“Finally arrived in China!”

Thomas Lee stood on the bridge, holding a pipe in his hand, looking at the ant-like dock coolies on the Tianjin Port pier. He thought to himself, when he came to China, at least at this time last year, he

I really didn’t know that I would have such a day, but now?

But he has already arrived in China.

"Captain, it's hard to imagine, isn't it?"

The first mate's words made Thomas shake his head.

What is really unimaginable is probably the change that the young man who was rescued from the desert island showed in just a few months. The changes that happened to him can almost be regarded as a legend, like a story.

legend.

"Captain, have you remembered Mr. Li? To be honest, it seems that I miss him a little too!"

Lokos said, that person is indeed very easy to arouse the interest of others, especially the differences he shows.

"Lokos, did you notice something?"

While waiting for the pilot to guide the ship into the harbor, Thomas put down the pipe in his mouth and looked at the merchant ships of one to two thousand tons, two to three thousand tons.

"Um?"

"Look at those ships!"

Thomas pointed the hand holding the pipe towards the nearby ship and smiled.

"This is my first time in China, but I feel like this place is like an unexplored treasure..."

As the car drove toward Dagu Pier, I looked out the window at the Western-style carriages and Chinese-style carriages that were driving down the dirt road, and at the compatriots who could be seen on the road from time to time.

Looking at the faces that seemed to be full of expectation, a term emerged in Li Zicheng's heart again - the grandmother's paradox!

Maybe for other people, the butterfly effect or the grandmother's paradox is just a noun, but for me, this noun may affect my life.

Thinking about the perspective of the grandmother's paradox, Li Zicheng couldn't help but think about it.

"If your actions affect the future development, then you should disappear as soon as you travel through time and space. If your actions change the direction of the future, will you still be there in the future?"

Li Zicheng frowned slightly and comforted himself again.

"Maybe, maybe this is really just a parallel time and space, or a branch of time and space, and it is impossible for your actions to affect the future..."

While thinking about it, Li Zicheng also understood that he had no way out now. He had come to China and was starting his own business in China. Over there, with the help of the Xuzhou military government, the land expropriation along the coast had begun. Now

I am afraid that no one is more eager for the success of Liuhe's loan than the military governments of the southern provinces, especially Jiangsu Province. Those "people's armies" who are always arguing about paying and dividing areas to defend have almost coaxed the governors out of the provincial capital. In this case

Next, they were even more active than Yuan Shikai, and coordination of land acquisition was based on military power.

While I was thinking about it in my heart, the car had already driven into a warehouse in Dagu Port, Tianjin. This warehouse was bought at a high price under the name of Liuhe Company when I first arrived in the capital. The reason why I chose this place was just because I

The conditions proposed at the time were preferably an independent wharf that could accommodate 3,000-ton merchant ships, and a crane on the wharf. In the entire Dagu Port, there was only one wharf that once belonged to Zhabulou Matheson Co., Ltd. that met this requirement.

Require.

As soon as he entered the warehouse, Li Zicheng saw the Boeing 727 aircraft with its wings removed. At this time, the body of the aircraft that had traveled across the ocean to China was parked in the warehouse intact, and the wings were

They are placed on both sides of the warehouse.

"gol... Li, after accepting your employment, I have been thinking about a problem!"

At this moment, the voice behind him reached Li Zicheng's ears. He knew who it was without looking back. It was his savior, Captain Thomas Lee. When he was in the United States, he hired him to remove the hidden technology from the island.

The steel drums of drawings, microfilm of patent materials and a special printing machine were shipped back to New York.

Then dozens of workers were hired to dismantle and transport the aircraft, and it took a full month to transport the 46.7-meter-long, more than 70-ton aircraft out of the island in its entirety. It was only separated from the batch of steel drums and special photos.

The plane was different. The plane didn't even land in New York, but went directly around the Cape of Good Hope. It took nearly two and a half months to arrive in China.

fortunately!

I looked at the huge plane in front of me. Fortunately, it didn't look like anything had happened to it.

Turning to look at Thomas Lee, who was smoking a pipe next to him, Li Zicheng was slightly startled.

"What the hell is this!"

Thomas, who was holding a pipe in his mouth, uttered a slightly rude word. In his opinion, this thing was not a ship, not a car, and also not a train. What kind of exchange was it?

"gol!"

Reading the letters on the white fuselage, Thomas Lee was full of curiosity. From the very beginning, the glass windows on this cigar-like object had been blocked. What could it be here? It was shipped to New York for customs inspection.

