Seeing this, Du Xun hurriedly said: "If you really want to borrow money in the UK, I can also help." No pop-up window update fast // [ ] [Leaf*] [*]"

"Then on behalf of the Alliance, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your support and understanding!" Sun Yat-sen was overjoyed.

Du Xun then added: "If you can get the patent for the production of mortars from the Peking Iron Works, I will give you at least £2 million in loans." Even if there is no patent licensing or assignment, as long as you can get Dr Johnson to come forward as a guarantee, a loan of £50 to £1 million is not a problem. Otherwise, I'll give you between £5 and £200,000 to borrow depending on the amount of arms you buy at Vega. ”

Sun Yat-sen was a little annoyed and a little helpless: although he had long known that his reputation was not as loud as Sun Yuanqi, he never expected that in the eyes of British businessmen, the value of the two would be several times or even dozens of times. To put it mildly, the reason why he was able to get a loan amount of 5 to 200,000 pounds was completely an addition to Du Xun's gift in the face of buying a large number of arms, and if he didn't buy anything, he couldn't even borrow a minimum of 50,000 pounds! British and American businessmen and politicians are so realistic that they will not be impressed by their current poverty and whiteness because they may have great influence in the Far East in the future.

It seems like a good idea to let Sun Yuanqi come forward! Sun Yat-sen thought. But when he recalled the process of his relationship with Sun Yuanqi, his expression became depressed: although he had made a lot of nonsense before, as if he and Sun Yuanqi were brothers in his own family, in fact, the two seemed to have met and talked only twice: once in San Francisco, USA, and the other in Tokyo, Japan. [ ] And in Tokyo, Japan, Sun Yuanqi was sick and bedridden, and he didn't say anything at all. In this way, the two really belong to the "one-sided relationship". (·~) will you guarantee a loan of millions of taels of silver for a friend who only has one side?

Seeing Sun Yat-sen's uncertain expression, Du Xun understood in his heart and said politely: "In short, I will forward the statement and memorandum of the two to Foreign Minister Mr. Gray as soon as possible, and the two of you can rest assured." ”

Obedient and listening. Du Xun's words were like China's tea send-off, and Sun Yat-sen and Homer Li had to get up and say goodbye.

The two had just left the house. The secretary who was sitting next to him said worriedly: "Sir, it seems that this Mr. Sun and Dr. Johnson are very familiar!" If he did find Dr Johnson to vouch for it, we wouldn't have £50 to £1,000,000,000 of liquid cash on our books. ”

Du Xun smiled: "Rod, are you through his words." Can't tell his personality yet? Obviously, he is a half-hung politician who can play with theories and like to talk exaggeratedly, but he does not engage in political speculation or political power tricks. Although he says that he knows Dr. Johnson very well, maybe just like you and I know the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, but does Mr. Asquith know us? Of course, if he could really get Dr. Johnson to vouch for it. I don't mind lending him hundreds of thousands of pounds. Even if we don't have it on our books, we can turn it around from somewhere else. As long as we can get in touch with Dr. Johnson, we at Vega Gun Factory will be on the fast track to rapid development. ”

Rod cautiously reminded: "As far as I know, apart from mortars, the rest of Dr. Johnson's research and invention does not seem to have much to do with our Vega Gun Factory, right?" ”

Duson took a Havana cigar from the silver case, cut off the two ends with special small scissors, and then used a igniter to gently turn the body of the cigarette and roast it, and then lit the cigar. 【New】[~] After fully enjoying the unique mellow aroma of cigars. He puffed out the smoke lightly and continued, "What do you think is the intersection between condiments and radio broadcasts, between granulators and bicycles?" ”

Rod was stunned, and didn't know how to answer for a while.

Duxun didn't expect him to answer his own questions. "It is now recognized in intellectual circles that Dr. Johnson is the greatest scientist after Galileo and Newton. His greatness is not only manifested in a certain subject area, but also in an encyclopedic style, such as physics, chemistry, electricity, astronomy, medicine, and so on. He felt that food had no taste, so he conveniently invented monosodium glutamate; He felt that life was too boring, so he invented television at random; He thought that mathematics was too boring, so he conceived an electric computer...... Now that we have a relationship with him, if one day he is interested in military engineering, wouldn't we be able to get the first step?

