Chapter 145: Algiers
"I don't think I would miss this place if I could..."After boarding the ship, standing on the deck and looking at the smoke behind him, Yan Shao said to Caterina and the others beside him.
It took more than a week for Yan Shao and his party to invest all the 10 million pounds they brought into the British exchange.
Such a big move naturally caused an uproar, but because Yan Shao deliberately kept the entourage secret before leaving, no one knew their origins, at least for the time being.
While it's nice to have all the stocks you need, the weather in London is terrible. At least for so many days, Yan Shao has never seen a blue sky, and he needs to use a mask every time he travels.
"Okay, don't complain..."patted Yan Shao's shoulder, and Caterina was also a little helpless. Although the weather here is really bad...... Actually, we've seen the blue skies of London before, well, even though it was a long time ago..."
Both Yan Shao and Elaline knew that Caterina was talking about the one a few years ago, although she only stayed in London for a few days, she had indeed seen the blue sky of London.
"By the way, we're going to go next..."
"A trip to France, no, a trip to Algiers, to be exact..."
Algiers, the largest city in Algeria, is located in the north of Algeria, south of the majestic Taylor Atlas Mountains, at the northern foot of the majestic Taylor Atlas Mountains. Hara and Oued? Between the two bays of Mazafaran, it is like a pearl shining on the southern shore of the Mediterranean.
In this day and age. Algeria was still a French colony, and Algiers was the center of French North African colony, so Algiers was also the most densely populated area of the French Foreign Legion. Naturally, the 15 people Yan Shao sent to France are now also in Algiers, after all, he didn't send these people to make flowers in the greenhouse...
"My future father-in-law has become the commander of the Foreign Legion, so it's not too much for my future son-in-law to go and congratulate him..."Speaking of this, a smile appeared on Yan Shao's face.
Since receiving Yan Shao's funding, Bertrand finally became the commander of the Foreign Legion with the help of his personal connections, and his military rank was promoted from the original colonel to major general. Officially become the latest member of the Shogun series.
After becoming the commander of the Foreign Legion, Yan Shao's officer training plan became much simpler, and the second batch of 30 people had already been prepared. You can come to France for training at any timeββββββ in fact, if it weren't for Yan Shao's attack, I'm afraid these people would have been trained in France.
But now it's not bad, at least they can learn French and French first, so as not to encounter the embarrassment that the first people in France had encountered.
This time, Yan Shao came to London to buy rubber stocks. Take a trip to Algiers on a drop-in. It is only natural to take a look at the men who have been on their journey for a long time and see what they have learned in France.
"Do you want to meet my father..."Seeing that Yan Shao was going to see Bertrand, the corners of Elanon's mouth curled slightly. Then you have to be careful, don't be shot by him as soon as you show up..."
Hearing Eleno say this, Yan Shao grinned. "Ahem, it shouldn't be like that, after all, we are also his future son-in-law anyway, not to mention even if we put aside this relationship. I'm also his collaborator, aren't I? β
"Who knows, it's in the telegram my father sent me anyway. I never revealed my liking for you. With that, Elaline had already picked up the snickering Caterina and walked in the direction of the cabin.
Seeing Eleno and the others leaving, Yan Shao touched the top of his head.
At this time, a few middle-aged gentlemen came over, no matter what, Yan Shao is also a celebrity, and there are still many classic works that have not been completed, so there is no sign of diminishing popularity.
When I was in London, because I had to wear a mask when I went in and out, it was naturally impossible for anyone to recognize Yan Shao or Elaine, but when I got on the ship, I naturally didn't need to do this, and it was very conspicuous to live with a woman of Ilanor's level no matter where she was, so Yan Shao was found out not long after getting on the ship, and he was often invited to many places...
There was no entertainment on the ship, and Yan Shao couldn't really take rolling the sheets as a daily must-have program, so he was also very interested in communicating with these people.
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In the Algiers Foreign Legion station, Qin Zhen had just come out of the bathroom, and the towel in his hand was constantly wiping his hair and the water droplets on his body.
The naked upper body not only became stronger, but also covered with various scars. There were both gunshot wounds and knife wounds on it, and even ...... There are also many scars that resemble being blown up by something.
They received not only ordinary training in the Foreign Legion, but also participated in a lot of actual combat and accumulated considerable experience...
After wiping his hair clean, Qin Zhen walked to the room with a fan.
Although he has been in Algeria for a long time, the hot climate here still makes Qin Zhen a little unaccustomed to it, so if he has time, he will habitually run to a cooler room.
But no sooner had he entered the room than he saw an officer approaching. "Qin, the commander told you to go there..."
