The welcome ceremony held by the British military in Portsmouth Port was not large in scale, but it could well show the majesty and glory of the British Empire. The officials of the Embassy of the Republic of China government in the UK were all red-faced and very satisfied with it. They said this concise
The lively and grand welcome ceremony is extremely rare in the two years since the outbreak of the global economic crisis. The arrogant British rarely had this kind of courtesy and enthusiasm for Asian countries before.
An Yi maliciously speculated that such a reception was probably due to the fact that the delegation stated before going abroad that it would purchase two naval ships in the UK.
After a short rest, the delegation was greeted by the hosts and continued its journey to London. When the ship arrived at Corry East Pier on the north bank of the Thames, it was once again warmly welcomed by the British military, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the London government.
At noon the next day, the British military and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly held a reception luncheon. An Yi, who can speak fluent English, became a person that the British were happy to contact, not only because An Yi was a respectable fighter who fought in several classic battles.
General, and An Yi is not short of money. The all-pervasive British media has long introduced An Yi's wealth and large-scale efforts to revitalize industry and commerce to the people, including publishing and reprinting a large number of special articles sent by three British reporters in China.
Last year, as the National Socialist Party and the Communist Party won a large number of votes in the German election, the current German government opposed reparations, and the public's call for the cancellation of the Versailles Contract became louder and louder. Starting from the beginning of this year, with the European continent including Austria's Esthert Credit
Banks, the largest banks in various countries including Germany's Dana Bank have gone bankrupt.
British banks with many debts and shares in these banks also went bankrupt. This summer, investors sold pounds in large quantities, British foreign exchange reserves were quickly exhausted, companies collapsed, unemployment remained high, and the British economy fell into a deep winter. At this time, An Yi
Coming to the UK with a large sum of money naturally brings a lot of imagination and expectations to people.
The first stop of the delegation's visit was the Royal Army War College, located 48 kilometers west of London. The college covers an area of about 3.5 square kilometers. The buildings of different styles skillfully combine the history and tradition of the British Royal Army.
Organically combined with military achievements and colonial culture, the palace-like exhibition area has rich displays, among which items from the Battle of Waterloo that defeated Napoleon show the great sense of honor of the British army.
The college's central library has a rich collection of books. According to the accompanying British officials, the students studying at the school include the Royal Artillery, the Royal Engineers, the Royal Signals, the Royal Armored Corps and other majors. The students selected to enter the college come from British government and private schools.
In ordinary schools, sixteen-year-old boys who are determined to love science and practical skills can enter the academy in advance to receive military technical training and theoretical education. Those who achieve excellent results will be directly promoted to the Royal Military Academy.
In order to train talents at different levels and positions in the military, the Military Academy has preparatory classes, standard military classes, and regular professional officer classes. It also offers some short courses for professional soldiers, local armies, and volunteer officers. The required course is infantry squad tactics.
, understanding and using pictures, communications, weapons operation, queues, first aid, logistics, organization and command, and language skills. Soldiers recruited from the regular army and middle school students recruited from local areas must first receive ordinary military training courses in the army training class before learning standard military courses.
Specialized in education courses
Only after you have obtained the cultural qualifications to enter the Royal Military Academy can you formally enroll. The formal professional military course is for officers who serve in the army for two to three years after graduation, or for officers who decide to switch to lifelong service and receive recommendations while serving in the army.
,The main content of the course is strategic studies, society and the military, national defense affairs, military technology, foreign languages and other theoretical studies. After completing the regular professional military courses, you can obtain a degree. Those who fail the cultural examination can be transferred to special training classes to study until they meet the necessary standards.
Graduate employment.
The overall purpose of running the school is to cultivate qualified leadership talents so that they are suitable to serve as junior commanders. The purpose of running the school is to cultivate basic leadership and management skills, sense of discipline and responsibility, and to improve physical fitness. The training for students entering the school is very unique. The initial standard is
Everyone must learn to cut hair, shine shoes, change clothes, clean the room, and receive constant inspections and training, etc., including listening to lectures in the classroom, exercising on the sports field, and field exercises in various terrains and areas, and graduation.
After that, the officer cadets became full officers and started their military career.
Although the Royal Army War College cultivates junior commanders, it has a huge impact on the British army and society. Its complete facilities, strict systems and scientific teaching arrangements have left a very deep impression on the members of the delegation.
impression.
After the visit, An Yi sighed and benefited a lot. Compared with the domestic military academy and this world-famous school, the gap is not only in infrastructure and scale. The most important difference lies in key aspects such as educational concepts, scientific methods and knowledge. This visit
The visit had an extremely important impact on An Yi's future military school education.
