When Fang Yan returned to the office building with Sylvia, the formal negotiations between Rudolph and Ciano Sr. had indeed ended. Both sides had procedural and gentle smiles on their faces, making it impossible for Fang Yan to guess what the outcome of the talks would be for a while. Due to the relationship between personality and experience, Fang Yan was able to maintain a normal calm expression after returning, while it was difficult for the girl Sylvia to hide her emotions well: her eyes glanced at Fang Yan beside her from time to time, and the depths of her eyes were full of gentle affection.

Out of courtesy, Rudolph invited the old Ciano family, who were guests, to have lunch with him; Fang Yan, who was his son, was finally able to accompany him and had a real meeting with the elder Ciano in the private room on the second floor of the shipyard canteen. However, the two of them seemed to have talked about all the things that needed to be said before, and at the moment they were talking about inconsequential and light topics at the dinner table, and Fang Yan listened to it for a long time and almost didn't get anything. The only thing that pleased him was that the beautiful girl Sylvia was sitting opposite him at the same square table; The eyes of the two continue to intersect, and what they rub out is the sweetness and warmth of the first taste of the fruit of love.

After lunch, Rudolph and Ciano Sr., each with other things to do, said goodbye to each other. Before leaving, Sylvia's bright eyes were full of reluctance, but she finally sat quietly in the car seat on the left side of the old Ciano, only her slender white fingers kept wrapping around her golden double ponytail braid. On the way back to the office from the tower, Fang Yan and Sylvia had exchanged their mailing addresses, and even though they would definitely get along in a foreign country in the future, they could still communicate through letters. However, since Sylvia is still quite young now, and devoting too much attention to love will only do more harm than good, so Fang Yan suggested that the correspondence between the two should be limited to once a week, and the meeting time should only be during the winter and summer holidays every year, until she has completed all her secondary school courses.

Under Fang Yan's sincere persuasion, Sylvia, who had just tasted this, finally agreed to spit out the sweet and tempting candy first; Only when you really want it, you will put it in your mouth and take a little bit. Feeling Silvia's obedience and attachment to himself, Fang Yan, who was moved in his heart, couldn't help but sigh something he had never thought of before: The feeling of cultivating a loli is really great.

The motor hissed, the wheels spun, and after a short time, the car belonging to the Italian Legation disappeared from Fang Yan's field of vision. He turned slowly, and saw Rudolph looking at him with a strange gaze that was slightly complicated, as if he had understood everything that had happened to him. Fang Yan, who had a ghost in his heart, coughed dryly, and said half-shifting the topic and half-doubtingly: "Father, how did you talk to Mr. Ziano before?" ”

Rudolph was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Jonas, this information about a far more unconventional revolutionary design in the shipyard was revealed to this Ciano by the initiative when you were in Berlin, right?" ”

Fang Yan's heart suddenly shook. In his initial plan, he was prepared to cover up the different caliber information that Rudolph and old Chiano had received from him through his own assistance in the talks; However, this time Rudolph met with the old Ciano alone, and under the reflection of these two photos, the flaws in it were exposed. Faced with Rudolph's gaze, which gradually became serious and sharp, Fang Yan, who knew that he could not get the facts in the past, had to bow his head and admit it, saying that he had sent the design drawings to the shipyard only after making a promise in front of old Chiano, so that his words would not become a deceitful lie.

"It stands to reason that this battleship plan was originally formulated by you; Even if you were to give it to someone else for free, I shouldn't have a problem. It's just that you shouldn't use this method to fulfill your wishes. Rudolph's face was slightly unkind, this kind of calm and powerful expression had not been seen by Fang Yan for a long time, and said coldly, "You obviously want to get close to Ziano's daughter, so you found a reason to attract him to the shipyard in order to create an opportunity between you." Now it seems that your plan is going quite well, and from the time you returned to the office after visiting the shipyard, I noticed that her eyes never took off you. I can't believe that the girl you like will be a girl of this age. ”

Listening to Rudolph's words, Fang Yan was bitter and embarrassed in his heart, he didn't expect Rudolph's associations to be so rich, but he had a real love for Sylvia two hours ago, but he couldn't refute the cheap daddy's accusations against him, so he only pinched his nose and recognized this gentleman image of Lolicon. He sighed, and finally chose to tell Rudolph all the ins and outs of the matter. However, in terms of the initial motive, Fang Yan still concealed his plan based on the cognition of the traverser, only saying that he took a fancy to the identity of the old Ciano, a close comrade-in-arms of the Italian leader; If they can establish a good relationship with him, the Brom family will also be able to occupy a place in the Italian market in the future.