At that time, the customs declaration form said "special train carriage". God knows what it was.

"Um……"

After hesitating for a while, Li Zicheng smiled awkwardly.

"This is the train carriage. Didn't you see it? There are still seats in the carriage..."

When speaking, Li Zicheng shrugged his shoulders, as if he believed it or not. Other than that, how could he explain it? Fortunately, before they went to the island, he worked slowly and carefully, watching.

The manual uses an almost destructive method to separate the wings from the body, otherwise...

Holding the pipe in his hand, Thomas looked at the damage caused by friction in the lower part of the "carriage" and gave a suggestion of his own.

"Li, if you want to improve this design next time, you should install wheels on it..."

The captain's words only made Li Zicheng stunned. He wanted to laugh but couldn't hold it in for a while. Seeing that he still seemed to have some questions, Li Zicheng quickly changed the topic.

"Captain Thomas, maybe after a while, I will have to trouble you to transport this to another place!"

"What?!"

Sure enough, Thomas was immediately diverted by Li Zicheng's words.

"Yes, in a while, I will leave the capital and start my new business in another place, so..."

"Are you going to build a railroad company?"

Thomas thought about the news he heard in the Pier Club after entering the port. A Chinese who had made a lot of money from steel patents in the United States was planning to invest in building a railway.

"That's right!"

Nodding, Li Zicheng walked towards another warehouse. That warehouse stored some shrink film barrels. He only brought back a dozen steel barrels with him on the same ship. He had not yet reached the warehouse.

In front of me, I saw Ah Si walking out with a bookboard in his hand.

Seeing the young master walking towards the warehouse, Ah Si nodded to the young master. He was responsible for checking and counting the steel drums and the wax seals of the steel drums. There were no problems.

"Zicheng, I said, on my ship, you don't need to worry about losing even a single screw! On my ship..."

As he spoke, Thomas Lee became arrogant.

On my boat!

Looking at the proud Thomas, Li Zicheng smiled, knowing that he was definitely not bragging. During those two days on the ship, he could feel that he was definitely an outstanding captain and managed everything on the ship in an orderly manner.

Said, even...

"Zicheng, if I were you, I would definitely invest in a shipping company!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Thomas looked at Li Zicheng expectantly.

"In Dagu Port, in the past three days, a total of 156 merchant ships of over 1,000 tons have entered the port. However, there are only two Chinese merchant ships. In such a large port, there are only two Chinese ships. This

It was really unbelievable, so I specifically consulted the port office!”

As he spoke, Thomas walked towards the pier. He pointed at the ships in the harbor in the distance and looked at those ships. Well, all the cargo ships were flying British flags, American flags, French flags, German flags, Russian flags, etc.

The national flag, and the plaster flag.

"Li, in a country as big as China, almost all maritime trade relies on foreign shipping companies. If I were you, I would choose to invest in shipping instead of railways, at least for the time being. If I buy old

For cargo ships, it may only take a few weeks to recruit captains and crew members, and the company can make a profit, but if it's a railway..."

Listening to his story and looking at the cargo ships from various countries in the distance, Li Zicheng seemed to be silent on the surface, but as he stared at the national flags on those merchant ships, in fact, his heart was already churning.

British, American, German, French, Japanese, Russian, but not Chinese. They are all foreign merchant ships. If the war starts in two years, there will still be so many ships from various countries here.

? Especially after Germany launches a submarine war, Britain, the United States, France and other countries will definitely recall their ships to the sea areas where they are needed. By then, let alone China, I am afraid that the entire Asia and the Pacific may not necessarily have enough merchant ships

.

But in the future, I will be exporting steel, dyes, and medicines, all of which require merchant ships. Maybe I can manufacture them in Lianyungang by then, but that is just temporary. What if I set up a shipping company now?

Staring at those merchant ships, yes, shipping companies will definitely be suppressed by them now, but in the future, whether it is the construction of Lianyungang or the construction of Longhai Railway and factories and mines, a large amount of steel, machinery, and a steel plant will need to be imported.

It requires more than 100,000 to 200,000 tons of equipment, and it also needs to set up a shipyard and a raw silk factory.

Yes! Build your own shipping company! Ship your own goods in the first two years. After World War I starts, maybe your company can drive the British, French, Americans, and even the Japanese out of the Chinese shipping market.

Can seize the shipping business of the entire Pacific Ocean.

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng, who was a little excited in his heart but calm on the surface, turned his face and looked at Thomas Li and forced a smile.
Chapter completed!