A railway across Europe and Asia, this proposal made the hearts of everyone present tremble, because it was just crazy.

Lorrigus turned around and discussed quietly with the people behind him for a while, and then said to Lin Yuan: "Is this railway necessary?" ”

Lin Yuan looked at Wilhelm II and said: "Through my visit in the past few days, I deeply feel that the gap between our China and Germany's technology is too big, so we China not only need to introduce advanced technology from Germany, but also to introduce advanced products, so a fast and huge volume railway is very necessary." ”

Wilhelm II remembered that Lin Yuan did not recognize the X-ray transmitter, and was convinced of Lin Yuan's words, so he whispered a few words to Lorigues, who said: "If you want to build such a railway, there is a lot of preparation work, and each work costs a lot of money, but can this railway bring considerable income?" ”

Lin Yuan nodded and said, "There will definitely be income, you can think about it, how many people are there in China?" 400 million people, if everyone buys one of your products, how much revenue will your business have? ”

Lorigues shook his head lightly and said, "You Chinese don't seem to like our products very much......"

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "It depends on what kind of product it is, now the trade amount between China and European countries is the largest in the UK, and you Germany can't even catch up with a fraction of the UK, are you willing to look at this status quo?" You Germany now have the best power enterprises and equipment in the world, and the world's leading automobile industry and chemical industry, and the things produced by these industries are all used by us in China. ”

"But the feasibility of this railway does not seem to be very high, do you know where the road will go to build a railway from China to Germany?" ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Of course I know Lu Dao, our country is now building a railway in the west, and there is a famous city in China called Xi'an, I don't know if you have heard of Lu Dao?" ”

Lorigues looked at a person on the left, who was obviously a China expert, and explained the position of 'Xi'an' in China's geography and history to Lorigues, and only after listening to it did he say to Lin Yuan: "I understand, you can continue." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Our Beijing-Yunnan Railway has now been built to Xi'an, and my plan is this, with Xi'an Station as the center, it will be built westward, through Urumqi, and then into Russian territory, and finally to Berlin, the capital of Germany. ”

"Like you said, this railway is going to pass through Russian territory, so how this railway is built must take into account the meaning of the Russians," Lorigues said. ”

Lin Yuan smiled faintly and said, "The next thing is your business, it's up to you to negotiate with the Russians." ”

Lorigues was a little unhappy when he heard Lin Yuan's words, and said, "You proposed the matter of building the railway, but you asked us to negotiate, isn't that right?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "This is international exchanges, do you want me to be more straightforward?" I give you the opportunity to market and make money, you help us to counter the power of the Russians, we take what we need, I say you understand, right? ”

Lin Yuan then explained: "The Russians have coveted our northwest of China for a long time, and the economic and political core of our China has always been in the east, so we don't have the ability to focus too much energy on the northwest, so those places are the world of the Russians, and my goal in building the railway is to hope that you can help us fight the Russians!" ”

Lorigues shook his head lightly and said, "But the Russians won't agree." ”

Lin Yuan said: "In terms of technique, this is not a difficult matter, all the difficulties are concentrated in politics, I don't know if what I said is right?" ”

Lorrigus nodded lightly, Lin Yuan said: "You can rest assured, the Russians will definitely agree to build such a railway, I have already said the reason: the Russians have always been eyeing our western territory, in 1867, the bandit leader Agubo with the support of the Russians set himself up as the king of Xinjiang, the Russians took advantage of the situation to occupy Ili, if it were not for our country's General Zuo Zongtang, China's Xinjiang two million square miles of land has been reduced to the Russians' vassals!" ”

"From what I said, we can see how much the Russians want to forcibly occupy our land and build a railway into Xinjiang, and they can't ask for it, so the Russians will definitely agree to the request to build the railway."

Lin Yuan stared at Lorrigues tightly, and said: "The success of the construction of this railway is also of great benefit to you, I have just said that the economic aspect, in fact, the political aspect is even greater, you must know that the British are also ready to move in Xinjiang, your country and the United Kingdom are on the same footing, I believe you know better than me, if this railway is opened, will the British not be pressed down by you?" ”

Lotrigues turned back to discuss with William II for a few words, and then said: "Okay, your suggestion is very good, we have adopted it, but there is a technical problem, that is, the railway we built, the technical parameters are definitely not the same, if they are not the same, there is no way to open to traffic, so we should set up a joint design team to determine the railway parameters." ”

Lin Yuan said: "There is no need for this, you tell me the track distance and other information of the railway you built, and I will let our engineers build the railway according to your standards, how about it?" ”

Lorigues nodded and said: "Okay, this matter is settled, we will draft a "Sino-German Railway Joint Construction Memorandum", and then sign it, and then it will officially come into effect, what do you think?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Great, so let's do it, I have another very important suggestion, I hope you can adopt it." ”

Lorigues made a gesture of please and said, "Please speak." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Nineteen years ago, your country once issued a law called the German Patent Law. ”

"I'm the foreign secretary and I don't know anything about legislation, and we have a lot of laws in our country, and I can't know them all," Lorigues said. ”

Lin Yuan said helplessly: "Then let your assistant help you check." After Lin Yuan finished speaking, an assistant turned around and walked out, and soon came back with a document and handed it to Lorigues, who looked at the document, nodded, and said, "That's right, our country does have such a law." ”

Lin Yuan said: "That's good, I think this kind of law is very necessary, we don't have such a law in China now, but there will definitely be one in the future, in this way, in order to ensure that your products are not imitated in our country, thus causing losses to the entrepreneurs of your country, we signed a "Sino-German Patent Protection Agreement", what do you think?" ”

Lorrigus nodded and said, "Okay, no problem!" ”

Lin Yuan spread his hands and said, "Okay, I'm done with what I'm going to say, let's talk about it today." ”

The two sides shook hands, Lin Yuan walked out of the hall with everyone, and as soon as he returned to the post house, Lin Yuan saw Xu Jingcheng, who had been walking behind him, raised his fist and slammed it against the door in front of him, and scolded angrily: "Kill you, a brute who betrays the country and seeks glory!" ”