Chapter 218: I woke up from my dying illness, and I was the great power.

Chapter 218: I woke up from my dying illness, and I was the great power.

Chapter 218: I woke up from my dying illness, and I was the great power.

"What do you mean by very likely? Is that how intelligence work is done? I can also guess that it was done by the French, but is it useful without evidence?"

Shao Quanzhong vomited for a long time and almost vomited all over Jiang Chunlin.

"Sir, I have a problem. We only suspected that Yang Fang's family went to sea on a French warship by investigating the experiences of some servants, but we have no evidence. The prostitutes under my command would never receive foreigners, and without the personal testimony of the French soldiers, we really can't be sure."

Shao Quanzhong shook his head twice, "That's true. My father-in-law and I agree on this point. I support Zhang Siwen marrying a foreign girl, but the prostitutes in our Chinese brothels are not allowed to receive foreigners. If any bastard woman marries a foreigner, she is not a Chinese descendant. Get out of China and never come back!"

He expressed a feudal chauvinistic view that only represented Shao Quanzhong's personal views. Shao Quanzhong wandered around for a long time, and his mind was not very clear because he drank too much.

Suddenly he waved his hand and said, "Come here, call the people from the Shinsengumi over to me."

Others didn’t know what the “Shinsengumi” was, but the personal secretary Hu Liuniang knew. She turned around and said a few words to a guard, and the guard ran away.

Shao Quanzhong held his head and sat on a chair in the lobby, almost falling asleep in a daze. Suddenly, he heard footsteps and a dozen "Japanese pirates" filed into the lobby of Mingyue Tower.

When they saw Shao Quanzhong, the old man led the dozen or so people bowed together, making a 90-degree bow and saying, "Greetings, Great Hall."

"Not bad, not bad, quite like it. Zhang Shangde did a great job. I wanted to shoot you right away when I saw you. Liu Niang, remember there is a reward. Ask Wenshi to invest in Dachang Grocery Store to expand their business."

Shao Quanzhong nodded to the leader and said, "Brother Jianhou, when you go to Japan to do business, please help Jiang Chunlin. Hire a few Japanese courtesans from the sex industry and bring them back to join Le Xiucai's intelligence department to form a special Japanese women intelligence unit, which will also be under the charge of Jiang Chunlin."

Jiang Chunlin understood, "The new intelligence department specializes in dealing with foreign devils?"

Shao Quanzhong waved his hand and said, "There are high-ranking officials in the country who like this, so we can do business. If some Japanese courtesans don't want to come, we can kidnap them. Okay, you can leave now."

The "Shinsengumi" that was originally the second detective team of the intelligence department bowed collectively, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. The Wudang sect's Qinggong is indeed extraordinary, and it is not comparable to the Japanese ninja.

"By the way, Brother Lutan, don't we have a lot of laborers going to France? Send someone through that channel to infiltrate France and see if there is any news about Yang Fang's family going to France."

"Then can we also hire more courtesans from places like Britain, France, Italy, Prussia, the Netherlands, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Turkey to join our intelligence department and set up a few more foreign intelligence units?"

"Okay, Lao Jiang, you have a future. Liu Niang, tell Le Xiucai that I have promoted Jiang Chunlin to be his deputy director. If the Intelligence Department needs any money to carry out overseas business, ask Yi Gu for it."

Le Xiucai was in Suzhou, remotely controlling the intelligence department's operatives who were sent to the Western Regions to obtain news from the Western Regions. It took a long time for him to receive the telegram forwarded from Wuwei.

Shao Yuan did not follow the main force to Suzhou. He was originally stationed in Lanzhou, so that he could coordinate with the rear at any time and allocate various military supplies.

Now with the laying of telegraph lines, people have arrived in Wuwei. Jiang Chunlin can contact Shao Yuan at any time if he needs money.

Shao Quanzhong stood up and suddenly added, "Not only overseas business, foreign girls can also be brought in to do domestic business. Brother Lutan, you have to check the training."

