As soon as Qin Chuan spoke, these former children who were sitting around the table and chatting happily stopped talking and sat upright, staring at Qin Chuan and this young man who was rich in knowledge, extremely high in mind, and extremely cherished and valued talents. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

With the help of Zhang Shiheng and Sheng Xuanhuai, and even Zhou Fu, some of the former children who studied in the United States from all over the country arrived a month ago, and some arrived in Tianjin only before yesterday, which made Qin Chuan feel extremely regretful, he did not pass through the spirit of the king who gathered in the novel with the pig's feet raising his arms and responding, and under his sincere invitation, only about 40 of these children who had studied in the United States in the past were invited to come.

Qin Chuan knew that there were no more reasons why those who did not accept his invitation did not come, and there were no more than three reasons why these people refused to give in and came to him.

One is abroad, these people are often mixed well, you must know that in this era, even in the West, even in the United States, talents with a university degree are still a scarce resource. At the beginning of the 19th century, there were only 24 universities in the United States, and now there are only about 300, and they are very small, both private and public.

Qin Chuan remembers that in 1841, when the University of Michigan in the United States opened, there were only two professors and six students. At this time, there are only nine American universities with more than 250 students. In other words, the number of college students graduating in the United States in one year is only two or three thousand. Especially at this time, the second industrial revolution is booming in the United States, and knowledgeable talents are even more scarce.

The second type of people have achieved achievements in their careers in China, such as Zhan Tianyou, some people who are in Beiyang and Nanyang sailors, and even some who are in business, these people will not rashly accept his invitation as a businessman who has the status of a backup official, but is actually an authentic businessman.

The third type is similar to the second type, although these people have no achievements, they are still messing around in the whole country, especially in Shanghai, Fujian, and Guangdong Yamen, but they are bent on making achievements in their careers, and these people will not take a fancy to his identity, thinking that Qin Chuan will not have any interest if they follow him, and naturally they will not come.

The people who can come to him today are all those who are not satisfied with the status quo, or to be precise, they are unwilling to give up what they have learned, and they sincerely want to achieve something in their careers and make some contributions to the development of this country, and these people are exactly what Qin Chuan is looking forward to.

Therefore, Qin Chuan attaches great importance to these people, not only everyone who arrives, Qin Chuan will personally set up a banquet that night, and have a long talk, and talk freely to these people about his many ideas in education and industry. Most of these people have agreed to stay and help Qin Chuan realize his dream, but there are still some people who are still hesitating, Qin Chuan just wants to make one last effort today, and strive to leave all these talents behind, and not let any of them go.

Qin Chuan put his hands with white gloves on the long table, leaned forward slightly, and said in a sincere and low tone.

"All of you here, you are all warriors who walked out of our ancient country for the first time and the first batch of national heroes who dared to open their eyes to the world seventeen or eighteen years ago, without fear of the world, without relentless hardships, and with infinite courage."

It is the first time that these former young children in the United States have heard someone give them such a high evaluation, calling them warriors and national heroes, Qin Chuan commented on them like this, so that these former young children, now they have experienced all the vicissitudes of life, and after returning to China, they have tasted countless sad grievances, and are ignored by the vast majority of the world.

Since these people were forced to interrupt their studies and were forced to return to China by the Qing Dynasty, they have changed careers and been placed in positions that many domestic scholars are unwilling or unable to engage in, and then they have been abandoned and ignored.

"Ladies and gentlemen."

Qin Chuan continued in a heavy voice: "You 120 ignorant children with an average age of only 12 years old in the past, separated from their parents and brothers and sisters, crossed the vast Pacific Ocean, and came to the other side of the ocean thousands of miles awayIt's really sad and lamentable。。。。。。 ”

Before Qin Chuan's words fell, some people had already burst into tears, thinking of their friends and classmates who had been buried in a foreign land so far, and everyone was in a heavy mood and full of sorrow.

Qin Chuan's sincere but very heavy deep voice echoed back and forth in the spacious and quiet room.

“。。。。。。 You have been abroad for more than ten years, and you have mastered considerable modern knowledge of the West, so you naturally know the essence of the science and technology of the Western powers, which are called by the Chinese people, and you are more aware of the disadvantages of the Qing Dynasty today, and you also know that the Qing Dynasty is no longer the old central empire that collected thousands of glory and one, and you also know that the faltering Qing Dynasty today is far from the Western powers, and in the long run, the Qing Dynasty will be difficult to return, and will eventually become terminally ill. ”

"If our China wants to restore its former glory and re-emerge in the world, Qin thinks that it is no wonder that there are ways to open up the wisdom of the people, strengthen the national physique, actively establish Western-style education, break superstition, promote science, and vigorously develop industry."

