"I'm."

He looked around for no reason, especially those who had a much higher status than him. Yuan Shikai, who was slightly fat, stepped forward a few steps and bowed to the young man:

"I wonder what this guy is called Yuan?"

"Nothing." The young man glanced at him faintly, then looked at the others: "Who is Liu Yongfu?"

"I am!" Liu Yongfu was also stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and stood still, and replied in a deep voice.

"Ding Ruchang?" The young man ignored him and continued to ask.

"And I am?" "Ding Junmen" who bowed slightly, was stunned for a moment, but he did not give in. He walked up like Liu Yongfu, "I am Ding Ruchang!"

"Ronglu?"

"I am the official." Lord Rong did not move, but a hint of humiliation flashed in his eyes. He was a great Qing official, from the Guarjia family, one of the eight noble surnames of the Qing Dynasty, a member of the Zhengbai Banner, and a generational officer. He was born in the Jin Dynasty, a member of the Ministry of Works. He later served as the Minister of the Interior and Minister of Works. He was promoted to Xi'an General. Because he was appreciated by Empress Dowager Cixi and Prince Gong Yi before and after the Xinyou coup, he led the infantry commander of the yamen, which is what people often call the Nine Gate Admiral... but he was demoted a few years ago because of some things. But even so, he was also a first-rank official... He was actually named here by a young young man who had no hair on his lips?

"Welcome to Seattle." The young man did not continue to call down, but looked at the four people who were named, then stood at attention and saluted: "After the order of Commander Guo of the Red Corps, come to welcome you..."

"Why are the commanders who are not commanders, Jin Zhangren?" Qian Shide, who had been standing beside Ronglu, suddenly stretched out his crutch and pointed at the young officer, "Why are you the only one here?"

"Hello Mr. Qian!" It seemed that he had just discovered Qian Shide. The young officer quickly saluted him again.

"Stop coming here. Let me ask you, where are Jin Zhang and the others? There are Li Asheng, well, Hou Nan, Wan Gongxiang, Ding Huaiyuan... m, even if they didn't come, what about Jian Wang's group of gangsters? Why didn't one of them come?" Qian Shide's face looked very bad.

"Report to Mr. Qian, I was just ordered to welcome Yuan Shikai, Liu Yongfu, Ding Ruchang and Ronglu. I don't know anything else." The young officer stood attentively and replied.

"I don't know anything? You guy said it again?" Qian Shide suddenly widened his eyes, "I haven't been there for the past few years. You guys have forgotten me, right?"

"That..." The young officer's waist, whose straight waist, suddenly became soft, "Mr. Qian, who dares to forget you? But everyone is too busy. Moreover, a few days ago, the British delegation, the French delegation, the German delegation, the Texas delegation, the Virginia delegation, the Georgia delegation... More than ten consecutive days have arrived. We are already in Seattle, so we really can't get out of the people. Our commander has just received the representative of the War Department and cannot get rid of it..."

“…”

Everyone who had just got off the ship couldn't help but be stunned. Britain, France, Germany... If everyone can ignore the delegations of those states, the delegations of these great powers have forced them to let go of their original arrogance and grievance... No matter how strong they are and have status, they are just a group of "trained" officers. Why are they compared with those representatives of the great powers?

"What happened? Why did so many foreigners suddenly come?" Qian Shide also felt puzzled and asked hurriedly.

"Our Grand Commander!" The young officer's mouth twitched. "He's the Mechanical Research Institute of His old man has just launched a set of combine harvesters, which can complete almost 30 acres of work a day by one person. Whoever has a little bit of land at home is not in a hurry to come over?"

"What did you say? 30 acres a day?" Others had not responded yet. Liu Yongfu, the commander of the Black Flag Army who was just muttering "God's unfairness" on the boat suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the young officer's arm: "Are you saying true?"

"What is true and fake? So many people are coming, maybe it is fake?" The young officer obviously didn't expect Liu Yongfu to be so excited. His arm was so painful that he was clenched by the other party, so he hurriedly broke away. "In addition, I will tell you that it is not 30 acres. It is 30 acres, it is 30 acres. Do you understand?"

"What's the difference between acre... and acre?" Yuan Shikai asked carefully.

"30 acres, almost 180 acres, do you think the same is different?" The young officer gave him a blank look.

"Hiss..."

Without exception, everyone, including Qian Shide, took a deep breath. What a huge labor force is this 180 acres a day?

"What does your combine harvester mean?" Yuan Shikai was still relatively sober. Although he was shocked, he still knew that he should ask the matter clearly first.

"It's not interesting. It's just a machine that harvests, threshs, separates the stems, removes miscellaneous matter, and then packs the wheat stems... and completes them in one go, and they'll be completed in the field." The young officer replied.

"180 acres a day?" Yuan Shikai couldn't help swallowing and asked carefully.

"If you don't feel tired, you can work for a few more hours, and it won't be a problem for two hundred acres a day." The young officer glanced at him again and said.

"Where is this machine sold?" Yuan Shikai's eyes were already a little blue, and he stared at the young officer. Not only him, but others were also staring at him, his eyes were not instantly.

