Lin Youde and Eisenhower looked at each other across the negotiation table, with smiling expressions on their faces.

"Mr. Lin Youde, I would like to ask a question, your daughter appeared in the sky over Basra and shot down the goddess of the Persian Kingdom of Iran, don't you have any explanation for this?"

"Why don't you, Mr. Eisenhower, explain how the American goddess appeared in the hands of the Persian Kingdom of Iran with magic armor, and then explain the role of the United States of America in the sudden attack of the Iranian goddess on the territory of the Chinese Republic of Mesopotamia. I'm not asking too much, am I? ”

"That's a very excessive request." Eisenhower's face did not change, "We didn't do anything, we just sold them weapons normally." Didn't you also sell a lot of real weapons to the front? Everybody is just each other. ”

Lin Youde stared at Eisenhower's face, and after the two looked at each other for a while, they laughed together, but both sides could see that the other party was just smiling and not smiling.

Eisenhower paused and said loudly: "We have been following the situation in the Kingdom of Iran, and we are very worried that your actions in this country, Mr. Lin, may affect the peace and stability of this country all along. ”

"Coincidentally, we are also worried that the actions of the United States of America will affect the peace and stability that this country has always had, and it seems that we have quite a common language in this regard." Lin Youde deliberately dragged out his voice, and did not hide the sarcasm in his words.

"Mr. Lin." Eisenhower leaned forward slightly, "Don't you still want to cause war around the Persian Gulf, if Iran falls into a civil war, it will be difficult for you, Mr. Lin, right?" Your railway to Basra, and the oil pipeline that will be built next to it, needs to be in a relatively stable state in the surrounding area to complete all the construction, isn't it? ”

"Regardless of whether the surrounding area is stable or not, we will use strong measures to protect the safety of the railway and pipeline construction, and this is not a concern for the United States of America. Moreover, we were able to build railways thanks to the secular regime in Turkey. If we were not in Persia and did not support the secular regime, I am afraid that our allies would be very uneasy. ”

In fact, at this time, Lin Youde and Eisenhower both realized that this issue could not be discussed. Of course, they didn't have the mentality that they could talk about it, so now they can quickly change the topic.

"Mr. Lim, we hope that the security of the UAE and Saudi Arabia will be effectively guaranteed in the future, so we believe that it is necessary to sign another Persian Gulf arms control agreement."

"Mr. President, I'm an arms dealer, and theoretically I'm against any arms control agreement." Lin Youde said unashamedly, "I hope more people will come to buy my weapons." But don't worry, I will treat Arabs and the Chinese Republic of America equally, and whoever comes with the money, I will sell his weapons. ”

Lin Youde's words are also quite shameless, which translates to "I not only want to raise a thug to beat you, but also make your money", "If you can't beat my thug, then come and buy my weapons", and at the same time, there is a subtext in this remark: When the Arabs come to him to buy weapons, he will immediately sell better weapons to the Chinese Republic of the United States, so that the Arabs will always have a weapon generation gap.

Eisenhower saw that you were shameless, and I didn't want it, so he said: "Then, in order to ensure the security of the Gulf, the United States will consider deploying defense forces in the Persian Gulf." ”

"Yes, if the United States are willing to station troops in the Persian Gulf, we can't stop it. Therefore, the United States will garrison as long as it wants. But ahead of the curve, the military of the Republic of China will be merciless in eliminating those enemies who dare to cross the border, regardless of the flag of the country on its armband. Mr. President, you'd better remind your garrison commander not to cross the line. ”

"Of course, please also ask Mr. Lin to remind the commanders of the Republic of China not to infringe on the sovereignty of other countries."

Lin Youde read a little helplessness from Eisenhower's face, after all, the US military did not bargain on the battlefield, and now he can't speak hard.

The next step is to carry out a series of interest exchanges, after all, the war has been fought, and the spoils should be shared. The Americans would station troops in the Persian Gulf so that they could control the remaining countries in the Persian Gulf that still had oil, and the US-China Republic supported by Lin Youde now occupies a large part of the coastline of the Persian Gulf, including the Qatar Peninsula, and most of the oil in the entire region is included in the US-China Republic. The only pity is that he was not able to take Abu Dhabi in the final offensive, when Li Yunlong ran out of fuel, and after being surrounded by the US army, it took three days before Chu Yunfei's troops took his army out, and both sides had no way to continue the offensive, so they simply drew a line on the spot, and directly selected a meridian line near the actual control line of the two troops at that time as the national border between the Chinese Republic of the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

This result was acceptable to both sides, Eisenhower went back and blew a round of American troops protecting the poor locals under the iron hooves of the vicious American and Chinese invading forces, while Lin Youde claimed that the American Chinese Republic had resisted American aggression, and that both sides insisted on their own words and had no intention of compromise at all -- in fact, there was no need to compromise, which in diplomatic jargon was called seeking common ground while reserving differences.