Looking at Jiang Chunlin's thin body, thinking about the sturdy figure of Nordic women in his impression, "This task of training foreign girls to be spies is quite heavy. Brother Lu Tan, thank you for your hard work."

Shao Quanzhong was drunk and left with a loud laugh, supported by Hu Liuniang.

It was already past midnight when I returned to the Shao Mansion. It had been a busy day.

Shao Quanzhong was helped back to the main landlord's dark room by Hu Liuniang, where he fell on the bed with a bang and started snoring.

Wenxiu was nursing her second child and went to bed early in the west dark room. Ronghui complained to Hu Liuniang, "How could you let him drink so much? Sister Hu, you didn't stop him."

Hu Liuniang spread her hands like the foreigners she was used to seeing and said, "Sister Huier, how can I, a secretary, have the qualifications to advise my superiors?" The two of them called each other sister, Rong Hui because Hu Liuniang was older than her, while Hu Liuniang regarded Rong Hui as the eldest wife, so they called each other by her name.

Rong Hui looked Hu Liuniang up and down and pinched her arm. "Sister Hu, you are so useless. I taught you the skill of reverse deduction in vain."

At six o'clock the next morning, Shao Quanzhong, who was used to military life, did not hear the wake-up call. He sat up as usual and shouted, "Sixth Mother——"

When he turned around, Liu Niang was not in the room at all. Rong Hui was lying beside him with her clothes on, hugging one of his arms tightly, sleeping soundly. He had combed her hair into two ponytails, and it was obvious that she had waited for him for half a night in vain.

Alas, one has no choice in the world, and the burden on one's shoulders is too heavy. Huier, I'm sorry.

He gently took off Rong Hui's arm and tiptoed out of the bedroom. Liu Niang, who was sleeping on the floor in the main room, helped Shao Quanzhong put on his military uniform, and Shao Quanzhong strode out of the door.

Shao Quanzhong's itinerary today was the steam tractor factory. The factory director Shao Quanzhong knew a student who had been scared to death by Shao Quanzhong's haircut, but he couldn't remember his name.

Apart from Master Wen, he is considered the most learned person in the Wen family. After all, a scholar who can receive subsidies from the government does have some real talent and knowledge.

After an accident in which the brakes of a steam tractor failed, the tractor crashed into a wall and ran onto the street, the steam tractor factory was moved to the suburbs, with no houses for miles around.

This place is a little far from Hailing City, so Shao Quanzhong didn't come until the next day.

At the test site, a steam tractor with rubber tires was rumbling around in circles to test how far the tires could run.

My uncle shook his head and sighed, "This new type of rubber tire is good. It doesn't damage the road surface. It makes the vehicle run faster and saves coal. But because the tractor is too heavy, the tire has to be made too big, which makes it easy to break. We have to replace it with a new one after running 60 or 70 miles, which is too wasteful. In addition, it is more difficult to brake. If we run in the city, we have to clean the streets first, otherwise it is too dangerous."

Shao Quanzhong scratched his head. How could that be? I'll go check it out.

I could tell the problem at first glance, "Why is this tire white?"

“Rubber is white.”

“Why is there no pattern on it?”

"What do you need patterns for?"

"Well, I can't explain it to you. We called in Thomson, the foreign expert in charge of technology, but what was he doing?"

"He is in poor health and has to go to Wenfuji Pharmacy in the city to see Mr. Fei for regular checkups. Oh, and this rubber is imported from Brazil. It is very expensive. I don't think it is a good idea to install this stuff on the tractor."

"No, there must be a way. I'll go to the pharmacy and find Thomson - wait? Where did you say? Brazil?"

"Yes, things that travel across the ocean are not only expensive to ship, but they are also made in a very exclusive place, so they are expensive."

"What's that article? Never mind. Have you got any telegraph wires here?"

"Yes, yes."

"Sixth Lady, pick up Zhang Siwen for me."

Shao Quanzhong has a large number of troops at his disposal and has already started thinking in the way of the great powers.

(End of this chapter)