"So, you just agreed to Morgan's terms?"

"That's right. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"It doesn't seem like you." Elizabeth commented curiously, "I remember that you never let yourself lose. ”

"Sometimes, even I have to choose to compromise." Qin Lang sighed, and then said, "And actually, I didn't lose anything, I just couldn't take out the planned conditions. But it's not bad to get half of the shares in Khomel Foods. ”

It was a shame that he could not use this bet to lure Morgan into a small trap and further his intended goal; Relative to what he hoped for, Rickman's stake was clearly worth a notch lower. But if Morgan gets Hommel Foods in order to make the plan happen, it's not worth it.

After all, even if this chance is lost, he still has many chances to achieve that goal, but if Morgan is allowed to take Rickman's shares, maybe he still has a chance to get it back—and he will have to wait seventeen years—maybe he doesn't have a chance.

Qin Lang's only choice was to accept Morgan's conditions.

"And, perhaps, I should be happy." He continued, a smile tuging into his mouth, "Morgan definitely thinks he can win this gamble, but I'm the winner." ”

"Are you overconfident, Qin?" Elizabeth's expression was almost exactly the same as Morgan's face had been on a few hours earlier, and so was their judgment. "I don't know anything about military affairs, but I heard when I was studying in Berlin that the German Army is the strongest in the world."

Not one of them. "The German Army is the strongest in the world", Elisabeth's classmates and friends in Germany would only boast to her. However, this is a very funny joke, in both world wars, the "most powerful army in the world" was the vanquished, and strictly investigated, except for the invasion of China in 1900, the German army did not win a single war at all.

Before Wilhelm I was crowned Kaiser of Germany in 1871 - not the German Kaiser he hoped - and proclaimed the Federal Second German Reich[note], there was no army called the "German Army" in the world; Although the Prussian Army won three wars, that had little to do with the German Army.

In the German Army, the Prussian Army was only one component, but not the whole thing.

Qin Lang put on a contemptuous expression. "The German Army, which may seem strong, is like any army in Europe, it is already lagging behind and is bound to suffer defeat in the face of an army that uses more advanced tactics."

"Sounds a bit ......," Elizabeth didn't know how to comment; With her scarce military knowledge, she couldn't tell if Qin Lang's judgment was really correct at all.

But this kind of problem is always easy to solve.

"We can be patient and wait for the final result." And patience is necessary. Given the poor communications and the usual speed of response from the Qing government, it may be months before Beijing responds before sending military advisers and other issues needs to be considered.

There is no need to worry about these issues now; Now what needs to be cared for by Qin Lang, except for Elizabeth, is only a meeting with the remaining consortium leaders.

Rockefeller, Mellon, DuPont, Kuhn and Lobb, several families in Cleveland...... For the rest of the day, Qin Lang spent the time running around the eastern region, meeting, communicating, conspiring, negotiating, making deals with the people of his choice, attending the drinking parties they hosted, and meeting some new "friends" - of course, most of the time he was in New York, so he also found time to tour the city with Elizabeth.

Then, when a few weeks had passed and the exchange with the Eastern Consortium had been successfully completed, Qin Lang felt that it was time for him to visit Bush and Harriman in Washington.

Of course, they are just a channel. He hoped to make more bigwigs in the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and the Admiralty through Bush and Harriman; Then Qin Lang remembered Benjamin of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs. Ryan. Dielman, though he is a Democrat, may be a worthy visitor.

Qin Lang suddenly wondered how the research program for the "Dreadnought" battleship he proposed was going. As he knew history, after the construction of two battleships began in 1896, it was not until 1899 that the US Navy began to build new battleships - that is, if the "Dreadnought" had not begun construction this year, he would not have seen a result until three years later.

Three-year ...... Seems like a bit long.

Qin Lang shook his head, retracted his thoughts, and began to continue packing his luggage. But just then, Elizabeth walked into his room with what looked like an invitation.

"What is it?" He asked.

"An invitation from Morgan to the dance tonight." She handed him the invitation, "Our trip is going to be postponed." ”

"But it's still worth it."