That evening, after a long day of verbal debate, he returned to his residence.

Xiaolu was waiting for Lin Youde in the hall of the temporary residence.

"Dad, it's hard work."

"Oh, it's alright. After all, it was all a predicted situation, and nothing unexpected happened. ”

"Did my fight trouble Daddy?"

"Of course not," Lin Youde reached out and touched Xiaolu's head, his fingers lightly clasped the back of Xiaolu's ears on the top of Xiaolu's head, Xiaolu immediately showed a very comfortable expression, "You have done a very good job in the battle table over Basra, and you have done all of Dad's combat goals excellently, it can't be better." ”

"Then why doesn't Dad let me go with me to the venue?"

"That's because there were a lot of Arabs in the room." Lin Youde picked up his daughter, put her on his shoulder, and walked towards the inside of the mansion.

Although Xiaolu has grown up as an adult, her figure is still so petite and lovely, and she is completely legal Lori. Coupled with the ears on the top of the head, it is almost like a pet. Although Lin Youde knew that his daughter had grown up, he couldn't help but treat her with the same attitude he had towards her when she was a child.

But Xiaolu doesn't seem to care.

After being put on Lin Youde's shoulder, Xiaolu also held Lin Youde's head with her hand to stabilize her center of gravity. Because Xiaolu's claws are very big, most of the back of Lin Youde's head is wrapped by Xiaolu's big claws.

"Eat Egyptian food tonight." Lin Youde tried to say a topic that Xiaolu might be interested in.

As a result, Xiaolu frowned and replied: "Egyptian food is not delicious, I still have to eat Chinese food." ”

Lin Youde smiled: "Okay, Chinese food, Chinese food, anyway, with the chef." But Dad, I still want to try Egyptian food that I haven't eaten in a long time, after all, it's rare. ”

"Isn't it just some barbecue with spices?" Xiaolu looked disdainful, "I want to eat Chinese food." But, Dad, why do you always have to talk about food when you talk to me? ”

"Don't you like it?"

"I like it, but I'm tired of it. Let's talk about the space program. ”

Lin Youde smiled.

"Xiaolu, do you really want to go to the moon?"

"Yes, this wish was given to me by you, Dad, so you have to take responsibility for sending me up."

Lin Youde smiled.

"Okay, send it, send it. However, this is not in a hurry, and now that our manned space flight has only just begun for a few years, we still need to do several more manned flights to ensure the safety of manned space flight. Then we have to solve the problem of making a large rocket body, and then we have to make several lunar landings to collect the necessary number of jù for the landing system. Subsequently, the issue of the lunar module returning to space again will have to be resolved. ”

"Well, that's a hassle." Xiaolu pursed her lips, this action is very Lin Youde's demeanor.

"But don't worry, Xiaolu, at the latest, when you're thirty years old, we'll be on the moon."

"It's too late, maybe I'll want to do something else by then." Xiaolu sighed - to be honest, Lin Youde was very surprised when he saw Xiaolu sighing, because in his impression, Xiaolu was still the carefree little girl, but unconsciously, her daughter had entered the age of sighing.

"It seems that I have to be like Sister Sophie, and take part in the research myself."

"So you weren't going to do research in the first place?"

"I just want to go to space and have a look, I just want to be an astronaut and study in the house to be boring."

Lin Youde smiled again, feeling that this rare father-daughter exchange time had taught him a lot of things he didn't know in the past. It seems that Xiaolu is indeed no longer the cute foodie girl in the past, and after confirming this, Lin Youde is a little lonely.

However, the current Xiaolu is as cute as before, so loneliness is lonely, and Lin Youde is still happy for Xiaolu's growth.

always felt that his first few daughters grew up too fast, and they happened to be born when he was very busy with Lin Youde, so he didn't have a lot of insight into the growth of the children. Xiaolu, on the other hand, was born in Lin Youde's more leisure period, and he has followed Lin Youde for the longest time, so Lin Youde is very, very deeply touched by Xiaolu's growth.

Lin Youde finally has a complete understanding of becoming a father at this time, and can experience the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment of watching his children grow up, and now he should be a real father.

"Dad, I'm talking to you." Xiaolu gently patted Lin Youde's face, "Don't get distracted, listen to me." ”

"Okay, listen to you, what's wrong?"

Next, Lin Youde continued to enjoy the rare interaction time with his daughter until the god of sleep came.