to occupy the radio stations and newspaper offices." ”

Lin Yuan laughed and said, "Who said no? If you agree to my request, I'll give you a better way. After Lin Yuan said this, he told Oscar II about his solution, and Oscar II was surprised after hearing Lin Yuan's words, and nodded after a while.

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "If you agree to cooperate with China, I will sign a relevant agreement with you, Xuezhi, take out the agreement and show it to His Majesty the King first." ”

Lin Xuezhi listened to the conversation between Lin Yuan and Oscar II on the side, and when she heard Oscar II say this, she took the agreement that had been prepared a long time ago to Oscar II, this agreement mainly contains two aspects, one is military, Sweden agreed to open coastal ports to the Chinese Navy, and allow the Chinese Navy to use the waters on the Swedish side of the Baltic Sea for navigation.

The other aspect is economic, including the purchase of Chinese raw materials, the opening of the market trade between the two sides, etc., in order to give Sweden greater autonomy, this agreement does not allow Sweden to use the renminbi.

Oscar II read it and said: "I have to carefully consider some of the terms of the agreement, and I hope you will give me a certain amount of time." ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "No problem, five days, have you seen enough?" ”

Oscar II smiled and said, "It won't take that much time, three days will be enough." ”

Three days later, on May 18, Oscar II announced through the Swedish Imperial Radio: "The Swedish Emperor Oscar II officially agreed to sign the Memorandum of Understanding between the People's Republic of China and the Swedish Empire on the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership, and the Swedish Emperor Oscar II officially appointed Prince Eugene as ambassador to China." ”

The Swedish Imperial Radio also broadcast the memorandum of understanding in full, especially emphasizing Sweden's purchase of a large number of raw materials from China and the opening of shipping lanes to the Chinese naval fleet, which surprised the Earl of Salisbury, because Britain has always been firmly in the hands of the negotiations these days, and the Earl of Salisbury could not have imagined that Oscar II would dare to agree to cooperate with China, and what he agreed to was the most untouchable bottom line of the British side - the opening of shipping lanes to the Chinese navy.

As soon as Sweden opened its shipping lanes to the Chinese navy, the Chinese navy could enter St. Petersburg and control the Baltic Sea, and the Earl of Salisbury hurriedly called for his attendants and said: "Contact the foreign minister of Oscar II at once, and I want to see Oscar II immediately!" ”

The attendants hurriedly went to make arrangements, and the Earl of Salisbury soon saw Oscar II, and the Earl of Salisbury said unceremoniously: "Your Majesty, Honorable Emperor, you agree to cooperate with China, aren't you afraid that our British Empire will tell all the people about the bribery of your high-ranking officials?" ”

Oscar II had Lin Yuan's method, and said with a sneer: "We are not afraid, you can go and sue all the people." ”

The Earl of Salisbury didn't expect Oscar II to have this attitude, his brows furrowed tightly, and he said angrily: "Your Majesty, Emperor, aren't you afraid that the angry people will level your palace?" ”

Oscar II shook his head happily, the Earl of Salisbury snorted coldly, brushed his sleeves away, and the first thing he did when he returned to the embassy was to tell the attendants: "Inform us of the British radio and newspaper offices, and tell us all about the huge bribes that the Swedish high-ranking officials have accepted from American companies." ”