Soon after the secret talks in the Xing Mansion, the news that the Hunan and Huai armies had selected witty and intelligent people to stay abroad spread.

It's not that Li Hongzhang and Zeng Guofan don't want to keep it secret, but they can't keep it secret, and it's too difficult to find a suitable student to study abroad these days.

There are very few young people who have read the book of Confucius and Mencius, are not illiterate, and are willing to cross the sea to learn the skills of foreign Yi.

Therefore, if we do not select in advance and do ideological work for some good seedlings in advance, I am afraid that we can only wait until we go to sea to forcibly tie people to ships.

These news spread far and wide, but it attracted a person who really understood the situation in Citigroup.

These years are not like later generations, although the bureaucrats of the Qing Dynasty also regarded foreigners as ancestors, but the thing of staying abroad was still regarded as a flood beast.

As for going to Citi to make the country a boy and making future generations glorious Americans, this will be the trend in a few decades.

At least in the 1860s, there were very few people who thought this way, and the vast majority of Chinese went to sea to eat when they couldn't survive.

But not without exceptions.

Yung Hong is a special case.

He is likely to be the first Chinese student to study in the United States, and the first Chinese to obtain American citizenship, of course, although he is an American citizen, Rong Hong, like Sun, is an American who cares about the revolution and has made many contributions in modern history.

As early as 1847, Yung Hong, Huang Kuan, and Huang Sheng returned to the United States with Pastor Brown.

After arriving in New York, he attended Monson Preparatory School in Massachusetts and was admitted to Yale College, the first Chinese to study at Yale College.

In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), Rong Hong became a naturalized American, and in the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), Rong Hong graduated from Yale University with a bachelor of arts, and then returned to China to work as a comprador.

When such a person appeared in the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu, Xing Jiuliu found that he had encountered the biggest crisis in his life.

"Master Li, please forgive the grass people for saying bluntly, what Xing Zhizhou said may be untrue, then Yale University has never said that the Guozi Supervisor has never been a priest, let alone a priest of wine, he said that he and Citi Guozi Supervisor are old acquaintances, isn't it nonsense?"

"Where's the dog thing!"

Hearing that in the lobby, this oily and powdery young man dared to slander himself, Xing Jiurou immediately jumped out, "You say I'm talking nonsense, have you ever been to Citigroup or Wild Deer?" ”

"I graduated from Yale University!"

As he spoke, Rong Hong took out a certificate from his arms and handed it to Li Hongzhang.

"This ......"

Li Hongzhang was also confused, and this Rong Hong was not unfounded.

Before Li Hongzhang wanted to build the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau, he wanted to buy the machinery factory of American businessmen, and Rong Hong was the comprador of this machine factory, and he was a serious acquaintance with foreign businessmen.

In other words, one is a friend of a foreign businessman and the other is a friend of a foreign official, no matter how you look at these two people, they are very reliable, but they attack each other.

Rong Hong had already inquired about some of Xing Jiuliu's deeds, and had long believed that he was a liar, so he was even more unforgiving at this time, and said: "Lord Xing, let me ask you, do you know who the president of Citigroup is now?" What party does he belong to? What is the political program? What does Citi mean by its so-called republican system? ”

Listening to unheard of terms, Xing Jiuliu was forced to retreat step by step, unable to say a word.

Sweat droplets of bean size slipped down the corners of his forehead, and he swallowed his saliva, Xing Jiurou suddenly thought of the purpose of his coming here today, and immediately stood up.

"Good you dog!"

Xing Jiurou pushed Rong Hong away and said, "Don't think that you know Citigroup better than me if you cut your braids, tell you, no one knows Amerika better than me, you see this is a magic horse!" ”

As he spoke, Xing Jiurou took out a piece of paper from his arms and disdainfully threw Rong Hong's Yale diploma on the ground, "Lord Governor, please see, this is the list of goods sent by Joseph, the green hat king of Citigroup, to Xiaodi!" Isn't that harder than that kid's college diploma? ”

Joseph is the dozing old Joe, who was recruited by Donald back then, and now he also works in the Honglu Temple of Daming and has obtained a green card for permanent residence in Daming.

When Donald was not coming to the Far East, he often fooled the Manchu officials with sleepy Joe.

"1,500 guns and 100,000 bullets...... 50,000 catties of American ginseng...... 200 pieces of foreign watches...... 2000 cigarettes...... There are countless rice noodles, all of which are replaced by the Huai army...... Sale!!! ”

Looking at the contents on the list, Li Hongzhang's heart was tight!

Obediently, not to mention those foreign guns, they are American ginseng, cigarettes, etc., but they are all strange goods!

Rice and noodles are indispensable hard currency in troubled times......

On behalf of the sales, which of the oil and water......

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, that Citigroup is fighting a civil war, how can there be surplus materials to sell to China?"

Rong Hong was shocked, "Master Li, this is nonsense, these are all nonsense!" ”

"Come on, fork this madman out of here!"

Li Hongzhang didn't even look at it, he only felt that his previous suspicions were really stupid.

The one surnamed Rong has a big mouth and a piece of torn paper written in foreign languages, how can Xing Aiqing's real money be convincing?

Xing Jiurou also took the opportunity to say, "The Great Emperor of Citigroup, that is, the son-in-law of Lord Tang, was very happy to hear that the Governor was going, so I specially transported some more treasures this time, and handed them over to the Governor to operate......

"Very good, very good! Wait a minute? ”

Li Hongzhang frowned and said, "I remember that you didn't say that the Grand Commander of Citigroup is not Lord Tang's father-in-law, and Lord Tang is a colt?" ”

"Oh...... This one...... My lord, you also know that these Yangyi and Hu people are the same, and the relationship is very chaotic, I am your father, you are my brother, this is also a constant ...... Woowoowoo......"

Xing Jiurou's mouth was covered by Li Hongzhang.

I'm going to drop a good ......

Lao Li was almost scared to death.

This Xing Jiuliu is good at everything, but he dares to say it too much, and he will say everything.

Why do you say that the relationship between the Hu people is chaotic, don't you know what the origin of the ancestors is today?

Aren't they messy?

This kind of thing is heard by people, but it will kill the head!!

Li Hongzhang hinted bitterly, and then said, "When the court decides, can Mr. Xing go to Citigroup with me?" After all, no one knows Citigroup better than you! ”

Where does Xing Jiurou dare to go.

He can figure it out now, most likely because there is some big man on the other side of Citigroup who confused himself with his benefactor.

Isn't he going to show his face?

Xing Jiurou hurriedly shook his head and said: "Lord Governor, the little one is born with bad bones and bones, and he can't go far, if he goes to Citigroup, he must die halfway, he can't go, he can't go, he can't go, say goodbye!" ”

As he spoke, Xing Jiurou yawned and left.

Li Hongzhang looked at his back and shook his head with a smile, "Sure enough, it is a famous man of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but it's a pity that his body is a little weaker, so that he has to be treated with opium, which is also a secret matter of cold food and dispersion." ”

"Let's hope this trip goes well...... With this great change that has not been seen in thousands of years, something has to be done......"

Li Hongzhang put his hands behind his back and returned to the study to practice writing, making a little preparation for the envoy to Citigroup:

"Hey, suck my brother's uncle, hey, my father's chicken...... It's really hard to write in foreign languages...... Xing Zhizhou is really talented! ”