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Oscar II did not answer directly, and Lin Yuan did not go around in circles with Oscar II, and said directly: "If you agree to my request, I will provide raw materials for your country's factories and help your country eliminate the British threat."

Oscar II felt vaguely strange. He looked at Lin Yuan and said, "Help us remove the British threat? What do you mean?"

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "In the transfer of oil exploration rights in the North Sea of ​​Norway, the American oil company has bribed high-level officials of your country on a large scale and in large amounts. Once the truth of these things is revealed to the public, the angry public will not take it lightly. Forgive you."

Lin Yuan's words were like a sledgehammer, hitting Oscar II hard on the heart, causing Oscar II's heart to tremble, thinking in surprise, how did Lin Yuan know these things?

Oscar II came to the throne in 1872, and it has been nearly 30 years. He has already practiced the kung fu of showing emotions without showing emotions. Even so, he couldn't suppress his surprise after hearing Lin Yuan's words. Asked: "How do you know these things?"

Lin Yuan smiled mysteriously and said, "You don't need to know how I know, you just need to know that I have a solution to the problem."

Oscar II sighed softly, and said: "The matter of raw materials is easy to solve, but the second problem seems to be not easy to solve."

Lin Yuan smiled confidently and said, "There is no problem that is not easy to solve in front of me."

Oscar II was skeptical at first, and then thought of the various "miracles" that Lin Yuan had done before, and then dispelled his doubts, and said, "Can you tell me what is the solution?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "First of all, the senior officials in your country must have done something wrong. I will not cover them up, and you are the same. You must punish them severely in the future. If you think they are all your relatives, you can't do it, then let them They spit out the money, and the real problem you are facing is how to appease the people without causing major disturbances, I don’t know if I’m right?”

Oscar II nodded, and said sadly: "That's right, this is my biggest concern."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "The solution to this matter is actually very simple."

Oscar II frowned and asked, "The method is very simple? May I ask what is the method?"

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Please think about it, how can the public know the news of high officials accepting bribes? Or, how can the British spread the news?"

Oscar II said: "The British want to spread the news, there are only two ways, one is radio, the other is newspapers, Swedish radio stations and newspapers are private, and the shareholders are all British, we have no power interfere with their broadcast and publication content."

Lin Yuan said: "If you can make their broadcasts silent and newspapers unable to print, wouldn't all problems be solved?"

Oscar II said with a wry smile: "Are you asking me to dispatch troops to occupy the British radio stations and newspaper offices?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Of course not. That kind of method is too drastic, and the effect is very bad. The effect of that method is even worse than high-ranking officials taking bribes."

Oscar II asked puzzledly: "But it seems that there is no better way than dispatching troops to occupy radio stations and newspaper offices."

Lin Yuan laughed loudly and said, "Who said no? If you agree to my request, I will give you a better solution." After saying this, Lin Yuan told Oscar II about his solution, and Oscar II After listening to Lin Yuan's words, Shi was surprised, and nodded after a while.

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "If you agree to cooperate with China, I will sign a relevant agreement with you, Xuezhi, first show the agreement to His Majesty the King."

Lin Xuezhi was listening to the conversation between Lin Yuan and Oscar II. Hearing what Oscar II said, she gave Oscar II the agreement that had been prepared a long time ago. This agreement mainly includes two aspects, one is military On the above, Sweden agreed to open its coastal ports to the Chinese navy and allow the Chinese navy to use the Swedish side of the Baltic Sea for navigation.

The other aspect is economic, including purchasing raw materials from China, opening up market trade between the two sides, etc. In order to give Sweden greater autonomy, this agreement does not allow Sweden to use RMB.

Oscar II read it over and said, "I still need to carefully consider some clauses in the agreement. I hope you will give me a certain amount of time."

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "No problem, five days, do you think it's enough?"

Oscar II smiled and said, "It won't take that much time, three days is enough."

Lin Yuan agreed, and Oscar II took the agreement back and carefully considered it. Three days later, on May 5, Oscar II announced through the Swedish Empire Radio: "Sweden Emperor Oscar II formally agreed to sign the "People's Republic of China and Sweden". Imperial Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership, the Swedish Emperor Oscar II formally appointed Prince Eugene as ambassador to China."

The Swedish Empire Radio also broadcast the full text of the memorandum of understanding, especially emphasizing Sweden’s purchase of large quantities of raw materials from China and the opening of waterways to the Chinese naval fleet. This surprised Earl Salisbury, because these The United Kingdom has always firmly held the initiative in today's negotiations. The Earl of Salisbury could not have imagined that Oscar II would dare to agree to cooperate with China, and what he agreed to was the most untouchable bottom line of the British side—to the Chinese navy. open waterway.

Once Sweden opens its waterway to the Chinese navy, the Chinese navy will be able to enter St. Petersburg and control the Baltic Sea. Earl Salisbury hurriedly found his attendants and said, "Contact me the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Oscar II immediately, and I want to see Oscar immediately." II!"

The attendants rushed to make arrangements, and the Earl of Salisbury soon met Oscar II. The Earl of Salisbury said unceremoniously: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you agree to cooperate with China, are you not afraid that our British Empire will Did you tell the whole public about the bribery of your high-ranking officials?"

Oscar II had Lin Yuan's solution, and said with a sneer, "We are not afraid, you can tell all the people."

The Earl of Salisbury did not expect Oscar II to have such an attitude. He frowned tightly and said angrily, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that the angry people will destroy your palace?"

Oscar II shook his head cheerfully, the Earl of Salisbury snorted coldly, and walked away. The first thing he did when he returned to the embassy was to tell his attendants: "Notify our British radio stations and newspapers to accept high-ranking Swedish officials from American companies. Tell all about the huge bribe."

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