On 20 March, the Persian Oil Company sent a message to tell Sù that the £45 million for the purchase of the oil fields had been deposited into the White Penguin Company's account. Chasing the reckless wasteland, you have to be quick.

The Persian Oil Company has only been established for less than a year, this company has discovered an oil field in Iran, and is currently laying oil pipelines, building related construction facilities around oil wells, and using more money, originally could not pay the 45 million pounds with so much money, but the owner of this company, Darcy, has a close relationship with the Morgan brothers in the United States, he borrowed a sum of money from the Morgan brothers, and came forward to persuade the British government, so that the British government came forward to guarantee a loan in the bank, Together, these two sums are just £45 million.

Xiao Zhenlei, who received the notice, immediately went to the bank to inquire, and after inquiring, he learned that there was an extra 45 million pounds in the White Penguin's account, so the contract officially came into effect, and the Wichfam oil field officially became the oil field of the British Persian Petroleum Company.

He immediately reopened a private account with the manager of the bank, and brought in a lawyer to make reasonable tax avoidance, and then deposited 44.2 million pounds after tax into his reopened private account.

"Damn, he paid 800,000 pounds in taxes at once, I wiped it, it's just a robbery! The British government is really black! Xiao Zhenlei is very dissatisfied with the payment of a huge amount of taxes, you must know that 800,000 pounds is equivalent to more than 4 million to more than 5 million taels of silver, how much can 5 million taels of silver do? Unwilling, really unwilling, but there is no way, if you don't pay taxes, hehe. The British government was worried that there was no excuse, and in order to prevent the British government from finding an excuse, Xiao Zhenlei still obediently paid the tax.

Back at the Langham Hotel, Xiao Zhenlei summoned Williams, Opiyin, Bai Siqin and others to discuss and prepare to leave London for Germany. After all, it took a lot of time to come to England, as well as to Germany and the United States, and the uprisings at home were becoming more and more frequent. In February, when they were still at sea, on February 12, Ni Yingdian led the uprising of the New Army in Guangzhou. But it failed, because when Ni Yingdian led the new army to revolt and attack the city of Guangzhou, he was tricked by his fellow villagers and friends who used to be in the alliance and was killed by the Qing camp, and the rebel army was suddenly leaderless, causing a lot of chaos. However, the remaining troops continued to fight until late at night, and finally broke up because they were "unable to resist due to the exhaustion of bullets". The next day, the Qing army went out to search and suppress, and more than 100 volunteers were captured. On February 27, the revolutionary Xiong Chengji attempted to assassinate the Qing Navy ministers Zaixun and Sa Zhenbing, but was unsuccessful and was arrested or killed.

These successive incidents poured a pot of boiling water into the lifeless land of China at this time. Suddenly, there was a storm in various places, and large and small organizations and associations launched uprisings one after another under the mobilization of the revolutionaries, although they were all suppressed and extinguished by the Qing court. But everyone knows that the time is not far from the end of the Qing court.

The matter here in London will also come to an end, and the only thing Xiao Zhenlei can't worry about is the matter of the London rubber stock market, so he summoned a few people to come over to discuss.

"Things are almost over here, and we're about to leave London for Germany, Si Qin. If you still have no studies to complete, you can continue to study here. In addition, you have to preside over the rubber stock matter here, if there are no other unexpected circumstances. Now I only buy and don't sell, when will I sell and wait for my electric order, I will leave two brothers here to help you, so that you don't have to be busy alone, what do you think? ”

Bai Siqin stood up and said: "As soon as I obey the arrangements of the Secretary-General and the organization, I will definitely go all out to obtain the recognition of the organization as soon as possible, and pass the test!" ”

"Good, good!" Xiao Zhenlei nodded with a smile, and said: "In addition to these things, you can contact other compatriots here, contact feelings, and unite your compatriots, but the identity of your reserve members should be kept secret for the time being, if someone meets the requirements of our organization, you can actively fight for them, I, as the top leader of the organization, authorize you to develop reserve members and withstand the test of the organization together, I will leave Ah Cheng behind, and Ah Cheng will take full responsibility for the affairs of the organization, Rubber stocks and other matters are decided by you and Ah Cheng, who will be the supreme head of our organization in London, and he will be in charge of your test! ”

"Yes!"

Ah Cheng and Bai Siqin stood up together and said, "Yes, sir!" ”

After Williams, Opiyin and others came, Xiao Zhenlei informed them of the preparations to leave London for Germany, and asked Williams to buy a ticket to Germany tomorrow, Williams said that there was no problem, he said that he could go to Germany first to play the front station, for Xiao Zhenlei and others to explore the road first, prepare the hotel and many other matters.

Xiao Zhenlei thought about it and thought it was feasible, so he asked Williams to go to Germany first, and he and Opiyin, Sugu and others would leave in a few days.

On March 24, Xiao Zhenlei and others took a boat to Germany, and Williams had already left three days earlier.

