Someone had already run into the Zhengfu compound and announced the news. Not long after, Wang Litong personally came to the gatehouse to greet him.
Yuan Su and Wang Li entered the Zhengfu compound together, but did not stop in the front yard and went directly to the west side yard.
Along the way, I heard Wang Litong introduce in a casual manner that because the yamen is still undergoing renovation work these days, officials from various departments in the government have not officially gone to work yet, and will not officially report to work until after the first month of the year.
He did not express any opinion about Yuan Su, but just responded casually. He felt that after Luanzhou Zhengfu changed its appearance, these old bureaucrats from the former Qing Dynasty would not know where to start for a while, so it would take some time to adapt to the new environment.
The side courtyard to the west was the former guest room of the state government office, and now it has been naturally converted into a guest house.
Arriving at the living room of the guest house, Poincare and others were already waiting here. In addition to Poincare and several accompanying Chinese translators, there were also two foreigners, one old and one young. However, the appearance of these two people
From the look of his clothes, he doesn't look like a Frenchman, but more like an Englishman.
Yuan Su didn't care much about this. No matter what the background of the foreigners, old or young, he would treat them equally.
After seeing Yuan Su appear, Poincare stood up with a smile on his face, and with a somewhat enthusiastic attitude, he stepped forward and shook hands with Yuan Su.
"Mr. Poincare, it's nice to meet you." Yuan Su maintained a polite smile and said hello to Poincare in English.
"Me too, General Yuan. I have to say that I am looking forward to today's meeting with great anticipation." Poincare said with a smile, seeming to be closer than the last time we met.
At this time, the foreigners, one old and one young, also came forward with polite smiles, waiting for Poincare to introduce them.
Taking advantage of this moment, Yuan Su took a look at the two of them. The old man was about fifty years old, wearing a somewhat worn-out suit. He wore glasses on his nose, but it was not a single clip-on spectacle, but a pair of glasses.
Wearing a pair of double-sided round glasses, he looked like a professor at first glance.
As for the young man who seemed to be less than thirty years old, he was wearing a very elegant mid-length suit, but he did not have a civilized stick popular among Western young people. From the other person’s regular posture and habits,
It can be inferred from the hanging hand that this person should be a soldier.
Yuan Su can even further speculate that judging from this young man's age, the other party is likely to be an active soldier. Western soldiers in this era have always been very proud, and even in daily life, they will try to wear military uniforms or directly wear military uniforms.
It was a military uniform. Since the other party deliberately dressed up like this, it was obvious that he had another purpose. And this can also explain why this young man did not take a civilized stick.
"Who are these two?"
"Oh, let me introduce to General Yuan. This is Dr. Adam Smith. He is an academician of the Geology Institute of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He is a well-known figure in our French geological circles. This time Dr. Smith will be the geologist of our mine.
Consultant, guiding the mine throughout the entire process from site selection to construction and even later mineral processing work." Poincare first introduced the old professor-like figure.
"Dr. Smith, it's a pleasure to meet you." Yuan Su smiled and extended his hand to Adam Smith, but he was not as happy as he appeared on the surface. A mere mine actually invited an academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to serve as a consultant.
This is simply overkill. In addition, Poincaré did not introduce the nationality of Adam Smith in detail. Obviously, this name and identity do not sound like a French person, but rather a foreign scholar living in France.
Although Dr. Smith has a distinguished status, he still showed a polite attitude when dealing with Yuan Su. He shook hands with Yuan Su very politely and greeted him in English. In fact, this is the case in China today. Many foreigners are behaving badly.
They all seemed very polite when doing things, but some Chinese people who helped foreigners turned up their noses.
"This is Mr. George Reynoldson. He is a student of Dr. Smith. This time he is accompanying Mr. Smith on a study tour in China." Poincare introduced the young man again.
"Nice to meet you." This time, before Yuan Su could say hello, Reynoldson spoke first.
"Me too." Yuan Su shook hands with Reynoldson quietly. When shaking hands, he could feel a layer of calluses on the other person's jaw, so he became more and more sure that the other person was a soldier.
After introducing each other, Wang Litong on the side greeted everyone to sit down.
Poincaré seemed very positive. As soon as everyone sat down, he spoke to Yuan Su again: "I am very happy that General Yuan can invite us to come for discussion again, and I also welcome General Yuan to cooperate with us. About Luan
We have applied to the Zhili Provincial Government half a month ago to comply with the formalities for opening a mine in Luanzhou, and we just received the formal approval the afternoon before yesterday. The Zhili Provincial Government is very supportive of our plan to open a mine in Luanzhou this time.
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Yuan Su listened to Poincare's tone, as if Poincare had decided that he would cooperate with him. He was very sure that he had never mentioned supporting foreign mining in the message. Obviously, Westerners' ideas are different from those of China.
It is still difficult for people to reach a tacit understanding. But in any case, facing Poincaré's enthusiastic attitude, he didn't say much for a while, but he felt that he might be able to make good use of this.
"I really appreciate Western advanced industrial science and technology. If China wants to develop, it is inevitable to learn from Western countries. So I personally welcome you all to invest and set up factories in Luanzhou." He maintained his sincere attitude.
He said these remarks with a happy attitude and with seriousness.
"We are very pleased with General Yuan's open-mindedness. Regarding the documents for this mining operation, does General Yuan need to review them now?" Poincare asked with a smile, and had already signaled a Chinese attaché to get them.
Get the relevant formal documents.
"Oh, that's unnecessary. With the background of Credit Agricole, a mere mine investment is not a problem. These trivial matters can be saved if you can." Yuan Su said pretending to be generous. In his opinion,
, the most unconvincing thing nowadays is these official documents. Anyone with money and power can draft any kind of official documents.
"Since General Yuan said this, it can really save a lot of trivial matters. I believe that with the relationship between the Governor of Zhili and General Yuan, these paperwork matters are indeed unnecessary." Poincare said happily.
"Mr. Poincare actually knows about my relationship with Governor Zhang?" Yuan Su asked with some interest. Of course, he was very aware of the contacts of foreigners in Zhili Province. It was easy to find out some information.
Just like the last time I bought guns and bullets by myself.
"I only heard about this recently. General Yuan is from a famous family. If we can maintain cooperation with General Yuan, to use your Chinese proverb, it will be 'three lifetimes of luck'." Poincare said in a decent manner.
"I'm also looking forward to this cooperation. So, what are your specific plans for mining in Luanzhou?" Yuan Su asked, getting to the point.