After signing the Sino-Prussian Memorandum of Trade in Prussia, Xu Qingye also set off for France. It has been half a year since he came to visit www.biquge.info the European continent, and he has gained a lot in the past six months. not only established a lover relationship with the European Queen of Spain, Isabella, but also the Countess Eugenie.

Although Queen Isabella and Eugenie did not directly agree to this absurd relationship, they did not explicitly say that they broke off their relationship with Xu Qing, and even the two women often wrote to Xu Qing, as if nothing had happened.

"Hehe, write to me, but deliberately don't mention the events of that day, so that I understand that this is deliberately covering up my true thoughts. The more you pretend that nothing happened, the more you prove that you have already chosen to acquiesce in this absurd relationship. If you don't agree, you can just declare that you will break off your relationship. But instead of breaking off your friendship, you deliberately wrote a letter, and then you deliberately pretended that nothing had happened, so that it was obvious that you wanted to cover it up! It seems that these two women can handle it! Xu Qing looked at the letter and thought.

"Mathilde, Louis Bonaparte will remain in our legation next, and I will give him the status of an adviser to the legation, which is a sign to the outside world. But don't leave the legation, Princess Mathilde will be in charge of external liaison in the future, especially gathering all kinds of contacts, you will be in charge! Xu Qing said.

Mathilde nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do it well!" ”

Mathilde is Xu Qing's woman, and she will be in charge of the Bonaparte family's external contacts, especially as the most important personal representative of her cousin Louis Bonaparte, responsible for the contact with Xu Qing and external contacts, and accumulating various personal connections.

But then, Xu Qing has some more important things, he has to check the work of the first batch of twenty female international students. Because according to his previous arrangement, these female students will be the first batch of librarians in this legation, and the next international students will be selected to serve in this legation in turn.

"Good morning, students, the weather is nice today! (English)" Xu Qing first greeted the twenty female students in one sentence of English.

"Good morning, Mr. Xu!" More than a dozen female students answered in English as well.

Xu Qing nodded with satisfaction, this language is still well learned, half a year, especially in this environment where all the people around are British, learning the language is very fast. In fact, the environment for learning a language is also very important, and if you are in China, I am afraid that it is very good to learn to be proficient in a foreign language within two years. But in the UK, surrounded by foreigners, coupled with Xu Qing's spending money to hire the best teachers to teach at any cost, coupled with the environment, it is not so difficult to solve oral English within half a year.

"Miss Zhao Qiu, how are you doing?" Xu Qing asked again in English.

Zhao Qiu, who is in charge of business, also replied in English: "Mr. Xu, we have learned a lot from the teacher, and we have understood the basic business knowledge. Even having already taken part in some business management at your Anglo-Chinese bank, we are all planning to study business at Cambridge University next! ”

Xu Qing then really tested every girl's English level, after all, it is not good to know English in the UK. Even if you just know English, you have to learn more languages. Working in a foreign country and not knowing a foreign language is not a good thing. Of course, Xu Qing, a diplomat, is certainly not so naïve as he did when he was a child, thinking that failing a foreign language is "patriotic".

In fact, on the contrary, I learned a foreign language, and then I learned the things of foreigners, and then I was able to serve the motherland! Not to mention the peculiarities of diplomatic work, if a diplomat who does not know a foreign language, isn't it laughing off his big teeth?

"Very good, you can pass your foreign language level, this is good! Looks like James is doing a good job, and I'm ready to give you a raise. Xu Qing replied.

James, the manager of Anglo-Chinese Bank, quickly replied: "Boos is still willing to spend money, and we have hired the best teachers, so that we have such results." ”

Xu Qing nodded and said, "Even so, you have a lot of credit. When the time comes, I will consider preparing a dividend incentive method, and all outstanding employees and executives can get a part of the dividends from the company's profits. Of course, this only has the right to dividends, and there is no actual equity. ”

When James heard this, he almost jumped straight into the sky, and there was such a good thing. In this era, the so-called equity incentive was not invented in the West, so the part-time worker is the part-time worker, and the boss is the boss. But if they can get the right to equity dividends, then they can be regarded as the boss, so how can they not work hard?

"LONG LIVE BOOS, YOU ARE MY GOD!" James immediately went almost insane.

"Needless to say, this is also the tradition of our Oriental Jinshang financial industry, and the distribution of top shares to outstanding employees is the tradition of our Oriental financial industry!" Xu Qing said.

"Oh my God, the companions of the East are so happy, so happy! It's really a blessing to be able to do things for an oriental boss. I think this plan proposes that we will be able to recruit a lot of outstanding talents in Anglo-Chinese Bank! James was so excited that he almost went crazy.

James felt that he had come to work for the Orientals, and there was nothing wrong with that! It's so cool to be able to get a "top stock". The Oriental counterparts are so happy, really too happy.

"James, go and help me get some people, go and send me some invitations, our legation is ready to officially open. We would like to invite all the major media in London, especially the various newspapers and magazines of high status, to invite them to come and remember. We're going to have a press conference, and it's going to be three days away. “

"boSS, what is a press conference?" James asked.

Only then did Xu Qing realize that there were no press conferences in this ancient period, and he, a diplomat in later generations, often experienced various press conferences, but there was no such thing as this era.

"Okay, okay, I'll get you a plan, you just do it!" Xu Qing said.

"Okay, I'll get your business done!" James said.

Xu Qing quickly invited all the foreigners in the legation away, and then the people in his legation. As for the personnel inside this legation, there are a total of twenty-one people, except for Xu Qing, the minister, the others are all girls between the ages of twelve and fifteen, and their appearance is still very good, after all, with the virtue of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they must all choose some girls who are beautiful and have outstanding learning ability, and I am afraid that they are all "white rich and beautiful"! As for those poor people, it is impossible to send them to foreign countries.

