Between the words, a young man in his twenties and thirties walked over, this age is probably still a small clerk in the future, and in the era of the Republic of China, after returning from studying abroad at the age of twenty or thirty, he can immediately rise to a high position.

Kuang Rongguang glanced at the young man, and then said with a smile: "You are Tang Shaoyi's son-in-law, Minister Gu Weijun to the United States, right?" ”

When the young man heard that his identity was called out by the other party, he was also slightly stunned: "Old man, who are you, how do you know me?"

"My name is Kuang Rongguang, and Tang Shaoyi is still a classmate."

When Gu Weijun heard this, he was also taken aback, he had already heard of Kuang Rongguang's name, and Tang Shaoyi had mentioned it many times, saying that Kuang Rongguang was an authority on the mining industry among young children in the United States, and he was an amazing talent.

"Mr. Kuang, the younger generation has heard of your name a long time ago, and I have always wanted to visit you, but I don't know where Mr. lived during this time, so he didn't come to the door."

"In the past two years, I have been in Fengtian, inspected the geology of the three eastern provinces, and then set up a college. Kwong Rongguang said with a smile: "At a young age, he can become a minister to the United States, and he can represent the government and participate in the Paris Peace Conference. ”

"Mr. Kuang praised it falsely, I heard you chatting, and it seems that you have a very bad opinion of this peace meeting, I don't know what you think?"

"It's not a big idea." Xia Han said on the side: "I just think that the weak eat the strong, tigers and cattle and sheep will be reasonable, if you want to be reasonable, you must become a tiger first, otherwise you will only be slaughtered." ”

After Gu Weijun heard Xia Han's words, he was also slightly stunned. What Xia Han said seems to have some truth, but as a diplomat, isn't his mission to fight for the interests of the country at the negotiating table, if there is no reason to talk about it, what do you want their diplomats to do!

However, although Gu Weijun is not very old, his cultivation is still very good, so he did not continue to ask, but said with a smile: "Mr. Kuang, are you also going to Europe, I don't know what is important?" ”

"It's not anything important. It is to go and change a little thing, many factories have been built in the three eastern provinces, and there is a lack of machinery and equipment everywhere, so you can purchase what you can. ”

"That's a good thing, when I was in the United States. The most envied are those huge industrial areas, their industrial capacity is simply terrifying. The dignified China is not even a fraction of the same. It's a pity. ”

Chen Qiming said with a smile on the side: "When I studied abroad a few years ago, I also saw factories in Europe and the United States, and I was really shocked, but I believe that one day China will also grab the crown of Shijie factory in its hands, we have 40,000 compatriots, there is no reason to be worse than the great powers!" ”

"Good. I also hope to see that day. ”

Everyone was in the same boat, and during the trip, they often gathered together to chat as representatives of the Chinese government. Gu Weijun and the others live in first-class cabins, which are quite luxurious. And the delegation of the Fengjun army was crowded into the third class, and the conditions were a little shabby in all aspects.

When Lu Zhengxiang and Gu Weijun were chatting, he said: "Shaochuan, you always go to talk to those dirt buns outside the customs about something, you have the spirit, let's discuss the strategy of negotiation at once, how can we persuade the powers to agree to our request." ”

"Minister Lu is right." Shi Zhaoji also said contemptuously: "Although there are a lot of them in the group, but from top to bottom, they are all shabby, there is a dance party on the ship, but they have never been there, I doubt that this group of people can afford a decent suit, they are all mixed up like this, why go to Europe to be ashamed." ”

Gu Weijun's brows frowned slightly, and he was a little unhappy with Shi Zhaoji's appearance, and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Kuang, they are much richer than us, people don't pursue these decent things, good steel is used on the blade, and they don't want to waste it!" ”

When Lu Zhengxiang heard this, he also became interested, and asked with a smile: "Shaochuan, are they really rich?" ”

"Well, Minister Lu, although I didn't ask for specific numbers, but when I chatted with them, I revealed that they want to buy chemical plants, metallurgical plants, electronics factories, tractor production lines, power generation equipment, fertilizer plants, etc., all of which are counted, and they will definitely not be able to take it without twenty or thirty million!"

As soon as he heard Gu Weijun's words, Lu Zhengxiang was also stared at by the round, twenty or thirty million is not a small amount, almost equivalent to one-third of Beiyang's financial revenue, it is definitely an astronomical amount, I really didn't see that this group of people is a complete local tyrant!

"Brother Shaochuan, didn't you say one more thousand words, where did they get so much money?" Shi Zhaoji asked in disbelief.

"I don't know, but I know one thing, Feng Jun has high aspirations, and he is full of energy from top to bottom. Among those dozens of people, there are mechanical experts, chemists, agronomists, physicists, geologists, senior engineers, entrepreneurs, and all kinds of talents. ”

At this moment, Lu Zhengxiang and Shi Zhaoji are completely speechless, this delegation is indeed not simple, not only strong financial resources, but also many talents, this is called buns have meat and are not on the folds.

The passenger ship crossed the ocean and finally arrived in France, Gu Weijun and they went directly to Paris to participate in the peace conference, Xia Han and Kuang Rongguang and others also had to get off the ship here, although they were ready to take the bottom of Germany, but they didn't want to rush directly to Germany stupidly, they had to figure out the situation first.

