Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

When he arrived at the door of the apartment, Tang Heping took out the key and opened the door.

After entering the apartment, he took Lin Shangzhou to a room on the first floor. In the living room, Wang Shunyu, the monitor of the international students' class, was doing something with several girls.

After approaching, Lin Shangzhou found that they were making mooncakes.

Tang Heping walked up to Wang Shunyu, touched his shoulder, and whispered to him, "Um... squad leader, I asked Mr. Lin to come over."

When Wang Shunyu heard the news, he was happy at first, but then he suddenly remembered that today was fucking Monday.

He quickly stood up, pulled Tang Heping aside and whispered to him, "Today is Monday, why did you invite Mr. Lin over? He still has work to do!"

"Also, even if you want to invite someone over, you have to wait until the evening. Now that no one is home, we're the only ones in the apartment at noon. Can you invite Mr. Lin over to make mooncakes with us?!"

Tang Heping then realized that he was indeed too anxious, and Wang Shunyu was very angry when he saw him react. In the hearts of these international students, Lin Shangzhou had become a role model with a glorious image, a person they respected immensely, who was of similar age to themselves, but had become a minister of a government department, and had actually secured benefits for the people of Strasbourg.

More importantly, after Lin Shangzhou became the minister, the landlord reduced their rent and utility bills, and the boss at their workplace also treated them much better.

Looking at Wang Shunyu who was lecturing Tang Heping, Lin Shangzhou walked over and said to him: "Okay, Shunyu, stop talking about Heping. I came here on my own. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that today was Mid-Autumn Festival."

After Lin Shangzhou's persuasion, Wang Shunyu glared at Tang Heping angrily, then turned to Lin Shangzhou and said, "Mr. Lin, I really appreciate you coming to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with us."

He glanced at the girl who was watching them making mooncakes, scratched his head and said awkwardly: "Thank you very much for taking the time to come here in your busy schedule, but our mooncakes are not ready yet, and everyone will not be back until the evening. If you need, I will notify them now and ask them to come back at noon."

Lin Shangzhou shook his head gently and said, "It's okay. I'll be back at night. Why bother everyone for me? I plan to have a meal at your place at noon, and then wait for others to come back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with you."

Wang Shunyu was stunned for a moment. Eating here?

Then he immediately responded and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, I'll make you whatever you want to eat."

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and prepared to cook.

"Just make some home-cooked dishes and steam some rice."

Lin Shangzhou told Wang Shunyu that the rice was prepared for Letitia because the girl liked to eat rice.

"okay."

Wang Shunyu nodded and said to the girls beside him, "You guys make mooncakes here, I'll go cook for Mr. Lin."

Several girls nodded.

Lin Shangzhou walked up to the girls and greeted them. He had seen these four girls before and they knew each other. He turned around and wanted to say something to Letitia, but saw that Letitia was staring at the girls pressing the finished mooncakes in their hands.

Lin Shangzhou said to her: "That's a mooncake, it tastes delicious."

“That’s the mooncake?”

Letitia walked to the table curiously and leaned over to look at the round, unbaked dessert.

A girl said to Letitia in German: "This is mooncake. If you want to eat it, Letitia, I will bake some now."

"No, no, let's talk about it in the evening."

Letitia shook her head, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Can you teach me how to make mooncakes?"

"You want to learn how to make mooncakes?"

The girl looked at Letitia in surprise, and then nodded happily. However, after nodding, she looked at Lin Shangzhou. Lin Shangzhou was also a little surprised that Letitia wanted to learn how to make mooncakes, but he didn't think much about it.

"Letitia, just follow them and learn how to make mooncakes. I'll go to the kitchen to help Shunyu."

"Ah."

Afterwards, Letitia followed the four girls to learn how to make mooncakes. Lin Shangzhou went to the kitchen to watch Wang Shunyu cook and see if there was anything he could help with.

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Chapter 97 Mid-Autumn Festival in Germany (Part )

Lin Shangzhou came to the kitchen to help Wang Shunyu do something, but before he could start, he was stopped by Wang Shunyu. Wang Shunyu insisted on not letting Lin Shangzhou cook himself, so Lin Shangzhou moved a stool over and sat in the kitchen to watch him cook.

He sat on a stool and watched the young man busying around in the kitchen, and a question came to his mind: Why doesn't he go to school or work outside?

"Shunyu, you didn't go to school, so why don't you go out to work?"

Wang Shunyu said while cutting vegetables: "As the monitor, I have to take care of everyone at home, and I don't have to go to school or work to earn money."

(No need to go to school and work to earn money?)

Lin Shangzhou became curious. Among the 31 international students here, the rich ones went to school, the poor ones went to work to earn money, but he did nothing and chose to stay in the apartment to take care of others.

"why?"

"My father does business with Germans in Qingdao. I have been following him since I was a child, watching him deal with all kinds of people, and I have learned a little bit about business. If it weren't for school, my father would have planned to make me his deputy, and after a few years, he would have handed over the family business to me."

(Doing business with the Germans? Compradors?)

Lin Shangzhou had this thought in his mind. When it came to doing business with foreigners, the first thing that came to his mind was the comprador class. They were not good people...

