Hong Kong, 23 November 1911. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The weather was fine today, so just after breakfast, John was thinking about whether to go out for a walk and see the Hong Kong style in 1911, when suddenly his own chef Su Li hurriedly ran in: "Sir, come and read this newspaper!" ”

"Newspapers?"

John's brows furrowed, and he took the Chinese newspaper in Su Li's hand.

The vertical row of traditional Chinese characters looks a little dizzying, but for John, it was not a problem to read traditional characters in his previous life, so after seeing the largest line of words on the front page of the newspaper, his pupils suddenly shrank, and the newspaper in his hand trembled!

Yuan Datou, this is coming to power?

After being stunned for a long time, John hurriedly read the newspaper carefully. The Xinhai Revolution broke out half a year earlier than in the rest of the world, and Yuan Datou, who was supposed to be inaugurated as the second interim president early next year, was also a few months earlier, which made John's sense of changing history even stronger. It's just that when he read the whole article and found that although history was advanced but the basic trajectory had not changed, and the important events basically overlapped with his memory one by one, he finally fell silent......

"Alas......"

After a long sigh, John threw the newspaper on the coffee table.

"Sir."

Seeing that John seemed to be a little displeased, Su Li asked in a careful low voice, "Aren't you also secretly supporting this President Yuan...... Why do you look a little unhappy when he becomes president? ”

"Huh."

With a wry smile, John didn't have the interest to explain to his cook, so he waved his hand and said, "Okay, go and call the butler Mr. Elber Jr." ”

"Yes, sir."

twitching the corners of his mouth, Su Li hurriedly retreated.

"Hoo ......"

Glancing at the newspaper on the coffee table again, John let out a long breath. The excitement and excitement that had just risen in his heart to change history quickly dissipated after reading the newspaper, and John reaffirmed that it was too difficult for him to understand China in this era with his poor political cells!

Beiyang, constitutional, revolutionary party.

At present, China's three major forces are intertwined. Needless to say, the constitutionalists were the ones with the least future, and the result of defending the old world was to be crushed by the emerging forces. And the strongest is Beiyang, but John knows that if history continues to follow the original path, it will inevitably be the result of destruction; The weakest is the revolutionary party, but the bald guys seem to have the last laugh until they destroy themselves......

"Oops, it's a mess!"

Thinking of the annoyance, John slammed up from the couch!

Just when John was holding his breath in his stomach and wanted to find a place to vent, the butler Little Elber hurriedly walked in: "Sir, are you looking for me?" ”

"Uh...... Yes. ”

After taking a deep breath, John suppressed the irritability in his heart, nodded and said, "You prepare, we will leave Hong Kong next week and go to Shanghai...... Take the sea route! ”

"Yes, sir, I'll do it right away!"

There was no surprise on the butler's face, and he immediately nodded.

Before coming to China this time, John had already told the housekeeper about this trip. To put it simply, he will only go to two cities in China this time: one is Hong Kong, which is the territory of the British, but it will have a special status for a long time in the future, plus it is located in southern China, so it is also a must for the Huntelaar consortium; And the other city is Shanghai, which is now the most open in China and the window for China to open its eyes to the world!

Beijing, the so-called political center, John has no interest in going to it again.

Now that he had made up his mind, John would never come into contact with those politicians again, whether it was the Beiyang government or the revolutionary party in the south! So from the very beginning, he decided to only go to Hong Kong and Shanghai, and only see the people he had to meet, and everyone else chose to refuse politely. And not only himself, but all the forces of the Huntelaar consortium will maintain a neutral position in China in the future!

Only in this way can a transcendent status be maintained.

"The most important thing is to do something tangible."

With an inexplicable brilliance flashing in his eyes, John exhaled lightly and expelled the shock brought by the news of Yuan Datou's early arrival. He always remembered his identity in this life, a Chinese dressed in white skin, in this era when the Chinese people are extremely sensitive, it is not necessarily a good thing to rashly meddle in domestic politics, or to do what he wants to do in a down-to-earth manner, and silently contribute to the future of China, it is enough for John......

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On November 27, 1911, John left Hong Kong.

It was inevitable to attend the farewell dinner held for him by Lugard, and at this banquet, John had to face the "pinch" of many people again, and he also felt more and more the energy he had in this era!

Money, weapons!

It can easily come up with tens of millions of dollars of funds, and control the Huntelaar shipyard and weapons manufacturing company, as well as an aircraft company, which is undoubtedly the best backer for China's major forces at this time. As long as you have money and guns, you can make a name for yourself in China in these years, and isn't the revolutionary party the best example?

Even if you don't have a backer, you can be a weapons supplier!

Anyone with a little knowledge of weapons knows that the rifles, artillery, grenades and other weapons of the Huntelaar Arms Manufacturing Company are among the most advanced of this era, and they are not inferior to the Germans. And more importantly, they sell at a good price, not as cheating as other foreigners, so even the slightest idea is now eager to get in touch with John, and cheap and sophisticated weapons are a rarity in China.

It's just a pity that John has already made up his mind.

So at this farewell dinner, John told everyone with an extremely strong attitude that if they wanted to take out a loan, they could go and talk to the Far Eastern branch of the Huntelaar Bank, they had their own set of standards; But you can't buy weapons if you want to, because the Huntelaar Arms Company has never bought or sold weapons with the local powers of a country......

You said you sold weapons before?

Sorry, it was sold a long time ago, and the Huntelaar consortium had already explained to the British that they didn't know where the weapons were going......

Because of John's low-key behavior, Lugard's smile was extraordinarily bright.

It's a pity that the British never knew that apart from consciously supporting the revolutionary party and promoting the victory of the Xinhai Revolution, John never thought of selling weapons, ammunition or other things to China on a large scale, because he knew that the main purpose of these weapons was the civil war. Therefore, his goal will always be on education and industry, and this trip to another city, Shanghai, is mainly for this purpose.

So when John took Yan Fuqing, Dong Pengcheng and others to Shanghai together, a telegram was sent to Shanghai at the same time, and many people also moved together...... (To be continued.) )