"How's your doing? In the past six months, you should have taken turns to be the team leader, what are your results? Show me your thoughts, and I'll rate them. Whoever has the best results this time will be appointed as the acting team leader, and if there is no problem within three months, he will be officially transferred to the regular position and awarded the title of second secretary. Xu Qing said.

Those girls took the initiative to hand in their work records and various experiences, and Xu Qing first reviewed the commercial and economic customs team, so that they could see if they could have some experience. Xu Qing looked at the answer sheets handed in by these girls, and felt that it was still relatively good. After all, they are all selected from the outstanding girls in China, and they are very good in terms of appearance and talent.

Of course, coupled with the factor of girls, they have not been "brainwashed" by too many traditional ideas, so although they are cultured, they are not too deeply poisoned by traditional ideas.

Even these girls are from Guangdong, which is the most open region in China. Even during the Qing Dynasty, there were thirteen lines of trade. Many people think that the Qing Dynasty closed off the country, but in fact, this is not all. During the Qing Dynasty, the closure of the country was not an absolute blockade, and there were 13 lines in Guangzhou in Guangdong, which were the first 13 commercial houses to obtain permission from the government to conduct foreign trade. However, later, as more and more commercial banks were approved by the Manchu government, they were far more than the thirteen lines, and the thirteen lines of the year also closed down a lot.

However, it is still named Thirteen Lines, which is the same as the fact that there are no pine trees in Beijing's five pines.

Xu Qing didn't feel that there were too many very amazing things in this answer sheet, after all, these girls had just experienced this, and many of the basic knowledge was not solid, so it was difficult to come up with anything refreshing.

However, Xu Qing also understands that after all, not everyone is born with knowledge, and you must learn to master more knowledge to learn.

"Okay, do you guys have anything to understand? Which of you dares to stand up and say what you understand? Xu Qing asked.

The girls from the commercial and economic customs group looked at each other, and then only one of the older girls stood up and said, "Lord Xu, I want to say what I think!" ”

"What's your name?" Xu Qing asked.

The girl who was about fourteen years old replied, "My name is Ning Qing!" ”

"Tell me about it!"

Ning Qing replied: "Master Xu, you asked me to study the things of commerce, economics and customs during this time, and I feel that these three are actually practical and can be used as a way to protect the country and even open up." For example, I studied the business history of Westerners, and found that in many cases, it is not necessary to rely on force to obtain benefits, but can be obtained through commerce. “

"Sometimes, if you use the 'money' well, you can do something that even the war can't do. I think these three can actually be linked together, and customs can be used as a means to protect domestic commerce and prevent foreigners from making too much wealth through commerce. As for business, we can use it as our 'army' to gain external benefits. However, both of them serve the 'economy', maintaining our domestic economy so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Xu Qing listened to Ning Qing's answer, although it was still a little shallow, but it was not bad. After all, in the past six months, I have not only to learn foreign languages, but also to read various books. In addition, he is young, but he is only fourteen years old, and his experience is obviously not enough. Of course, it is much better than in the past, if it is those Manchu officials in China who do not believe that commerce can be used as an offensive 'weapon'. I am afraid that many people in China, when they hear about the economy, subconsciously cannot be separated from business. In fact, the economy is not absolutely equated with business.

The economy includes commerce, but commerce is only a very small part of the economy. It's good that Ning Qing can have such an idea.

"Okay, since you dare to come out and say something, and have some experience, then you will serve as the head of this commercial and economic customs group, temporarily acting for three months, and after three months, you will be officially awarded the title of second secretary. However, since you are an international student, you are mainly studying here, and you take turns to be responsible for the affairs of this customs, so you don't have to come every day. After all, we don't have a lot of business in Europe, so we don't have to be too busy. Xu Qing said.

Ning Qing immediately said, "Thank you, Lord Xu!" ”

Ning Qing felt that his words were recognized by Xu Qing, so he thought he was satisfied.

The other girls immediately wanted to follow, but Xu Qing stopped them, saying: "Sometimes there is only one chance, since you choose to be silent, you have to bear the corresponding consequences." Maybe you might be better than he says, but after all, you only get one chance. Only a person who eats crabs is the best. Sometimes, in the changing international situation, the most important thing is to be able to grasp the opportunity. Because there are many eloquent people, but there are very few who can grasp the opportunity. If you want an opportunity, let's do it next time! ”

Those girls were also very depressed, if they had been bold at that time, maybe the position of the team leader would be their own. After all, who doesn't want to be excellent when they come to a foreign country? This competition is excellent, and it is what everyone wants.

As for the next culture, education and science and technology group, these girls are also very eager, after all, with the previous example, this one has been recognized by Xu Qing, isn't this group leader his own?

However, Xu Qing did not directly announce who would become the leader of this cultural and educational customs group, but only asked them to wait for the time being. Because he knows that these girls will naturally have some changes in their mentality after experiencing it for the first time, so they can't announce it immediately, which is easy to make mistakes. After all, in the profession of diplomacy, it is not only about knowledge, but also about the highest comprehensive quality.

The rich knowledge of various subjects in diplomacy is the foundation, but that is only the foundation. The real focus is on the mentality and various psychological qualities, which still need to be assessed in the next few days.

"Hu Ling, three days later, when our Chinese Qing Imperial Court Legation in Europe officially opened its legation, you, as our press spokesman, followed me to this press conference. When the time comes, I'll make my first press statement, and you can learn along. In the future, you will be the spokesperson for the press conferences. ”