Emperor Wilhelm I just silently watched his grandson's performance, which could not be denied, while Bismarck's face was not very good-looking.

In order to curry favor with the envoy of the Qianguo, Prince Wilhelm's open-minded remarks have greatly violated Bismarck's grand strategy for Germany's future development.

"That's right." Lin Yiqing smiled and nodded, he looked at the excited old Baron Krupp and many German business bigwigs around him, and said, "On this beautiful night, I would like to tell you a good news, that is, the Great Qian Empire will order two first-class ironclad ships in Germany. ”

Lin Yiqing said, waved his hand, and an attaché stepped forward and unfolded a long scroll to face everyone.

On the unfolded banner page, there is a line drawing of an ironclad ship with a novel design.

"This is the ironclad ship I want to order in a German shipyard, and their names are 'Dingyuan' and 'Zhenyuan'."

As soon as Lin Yiqing's words fell, thunderous applause rang out.

Bismarck also applauded, and as he applauded, he peeked at the people around him, and found that among the ministers in Berlin, except for the British and Russian ministers, whose smiles were somewhat far-fetched, the others behaved normally.

But soon, Bismarck discovered that there was another person, at this moment, with a gloomy face, staring at Lin Yiqing with hatred.

It was the Japanese minister Shuzo Aoki.

Because of the small stature of the Japanese, standing among the tall Westerners, it was easy to block him without a shadow left, so Bismarck had not noticed him at all.

Of those people, only this Japanese man never applauded.

Aoki Shuzang suddenly separated the crowd and walked towards Lin Yiqing.

Bismarck watched his movements, and suddenly there was a feeling of unease in his heart.

What does this Japanese want to do?

At this time, many people also noticed the actions of this small Japanese, and many people's eyes were focused on this Japanese.

"Liar! You're a liar! Aoki Shuzo looked at Lin Yiqing and shouted loudly in German with all his might, "You don't have the money to buy a warship at all!" ”

His shout was so piercing that it overshadowed the applause.

Lin Yiqing was slightly stunned, but he recognized Aoki Shuzo at a glance, understood what he wanted to do, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer.

The two attachés were furious and just wanted to step forward, but they gave Lin Yiqing a look to stop.

"Who are you? How dare you speak like that? Lin Yiqing asked quietly in German.

"Liar! I'm going to tell everyone! This man is a liar! He didn't get a single coin in Germany! He only had 100,000 taels of silver with him for the mission! Don't be fooled by him! Aoki Zhouzang pointed at Lin Yiqing with his halberd, and his eyes were tearing for a while.

"This man and the rotten government behind him don't have the money to buy warships at all now! Large-scale floods are occurring in the country, and the government is so exhausted that it can't afford to buy warships! This person is just swindling! Want to get a loan from a foreign bank! ”

Aoki Shuzo held the determination to die, kept waving his arms, and shouted hoarsely, probably because of the overly tense relationship, he just said those few words over and over again.

"You're done?" Lin Yiqing sneered and interrupted Aoki Zhouzang fiercely.

"Who are you?" Chiho Kirino looked at Shuzo Aoki and asked in Japanese.

Aoki Shuzo was stunned for a moment, and then replied loudly: "I am the minister of the Imperial Government of Japan to the German Empire, named Aoki Shuzo!" ”

"It turned out that it was sent by the government that came to power by deception and killing!" Chiho Kirino's eyes were instantly filled with disdain, "It's no wonder that what kind of liar government there is, what kind of liar envoy there is." ”

Without waiting for Aoki Shuzo to speak, Chiho Kirino showed Lin Yiqing's name card box, and she took out a few bills of exchange with a denomination of 100,000 pounds from the box with a very casual movement, and showed them in front of everyone.

"My husband only has 100,000 taels of silver on him? Are you kidding? Are these bills of exchange, the most reputable banks in Europe, comparable to you and the crook government you represent? ”

Seeing Chiho Kirino casually take out a bill of exchange of hundreds of thousands of pounds, the guests immediately broke out into an uproar.