On March 30, the passenger ship taken by Xiao Zhenlei and others docked at the port of Hamburg, Germany, and their group finally arrived in Germany. The long whistle of the huge cargo ships on the docks, and the constant movement of various ships on the docks, show the busyness and development of the city.

Williams and a middle-aged German man in a black coat greeted him on the dock, and Xiao Zhenlei and others greeted Williams one by one after getting off the boat.

After greeting for a while, Williams introduced the middle-aged German man next to Xiao Zhenlei: "Boss, this is Mr. Kaloix, the person sent by the headquarters of Lihe Foreign Bank in Hamburg, Germany to receive you!" ”

Then Williams introduced Xiao Zhenlei to Kalovac, and Kaloise shook hands with Xiao Zhenlei and said: "Welcome, Colonel Xiao, Bauer sent me a telegram more than a month ago, asking me to entertain you well, I am your guide, and I am also the person who is responsible for contacting you with the German headquarters of Lihe Foreign Bank, if you have any needs, you can find me, I will serve you wholeheartedly, I think you have a long journey, you need to rest, we have booked a hotel for you and your entourage in the city center!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei shook hands with Kaloise and said: "Thank you for your enthusiasm, I am honored to come to Germany, and I will trouble you during my time in Germany!" ”

Then Xiao Zhenlei and others got on the Kaloise to arrange a carriage and a car to the hotel to stay, and in the evening Kaloise came to Xiao Zhenlei to ask him about the recent itinerary, Xiao Zhenlei decided to buy the steelmaking furnace first, and it was not too late to play after the thing was done, so he told Sù Karloise that he wanted to take a day off tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow he wanted to go to the factory that produced the steelmaking furnace to visit the site, and inspect the steelmaking performance and capacity of the steelmaking furnace, Karloise had no objection to this, he said that he would arrange it immediately.

On March 31, Xiao Zhenlei, Opiyin, Williams and Awatani and others spent a day in Hamburg, which is the second largest city in Germany, Germany's gateway to the world, Germany's most important seaport and largest foreign trade center, Germany's second financial center, and the economic and cultural metropolis of northern Germany. Ocean liners from all over the world come to Germany at the Port of Hamburg. In the evening, Karloise came to tell Sù Xiao Zhenlei that he had arranged his departure tomorrow for Duzra in the Ruhr industrial area, the most important industrial region in western Germany, a company specializing in the manufacture of metallurgical machinery and components, and the production of steelmaking furnaces was also one of the company's businesses.

The next day, Xiao Zhenlei and others were arranged by Kaloise to board a train to the Ruhr industrial area, and the train departed from Hamburg and headed south.

On the train, Xiao Zhenlei asked: "Mr. Karloise, which city in the Ruhr industrial area is this Duzra company we are going to?" ”

Xiao Zhenlei had not heard of Duzra, a company that produced steelmaking furnaces, in his previous life, and he had not heard of it before coming to Germany this time, so he should not be very famous, nor as famous as Krupp.

"Mr. Xiao, Duzra is in the city of Essen, we can go directly to this train, just get off at Essen!"

"Essen?" Xiao Zhenlei was overjoyed and asked, "Isn't Krupp also in Essen?" Are they together? ”

Kaloise laughed: "These two companies are not far apart! ”

Departure in the morning, arrived in the city of Essen before dark in the afternoon, after getting off the train, someone was already outside the train station to greet them, it was the people arranged by Karloise, the tools used for the pick-up and drop-off were horse-drawn carriages, there were three in all, the carriages of the carriages were very large, one could sit six or seven people, and they could sit down completely.

The place to stay is a hotel, although this hotel is not as good as a hotel, but it is also considered luxurious in the hotel, after all, the city of Essen is the location of such a company as Krupp, of course, there are good hotels, otherwise if there are guests who come here to talk about business, there is no place to stay, wouldn't it seem that this place is very shabby?

After having dinner in a restaurant, everyone returned to the hotel to rest, and Kaloise said to Xiao Zhenlei: "Mr. Xiao, I have already sent someone to contact Duzla Company, and I will come and accompany you to visit at eight o'clock tomorrow morning to see what the steelmaking furnace you need looks like, and you will rest early tonight!" ”

"Wait, Mr. Kaloise!" Xiao Zhenlei called out to him.

"Is there anything else Mr. Xiao has to do?"

Xiao Zhenlei was a little embarrassed and said: "Mr. Karloise, I have heard of the famous Krupp company for a long time, but I have never had the opportunity to come to Germany to visit the Krupp company, I think can you help, let us visit the factory of the Krupp company?" ”

Kaloise said with a smile: "Of course, we are one of the agents of the Krupp company, if you bring customers to visit, of course they will give us face, this is actually to promote their products to customers, of course they are willing, but you can only visit the steel plant, other weapons factories of the Krupp company can not be open to you, because this involves the issue of military technology secrecy, I hope you can understand!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei hurriedly said: "Of course, of course, I understand, we just need to visit the steel mill!" (To be continued)