Section III: The Doge's Vase

The Germans were indeed short of translators, so after a quarter of an hour of speaking with a colonial clerk, Yang Chao was successfully appointed as a translator. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The racism of the Germans is indeed very serious, even if Yang Chao speaks German fluently, fluently to the point of surprising the clerk, and shows good knowledge, good enough to be admired by the clerk, but he is still sent to the front line of the construction site, responsible for communicating with those coolies at the lowest level.

Yang Chao's main job is to communicate with the German engineers and the Chinese workers, which is not difficult, because the German architecture is not complicated, and the Germans have never built too ornate tall buildings during the more than ten years of operation in Qingdao, and the style of Qingdao is a model of pragmatism with a practical building and conscientious water supply systems and other public facilities.

The Chinese workers were also smart enough that there wasn't much work that Yang Chao needed to help correct, and he had a lot of time to chat with the German soldier Wilhelm.

William is an ordinary private, the time to join the army is very short, although the Germans implement compulsory military service, wartime will be a general mobilization, all school-age young people have the obligation to join the army, but in peacetime as a soldier or voluntarily, William is a voluntary soldier, and voluntarily came to China.

Because the salary in China is very good, and the purpose of his military service is to earn money, and the purpose of his income is to go to school.

This is a very self-motivated and good young man.

William is nineteen years old, a soldier who joined the army last year, and took the initiative to sign up to come to China.

He wanted to make some money as soon as possible and go to college.

He wanted to study law because he didn't want to spend his life in the coal mines or working in factories like his parents did.

Young people like to talk, especially when they are bored in a foreign land and are doing boring patrol tasks, so in just a few days, Yang Chao knew the background of this young man from the Ruhr region of Germany clearly.

At the same time, I also know many other circumstances, such as the early 1900s, when the Boxer Rebellion was in full swing, but Shandong, the origin of the Boxer Rebellion, was gradually subdued because of the tough attitude of a Chinese official who was praised by William, this tough official was called Yuan Shikai, who was the governor of Shandong at the time.

Knowing this situation, Yang Chao's heart was infinitely longing, and he wanted to get to know Yuan Shikai, because he knew that there was no future in Qingdao, and if he wanted to change the situation, he had to rely on the Chinese, and he had to rely on the Chinese who had power, a sense of the overall situation, and ability.

Yuan Shikai is clearly the best of them.

Yuan Shikai's uncle and grandfather were generals of the Huai Army, who started with Li Hongzhang, and finally became the governor of Caoyun. It can be said that Yuan Shikai has a strong imprint of the Huaijun system, and he himself rose from the Huaijun system, so he was naturally regarded as his own by Li Hongzhang and other Westernists.

When Yuan Shikai was training the new army in Tianjin, he was encountering the Wuxu Reform, and in the power struggle between the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor, he stood on the side of the Empress Dowager Cixi and betrayed Guangxu, so Yuan Shikai also gained the trust of the Empress Dowager Cixi, so he was promoted to the governor of Shandong and became a feudal official.

A person can gain the trust of Westernists and conservatives, which is the only one in the late Qing Dynasty, before whether it was Zeng Guofan or Li Hongzhang, the Qing government had to be wooed, but also beware, and it was impossible to do Yuan Shikai like a fish in water.

Obviously, if he can get the support of this person, it will be easy for Yang Chao to make a career in Shandong, and even with the rise of Yuan Shikai, it is not impossible to make a great career in the country.

As for what can be done in the end, Yang Chao himself is not clear now, but he definitely does not want to see China like the original history, falling into the point of warlord chaos in the world, even if the first world war can't catch up, then before the second world war, we must be fully prepared, after all, these two world wars are the last opportunity for the world countries to change their spheres of influence, and then if they want to expand their territory or sphere of influence, they will have to risk nuclear war, and nuclear war is a self-destructive war, Theoretically impossible to erupt.

It's just that Yang Chao has just come to this society, and he has not fully integrated into the society, and he doesn't have any network resources.

And now Yang Chao is penniless, and he didn't even have a coil to find Yuan Shikai in Jinan, before he was captured by aliens, he was wearing a brand-name suit, and when he was captured, his wallet and mobile phone were left in the car, so it can be said that there is nothing on his body now except for a suit and a modified watch.

Watches must not be sold, and although suits are high-end goods, Yang Chao does not dare to guarantee that people in this era will know the goods.

So he honestly worked for the Germans first, and then after receiving the first salary, he was going to plan, and at the same time sketched out how to get to know Yuan Shikai, so as to get involved with the Chinese power class.

Although the biggest purpose of working for Germans at present is for money, Yang Chao will not refuse other gains, that is, connections, people who do national trade, or anyone who does any trade, know that connections are quite important things, and connections mean money to a certain extent.