Even the most famous rich man in Europe did not have such a big deal.

"To tell you the truth, the Ministry of Finance of the Great Qian Empire has already purchased a first-class European ironclad ship for me, and has prepared six million taels of silver, which has now been remitted to the German Imperial Commercial Bank," Lin Yiqing's gaze swept over everyone and fell on Redman, the president of the Imperial Commercial Bank, "Isn't that so?" Mr. President? ”

"Of course." The President hastened forward and replied in a flattered voice, "The money has been credited this morning, Your Excellency, you are now one of the most distinguished and popular clients of the Imperial Commercial Bank, and I am honored to be able to serve you. ”

Hearing the almost flattering language of the president of the Reichstrojan Bank, Bismarck couldn't help frowning, he looked at Meyerkar, and found that Mayerkar looked regretful at this time.

Oh, yes! If he hadn't neglected Lin Yiqing like that, where would it be the turn of the Imperial Commercial Bank to pick up this money?

The Reichscommerzbank was founded in Hamburg by a group of German businessmen in 9070, and later moved its headquarters to Berlin in 9073. Although the Imperial Commercial Bank has expanded rapidly in more than a decade, it is still far from the old Frankfurt Rothchild Bank. And Lin Yiqing actually handed over such a big business to the Imperial Commercial Bank instead of the Frankfurt Rothchild Bank, for the Imperial Commercial Bank, it was completely a big golden cake that could be smashed to death from the sky, how could the Imperial Commercial Bank not be grateful to Lin Yiqing.

Meyerkar's arrogance and prejudice eventually brought huge losses to his own bank.

And after the president of the Imperial Commercial Bank confirmed Lin Yiqing's words, cold sweat began to break out on Aoki Shuzo's forehead.

He knew that he had bumped into Lin Yiqing's gun.

Before this, he had sent people to try to bribe the senior management of the Reich Commercial Bank to ask them not to lend to Lin Yiqing, but they clearly rejected him, he didn't understand what was going on at first, but now he knew that it was because of Lin Yiqing's remittance from the country.

However, how could the overstretched household department of the Great Qian Empire send Lin Yiqing 6 million taels of silver?

"Don't think I don't know about the German media when you pay for it." Lin Yiqing sneered, "Just yesterday, you gave the editor-in-chief of the Berliner 600 pounds, and the day before yesterday, you gave the reporters of the Metropolis Morning Post 200 pounds to ask them to write a report according to your wishes, right?" ”

Aoki Shuzo's body trembled, and he looked at Lin Yiqing with wide eyes, his eyes full of surprise and fear.

He knew that he had fallen into a trap that the other party had already laid for him.

Aoki Zhouzang didn't know that in fact, long before Lin Yiqing set off, Yan Danchu, the head of the household department of the Great Qian Empire, who had the "holy hand of financial management", had already prepared the silver for Lin Yiqing to buy a boat; He didn't know, in fact, it was the German Imperial Commercial Bank that was pleasantly surprised after receiving Lin Yiqing's foreign exchange task, and it was at this time that Aoki Zhouzang sent someone to the door to bribe, but the bank's senior management not only refused the bribe from the Japanese, but also did not hesitate to inform Lin Yiqing of the news, Lin Yiqing immediately sent someone to investigate, only to discover Aoki Zhouzang's plan, make preparations in time, and give him a fatal counterattack at this time.

"Who qualifies a person like you to say that someone else is a liar? If you want to talk about liars, you and the Japanese government behind you are the most hateful liars! ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Japanese government that this person represents is actually the biggest liar. They deceived and exploited the gentry clan in the country, staged a military coup d'état, and regained the emperor's power from the shogun. After the successful coup d'état, instead of giving the nobles their rightful status, they used the commoners to squeeze the living space of the nobles, so that a large number of nobles loyal to the emperor went bankrupt, and the remaining nobles were forced to embark on the road of foreign expansion in order to maintain their lives, maintain their own status, and be used by the government, and act as pawns of the Japanese government to invade neighboring countries, which is the reason why the situation in East Asia has been turbulent. Many of them have been left in a foreign land, and those who have not died have returned to the country, but they have also been completely abandoned by their government, and reduced to the point that they are not even as good as beggars! And what could be more ridiculous than the fact that the representative of this hypocritical, insidious, ungrateful, cruel and tyrannical government is here to accuse me of being a liar? ”

"You talk nonsense!" Aoki Shuzo's face turned blue and white with anger, "The rebellion of the Japanese warriors was instigated by you, a Qianguo liar!" You are the one who led them in their rebellion! ”

"I have never incited them, they have been forced to a dead end by the evil government behind you, and they have no choice but to rise up! I just don't want to see the Japanese warriors, who have a long history of samurai and a glorious mission, be destroyed by such perverse acts! Lin Yiqing said loudly, "When the elite of a country is cornered by the government and must rely on resistance to avoid their own destruction, as a person with a conscience in any country, can they sit idly by?" ”

"You talk nonsense! Nonsense! It's the rebellion you provoked, and without you, the rebellion in the southwest would not have happened! Aoki's face turned red all of a sudden.

"Without me, the Japanese government's oppressed gentry would have risen up to resist! Because they have no way out! Lin Yiqing sneered at Aoki Shuzang, "What kind of cruel government must be able to force a country's scholars to sell their sons and daughters in order to make a living!" What kind of face does such a government have in the world? And what is the reason for existence? ”

"You dare to insult the Japanese government! I will never say yes! I...... I can't spare you! I'm protesting! Protest! Aoki Shuzo shouted with his fist, but he didn't dare to approach Lin Yiqing.

"Mr. Aoki, what should you do if you insulted my husband just now?" Chiho Kirino looked at Shuzo Aoki and asked coldly.

Aoki Shuzo suddenly remembered that she was the daughter of Kirino Toshiaki, and his heart was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a while.

"My father was killed by the Japanese government, my uncle General Saigo was also killed by the Japanese government, and the thousands of Samos who took refuge in the Ryukyus, and their relatives also died at the hands of the government. Chiho Kirino stared at Shuzo Aoki, her eyes full of angry flames.

Unable to face the eyes that looked like a burning black hole, Aoki Shuzo couldn't help but take a few steps back.

Lin Yiqing was afraid that Chiho Kirino would be angry, so he quickly stepped forward to support her.

"You talk nonsense! The Japanese government has never treated the Shi clan harshly......" As soon as Aoki Shuzo's words came out, Lin Yiqing was interrupted.

"The Japanese government did not treat the nobles harshly? Then please tell me, who destroyed the Shimazu family, the former lord of the Satsuma domain? What mistake did they make to be treated as men kill them all and women kill themselves? Lin Yiqing timely threw out the bombshell of the Shimazu family being exterminated by the Japanese government.

Listening to Lin Yiqing's words, the surrounding guests immediately erupted in exclamation, and Aoki Shuzang's face suddenly turned pale.

"The Shimazu family has always been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, law-abiding, and without the slightest disobedience, but they have been accused of trumped-up crimes by the Japanese government, and the entire family has been killed! Only one weak woman was left overseas, but the Japanese government still refused to let her go! forced her to remain incognito! Lin Yiqing reprimanded angrily, "With such a murderous and tyrannical government, you are willing to act as its lackey and bark here!" ”

"You are all rebellious! You all deserve to die! Damn it! ......" Aoki Shuzo was annoyed and ashamed, waving his arms and shouting, suddenly his eyes rolled and he fell to the ground all at once, foaming at the mouth and convulsing violently.

Seeing that Aoki Zhouzang had a sheep epilepsy on the spot, Lin Yiqing barely controlled the muscles on his face and did not show a smile.

He didn't expect that Aoki Shuzo would be angry like this.