Since returning to China, Qin has also tried his best to do his best according to what he said above. Needless to say, the development of industry and the establishment of education, from yesterday to this morning, you have all seen these factories of Aurora Company. Although these factories of Aurora do not have the complex machinery and equipment of large Western factories, the products that can be produced are either not available in the West, or the functional quality of the products is stronger than that of the West. ”

"I have a dream, Aurora Company, not only to have the world's best dyeing factory, the best canning factory, the best pen factory, the best refined salt factory, the most advanced alkali technology, these you have already seen. I also want to build the world's best chemical enterprises, steel enterprises as excellent as those large companies in Europe and the United States, and establish our own machinery manufacturing industry, automobile industry and a series of excellent enterprises。。。。。。 ”

"As for education, you have also seen that the newly built Aurora Middle School, which integrates primary school and middle school, has opened, although for the time being, students in schools like us cannot take the road of imperial examinations, and there are few students, but with the gradual opening of people's wisdom, I believe it will get better soon. We have spread the word through the Oriental Times in the concession, the Declarations in Shanghai, and the newspapers in Guangzhou and Hankow, and have recruited students free of charge throughout the country. ”

"The only regret is that not enough has been done to establish education and promote science, mainly because of the lack of talent. For example, I have always wanted to open a university that is not inferior to the Western powers, but the quality of teachers is a big problem. ”

"My dream is to build a university that can compete with Harvard, Yale, Preston, Columbia, Pennsylvania, and MIT。。。。。。

"Could it be that there is no such talent among the 40,000 compatriots in my big country of China?"

"Yes."

Qin Chuan, who was getting more and more excited the more he spoke, involuntarily raised his voice, stood up and continued his speech loudly and emotionally.

"That's you, you, that's the future of our big country in science and technology; You are the hope of regaining the majesty. If you stay here, you will start from here, use your talents to open up the wisdom of the people in the land of China, change the people's customs, promote science, and create the world's first-class enterprises. ”

Qin Chuan sat down in his seat again and slowed down his voice: "You have all been invited to Tianjin in the past month or so, I have already talked to all of you separately, some of you have promised me to stay here and help Qin realize what you want together, and some are still hesitating, mainly because they think that with Qin, the alternate officer, there is no chance to advance." ”

Qin Chuan sighed, and said with a wry smile helplessly: "Originally, since your arrival, although Qin has invited you to a banquet separately, everyone has gathered together to drink and talk happily, talk about goodbye, and talk about the future This matter has not been done. After a while, Aurora Construction Bank, which is also the first Western-style bank opened by our own Chinese people in the land of China, will cut the ribbon and open. There is also a product bidding meeting of Aurora Company will also start bidding today, there are thousands of things, today's move Qin is really helpless, and I hope that you Haihan will not be thoughtful. ”

Speaking of this, he was already a little dry-mouthed, and he couldn't think of any other words that could move these people, so he couldn't help but raise his voice again.

"Qin just wants to hear one word from you now, that is, are you willing to follow Qin to work hard in this world?"

"Yes."

Sitting on the right side of Qin Chuan, a middle-aged man with a thin medium figure and a delicate face and a gray robe stood up excitedly and spoke first.

"What Ming Hong does, not to personal glory is important, he founded these factories do not say anything else, just say this one refined salt factory, that is, millions of dollars every year, there is such a big wealth, and still trying their best to suffer from the rise and fall of our nation, its heart is amazing, I glory the first support, go back I will resign from the Beiyang Minister of Foreign Affairs copywriting errand, dedicated to helping Ming Hong create a great cause, for the rejuvenation of my nation in the world to dedicate my modest strength."

This glory wall is a Cantonese person, the word is lucky, is the fourth batch of American children, in the United States to learn Western medicine, after returning to China mixed is not bad, first in the Beiyang School continued to study medicine, and then changed to the Beiyang Telegraph School to teach, and was hired by Li Hongzhang as a tutor, but also served as a translator in the consulate in New York. The current identity is the heir to the alternate province of Zhili and the foreign affairs copywriter of the Minister of Beiyang, because of the position of the backup official, Glory Yuan is also the only one among these people who now calls the word Qin Chuan.

Originally, Qin Chuan didn't dare to move such a person's mind, you must know that this Glory Wall has Li Hongzhang's background, as long as he continues to do this copywriting position, there is no problem in fighting for a right official position in the future, but when this Glory Wall learned the news, he ran to find Qin Chuan and took the initiative to recruit these young children in the United States. Now he was the first to stand up and say that he wanted to follow him Qin Chuan, which made Qin Chuan very excited, and was about to get up to express his gratitude, and someone among the young children in the United States stood up.

The man who got up was of medium height, slightly chubby, with a square face and a thick beard, a pair of eyes full of energy, and his face was flushed and he said loudly with emotion.

"What Yun Dao said is extremely true, what Lord Qin is planning is by no means for his own selfish interests, but what he is planning is to fundamentally resist the military oppression of foreign powers, economic plunder, and save the great cause of survival. Lord Qin entrusted us with such an important plan, it is precisely Lord Qin's discernment and value us, how can we be nostalgic for the ethereal career! Tang Guoan has made up his mind, and he also fully assists Lord Qin, and conspires with Lord Qin to survive the great cause. ”

Tang Guoan's statement made Qin Chuan's heart beat even more excitedly.

This Tang Guoan is a baby!

This is the first president of Tsinghua University, the first university in China!

Through his hands, there are nearly 1,000 students sent to study in the United States, such a figure expressed his support, Lao Tzu does not believe it, who else will think about it!