Expedition to Europe

What happened in the basement of Norodom Palace shocked the world.

Saigon is not Tokyo. This city known as the "Paris of the East" has a developed media industry, and Norodom Palace has always been the focus of the media. Therefore, it was not the French who discovered the abnormality of Norodom Palace first, but It was a reporter from the New York Times who first discovered the unusualness of Norodom Palace.

Liu Shuangxi and the others were very efficient. In just half an hour, Liu Shuangxi and the others completed the task. Then about thirty boxes, large and small, were loaded into pre-prepared cars and driven all the way from Norodom Palace. Arriving at the pier without any obstruction, even the car and boxes were put on a British-flagged freighter, and then disappeared without a trace.

It's so shameless, and I'm going to throw a blame on the British.

By the time the report was received from the colonial military camp, it was already an hour later.

In full view of the world's media, the French took out more than sixty corpses from Norodom Palace and stacked them neatly on the lawn in front of Norodom Palace, waiting for the French to realize that something was wrong. , the media has already taken enough photos.

So the next day the whole world knew that the French had suffered a huge defeat in Saigon, France's colonial home in the Far East.

This is tantamount to a slap in the face of Mangin and the French government.

Before Mangin could say harsh words, he was dismissed from his post by the French government on the spot. At the same time, the French government stated that it would investigate the matter to the end. No matter who or any country was involved, France would never tolerate it. The French government even regards this incident as an act of war. Once the relevant person responsible is identified, the French government will not hesitate to fight to safeguard the honor of the French government.

In fact, everyone, including the French government, knew that this was done by people from Lanfang, even though the last ship flew the British flag, and even though those vehicles came from a wealthy American businessman.

But what if you know?

Even the British had to choose to be defensive in the face of Lan Fang's strength in Asia, and the French could only tolerate Lan Fang.

The cause of this incident is that the French did not stand up for justice, and did not speak out when someone was about to die, but only added insult to injury. Don't blame the Lanfang government for not giving the French face. Even if the French want to regain their position, they will have to wait until after the Cairo Conference Only then can we find opportunities. After all, France and Lanfang still have common interests to safeguard during the Cairo Conference.

Of course, not everyone takes the overall situation into consideration.

Someone in the French Parliament suggested that they should join forces with the British to launch a counterattack against Lanfang in Asia. Otherwise, sooner or later, France will lose French Indochina.

The strength shown by Lan Fang in this incident is really shocking, especially in Saigon. The penetration ability displayed by Lan Fang agents is simply a walk in the park. Lan Fang people have arrested the person responsible for the accident many times in public places. , even stripped people naked and hung them on crosses on the pier in full view of the public. Saigon has simply become the backyard of Lan Fang people, which many French people cannot accept.

But what some people didn't expect is that I'm afraid everyone has overlooked an issue. The current French Congress is not the former French Congress. The current Speaker of the Congress is Pierre Foch, who is Qin Zhiyuan's uncle. , so the congressman who put forward the proposal voluntarily resigned the next day, and then nothing happened, and no one raised a similar issue again.

Lanfang's strength is not only reflected in his daring to attack the French, but also to the extent that the French suffer losses and the French even take the initiative to show their kindness.

Just three days after the "Norodom Palace" incident, French Colonial Minister Paul Reynaud, who was attending a meeting in Cairo, left Cairo and rushed to Lanfang to meet Qin Zhiyuan.

Paul Reynold, although his surname is also Reno, he has nothing to do with Louis Reno. Paul Reno is a lawyer and a member of the French Parliament for a long time. After the World War, Paul Reno first served as president during Descharnel's term. Serving in the Treasury, Paul Reynaud served as Colonial Secretary after Millerand became president.

Paul Reynaud is representing France at the Cairo Conference and will also be France's next Governor-General in French Indochina.

From Bastien to Lyautey to Mangin, the experiences of these governors fully demonstrate that if you want to make no mistakes in the position of governor of French Indochina, you must have a good relationship with Lanfang, so in Emotionally and rationally, Paul Reno had to go to Qin Zhiyuan first to "pay homage to the dock". In comparison, the Cairo meeting was really not that important.

It was already early July when Paul Reno arrived in Lanfang. Qin Zhiyuan received Paul Reno at the Lanfang Palace.

"Your Majesty, you are really making us passive by doing this. I believe Mr. Millerand has already communicated with you via telegram. Your Majesty sincerely hopes that if there is another similar incident, we can take the initiative to communicate, so that we can solve it in a way that is acceptable to both of us. Question." Facing Qin Zhiyuan, Paul Reno expressed his suggestions straightforwardly without any nonsense.

