Zhang Zhidong wants to see me!

Following behind Zhao Fengchang, Tang Haoran's heart was still unable to calm down, and the historical materials related to Zhang Zhidong that he had seen kept flashing in his mind.

In 1889!

Didn't Zhang Zhidong become the governor of Huguang in this year? Thus began the prelude to the construction of modern industry in Hubei, Hanyang Iron Works, Hanyang Gun Factory, Hubei Official Weaving Bureau are all famous names in the history of modern industry in China, all associated with him, and now, he wants to see himself.

"Ziran, don't be so nervous, Lord Zhang has a very close temperament!"

was about to enter the cabin, and noticed that Tang Haoran beside him seemed to be a little nervous, Zhao Fengchang said with relief, and at the same time said to the guards outside the door, Tang Haoran, who was uncertain, just whispered.

When he stepped into the cabin, Tang Haoran took a deep breath, just like when he was interviewed for the first time after graduating from college, since he was nervous and full of expectations, Zhang Zhidong, Hanyang Iron Works!

Zhang Zhidong, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his head and carefully examined Tang Haoran, who had just entered the room. Indeed, Zhao Fengchang said that this person is dignified, tall, but he is only wearing a Western-style shirt, a pair of shiny black leather shoes on his feet, and a Western-style split short hair on his head, revealing a heroic and upright spirit. Seeing it in his eyes, Zhang Zhidong secretly thought in his heart that this person was similar to Gu Hongming, and his temperament was somewhat similar to that of foreigners.

"The villain has seen Master Zhang!"

According to Zhao Fengchang's explanation before, because Zhang Zhidong did not wear an official robe, Tang Haoran only bowed deeply, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, and he still can't do the etiquette of kneeling when he sees people.

"You are Tang Haoran?"

After everyone sat down, Zhang Zhidong asked directly.

With curiosity about historical celebrities, Tang Haoran also took a serious look at Zhang Zhidong, compared to the white hair and beard in the old photos, Zhang Zhidong at this time was in the prime of life, with a thick beard over his chest, but it was somewhat similar to Guan Gong's beautiful hair, seeing him ask himself, Tang Haoran replied in a loud voice.

"Yes, my name is Tang Haoran, and my name is Ziran."

Although Tang Haoran's Mandarin is still different from the official dialect of Beijing in Zhang Zhidong's ears, Zhang Zhidong still nodded appreciatively.

"Where are you?"

"Back to adults, my ancestral home is Wuchang, Hubei."

This is a half-truth, if it is true, Tang Haoran studied in Wuhan for four years, and the reason why he chose Wuchang is because when the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, after the Taiping army captured Wuchang, they took all the people in the city as soldiers.

"Oh, I heard that you grew up in the West since you were a child, what generation did your family leave home from?"

"Back to the adult's words, during the Xianfeng period, the bandits seized Wuchang, the father was forced to rebel, and then fled to the foreign ship in Jiangsu, and crossed the ocean with people to the United States, because of hard work, after middle age, the family is solid, the father of the family once returned to his hometown to find relatives when the villain was young, but he was displaced for 20 years, and his relatives in his hometown did not know where to move, so he had to return to the United States, but he never wanted to contract a fever on the way, and died in a foreign land......"

Dad, don't blame me, I can't help it...... Tang Haoran secretly made amends to his father in another time and space in his heart, and this unthinking response like flowing water made Zhang Zhidong quite satisfied: he grew up overseas, but he did not forget his ancestral roots, and he is a real Chinese.

"I heard that you have been in Tessie for many years, and you studied there in college, why didn't you stay in Tessie to do things, and returned to my country, why did you encounter a shipwreck this time, let's hear it!"

Zhang Zhidong habitually brushed up his long beard, staring at the young man sitting opposite with a slight smile. Since he became the governor of Liangguang four years ago, he has been actively engaged in the cause of foreign affairs, and the foreign affairs talents around him are strictly insufficient, so that he has to borrow talents from the southeast coastal areas, and most of these people have a deep relationship with Li Hongzhang and others, and he has to use these people, but he can not fully trust, and now there is such a person who has nothing to do with Li Hongzhang and others, and he has no roots in the country, if he is familiar with foreign affairs and has some talent, the introduction of the shogunate can also be useful, with this distraction, Zhang Zhidong naturally wants to know more.

After thinking about it for a while, Tang Haoran replied in Mandarin with a slight Wuchang dialect when he was in college.

"Back to the adult's words, before my father was robbed, although he was young, he also studied, and then traveled around the United States to go through business, but also saved some family assets, although my father had the heart to teach the Lilliputian Chinese Studies Code, but it was difficult to find a book of Western Chinese studies, so I had to send me to a Western school, and I was admitted to the University of Pennsylvania to study metallurgical engineering......"

"Before the young father returned to his hometown to visit relatives, because he knew the risks along the way, before leaving, my father's great-ancestor told me that no matter how long I lived abroad, I must always remember that I am a Chinese, and my roots are in Wuchang, Hubei......"