After the inspection team came to the UK, it was welcomed by international students and people from all walks of life in the UK. It was the same as it was in Germany and France. It was even more popular in terms of degree and number of people. The Savoy Hotel next to the Thames River has always been a popular place for political figures from various countries.
A place where celebrities like to stay. The hotel became lively because of the Chinese military inspection team. Representatives of international students and people from all walks of life came to visit and greet each other. An Yi, young and handsome, with great military exploits, young and wealthy, once again became the focus of people's pursuit.
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Over the past few years, an increasing number of domestic students and business people have come to study in the UK. The status and influence of the old European imperialism and the world's largest colonizer in the minds of the Chinese people is no less than that of the rapidly developing United States. It is becoming more and more important.
Among the large number of international students, most of them are children of well-off families and study in a variety of majors. Hu Jiyang, a student from Mianyang, Hubei Province who is studying in the History Department of Merton College, Oxford University, is one of the typical examples.
Hu Jiyang followed his uncle to travel around the world since he was a child. He has an extraordinary interest in religion and history. Under the influence of his uncle, he met Master Hongyi and Master Songjian, both well-known figures in Buddhism and Taoism. At the age of nine, he followed his uncle who was also studying and doing business.
Traveled across the ocean to Europe, Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and other countries to study
After living for fourteen years, after the death of his uncle, he returned to his hometown in China to stay filial piety. He farmed and studied in seclusion for two years. During these two years, Hu Jiyang struggled to explore the true meaning of life in confusion and chose his own path in life. However, due to the weakness of the country,
Disheartened by the endless civil war, he fell into painful meditation all day long with no refuge.
By chance, he discovered that Hubei Taoism, which had deep sectarian prejudices and had not interacted with each other for a long time, gave up their differences and reintegrated. Many lay disciples quietly left the famous mountains and rivers and rushed to Lao Nanchang. Surprised, he followed them to find out the reason.
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Under the recommendation of E Zongke, a close friend of Yangzhen Wuguan, he met Lao Shoudao, a descendant of the Taoist sect. After an in-depth discussion, Hu Jiyang seemed to have a profound enlightenment. He fell in love with Lao Tao at first sight and became a lifelong friend. Motivated by Lao Tao, he resolutely joined the Anyi Group, which was determined to revitalize the nation and revive China.
Due to Hu Jiyang's rare experience and proficiency in English, French, German and other languages, according to An Yi's request, he followed the second batch of overseas students to study in the UK. He was responsible for collecting European scientific and technological military intelligence, tracking the scientific and technological development direction of European countries, and managing and supervising international students.
Waiting for the secret mission.
In the first half of the year, Ou Yaoting came to the UK based on a paper about "penicillin" reprinted in the American Science Magazine in 2009. It was with the full assistance of Hu Jiyang that he found the owner of the paper - the talented Dr. Alexander Fleming. At this time
Unable to find a technique for purifying penicillin, Fleming almost gave up on what he believed would be his
Ou Yaoting easily bought Fleming's research materials and technology patents for his penicillin research, paid a patent transfer fee of US$10,000 and asked the relevant departments to notarize it before funding Fleming's research of US$5,000.
, encouraged Fleming, who was financially unable to make ends meet after establishing his own laboratory, to continue conducting in-depth research on penicillin.
Through this transaction, Ou Yaoting met Winston Churchill, who had a close relationship with Fleming. At this time, Churchill withdrew from the shadow cabinet due to disagreements with Conservative Party leader Stanley Baldwin.
With no place to live, he could only make a living by writing and writing news reviews. Out of his political sensitivity, Ou Yaoting generously sponsored Churchill's political funds of US$10,000, quickly winning Churchill's favor and recognition.
After returning to the United States, Ou Yaoting quickly sent his assistants to return all valuable information to the Drug Research Institute of Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory in China, and hired American chemists Sean and Drost to go to old Nanchang to conduct secret research.
After visiting for three consecutive days, An Yi took the time to meet with Hu Jiyang, who had been waiting so hard. An Yi was so excited to see Hu Jiyang who had made great achievements after more than two years of absence. Hu Jiyang was also very excited to see An Yi, whom he admired and followed.
After entering the room and talking for more than ten minutes, Hu Jiyang finally couldn't help but asked in a low voice:
"Brother Xian, Brother Yu would like to ask, does Xian brother know about the Wen family living in San Francisco, USA?"
"I know some information, and the data shows that the Wen family has a very extensive production and operation, and is involved in food, catering, import and export trade, etc. Although its political influence is not as good as that of the Situ family with a Hongmen background, it is better than the Situ family in terms of friendship and wealth.
The family is superior. Mr. Wen has become very close to Zhang Xi and Mr. Ou in the past six months and has cooperated in many aspects... What? When did you become interested in the Wen family? Do they also have business in the UK? "
An Yi asked with a smile.
