Not long after, on the side of the Duke family in the United States, as promised, in the struggle for power, the group of people who lost passed through the sea ship and sent them to China.

This group of people got off the ship at the port of Tianjin Wei, and then took the railway to Shenyang.

Qu Ning, who has been very busy recently, personally received this group of dusty visitors, who were not very interested and very depressed.

Their emotions were in Qu Ning's estimation, so she was not too surprised-anyone who was thrown into the Far East, which was backward and barbaric in the eyes of Westerners at that time, would probably not be too happy.

After all, for the technical personnel, the research conditions in China at that time were certainly much inferior to those in the United States. This, even after a hundred years, has not changed much.

The group was led by a chubby, blonde-haired Caucasian man in his forties, with thick glasses on the bridge of his nose, named Ben.

This group of people got off the train and made a joke at the reception banquet, although it was a small episode, but it also made the atmosphere very embarrassing for a while: the chrysanthemum tea that was brought to clean the hands was picked up and drunk by this Ben in one go, but the maid who came to supply the water was stunned on the spot and didn't know how to react, and those people looked at the chrysanthemum tea and the maid who was stunned on the spot didn't know why, but Qu Ning sighed secretly, smiled and drank the chrysanthemum tea.

So everyone laughed, the atmosphere was harmonious, and nothing unpleasant happened.

After the meal, Qu Ning arranged accommodation for them, but they were very picky about food, clothing, housing and transportation, and all the requirements were very detailed.

Qu Ning basically agreed.

But in the evening, she began to complain to Tang Shaoshuai about this matter: "That group of people is not interesting at all......

Hearing the faint dependence and coquettish tone in her words, Tang Shaoshuai raised his eyebrows a little uncertainly, and said "um", indicating the meaning of the inquiry. He had already made up his mind in his heart: difficult? Then just let them go back to the United States. These people are just abandoned sons who came only when his wife wanted to build a technical school, and if he didn't know his identity and status, he would dare to take Qiao, he wouldn't be able to stand it.

Qu Ning sighed, she rubbed her forehead: "It's not good to be ambitious, and it's not good to have no ambition." I looked at a few young people below who still had some ambition in their eyes, and the few who were the first few simply lost any vitality. In this way, I don't worry that they will embarrass me, and I will do it, but I am afraid that there is no motivation for them to work like this. They want to enjoy food, clothing, housing and transportation, I can meet them, but the premise, after all, is that they get value for money, I definitely can't raise such a group of uncles in vain, you must know that our resources are also limited. ”

I see.

Tang Shaoshuai understood her troubles and breathed a sigh of relief: Sure enough, he knew that Lu Dao was now in the Northeast, and after the truth of the last Qianjinzhai incident spread in China, no one dared to embarrass her at all.

As for ambition, it is very difficult for people to be depressed, and it is difficult to cheer up again, what is so difficult?

He smiled, took the opportunity to put his arm around her, held her chin up to her eyes and smiled and asked, "I'll solve this matter for you, but how do you want to thank me?" ”

"......" Qu Ning glanced at him speechlessly: Thank you? Who the hell is doing things for whom!

***

On the second day, Young Marshal Tang personally accompanied him, and the young marshal's wife, who was the main escort yesterday, took a back seat.

For such treatment, this group of people are a little shocked.

In fact, they are not ignorant of the affairs of the Far East, everyone knows that the current election for the presidency is actually a dispute between the north and the south, and Tang Dashuai is sitting in Shangjing, and even the emperor who has gone down to the field is still living in Shangjing, so you can imagine how good his chances of winning are.

Therefore, according to tradition, Tang Shaoshuai can almost be regarded as the prince in ancient times, and such a leading figure personally accompanies him, which is enough to show the importance attached to them.

If it is said that Qu Ning's pick-up and dust washing yesterday still has a little bit of "heroine" and therefore is not very formal, then today's Tang Shaoshuai's personal appearance has rekindled some hope in the hearts of these people.

Young Marshal Tang only told them a few things at the table: First, within three years, if the number of students graduating from the Northeast Technical Academy reached 30,000, he would award them medals. Not a medal of honor, but a knighthood with an official fief. The second thing, if they assisted the locals in the northeast to build a light industry factory, they could negotiate for a stake on their own, and Tang Shaoshuai vouched for it with his personal reputation, and all the gains during this period were under his protection. The third thing, if they want to study, he can invest in the name of the government, give 100,000 in the first year, if there are considerable results, he will continue to increase investment, if the hair is not studied, then sorry, the second year there will be no hair.

After listening to these things, a group of people looked different, and they all stopped their knives and forks, looking at the situation like this, and they didn't have the heart to eat food, so they said on the spot that they would take them back to discuss and discuss, and give the young marshal an answer later.