"Dr. Johnson was not only a brilliant scientist, but also a successful businessman. His assets have exceeded £4 million and are growing rapidly every day. Recently, I heard that he was leading the development of a new car for General Motors, and the prototype on display in the United States caused a huge sensation, and it was called "an epoch-making surreal genius design", and the price of the original best-selling Ford Model T immediately plummeted. Now that GM has started building a plant ready for production, he could make millions of pounds in profit on that alone. So our hundreds of thousands of pounds of debt will not affect him at all.

"And it doesn't matter if Dr. Johnson doesn't pay back the hundreds of thousands of pounds. When someone writes a biography of him decades later, it will definitely be mentioned in it: Dr. Johnson once owed dozens of pounds to Mr. Duxon of Vega Gun Factory and never returned it, but Mr. Duson was also open-minded and had no recourse. Wouldn't it be a good deal for me to make a name for myself to future generations? Speaking of this, Du Xun couldn't help laughing.

When Du Xun was obscene, Rhodes quickly flipped through the statements and memos left by Sun Yat-sen, and said in surprise: "Sir, you plan to hand over these two absurd documents to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs?" ”

"Why not?" Duxon blinked.

Rhodes couldn't believe it: "Oh my God, this will be the biggest joke of the year at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!" ”

Du Xun didn't care at all: "What does that have to do with us?" The only thing we care about is whether he is willing to spend a lot of money to buy arms from the Vega gun factory, everything else is a floating cloud. ”

"Mr. Gray, the Foreign Secretary, will think we are crazy!" Rod's eyes widened.

Duxon shook his head: "Mr. Gray is a standard English gentleman, he will only frown slightly, and then throw these two papers in the trash. In this way, our task is complete. ”

Yes, Duxon was right, and the British Foreign Secretary, receiving the statement and memorandum presented by Duxon, tried to restrain his smile, and still said gentlemanly: "Please tell that Mr. Sun that Britain will remain neutral on this matter." Gray's remarks, like the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman's "strong condemnation of this," have no practical significance.

After Sun Yat-sen listened to Du Xun's relay, he couldn't help but sigh: "If England doesn't come out, why should I be born!" ”

Although the British Foreign Secretary was not optimistic about this revolutionary from the Far East at this time, he did not know that at the same time that he coldly rejected Sun Yat-sen, in China, the governors of the southern provinces jointly sent a telegram to Sun Yat-sen after a secret meeting, hoping that he would return to China as soon as possible and organize a provisional government of the Republic of China. The telegram said: "At present, the overall situation of the southeastern provinces is roughly determined, and it is urgent to unify the military, government, and civil affairs. Mr. Sun Yat-sen was the first person to initiate the revolution, and the Chinese and foreign people deeply believed in it, and he organized a provisional government. Therefore, the official telegrams of the military governments implored Mr. Zhongshan to take into account the overall situation and return to China as soon as possible to form a provisional government. ”

Homer Lee held up the telegram and asked Sun Yat-sen, "Sun, when do you plan to return to China?" This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! ”

Sun Yat-sen muttered: "To be honest, I am not in a hurry to return to China to be China's president or prime minister. Of course, if I become an official, it will be beneficial to China and the Chinese revolution. ”

"And what are you going to do?" Homer Lee still has some insight into military affairs, but when it comes to Chinese politics, he doesn't know anything about rolling pins and blowing fire.

Sun Yat-sen said: "The current situation is complicated, there is a lot of momentum of competing for the deer, I have no power and no soldiers in my hands, and after returning to China, I stand between the governors of the provincial military governments, but I am just a signboard and a puppet." What does it make if you don't go back? Relatively speaking, there are three people who are more suitable to serve as the president of the Republic of China than me. ”

"Oh, which three?" Homer Lee was curious.