Open an aircraft carrier to fight against Japan

Xu Jingcheng asked: "What? Will it have an impact internationally? What impact will it have internationally?"

In judging the international situation, Xu Jingcheng and Lin Yuan are very different, so it is normal for him not to know how this matter will affect. Lin Yuan said: "Only 25 years ago, Germany and France broke out in war. In this war, the French Emperor Napoleon III and 12 French troops surrendered to the German army, the Second French Empire was replaced by the Third Republic, and France ceded Alsace and Lorraine. Revenge of Germany!"

"Our next stop is France. We have signed these secret agreements with Germany. Once the French know about it, they will probably think that we are going to form an alliance with Germany. By that time, how passive we will be, I believe you will not I don't know."

Xu Jingcheng had never thought about international relations like Lin Yuan did. Hearing that Lin Yuan knew so many things, he couldn't help admiring Lin Yuan, and said repeatedly: "I will never mention these things again."

Lin Yuan waved his hand to Xu Jingcheng and said, "Go back first, don't tell anyone about this."

As soon as Xu Jingcheng left, Shen Wanqing said: "A man named Planck came to you today. He said he was a friend of Roentgen and wanted to go to China."

Lin Yuan said happily: "I still want to find him, since he came to the door by himself, it's really great!"

Shen Wanqing asked, "Is there anything special about this person?"

Lin Yuan said: "This man, like Roentgen, is also a well-known physicist. He proposed the concept of energy quantum, but he is said to be the founder of quantum mechanics! He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. If he went to Without us, the development of physics in Europe will be greatly delayed!"

Shen Wanqing said: "That's good, our next stop is France, can we make a plan for Madame Curie?"

Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Do you still know Madame Curie?"

Shen Wanqing said unconvinced: "Of course, who hasn't heard of Madame Curie!"

Lin Yuan asked: "Then do you know what Madame Curie's original name was?"

Shen Wanqing bit her lip and thought for a while, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "You sure don't know, right? Madame Curie's original name was Marie Sklodowska, she was originally from Poland, and Poland has been annexed by Russia at this time. And Russia doesn't allow women to go to university, so she went to France."

"When Mary Sklodowska was studying in Paris, she met one of her teachers, that is, the famous Pierre Curie. Pierre Curie was also a great scientist, but his light was His wife was covered up, so that when the posterity mentioned him, the first message that came to mind was: he is Madame Curie's husband."

"Pierre Curie has been engaged in crystal research before he got married. He and another scientist jointly discovered the piezoelectric effect of crystals. The piezoelectric effect of crystals is the physical basis of sonar. The command of all submarines The officials are all grateful to Pierre Curie. They got married after they met, and Marie Sklodowska officially changed her name to Marie Curie, which is also known as Mrs. Curie.”

"According to historical records, they were married in 1895. Now they are just newlyweds. However, they have not purified radioactive elements, and they are not well-known. However, if we go to Paris, France to find them, I am afraid it will be dangerous."

Shen Wanqing asked: "Dangerous? How could it be dangerous? Didn't you say they are not famous? So no one will stop us."

Lin Yuan said: "The danger I'm talking about doesn't refer to this, but the current social environment in France, do you know? In this era, France is the most unstable socially and politically among all European and American powers. You heard me mention this just now. Word: The Second French Empire, the reason why it is called this is because France also has the First Empire, the First Republic and the Second Republic, and every change of regime is the result of bloody struggles from all walks of life in society.”

"France now is the Third French Republic. During this period, France's economy was stagnant, people's living standards were low, the unemployment rate was extremely high, and social security was not very stable. We are Chinese, and we look different from them. When we arrived there People will definitely be hostile, and this is a foreign country, and we are not good at using weapons, so I say our trip to France will not be easy."

Shen Wanqing thought for a while, and said, "We can change our disguise, and we will also dress up as Europeans."

The two discussed, and in the next two days, Lin Yuan signed the "Memorandum on the Construction of the Sino-German Joint Railway" and the "Sino-German Patent Protection Protocol" on behalf of the Qing government. Yuan didn't inform them, so he made his own decision.

On the third day, Lin Yuan took the embassy to take the train to France, and went to France under the escort of German diplomats. From Berlin to Paris, the shortest route was through Belgium, but Belgium is a small country. There was no place for it in Yuan's plan, so Lin Yuan didn't plan to stop in Belgium, but he never thought that when the train passed through Brussels, the capital of Belgium, a German diplomat would come and say, "The King of Belgium wants to see you."

The king of Belgium in this era was Leopold II. Lin Yuan did not have a good impression of this king. In history, this was a king who plundered colonies crazily. He once organized an African investigation team and took the Congo as his own. Colonies, in those places, the colonists frantically oppressed the local natives, and even killed them.

However, Lin Yuan still agreed to the meeting request. In the Belgian Royal Palace in Brussels, Leopold II warmly received Lin Yuan and others. Thus, unlike William II, who showed the superiority of the German Empire, Leopold II was much more peaceful, and the most talked topic with Lin Yuan was Chinese food.

The banquet was not going well, and when Lin Yuan was sitting on the side drowsy, he suddenly felt a pat on the shoulder, and a familiar voice came: "Old friend, we meet again."

When Lin Yuan looked back, his drowsiness disappeared immediately, because the person behind him turned out to be the founder of the Red Cross Society and Henry Dunant, who had dealt with Lin Yuan a lot.

Lin Yuan hurriedly asked, "Why did you come here?"

Dunant said helplessly: "I came this time to participate in an event, the purpose of which is to protect the natives in Africa."

Lin Yuan asked: "Natives in Africa, what happened to them?"

Dunant said: "Let's talk about the Congo under Belgian occupation, where the natives are oppressed wantonly and have no rights at all, you know? The Belgians demand rubber from the natives, and the natives are looking for rubber trees to cut When they were taking rubber, the Belgian colonists shot and killed these natives for fun! And they plausibly said that those who were killed were paying taxes for rubber!"

Lin Yuan frowned immediately when he heard this, and said angrily, "Is there such a thing?"

Dunan said: "That's right, such a thing is simply a tragedy for mankind!"