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A railway across Europe and Asia, this proposal made everyone present tremble, because it was so crazy.

Lorigues turned around and discussed with the people behind him for a while, before he said to Lin Yuan, "Is this railway necessary?"

Lin Yuan looked at Wilhelm II and said: "Through my visit these days, I deeply feel that the technological gap between China and Germany is too great, so China not only needs to import advanced technology from Germany , and more to introduce advanced products, so a fast and huge-capacity railway is very necessary.”

William II remembered the fact that Lin Yuan did not recognize the X-ray transmitter, and believed in 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 great deal of preparatory work to be done, each of which is costly, but will the railway bring in considerable income?"

Lin Yuan nodded and said: "There will definitely be income. You can think about it, how many people are there in China? [-] million people, if everyone buys the same product of yours, how much income will your company have?"

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

Lin Yuan smiled and said: "That depends on the product. Now the trade volume between China and European countries is the largest with the UK. Your Germany can't even keep up with the UK. Are you willing to look at this status quo? Your German There are the world's best electric power companies and equipment, and the world's leading automobile industry and chemical industry. The products produced by these industries are all used in China. Why do you worry that no one will buy your products? "

Loriguez said: "But the feasibility of this railway seems not high. Do you know where to build a railway from China to Germany?"

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "Of course I know that our country is building a railway in the west. There is a famous city in China called Xi'an. Have you heard of it?"

Loriguez looked at the person on the left. That person was obviously a China hand. He explained the status of 'Xi'an' in Chinese geography and history to Loriguez. Yuan said: "I understand, you can continue."

Lin Yuan said: "Our Beijing-Cloud Railway has now reached Xi'an. My plan is to build it westward with Xi'an Station as the center, pass through Urumqi, then enter the Russian territory, and finally reach the German capital - Berlin. "

Loriguez said: "As you said, this railway will pass through Russian territory, so how to build this railway must consider the meaning of the Russians."

Lin Yuan smiled lightly and said, "The next thing is your business, and you can negotiate with the Russians."

Lorigues was a little unhappy when he heard Lin Yuan's words, and said, "You proposed the construction of the railway, but we have to negotiate, isn't that good?"

Lin Yuan said: "This is international communication. Do you want me to be more straightforward? I will provide you with a market and opportunities to make money. You will help us counter the Russians. We each get what we need, so I will Say you should understand?"

Lin Yuan went on to explain: "The Russians have been coveting the northwest of China for a long time, and the economic and political core of our China has always been in the east, so we have no ability to put too much energy in the northwest, so those places are The world of the Russians, my goal of building the railway is to hope that you can help us fight against the Russians!"

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

Lin Yuan said: "From a technical point of view, this is not a difficult task. All the difficulties are concentrated in politics. I don't know if I am right?"

Lorigues nodded slightly, and Lin Yuan said: "You can rest assured that the Russians will definitely agree to build such a railway. I have already explained the truth: the Russians have always been eyeing our western territory. In 1867, With the support of the Russians, the bandit leader Yagubo became the king of Xinjiang, and the Russians took advantage of the situation to occupy Ili. If it weren’t for our country’s General Zuo Zongtang, the land of 200 million square miles in Xinjiang would have become a vassal of the Russians!”

"From what I said, it can be seen how much the Russians want to usurp our land and build a railway into Xinjiang. They can't wait for it, so the Russians will definitely agree to the request for the construction of the railway."

Lin Yuan stared closely at Lorigues, and said: "The successful construction of this railway will also be of great benefit to you. I have just talked about the economic aspect. In fact, the political aspect is even more beneficial. You must know that Britain is also Xinjiang is about to move, your country and the UK are in dire straits, I believe you know this better than me, if this railway opens to traffic, won’t the British be suppressed by you?”

Lorigues turned around to discuss with William II, and then said: "Well, your suggestion is very good, we adopted it, but there is a technical problem, that is, the technical parameters of the railway we built must be different. , If it is not the same, there will be 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. Tell me the track distance of the railway you built, etc., and I will let our engineers build the railway according to your standards. How about it?"

Lorigues nodded and said, "Okay, let's settle this matter. We will draft a "Memorandum of Understanding on Joint Construction of Sino-German Railways", sign it, and then it will come into force. What do you think? "

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Great, how about it, I have another very important suggestion, I hope you can adopt it."

Loriguez made a gesture of invitation and said, "Please tell me."

Lin Yuan said: "Nineteen years ago, your country issued a law called the "German Patent Law". I wonder if you understand it?"

Loriguez said: "I am the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and I don't know about legislation. There are many laws in our country, and it is impossible for me to understand all of them."

Lin Yuan said helplessly: "Then ask your assistant to check for you." After Lin Yuan finished speaking, an assistant turned around and went out, and soon came back with a document and handed it to Lorigues, Lorigues Si looked at the document, nodded, and said, "Yes, 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 country's products are not imitated in our country, and thus To cause losses to entrepreneurs in your country, we signed a "Sino-German Patent Protection Agreement", what do you think?"

Lorigues nodded and said, "Okay, no problem!"

Lin Yuan spread his hands and said, "Okay, I've finished what I want to say, let's talk about it today."

The two sides shook hands, and Lin Yuan led the crowd out of the hall. As soon as he returned to the post, Lin Yuan saw Xu Jingcheng, who had been walking behind him, swung his fist and slammed his fist at the door in front of him, cursing angrily: "Hit!" Die you traitorous bastard!"