"It's a shame you didn't see the Japanese consul's face. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info "Duncan was laughing, laughing exaggeratedly, laughing and laughing; At the same time, he was trying to mimic the look on the face of an angry Nakagawa Tsunejiro as he left his office.

Of course, the imitation works poorly and is very inaccurate, after all, he is not a professional actor, and that was a month ago.

A month is a long time relative to the drama of the whole thing, and Duncan is busy: since Tsunejiro Nakagawa unmistakably declares that "you'll regret it", it would be foolish not to take a little precautions.

So Duncan spent some time clearing all the cotton, cotton yarn and raw silk in stock, and bought insurance for the factory, warehouse and machinery and equipment - in fact, he also wanted to buy an accident insurance for all the workers. Desmond banded in opposition, but he had to abandon the idea - and Duncan then sent two squadrons of mercenaries to reinforce the factories and warehouses, and gave the workers a two-week Christmas break.

And it's a paid holiday. It is very likely that this is the first time in the world that a worker is given a paid holiday, and it is the harvest that Duncan has spent countless energy and time getting from Qin Lang.

Finally, after doing these things, he took a cruise back to San Diego for a vacation.

However, before his Christmas break officially began, Duncan still needed to make some reports to Qin Lang, but not in Qin Lang's office, but in the living room of his new home. Just one day before Duncan arrived in San Diego, Qin Lang's private mansion was finally completed, so he moved in as a matter of course, and invited Elizabeth, Rachel, O'Connor, and Duncan to be the first guests to enter it.

Even though they didn't like it - "no normal person would live in a house like this," Rachel commented.

No normal person would build a three-story reinforced concrete basement for his private house, which is said to be able to withstand the blasting of five hundred pounds of high explosives, but Qin Lang did just that, and because of the cost and construction period, the ground part of the building was only one floor, of course, it was still a reinforced concrete structure, and it was almost impossible to see a single wooden board from the outside, and even the gate was made of steel - it was like a fortress.

Except for Qin Lang, no one likes his new home. Luckily, Duncan's jokes and expressions both distracted the guests and diverted the subject, leaving them in the mood for much criticism. It was only for a moment that the "Japanese" became the new focus.

"Be careful, Duncan." When Duncan's laughter was lowered, Qin Lang issued a warning. "Since the Japanese claim 'you'll regret it,' it's likely that they're planning some extremely covert operation."

"For example?" Rachel asked first.

"For example, arson in our warehouses or factories. If I were Japanese, I would do that. Qin Lang replied, he didn't expect his thoughts to be surprisingly consistent with Kuroshima Ren.

"But I've already insured the factories and warehouses." Duncan said, "Even if the Japanese set the fire, our losses would be minimal." ”

"Japanese people can choose the most suitable time." Qin Lang thought for a while and gave an example, "Set fire on the eve of your delivery to an important customer. The fire will make you pay a hefty liquidated damages, and they win. ”

"If I were to be put in charge of the arson program, I would also try to build a relationship with that important customer." Rachel went on to say that her mind was exceptionally clear on these issues, "or rather, that important client was my man." ”

"You're going to scare me." Duncan gave a dry, unsmiling smile. However, he knew that Qin Lang and Rachel's warnings were by no means simple threats, but potential threats that could become facts. After thinking about it for a while, he said, "I will further strengthen the vigilance of factories and warehouses. ”

Heightening the vigilance was a good precaution, but O'Connor gave him a blow to the side. "After the New Year, all mercenaries should concentrate on rest and training. Duncan, you know, there's going to be a very important military operation next year. ”

Duncan knows. In fact, even Elizabeth knew exactly what "very important military operations" meant. Although at present, there is no sign that the United States has declared war on Spain, since Qin Lang has made it clear that the United States will go to war with Spain next year, then war will definitely break out - so far, Qin Lang has not made any mistakes, and his predictions are always correct, making it impossible to doubt.

"Oh my God, war!" Duncan's mood became a little depressed because war was about to break out. Of course, he was neither an anti-war nor sympathetic to the Spanish government, but O'Connor's deployment of all mercenaries to the Spanish-American War would create a glaring hole in the United Textile Technology's security defenses, giving Japanese spies the opportunity to carry out sabotage, which was unbearable.

"Sean, can't you just leave me a few squadrons?" He pleaded.

