Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I have to hurry up and think of a way to turn the situation around." So Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Don't be joking, consul, how can our warships attack your country's warships with water guns?" Everyone knows that water guns are children's toys, don't you say? After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he laughed, which not only relieved the embarrassment just now, but also made everyone feel that Meritz's words were unreasonable.

Nelson frowned and said angrily: "You dare not admit that your warship used the fire water cannon on the ship to attack the personnel on our ship, and the sailors on our ship can testify to this matter!" ”

Lin Yuan put away his smile and said: "There is such a thing, it must be the sailors on my ship who call the shots, I must go back to investigate this matter thoroughly, I don't know what damage our water guns have caused to your warship and sailors?" We are willing to compensate according to the price! ”

But what damage can water do to a warship? Nelson was speechless, and Meritz said angrily: "What about your hijacking of our transport ship? How do you calculate it? ”

Lin Yuan spread his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Meritz, you have to talk about evidence, you said that the fleet was coerced by us, is there any evidence?" ”

Meritz slapped the table and said angrily: "Our fleet was supposed to go to Hong Kong, but we returned to Shanghai halfway through, not because of what your hijacking was?" ”

Lin Yuan smiled: "Oh, then it seems that there is a misunderstanding between us, it doesn't matter, if there is a misunderstanding, we have to solve the misunderstanding." Lin Yuan raised his head as he spoke, and said to the outside, "Invite Mr. Connick in." ”

Soon Connick walked in, Lin Yuan pointed at Connick and smiled: "Mr. Meritz, you don't know him, do you?" ”

Of course, Meritz knew Konnick, so he nodded, and Lin Yuan smiled: "Mr. Konnick is the head of China affairs of Swire & Co., and the person in charge of this transport fleet, so please tell us what happened to the fleet." ”

Connick straightened his chest and said, "We know that the ship is carrying ill-gotten gains, so we voluntarily drove the ship back to Shanghai and handed it over to Lord Lin Yuan for verification!" ”

Lin Yuan said to the reporters: "Everyone heard it, I didn't coerce the fleet at all!" ”

Meritz didn't expect that Connick would be backwater at this time, he sat in his chair, there was nothing to say, Lin Yuan smiled: "Actually, today's incident, the fundamental reason is that the communication between our two sides is not smooth, just like the matter of water guns, if Captain Nelson's warship can notify me as soon as possible, I will be able to stop my subordinates!" ”

After hearing this, Nelson was angry in his heart, and thought, "Lin Yuan, if you shoot us with a water gun, it will become ours!" Nelson was so angry that he couldn't speak, snorted coldly, and Lin Yuan continued: "That's it, I have a proposal, I know that your country's warships are equipped with radio communication equipment, in fact, our warships also have them, but it's a pity that we don't have a set of common passwords, so I suggest that we and Britain should establish a set of common passwords, so that communication will be convenient in the future." ”

Meritz sneered: "Let's talk about these things later." Lin Yuan did not leave, and stayed at the venue to talk about the benefits of radio communications, and also said that China was willing to sell commercial radio communication equipment, and hoped that the reporters present could appeal to the international community to establish an international radio communication union for the common welfare of all mankind.

As soon as the next day's newspaper came out, the clash between British and Chinese warships at sea occupied only a small page, and the large page was all about Lin Yuan's sale of commercial communications equipment and the establishment of the International Telecommunication Union. In the British consulate, Meritz, Charlton and others sighed with newspapers, and the bank president first said: "HSBC has completely collapsed, and Lin Yuan has taken control of the vault." ”

Meritz asked, "How did Lin Yuan knock down the vault?" That vault was impregnable, with enough food and water to last for two years, but it didn't last even a day! ”

The governor shook his head helplessly and said, "Lin Yuan used a frightened voice as a weapon, that voice is not something that people can withstand at all, the people inside can't stand it, they can only surrender!" ”

Charlton also said: "Lin Yuan's Northeast People's Bank has occupied the entire market, you go out to see, now the street is using Lin Yuan's banknotes, we are completely lost!" ”

At this time, Matsumoto Yun smiled lightly and said, "Friends, don't despair first, Lin Yuan's death is coming!" ”

Klein complained: "It's not been a day since you said this, when will his death come!" ”

Matsumoto Yunqing smiled: "Don't worry, there should be news today." At this moment, suddenly a person came in from outside the door, and that person quickly came to Matsumoto Yunqing and said, "Beijing Secret Electricity!" After speaking, he handed a telegram to Matsumoto Yunqing, Matsumoto Yunqing opened it and looked at it, a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he held up the telegram and said, "Tomorrow is Lin Yuan's death." ”

The next day, Lin Yuan didn't know that the "death period" in Matsumoto Yunqing's mouth was coming, and he was in a particularly good mood, because the merchants and people of Shanghai had accepted the RMB, and Shanghai was the commercial capital of China, as long as Shanghai accepted the RMB, it would be much more convenient to promote it to other regions.

Lin Yuan was looking at the flowers in the yard idly, and suddenly, a rush of footsteps sounded from a distance, Lin Yuan knew when he heard it, that sound came out when the army was running and marching, Lin Yuan's heart moved, and he thought: "Army? Is there an army coming? ”

Lin Yuan lived in a high-end hotel in Zhang's Industrial Company, next to the Northeast People's Bank, he heard footsteps in the direction of the bank, thinking of the rumors that the Qing court banned the Northeast People's Bank, his heart couldn't help but move, hurriedly called an entourage, and said: "Hurry up and find out what's going on!" ”

As soon as the entourage left, Lin Yuan immediately sent a message to Chen Fei, he was leading more than 200 special forces to guard the warehouse, Lin Yuan said to Chen Fei: "Leave some of the special forces to look at the vault, and the others will withdraw immediately, I have a hunch that something is going to happen!" ”

Immediately after that, Lin Yuan contacted Lushun again and said: "Immediately send a troop transport ship, no, ten, with a strength of more than 5,000 troops, and in addition, send the two newly built warships over as well!" ”

After Lin Yuan gave the order, his entourage also returned, and hurriedly reported: "Lin Shuai, something is wrong, there are a lot of soldiers here, and the bank has been surrounded!" ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly asked, "Where is the soldier?" ”

The entourage said: "I can't ask, those soldiers are fierce, they don't look like green battalion soldiers, let alone Eight Banner soldiers, like where the regiment is training the village brave!" Everybody has a quick gun in their hands! The streets are all over the place, and I don't know how many roads there are! ”

Lin Yuan pointed in the direction of the bank with his hand and said, "Go and see!" As soon as he took a step, he turned around and walked to the side of the off-road vehicle parked in the yard, stepped into the car, and said, "Let's go, let's take the car, it looks majestic!" ”

Lin Yuan sat down in the car, the pistol on his waist slammed him, and he suddenly thought: "If you take a pistol yourself, you will definitely suffer!" Lin Yuan stepped out of the car and said to his entourage: "You wait for me here, I'll go in and take out the machine gun!" ”