"You want to buy it?" The young officer looked at them, "Forget it, everyone. Your current task is to be familiar with the organization and combat methods of modern army, and then complete the war with Spain... There are still several years left, and, haha..."

"And what? What's so funny?" Ronglu asked in a deep voice.

"Please forgive me." The young officer smiled again, "I don't mean to make fun of anyone. It's just... I heard from our commander that this kind of combine harvester is only suitable for plains, and only for countries with small populations and large land. However, the current population and land ratio of the Qing Dynasty obviously does not fall into the category of small populations and large land, so it is not suitable for the development of large-scale mechanized agriculture, especially now."

"This..." Ronglu and others fell into deep thought. The young officer's words reminded them of the excitement of the combined harvester gradually sinking. Yes, the Qing Dynasty was already crowded with people and land. If there were any combined harvester, only one machine would be needed to complete hundreds of acres of land. Who would still use tenants for those landlords? At that time, there would be no land to cultivate and nothing to do. There would be no food to live, and there would be huge civil unrest...

"How much does this... how much does a combined harvester cost?" Rong Lu and others were surprised first, and then there was a huge disappointment, but Qian Shide had no idea about this. He knocked the young officer with a crutch and asked.

"It's a few thousand dollars, it seems that the price has not been set yet." The young officer replied casually. Then he glanced at Qian Shide in a sudden light, "You guy Qian wants..."

"I remember, I seem to have a few acres of land in Tangzhou, right?" Qian Shide glanced at him and said.

"Hehe, how many acres are you old? Speaker Hou thought there were many mountains in Tangzhou, so he went to California to circle a large area two years ago. You, Speaker Bu, Director Wan, and Director Ding, all of them have thousands of acres. That's not all, do you know the Greater Vancouver area? He still didn't let him go... If our relationship with Canada had not yet eased, he would have gone across Rocky Mountain and went to the Ranch of the Three Provinces of the Grassland." The young officer smiled.

"Hmph, they still remember me." Qian Shide was originally a little unhappy and even worried because he had no acquaintances to greet him, but when he heard this, the smile on his face finally bloomed. He was a farmer and had nothing to say about the land. He heard that Hou Nan and others not only did not forget themselves, but also helped him buy a house business when he was away. How could he suppress that joy... Thousands of acres, wouldn't that be more than six thousand acres? But this is just a piece of land in California. There is also in Greater Vancouver... In this way, he probably had more than tens of thousands of acres of land. Once upon a time, these were just dreams.

"Dad, you are a big landlord."

"Hahaha, what kind of big landlord is this? This American has fewer people and more land. A larger ranch must be more than 100,000 acres. Your father's a thousand acres are not enough for people to get stuck in their teeth!" Qian Shide looked back at the little girl who was talking and couldn't help laughing. His words obviously scared many people, especially the youngest girl, who was so scared that she covered her mouth:

"So awesome..."

"Master, is this... true?" The oldest woman, who is about thirty years old, couldn't help but stare at Qian Shide with big eyes.

"Hehe, Master, I still have to lie to you? Don't believe it? When we settle down, Master, I will take you around and walk around, and there is no need to be far away. Montana, Idaho... Anyway, I heard that the railway is also open, so I just happened to go and have a look. There are no people in these places, dozens or hundreds of miles..." Qian Shide laughed.

"Mr. Qian, I'm afraid you're not available to travel with your wife." The young officer suddenly laughed dryly, "We are short of people in Tangzhou. For several years, the position of Seattle mayor has been empty. Governor Li is in charge. I've been shouting and wanting to stop doing it. So, I heard that you're back, so he made a request to the parliament. Now, you are the mayor of Seattle and you have to take office soon!"

"What? This little brat..." Qian Shide was startled first, and then angry. However, although he was angrily complaining to Li Asheng on the surface, a trace of warm current flowed through his heart... These old brothers still did not forget themselves. The mayor of the state prefecture is a role that can be used to the governor, especially like Tangzhou. The economy of the whole state is basically driven by a state prefecture and the population is basically concentrated here. The position of the mayor of the state prefecture is extremely important, almost no less than that of the governor. However, no matter how moved it is, "Can I be the mayor of this?" The old man couldn't help but secretly upset him.

...

"People, please get in the car!"

Finally, Qian Shide was sent to the old man's family first and gave him the car. The young officer took Ronglu and others to the next side of another car and opened the door.

"this……"

Haven't seen it before!

Whether it was Ronglu, who had been the Minister of Works, the Admiral of the Nine Gates, Liu Yongfu, who had beaten the French, Ding Ruchang, who had just come down from the position of general of the Beiyang Navy, or who was impeached by Qing officials because of his dissatisfaction in North Korea and was sent by Li Hongzhang to Tangzhou to take refuge and hope to make meritorious service, he had never seen a car.