Moreover, Xia Han and they also got the news that just after the defeat of Germany, the French, who had been greatly injured in the war, rushed to Germany like crazy, dismantled a large number of industrial equipment, and then moved back to France, nominally to compensate for Germany's war reparations.

However, after these machines get to France, they can only be piled up like scrap metal, don't look at the French as rags, but as long as they get the Far East, let alone China, even the Japanese will covet it, after all, Europe is still the most advanced industrialized country in this era, with a strong jishu advantage, even the United States has to stand aside.

"Mr. Kwong, if you want to do things quickly, you can't do it, these machines are good. But it's not something we can buy if we want to get money, I suggest that we go our separate ways, take a look at France and Germany that have been damaged by the war, and find what we need most, I am in charge of iron and steel metallurgy and other industries, Brother Qiming is in charge of chemical electronics, and you are responsible for mining heavy machinery. ”

"Hmm." Kwong Rongguang nodded and said: "When everyone acts separately, you must be careful not to patronize your work, there is still a devil in Europe." Don't get it! ”

Kwong Rongguang is talking about the Spanish flu, which broke out near the end of World War I, and the number of people who died from the flu even exceeded the first Shijie war, before the advent of antibiotics. There is no good way for human beings to deal with the flu, and if they are infected, they can only pray for God's blessing.

Zhang Tinglan's natural way. So before Kwong Rongguang and they set off. I specially instructed them about this matter, and I also brought them a lot of medicine. Although Zhang Tinglan knew that sulfonamides and antibiotics could treat the Spanish flu, Fengtian did not have the ability to produce antibiotics on a large scale, so he no longer considered it.

Zhang Tinglan also wanted to use sulfonamides to make more money. However, Zhang Tinglan denied it again, at this time when the whole world was shocked, if the little Fengtian came up with a special medicine, he would be pushed to the forefront all of a sudden. It will inevitably be reproached from all sides, don't think that the great powers are a good thing, they can completely join forces to put pressure on the Feng army, and even do not rule out the possibility of using force, after all, there are more than 100,000 Japanese troops in the Far East.

This kind of risky thing should not be done well, but Zhang Tinglan is not ready to let go of the huge financial resource of sulfonamides, first get the patent, and then try to put it into the market, the market of this antibacterial drug is not to worry, and the best way to make money is to make money.

Without these two special drugs, what was distributed to Kuang Rongguang and them was the famous Banlangen. Zhang Tinglan's family has a Chinese medicine master, Zhou Xinyao also knows about the flu, so he deliberately used Banlan root as the main medicine, with more than a dozen kinds of medicinal materials, to make a heat-clearing and detoxification pill, after the preliminary shiyan, it can be very haode to resist the flu.

Kwong Rongguang told everyone to take it regularly to enhance the body's resistance and never get the flu. When they had distributed everything, they set out separately, and sixty or seventy men were divided into groups of about a dozen, each heading for his own area of interest.

Xia Han took some people to detour to France and go to the Ruhr area of Germany, which is the core of the German steel industry and the most developed area of heavy industry in Europe, the Ruhr area is next to Alsace and Lorraine, for these two provinces, France and Germany fought several wars, and with the victory of World War I, these two provinces finally returned to the control of the French.

Summer cold and their way through these most prosperous areas of Europe, but it is completely different from what they imagined, at this time there are ruins everywhere, and there are bleak scenes everywhere, and the war and flu have taken a great toll on the vitality of Europe.

"Manager, did you find it, we walked together, and we didn't see a few men in the prime of life, there are either women or old people and children on the side of the road, it's really a bit evil!"

"What's the evil sect, not all of them have been killed, I heard that millions of French people have died, and a whole generation of young people have been killed, what else can you see on the streets?"

Because a jishu officer said to Xia Han with a smile: "Boss, these foreign girls are tall and big, how do I feel that they are flattering us, are they missing them?" ”

"Don't think it's useless, the task is well completed, I'll give you a vacation, let you relax, but the premise is that the business must be done well, otherwise I can strangle you without the commander-in-chief cleaning you up."

"Boss, don't be angry, let's just say that there are wives and children at home, and I heard that these foreign girls are all water-based poplars, it's really boring!"

They crossed the Franco-German border all the way and entered the territory of Germany, and what appeared to them was not desolation and depression, but terrible chaos. The new German government had just been formed, and the whole society was in an unprecedented chaos, with all kinds of people coming and going in the streets, and everyone looked hurried and their faces were covered with a dark cloud.

Walking down the street, suddenly a group of French soldiers came briskly from the side, these victors of the war looked very arrogant, they were rampage unscrupulously, a German woman was carrying a child, it was a little late to dodge, one of the French soldiers pushed the child away, grabbed the woman, laughed loudly, and the other companions also showed a smug smile, what it meant, everyone knows.

The Germans on the side were all angry, especially a retired soldier in his thirties with a mustache, who clenched his fists tightly and his eyes were full of fire.

"Dear French soldiers, we are reporters from Japan, and we want to interview you warriors, don't you know how convenient it is!"

For the convenience of his activities, Xia Han temporarily pretended to be a Japanese reporter, and after he asked questions in half-baked French, the French soldiers were a little stunned and couldn't help but let go of the woman. (To be continued......)