In the luxury box of Manchester City's Starbucks, You Nanzhe got up with a smile on his face and filled the glass of red wine for Liu Yun, Zhao Shijie, and Hu Xijing.

"Today is mainly to take advantage of Lao Xiao's presence in Manchester City, a few of our friends get together, we haven't seen each other for a while, Lao Zhao, I'm sorry about what happened last time."

You Nanzhe introduced with a smile, and apologized for the last incident, although he did not lead the incident, but as a member of the radical faction, he really can't say that he has nothing to do with it.

The posture is so low, and there is a smile on his face, no matter how You Nanzhe looks at it, it gives people a bad feeling, what secrets are definitely revealed here, looking at Xiao Baitu, who has been sitting beside him, eating the dishes with a calm expression, Zhao Shijie estimated that the two of them discussed what pleats came out.

As long as a discerning person can see that Lao You is different, if Zhao Shijie doesn't even have this observation ability, he can really go home to cook and wash hot kang.

However, the things that can make Lao You put down his posture and invite himself are probably the ship research center and the issue of exporting steamships to the Zheng family, only these two problems can make Lao You let go of his posture so low-key.

It is impossible to change the fact that the Congressional subsidy for the Ship Research Center and the shipyard has become less and less, and it is very likely that the funding for the Ship Research Center will be completely cut off and the funds will be invested in the development of the eastern city of Sydney.

So this time I invited everyone to dinner, it should be for this matter, although You Nanzhe's status in this faction is not low, but his main energy is basically on research, and he doesn't have time to think too much about politics, so it is estimated that he can come up with this method is the idea of Xiao Baitu, who has been sitting silently next to him.

Regarding Xiao Baitu's interest, in fact, Zhao Shijie is also very big, but he just invited the other party to join his faction, and the other party doesn't seem to have much interest, and judging from the current situation. He accepted the invitations of the other two factions.

"Yes, friends should get together more, I toast you." Liu Yun squinted his eyes and raised his wine glass to Xiao Baitu to signal that he had drunk it.

In fact, for You Nanzhe, Liu Yun and his relationship are not very close, it can be said that there is not much communication between the two, and no one in the entire Manchester City except for Zhao Shijie and a few others wants to have too much contact with this spy leader.

Because no one knows when to talk to this guy, the other party successfully tricked his secret.

"Lao You, look at your flattering face, what's the matter. Let's talk about it, otherwise we won't be able to eat this meal. ”

"Well, okay, or Lao Zhao, you are fast-talking, then I will say it directly, you all know, the Zheng family is very interested in the purchase of steamships, I want to take this order, but I need to convince the Congress. You know that many people in the parliament have very strong opinions about the Zheng family, so it is not easy to convince them. ”

Convincing Parliament is not so simple, and both radicals and conservatives are very serious about the construction of Sydney, the future seat of the administrative center, and both sides want to have their share of it. How can it be easily persuaded.

"The Zheng family is indeed a threat, and other factors aside, I think it's not wrong for Congress to disagree, Lao You. You should know how much of a threat the Zheng family poses to us, and how much harm it will be to our position in the East China Sea once they fully acquire the steamship. Say it yourself. ”

As the helmsman of the intelligence department, Liu Yun persuaded You Nanzhe with some seriousness, after all, the surveillance of the Zheng family has always been one of the main tasks of the Department of Homeland Security in Daming.

In addition to the fear that the Zheng family will suddenly turn back, there is another important reason that Australia is about to participate in interfering in the internal affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

Both the military and Congress have fully considered this, and it cannot be said that they completely disregard the life and death of the shipyard.

"What do you think about the issue of the Ship Research Center?" Seeing that there was no hope of persuading him to accept the order, Yu Nanzhe began to throw out another problem to seek a solution.

"The Ship Research Center, from my personal point of view, really can't be put overseas, even if it is controlled by the overseas territory in our hands, an outflow of surface technology here will bring a lot of losses to Australia's shipbuilding development industry."

As the head of intelligence, Liu Yun naturally attaches more importance to the outflow of technology than others, in addition to this, he also needs to worry about foreign spies, don't underestimate the spies of the 17th century, and the outflow of technology, this kind of thing happened to the Spaniards.

It was on the Nautical Charts obtained from the Spaniards that the Dutch reached the Far East and launched their own colonial empires, and they had a history of this practice and could not afford to guard against it.

Judging from Liu Yun's answer, at least on this point, he is on the same line as You Nanzhe, and there are still some commonalities between the two, at least it is certain that he will not agree.

"Lao You, you don't have to worry about the matter of the Ship Research Center, I can guarantee you this, I will never move to a place outside the mainland, this involves a key national defense research project, and the National Security Council also has the right to interfere, not that the Congress unilaterally said that it would move out if it wanted to, don't worry."

Although Liu Yun's assurance that the Ship Research Center will not move out of Manchester City, it does not solve the deep problem, and what the Ship Research Center lacks is financial support, and without financial support, it will not be able to do research at all.

"Lao Liu, thank you for your support, but the problem of the ship research center has not been solved, although this research center is in the name of the state, in fact, it is our private ship research center, and a large part of the funding basically depends on the Manchester City shipyard to provide, and the shipyard has no orders to provide financial subsidies to the ship research center."

"Is there any other way to solve it, not to accept the Zheng family's order." Hu Xijing, a cold beauty who had never spoken, suddenly asked.

"If the shipyard wants to make a profit, it must at least wait until the construction of two overseas factories is completed and put into mass production, and we can collect part of the patent royalties and parts production fees."

"This problem is indeed difficult to solve, but it is not so solved, it depends on whether the few people sitting here are willing to help," Xiao Baitu looked at Zhao Shijie and Liu Yun and the other three with a smile, and said mysteriously, so as to increase the curiosity of the three of them about this matter. (To be continued......)