"This big iron box..." Yuan Shikai and the others had seen Western carriages, but although the objects in front of them had four wheels, they were not pulled by horses, and they were flat and tall in the middle, which looked strange... Although they just watched Qian Shide and his family enter another car, they also found that the old man Qian was quite resistant when he got on the car, and they even vaguely heard the word "explosion"... Didn't these Tangzhou guys want to blow them up?

"This is called a car." The young officer obviously understood the doubts of several people. "Our Tangzhou Mechanical Research Institute has recently developed a successful road tool, which uses gasoline as fuel. The entire machinery is traction forward, and there are currently no more than ten vehicles in the world... Some time ago, the British consul wanted to ask for one for their British Queen, but we didn't give it to him."

"What is gasoline? Could it be tinder oil or something..." Queen Ying wanted it? It seemed to be a good thing. Ronglu and others were about to bend in, but were frightened by Yuan Shikai's words. Gentrol? Is there tinder oil in this car?

"It's gasoline. The kerosene that Lord Yuan said is also called kerosene... The two are completely different. It's like rapeseed oil and kerosene. Both are called oil, but they are completely different." The young officer resisted the urge to roll his eyes and explained with a smile.

"Oh..." Ronglu and others breathed a sigh of relief. It didn't matter if it was vegetable oil or something. The strange look of looking at the country bumpkin in the eyes of the young officer also made them feel extremely uncomfortable. At this moment, the few people no longer hesitated. Ronglu took the lead and got into the car one by one. However, there were only three people in the back seat. So in the end, Yuan Shikai was sent to the passenger seat by the young officer, which made Yuan Datou, the famous later generations, unable to help but get up.

Cold sweat: Among the four people in total, except for the ability to show off all military power, the other two were steadily suppressing him. Ronglu was named by the Empress Dowager himself, and Ding Ruchang was Li Hongzhang's confidant. He was now sitting in front of them... However, Yuan Gongshikai soon discovered that he was pretty good. At most, it made Ronglu and Ding Ruchang uncomfortable, which was much better than the remaining people.

"They have a car, where are we?" There are two cars in total. One is occupied by Qian Shide and his family, and the other is Ronglu, Yuan Shikai and others. But there are also Shouyuan with them. There are dozens of people in Tong and his group. These people looked around. There was no means of transportation and they were anxious.

"You?" the young officer looked at them and pointed out to the outside of the dock. "Walk out along the passenger passage, and there will be staff at the dock. You go and ask how to take the bus and tram, and then take it all the way to the train station, where someone will arrange it for you."

"What did you say?" The Qing court officers were furious and immediately surrounded the car. Na Tong jumped directly to the young officer, "Are you trying to throw me down? Do you know who I am?"

"I care who you are?" The young officer gave him a blank look, and ignored him and opened the door and got into the car, then closed the door with a "bang", revealing his head in the car window. "This is the first task given to you by the Corps General Staff: I will report to the Everett Red Corps Base. I shouldn't have told you to take the bus just now... but it was the first time you saw that you were, so I helped you. As for who you are... Sorry, I really don't want to know."

"You..." Na Tong was suddenly angry. He and Empress Dowager Cixi were both Yehenara clans, but they had never been valued much before, and their lives were very difficult. So, he had no choice but to rely on himself, study hard, and became a famous "talented man". But unexpectedly, it was because of the name of this "talent man" and his previous life was poorer, Empress Dowager Cixi decided that he could suffer, so she promoted him, and then stuffed him into this "trained officer group" and sent him to Tangzhou. Originally, he didn't think that this was anything great. Isn't it just training? Before coming, in the Qing Dynasty, in order not to embarrass them, the Qing court sent people to them first in order not to embarrass them, the selected bannermen and officers, the Qing court first sent people to them.

After training... he performed well, and finally got a "good" evaluation. He was even called a "civil and military genius, a pillar of the Qing Dynasty" by a certain general in charge of training them! Empress Dowager Cixi was extremely happy and officially recognized his relatives... In the next few months, he truly realized what the royal relatives were. He was so Shutai. Not to mention ordinary people, even those princes and nobles, the princes of the Aisin Jueluo family, had to give him some face. Wherever they went, they were not flattering and pleasing? But now, when they arrived in Tangzhou, there was no expected welcome and ceremonial guards, and there was no team of people leading the way, and in the end there was no carriage... they actually asked them to find them by themselves?

“Get out of here!”

Na Tong was angry and aggrieved, but the young officer in the car ignored him at all. Seeing that he was standing in front of the front of the car, he immediately stretched out his head from the window and shouted.

"I won't let you go. I'll see how you go!" Na Tong shouted with a glaring look.

"Don't let me go? Okay, you have a habit. Then stay there and don't move." The young officer sneered and retracted his head. Na Tong and others were confused. Just as they were about to see what he did, they were not careful that the car suddenly vibrated with a "buzz" sound. Then, a stream of black smoke appeared behind the butt of the car...

"monster--"

No one had ever seen such a scene, and a piece of iron actually moved by itself? He was shocked. Na Tong hurriedly rushed out far away. But they did not expect that when they were hurriedly dodging, the car drove forward with a ton of black smoke... the speed was as fast as a galloping horse.
Chapter completed!