Pick up the teacup, the black tea in the cup has the unique slight green of the first season of Darjeeling, sniff the fresh fragrance, slowly put the tea in the mouth, the refreshing fragrance quickly penetrates from the tip of the tongue, mouth, and nasal cavity to the whole body, the warm tea juice moistens the throat, the teacup silently returns to the tea tray, Li Lin opens his eyes.

“...... There is progress. ”

There was no obvious expression in the Master's comments, and Nidhogg, dressed as a deacon, bowed slightly, quickly and elegantly refilled the black tea, and then replaced the vase on the desk with a new rose at 9 a.m.

In the president's office, which is always filled with all kinds of office supplies, documents, reports, and letters, only at this moment will there be a wisp of warmth of life, and he feels at ease as always in the daily scene, and after being praised a little, the corners of Nidhogg's mouth can't help but rise slightly.

"Is there any news from the Prime Minister about the selection of the War Department's Insurgency Investigation Team?"

Shaking the cup of black tea and overlooking the busy streets, just like a middle-aged man enjoying a moment of leisure and daylight, no matter how you look at it, you will not associate such an ordinary-looking man with honorary titles such as "conspirator", "black-bellied", "profiteer", "murderer" and so on. Maintaining a harmless smile from humans and animals, Li Lin's gaze returned to Nidhogg.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister said that the Cabinet has not yet reached an agreement on this matter, and the important ministers will need to think again. ”

Nidhogg's tone was calm, and his eyes were full of contempt.

After the rebellion ended on 26 July, in addition to severely dealing with the leading evildoers and direct participants, another important event was to investigate and purge the War Department, the source of the rebellion and the stronghold of the royal faction. Prime Minister Richelieu, of course, wanted to sweep away the royal faction. But he didn't want V.E Company to take the opportunity to get involved in the War Department and fill the power vacuum after the royal faction lost power. Therefore, the selection of relevant personnel of the Commission of Inquiry is extremely cautious.

The V.E Company was highly "empathetic" about this, and they did not protest as the Prime Minister had envisioned, demanding that Titans take over the War Department, or simply disband the Army and replace him. Li Lin made only one "very small" request: the head of the commission of inquiry had to be the crown prince Louis.

At first glance, this is a bit confusing. Asking the general backstage of the royal road faction to check on his own people, is this not a waterproof? Archbishop Li is very clear that in the case of the V.E company and the control faction in full power. Why not let the crown prince go and find out? Wait for him to come back from the northern front. The investigation was almost done, and all that remained was for the crown prince to sign and hand it in. Taking a step back, when the crown prince returned to China, he began to investigate, and first His Majesty the king characterized the matter as a rebellion. Then there are the confessions of the executioners of the Bastille using all sorts of novel criminal laws. In addition, the things found from the homes of the royal generals and the building of the War Department were used as a foreshadowing. The results of the survey are predictable.

Li Lin forced the crown prince to slap himself and smear his face, and he couldn't cry out for injustice after suffering a loss. The cardinal, who had been immersed in officialdom for many years, had to admire the depth of his old opponent's scheming and ruthlessness. The poison of intentions - the group of beneficiaries of the navy and Titans naturally thank you, the dumb crown prince who eats coptis has to treat you as a good person on the surface, thank you for giving him the opportunity to clear up the situation, and let Li Lin take all the good things!

It is precisely because this method is so good and powerful that Richelieu has not been able to accept it to this day. Although the crown prince Louis is not angry, but after this mental torture, His Royal Highness, who is arrogant and has thick nerves and pursues the main guns of the battleship, has made three long and two short, and let the second prince ascend to the throne, and this country will really become the world of V.E. Company. Before properly arranging the buffer measures, he still has "consider" miles at the old man's house.

Anyway, the final result is the same, Li Lin doesn't care about the prime minister's grinding, there are more important things waiting for him to deal with at the moment.

"The Admiralty sent someone to ask the company at 7 o'clock in the morning, hoping that we would study the thousand-ton cruisers, and what could be the maximum armament of frigates under 1,000 tons. ”

Niederhogg closed his notepad and placed the thick stack of documents under his armpit on the table. Before the official start of the naval negotiations, Li Lin had already issued instructions to mobilize experts from the shipbuilding design department to conduct a pre-study on how to enhance the performance of ships with limited tonnage, and these drawings were the results of the research.

Li Lin had already foreseen it, no, he had predicted this situation. The history of the other world's various frequencies and shows off the lower limit has long been proven countless times to how empty and ridiculous such a thing as a treaty is.

No one has ever considered man-made rules to be sacrosanct, and treaties signed between countries are a joke with the sole purpose of tearing them up at some point in the future. Politicians and military men will not hesitate to abandon treaties and norms whenever necessary, and when they don't have to, they like to take advantage of loopholes.

A typical example is the Hague Convention, when extended bullets such as dummy bullets were banned, people began to work on new bullets, first lead-aluminum composite cores, then small-bore rifle rounds, and finally steel-core bullets. The tumbling and cavity effects of these bullets on impact with a target were so lethal that they could throw the initial dummmy bomb off several streets without violating the Hague Convention. So the politicians are happy, and so is the army.

Similar examples can be found in other arms limitation treaties, which have been done in the history of the earth, and by Charlemagne and Albion.

"Only the result is the most important, the process and the means are insignificant. ”

Li Lin understands this very thoroughly, and then prepares what his customers need to take advantage of the loopholes in advance.

The first and second plans of the Charlemagne royal navy were too strong, and as long as nothing unusual happened to Albion, they would generally not accept such harsh demands. The most likely part of the treaty is the third option, that is, Charlemagne accepts the ratio of 10:6 to the tonnage of the fleet, and no longer gets entangled in the issue of cruisers, agrees to Albiang's requirements for limiting the tonnage, performance, and number of cruisers, and finally reaches a naval treaty.

This is a happy ending, but there are more cats under the table, and even if all kinds of restrictions are made, it is not difficult to exploit loopholes from the technical level. The treaty cruisers before the outbreak of World War II, as well as the top class of the foot basin, and the Brooklyn class of the Midi are examples of this, and building a sail version of the "amazing breach of contract" is not a problem for V.E. Company, and the pre-research work is quite smooth. Contacts with the navies of the two countries on technology transfer have already begun, and when the treaty is signed and comes into force, the two countries will definitely pay a good price for the relevant technology and drawings.

The only problem is that technological development rarely happens overnight, and there are setbacks, difficulties, and sometimes lives. It was only after the old Japanese Navy paid the bloody tuition fees of the "US Security Incident," the "Tomozuru Incident," and the "Fourth Fleet Incident" that its mind was a little clearer and it was able to view the shipbuilding race in a relatively objective and rational manner.

Therefore, for the sake of Gilmania's future and the gradual development of science, Albion and Charlemagne should pay not a word less than a word of tuition. (To be continued......)

PS: There is also a change because of the plot modification, which will be released tomorrow morning, forgive me!