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What is Paris?

It is the center of European fashion, in the diplomatic circles of Europe, people speak elegant French, and throughout Europe, women talk about fashion as well as what the women of Paris wear, Paris seems to be the center of the world, at least for Europeans, they cannot imagine a world without Paris.

And for people in Paris, they don't imagine the beauty of Paris, because Paris is actually not very beautiful, except for the rich areas, the slums are full of ruffians, the ground is full of sewage, ragged, yellow-skinned people suffer from hunger, poverty, this is heaven and it is also hell.

Seven years ago, when he first came to France, he was even mistaken for a girl in a long shirt and braids, and now he is almost no different from ordinary Parisians except for his appearance.

After leaving the sewage-ridden slums, he walked up to the boulevards, which were neat and tidy compared to the dilapidated and chaotic slums, and the patrols could be seen everywhere in the streets, and Paris was now no longer in the turmoil of a few years ago, perhaps because there was confidence in the third emperor that he would bring prosperity and glory to France like his uncle.

Soon Xu Shushan on the side of the road waited for the public carriage, ten minutes later, he returned to the school campus, the Paris Polytechnic School, which was established during the French Revolution, the first steam station in France was built here, in fact, the most outstanding engineers in France are also from this school, every year when the students here have not graduated, they will be hired by various companies or factories in France, Even Xu Shushan, who is Asian, now works as an engineer in a factory in Paris, which is why he has to navigate the dirty and unsafe slums to save time and money.

"Hey, Xu, working overtime again?"

Almost as soon as he returned to the dormitory and opened the door, Xu Shushan heard Mars, who was in the same dormitory, ask with some concern.

"When will you figure out a little bit, you are an engineer, not a worker, you don't have to operate the machine like a worker at all!"

Mars's persuasion made Xu Shushan smile disappreciatively.

He didn't explain anything, but as a person, he knew why he wanted to learn to operate machines, because no one in China can operate machines, and when he runs a factory in the future, he will inevitably need to teach those workers to learn how to operate machines, so he needs to learn how to operate machines.

"This is a great opportunity! An opportunity to learn! ”

"I really don't understand, is every Chinese as studious as you!"

For the French, they do not have the concept of "Qing Dynasty", in fact, for European and American countries, they do not have the view of "dynasty", their eyes of China and China three hundred years ago does not seem to be much different, and for Xu Shushan, he also did not argue with others that China should be "Qingdynasty" (1), in fact, compared to the former, he would prefer others to call himself Chinese. Even this is the reason why he cut off his braids and changed into a suit less than a month after coming to France, and he has no sense of belonging to the "Qingdynasty" built by the Manchurians.

Whether other Chinese are like this, Xu Shushan does not care, but he knows very well why he works so hard, for himself, and also for his sister, once upon a time he even thought that maybe he would stay in France, but his sister, to be precise, the letter from his brother-in-law, made him want to return to China.

He has to go back home!

For my sister, because of my brother-in-law's choice!

The letter disrupted all his plans, and in the letter, his brother-in-law told him in seductive words that he was not only planning to establish a trading company to sell domestic raw silk, tea and other local goods to Europe, but also planned to build factories and schools in China, and was also preparing to send students to Europe.

The blueprint drawn in the letter by the brother-in-law who had never met made Xu Shushan heartbroken, he has been in Europe for seven years, he has witnessed the development of Europe, and he also knows China's backwardness and ignorance, but he knows that this is not something he can change, in fact, hundreds of years ago, the ancestors of the Xu family tried to change some, but what kind of reward did he get for his efforts?

What happened to his ancestors made him prefer to close his eyes, and even planned his life - stay in France, marry a wife and have children, otherwise what would he do when he returned to China? It is nothing more than working in a foreign firm, at most becoming a translator, if this is all there is, wouldn't my studies in France be wasted?

But his brother-in-law's letter gave him hope and the urge to return to China, but before that, he had to help him set up a branch in France.

"Bang ......"

