(I got so big that I forgot to update, and if it weren't for the broken reminder, I would have forgotten...... ）

After the meal, several people came to the lounge to sit for a while.

There was a billiard table in the lounge, and Old Renault invited Qin Zhiyuan to play for a while.

Qin Zhiyuan looked at the table and refused Old Renault's request: "I don't like your gameplay, it's too complicated, I prefer British or American." ”

The French billiards game is called "Carrom", and the biggest difference between the British and American styles is that there is no ball bag, and there are fewer balls, only three balls, the rules are more complicated, and the technical requirements are very high, perhaps this is the reason why French billiards has not been promoted.

"You should like French billiards, not English or American, this is the standard aristocratic sport, both English and American are nouveau riche play." Old Renault was dissatisfied.

Regarding the origin of billiards, there is a theory that it originated in France. There is a reason why the old Renault said that the English billiards game and the American billiards game are nouveau riche, the British and American games use more balls, and the billiards balls are made of ivory, so the old Renault will despise the British and Americans.

"Whether you admit it or not, billiards is popular precisely because of English or American, and French billiards is destined not to be popular." Qin Zhiyuan wasted no time in laughing at old Renault.

In fact, for the promotion of billiards, the biggest role is China. Billiards has always been an aristocratic sport in the West, but when billiards entered China after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese the magical spring and snow for the Riba people, and the billiards case was paved all over the streets and alleys, which was really popular.

The Chinese have a magical skill, no matter how noble and elegant things are, when they go to the East, they can give you cabbage that is rotten on the street.

"Then let's have a glass of wine from Bordeaux, you won't say no." Old Renault changed the subject.

"Of course." Qin Zhiyuan also drank a little alcoholic drink occasionally, but never too much, he had to always keep a cool head.

"Your tank workshop has been set up, all of them are Chinese workers, and the team leaders are all Chinese, from the production of engines to the production of 75mm guns, all of them are Chinese, I think you should treat me to a meal to thank me." Old Renault understated.

The significance of Renault's move is not something that can be thanked for a meal. Old Renault is helping Qin Zhiyuan train industrial workers, management forces, and even engineers, no matter how grateful he is. If this production workshop can be produced smoothly, even if Qin Zhiyuan returns to the Far East, he can have his own production plant at any time.

"One meal is not enough to express gratitude, and your friendship will always be in my heart." Qin Zhiyuan is sincere.

Qin Zhiyuan understands the meaning of heavy industry, and also understands the value of engineers and workers in heavy industry, and Qin Zhiyuan remembers the help of old Renault.

"I'll bring it up when I need your help." Old Renault in a big game.

"I'll wait at any time." Qin Zhiyuan verbally promised.

"Tank, is it the one that the British used a while ago?" Huang Bohan interjected.

"Yes, it's that tank, which is currently being produced at Mr. Louis's factory, but in the French version." Qin Zhiyuan explained.

"It's incredible, can you sell it to us?" Huang Bohan has a big appetite.

"It's impossible now, France doesn't have enough for itself, and there is no excess to sell to the outside world." Old Renault refused, and his attitude towards Huang Bohan was completely different from that towards Qin Zhiyuan.

"That's a shame." Huang Bohan was disappointed, but immediately received Qin Zhiyuan's "please rest assured" look, so he focused his attention on the red wine in front of him.

"How was the last time I asked you to do it for me?" Qin Zhiyuan asked Old Renault.

"There are so many options to choose from, they're inexpensive, they're widely distributed, and you can have one whenever you want, and then you're king behind closed doors." Old Renault's tone was casual.

The First World War was the time when Britain and France had the largest number of colonies in the world, and the colonies of Britain and France were spread all over the world, reaching a level that even great powers like Germany and the United States would envy. Although the French colonies are not as many as those of the United Kingdom, which is known as the "empire on which the sun never sets", it is enough to be enviable, and the French really don't care about one or two islands.

"That's great, what are they? Let me hear it, and if it's appropriate, I'll buy it. Qin Zhiyuan did not hesitate.

Buying an island may sound like a fantasy, but at the beginning of the 20th century, it wasn't really a fantasy. The world's largest land sale agreement was made 50 years ago, when Americans bought Alaska, an area of about 1.72 million square kilometers, for $7.2 million, which later became the 49th state of the United States.

Even after a few decades, the islands were bought and sold very frequently, and Pu Yi's teacher, Johnston, bought a small island of about one square kilometer from Scotland in the 40s of the 20th century for only 1,200 pounds.

That's actually the pound after the depreciation.

"I suggest you don't rush just yet, wait a little longer, maybe you'll get a Christmas egg." Old Renault is a trick.

"Christmas eggs? Will I be able to get Latono? Qin Zhiyuan was pleasantly surprised.

La Haven is an archipelago off Marseille and the only archipelago near Marseille, and the Château d'Eve is on a small island in the Latono archipelago, and "The Count of Monte Cristo" was created on the basis of Château d'Eve.

"You can magnify your brain a little bit more." Old Renault had bad intentions.

A little bigger, then it's Corsica.

But that is almost impossible, Corsica has been a French province since the 18th century, with a population of only five or six thousand, but an area of more than 8,000 square kilometers, making it the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean.

Qin Zhiyuan did not think that the French would sell Corsica.

Then a little further afield, we have to go to Africa.

It is also possible in Africa, where the French have traditional power and huge colonies in Africa, and it is not impossible to sell small islands at random to obtain funds to support the war.

"No, it's too unrealistic." Qin Zhiyuan is self-aware.

"Hehe, reality is more absurd than fiction. Twenty years ago, my two older brothers and I were racing in our own cars and broke down on the road, and while we were repairing the car, my neighbor passed by our brother in a horse-drawn carriage, and he laughed at us loudly, saying that our invention was 'useless', that it was not even as good as his carriage, and that we would not earn even a penny. It turns out that it is not yet 20 years, and my factories are all over France, and if my factories are shut down today, France will be defeated tomorrow. "Old Renault is not without pride.

"You're doing a good job, Louis." Qin Zhiyuan did not hesitate to praise.

In 1898, at the age of 21, Louis Renault was introduced to automobiles and became obsessed with them. The original Louis Renault will definitely be ridiculed and ridiculed as "whimsical", but Louis Renault did not flinch, and Louis Renault's achievements today are inseparable from his persistence and arrogance.

Perhaps all successful people are persistent and arrogant at the beginning.