When Xu Yao returned to China with the army, it was already the beginning of winter.Along the way, after thousands of miles of vast grasslands and Gobi, we finally returned to the Ulaanbaatar military base.The more than 100,000 infantry commanded by Chu Tianyue had already fought several times with the vanguard of the Russian Expeditionary Force.The main targets of the Russian army were still the two lands occupied by the Qing court, so the attack on Mongolia was also a shallow stop.As soon as they met with the Huaxing army, they all retreated, not giving Chu Tianyue the slightest time to prepare for battle.Chu Tianyue did not pursue, his task was to wait for Xu Yao to come back, and then after the beginning of spring, he would directly intersperse to the north and cut off the retreat of the Russian army.By this time, snowflakes had already fallen on the territory of Russia, and the temperature had plummeted to below freezing.Russia's more than half a million troops had to eat and drink, and all of them suspended military operations in the originally planned area.They did not know the news of the destruction of Moscow, but the original supplies had not been delivered for a long time, and they did not dare to attack rashly.Now Russia's European borders are in a mess, and no one can take care of them.As soon as Xu Yao returned, he sent people to the capital non-stop, and sent the news of Moscow's victory and the letter from the Turkish Sultan to him.At this moment, Qiao Zhiqing is receiving another group of heroes who have returned triumphantly at the Presidential Palace, and they are the Global Mission led by Zeng Jize.After nearly two years of sailing, they successfully circumnavigated the world and visited more than a dozen countries one after another.Among them, the largest receipt, and the most surprising to the delegation, was the United States in the Americas.They have reached an agreement with the mission to establish diplomatic relations, and this time they have also sent an ambassador to follow the delegation to New China.Qiao Zhiqing is not surprised at all, the United States is a very pragmatic country.He returned tens of thousands of captives to them for nothing, how could they not accept it for the sake of face.The two sides reached an agreement that after the two countries officially announced the establishment of diplomatic relations, the United States would send warships over to bring back all the prisoners.But Qiao Zhiqing didn't care about this, what he cared about was a young man brought back by the delegation, and that young man was Thomas Alvar Edison.Edison is only twenty-four years old this year, and he is still a young and handsome Western young man.Qiao Zhiqing quickly let people bring him into the presidential palace, before he came to China, he thought it was a decadent and backward place, but he didn't expect that as soon as he landed in Tianjin, he was shocked by the industrialized city in front of him.There are a lot of things here, almost ahead of the whole world trend.He was first attracted by bicycles, and then when he followed the U.S. mission to Beijing, he was completely blown away by cars.It feels like coming to an alien planet, where the civilization seems to have completely transcended the civilization of the earth, and you can still see people directing traffic on the street.When Qiao Zhiqing summoned him, he asked the officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to find him a bicycle, carefully studied and decomposed it for a long time, and praised the exquisiteness of the structure."
Report to the president, Vice Foreign Minister Zeng Jize brought people to ask to see" Yan Zhili walked into the study and made a report to Qiao Zhiqing, and after Zeng Jize returned to China, he was promoted to vice minister by Qiao Zhiqing.He has made great contributions, and he is Qiao Zhiqing's brother-in-law, and others have nothing to say."
You take them to the guest hall and wait for me, I'll come right away" Qiao Zhiqing nodded, put down the official document in hand, got up and washed his face to lift his spirits.He just married Su Wanru last month, and during the honeymoon, Su Wanru pestered him almost every day.This woman has half of the Western genes, she was better when she was a girl, but now that her body has been developed by Qiao Zhiqing, she is completely out of control.Qiao Zhiqing had been hiding in the study for two days, and as soon as it was dark, he locked himself in it and saw no one, but he still didn't slow down.After thirty, my body feels a little unbearable, but it is not as vigorous as when I was young."
Hello president" After Qiao Zhiqing entered the guest hall, Zeng Jize had already taken Edison to sit down in the room.He bowed to Qiao Zhiqing, turned around and said to Edison, "Mr.
Edison, this is the president of our new China" "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr.
President" Edison was still wearing an American-style dress, and after listening to Zeng Jize's introduction, he took off his hat and saluted Qiao Zhiqing very politely.Although he was only twenty-four years old, he was already the chief telegraph technician of a company.Although he hasn't achieved much yet, he is not a rude person in the countryside, and he still knows how to be polite."
It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr.
Edison," Qiao Zhiqing greeted him with a smile in standard English, and waved his hand to signal the two of them to sit down and talk."
Mr.
President, you can speak English," Edison's eyes widened in disbelief as he had been exposed to information about the Orient before coming to China.None of them is not talking about how backward the country is, how ignorant the king is, and how ignorant the people are.But when he heard Qiao Zhiqing speak English, he felt that his worldview was completely subverted.This president is not only young, but also looks bold, and is in no way inferior to the president of the United States."
It's nothing, I used to do business with the British when I was young, so I can also say a few words" Qiao Zhiqing smiled, his face was indifferent, and he casually made up a reason to respond."
So that's the case" Edison smiled simply, exactly like the science students of later generations, and after calming down his excitement, he immediately asked with a serious face, "Mr.
President, I heard that you asked me to come to China to develop the telegraph."
I don't understand, there are so many famous scientists in the United States, why did you find me" Edison thought about this all the time, and when the U.S.
Embassy notified him that he would visit China as U.S. ambassador, he was speechless in astonishment.The United States is a country of immigrants, and the people who live in this country are born with a sense of adventure.After Zeng Jize discussed Qiao Zhiqing's explanation with him, he immediately agreed to come to China to have a look.From Zeng Jize's mouth, he has learned how vast the market of New China is, and he also wants to investigate it on the spot.It didn't cost him anything at all, but if it was true, he would have opened up a blank market, and the wealth he would bring was something he could not have imagined."
It's a long story, and I don't know which of you in the United States understands this.I just learned from a friend who was doing business that you were the best telegraph engineer he knew.That's why I sent for you, and I hope you won't be surprised.If you want to leave, you can leave at any time" Qiao Zhiqing made up a reason at random, and it didn't sound flawed.He can't say that buddy is here through time, knowing that your kid has a great future in the future, follow his brother.He dared to let Edison choose to stay, because he was fully sure.They arrived at the Beijing Railway Station and used a special car from the Presidential Palace to pick them up, which is what Qiao Zhiqing meant.He knew that these natural inventors were as excited to see a new invention as they were to see a woman.Now it's time to drive Edison away, and I'm afraid he won't leave: