Lin Yuan smiled faintly and said, "It's okay, look at me." After speaking, Lin Yuan turned his head to look at British Prime Minister Cecil and said indifferently: "Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for arranging a negotiation venue for us, but I want to remind you of one thing. ”

Saying that, Lin Yuan stood up and said to the ministers of various countries: "This also includes you!" French ministers, United States, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary ministers," Speaking of this, Lin Yuan's eyes fell on the Japanese minister, and Lin Yuan said disdainfully: "Including you, the Japanese minister!" ”

Lin Yuan's tone paused again when he said this, he looked around the crowd proudly, and said word by word: "What I want to remind you is: you are only a mediator country, not an arbitration country!" I will only refer to your opinions, and I will not obey them! ”

Lin Yuan raised his tone and continued: "Not only you, no matter what country, don't want us Chinese to obey!" ”

After Lin Yuan said these words, he sat back in his chair elegantly, and then leaned over to Gilles gently, and said in a firm and deep voice: "Don't think that I will give in if you unite so many countries to put pressure on me, tell you, your idea is wrong!" ”

Lin Yuan's words were all spoken in English, so many reporters in the audience understood, and they were all reporters who specialized in running diplomatic news, all of them were experienced, and they were all shocked when they heard Lin Yuan's words, because among the diplomats they had seen, none of them were as tough as Lin Yuan!

The hall was silent for a while, and suddenly a burst of cheers and applause broke out from the group of reporters, Lin Yuan knew that it was Shen Wanqing and them, and he didn't look back, but quietly looked at Cecil and Gilles, like a peerless master waiting for the enemy to make a move!

To Lin Yuan's surprise, Cecil didn't speak for a long time, it turned out that he was also stunned by Lin Yuan's tough statement, and he didn't know what to say for a while, because what Lin Yuan said was reasonable, this negotiation was originally a matter between China and Russia, and it had nothing to do with Britain and other countries, so he couldn't refute Lin Yuan at all.

At this time, it was Giles who reacted, he smiled slightly, and said, "Mr. Lin Yuan, do you think that this negotiation is just a matter between us?" I can tell you plainly: no! Definitely not! ”

"The results of this negotiation will provide an example and sample for the resolution of future international disputes, so this negotiation is not only a matter for both of us, but also for many countries in the world!"

When Cecil heard Gilles's words, he immediately seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and he hurriedly said: "Yes, this negotiation will provide a model for our future disputes, so all of our countries hope to use this negotiation to establish a new international order, and protect the interests of the people of our countries under the framework of this order!" ”

Lin Yuan smiled secretly in his heart: "The interests of the people of your various countries? What a ridiculous and shameless reason, isn't the international order you want to establish to oppress us backward countries? Watch me say the following and let your own hands slap yourself in the face! ”

So Lin Yuan smiled at Cecil and said, "Listen to what you mean, does it mean that the results of the negotiations between the two countries can provide an example for other countries to solve problems?" ”

Cecil and the ministers of various countries nodded one after another, and Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Well, in fact, there have been many wars and negotiations in Europe before, why don't we borrow a few?" Let's talk about the most recent one, on May 10, 1871, the German Empire and the French Republic signed the Treaty of Frankfurt. ”

In the Treaty of Frankfurt, it was stipulated that France ceded Alsace and Lorraine to Germany, and there were some reparations, and Lin Yuan cited this treaty very clearly: Russia, as a defeated country on the battlefield, not only did not return to Hailanpao, Boli and Vladivostok, but even ceded their country's land to China.

Cecil and Gilles stopped talking, because Lin Yuan's move was too clever, which put Cecil and Gilles in a contradictory situation, Lin Yuan looked at the two of them and smiled and said, "How is it?" Which do we follow? Is it the Frankfurt Treaty? Or, as I said, the Treaty of Nebuchu? ”

Seeing that the trick failed, Gilles had no choice but to hold on, he stared at Lin Yuan deadly, and said, "We, the Russian Empire, will not agree to your proposal!" ”

The corners of Lin Yuan's mouth drew a victor's smile and said, "Then I'm sorry, if you don't agree with my proposal, it is impossible for the negotiations to continue." ”

Gilles approached Lin Yuan and whispered, "Do you want to restart the war?" ”

Lin Yuan replied coldly: "Restart it, restart it, you still dare to use the restart battle end to blackmail me?" You don't have to think about it, you couldn't defend back then, and now let you attack, do you have the ability to attack it? ”

Gilles said angrily: "It's a fluke that you were able to capture Vladivostok, our navy was not in Vladivostok at that time, and when the war resumes, you can wait for defeat." ”

Lin Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Okay, I'll wait for you, then we'll declare war now?" How is it? ”

When Gilles heard this, his face was stunned, he was different from Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan was not subject to the Qing court, and he could declare war if he said that he would declare war, but Gilles couldn't, he had to have the consent of the tsar if he wanted to declare war, so he was a lot shorter than Lin Yuan in terms of momentum, so Gilles sat back in his chair dejectedly.

Seeing that Giles was in a disadvantageous position, Cecil immediately stood up and said: "The atmosphere of our negotiations today is a bit solemn, I suggest that we change the day and re-negotiate, okay?" ”

Lin Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said: "No matter when the negotiations are, my position will not change anyway, no matter how many rounds of negotiations are the same, I agree to choose a date for the next round of negotiations." ”

Gilles nodded as well, and Cecil said, "Alright, we'll stop here for today's round of negotiations." ”

Lin Yuan didn't wait for Cecil to finish speaking, he stood up and walked outside, saying as he walked: "I hope that the next round of negotiations will be a separate meeting between us and the Russians, and other unrelated countries will not appear." ”

Lin Yuan said as he walked away in the surprised eyes of ministers and foreign reporters from various countries, and when he came out of the conference hall, Shen Wanqing walked up to Lin Yuan and said to him: "Your performance today is simply too shocking, those foreign reporters look at you differently than before." ”

Lin Yuan said: "To deal with this group of foreign devils, you can't be tough, we didn't have the strength before, so we didn't dare to be tough on them, but now it's different." ”

Shen Wanqing asked: "But it seems that the Russians will not agree, what should we do next?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "In fact, the negotiation is like this, the two sides do not make concessions to each other, which one of the weaker ones will compromise, the strength of the Russians in the northeast is not as good as ours, they will definitely compromise in the end, if we can come up with a good way, we can greatly speed up the process of compromise for the Russians." ”