used his own way to fight back a little embarrassing that the British nobles had caused him at the beginning, and Liu Lang continued to say his second condition. （）

"My country's industry is backward, and I hope to hire 1,000 Chinese technicians back to France to return to China, and I hope Sir William can help."

Liu Lang's request was rather 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 it is as far away as the Americas or Europe, and Chinese people can be seen everywhere. But the Chinese technicians Liu Lang is talking about are not Chinese who have immigrated to France, but real Chinese, but they are now working in France.

This was an earth-shattering event involving China at the beginning of the 20 th century, not under the Nationalist Government, but under the Beiyang Government before President Yuan Da stepped down.

This is about the great war at the beginning of the century, the First World War that swept the world, China did not participate in the war, but this war China did not participate in the war, but to be precise, it wanted to participate in the war and did not succeed in the war, that is, the Entente did not take a fancy to it.

It was an attempt by China, which had just overthrown the feudal dynasty and moved to industrialization, to improve its international standing, and President Yuan Da said in August 1914 that China could send 50,000 troops to recover Qingdao with the British, but Zhu Erdian refused. Then in June 1915, Liang Shiyi, then the prime minister of the Republic of China, proposed to the British minister to send 300,000 Chinese laborers and 100,000 guns, and obey the command of the British army to go to the battlefield of World War I, but was rejected again.

The Chinese government was unwilling to give up this opportunity for "military diplomacy" and submitted several requests to the Entente countries to enter the war, but they were all 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 put forward the famous plan of "replacing soldiers with workers", that is, to replace soldiers with workers and go to Europe, but not directly to the front line to participate in the war, but to participate in the production and construction of European countries. At that time, the European war was in full swing, a large number of strong men were sent to the battlefield, and there was a shortage of labor in European countries, especially in France.

As a result, nearly 200,000 Chinese laborers went to Europe, about 50,000 in France, 100,000 in England, and 40,000 in Russia. Chinese laborers who came to foreign countries entered various factories, and even directly helped the Allied troops to transport military materials and dig trenches, which can be regarded as indirectly participating in the First World War. It was precisely because of this plan that China, which had just overthrown the feudal society, had the opportunity to enter the Paris Peace Conference, which truly brought China into the beginning of internationalization.

Of course, these 200,000 laborers did not work in vain, and according to the terms of the treaty at that time, Chinese laborers were paid hourly wages for all kinds of work in European countries, and their income was still much higher than that in China.

At that time, laborers were involved in almost all walks of life, from the simplest to carry ammunition, food, cut down trees, mine coal, dig trenches, and participate in the manufacture and construction of gunpowder, guns and ordnance, metallurgical training, coal and gas, construction projects, railways, and so on.

It can be said that after returning to China a few years later, these Chinese workers who came to foreign countries brought back not only a lot of labor costs, but also ideas and technologies that were much more advanced than China at that time, which was undoubtedly a great boost to China's backward industry and commerce at that time.

The reason why Liu Lang did not mention the United Kingdom, which has the largest number of Chinese workers, but mentioned France, was because France in the 20s was the first country in Europe because of the travel of some people of insight who studied abroad in the early days of China and China's educational exchanges. The future Prime Minister of the Republic and the second head of state of the Republic have all lived and studied in France.

France even cooperated with the later Nationalist government to establish a Sino-French university, which was the predecessor of the future Peking University of Technology.

Because of such a relationship and the French government's relatively complete guarantee contracts for these Chinese laborers, after the war, the vast majority of Chinese workers chose to return to China, but a large number of Chinese workers chose to continue to work in France.

The income in France is about ten times that of the country. In the whole of Europe, the largest number of Chinese stranded in French factories far exceeded those of other countries.

And Liu Lang takes a fancy to these skilled workers who have been working in France for more than ten years and have extremely mature technology, especially in all kinds of arms manufacturing and metallurgical training, when China is in crisis, the motherland needs them, and their relatives also need them.

It's just that this group of skilled workers suddenly wants to return to China in large numbers, and I am afraid that those bosses in France will also obstruct it. However, if Sir William had intervened, the matter would have been much less difficult.

"Colonel Liu, I have to admit that I still underestimate you, you are not only extremely talented in military affairs, but also have a very far-sighted vision, and your skills and talents are sometimes much more effective than guns. Okay, I also agreed to this condition, although I will not come forward, but someone will help you. The British nobleman glanced at Liu Lang deeply and said slowly.

"Jazz praised, can I say my third condition?" Liu Lang "cautiously" glanced at the British nobleman with a normal complexion.

If the first two conditions are desserts before the meal, then this is the main meal.

"Please." The British noble's face remained unchanged, but his sea-blue eyes became deeper.

Obviously, Liu Lang's look made him a little alert, and it seemed that the third one of this person was ready to open his mouth, just like the production line and production technology of Enfield rifles that he had just opened his mouth.

"I hope to represent my country's Chinese business group in the acquisition of your country's Rolls-Royce company." Liu Lang said.

After saying a word, the little foreign girl who was in charge of the translation almost didn't fall to the ground with her chin, and even forgot to give her father the third condition that Liu Lang said.

It's not a lion's mouth at all, and the hippopotamus's mouth is not enough to describe this greedy face.

"It can't be." The British noble, who had never been able to see how many mood swings there were, slapped the table angrily after his daughter relayed Liu Lang's conditions, and categorically rejected Liu Lang's conditions.

Even Liu Lang's proposal to ask for the production technology of Enfield rifles just now had not seen this big knight so excited, but now, the British noble's blue eyes were full of anger.

It's like Liu Lang wants to dig his family's ancestral grave.

Rawls. What exactly is Royce? Let the British nobles be 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 declare bankruptcy, and the boss is eager to sell all his pants to pay off the debt, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial government does not allow him to go bankrupt.

A thing that is not well managed and is about to go bankrupt is worthy of Liu Lang's most important condition? Worthy of such a treasure of the British noble? Of course it's worth it, if you know the name of this company in the future----- Rolls-Royce.