Unlike northern France, which has been scorched to the ground, as the largest port city in France, it is also the largest city in the south, because it is far from the battlefield in the north, so Marseille has hardly been attacked during the four years of war―――――― if you don't count the bombs that came over and dropped sporadically...

Not only that, but as the largest port city in France, Marseille was even more prosperous during the war than it was before the war, because of the large amount of supplies it received during the war. This can be testified by the expeditionary force, after all, the number of expeditionary forces that landed in France alone has reached more than 600,000, not to mention a series of follow-up supplies.

You must know that whether it is a French colony in North Africa or a colony in Asia, the supplies and soldiers it transports are all through Marseille.

However, compared to the ports in the north, Marseille is a bit inferior in comparison.

After all, Marseille in the south only faces resources and troops from Asia and Africa, while those ports in the north directly face the resources of Britain and even the United States.

Considering the enormous industrial power that the United States has, and its equally large military strength, this figure is almost astronomical...

But...

The ports of northern France, of course, were convenient for receiving supplies, but they were also close to the battle line, and because they received a large number of supplies and troops from the United States and Britain, they were frequently bombed by German airboats, and German submarines mainly cruised in this area―――――― which is not surprising, after all, this location is too important. In contrast, the Mediterranean Sea has become a secondary region...

But no matter how long the war lasts, there will be an end to it. After the signing of the armistice between the Entente and the Central Powers, Marseille is now a little calmer than the usual bustle, if it had been a few days ago...

At least at this time, Marseille is definitely not a calm city, and the port of Marseille is full of people.

Among them were representatives of the expeditionary force, such as Jiang Baili and Liu Guangyuan. There are also a group of soldiers of the expeditionary force responsible for Yan Shao's security, as well as some overseas Chinese living in France, as well as some local people in France and even Marseille...

This is not surprising. Yan Shao came all the way over, and if others didn't come, Cai Ye and they would definitely come to greet him. In addition, those overseas Chinese who lived in France, before the outbreak of the First World War. In fact, the number of Chinese in France is very rare. It can even be said that the Chinese diaspora is probably not as large as the staff of the Chinese embassy in France.

However, after the outbreak of the First World War, due to the lack of labor in France, it eventually had to be hired abroad, and China, which had a very large population and performed very well on the battlefield, naturally came into the sight of the French...

On the other hand, although domestic incomes are already very good compared to the past, there is still a gap between them and those in Europe and the United States. So after the announcement of the French government came out, a large number of Chinese people soon chose to sign up...

Nature. During this period, the national government was not idle, but they did not dissuade or help mobilize, but negotiated with the French government, signed a series of treaties useful for the chemical industry, such as some wartime subsidies, and raised the already high salary, etc., in addition to a series of benefits, and even some accident insurance, etc., after all, Europe is a battlefield today, and no one dares to guarantee that there will be some accidents. Therefore, Yan Shao can only make sure that the treatment of these Chinese workers in France can be higher...

As for dissuasion or something...

After all, this kind of thing is voluntary, since people are willing to go, Yan Shao is always difficult to dissuade, even if France at that time was still very dangerous, even in the rear, it was easy to be bombed by the Germans...

And it is precisely because of this behavior of the national government that the number of Chinese laborers who went to France in the end was much higher than in history, reaching more than 200,000.

At the same time, because of the relationship between the expeditionary force in France, the environment of these Chinese workers in France is also much more beneficial than in history―――――― at present, China and France are close allies, and the expeditionary force is needed to help clean up the Germans on the Western Front.

And after the war, although a large number of Chinese workers returned to China, but also some stayed in France, cough, how to say...

The entire European war made France, which had a small population, almost sacrifice a generation of young people, and the final result was that the whole of France was in a state of prosperity and decline after the war...

Of course, there were armies of many other countries in France at that time, such as the British Expeditionary Force, the American Expeditionary Force, and even some other countries, even colonial troops.

But after all, these are fighting on the front line, and they don't have much intersection with the women who are alone in the rear, but those Chinese workers, most of whom are engaged in production work in the rear, have more intersections with the locals...

As for the workers from the colonies...

People in this world are more realistic, even the romantic French are the same, China because of Verdun and the Western Front's excellent performance, coupled with the thriving national strength, has been regarded as one of the most important powers, while the rest are some colonial 'inferior people', even if there is no racial discrimination, will care about the eyes around them, at this time the Chinese workers working in France have naturally become the best choice, not to mention the story of Yan Shao and Elano in front of them...

So many Chinese workers who originally came to France to make money finally chose to settle down in France, which really made many people feel a little helpless...

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"There are really enough people here..."Standing on the deck, looking at the dense crowd of people standing on the dock in the distance, the corners of Yan Shao's mouth showed a wry smile. Fortunately, the flu is a little quieter now, otherwise there would be so many people here. If one person gets the flu, I'm afraid it will infect a whole bunch of people..."

"Yes, there are more people. But doesn't that prove that you're popular..."Standing beside Yan Shao, Elaline said with a slight smile.

After a long voyage, Yan Shao and his entourage finally arrived in Marseille, France.

It's just that although he had already guessed that there would definitely be a lot of welcoming crowds, after seeing the scene on the port, Yan Shao still felt a little...

There are too many people...

But it's not surprising, Jiang Baili's people. There are already dozens of officers alone, not to mention a large number of soldiers in charge of security work, plus people from the embassy. There were about four or five hundred. There are also envoys sent by Britain and France and other Entente countries to greet them, plus officials from the city government of Marseille, but the most are probably the local citizens of Marseille...

Yan Shao created his first miracle in this city, the same. Although Yan Shao's original career has been forgotten for a long time. But not to mention it in China for the time being, if there is a city abroad with the largest number of fans of Yan Shao's novels, Marseille, the place where it started, is definitely a well-deserved first...

After all, Yan Shao walked out from here, which is a great honor for many Marseille citizens. Even with Yan Shao is also very popular here, after learning that Yan Shao is about to arrive in Marseille, many citizens voluntarily ran out to meet Yan Shao...

However, this enthusiasm made Yan Shao feel unbearable...

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"General Matsuha. I didn't expect to see you for so long, but your body is a lot stronger..."

After stepping off the cruise ship. Yan Shao looked at Jiang Baili who stepped forward and couldn't help but laugh softly.

Compared with when he left, Jiang Baili is obviously thinner, but he is more energetic, and unlike the gentle and elegant temperament in the past, Jiang Baili now gives people a very refined feeling, and the overall feeling is completely different from the past...

If it weren't for the vague feeling of some elegant temperament from Jiang Baili's body, I'm afraid Yan Shao would be a little afraid to recognize him.

Listening to Yan Shao's words, Jiang Baili smiled bitterly. "It's a bit strange to fight, if you get fat..."

Hearing Jiang Baili say this, the people present immediately burst out laughing.

Just as Yan Shao and the others were laughing, on the side, Elaline was also introducing Lu Ying and Otsuki Kaoru to the Tarys and others...

The old guy in Bertrand, Lu Ying and the others had seen it at the wedding, but like Bertrand, the Tharis couple, who were no different from their parents in Elaline's heart, they had not seen them, and now they naturally need to be introduced.

In addition, there are others, such as Elano's friends in Marseille and some distant relatives...

There are a lot of people who need to be introduced, so naturally they don't have time to take care of Yan Shao on the side...

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After Yan Shao and Jiang Baili chatted on the dock for a while, Yan Shao quickly started talking with the others, after all, they were all here to pick him up.

In addition, there are also those fanatical admirers, who also need to be dealt with by Yan Shao. Fortunately, at this time, Yan Shao still had a large group of soldiers around him, in order to prevent assassins from assassinating Yan Shao inside, Yan Shao had just disembarked, and those soldiers had already formed a large circle around Yan Shao under the leadership of the officers to prevent anyone from approaching...

Only the Taris couple were let in...

So Yan Shao just needs to wave his hand at those worshippers, and nothing else seems to need to be bothered...

For this kind of scene, Elainor and the others have long been accustomed to it, after all, China is a place with a large population, and they accompany Yan Shao everywhere on weekdays, so such scenes will naturally be encountered often.

But for Fumiko on the side, it's...

Seeing that Yan Shao was still calm and calm under the attention of tens of thousands of people, Fumiko's eyes were full of brilliance, and Otsuki Kaoru on the side noticed this, but Otsuki Kaoru didn't think much about it in her heart.

On the other hand

After boarding the car, Yan Shao and the others quickly got into the car.

It's just that...

After getting into the car, Yan Shao did not go to any other places, for example, the drinking party arranged for Yan Shao by the Marseille city government―――――― Yan Shao had just gotten off the boat and needed a day off.

It's not the accommodation that Jiang Baili arranged, to be exact, they didn't arrange any accommodation.

Because long before leaving, Yan Shao had already notified this side by telegram.

He's going to go home and see...

The same home he lived in when he was in Marseille...

That rented house...

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"Here we are, this is it..."Coming to the house where Yan Shao lived at the beginning, after getting out of the car, Yan Shao smiled at Katerina and Otsuki Kaoru.

Looking at the house in front of him, a hint of nostalgia flashed in Elano's eyes.

When she was still in Marseille, she and Yan Shao had spent a lot of good time here, and the most important thing was ――――――that there were only two of them at that time, and there was no third party at all, unlike now, let alone a third party, even the fourth and fifth parties...

And unlike Elanon's nostalgia, what flashed in the eyes of Caterina and the others was curiosity...

They naturally knew about Yan Shao's residence in Marseille, after all, it was not a secret, but they had never been here. Caterina met on the cruise ship when Yan Shao and Elano eloped, Lu Ying was in China, and Kaoru Otsuki was even later, especially since the latter two had never even been to Europe, let alone anything else...

So soon Lu Ying said curiously. "Is that where you live?"

"Yes..."Pushing open the wooden door, Yan Shao said to them with a smile. At the beginning, I was here to code the novel, and Elaline was in charge of translation, although the days were dull, but it was also very good, but then you know, the old guy in Bertrand didn't agree with me and Eleno, so in order to avoid the plot being too bloody, we had to choose to elope, and when I did some performance, I came back to ask the old guy for approval, and it turned out that my original decision was correct, you see, now I just do some performance..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, Caterina and the others immediately laughed, even Jiang Baili and Liu Guangyuan, who were following on the side. As the most powerful person in China today, many of Yan Shao's stories have long been no secret, and the most talked-about of them is naturally the elopement and shipwreck in Shanghai, so Jiang Baili and they are very aware of Yan Shao's experience...

However, they also knew how tired Yan Shao was after the long journey, so after smiling, Jiang Baili and they had already retreated from the room very understandingly, letting Yan Shao and them have a good rest... (To be continued......)