Chapter 173: An Unexpected Summons
The total tonnage of the navy in the northeast is now around 200,000 tons, of which the tonnage of armored ships is 170,000 tons, slightly more than that of France, but there is a significant gap with Britain. The tonnage of cruisers and gunboats was 30,000 tons, which was not only very different from Britain, but also dwarfed by France.
Fortunately, the ships in service in the Northeast are technically one level higher than those of other countries, and they are also economically able to provide sufficient funds to upgrade their equipment.
However, Wang Yi knew the situation in later generations, and now it seems that although the Northeast has made great progress in ship manufacturing, it is not yet complacent. With the initial establishment of the industrial base in Northeast China and the continuous improvement of the education system at all levels, a large amount of information brought back by Wang Yi has been able to continuously ferment in various industries of the industrial system, so that it can produce high-speed development that transcends the barriers of the times.
Among the travelers who came with the children from Mozambique this time was Deco, the second son of the Carlos family, and his friend Rui Costa, a secret agent of the Northeast Intelligence Service, was next to him. Originally, when he came to the Northeast this time, the third Figo also wanted to come together, but the old Carlos was reluctant to let his old son have an accident in the Northeast, the wild world in the old man's mind. Regardless of what the Northeast has achieved, it is in the minds of Mozambicans...... Whether black or white, the Northeast actually bears the shadow of the Qing court, giving people the impression that it is nothing more than huge, weak, backward and barbaric.
Deco didn't care what his father thought. Although the old man felt sorry for his old son, which made him feel a little surprised, after all, he was also in his thirties, and he was not jealous of his younger brother for his father's favor. Returning to the Northeast with Deco and Rui Costa, there is also Rui Costa's adopted daughter - Jill - Dexco! Now the girl's name is Gil Carlos Rivaldo, with the surname of the biological father and the adoptive father. Speaking of which, Portuguese names are very long, so adding a surname is not too much of a problem. As for Jill's mother, the Valejo woman is now married, and Rui and her are only overnight, and they have no feelings for each other. It's not bad for everyone to live their own lives. The only problem now is that Jill seems a little lukewarm to this father who suddenly appeared, and seems to be an outsider, and is still closer to his adoptive father Deco. Rui doesn't have a good way to deal with this, so let's deal with it slowly.
After arriving in the northeast, Rui took Deco and Jill to his residence, a detached villa near the Merchant Industrial Chamber. Although it is not as good as the wealthy families around, it is definitely not an ordinary family. This surprised Deco, but to Rui's delight, Jill loved the new house. It's just that his brother usually lives alone, and he is out on tasks all year round and is not often at home, so there is not much furniture in the house.
"I didn't expect you to live in such a place." Deco sighed.
"I didn't think about it myself, but the treatment in the bureau is very good, and I am a petty official, so in Dashang, I can't afford a mansion, but a single-family villa like this can still be ruthless by gritting my teeth."
The two looked at each other and smiled, and Jill was running around the house with a happy face.
"How's that, like looking at my collection?" Rui said at this time.
Deco nodded.
There are many dreams of men, but a private wine cellar should be able to be about the same level as a luxury garage and a pampered junior in the gold house.
Neither Deco nor Rui are alcoholics, but when they were young, they also had a period of frivolity. Drinking friends may not be true friends, and Qingmei is mostly negative people.
"It's French red wine, champagne, Scotch whisky, vodka, tequila, and all kinds of Qingguo liquor, but there is no beer here, if you want to drink it, it can be sold in supermarkets or restaurants outside." Rui Costa proudly introduces his collection, and the bottles of fine wine are like his pure people, and his words are full of affection.
Deco suddenly smiled and said, "Brother, I'm afraid that in the next period of time, you will be sad." ”
Dinner is to go out, there is a food street in Dashang, there are national cuisines here, and the restaurants are divided into high, medium and low grades. The most high-end restaurants cost tens of thousands of business dollars for a meal, while the low-end ones are basically roadside cars, with two or three big business dollars for a meal. Here, diners take what they need, but they also have their own duty.
The brightly lit streets, which have never been seen before in Mozambique, look like a winding Milky Way from afar, surging with endless energy. Newcomers to Tohoku are impressed by the splendor of the light, which seems to illuminate an invisible boundary separating Tohoku from other parts of the world that have not yet used electricity on a large scale. The light of wisdom and the darkness of ignorance unconsciously win over people's hearts.
"There are a lot of foreigners here!" It was rare for Jill to hold Rui's arm, and Deco on the other side, for the first time, they were treated equally.
"Dashang is a city built around the Dashang Industrial Real Yàn Room and the Dashang Affiliated School, not counting the latter, just the Dashang Industrial Real Yàn Room now has tens of thousands of foreigners from the Northeast, plus the merchants from all over the world who come to the Northeast to do business and buy goods, you can imagine why there are mixed complexions here, and there are all kinds of people."
Deco nodded, the light of the big merchant seemed to ignite the hope in his eyes, and he looked bright.
After appreciating the prosperity of the big merchants, not long after returning home, Jill slept peacefully. And the two men talked all night, which is strange to say, and the two have met again for a long time. But this is the first time that there has been such a long conversation on multiple topics. Of course, the topic is inseparable from the northeast qiē, which really excites Deco, and Rui can only accompany him, he has long been accustomed to the northeast.
The next day, Rui takes Deco and Jill to a furniture store in the northeast to pick up furniture, after all, empty houses are really homeless.
Speaking of which, it is also Wang Yi's own careful thinking, and the big businessmen are made by him to look like the cities of later generations, supermarkets, home appliance shopping malls, furniture cities, etc., which can be regarded as a kind of remembrance of his life before he crossed over.
Life began to calm down after that, and Rui used his connections to arrange his daughter to the school affiliated to Dashang. However, Jill is still learning Chinese and English, and only after passing the guò language test can she start her normal school life. Fortunately, it didn't take long for her to make new friends, and it seemed that life in Mozambique had become a distant past for her. Deke was not idle during this time, he bought a color camera that had just been launched by Dashang Group not long ago, and lived the life of a photographer in later generations. Being carefree like this, being in a different place, seems to have allowed him to put aside the troubles of his family, and it is difficult for Deco to imagine such happy moments in his life. It was then that he understood why Rui was reluctant to get in touch with his family when he returned to Mozambique.
Time flies, and not long after, Rui's vacation is over, and he begins to report back to the Northeast Intelligence Bureau, but a few days later, he brings good news to Deco. Speaking of which, compared to others, Deco is very lucky, because he got the opportunity to meet Wang Yi, chairman of Dashang Group. He was so excited about it that he stayed up all night.
To Deco's surprise, the mysterious chairman of Dashang actually lived on an island in the middle of a lake. As his name suggests, Nindo is quiet and peaceful, in stark contrast to the prosperity and festivities found elsewhere in the Northeast.
The island is very large and has a pleasant view, but it is heavily guarded! It is not too much to say that there is a post in ten steps and a post in five steps. At present, the automobile factory of Dashang has not yet been built, and the buses in Ningdao are all handmade by technicians from the Automobile Research Institute, and there are only five buses, three of which are also used to train drivers. However, in this era when cars are still three-wheeled, Ningdao's buses are really full of science and technology, which is an eye-opener for Deke.
It was not the first time Rui had come to Ning Island, he had come with their bureau chief, Tu Xiaohua. Like most people in the Northeast, Rui also admires Wang Yi very much, and everyone understands that there can be no Yang Qiuxing in the Northeast, and there can be no one without anyone, but the only thing that cannot be lost is Wang Yi. He is like a totem, the totem that distinguishes the Northeast from the Qing court and the world.
In fact, the reason why Wang Yi summoned Deco is very simple, although Mozambique has now become a territory in the northeast, Wang Yi is very unfamiliar with it. In the materials brought by later generations, there is not much information about it except for humanities, geography, and mineral distribution maps. Before the crossing, Wang Yi didn't know much about Southeast Africa, but he had watched some travel programs, but he only knew that they were all poor there, and they seemed to have a good relationship with TG.
And Deco is one of the spokesmen of Mozambique's interests in the Northeast Intelligence Bureau, and the zodiac signs have found Mozambique interest spokesmen, coupled with Rui's relationship, it is only natural for Wang to see this person and understand the actual situation in Mozambique.
Deco looked a little nervous, sitting in his seat, constantly drinking the tea in front of him, his palms almost becoming a fountain. The housekeeper Fran smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Deco don't be nervous, Mr. Deco is very good." ”
It took a long time for Deco to realize that the very handsome old Englishman standing opposite was actually talking to himself. He also secretly hated, complaining in his heart that he was unproductive, and he was dozens of years old, so why didn't he have a little calm and calm.
Wang Yi didn't let the guests wait too long, only five or six minutes, but for Deco, it felt like a year.