"What are you thinking, Qin?"

"Nothing, just some really interesting things. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"About Japanese spies?"

"Definitely. You guessed it right, Elizabeth. Thinking of the information that Fisborne had told him, a mocking smile appeared on Qin Lang's face.

Shimitsu Shizaburo told everything he knew; Perhaps he was afraid of continuing to be tortured, or perhaps he felt that since he had spoken, he should simply shake everything out like pouring beans from a bamboo tube—it was all leaks, and there was no essential difference between one and the other—in short, he told Fisborne all the secrets in his head.

The bad thing about the Japanese spy agency is that Ishimitsu Shizaburo knows a lot of secrets, so now Fisborne has the names, genders, and ages of most of the Japanese spies on the West Coast and Hawaii, as well as the code names and contact details of some of them, and finally, there are a few spies, and Fisborne not only gets their addresses, but also has a certain level of understanding of their personalities.

He has a treasure trove in his hands...... Of course, it is also possible that there is little value, and it is possible that the Japanese intelligence services will recall or redeploy these spies, but in any case, Ishimitsu Shizaburo's intelligence always has some meaning.

At the very least, Qin Lang knew that the intelligence leader who ordered the investigation of him was a guy named Ren Kuroshima, and this guy was also the first secretary of the Japanese Consulate General in Hawaii, Kazuo Kuroshima.

Yi Shui used to have some friction with this guy; He had mentioned the dispute in Hawaii - as an interesting conversation. It's just that now it seems that Kuroshima doesn't think it's just an ordinary petty dispute, but takes it as a serious humiliation to himself.

In fact, he should have chosen seppuku, like all brave Japanese samurai; But since he didn't do it, there will be some trouble later.

"I think we're going to have to deal with this Mr. Kuroshima for a long time." Qin Lang sighed casually, "Maybe I should find a professional killer to kill him." ”

"You've always been like this, Qin." Elizabeth feigned a look of disgust, but in fact it was pleasant, "If my two brothers knew what kind of person you were, they would have returned to London overnight in a panic." ”

A snarky comment, but not against him, but at her two brothers. Qin Lang laughed, laughing and laughing.

Of course, he did want the two dandy guys who had appeared with Mr. and Mrs. Daubers and had never been mentioned before to disappear from San Diego - and neither would Rachel. In the first hour of meeting, the two fools succeeded in arousing their disgust.

On the one hand, they were both opposed to Qin Lang being with Elizabeth and made irresponsible remarks about Rachel's relationship with Yi Shui, and on the other hand, just like Mr. Daubers had done on his first visit, the two fellows were extremely dissatisfied with the decoration of the house and made a big mockery.

But the problem is that they weren't their fathers, and Rachel could tolerate her own uncle, but she wouldn't tolerate two silly cousins laughing at her taste for luxury.

She's sure to kick them out of San Diego; Although she was not ready to do it now, it was just a time-related and irrelevant matter.

"I look forward to seeing that day come." Qin Lang said.

"I doubt you can't see it, Qin. According to Rachel Jr.'s character, when you're still meeting Morgan in the East, she's going to chase them away. Elizabeth shook her head, "Alexander and Drake are always good at offending people. ”

"You don't seem to like your two brothers."

"If you have two playboy brothers who don't know how to learn and like to offend people, I don't think you will like them either."

"You're right, Elizabeth." Qin Lang thought for a moment. She was right, I am afraid that no one would like such a brother.

"And I think it's time to teach them a lesson." Elizabeth turned her gaze to the window of the train, staring at the fleeting western scenery, silent for a while, and then turned back and continued to look at Qin Lang. "How's the situation in Abyssinia?"

Qin Lang was stunned for a moment. "Why did you suddenly think of Abyssinia?"

"How?"

"Nothing, it's just...... It's a bit sudden. He shrugged. Elizabeth, I remember that you never cared about anything other than chemistry. ”

"Now I'm starting to care." She raised her eyebrows, "Is there a problem?" ”

No doubt...... No. Women are always good at change and can always make excuses for themselves and force others to accept it, so what else? Since she suddenly began to care about the situation in Abyssinia, Qin Lang could only tell her everything he knew.

There's not much to talk about, though. The situation in Abyssinia was good, and after the defeat of the Italian army at Adwa, Menelik led his army back to Addis Ababa, destroying all the tribes that opposed him along the way; O'Connor commanded mercenaries in every battle, helping the Emperor eliminate tens of thousands of tribal warriors, receiving large commissions, and, thankfully, no one died - but many were wounded.

"So, he and the mercenaries will be back soon?"

"Who knows? No one could have predicted which enemy the emperor would let them destroy. But there's nothing to complain about, Menelik is a good customer, never defaults on commissions, and often gives more. For Qin Lang, as long as the emperor's military actions did not affect his plans, and as always, he paid commissions, there was no need for him to rush to recall the troops to the United States.

Of course, there was only one problem that annoyed him, the commissions were all in Abyssinia, and the company had not received a penny on its account, which was too bad.

Unfortunately, despite the fact that Elizabeth suddenly began to care about the international situation, she still did not care about the company's finances, so her next question was: "What about Italy, how is it doing?" ”

"The situation in Italy is not bad." Qin Lang explained, "Prime Minister Crispi has rightfully collapsed, and the new government is trying to ransom the captured Italian soldiers with 30 million lire. Of course," he smiled more visibly, "General Baratieri will certainly face a court-martial." ”

In fact, the Italians behaved much more interestingly. When the news of Adua's fiasco reached Rome, it took only a few hours for the Italians, who were still clamoring for "revenge", "capture Menelik alive", and "occupy Abyssinia", to put on a new face and began to call for "peace", "too much blood has been shed", "save the children of Italy......

