Xu Qing took these female students to visit the University of Oxford, familiarized themselves with the semester of their future studies, and then took them to a rented house in London. www.biquge.info This house is located at 49 Portland Street, and this house is many years old. As for why Xu Qing chose this place, it is because this is the location of the Chinese embassy in Britain in the original history, and it is also the location of the legation to the embassy from the beginning of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China and then to the new China.

"This house can be regarded as a witness to our China's status from the decadent and backward Manchu Qing Dynasty, to the victory of the revolution, and then to the country's prosperity more than a hundred years later. Since China has declined from here back then, I will get up wherever I fall today. I am still here as the Chinese Legation in the UK, but I will not repeat the past history, and I will let the British in the future treat this 49 Portland Street as if it were 10 Downing Street! ”

Xu Qing's words mean that he is already a red fruit, which means that he wants to make the future Chinese Embassy in the UK the second political center of the world, and let the future Chinese Ambassador to the UK become the emperor of the United Kingdom!

Xu Qing walked in with these female students and said directly: "There are many houses here, you can choose one by yourself." ”

Hu Ling, led by a female student, took the initiative to ask: "Lord Xu Qing, are you alone in this England, right?" Look at you as if in this England, no subordinates, no assistants? ”

Xu Qing nodded and said, "Yes, I have no subordinates here, no assistants, and I am alone!" ”

Hu Ling took the initiative to say, "Lord Xu Qing, why don't I help you!" We are also proficient in Chinese literature and ink, and we can be regarded as having a certain talent, so I think we can help you! ”

When Xu Qing heard this, he suddenly felt a little moved. It's not that he likes beautiful women around, but he lacks manpower. Within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, due to the backwardness of diplomatic thinking and the prejudice against going abroad to serve in the country, there were hardly any domestic officials who were willing to serve in foreign offices if they were not forced to do so. So Xu Qing So far, the Manchu court in China has not been able to send anyone over as Xu Qing's assistant, and everything is solved by Xu Qing himself.

There are advantages to this, but there are also disadvantages. The advantage is that Xu Qing has a lot of power, even power without any supervision. No one in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was willing to send an envoy to Europe, let alone be stationed in Europe, which was tantamount to entrusting all the diplomatic powers of Europe to Xu Qing, so that Xu Qing was simply the only representative of China in Europe, and Xu Qing's words were the "diplomatic will" of the entire Manchu court, and he spoke on behalf of the entire Chinese government.

Such an astonishing and unsupervised power is what Xu Qing needs very much, and it is the foundation for Xu Qing to lay the foundation in the future. But there is also a problem, that is, he has no cronies around him, and there are no trusted people around him to do things for him.

Many times, he lacked some cronies to help him with his errands. After all, he is also an official, and there is no one under an official, so it is very inconvenient to do things. What's more, this is a privacy secret related to China, and even includes Xu Qing's anti-Qing plan in the future, and it is impossible for him to hand over these things to foreigners.

If you ask foreigners to do these things, of course, you can't believe it. The so-called non-ethnic group will have different hearts, especially when it comes to politics, and it is even more risky. It is impossible for Xu Qing to entrust such a large amount of power to foreigners, let alone digging into the corners of the Qing Dynasty in the future, and such a thing cannot be known to foreigners.

"I can have such preferential treatment from the British, not because of my personal reasons, but because I have the Manchu court behind me. As soon as the British guys knew that they were going to betray the Manchus in the future, they would not continue to give me preferential treatment, but would still betray me and make friends with the Manchus. So I can't trust foreigners, especially politically. However, if I have subordinates, these female international students, or even future international students, may not be able to take responsibility for choosing some things for me. Xu Qing thought.

Xu Qing quickly made a decision and said, "Okay, you guys follow me and get me something to learn." During this time, you will take turns studying with me, and I will teach you foreign languages. Then I will invite foreign teachers to teach you all kinds of basic knowledge, including foreign languages, mathematics and even various basic science knowledge, so that in the future, you will not have too many problems when you enter the university. “

"After a year of preparation, you can also enter Oxford University or Cambridge University to study, so that you can also become a useful talent for the country!" Xu Qing said.

But Hu Ling shook his head and said: "We are women, so what if we become useful talents for the country, it is impossible to be an official!" ”

Xu Qing hurriedly reassured: "It doesn't matter, in short, there is no harm in reading." ”

Of course, Xu Qing didn't say that he wanted to oppose the Qing Dynasty, these international students will be his cronies, and they are all his first batch of talents. The Manchu Qing Dynasty and the British are using their own money to train talents for Xu Qing! Xu Qing successfully transformed the Nanjing Treaty into a treaty that could establish a foundation for himself in the future, and the biggest beneficiary of this Nanjing Treaty was not the Manchu Qing Dynasty or Britain, but Xu Qing.

"Hu Ling, in the next few days, you will be serving in our Chinese Legation in the United Kingdom. I grant you the status of First Class Secretary, Miss Hu Ling, who is dedicated to assisting me in the direction of the entire Legation. As for the other nineteen girls, they were temporarily granted the status of third-class secretaries, and were responsible for some of the specific operations of the legation. If you do your errands well in the future, and your learning and abilities rise fast enough, I can give you a promotion. ”

Hu Ling took the initiative to ask: 'Lord Xu, what is the identity of this secretary?' Can we women be officials? “

Xu Qing thought to himself: "Secretary? Isn't it the official that you women are in? Look at the future generations, how many bosses' secretaries are not all women? Isn't a secretary just a woman's official? ”

Of course, the above is purely Xu Qing's complaint, and the real secretary does not mean this. In particular, the secretary of this legation, which only represents a diplomatic title, is not really the kind of "female secretary" who has an unclear relationship with the leader.

"Okay, I'll group you up early, and you will divide the labor according to my group, and then take turns to be in charge. As for the first team leader, I will choose according to your age, and whether you can sit in a good position depends on your own ability. ”