In Lin Yuan's time, the German navy in 1896 was indeed not very strong, and Wilhelm II proposed that the plan to vigorously build a navy would not be until the 20th century, so Lin Yuan's words poked the heart of the German minister.

The German minister thought to himself: "How can this Lin Yuan know so clearly about the state of our country's navy?" We don't have many battleships at this time, but we are building quite a few! But the German minister did not say these things to Lin Yuan, but sneered: "Our German Empire is also building our own battleships, and I believe it will not be much worse than the British!" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "You may not know naval skills, so let me remind you, when you report this visit to China, don't forget to focus on two things, first: the Germans have a certain kind of technology, which can transcend space calls, I say it in layman's terms, that is, a phone without a rope; Second: the Germans have advanced by leaps and bounds in engine technology, which is able to accelerate warships with an unladen displacement of nearly 20,000 tons to 23 knots! ”

The German minister said: "I know all this, and you don't need you to tell me, do you think I am a child?" ”

Lin Yuan picked up the plate of fruit salad in his hand, stood up and said with a smile: "It's good that you know the way, if you want to get those skills as soon as possible, just come to me, I am willing to help your country catch up with the British Empire!" ”

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he walked up to the American minister without looking back, and said these words to him again, and in this way, except for Russia and Japan, Lin Yuan said it again.

After Lin Yuan returned to London, he began to wait, he knew that the radio communication technology and the steam turbine technology were not available to these countries now, and even if they could do it, it would take a lot of time, in this case, under the pressure of Britain's powerful technology, they would definitely come to him.

But three days have passed, and there is still no news from the powers, and Lin Yuan's heart is a little uncertain: "Will the powers come to me?" ”

On the fourth day, Lin Yuan finally waited for the turnaround, and someone came to report: the German minister asked to see him, and Lin Yuan hurriedly said, "Let him come in." ”

When the German minister came, Lin Yuan pretended to be confused and asked him, "Mr. minister, do you have anything to do with this time?" ”

The German minister didn't go around the bend with Lin Yuan, and said directly: "Is what you told me on the train that day true?" ”

Lin Yuan looked at the appearance of the German minister, and couldn't help but think in his heart: "Now you know that you have come to beg me!" Look at how you looked on the train that day, how many kind words did it take me to get you to listen to me! Now I'm going to have to tease you, too. Lin Yuan then smiled and asked, "Did I tell you anything on the train?" How come I don't remember? ”

The German minister said angrily: "You told me that if you want to know the techniques related to the Dao, you will come to you, don't you remember?" ”

Lin Yuan was really angry when he saw the German minister, and thought to himself: "If you really provoke him, he flicks his sleeves and leaves, won't I wait in vain for so many days?" Alright, I'd better stop teasing him. So Lin Yuan pretended to have just figured it out, and smiled at the German minister: "It turns out that you are talking about this matter, of course I remember it, how could I forget?" ”

The German minister said bluntly: "Let's not beat around the bush, you give us the relevant techniques, I support your position and help you refute the Russians, what do you think?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Listening to what you mean, it seems that you want us to give you the technique for nothing, right?" ”

The German minister frowned and said, "How could it have been given to us for nothing?" We also promised to help you refute the Russians, isn't that a price? ”

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What a German devil, you think your support is so valuable, why can't these techniques of ours be sold for tens of millions of pounds!" Now you want to not pay a penny, just verbally support us, and take away our skills, your wishful thinking is too shrewd! ”

Lin Yuan smiled contemptuously and said: "Mr. Minister, you have to make it clear that I want to sell the technique in order not to let your country and Britain go too far apart, not to get the support of your country, I believe you have seen my tough statement at the meeting that day, even without your support, I will still insist on my proposal!" Do you understand? ”

The German minister looked at Lin Yuan, gritted his teeth fiercely, and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth for a long time: "Then what do you want to do?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "First of all, you must pay the transfer fee for the technique, and also, these techniques can only be used by your country itself, and it is strictly forbidden to spread to other countries. ”

The German minister nodded and said, "Okay, no problem, but you have to do something to make me believe that you really have such technical strength!" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Your country must have sent experts to Ryukyu to participate in the fleet display, right?" ”

The German minister replied: "Yes, what's the matter?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I can tell you that the techniques used by the Ryukyu Fleet are actually provided by us, and the performance of the Ryukyu Fleet has been obvious to all, so you should believe me." ”

The German minister pondered for a while, and said: "The contracts for the steam turbine technology and radio communication technology that we need are very complicated, and it is not something that you and I can sign, and I now know what you mean, and I will go back and report to our country now, and there will be an expert group to negotiate with you about the technology transfer contract." ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, please give me an answer as soon as possible, but please remember one thing, tomorrow is the third round of negotiations, in tomorrow's negotiations, if you don't support my proposal, then I'm sorry, I won't have any skills for sale!" ”

The German minister hurriedly said: "No problem, as long as you are willing to sell the technique, we can do anything!" ”

As soon as the German minister left, the ministers of France, the United States and other countries also came one after another, and there was no doubt that they also wanted to buy related techniques from Lin Yuan, especially the United States. Mahan's doctrine of sea power has formed a large climate in the country, so many people hope that the United States will have a strong fleet.

In Lin Yuan's time, the American dreadnoughts put forward the design concept almost at the same time as the British dreadnoughts, but the American dreadnoughts were launched later than the British.

It turned out that Russia was the largest exporter of wheat, oats and other grains in the world at this time, and Russia made a promise to the great powers that if the great powers supported Russia, then Russia would reduce the price of wheat exports by five percent, which was already quite amazing. There was a great demand for cereals in all the countries of the world, and Germany needed to use them for beer, and the United States and Great Britain needed to use them for bread, and if the export price were reduced by five percent, it would bring great profits to the Great Powers.

By the time Lin Yuan finished negotiating with them, it was already dark, and the next day was the day of negotiation, and at this time, Gilles was still unaware of Lin Yuan's strategy, dreaming that Lin Yuan would definitely compromise!