Looking at Aoki Zhouzang's appearance, Lin Yiqing remembered the ugly performance of Aoki Zhouzang in the "Gaosheng" incident in the original historical time and space, and his heart was full of pleasure of revenge.

"Someone, send this Mr. Aoki back to the Japanese legation." William I coldly ordered.

He was very angry about Aoki Shuzo's trouble-making behavior, although because Japan was still ordering warships in Germany, as the head of state, for the sake of Germany's interests, it was not good to reprimand Aoki Shuzo, but at this time, he was full of contempt for the Japanese government in his heart. He ordered Aoki Shuzo to be returned to the legation instead of being sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, indicating his dislike for Aoki Shuzo and the Japanese government.

At that moment, two palace guards came over and carried Aoki Shuzo down with the people from the Japanese legation. At this time, the surrounding guests stepped forward one after another to express their condolences to Lin Yiqing and his wife.

"I'm really sorry for what just happened." William I stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and said to Lin Yiqing in a sincere tone.

"You need not be sorry for this, Your Majesty, a little farce staged by a clown of the Japanese government will not have any effect on the friendship between the Great Qian Empire and the German Empire." Lin Yiqing smiled and shook Wilhelm I's hand, "I myself fully feel the cordial friendship between His Majesty and the German people, and I am willing to do my best to carry forward the friendship between the two countries." ”

Seeing that Lin Yiqing said sincerely, William I was relieved.

"Allow me to pay my respects, ma'am." Bismarck said to Chiho Kirino, "You are really, very, very brave. ”

"Thank you, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Chiho Kirino had regained her composure at this time, and bowed slightly to Bismarck, who had saluted her.

"I am very sorry for the death of your father, although I had to deal with the Japanese government because of my duties, but this does not affect my respect for you and your father." Bismarck added, "You have made me understand many things today, and have shown me how to deal with such a government in the days to come." ”

"You are so gracious, Your Excellency Prime Minister." Chiho Kirino said, "I have always admired your wisdom and strategy, and I have learned a lot from you. ”

Hearing Chiho Kirino's latter sentence, Bismarck couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"I would like to ask you, ma'am, do you know the only surviving woman of the Shimazu family that His Excellency the Earl just mentioned?" A young German aristocratic officer suddenly squeezed over and asked Chiho Kirino with some urgency.

"Her name is Yoko Shimazu, and she is now in Beijing, and she is also under the protection of my husband." Chiho Kirino glanced at Lin Yiqing and replied calmly.

"Thank God! …… Yoko, she's still alive......" The officer said in surprise, clasping his hands together and shedding tears.

Chiho Kirino looked at him with some surprise, Bismarck recognized him as a member of the Royce family from the family crest of the sword on his body, but he didn't understand how the people of the Royce family could behave like this when they heard the news of a Japanese woman.

"I beg your pardon, Your Excellency, Madam, I ...... I couldn't contain my emotions when I heard this exciting news. It's rude. The young officer bowed to Chiho Kirino and Bismarck, turned and ran away quickly.

Lin Yiqing, who was talking to William I here, also noticed this scene and couldn't help but be very curious.

Yoko Shimazu did not tell him that she still had acquaintances in Germany.

After this small twist and turn, the banquet resumes as if nothing had happened.

When Shuzo Aoki woke up, he found that he was already in the embassy.

Thinking of the humiliation he had received at the banquet, Aoki Shuzo felt guilty for a while.

He was not able to maintain the reputation of the Japanese government!

He didn't expect that Lin Yiqing would use such a counterattack method at all!

Maybe tomorrow, everything that happened at the banquet will be in the newspapers, and the reputation of the Japanese government will be greatly damaged!

But he couldn't stop it from happening now.

And next, Lin Yiqing is likely not to let him go.

What kind of accidental death will he have?

Maybe it will be directed to commit suicide in shame?

Jump? Hang oneself? Or suicide by swallowing a gun? (To be continued.) )