"I can't." It was Qin Lang who answered him. "I decided to commit five regimental combat teams in the Spanish-American War."

The five regimental combat teams are 17,500 according to their current strength, a number far exceeding the total number of mercenaries he had agreed with Harriman and Bush a few years earlier. But Qin Lang had his own calculations: to loot the Spanish treasury in Manila in the shortest possible time, and by the way, to harvest the Spanish ruling families that had been entrenched in the upper class of the Filipino society for hundreds of years, and thus full of fat - it should be pointed out that a considerable part of the wealth owned by these Spaniards was obtained in the past several genocides against the Chinese - he needed at least about 10,000 mercenaries, and if he had to fight the Captinan armed forces at the same time, he would need 14,000 soldiers, Exactly four regimental combat teams.

Then he would send a regimental combat team to Cuba. Although the fighting in Cuba did not particularly require mercenary participation, Theodore. Roosevelt would fight there as part of the Volunteers, and Qin Lang would need to establish some relatively close ties with the future president of the United States.

However, O'Connor will do the work in his place. Qin Lang himself will command the operation in the Philippines...... Of course, the main purpose is to make sure that you get all the gold and silver in the Manila coffers, and by the way, get yourself a glittering military rank and a congressional medal of honor.

General Qin Lang, that's a new title worth looking forward to.

"That's great, Qin!" Duncan complained, "What about my factories and warehouses? ”

Qin Lang thought for a while. "Well, I'll ask Messerschmitt to take some people to Zhanjiang to take care of security."

"Messerschmitt, that British spy? I don't trust him, either in person or in his ability to get things done. Duncan snorted. However, only Messerschmitt was able to travel to Zhanjiang among the senior employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the rest, especially Lawrence. Fisborne, even if they had time, Qin Lang wouldn't let them stay outside for long - there were many things they needed to deal with in the United States.

So Duncan could only accept Qin Lang's arrangement. Either way, Messerschmitt was a real spy, and no matter how bad his abilities were, he still had a little bit of ability - not to mention that Messerschmitt was actually a very good spy, the only problem was that his boss was Morgan.

"Messerschmitt can get things right, Duncan." Qin Lang said that it is equivalent to a guarantee.

"Okay." Duncan shrugged his shoulders, took a sip of wine, and then changed the subject: "So, how is your Tsinghua University?" ”

"Everything went well." Elizabeth suddenly interjected. But she didn't do anything out of her mind: politics, military, business, or anything else didn't interest her in any way, except chemistry and school, and she became excited when it came to them, and the conversation had been her patience for a long time.

Elizabeth began to speak, and gushed: "Yi Shui has persuaded three Chinese ministers to be honorary principals of the school, and Qin has persuaded Mr. Du Bois to become the director of education. And Pierre of France. Monsieur Curie and Marie. Madame Curie, they wrote back to express their willingness to accept Qin's invitation......"

"Oh." Duncan let out a meaningless exclamation - he had no idea who the Curies were, what they were studying, and how difficult it should have been to convince them to put aside their ongoing research and become professors at Tsinghua University. But Qin Lang did it easily, and with a single letter, he convinced the Curies that they could achieve more outstanding results with his help, and then promised them a world-class laboratory, and the two future dynamite prize winners accepted his invitation.

As he had done to Elizabeth before.

And Qin Lang is also ready to repeat the same method on other scientists, but not yet.

Now, the most important thing is to get the school to open on time. Of course, there is no problem with infrastructure, professors, and books, and the trouble lies in recruiting students. "Until now, I didn't know exactly how many students the two schools would be able to enroll." Elizabeth had just finished her speech when Qin Lang expressed his concerns. "As you all know, the vast majority of Chinese young people now choose to study in Japan."

Duncan, O'Connor and Elizabeth can only regret the situation, with only Rachel saying, "Yi Shui says he can solve part of the problem." ”

"I know, he told me, too." Qin Lang nodded.

But what is his solution? They all want to know. "What is he going to do?"

"You'll find out when he returns." Qin Lang spread out his hand and made an apologetic gesture, "But now, I don't know." ”

"Yi Shui is coming back too?" Except for Rachel, the rest of the people were surprised, which they didn't know.

But there was news that surprised them even more.

"Yes." "We're going to get married before Christmas," Rachel said. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )