Mu Yang's impression of Houston is estimated to be only one Houston Rockets and Houston Rocket Center.

Houston is the largest city in the South, the largest oil industry center and the third largest port in the country. Located on the southeast coast of Texas, on the plain on the northwest shore of Galveston Bay, it is connected to the Gulf of Mexico by the 80-kilometer-long Tonghai Canal.

As for the Houston Rocket Center, which Muyang knows, it is located on the shore of Clear Lake, 35 kilometers southeast, and is one of the largest space research and development centers of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States, so Houston is also known as the "Space City".

The car entered the city and came to the embassy, where Muyang finally met his immediate boss, Cui Mingxue, the consul general of the Houston Consulate General.

In fact, the consul general can also be called the head of the embassy, the head of the embassy, and their rank is equivalent to that of the counselor of the embassy in the United States.

Director Cui is about forty years old, with a slightly wider face, but he gives people a generous feeling, Director Cui has a very kind attitude, shakes hands with Muyang and Guo Zeyu, and then asks them about the situation along the way.

Of course, Director Cui will not tell them about the specific affairs arrangement, so naturally there are arrangements from the following department heads.

The Consulate General consists of an office, a political and new group, a consular group, a cultural group, a science and technology group, a business office, and an education group. He is responsible for eight states, including Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Puerto Rico, a federal territory.

The entire Houston Consulate General has 27 diplomats and three military attachés.

There are security personnel stationed in the embassy in the United States, and even the security personnel stationed in war-torn areas are soldiers of the state's special forces. However, there are no security personnel at the Houston Consulate General.

Guo Zeyu was assigned to the education group, while Muyang was assigned to the consular group.

The consular group said. It should be regarded as the busiest department of the entire Consulate General, mainly to safeguard the safety and legitimate rights and interests of expatriates and Chinese tourists. Deal with some emergencies and so on, and sometimes play a role in communication and coordination with the local judicial department.

There are a total of four people in the consular group, as well as four drivers and three assistants, these assistants are not official diplomats, they have no right to handle foreign affairs on their own, but only play a role in assisting the work of diplomats.

According to the requirements, the consular overseas Chinese group was required to be on duty 24 hours a day, so the four people were divided into two groups, and the leader of the group in Muyang was called Qian Chang. 32 years old this year, the third secretary, has been in the United States for two years, has been working in the consular group, has a relatively rich work experience.

"Qian Mi, I'm a newcomer, I don't understand a lot of things, I want you to help me more in the future." Mu Yang said very sincerely.

"Xiao Mu, let's be with each other in the future. I can't say help, but the most important thing in foreign affairs is not to be impulsive, we must follow the rules and regulations of diplomacy, you are still young. It may be difficult to look past some things, but this is diplomatic work. We must be courteous, well-founded and responsible, and show our efforts. But there are some things that we can't control. There are cultural differences, racial differences, and of course, there is also the contempt of the United States for China, but we still have to focus on the overall situation, so diplomats are not so easy to do. ”

Qian Chang looks tall and big, but he has a very old-fashioned attitude when he speaks, Mu Yang knows that the current foreign policy is to seek stability, and the original diplomatic work also requires diplomats to be stable and not impulsive, these Mu Yang understands.

Is this tradition, this is the result of education, or is it the consistent style of the state to the outside world? Sometimes, a country also has its own style, for example, the United States, which gives people a hegemonic style, Russia is rude and stubborn, and China is compromise, or in other words, for the sake of stable development and future considerations, it has repeatedly compromised.

Forget it, don't think about it yet, I'm just a lowest-level diplomatic functionary, and it's not time for me to express my thoughts and opinions.

After arranging the dormitory, Muyang is officially inducted.

At three o'clock in the morning, around 16 o'clock in Beijing time, Muyang called home and told his father about the situation on his side, so that they could rest assured that they would take care of themselves. Then it was the eldest aunt and uncle, and finally called Xu Youshan.

"Husband, don't call so late, you won't have a good rest, you can call me during the day in the United States in the future, I'll be fine when I go to bed late." Xu Youshan said distressedly.

"It's okay, this little problem is not difficult for me, you are busy with your studies now, and the affairs of the translation department, and you have to take care of your family, you are even busier than me." Muyang Road.

The little couple talked sweetly about love, and they didn't put down the phone until four o'clock in the morning, and Muyang was indeed a little sleepy.

If you really don't sleep all night, no one can withstand it for a long time, but Muyang has a lot of mission worlds to go to, run to Mallorca in the Mediterranean, bask in the sun and sleep, isn't it more of a pleasure, maybe go to Malmö Manor, hug Xia Kejun's delicate body.

Therefore, Muyang does not have to worry about lack of sleep at all.

"The two of us are out for a trip today, and there are some things that need to be taken care of." Qian Chang walked into the office and said to Muyang.

Muyang stood up and picked up his things and walked out, casually asking, "What's the matter?" ”

"Yesterday, when the police in Houston were checking the vehicle, they injured a tourist from China, and the tourist called us for help, hoping to get help from the embassy, and we went over to take a look." The two walked to the car while talking, and the driver got in the car and rushed to the hospital.

Qian Chang and Mu Yang went to Texas Medical Center in Houston and met Liu Xu, a Chinese tourist who asked for help, and his girlfriend, Chen Ling.

Liu Xu leaned on the side of the bed, and there were a few obvious abrasions on his face, but they were not too serious, with a drip on his hand, and seeing Muyang and Qian Chang, two people with Asian faces, walking in, Chen Ling stood up, and Liu Xu also sat up.

"You are Liu Xu, hello, we are the staff of the Consular and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the Consulate General in Houston of the Embassy in the United States, my name is Qian Chang, his name is Muyang, we received your call for help, come and see you, how are you injured now." Qian Chang said very kindly.

"I'm really bothering you." Liu Xu said that he was about to get up.

"Don't get up, let's sit down and talk, you tell us about the matter, we can understand the situation." Qian Chang said.

Liu Xu lay down and began to tell what happened.

"My girlfriend and I were working in China and were going to go on a road trip to the United States during the holidays, so we rented a car in Atlanta and went all the way west, but when I arrived in Houston, I was raided by the police, and when I was about to take out my driver's license, the police came up and beat me, and then handcuffed me again, the movements were very rough, and my arm was sprained."

"And that's not the worst of it, the police are still saying they are going to prosecute us." (To be continued.) )