"Quick, boys!" Hans shouted loudly, and the printers removed all the newspaper samples from the printing press and replaced them with comic book versions.

After the release of "Hong Kong RI Bao" and "South China RI Bao", it has increased its popularity and attracted the attention of readers. The two newspapers serialized the comics "Heroes of the West" and "Clever Little Dot" in the supplements, and the response was particularly strong.

Cartoonist Michael, a direct copy of "Heroes of the West"? Fletcher's 92-issue comic book series Jonah? Hax. This is a story that reflects the American West, with horror elements, sè~ love elements, and more direct violence added to the comics. "Clever Little Don't Understand" is a direct copy of "Smart Yixiu", but it is produced through computer software and adapted into a typical Chinese story. The master of the story, Yixiu, was changed to a clever little Taoist boy, the old monk was changed to Zhang Sanfeng, and Anguo Temple was changed to a Taoist temple on Wudang Mountain, and the comics have a strong Chinese sè color.

In the nineteenth century, fine art was still a very mainstream form of entertainment. A good oil painting can be exhibited in n cities. Before the exhibition, there were also people on the street who distributed advertising leaflets. The serialization of "Heroes of the West" and "Clever Little Dot" in the newspaper has opened the eyes of Western expatriates living in Hong Kong, and many people turn to the supplement to find the latest clips of "Heroes of the West" as soon as they get the newspaper every day.

According to the strong demand of the majority of readers, the printing house printed a part of Jingmei's comic books in batches and put them on the East Asian market, but they were sold out, and foreigners from as far away as Nanyang and Singapore also came to order, and the British market sent a large number of orders.

The steam engine in the printing workshop of the Nanhua Printing House was still roaring, and under the shouts of Hans, the printing workers quickly changed the pattern, and the four printing presses continued to work overtime to print animation books.

Li Dorn saw that everything in the printing workshop was in order, told Old Hans, and walked out of the printing workshop with Chen Tianxiong, Xu Xiaobing and others.

By this time, the newspapers had already been distributed, and the newsboys were pouring into the streets of Hong Kong like cháo water, and the front yard of the printing house was empty.

"I was called at four o'clock, and although I was a little tired, I finally didn't delay today's release." Xu Xiaobing stretched, "It's dawn, let's go to Watson's teahouse to drink tea first." ”

"Okay." The handsome guy Li Siyu was the first to agree.

"Go ahead, I'll forget it." Li Dorn took off his glasses and rubbed the acupuncture points on the bridge of his nose, "I've been busy with typesetting for half a night, I'll eat something casually and go to catch up on sleep." ”

"Manager Li, you just obediently obey everyone." Di Liuyin walked in from outside, "Tang Daban informed, let's go to Watson's teahouse for breakfast, saying that we have something to discuss." ”

Two carriages left the South China Printing House, one after the other. Driving to Central, the carriage left the hustle and bustle of Queen's Road and turned onto the hillside. On the hillside, there is a European-style wood-plank brick structure bungalow, the roof of the bungalow is paved with green sè tiles, the outer walls are painted with bright yellow sè, and many large glass windows are installed on the walls. This is the Watson Tea Room opened by Li Xiaoxiao.

Watson's tearoom was the brainchild of Jiang Li of the Haijing team, and when Jiang Li was working in the Yangtze River Bureau in Shanghai, he strongly requested to build a RI-style maid café to facilitate intelligence spying, and Tang Muyao thought so. After Tang Taipan arrived in Hong Kong, he began to prepare to open a maid café, but for this era, all cafes are uniformed maids, and after market research, Huafu Foreign Bank finally opened a Watson tea room, which was managed by Li Xiaoxiao.

In front of the tearoom stood two waitresses dressed in medieval black and white maid dresses, black cotton socks, small black leather shoes, and plum bow ties. They pulled up their skirts with both hands and spread them to the sides, bent their knees slightly, and bowed their heads with a smile, "Welcome!" Then he opened the door sideways to Li Dorn and them, "Gentlemen and ladies, please come in!" ”

The first floor of the tea room is very spacious and has a luxurious atmosphere. The ceiling is decorated with a rococo circular pattern, several huge and beautiful chandeliers are hung, and the wall is a huge and beautiful oil painting depicting the English countryside. Under the direction of the conductor, the small band in the corner played elegant classical music. Except for the bar and dance floor, the entire space of the tea room is divided into small private rooms, and the rosewood square tables are covered with white and green tablecloths, and the tables are placed with quaint crystal candlesticks and blooming flowers.