But Yang Chao's understanding is more profound, connections not only mean money, but also power, because money is also equal to power after a certain extent.

Yang Chao not only has this understanding, he can start from scratch and have hundreds of millions of assets, he relies on connections, so he is good at this, and he is very good at building his own network.

In just a few days, he first established a good relationship with the German soldiers who inspected the construction site, of course, it was only a superficial relationship, and there was no in-depth development, because there was no need. I also have a good relationship with other translators, all of whom are German, not a single Chinese. At the same time, he became acquainted with several German government officials, including the clerk who recruited him, who was the assistant secretary to the governor.

"Hans, you're looking for me?"

Hans is the Governor's Assistant, a middle-aged man in his thirties, from the popular name 'Hans', he is an ordinary German, and he has achieved the position of Assistant Governor by his own efforts, of course, if he comes from a prestigious family, he will not serve in the colonies.

Hans, however, was a capable man, and a graduate of the Ludwig Universität Maximian, also known as the University of Munich, specialized in law, and especially in international law, so he was sent to the East to assist the governor in the affairs of the colonies.

"Yang, I need your help!"

Hans said straight to the point, this is a German who doesn't talk much, rigorous, serious, typical of low-context ethnic origins.

"Please, whether it's for official or personal reasons, I'm more than willing to help you."

Yang Chao said with a smile.

"Good!"

Hans said, "That's right. The Doge had a very valuable antique vase, but it was broken, and he had recently wanted to hold a ball to welcome the guests who were about to come. He had already said that he would let the other party admire his collection, so the governor wanted to restore the vase. I've asked the Chinese how to repair broken porcelain, and I wonder if you can help with this. ”

Yang Chao frowned: "This is very difficult." The most skilled craftsmen are needed, and perhaps the authorities need to turn to it. Because the best craftsmen in China are generally under the management of the government. ”

Hans nodded: "It's just a private matter, so I don't plan to use diplomatic relations, so I can only handle it in a private way." Do you have any suggestions for this? ”

The Germans apparently do not know much about Chinese officials, and in a sense, public is private, and private is public.

Yang Chao pretended to be thoughtful and said, "If you don't use diplomatic relations. I suggest that Your Excellency the Governor may write a private letter and forward it to an influential official in China. Because I guess maybe it will take craftsmen from Jingdezhen to restore it. Therefore, I suggest that His Excellency the Governor write a letter to Governor Yuan Shikai, believing that Governor Yuan will be happy to help. ”

Hans nodded: "Governor Yuan Shikai is indeed a decisive and capable and upright official. Thanks for the suggestion. ”

Hans was really concise and to the point, he didn't say a word that shouldn't have been said, and seeing a posture of chasing customers, Yang Chao was not interested in staying longer, so he said goodbye and left.

But as soon as he walked out of the temporary colonial office, Yang Chao couldn't help but show a smug look.

Although Hans, who had a low context, did not say anything about the breaking of the vase by the governor Yeshke, Yang Chao had already heard about it, and heard that the governor liked the antique vase very much, and even regarded it as his greatest gain in China, and he had always been proud of his vision. However, the screen was accidentally broken by the Governor's wife's cat, much to the Governor's heart.

So Yang Chao inadvertently revealed in front of a few clerks that Chinese skilled craftsmen knew how to repair broken porcelain, and then the rest happened, and it was clear that the German officials who had the heart to slap the governor were happy to tell the governor the news.

Of course, there was also a lucky component, the governor did not designate Yang Chao to be in charge of this matter, but Hans himself found Yang Chao, after all, among the Chinese, he is most familiar with Yang Chao.

As for mentioning Yuan Shikai, it is because Yang Chao has long had plans to get involved with the Chinese power class, and with the help of the identity of the governor of Qingdao, Germany, it is obvious that Yuan Shikai can pay attention to himself, as for whether Yuan Shikai can know himself through this matter, knowing that he contributed to this matter, it is too easy, just buy one or two people, and mention it in front of Yuan Shikai in the future.

It's just that even if Yuan Shikai knows that it was suggested by himself, it is actually not very useful, Yuan Shikai is a hero, they pay attention to the people who are useful to them, not the people who are helpful to them, Yang Chao is very clear about this.

But Yang Chao was able to show his face in front of the governor through this matter, at least he could make Ye Shike remember himself, once he had a certain status in front of the Germans, then it would naturally be useful to Yuan Shikai, it can be said that letting Ye Shike remember himself and letting Yuan Shikai pay attention to himself are actually the same thing.

As long as Ye Shike asks Yuan Shikai for help, Yuan Shikai must be very happy, this is not a great thing, he is happy to fall Ye Shike's favor, if Yuan Shikai learns that it was Yang Chao who suggested Ye Shike to find him, then Yuan Shikai will naturally know about Yang Chao, as for how to let Yuan Shikai know, Yang Chao has a way.