Rudolph snorted, but looking at his expression, he didn't listen to Fang Yan's explanation at all. The family business that was now being rolled out alone had already made him feel tired and tired, and the extension of influence into Italy had not been considered by him at all. His face was cloudy and uncertain, as if he was hesitating about what attitude to use to deal with Fang Yan's unusual behavior this time; After a while, Rudolph finally sighed and said, "Although Ziano's daughter is young, she is undoubtedly a beautiful embryo that is extremely difficult to see, and if you can really become a lover with her, it will be a lucky thing for you." However, I hope you can organically distinguish between love and career, and don't let this incident affect the future of you and her. ”

"I understand, father." Seeing that Rudolph's attitude was loose, Fang Yan hurriedly said. Rudolph looked at him deeply, but did not speak again. Although he was quite worried about his young son's awakened love heart at this time, he also understood that it was better to block than to sparse a teenager of this age; For the sake of today, we can only hope that Fang Yan's self-control will that can play a role. Feeling that the atmosphere between the two was a little dull, Fang Yan's heart moved slightly, and said, "Father, you haven't told me how you talked to that Mr. Ziano?" ”

Rudolph was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed a somewhat solemn look, and said: "To be honest, I have never looked down on the industry of the Italians before. This time, however, he assured me that the Ansal Depot could equip a 10,000-ton warship with a power-to-weight ratio of 68 hp per ton, and that it had the astonishing reliability to operate for 8 hours at 15% overload. Even in terms of efficiency, its fuel consumption at 10% of the low output force can be controlled below 800 g/hp*, which means that the endurance of the warship equipped with this power can also be guaranteed to a certain extent. If all this is true, we will not have much advantage in the exchange of technology, and the royalties to be paid to us for each warship built will be about 5% of the cost at most. ”

Speaking of this, Rudolph looked at Fang Yan with a look of incomprehension and hesitation, and said, "Jonas, for such a small benefit, do you really want to sell the right to use this painstaking effort to the Italians?" You know, there's no shortage of this icing on the cake in the shipyard right now, and your Uncle Walter is able to get back a lot of dollars every month in North America, which is much better than the fluctuating Italian lira. If you really like that little girl, the shipyard can provide you with a solid financial backing; Even a diamond ring as a carrot bait along the way was enough to lure her little white rabbit from Rome into the hunting nets of Hamburg. ”

Fang Yan only smiled bitterly in his heart, he had already been recognized as a gentleman in Rudolph's eyes, and the intention of doing all this was to deepen the connection with Sylvia. But his true intentions cannot be said at present, and it will be more than ten years before Italy really becomes an ally of Germany, and there is no clue at all now. He sighed sadly, determined to bear the stigma under Rudolph's strange scrutiny; For the sake of everything in the future, it is nothing to be misunderstood by the people closest to you!

Seeing the young son's resolute attitude, the corners of Rudolph's mouth moved, and finally he sighed and stopped talking. Perhaps it is impossible to expect Fang Yan to behave perfectly in everything, compared to the broken sleeves of some people in the current society, his child's love for green apples is already an existence that can make him feel relieved. What's more, the girl is only 3 and a half years younger than him, and when she grows up, she won't see any difference.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, months pass like water. In the late autumn of 1923, the Ruhr crisis, which had been fermenting for more than half a year, was finally resolved through the mediation of Britain and the United States: Germany agreed to resume compensation, handed over 18% of the coal mined and 35% of the coke to France as in-kind debt, and promised to pay 10 francs in taxes to the Allies for every ton of coal sold. France and Belgium, which had partially achieved their intention of forcibly taking German production collateral, also had to announce the withdrawal of their troops from the Ruhr under strong external pressure.

Originally, Germany was going to pay reparations to all the members of the Entente, and even if there was a shortage of arrears, it would be money; As a result, Fabi came to such an armed invasion, only caring about his own benefits, but cutting off the financial routes of the big guys, and it is strange that other countries that should have received reparations this year can bear it! In particular, Italy and Britain, which are also great powers, reacted more strongly than the other, and France could not support it for too long.

(PS:Yesterday's chapter was actually judged to have a violation of the text.,I'm really a poi, continue to roll and ask for collections.,Ask for recommendations)