Because it was still early, there were not many guests in the tea room. The gentlemen were dressed in elaborate suits and velvet bow ties, like emperor penguins with their heads held high, the ladies all dragged lace skirts and broad-brimmed hats like flower baskets on their heads, and the waitresses dressed as maids carried silver tray and fluttered lightly like butterflies. Refreshments are in place in an orderly manner. The first layer is filled with English muffins, the middle layer is biscuit desserts, and the bottom layer is a variety of finger-sized sandwiches.

Li Siyu's gaze crossed the bustling crowd and went directly to the tearoom bar. Li Xiaoxiao, wearing a gorgeous and huge skirt and a small top hat with feathers, sat behind the bar, looking at them with a smile.

The beautiful Li Xiaoxiao is Li Siyu's wife, she is a graphic designer, a typical liberal arts student, likes to write some sad words, has studied computer drawing, and drawing is also her specialty.

"You~~~ You're here" Li Xiaoxiao swept over Li Siyu, looked at Li Dorn and Xu Xiaobing, and blushed slightly.

"Brother and sister, I'm sorry!" Li Dorn smiled and raised his hand to make a gesture, "At four o'clock in the morning, I will wake you up and pull Li Siyu away." ”

"It's all right, he's an animal, and he can't die of exhaustion, so you can call it." As soon as Li Xiaoxiao's words came out, she seemed to suddenly think of something, her tongue spit out, her face turned red, and she quickly waved her hand, "Go, go, Mr. Tang is waiting for you on the platform on the second floor." ”

Walking up to the platform on the second floor, it feels like you have come to a rose garden, where roses bloom everywhere, on the back of the chair, in the flower utensils, and on the tea set. Sitting on the platform, you can see the gentle blue waters, the sailboats coming and going in the harbor, the verdant trees and beautiful bungalows on the shore.

A separate table was placed in the northeast corner of the platform, and Yuki Yao sat alone, surrounded by blooming flowers.

Xu Xiaobing likes to joke, he sat down, "Mr. Tang, you are alone in the flowers, so uncomfortable!" ”

Chen Tianxiong smiled and shook his head, "It's not a big deal, there are a total of eight of us in Hong Kong, Lin Yusu and Li Xiaoxiao are busy with work, and the six of us will get together first." He turned his head and clapped his hands and motioned for the hostess to serve refreshments.

After a while, wonton noodles, beef brisket noodles, and shrimp dumplings filled the table.

Everyone was really hungry, they didn't speak, and one by one they caught up with the moon and shook off their cheeks. Li Duoen ate four shrimp dumplings in one go, there were goods in his stomach, he chewed what Tang Muyao had just said, and was a little suspicious, "Mr. Tang, won't the executive committee say that we have too many Hong Kong people, and how many should be cut?" ”

"Wouldn't it?!" Everyone looked at Tang Muyao and stopped their chopsticks.

"Hey, don't put down your chopsticks, let's talk while eating." Tang Muyao picked up a shrimp dumpling with chopsticks, "The headquarters sent eight people here to open up the situation in Hong Kong as soon as possible." I suspect that the reduction will be a matter of time, and there will only be four people in Europe, but the Executive Committee has not yet made such a cut. ”

He told everyone that the two refurbished steamships would go straight from Keelung to California, and the executive committee asked Chen Deng to go with the ship to North America to see the iron ore mining situation, and then to Europe to see Shenchen and them.

Chen Deng was a little indignant, "This is going around the earth, why are these bureaucrats of the Executive Committee working so hard, can't they use a space-time box to go around from the modern era?!" ”

"Pay attention to your emotions, the executive committee was elected by ourselves, and if you are not satisfied with their work, you can put forward your opinions, and you can wait for the next election to let them step down." Chen Tianxiong hurriedly stopped it, and he told Chen Deng that the space-time box was now in North America, and there was an important operation there, and it was impossible to be free in the near future.

