Before leaving the United States, Zhou Hongxiang met Mu Yang and explained some things, but also told Mu Yang that his main job was still a normal diplomatic work, and that if there were important things, he would be started. In the entire US Embassy, ​​except for the ambassador and chief military officer, no one knew Mu Yang's other identity at all.

The embassy held a welcome ceremony. Ambassador Yang Chenglin, plenipotentiary ambassador to the United States of America, delivered a speech at the Embassy in Washington, welcomed all colleagues who came to work in the embassy in the United States, and hoped to change their roles as soon as possible in their future work and adapt to their work and life abroad.

This welcome party is also a farewell party. Mu Yang and the others came over and the old people were about to return to China. Looking at the expressions on their faces, they all looked relaxed. It seemed that even if they lived in the United States, they would be hard to give up their longing for their hometown and relatives.

At the reception, Ambassador Yang raised his glasses with all the counselors, welcomed new colleagues to join, and brought people to each table to shake hands and talk to everyone with a cordial conversation. When introducing Mu Yang, Ambassador Yang couldn't help but pay more attention, and then said to everyone with a smile: "The people you come here are all very young. This is very good. It has added fresh blood to the embassy, ​​which can make the embassy's work more motivated."

Everyone laughed together.

Mu Yang also noticed that among the several counselors following Ambassador Yang, one of them was a middle-aged man in military uniform and had a clean military appearance. He did not wear a hat, his neat short hair looked particularly energetic, and his eyes were very energetic.

Mu Yang noticed even more that there was a shining Venus on the shoulders of this soldier. Mu Yang thought to himself that this should be Major General Zhu Lie, the chief military officer of the Embassy in the United States.

Military officers abroad (English name litary attahe), military officers are a relatively special type of diplomats. They are diplomatic representatives of the national armed forces and military assistants to ambassadors to various countries. They are permanently stationed in embassies abroad.

Military officers generally have diplomatic ranks in the embassy and consulate, and enjoy diplomatic privileges and immunities.

The chief military officer in China in the United States is the highest among all military officers stationed abroad, with the rank of the main army and the rank of major general. Other major countries are at the deputy army level, but most small and medium-sized countries have the rank of the foreign military officers, that is, the rank of the colonel.

Let me say something specifically here. The military officers of our embassies in various countries belong to the Second Department of the General Staff and are not dispatched and managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Ministry of National Defense. Most military officers graduated from the People's Liberation Army's International Relations Academy, or were selected to study in the Relations Academy.

The particularity and sensitivity of military officers' work can easily remind people of military "spy". However, military officers are different from spies because military officers are diplomats engaged in military diplomatic business in accordance with the law. They engage in international exchanges and collect intelligence and information activities are open.

If an officer, as a diplomat, engages in activities that are inconsistent with his/her identity, according to the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, can be declared "unpopular person". Theft of intelligence is found and listed as "unpopular person", and then recalled by his/her own country. In fact, there are many such things. This has happened almost all major powers.

But real confrontations are often hidden at the bottom.

Mu Yang was here in Washington for two days, and attended a training meeting and a personnel allocation meeting. Mu Yang boarded the plane again and headed to Houston.

Mu Yang did not stay in the Chinese Embassy in Washington, but was assigned to the Consulate General of Houston.

China has an embassy in the United States, five consulates in Washington, and is the consulate general in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Houston. It divides states in the United States, and different consulates are responsible for affairs within the region.

You should know that the Chinese Embassy in the United States is the largest and largest embassy among all Chinese embassies in the world. The total number of people is about 200. This is just the official number of diplomats, including diplomats and military officers.

There are also more employees who do their usual jobs, such as drivers, chefs, receptions, passports replacement, visas, certificates, etc. The number of people in this part is about 1,000. Therefore, the US Embassy is a huge embassy. Unlike some countries, there are only five or six embassies in the entire country, and many people hold multiple positions. For example, the Consulate in Barranquilla is China's smallest foreign institution with only one diplomat, and all the work must be completed by him alone.

You have to ask where Barranquilla is. To be honest, Mu Yang only found out after checking the information that it is the largest harbor of the Republic of Colombia and the capital of the Atlantic Province.

The one who went to Houston with Mu Yang was a three-secret named Guo Zeyu. The two of them talked a lot on the plane, with a longing and uneasy about their new jobs, and a prospect for the future. Guo Zeyu used to work in the News Department. After three years, he mentioned the deputy department and worked for another three years. He was sent out this year. He was lucky and sent to developed areas. He was still somewhat grateful for this.

Everyone knows that if you are assigned to war-torn areas, or extremely poor and backward areas such as Africa, not to mention work, even life is a difficult problem. You must ensure that you survive the conflict of clans, be careful not to be beaten by diseases, and work hard to carry out diplomatic work. In such an environment, you cannot do it without hard work or endure hardships.

The plane landed at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston. Mu Yang and Guo Zeyu walked out of the passage and saw someone holding a sign with the names of Mu Yang and Guo Zeyu written on it. Mu Yang and the other two walked up and said, "I am Mu Yang, are you a comrade from the Consulate General of Houston?"

"Yes, I am Liu Xingjun, the attendant of the Consulate General's office. This is the driver Zhou Qiang. Finally, you are waiting for you. Let's go, let's go back to the embassy." Liu Xingjun said and pointed to a man in his twenties next to him and introduced him.

Liu Xingjun was about 27 or 8 years old, but he didn't have big eyes, but he was quite energetic. As he spoke, he called the driver Zhou Qiang to come forward to get luggage for Mu Yang and Guo Zeyu. Mu Yang refused, so he walked out of the airport with a suitcase.

Liu Xingjun talked about transportation and the buildings and scenery along the way to Mu Yang and Guo Zeyu in the car, and looked like a more talkative and outgoing person.

"Drive on Highway 45, go allen pky from exit 47a, and go to Tengro BLVD. Then turn left and walk straight for about one mile. The east side of the road is the office building of the Consulate General."
Chapter completed!