Suddenly, a somewhat dull gunfire interrupted Xu Shushan's thoughts, the gunfire came from the dormitory next door, and the gunshot only frightened Xu Shushan to stand up suddenly.

"Damn, it's that Anthony again!"

Mars couldn't help but complain loudly that Anthony was a classmate of them, but his interest was in weapons, and he had been trying to develop a new rifle.

"He hasn't given up yet?"

Xu Shushan, who came back to his senses, asked rhetorically, that Anthony has been studying the so-called "new rifle" in the past year.

"Hmph, unless the sun comes out of the west, sometimes he will even shoot in the middle of the night, Xu, at that time I even wanted to throw him to China, well, maybe China needs someone like him, maybe he is a paranoia, but China always needs its own arsenal......"

Does China need people like that?

Xu Shushan didn't know, but another news he had seen in the newspaper came to his mind - a rebellion in China! Unlike the Europeans, who use the word "rebellion" to describe it, Xu Shushan prefers to describe it as an "uprising", and now those "rebels" have occupied Jiangning, according to the newspapers, they have occupied half of China.

Perhaps, the Manchurians did not need muskets, artillery, but maybe the rebels would need them!

Perhaps, this is a good business, and even in the future his brother-in-law can build China's first modern arsenal in Shanghai or Jiangning.

"Hey, Xu, what are you going to do?"

Seeing Xu Shushan leave the dormitory, Mars didn't know what kind of waves his words set off in Xu Shushan's mind, so much so that he left the dormitory almost immediately and came to the dormitory next door.

"Anthony ......"

knocked on the door, seeing that no one opened the door, Xu Shushan directly pushed the door open, and then he immediately smelled a pungent smell of gunpowder, by the window of this simple dormitory, a young man in a white shirt was buried in front of the table, there were many metal parts scattered on the table, and even a few muskets were placed on the table.

It was a typical engineer's room, though only a handful of students in the technical school studied weapons, and although many of the engineers in the State Arsenal in Saint-Etienne came from the technical school, not all of them were willing to choose the military as their life's work, after all, the engineers of the arsenal were also officers.

But Anthony, with his back to him, was clearly interested in military life, or at least in weapons, like the walls of this dormitory - hung with all kinds of weapons from various countries, even as an engineer, Xu Shushan did not recognize these weapons from those countries, only one of the revolvers, and that was because he had practiced shooting with it.

"Poof......

At this moment, there was a muffled sound like a gunshot on the workbench, and with a cloud of white smoke rising up, a crude curse rang out from the table.

"Damn, I knew it wouldn't work......"

In the midst of that curse, Anthony turned,

"Anthony! You ......"

Looking at Anthony, Xu Shushan almost didn't recognize him, his face was full of black smoke, which was the smoke and dust from gunpowder.

"Well, Xu, is that my face?"

Picking up a towel, Anthony said as he wiped the powder ash from his face.

"What's the matter? Composed. ”

Although they are classmates, Anthony and Xu Shushan do not have a deep friendship, in fact, both of them are a little too focused and focused on their studies.

"How's your research going?"

Xu Shushan didn't answer his question, but walked to the table and looked at the messy metal parts on the table, as well as various tools, and by the windowsill, there was also a rifle that smelled of gunpowder, and it was here that he had shot before.

"It's still the same as in the past, no less progress without me!"

Anthony shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly, looking a little helpless, but then he said.

"However, now that I fully understand what its shortcomings are, I just need to find a solution and I can ......"

Before he finished speaking, Anthony said in frustration.

"But, at least I can't do any more experiments for the past few months, I've spent all my living expenses this semester on buying this rifle, and if I don't want to make money, let alone experiment, I might even be the first student to starve to death in a craft school!"

Although Anthony's words were a bit exaggerated, listening to Xu Shushan's ears made his heart move slightly, so he said quietly.

"Anthony, as long as you persevere, you will always succeed, if you need living expenses, I can lend you a sum of money! Well, I think it can be an investment in you! (To be continued.) )