The current level of technological development is still slightly insufficient. It is unrealistic for Qin Zhiyuan to have a phone call with Millerand, but it is no problem to contact him by telegraph.

Millerand did communicate with Qin Zhiyuan about this matter via telegram. Millerand and Qin Zhiyuan had the same opinion. Both Lanfang and France were at fault in this matter. France was at fault first, and Lanfang's subsequent revenge methods were too fierce. It was a bit off, so Lanfang wanted to give some compensation to the French government, and the matter was revealed.

However, since this incident has already happened, it is worthless to not let it happen again. Qin Zhiyuan and Millerland both intend to sign a memorandum to determine the future behavior of Lan Fang and France, and try to avoid similar incidents from happening again.

One of the important tasks of Paul Reno's trip is to sign this memorandum with Lan Fang. It is estimated that Paul Reno got a lot of advice from Pierre and others before leaving, so Paul Reno was very polite when he met Qin Zhiyuan again.

"Of course I also hope that Lan Fang and France used to be brotherly countries. I am really sorry that this happened. We have precedents of cooperation in many fields, and even some major achievements related to military security will be shared with France. If the French government wants to obtain relevant information about helicopters, there is no need to take this approach. This is the stupidest choice. It is the darkness and greed of some people that caused this result." Qin Zhiyuan was not polite and directly threw the pot to the French government.

What Qin Zhiyuan said was true. Lan Fang and France did cooperate in many aspects, and the military cooperation was even closer. Transport aircraft, oxygen torpedoes, corps-level battleships, and even radars were all shared with France to a certain extent after Lan Fang developed them.

The reason why it is "once" is because those things happened when Lan Fang and France were still allies. The current situation is of course different. Since France terminated its alliance with Lan Fang, Lan Fang has closed the door to military cooperation with France, otherwise the French would not have taken the risk this time.

"You are right. I also hope that our relationship can turn a new page. Lan Fang and France should maintain friendly relations. I must explain to you that when the French Congress discussed the termination of the alliance with Lan Fang, I voted against it." Paul Reno ignored Qin Zhiyuan's accusation and changed the topic quickly.

As a lawyer, he is also a politician. Both professions must be shameless enough. Paul Reno holds two positions, and his shamelessness is comparable to Qin Zhiyuan.

"That's great. Now let's talk about the transfer of information." Qin Zhiyuan also turned in, with a faster pace than Paul Reno.

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"Transfer--" Paul Reno blinked his eyes, looking innocent.

"Yes, it's a transfer. Do you want to get Lan Fang's helicopter technology without paying anything?" Qin Zhiyuan was also innocent.

Paul Reno's appearance is still very distinctive, especially Paul Reno has a small mustache similar to Hitler's, which makes Qin Zhiyuan impressed. Of course, looking at it this way, Paul Reno is actually quite innocent when he pretends to be innocent. To use a 21st century Internet term: a little silly and cute.

Qin Zhiyuan is not bad either. Qin Zhiyuan has experienced a lot of similar business negotiations, so when it comes to pretending to be stupid, Qin Zhiyuan is also a good player.

"Well - I think that the innocent lives in the basement of Norodom Palace represent the sacrifice of France. Your Majesty, you must do something for those innocent people - they all have families, but now they are all broken. In order to comfort the families of those innocent lives, the French government has done a lot of work. Your Majesty, you can't ignore it." Paul Reno didn't want to pay, not a penny.

"How can it be innocent? I can only say that in this matter, no one is innocent. If someone is innocent, our poor pilot who just crashed and then had his neck twisted innocently is innocent. Everyone after that is not innocent, because they have been involved in this incident, and no one can be immune." Qin Zhiyuan insisted that if he didn't peel off a layer of the French skin, he would be sorry for the sacrifice of Lanfang scientific researchers and the two pilots who died.

"So - Your Majesty, how much do you think it will take?" Paul Reno knew Qin Zhiyuan's character. If he didn't pay something, it would be wishful thinking to take something from Qin Zhiyuan.

"One billion Lanfang coins!" Qin Zhiyuan opened his mouth.

"Your Majesty, you know, that's impossible." Paul Reno almost fainted.

"That's because you don't understand the value of helicopters. Let me tell you this, this is an invention that can change the world. Whether in the military or civilian fields, it has very wide applications. The price is not high, compared to the helicopter market." Qin Zhiyuan did not give in.

Compared to the value of the helicopter, the price of 1 billion Lanfang coins is indeed not high, and it is even very favorable.

It's a pity that the French don't think so. The French are always like this. They resist all new things, never invest in the research and development of new things, and always spend a lot of money to buy ready-made technology.