After hearing about Yan Shao's request, Bertrand thought about it for a while, and agreed, and of course, the check was also accepted.

To this, Eleno only smiled slightly.

In fact, it is also one of her strategies to mention the check first and then make the request.

If he asked Bertrand for help directly, then the probability of rejection would be as high as one hundred percent, and he must know that his dislike for Yan Shao was definitely sincere. If you take out the check at this time, not only will it not do anything, but it will only backfire, because it will make Bertrand feel that he is bribing him with money and insulting him...

But if the order is reversed, things are much simpler.

First of all, it stimulated Bertrand's desire to go further, of course, it is difficult to say whether Bertrand will accept it according to Bertrand's dislike of Yan Shao. After all, if he accepted the check, it would be equivalent to him owing Yan Shao a favor, which was unacceptable to Bertrand's self-esteem or face.

But if he asks for something at this time, Bertrand will be more receptive, because it is more of a deal for Bertrand than something he owes him...

However, although Bertrand forced himself to think that this was a transaction, there is no doubt that he took a big advantage of Yan Shao, after all, one and a half million US dollars is not a small amount, such a sum of money can be entrusted to the army of any country to help Yan Shao train officers, even if it is not impossible to negotiate directly with the Kaiser—————— in history in order to let the Brazilians hand over the business of a battleship to the German shipyard, Kaiser Wilhelm II once personally received the Brazilian Admiral Leo. And talked to him cordially about the fact that a 12-inch naval gun is more suitable for Brazil than a 14-inch naval gun, and if it is just to make money, this profit of one and a half million is much higher than that of a battleship.

That is to say, in the case that Yan Shao is already owed a favor. Even if he wanted to continue to treat Yan Shao with that attitude, it would be impossible. And the farther Beltran goes in the future, the more favors he owes Yan Shao, and naturally he is not qualified, let alone oppose the relationship between Yan Shao and Elaino...

"I'm sorry, father—" Glancing at Bertrand's pocket with the check, the corners of Elaline's mouth curled slightly, revealing a graceful arc. Women will do anything to love love. Even his scheming father is the same.

By the way, about that battleship, although the Germans even the Kaiser moved out. But then the British snatched the business from the Germans.

The British man in charge of the business at the time was Ian Goul, who was responsible for the design and sales at the Armstrong shipyard. When negotiating this deal with the Brazilians, he was keenly aware of the influence of Wilhelm II on the Brazilians, so he did not come up with his own design. Instead, he went straight back to the hotel and spent the night drawing a new blueprint on the drawing with a pencil. According to him, it is. "The Brazilians want a smaller caliber main gun, then give them 12 inches, and the Brazilians want the biggest battleship in the world, then give them the biggest."

Later, in a conversation with the Brazilians, Ian Gur agreed with the Kaiser's view of the power of the 12-inch gun, otherwise the British Navy would not have equipped its own more than 16 battleships and battlecruisers with this caliber gun. The Kaiser also said that the rate of fire of 12-inch naval guns is faster than that of larger caliber naval guns, so the lethality is higher, so let's abandon the plan of 12 guns and equip 14! In 50 years, there has not been a battleship in the world that has been equipped with 7 main gun turrets, not to mention 20 6-inch and a large number of 3-inch secondary guns. Ian Gul proudly proclaimed to Admiral Leo that it would be the largest displacement and the longest hull in the world. Battleship with the largest number of main guns and turrets and the most powerful salvo firepower. It cost hundreds of thousands of pounds cheaper than the original plan, and Admiral Leo was fascinated by the design. So that evening, Ian Gur sent a telegram to Newcastle. "This ship is ours."

When Ian Goole returned to London, he was received by the new Admiralty, Winston Churchill, and formally invited him to take up the post of Director of Naval Shipbuilding. Ian Gur held this position for 11 years (1912-1923), but for him the seven-turret battleship was the greatest victory of his life.

And this seven-turret monster is the battleship Agincourt, the holy relic of the later multi-turret God Cult.

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"Are you just sending some people to my unit for training?" he touched the check in his pocket, and although he felt that the fact that the trade was his daughter was a little awkward, Bertrand still talked about the content of the deal after sitting back in his place.

With a flick of her head, Eleno brushed her hair behind her ears. "That's right, about 15 people will be sent in the first year, and 30 in the second year..."

"It's not going to be 60 in the third year?" Bertrand frowned when he heard Eleno say that the number of people was growing.

"Who knows," Wan Er smiled. It depends, maybe 90 people..."

Elaline didn't find it difficult, as she knew her father's status in the Foreign Legion.

What if you just arrange for 15 to 50 people to go in, or even just to Sidi? Baylor? Abes, an Algerian city and the site of the First Legion, is the location of the General Headquarters of the French Foreign Legion, which is responsible for managing the personnel, equipment, transportation and supply consumables of the French Foreign Legion. Just say it over there.

If there are more than 100 people, it may become a little troublesome, after all, there are only about 2,000 people in a regiment, and more than 100 people can be arranged at once, which will be somewhat too eye-catching.

But if there is the money provided by Yan Shao, coupled with Bertrand's connections and influence in military circles, this is not a big problem. For Bertrand, with Yan Shao's funding, even the position of commander of the Foreign Legion is a matter of nine out of ten.

This is also another reason why Yan Shao will be willing to support Bertrand, as long as Bertrand becomes the commander of the Foreign Legion, then there will be no difference between the Foreign Legion and Yan Shao's officer training school—————— but it is more dangerous and has no direct control.

Bertrand was aware of this, so he nodded after frowning. "When will someone send it?"

"Let's wait until I go back, he needs to arrange it too..."

After "........." finished talking, he looked at Elino Bertrand and was silent for a moment, in fact, he wanted to ask if Elinor was really happy in China. After all, Yan Shao also knew very well about the fact that there was a woman beside him.

If it had been a year ago, he would have left Elaline behind, but now...

Looking at the trace of a mature woman's style that only a mature woman exudes from time to time on Elano's body, it is naturally impossible for him to not know what this means. And he also knows his daughter's character, if she doesn't want to, she can't stay in China at all.

And from the perspective of taking the initiative to plan for that man after she returned to France, she also knew the relationship between the two people...

With a long sigh, Bertrand shook his head slightly. “…… Hope you won't regret it..."

As if sensing Bertrand's concern, Elaline's eyes reddened slightly, but he smiled at the end. "I chose this path by myself, and even if I really regret it, I won't blame others..."

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After the talks with Bertrand, Elaline stayed in Marseille for a few days, meeting some of his former classmates and friends.

Looking at Elino, who was even more beautiful than before leaving, many people showed envious looks. After meeting her friends, Elaline said goodbye to Bertrand and Tharis and took a cruise back to China...

On the other hand, after having Yan Shao's order, Fu Xiuming and the others also began to find suitable candidates in the guards and patrol battalions. Some of these people are going to France, and some are going to the military academy.

It's just that who should be picked, but it gave Fu Xiuming a little headache.

There is one requirement for candidates, one is literacy, after all, if you are illiterate, you don't even have the qualifications to go to the martial arts academy—————— like the Hubei New Army, but more than half of the soldiers can be literate.

Then there is the anti-Qing government, or it is said that there is no good impression of the Qing government, otherwise if a few royalists are brought in, it will be lively.

The last thing is character, and the first requirement to go to France is to be able to endure hardships, after all, it is not to send them to travel. And those sent to the Martial Arts Academy need to have a certain amount of courage, because from a certain point of view, they can be regarded as a secret front...

"What do you think of these people?" After initially selecting nearly thirty people to come out, Fu Xiuming faced a few people beside him.

"There's nothing wrong with these, but these two I know, people have a bit of a big mouth, it's better to eliminate them..."After looking at the list, Li Liang pointed to two of them.

Those two people have good knowledge, and they don't have a good impression of the Qing court, but they are a little talkative, and they usually forget it, but now they are going to send them to France and the military academy, if they say something that should not be said, then I'm afraid everyone will cry...

After listening to Li Liang's words, Fu Xiuming nodded and crossed those two people off the list.

Then Huang Hao also picked out two people, and there were only 20 people left on the entire list.

"Exactly, 8 of them will be sent to the Martial Arts Academy, and 12 will be sent to France..."Looking at the remaining 20 people on the list, Huang Hao smiled and said.

"Now that it's been decided, let's send the list to the boss, and the boss will communicate with them for the rest..."

"Okay, I'll send it over..."Taking a list from Fu Xiuming's hand, a member of the guard nodded. (To be continued......)