Saturday, 17 May 1642, Viceroy of Hong Kong.

In early summer, the climate on Hong Kong Island was not as hot as expected, but because of a strong wind and rain the day before yesterday, the climate was cool and pleasant.

The Hong Kong Governor's Mansion is worthy of being the most high-grade of all overseas governors in Huamei, with a total area of almost 200 acres, and the shade and lawn area in front of the main building of the Governor's Mansion alone covers an area of at least 100 acres, which is planted with all kinds of flowers and plants of famous southern species. An elaborate metal fence surrounds the Governor's Palace, which is made of natural stone, and in front of the gate is the central square, and one of the widest main streets in the city, where several policemen are standing guard with a nonchalant look.

Under an old camphor tree, a young girl is quietly sitting on a chair painting, and the filming location is the distant mainland landscape on the north shore of Kowloon Bay.

An Jie's watercolor painting skills may be unsatisfactory, far inferior to her sister An Shu, and she does not pay more attention to artistic decoration, but she paints very carefully and meticulously. The ladies of the Governor's Palace, who were quietly serving around the surroundings, showed admiring eyes while keeping quiet.

Today's An Jie changed into a black and white Western-style dress, and a lilac silk scarf flower ball was tied on her head, which set off the whole person extraordinarily elegantly.

Luo Jianye stood not far behind in a clean suit, staring blankly at the girl in front of him painting, holding two beautiful Chinese Simplified Chinese books in his hands. One "General Geology" and the other "Mineral Taxonomy", these are the books he has been holding almost day and night in recent times.

"It's a beautiful painting, I've never seen anyone who can paint the scenery on the other side so realistically."

The Governor of Hong Kong, Elson, came from the side, and he was proficient in the world while admiring lightly, and at the same time secretly glanced at the "guests" that the girl had brought into the Governor's Palace.

"Thank you for the compliment, Uncle Elson. It's just that the painting is too similar, but it has no artistic beauty. An Jie stopped the pen in her hand, turned around and got up to salute the Governor of Hong Kong gently, and then followed the other party towards the table and chair not far away.

"Your father, Your Excellency the Senator. Mr. Zhao Mingchuan of the Oriental Union Union and some representatives of Guangzhou businessmen were receiving him in the conference hall. He is really busy with official business, Miss Anjie will not feel bored. ”

Elson drank fruit tea and secretly admired the almost faulty etiquette of the daughter of the celebrity who was studying in the Ivy League in front of him. Elson's own daughter, who stayed in China, was not satisfactory, and finally entered the preparatory class of the Ivy League, but was finally eliminated, and had to retreat to the Capital National University.

"This should be my father's duty to come to the Far East, in fact, I am very happy that my father can bring me here." An Jie said, seeing that Luo Jian was still standing not far away, he quickly got up and raised his hand to greet him. "Mr. Luo, come and sit together, Your Excellency Governor Elson is a good friend of my father."

"It's presumptuous to be down, and it's just to take a leisurely look at the scenery on the side." Luo Jian's face turned red, and he secretly looked back at the main building of the Governor's Mansion in the distance, knowing that his father was also here today.

With a small note of introduction, Luo Jian did not guard his family's ready-to-wear workshop according to his father Luo Huide's arrangement, but ran into the Governor's Mansion of Huamei Hong Kong twice in three days, and even the police standing guard in front of the door were familiar. Today, my father was invited to attend a tea party at the Governor's Palace, presided over by the Chinese and American senators. If you see yourself here, you'll definitely count it again.

"Young man, it is the least polite to accept a lady's invitation." On the side, Elson seemed to feel that he was a little redundant, and got up and walked away while showing a smile to Luo Jian.

Seeing such a high-status official, they all spoke. Luo Jian's face turned even redder, so he had to slowly walk to the opposite side of An Jie with his head down, and sat on half a chair sideways, not daring to look up at the other party.