"Commander, what did you call me?" Hearing that Bertrand was looking for him, Qin Zhen was a little surprised.
When the 15 of them were assigned to the Foreign Legion, Bertrand almost never saw them, except for the first one.
"Who knows," the officer shrugged. In any case, since the commander called you, it is better for you to go quickly, I heard that the other Chinese who came with you have also been called over..." In the past two years or so, the efforts of Qin Zhen and his group have been seen by everyone, and they have also been seen in the eyes of their achievements.
Not everyone respects them now, but at least the discriminatory attitude they had when they first arrived has disappeared.
Hear the words of the officer. Qin Zhen nodded, and after turning around and changing into a military uniform, he hurriedly walked to the headquarters in Algiers.
On the way to the headquarters, Qin Zhen also met several other people who came to France with him. Almost everyone was a little baffled by Bertrand calling them.
"What the hell are you going to do?" Standing in Bertrand's office, 15 people from the first phase gathered to discuss Bertrand's intention to call them.
"Who knows..."
"yes, so suddenly..."
One of them started talking, and the rest of the group began to talk about it, until Bertrand walked in from the outside...
"Commander..."
Seeing Bertrand walking in from outside, Qin Zhen and the others hurriedly put down their arguments and saluted.
"Hmmβ" motioned for them to take a break. Bertrand sat behind his desk. "There is nothing else to do this time, except that the boy surnamed Yan has just been to London not long ago, and this time he will pass through Algiers when he returns to China. So I wanted to stop by and see how you are doing..."
Speaking of which, Bertrand glanced at Qin Zhen and them, to be honest, although he didn't underestimate them at the beginning. But I didn't expect them to grow to this point. Now Qin Zhen's group of people is the most outstanding people. It is already on par with the most outstanding officers in the Foreign Legion, and some of the others are by no means inferior to the average Foreign Legion officers, if it weren't for the fact that these people were sent by Yan Shao, he even had the intention of detaining these people.
Regarding the matter of Bertrand calling Yan Shao a boy, Qin Zhen and the others should have never heard of it.
As people from China, they naturally know very well how complicated the relationship between Yan Shao and Bertrand is, so they don't dare to get involved in it at all. Because at the end of the day, no matter which side they offend, it is obviously impossible to please them...
However, after hearing Bertrand say that Yan Shao was coming to see them, Qin Zhen and the others became a little excited and excited.
"The boss is coming to Algiers?" clenched his fist. Qin Zhen said with some excitement.
After receiving Bertrand's affirmative reply, Qin Zhen and his group suddenly shouted excitedly.
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"This is Algiers? Looks pretty good..."
On deck. Looking at the city that had become very close, Yan Shao said to a few people beside him.
"It's normal, Algiers is the center of France's colonies in North Africa anyway, and if it's all in tatters, then it's impossible for France to stay in North Africa...", pursing her lips, Elano explained softly.
While they were talking, the ship was docked at the dock in Algiers.
Then very easily, Yan Shao and the others saw Qin Zhen and the others who had been waiting for a long time on the dock, as for Bertrand?
"It seems that even I, the daughter, have been implicated by you..."Seeing that there was no Bertrand on the dock, although he had already prepared in his heart, Elanon's heart was still lost, and his fingers involuntarily put on Yan Shao's arm.
After grinning for a moment, Yan Shao could only smile bitterly. "You can't blame me for that..."
As he spoke, they had already walked down from the boat, and after walking to the dock, they looked at Qin Zhen and the others, who had become much more mature in the past two years, Yan Shao sighed and patted him on the shoulder. "Over the past two years, I've really worked hard for you..."
Although his eyes had also become a little short-sighted, they were not at the point where he couldn't see things clearly, how could he not see the wounds on those parts of Qin Zhen's body that were exposed?
Hearing Yan Shao say this, Qin Zhen and the others were all excited.
It is said that longing is the farthest relationship from understanding, and it is actually the same for Qin Zhen and them.
For more than two years, while fighting for the Foreign Legion, they learned only about what was happening in Wuhu from letters and telegrams sent from China.
The changes of the company, the establishment of the Innovation Association, the iron plant under construction, the first highway in the world that has been built, and the Wuhu New City that has just begun...
Especially after the completion of the first highway in the world, they had to work hard because of the poverty of the country for the first time to have the capital to boast to other colleagues, and Yan Shao's status in the hearts of the French made them even more proud.
All of this also made Yan Shao's original image in their hearts gradually disappear, replaced by a new image that was constantly idealized...
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Facing the excited Qin Zhen, they were. Yan Shao also felt a little unbearable.
