Chapter 728 This is Hippo's mouth, and the monthly ticket is guaranteed!)
In his own way, Liu Lang countered the slight embarrassment caused by the British nobles from the beginning, and Liu Lang continued to talk about his second condition.
"Our country is industrially backward. I hope to hire a thousand Chinese technicians in France and return to China. I hope Sir William can help."
Liu Lang's request was quite strange, but it was one of the things he wanted to do most when he came to Europe.
The footprints of the Chinese are all over the world, whether in distant America or Europe, Chinese are everywhere. But the Chinese technicians Liu Lang mentioned are not Chinese who have immigrated to France, but real Chinese, but they are now in France.
Just a part-time job.
This involved an earth-shattering event that China did in the early 20th century. It was not completed under the National Government, but under the Beiyang Government before President Yuan Da stepped down.
This brings us to the great war at the beginning of the century. China did not actually participate in the First World War that swept the world. But in this war, it is not that China did not participate in the war. It is precisely that China wanted to participate in the war but failed to participate in the war. That is,
The Allies didn't take a fancy to it.
It was an attempt by China, which had just overthrown the feudal dynasty and moved towards industrialization, to improve its international status. In August 1914, President Yuan Da, like the then British Minister to China Zhu Erdian, said that China could send 50,000 troops to regain Qingdao together with the British army.
Zhu Erdian refused. Then in June 1915, Liang Shiyi, then Prime Minister of the Republic of China, proposed to the British Minister that 300,000 Chinese laborers and 100,000 guns be sent to the battlefield of World War I under the command of the British army, but was rejected again.
The Chinese government was unwilling to give up this "military diplomacy" opportunity and made several requests to the Allied Powers to participate in the war, but they all went bankrupt due to various reasons and Japan's obstruction. However, in order to finally realize China's desire to participate in the war, Liang Shiyi
He proposed the famous "work-for-soldiers" plan, which was to use workers to replace soldiers and rush to Europe. However, they did not go directly to the front lines to participate in the war, but participated in the production and construction of European countries. At that time, the European War was in full swing, and a large number of strong men were sent
On the battlefield, European countries are in short supply of domestic labor, especially in France. China's proposal is naturally like a timely help.
As a result, nearly 200,000 Chinese workers traveled across the ocean and came to Europe, including about 50,000 in France, 100,000 in the United Kingdom, and 40,000 in Russia. The Chinese workers who came to foreign countries entered various factories and even directly helped the Allied armies.
Transporting military supplies and digging trenches can be regarded as indirectly participating in the First World War. It was precisely because of this plan that China, which had just overthrown its feudal society, had the opportunity to join the Paris Peace Conference, which truly brought China to the beginning of internationalization.
Of course, these 200,000 workers did not work in vain. According to the terms of the agreement at that time, Chinese workers were paid hourly wages for various jobs in European countries, and their income was still much higher than at home.
Workers at that time participated in almost all walks of life, from the simplest carrying ammunition, food, felling trees, mining coal mines, digging trenches to higher-level technical jobs, participating in gunpowder, guns and ordnance, metallurgical exercises, coal and gas
, construction engineering, railway and other manufacturing and construction.
It can be said that after these Chinese workers who came to foreign countries returned to China a few years later, they brought back not only high labor wages, but also concepts and technologies that were much more advanced than those in China at that time.
It was undoubtedly a great promotion for China's backward industry and commerce at that time.
The reason why Liu Lang did not mention Britain, which has the largest number of Chinese workers, but mentioned France, is because in the 1920s, France was ranked first in Europe in terms of educational exchanges with China due to the efforts of some far-sighted people from China who studied abroad in the early days.
A country, including the future Prime Minister of the Republic and the second generation Head of State of the Republic, all lived and studied in France.
France even cooperated with the later National Government to build a Sino-French University, which was also the predecessor of the Peking University of Technology in the future Republic.
Because of this relationship and the French government's relatively complete various guarantee contracts for this group of Chinese workers who "replaced soldiers with work", after the war, the vast majority of Chinese workers chose to return to China, but there were still a large number of them.
The Chinese workers chose to continue working in France.
Income in France is about ten times that in China. In the entire Europe, the largest number of Chinese stranded in French factories is far more than in other countries.
And Liu Lang was interested in this group of skilled workers who had been working in France for more than ten years and whose skills were extremely mature, especially those in various types of arms manufacturing and metallurgical training. At the time of China's crisis, the motherland needed them, and their
Relatives need them too.
However, if these skilled workers suddenly want to return home in large numbers, I am afraid that the bosses in France will also block it. However, if Sir William comes forward, this matter should be much easier.
"Colonel Liu, I have to admit that I still underestimated you. Not only are you extremely talented in the military, but you also have a far-sighted vision. Technology and talents are sometimes much more useful than guns. Good, this condition
I also agreed. Although I won't show up, someone will help you." The British noble looked at Liu Lang deeply and said slowly.
"Sir, that's ridiculous. Can I tell you my third condition?" Liu Lang glanced at the British nobleman with a "cautious" expression.
If the first two conditions are considered a dessert before a meal, then this is considered a main meal.
"Please tell me." The British noble's expression remained unchanged, but his sea-blue eyes became deeper.
Obviously, Liu Lang's look made him a little wary. It seemed that this third person was ready to open his mouth, just like when he opened his mouth just now, he revealed the production line and production technology of Enfield rifles.
"I hope to acquire Rolls-Royce in your country on behalf of my country's Huashang Group," Liu Lang said.
After finishing the sentence, the little foreign girl in charge of translating almost dropped her chin to the ground, and even forgot to translate the third condition Liu Lang said to her father.
This is no longer the mouth of a lion. The mouth of a hippopotamus is not enough to describe this greedy face.
"This is impossible." After his daughter relayed Liu Lang's conditions, the British nobleman, who had never been able to see clearly how much emotion he was feeling, slapped his hand on the table angrily and flatly rejected Liu Lang's conditions.
Even when Liu Lang proposed the production technology of Enfield rifles just now, the lord was not so excited, but now, the British nobleman's sea-blue eyes were full of anger.
It's like Liu Lang wants to dig up his family's ancestral grave.
What is the origin of Rolls-Royce? What makes the British nobles so precious? In fact, this is an unlucky company that is on the verge of bankruptcy, and Liu Lang knows that in a few months, this company will be
To declare bankruptcy, the boss would like to sell all his underwear to pay off the debt, if the government of the Empire of the Sun Never Sets does not allow him to go bankrupt.
Is a company that is not well managed and about to go bankrupt worthy of Liu Lang's most important condition? Is it worthy of being so treasured by the British Lord? Of course it is. If you know the name of this company in the future - Rolls-Royce, then