"Hmm. It's a pity that I didn't bring the basic textbook "Inorganic Chemistry", otherwise you can read it together with the "Mineral Taxonomy". An Jie glanced at the other party's book on the table and smiled lightly. Mr. Luo, how did you come up with the idea of making a simple steam engine by your own? This is not something that ordinary people can do, and even the seniors of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Capital National University may not be able to do that process if they don't have processing tools and no guidance. ”

"Just pay attention to the observation, if not, then deduce it yourself." As soon as he mentioned the simple steam engine that he had spent two years making, Luo Jian's love for him increased.

"It's amazing, and if you have more expertise, it's even harder! My dad likes tech guys the most, but he's busy, so I should have let you meet him. An Jie also nodded frequently, when she told her father An Shaoqing about this matter, the other party looked incredulous, and she felt that Luo Jian was a genius.

"It's a great honor for the young lady to give away the book. This book is exquisite, and Miss has to solve doubts from time to time, and I have benefited a lot from it. Luo Jian hurriedly stood up and bowed, and was surprised that the other party actually said that he would let his father see him, because this was too different from the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. Luo, do you want to really learn this knowledge and study in my country? Maybe my dad can arrange it. ”

An Jie didn't know what the other party was thinking, just slowly drank fruit tea, admired the distant square outside the Governor's Palace, and felt the cool breeze. Suddenly, An Jie raised her head and said with a smile that surprised the other party even more.

Miss An invited herself to study in Huamei Bangguo after the Song Dynasty?! Luo Jian felt his blood and qi surge, and his heartbeat began to speed up.

It took me two years to make a simple steam engine that was not like a four-way one, and I was stuck with a few pieces of ore. A girl younger than herself can actually see the problem at a glance, what kind of situation will it be in China and the United States, thousands of miles away...... The more he thought about it, the more relaxed Luo Jian became.

"Huh? Mr. Luo has no idea? An Jie saw that the other party was distracted again, showing a disappointed expression.

"It's rude, let Miss laugh, please forgive me for being brave......" Luo Jian quickly came back to his senses, and was about to get up to apologize, when he suddenly saw a few people walking on the side, and immediately opened his mouth wide, whether he was sitting or standing.

Luo Huide's old face was blushing at this time, his son who was not doing his job was sitting with a gorgeous girl in the sun and chatting without knowing the sky, and even looked at other people's bodies frequently, it was too rude!

“…… Zhao Mingchuan, I just built yì, you can think about it. For the technical projects we export to the two Guangzhou, we must achieve the most reasonable utilization efficiency as possible. It is necessary to let the workers of Daming also have the appropriate operation and maintenance skills. Mr. Luo's garment factory, because of many sewing machine failures, the operating rate of the production line has not been ideal. Several small parts are worn, and technicians must be invited from Pearl Island to disassemble and replace, not to mention the long cycle, manual idleness is equivalent to increasing the operating cost, whether it is for the Oriental Union Group, or for Mr. Luo, it is not the right solution. ”

An Shaoqing walked in front and talked eloquently to Zhao Mingchuan beside him. He didn't seem to care who his daughter was sitting with.

Mr. An is very thoughtful, and at present, there are few technicians and craftsmen in the factories on Pearl Island, so he is really busy, and it is difficult to deal with the mechanical repairs of the workshops in Qiongzhou and Hong Kong from time to time. The mechanical maintenance training of Daming workers was also expected, but at present, the Pearl Island Intermediate Vocational and Technical School has only been open for three years, and the teachers should be limited and difficult to take care of completely. ”

Zhao Mingchuan actually discovered this a long time ago, basically the production equipment purchased by Ming merchants did not have the ability to maintain themselves. However, due to the current domestic technical equipment control regulations, they are too strict. There is no clear reply to the relevant application until now, and the local vocational education in the Far East can only meet the local talent training needs of the Oriental Union Group, so that domestic equipment manufacturers have to be exhausted and must send technical personnel to Pearl Island all year round. It's a complete toss-up.