Just looking at their weather-covered faces, as well as the various scars on their bodies and even on their faces, Yan Shao could imagine what their life here was like...
"Not long after. The second batch of people will also be sent here, and I will leave a few people responsible for helping those people at that time, and as for the rest, according to the agreement between me and Bertrand, you can return to China smoothly...", Yan Shao said to Qin Zhen and them with a straight face. "The next thing you have to do is to use everything you have learned in the Foreign Legion to temper the original patrol team. Then welcome the dawn of a new era..."
"New Era...", Qin Zhen is the first time they have heard the word, and it is inevitable that it will be a little strange.
"That's right, the new era..."Looking at Qin Zhen and the others in front of him. Yan Shao said solemnly. "After the overthrow of the Qing court, we will be greeted by a new new era, and if we want to achieve our goals in this new era, then we need to have a strong force in our hands..."
Speaking of which. Yan Shao's heart also became a little excited.
Over time. Yan Shao has found that the history of this era has changed a lot from his memory, for example, the time of Enming's assassination has changed from July 07 to the end of 06, such a big change has made Yan Shao extremely uneasy, because he does not know whether the Wuchang Uprising in history will break out like this.
If the Wuchang Uprising could not break out, what would happen to the Xinhai Revolution? Will it still show up?
But it only took a short time for Yan Shao to figure it out, indeed, because of his arrival, the development process of this era has undergone great changes. But there are some things that can't be changed even if you want to, such as the demise of the Qing government, which has lost the hearts of the people...
No matter how time changes. The demise of the Qing government was inevitable, but it was only a matter of time...
However, he still has to prepare for this change, and his new city plan in Wuhu was set up for this purpose. Although a city of more than 100,000 people seems so insignificant compared to the Qing court, which controls the whole of China, it can become Yan Shao's strongest fortress in this stormy era...
"If the Wuchang Uprising fails to appear as scheduled, then I will take the lead in Wuhu to set off an uprising..."
As for the new era in Yan Shao's mouth, Qin Zhen and they may understand it as the establishment of a new China after the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but in Yan Shao's view, it is the first world war that I don't know if the Dao will happen...
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"Uncle..."
When he saw Bertrand, Yan Shao put on a very low posture.
There's no way, who called him Elano's father, and although Yan Shao didn't like this old bastard, it was impossible to call him so in front of Elaline, not to mention...
"This is the location of the Foreign Legion, if I dare to call the commander of the Foreign Legion like that, wouldn't I be dead..."Although he is not very smart, Yan Shao is still very clear about the difference between impulsiveness and deathββββββ although in the eyes of others, there seems to be no difference between the two.
On the other side, while looking at Yan Shao, Bertrand was also thinking about whether to pull out his gun and kill the guy who kidnapped his daughter directly, but after the end, he still sighed and gave up this idea that was very tempting to him...
"What are you going to do?"
Although he gave up the idea of killing Yan Shao, Bertrand's tone was still not very good.
Yan Shao had been prepared for this for a long time, so it was not surprising that he arrived, but he still answered his question respectfully. "On the one hand, I want to see how Qin Zhen and the others are doing now, and on the other hand, I want to visit you, uncle..."
"Me?"
"That's right..."Yan Shao smiled. Eleno: He often mentions you, so this time I came to visit your old man..."
Snorted coldly. "What are the results?"
Keep laughing. "Sure enough, as Elaline said, he is in good spirits and in good health..."
"It's good, but it's not good to see you..."
"Daddyβ" Elaline glared at Bertrand when he said this, Caterina looked up at the sky, not wanting to get involved in the fight at all.
Seeing Elano like this, Bertrand also sighed.
Caterina came with her on this visit, but Bertrand didn't look at her with a frown. This was happening partly because he understood the situation, and partly because it was difficult for him to blame such a beautiful young lady.
So of course, Yan Shao, who enjoyed the blessings of all the people, became the object of Bertrand's anger.
Just as Elaline was about to say something and lighten up the room, Bertrand suddenly spoke. "You guys go out first, I'm going to talk to this kid alone..."
Hearing Bertrand say this, Elano and Caterina both hesitated, but finally left the room at Bertrand's urging, leaving Yan Shao alone and helpless.
Before leaving the room, Caterina also made a few secret gestures to Yan Shao, telling him to be careful not to be killed by Bertrand.
After Elaline and the others left, Yan Shao's eyes stared at Bertrand, and he just waited for him to pull out his gun and go out of the door.
But after a period of silence, Bertrand said in a deep voice.
"Tell me, when are you going to marry my daughter?" (To be continued......)