Chapter 45: Engagement?

In the original history, there is indeed a true legendary journey.

When Benz developed the first three-wheeled car, because of technical shortcomings, the car not only produced embarrassing noise and exhaust fumes, but also always broke down, so many people laughed at him, and Benz did not even dare to drive out. And there was one man who was unwavering in his support for his invention from the beginning to the end.

This man was his wife, Mrs. Bentz.

In order to prove that Bentz's invention was not a waste, Mrs. Benz personally went into battle and drove a car to see the child's maternal grandmother. Along the way, they overcame all kinds of unimaginable difficulties for later generations, and traveled more than 100 kilometers by car, and finally succeeded in causing a sensation in the world!

Benz's car was recognized, and Mrs. Benz became the world's first female driver, leaving a legacy in history.

In this life, because of the emergence of John and those technologies, coupled with abundant funds and the development process of Shun lƬ, it is impossible for Benz to encounter any more difficulties in history, and Mrs. Bentz's legendary journey is naturally impossible to appear again, in fact, Benz and Daimler and others have completed several trips of more than ten kilometers, which are already widely known in the local area, but they have not yet given birth to the idea of carrying out long-distance real yƠn.

So John's letter surprised and excited them!

Mr. Huntelaar is ready to assemble a fleet of at least three cars for a long trip starting in September! Two of the cars will be provided to Mr. Huntelaar and his companions, while the third will have General Motors technicians who will be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the vehicles along the way.

Of course, all the costs, including the manufacturing costs, are borne by Mr. Huntelaar personally!

"Genius idea!"

When Bentz, Daimler and others saw the letter, this thought immediately appeared in their minds.

They didn't know that John had used it in New York's Central Park years earlier, and they didn't know that the GM boss wasn't intent on building hype for the cars that were about to go into production. They just saw the huge propaganda that the idea could do!

Having already owned two prototypes, after receiving John's letter, Benz and his team began to build a third car almost as fast as they could, lest they delay John's great and perfect plan......

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Fast forward to three days since John went to the Brister house.

It wasn't until about five o'clock in the afternoon that John and Hans the butler were freed from their busy state. They wiped their sweat and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sir, it's time for me to go and prepare dinner."

But before he could rest for a few minutes, Hans immediately stood up.

"Don't worry."

John was stunned when he heard this, and immediately waved his hand and smiled: "I'm tired of helping me tidy up things, don't worry, it's not too late to rest for a while to prepare." ā€

After a little hesitation, Hans shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the master will be back soon, and I'm not tired." Rest for now. ā€

After saying that, the butler went into the kitchen and went to work.

Watching Hans close the kitchen door, John couldn't help but shake his head, secretly lamenting that his housekeeper's job was not easy. Although the salary given by the old Huntelaar is high enough, and John always subsidizes it piecemeal, but when the old Huntelaar didn't come before, it was okay, and John didn't ask for too much, but now. The old man is very particular about everything, and the workload of the butler Hans has suddenly more than doubled!

But a moment later. John's attention returned to his own business.

For three days, John was preparing for his upcoming trip to Europe. In addition to preparing the necessary travel supplies, the most important thing is, of course, to inform the professors of surgery at the university who are about to visit. For this reason, he must carefully plan the itinerary, estimate the approximate time, and then send telegrams or letters to these people one by one, so that the other party can prepare in advance.

In order to be able to complete my own trip in more than two months. In the end, John could only settle on just four cities: Paris, Heidelberg, Munich, and Leipzig – more than half of what he had planned!

There was no way, John did not dare to overestimate the performance of the GM.

So after much consideration, John decided to scrap the plan to make a big circle around Western Europe and just make a small turn. Even then, there are more than three thousand kilometers to go. Considering the car parameters provided by Benz and the road conditions of this era, the speed of 20 kilometers per hour should be more reliable, and then considering the failure rate of the car, the maintenance time and the endurance of the human body, five hours a day is already the limit.

So all in all, it takes nearly a month just for the car to be on the road!

When he calculated this number, John couldn't help but sweat for his journey in the next three months. He is doing everything now to prepare for the worst, and in order to be able to let the car into the sight of the human world, he can be regarded as open-minded. Thinking about it, even if the first generation of cars has the various technology patents he provides, I am afraid that it will definitely not be comfortable, so after calculating, he feels that it is probably not a good choice to invite Anna......

"Boom! Boom! ā€

Just as John pondered the matter, there was a knock on the door from outside.

Before Hans could come out of the kitchen, John shouted "I'll go," and then got up and opened the door. At this time, it should be old Huntelaar and Henry they are back.

When I opened the door, it was really the old man.

Taking the old Huntelaar's cane, John smiled and said, "Grandpa, what are you so happy about today?" Could it be that the pharmaceutical company has received some big orders? ā€

Old Huntelaar had a smile on his face all the time, which made John quite curious.

John thought about it and thought about it, but he didn't find out what a special day it was, and the old Huntelaar went out to do a routine inspection of the Heinz pharmaceutical company, which was also one of his weekly jobs. At least in John's impression, Heinz Pharmaceutical Company has nothing special to do recently, could it be that there is a sudden failure of some big order?

"Haha, there are a lot of small orders, but there are no large orders, but ......"

Taking off his hat and handing it to John, old Huntelaar blinked and smiled: "Today I specially asked Mr. Brister to go to the company together, and we talked for a long time during this period!" ā€

"Oh? Mr. Brister went too? What did you talk about? ā€œ

When John heard the name, his heart moved, and he immediately seemed to understand something.

Ignoring his grandson's question, old Huntelaar walked in with a smile, sat down on the sofa in the living room, and then commanded the butler who had heard the voice: "Hans, give me a cup of coffee!" ā€

"Yes, sir."

Hans nodded at once and went back to the kitchen.

After John put away his cane and hat, old Huntelaar smiled and said, "John, the Bristle family has agreed that Anna will travel with you on a trip to Europe!" ā€

"Really?"

Raising his eyebrows, John couldn't help but be a little surprised at the same time.

For a family like Brister, having their unmarried daughter travel with a man of the same age was a difficult decision to make. John also had the attitude of giving it a try, but he didn't feel much hope, because he knew that Anna might be looking forward to it, but her parents might not be happy.

Unexpectedly, the Bristers agreed!

This result was a bit unexpected by John, so after a moment of silence, he couldn't help but look at old Huntelaar: "Grandpa, you ...... You wouldn't have said anything to Mr. Brister, would you? ā€œ

"I didn't say anything special."

Old Huntelaar shrugged his shoulders and smiled quite relaxedly: "I just told him, if you two young people don't object to coming back from this trip, just before we leave Europe and go back to New York, we will give you two an engagement!" ā€

"What? Betrothal?! ā€

After hearing this, John finally lost his calm, exclaimed, and stood up suddenly!

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I'm going to get the protagonist engaged again, so I'm tired of writing emotional dramas, so let's have a good time. (To be continued......)