Chen Deng was a little helpless, "Okay, traveling around the world is not bad, it's a good errand, I can also observe the transformation of these two steamships on the spot." He asked Tang Muyao, what should the mechanical repair factory do?

"Xu Xiaobing is in charge, and he will take over your work. Li Siyu succeeded the director of the printing house and concurrently served as the chief engineer. ”

"Can I do it?" The handsome guy Li Siyu became a little shy, and he was not very confident in his skills.

"You're fine." Chen Tianxiong patted him on the shoulder, "Think about who we are?" This technical problem of the nineteenth century is a ball. ”

"That's it!"

Everyone laughed for a while, and Tang Muyao talked about Shenchen's European financial adventure plan.

It was the first time Li Dorn had heard of Shen Chen's plan, and he smiled disapprovingly, "The Executive Committee is correct, this financial plan is completely unfeasible." We have too little money to work with the Jews. ”

Li Dorn gestured, "Smash all the 15 tons of gold from RIBEN into it, that's more than 2 million pounds, and a random Rothschild loan is much more than that." ”

"Yes, the Jews are unreliable, and European countries such as Britain and France are potential enemies." Tang Muyao shook his head again and again, "Britain, France and Russia are very greedy, and it is only a matter of time before they come into conflict. Therefore, we must be very cautious in our strategy of action in Europe. ”

"The old Hans in our printing workshop, everyone knows it, right?" Li Dorn stopped his chopsticks and looked at everyone, "His son is Bismarck's adjutant, and Bismarck will be the iron-blooded prime minister of Germany in the future." Is it possible for us to establish some kind of connection with Germany? ”

"Germany? Germany is still in a state of fragmentation. Chen Deng blurted out.

Li Dorn smiled slightly, "Germany is now in a critical period, one is the eve of reunification, and the other is the eve of industrialization. I have been in Germany for many years and know Germany in the 19th century relatively well. I think that if the team has the capital, it can get involved in the operation of the railways in Germany. Now is the time for the rise of German railways, they are in urgent need of funds, but the financial capital of Britain and France and other countries want to desperately squeeze Germany, and the loan conditions are quite harsh. ”

"Germany?" Tang Muyao thought for a while and said, "This is a new idea, although we have mastered advanced technology, but manpower and material resources are limited, and it is difficult to fight the world alone." If an ally can be found in Europe, it will be different. It is a pity that the Jews are not enough. Napoleon in France was too persistent in promoting Catholic doctrine. ”

Chen Tianxiong has studied German, and he also has a certain understanding of Germany in this time and space, "Germany is better, Germany does not have many overseas interests, pays more attention to the European mainland, and at the same time has a special geopolitics, which can have an impact on several of China's main enemies." Most importantly, this point in time is very, very good. ”

"Hey, hey! It's really the same thing that sees it. This is a godsend! The usually calm Li Dorn became a little excited, and he wrenched his fingers, "First, the most important. This was a critical period for the rapid rise of German industry. At this time, German industry was extremely strong on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was extremely short of funds. Historically, Germany relied on the establishment of countless small investment banks and absorbed private assets to complete large-scale industrialization.

Second, Bismarck was at the low point of his political career at this time, dormant in the Reichstag in Frankfurt. Historically, he did it all the way to 1859. Our friendship with Bismarck through the elder Hans's son had a great deal to do with the dynamics of German diplomacy for decades to come.

Thirdly, the king of Prussia has gone crazy at this time and will soon hang up. The future Kaiser Wilhelm, which has not yet been made crown prince.

Fourth, now that Germany has not yet been reunified, we can fully regard Prussia-Germany as a valuable strategic partner, and through close ties with Prussia, we can lay a nail in the nail in Europe, and we can quickly contain Britain, France, and Russia on the mainland. And for at least 50 years, there will be no conflict of interest with China.

If we can quickly build a complete industrial system on our own, the German strategy will not matter. If it can't be done, then ready-made industrial goods from Germany, as well as a large number of skilled workers and enterprises, are still worth considering. After all, a large number of skilled workers and modern enterprises in Germany cannot be transformed in Taiwan at once. ”