Zhang Zhidong and Zhao Fengchang heard this sentence and were unconsciously moved. A Chinese who has lived overseas for two generations should have such a deep family and country friendship, which they never imagined in the past. The weight of the young man in front of them was obviously heavier in their hearts.

And his answer made Gu Hongming nod thoughtfully, as if he was thinking of his father, and his eyes couldn't help but open slightly.

"During his studies at the University of Pennsylvania, due to the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in the United States, he was too young to be angry at that time, so he left the United States to study in Europe, and later studied metallurgical engineering at the Charlottenburg Institute of Technology in Germany......

"Charlottenburg Institute of Technology!"

Tang Haoran's answer surprised Gu Hongming, perhaps for Zhang Zhidong and others, Charlottenburg Institute of Technology may not have heard of it, but Gu Hongming, who has studied in Germany for ten years, is interested in Charlottenburg Institute of Technology, which is a first-class industrial college in Europe.

"Charlottenburg Institute of Technology? Metallurgical engineering? ”

Zhao Fengchang couldn't help but interject, but he felt extremely fresh about the nouns that came out of Tang Haoran's mouth. Although Zhang Zhidong and the others did not interject, this sentence also greatly increased their interest.

"Xiang Shuai, Charlottenburg Institute of Technology, is the first class of engineering higher education in Europe, and it is also called "Royal Berlin Institute of Technology". ”

There is no need to explain anymore, just listening to the word "royal", Zhang Zhidong and Zhao Fengchang knew that the threshold of this academy was very high, and even after hearing the word royal, when they looked at Tang Haoran inadvertently, their eyes also changed slightly.

Finished!

Gu Hongming's words made Tang Haoran's heart jump violently, as if he was applying for a job with a fake academic qualification but being exposed, this will make him realize that it is 1889, not 1869, and there will naturally be a few talents who are proficient in the West around a local official like Zhang Zhidong, but you have to be careful, you must not say that it is missed, thinking of this, he turned in his heart and said.

"Although the Charlottenburg Institute of Technology is the first class in Europe, its education is also very limited, and the teacher once told me that universities in European countries are only places for study, but the real technology is mastered in various companies, so I encourage internships in steel mills, where you can learn a lot of knowledge that cannot be learned in the classroom, and an internship in a good company factory is like going to another university."

It is really strange to use the factory as a university and turn the students into apprentices to train people in this way. Zhang Zhidong stopped stroking his right finger and listened intently to this person's words, but Gu Hongming agreed on the side.

"This is true of the College of Engineering, where the research is only the foundation, and the real production technology is entirely in the hands of the enterprise."

"What the gentleman said is that during his time in the factory, he did learn a lot of knowledge that he had never learned in the classroom, from the operation in front of the furnace to the filling ...... in the furnace."

Zhang Zhidong groaned, looking at the young man in front of him, but he remembered that since he took office as the governor of Liangguang, he was ambitious to build large factories such as steel mills, gun factories and textile factories in Guangdong, but he suffered from lack of funds and there were no proficient industrial and foreign talents around him, and he did not see results for a long time. Now listening to Tang Haoran, the person in front of him is a talent, graduated from the first-class industrial college in the West, and is proficient in iron factory management.

Thinking of Li Hanzhang, who took over as the governor of Liangguang, when the two met, he had no intention of continuing to run the iron plant on the grounds of insufficient iron mines in Guangdong and financial difficulties in building the factory, and he also intended to move the original machine furnace in Guangdong to Hubei...... The thought in his heart moved, and when he looked at Tang Haoran, his eyes suddenly changed.

"During my study tour in Europe, I have seen that foreigners look down on China, saying that China has no railway ships, no gunboats, although these words are arrogant and rude, and it is very uncomfortable to hear, but I have to endure it, because China does not have these things, at this time, I accidentally heard that the hinterland of southwest China has purchased British blast furnace equipment, has established a modern iron factory, so I only returned from abroad below, and if I want to participate in it, I will no longer call foreigners to despise me!"

Tang Haoran's words only made Zhang Zhidong feel very relieved when he heard it! The young man sitting in front of him, who was deeply influenced by Western culture, immediately became friendly in his eyes.

"After learning and not looking at the country, this pure heart is indeed rare!"

Gu Hongming interjected and asked.

"You came back to the East because of this thought?"

"Yes."

Tang Haoran looked at Gu Hongming and nodded, he couldn't figure out the identity of this person sitting side by side with the governor.

"I left Germany last year, because I was too young to think about it, and I wanted to see the terroir of various places along the way, so I didn't take a liner, but took a train or sailboat, and traveled to the Mediterranean countries, the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and other places along the way, and then went to German East Africa, and from German East Africa to India.

"Since you want to serve the country, why don't you just go back to China?"

Gu Hongming then asked again, this is the only loophole in his words, and youth is not the only explanation.

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