Very interesting changes. And this change was so natural and rapid that it gave the illusion that the Italians were peace-loving, and that those who advocated war were either Italians or insane.

As a result, the prime minister who started the war collapsed, a peaceful new government was quickly established, and the negotiating delegation set out on its journey. Only the ransom is slightly more troublesome - after all, 30 million lira is a lot of money and is not easy to raise......

Of course, in order to save the children of Italy, the Italian people should be happy to contribute their wallets.

"Poor Italian...... However, this is purely their own doing. Elizabeth shook her head, was silent for a moment, and then asked a new question. What do you think will be the outcome of this year's presidential election? ”

Qin Lang didn't understand why she mentioned the U.S. presidential election: first, the change in topic was so sudden that he couldn't keep up with such a rhythm at all; Second, how could a woman like her, who was all so focused on scientific research, care about politics? Even the vast majority of women don't care about it, only the wives of politicians and career women like Rachel care about elections.

Finally, although he remains steadfast in his support for the Republican Party, Qin Lang does not care about this year's presidential election at all. McKinley was destined to become the twenty-fifth president of the United States, and no force could stop him. Jennings. Brian isn't even a stumbling block.

This is history, and at the same time reality. Because of his stubborn opposition to expansion, the isolationist Grover. Cleveland, in his second presidency, has completely exhausted the confidence of many business groups in the Democratic Party, and they will not tolerate that the next president of the United States will continue to come from this conservative party representing Southern farmers, and only the Republican Party, which advocates foreign expansion and has always been aggressive in foreign policy, is in their interest.

Of course, this also represents the interests of the entire country. Now that the United States has become very industrially developed and economically powerful than almost all other countries, it must now expand outward, gain access to a broader market, and seek a position in the international community that is more in line with its own strength.

To achieve this goal, the aspiring Republicans, with the tacit approval and support of the consortium, have taken far more action on the campaign trail than the poor Democrats, not only legally, but also illegally by forceful means, such as forcing workers to vote for McKinley.

In fact, most of the few labor leaders in the United States have explicitly supported the Republican Party, but Republicans do not believe in their influence among American workers. Therefore, in order to prevent the workers from voting for Brian of the Democratic Party, some advocated imitating the Thiers government in France, arresting some labor leaders and shooting them,[2] so as to settle the problem once and for all.

Instead of going so wild, however, the Republican leaders devised a series of tactics that were considered more effective – the use of economic pressure, intimidation, and terror – and these tactics did work, and many of the workers who supported Brian were forced to become McKinley's followers and absorbed into the "McKinley Club" and then placed under detective surveillance.

This is no secret, and Qin Lang doesn't need to get news from his Republican social circles, as this is the case in the factories of the Big Viper Weapons Company and the Khomeel Food Company. Not only that, but some pro-Republican factory owners were even ready to hire Umbrella's mercenaries to intimidate the workers - but Qin Lang didn't have many mercenaries to offer them.

But it's not a big deal, as long as the consortium supports it, the workers who work in the factories under the consortium's control will have to vote for McKinley, and as for how many votes he will get in the end, it's safe to assume that no one cares.

After all, Republican leaders never intended McKinley to be elected unanimous.

But in any case, like the war between the United States and Spain, McKinley's becoming president was an inevitable consequence of the times.

But since it is an inevitable result, it means that every person with vision can accurately predict this, and of course it means that Qin Lang will not be able to gain any benefits for himself in this election. Since that's the case, he doesn't have much interest in caring about it.

"I think the only thing I can tell you is William. McKinley will be sworn in as the 25th president of the United States next year. He sighed slowly. Even God could not change this outcome. ”

"Sounds ...... It seems like an exaggeration. Elizabeth blinked. In reality, though, she didn't seem to care about the presidential election, either the process or the outcome, because after a pause, she started asking questions again - and they had nothing to do with the election. "Well, what's going on in Guangzhou Bay?"

"Elizabeth, what's wrong with you today?" Qin Lang didn't answer, but looked at her strangely, worried about whether she was still normal, "Why are you always asking some questions today that you don't care about?" ”

As if expecting him to ask such an inquiry, Elizabeth shrugged her shoulders and said, "Because my mother told me that I have too little language in common with you, and of course I don't think so, but since you have always disliked to talk too much about chemistry, I have to pick some new topics." ”

That's really ...... Qin Lang didn't know how to comment on this matter, hesitated for a while, and finally had to say: "Actually, you don't need to do this at all, those topics were good before." ”

"Yes, I think so too." Elizabeth rejoiced. Of course, she had been waiting for this moment, and the plan had succeeded. "Now can we switch back to the old topic?"

"What?"

"About this, the ultra-high molecular weight polymer of ethylene that you once mentioned......"

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Note: Brian ran for president three times on behalf of the Democratic Party, but lost all of them, although he served as secretary of state from 1913 to 1915;

Note 2: "The emotions aroused by the majority of our people can only be suppressed as the Commune of **, by arresting a dozen or so of their leaders and shooting them in front of the wall." "This assertion was made by Theodore. Roosevelt proposed, and not for the first time;

Note 3: Secretary of the Illinois Central Committee of the Democratic Party, Theodore. Nelson referred to these situations in a letter; (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.) )