"It's worth it." Qin Lang said to himself, satisfied with his prediction, and at the same time stared intently at the gentleman who was being introduced to him by Morgan - in fact, he didn't need any introduction, he could recognize who it was: the current chief of the New York City Police Department, the future deputy secretary of the Navy, the governor of New York, the twenty-sixth president of the United States, and one of the four stone statues on Mount Rushmore.

“…… Theodore. Mr. Roosevelt. ”

"It's an honor to meet you." Of course, Qin Lang would say this when he saw any big person, but in fact, only a few people would really make him feel honored, such as Morgan, Rockefeller, and of course the same with Roosevelt Sr.

The future president of the United States, who has been in power for seven and a half years, knows to anyone how important it is to have close and friendly relations with such a big man. But for Qin Lang, it may have been a little troublesome to establish a relationship with His Excellency the New York City Police Department: Roosevelt hated corruption and took every means to crack down on the New York Police Department's illegal activities, and he had no affection for the financiers and businessmen who bribed the police.

And he was a businessman, and he also played the role of a bribe taker in California.

Of course, Mr. Roosevelt's ears probably didn't have that long, and his eyesight probably wasn't enough to see what was happening in distant California, but in front of a stern enforcer, Qin Lang still felt that it was quite a hassle to establish a close relationship with him.

Either way, Morgan had already introduced him, and he had greeted Roosevelt, at least at first, not badly—though he had only received a slightly lukewarm response.

"Mr. Qin, I've heard your name." The NYPD chief said, "It's hard for the average person to achieve as much as you do at the same age." ”

"I'm just a little bit more lucky than the others." Qin Lang replied, while muttering to himself, "I'd rather not have such luck." ”

Even though three years had passed, and despite the success of his career, he was still full of resentment that he had been inexplicably sent to the United States at the end of the nineteenth century by some madman.

Either way, what is lost is always nostalgic.

Of course, these complaints were only fleeting in his mind, for Roosevelt was going on to say, "Alfred has a very good opinion of you, and that friend of yours who is a temporary lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps, who appreciates your role in the military operations at Canton Bay. ”

Alfred. Thayer. Ma Han, Qin Lang knew who he was talking about. From what he knew, Roosevelt had known Mahan since 1880, but now it seems that they were not only acquaintances, but also had frequent contacts—perhaps brought them closer by The Influence of Sea Power on History 1660-1873.

There is no doubt that Roosevelt was an expansionist, and Mahan's writings made him realize that only a drastic expansion of naval power could give the United States the same status as a European power......

It's a pity that now he is neither the Deputy Secretary of the Navy nor the President of the United States, and there is no way to convince the stingy Congress.

These thoughts quickly turned through Qin Lang's mind, and at the same time said: "For me, participating in the military operation in Guangzhou Bay is both a business and a way to serve the country. ”

"In a very special way." Roosevelt pondered for a moment, then said, "You seem to have no affection for China, Mr. Qin. As a Chinese, this is very rare. ”

"I don't have a good opinion of the government that is ruling China." But in reality, unlike what many believe, Qin Lang did not like the Qing government, but he did not dislike it, but he lacked a sense of belonging to what is now China – and the same is true for the United States today.

Neither Chinese nor American, he is simply alive in the United States and is ready to continue to live.

But Roosevelt misunderstood his speech and gave him a rare nod. "A Tatar government that should be spurned by the civilized world." But he was quick to reveal his true view: "Of course, even if you exclude this factor, China is still a sad place." ”

Qin Lang furrowed his eyebrows almost imperceptibly—racism and national superiority were important parts of Roosevelt's thought, but he never liked racists and national superiorityists; Then Qin Lang remembered Roosevelt's attitude towards China and the Chinese—no status; He believed that the Chinese lacked both the characteristics of civilization and the fighting spirit of the Japanese.

With Theodore. Roosevelt was definitely not going to be a pleasant thing to deal with.

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Note: As a federal empire, the Second German Reich was in fact an extremely loose state, with several major states having independent war ministries and diplomatic agencies from the establishment of the Reich in 1871 until its demise in 1918, and many laws conflicted with or even completely violated the Reich Constitution - in the case of Bavaria, the country's laws violated 19 of the 72 articles of the Reich Constitution. (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.) )