Qu Ning looked at them like this, and couldn't help laughing out loud, breaking the solemn atmosphere, her words were spoken directly in very authentic English, and a group of people looked at each other in the London accent: "My young marshal is willing to give such generous conditions, it's not that you have to be." We have a saying in Huaxia called 'a thousand gold buys bones'. You P&V, to put it bluntly, are just the defeated soldiers of the Duke family, and I believe that in terms of technique, there are many people in the United States who are better than you, let alone the world. Bestowing honors, knighthoods, and even protecting assets and investing in inventions to foreigners, such generous conditions are just because you are the first batch of foreigners to come under the young marshal, and there will be more people gathered in the future, and you will not be worthy, as for your thoughts," she blinked, "do you still want to return to China?" ”

"......" Ben hesitated for a moment, sighed, and said the truth with some dejection, "Don't hide it from the young marshal, there is a saying that the homeland is difficult to leave." ”

The group all showed a little angry look on their faces, and Ben said with a gloomy expression: "When I founded P&V, I was one of the original founders," the Caucasian man with sunken eye sockets lowered his head, "I watched P&V go from a small factory that only made detergents to a multinational company now, but the Duke consortium banished me here, how can I swallow this breath?" ”

Tang Shaoshuai listened to his words quietly, and his expression gradually became a little more distant.

There are actually many problems between him and Tang Dashuai's father and son.

It's like the Northeast now, which is very different from when he left more than three years ago.

At that time, although there were some signs of political decay in the Northeast, during the period when his regiment was in charge, those people were far from daring to be so blatant.

But later, when his father wanted to enter Beijing, he was worried that he would sit alone in the three eastern provinces, so he had to transfer him to Kyoto together.

It's just over three years, but it has ruined his previous six or seven years of hard work, he has been digging deep for moths and digging out those rotten tumors with his own hands, that kind of heart-wrenching and bone gouging, it is really unforgettable.

He also had the feeling of watching the business he had built fall into the hands of others – and the most painful thing was never the loss of itself, but the betrayal of those close to him and the betrayal of shared memories.

He suddenly spoke: "But the Duke consortium is not something you can fight against now, is it?" If I remember correctly, the Duke consortium is already one of the six largest monopolies in the United States, and you know better than me how powerful they are, and what you want to do now is only a futile thought. His eyes flashed with a dazzling demagogic brilliance, and his voice gradually became excited, "But if you have the whole Northeast standing behind you, or the whole of China, or even the whole Far East, many things are different. ”

Ben was stunned.

Northeast? Chinese? Far East?

Before he came here, he was already disheartened and just wanted to retire. If these people didn't want to encourage him to do this and that, he wouldn't have any ambition at all!

He laughed dryly, and although his mind moved, it immediately turned into a pool of stagnant water again: "Young marshal, don't talk about this. If you are the current lord of China, the lord of the Far East, don't say that you are not, even if you are, can you be willing to do it for us......" He bowed his head and sighed, "The lost dog went to offend the Duke Consortium?" ”

Before his words fell, Tang Shaoshuai had already made a cold decision, when he said this, his face did not wander at all, and his firmness was not as smooth as that of ordinary politicians, and he could hear extremely strong confidence in his voice: "What kind of person am I Tang, and how I treat my brother, you can clearly understand it when you go out and ask." If you can help me, so that the light industry in the north can also be compared with the south, and you don't have to rely on the south, then I will naturally treat you as my brother in the future. ”

Qu Ning looked at him as if he was shining on the side, and suddenly there was an inspiration in his chest, and he secretly called the maid to continue to clean her hands with chrysanthemum tea, she didn't deliberately drink it this time in order to give face to this group of people, she smiled and groaned in front of this group of people with red and white faces with chrysanthemum tea posture elegant and good-looking clean hands, gently wiped her soft pancreas that was still stained with water droplets, she said softly: "It's like this chrysanthemum tea, if it weren't for the fact that you are honored guests, I wouldn't drink this water even for eight lifetimes." ”

Ben blushed at this time—he realized that in Huaxia, if it weren't for the privileges given by these authorities, he probably wouldn't be able to eat even a single meal. Even eating will make a lot of jokes, not to mention those complicated etiquette and interpersonal relationships.

If the superior is like Qu Ning yesterday and helps him cover up the past, then it will be fine, and no one will dare to laugh at him, but if the superior deliberately smashes his face like today, then his days in China will be difficult to move an inch, let alone want to live comfortably.

Under the persuasion of the husband and wife, Ben finally agreed to their request with a little helplessness.

He is worthy of being one of the founders of P&V, and he has a lot of secret recipes made at that time, although he can't use the original version, but there are many things in the middle, Qu Ning has used improved and better versions in later generations, so during this period, she allocated a little bit and told the condition of the finished products she had seen. The original version of V is much better.

Although there was Tang Shaoshuai's assurance, they were still very careful at the beginning, but they were afraid that they would "teach the apprentice to starve to death the teacher", and the secret recipe was firmly hidden, and they only taught some fur.

Qu Ning and Tang Shaoshuai didn't care about this: there is one and there are two, anyway, they have already started teaching at this time, how long can they hide their secrets?

They are worried now, and it is also common sense of human beings, as long as the promises made by Tang Shaoshuai can be fulfilled in time, then these people will naturally put their minds at ease and no longer have the current careful thoughts.

The run-in is only a matter of course, but this matter is not over yet, and the Shangjing side suddenly sent Miss Tang San and Qu Ning's servants who had left over there - at the same time, there was also shocking news.