Hu Jiyang, who has a steady personality and a profound personality, did not hide anything in front of An Yi. He put out his cigarette butt and looked at An Yi with deep meaning:
"Paul Wen, the eldest son of the Wen family, came to London last month. Brother Yu met Mr. Ou in his London branch. At that time, the branch manager Zhu Haiyi was joking with Paul Wen and asked him why he didn't bring his wife? Paul Wen seemed
Very happy to see Brother Yu arrive
Without saying anything, he got involved in the financial affairs of the Wen family in London. After this guy left, Zhu Haiyi admired Paul Wen's wife and called Paul Wen's wife Ou Chu'er the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life. He envied her.
Talk about Paul Wen, this guy is so lucky
No, in the future, the co-ruler of the Wen and Ou families will probably be Paul Wen. Although Brother Yu was surprised, he calmly asked Zhu Haiyi if he had made a mistake. Zhu Haiyi said very proudly that he went to the United States at the end of last year
Reporting to Mr. Ou
, lived in Ou's house for three days, Paul Wen drank two drinks with him every day, and once he happily held his son who had just started talking and walked with Zhu Haiyi, while Miss Ou and Mrs. Ou sat on the grass and chatted, and the family
It’s enjoyable and enviable.”
"Are you sure?" An Yi's face suddenly turned pale.
Hu Jiyang nodded sadly: "Zhu Haiyi's ancestors moved to Nanyang. His father was an accountant at Mr. Ou's Xingzhou Pharmaceutical Factory. Zhu Haiyi has followed Mr. Ou since he was sixteen years old. Because of his talent, intelligence, diligence and loyalty, Mr. Ou funded him to enter Harvard University in the United States for further study.
The year before last, I applied for American citizenship for him and transferred him to London as a branch manager, responsible for Mr. Ou's material procurement and financial investment management in the UK. This guy seems to be polite and enthusiastic in his dealings with others.
Yes, but I always think that I don’t have a deep friendship. I only get along well with Brother Yu. We talk about everything. He will not deceive Brother Yu on such a big matter... Brother Xian, I know the relationship between you and Miss Ou.
We also know that the wise brother was engaged to Miss Ou after he recovered from his assassination. However, the affairs of the world are unclear. It is difficult for you to lead the army all year round and have no time to spare. Miss Ou has also traveled to the United States to study abroad. It is really regrettable that we are so far apart.
Originally, Brother Yu shouldn't talk about such things, but Brother Xian is Brother Yu's superior, and secondly, you and I are uncle Tao's nephews. We are like brothers to each other. Brother Yu thought over and over again and thought that although it was not within the scope of his responsibilities, it was still a matter.
You should tell the truth. Maybe there are more reasons why Brother Yu is difficult to know. Brother Yu is in England and it is difficult to find out. Fortunately, Brother Xian will go to the United States in a few days. Maybe he will understand everything when he sees Miss Ou... Brother Xian,
What’s wrong with you?"
An Yi shook his head sadly: "It's nothing. I have received reports from the United States before. I have always had a negative attitude towards this matter and am unwilling to talk about it to anyone. Now it seems...Brother Hu, thank you!"
I will handle it properly."
"That's good, Brother Yu believes in your ability."
Hu Jiyang saw that An Yi's mental state was so bad, and stood up after thinking for a while: "Brother Xian is quite tired from running around for a few days. Let's rest early. Brother Yu will come again tomorrow night. There is a lot of information that needs to be submitted to you."
"Okay, sorry, I have to send you off not far away."
An Yi sent Hu Jiyang away, closed the door, held his head and thought painfully.
Shen Fengdao knew An Yi's feelings, sighed secretly, went out to the bar downstairs to get two bottles of foreign wine, sat opposite An Yi, and drank with An Yi without saying a word.
In less than an hour, both bottles of wine were finished. Shen Fengdao stood up and was about to go downstairs to buy wine when the phone rang suddenly. Shen Fengdao, who did not speak English, hesitated for a moment. Seeing that An Yi had no intention of answering the phone, he thought for a moment.
He picked up the receiver anyway, listened for a moment and politely asked the other party to wait, covered the receiver, turned to An Yi, and reported in a low voice: "There is someone at the main desk downstairs who wants to see you."
"not see!"
An Yi lit the cigarette without raising his head.
"She said her surname is Feng, her name is Feng Jieyun, she studied in Cambridge, and she is an old friend with you." Shen Fengdao knew who Feng Jieyun was, but he still reported it out of habit.
The cigarette in An Yi's hand suddenly fell to the carpet. His handsome face stained red by alcohol had a complex and unpredictable expression. He lowered his head to pick up the cigarette and threw it into the ashtray. He slowly walked towards Shen Fengdao and took the microphone in his hand.