Lin Yuan saw this news and thought to himself: "Viet Chi, Taiyuan and Bac Giang are the three important cities on the periphery of Hanoi, and Hanoi is closely interdependent, if these three cities are lost, Hanoi will be in danger, when the French entered the Indochina Peninsula, the first to enter was Vietnam, which has been operating here for the longest time and has the most benefits, and now the leaders of the Vietnamese rebel army are attacking these three cities, which is definitely a devastating blow to the Federation of French Indochina, and the French will definitely not be able to sit still." ”

At this moment, news came about Vietnam again: more than a dozen rebel armies in southern Vietnam raised their actions to attack the French army! Lin Yuan nodded lightly, thinking, "In less than ten days, the French ambassador will definitely come to me!" ”

In the next day, on October 12, the peasant rebel army led by Huang Huatan, with the assistance of the residents of the city, conquered Yuechi in one fell swoop; The Siamese army, led by the War Elephant Legion, set out from Luang Prabang and went straight to Vientiane in the south; In Da Nang, Vietnam, thousands of French people and businessmen lined up in the hope of buying a ticket back to France, and the price of scalper tickets has soared to twenty times the original price!

At Fangcheng Port, China's closest to Vietnam, hundreds of French ships of all sizes have applied for refuge in Fangchenggang. Over the next three days, the tide of battle continued to turn against the French, with the advance of the Siamese army only twenty kilometers from Vientiane; On 14 October, Crédit Agricole CIB, the largest financial institution in the French Federation of Indochina, ran on Crédit Agricole CIP, and within an hour's trading hours, 13 million francs of deposits were withdrawn, and Crédit Agricole CIB's reserves were almost exhausted, and it had to announce the suspension of withdrawals.

By announcing the suspension of withdrawals, the bank is telling the citizens that we have no money, which undoubtedly gives the confidence of the people a fatal blow! Merchants in Hanoi urgently hoarded supplies and did not dare to sell them, because the franc could become waste paper at any time, and no one wanted to exchange precious goods for piles of waste paper.

Crédit Agricole CIB is the financial foundation of the Federation of Indochina, and 90% of merchants pay remittances through Crédit Agricole, and the fluctuations in Crédit Agricole CIB have dealt a huge blow to merchants.

On October 16th, France finally couldn't hold on, at nine o'clock in the evening, the French ambassador asked to see Lin Yuan in a private capacity, at this time he didn't care about the dignity of the country, and said directly: "Mr. Lin Yuan, please help us France!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Do you agree to my conditions?" ”

The French ambassador nodded and said, "We promise!" Totally yes! Our capital was completely withdrawn from the Federation of Indochina. ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Yes, then let's sign an agreement." ”

How could the French ambassador not agree, Lin Yuan took out a copy of the document from the safe, handed it to the French ambassador, and said with a smile: "Please take a look." ”

When the French ambassador opened the text, he saw that it was written in black and white: "France announced the dissolution of the Indochina Confederation, and China wholly acquired Crédit Agricole CIB, Snell Steel, Bavarian Mining Company...... "In exchange, China will give the French side an order ...... of 10 billion yuan"

After reading the article, the French ambassador smiled bitterly in his heart: "As soon as this contract is signed, it means that the results of our decades of business in France have been completely ceded to China!" At that time, we forced the Qing court to sign the "Sino-French Treaty on Vietnam" and obtained Vietnam from the Qing court, and now Vietnam is going to return to the hands of the Chinese. ”

The French ambassador was unwilling, but he had no choice, because this was the only way to prevent the French big capitalist group from losing all their money, he nodded lightly and said, "Mr. Lin Yuan, I agree to sign this treaty." ”

Lin Yuan took out a pen, signed his name on the treaty, and took out a seal, stamped on it, and the French ambassador did the same, and the two signed this treaty on behalf of their respective countries, this treaty was called the "Sino-French Secret Treaty" by later historians, and the signing of this treaty marked the official withdrawal of French forces from the Indochina Peninsula and replaced by Chinese forces.

Lin Yuan called in an attendant and said to him, "Inform Zhang's Industrial Company and the People's Bank of China to act according to the predetermined plan." ”

The attendant agreed and turned to go out, and the French ambassador let out a sigh of relief and asked, "When will we announce the dissolution of the Indochina Federation?" ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I still have to test Siam's attitude, please go back first." ”

As soon as the French ambassador left, Lin Yuan instructed his attendants: "Invite Prince Thomas and Princess Arlinn to Yingtai in Zhongnanhai, and say that I will invite them to enjoy the night view." The attendant turned around and went out to ask for someone, Lin Yuan took Shen Wanqing to Yingtai, Yingtai is a group of water buildings, beautiful, and this is the place where Cixi imprisoned Emperor Guangxu in Lin Yuan's era.

Prince Thomas and Princess Arlinn came to Yingtai at a short time, and Princess Arlinn was very happy to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but Prince Dorma was worried, because they had been in China for a few days, and Lin Yuan did not meet them, only let them visit in Beijing, and today they were suddenly summoned, and I don't know what is important.

Lin Yuan met with Prince Thomas and Princess Arlinn in a pavilion near the water, there was a white marble stone table, four white marble stone benches, on the stone table was a mutton fat jade wine jug, which contained vermilion wine, and four jade glass plates with all kinds of snacks, Prince Doma smiled and said: "Mr. Lin Yuan is so elegant, I admire him very much. ”

Lin Yuan poured him a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Grape wine glow-in-the-dark glass, please taste it." ”

Prince Thomas didn't know much about Chinese poetry, he turned his head to look at Princess Arlinn, and Princess Arlinn smiled: "This is an ancient Chinese poem, followed by 'If you want to drink the pipa, you will urge immediately, and you will be drunk and lying on the battlefield, and you will fight a few people in ancient times." ’”

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Princess Arlinn is really talented, Mr. Prince, drink this glass of wine, don't want the battle later, right?" ”

Prince Doma heard Lin Yuan's voice, 'Drink this glass of wine, don't want the battle behind', it seems to be talking about poetry, but in fact it is talking about the situation in the Indochina Peninsula today, Prince Doma did not drink that wine, but said: "Mr. Lin Yuan, are you persuading us to stop the attack in Siam?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded slightly, Prince Doma frowned, and said, "We in Siam have suzerainty over Laos and Cambodia, can't we take these two places back?" ”