"Well, I will submit a report to the Senate on the Far East, taking into account all your difficulties. However, I will make you know that you can now let the Daming factory enterprise send apprentices to follow the teacher first. At least master some basic fault judgment and spare parts replacement ability. As for the industrial joint venture plan with the big guys, I'm going to build a special promotion group for your OUCC to go to the door to publicize, and don't keep an eye on the mining industry of the big guys. After all, it's someone's capital industry, not something you want to plug in. ”

An Shaoqing nodded, and finally helped Zhao Mingchuan deal with an important content. Turning his head, he found that his daughter An Jie was standing in front of him with a strange young man of the Ming Dynasty.

"Dad, he is the Luo Jian I talked about some time ago, very powerful!" Seeing that her father finally began to pay attention to herself, An Jie smiled and stepped forward to take her father's hand.

"I've seen Ann...... Ann adults. I've seen Mr. Zhao, I've seen my father......" Luo Jian also stepped aside and bowed to the three elders.

"Oh? You're the kid who can make a makeshift steam engine by yourself? An Shaoqing saw the books left on the table, and his interest in the Ming youth in front of him increased greatly.

"Uh...... It was the dog Luo Jian. Hey, I'm idle all day long, wandering around, and not abiding by etiquette, which makes Lord An laugh. Luo Huide finally took advantage of various coincidences to have some private contacts with the gorgeous magnates in front of him, but when he saw his son appear here without knowing the sky, he didn't know how many times he scolded his son.

"Observant and self-taught, rare! Mr. Luo, you have raised a good son! An Shaoqing pointed to the young man in front of him and nodded again and again. As a typical "pro-Oriental faction" in China, An Shaoqing was very interested in this kind of Ming youth who did not leave any traces in history.

"The tutoring is not strict, I am smiling." Luo Huide returned the salute again and again embarrassedly, and was praised like this, and his originally angry mood was much better.

"Dad, if Luo Jian is allowed to study in Manchester City, it should be more successful, right? He's been asking me for advice all these days, and I'm almost out of answers! An Jie saw that her father agreed with her evaluation very much, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot.

Not only was Luo Jian stupid, but even Zhao Mingchuan was stunned for a while, not to mention Luo Huide, who was already stunned.

Looking at her daughter's innocent expression, the smile on An Shaoqing's face was even worse.

"It's a sin for a dog to trespass into the mansion." Luo Huide thought that his son was okay and ran to the Governor's Palace, which caused An Shaoqing's disgust, and he suddenly lost his proportions in a panic.

"How can it be counted as a sin if you are thirsty for learning...... That's all for today. After An Shaoqing finished speaking, he seemed to remember something, so he walked alone towards the grove on one side, and An Jie had to follow.

An Shaoqing's changes caused Zhao Mingchuan and Luo Huide to look at each other, especially the latter, who directly glared at his son.

……

On the way back to his garment factory, Luo Huide's face was always blue, while Luo Jian bowed his head and said nothing.

"No excuses to go to the Governor's Palace in the future." Luo Huide stopped and showed a stern expression to his son, "My Luo family can settle down on Hong Kong Island and buy a house, and I am not less humble to this gorgeous country, and there are a lot of rumors in Guangzhou and Wuzhou, and I am also walking on thin ice as a father." ”

Luo Jian didn't say anything, just nodded silently.

"This woman is a gorgeous and powerful person, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a woman. But after all, it is a high-level family, not something that my Luo family can climb. If you are interested in learning from the ingenuity of things, you can observe and inquire in Hong Kong or Pearl Island, and do not make any extraneous branches! You're not too young, so I'll ask someone to tell you a family affair another day. After Luo Huide finished speaking, he sighed deeply.

"My son knows ......"

Glancing at the two gorgeous books that were still in his hand, An Jie's figure and a smile appeared in Luo Jian's mind again, and he couldn't get rid of it. (To be continued......)