Wang Shunyu turned around and leaned against the stove to look at Lin Shangzhou, with a hint of pride on his face.

"My father did business with the Germans and opened a factory, where the villagers worked. He also built a school for the children of the villagers to go to school..."

Wang Shunyu listed a series of good things his father had done, and he felt very proud of them.

"From what you said, your father is a very good man. He made money and never forgot to help his fellow villagers. I'm sure he is very respected in your place."

"Of course. The villagers in the factory are very grateful to my father for letting them work there. The children in the school are also very cute. Sometimes I go there as a temporary teacher. The children have good food and accommodation."

These words gave Lin Shangzhou a very good impression of Wang Shunyu's father. He should not call Mr. Wang a comprador, but a national entrepreneur.

"So you're going to prepare to inherit the family business after you return from Germany? When do you plan to return?"

Wang Shunyu nodded, then turned around and continued cutting vegetables.

"When will you return..."

"At least we have to wait until some people have made enough money. I will just follow my father in business when I go back. There is nothing else to do. I may get married in two years, start a family first, then inherit my father's business, and then start a business. It's all about starting a family and building a career."

Lin Shangzhou nodded slightly. Wang Shunyu's life has been arranged. Although it is a bit boring, it is extremely good in this era... Wait... His family is in Qingdao...

Didn’t they suffer during the German-Japanese War?

There will inevitably be a war between Japan and Germany in East Asia. Although German East Asia has a navy that can fight the IJN, its army may not be able to suppress the Chinese and Vietnamese uprisings, let alone fight Japan.

Moreover, there is not enough space to station many divisions in Qingdao. After the war between Germany and Japan breaks out, the German East Asian territories in China will be the first to suffer. At that time, it will be a bit difficult for Wang Shunyu's family business. After the Germans leave, they will have to do business with the Japanese.

Japanese…

Although the Japan in this world is not that extreme, can you expect the Japanese to do business well with entrepreneurs in occupied areas?

Anyway, Lin Shangzhou doesn't count on it.

"Don't you have anything else you want to do?"

Lin Shangzhou asked, he thought young people like Wang Shunyu should have their own ideas. Going home to inherit the family business would certainly be an easy and pleasant thing, but before that it would be better to try to do what you want to do.

"What do I want to do?"

Wang Shunyu paused, then said, "When I was a child, I read newspaper articles about scientists and followed my father to visit his German friends' homes. I saw many strange things that I had never seen in my hometown. At that time, I wanted to be a scientist, so my father sent me to school."

"But when I grew up, I found that being a scientist was not an option, especially after coming to Germany, I realized that I should inherit my family's business."

"Being a scientist and doing research costs money. Inheriting my family's business can make money. With the money, I can build more factories and let more people work in the factories and earn money. With the money they earn, they can live a better life."

After hearing his words, Lin Shangzhou felt admiration for the young man.

"Well, this is also very good. It can help people in your hometown live a good life. It's a good idea to have such an idea. I also believe that you can become a respected entrepreneur like your father in the future."

Lin Shangzhou said approvingly that he was also thinking that if he became the chancellor of Germany, the attitude of the colonies in German East Asia towards the Chinese would also change. He also planned to go to German East Asia, visit Singapore and Vietnam, and visit China.

The Chinese Super League started in 36, Germany held the 32 election, and there were still four years to go. If he had gone to China 36 years ago, he would have met Sun Chuanfang, one of the four great dead. (The remaining three were: George V who was driven to Canada by the trade unionists, Russian President Kerensky, and Italian Pius XI.)

And given his identity, Lin Shangzhou felt that he could still meet Wu Peifu, Puyi and others, and even meet Marshal Zhang... But the possibility of meeting Marshal Zhang was not great, after all, he was supported by Japan and was Hirohito's biological father.

These are all matters for the future. Lin Shangzhou thought about it for a while and then stopped thinking about it. He thought it would be more appropriate to consider it after he became the prime minister.

After mentioning his childhood ideal, Wang Shunyu thought of the scientist who came to the apartment, so he said to Lin Shangzhou: "By the way, Mr. Lin, a down-and-out scientist came to our apartment half a month ago."

After hearing the word "scientist", Lin Shangzhou became interested.

"A down-and-out scientist? Tell me about it."

Wang Shunyu continued, "His name is Harvotte Georgie, an American who traveled from the United States to France in Africa, Spain, the French Commune, and finally Germany to promote his invention."

"Heping met him fainted from hunger on the street when he went out half a month ago. Heping brought him back. Then he told us that he was a scientist. We kept him because Mr. Qiaoji knew four languages: English, German, French and Spanish. He taught German to those of us who didn't know German. In return, we let him live here."

(Knowing four languages ​​is also a talent...)

Lin Shangzhou thought to himself, but he was more interested in what the invention of this down-and-out scientist was.

"Shunyu, do you know what Mr. Qiao Ji's invention is?"

Wang Shunyu scratched his head and thought for a while before saying, "I only heard him say a few words. It seemed like something...something about an ether communicator. We don't understand that aspect so we didn't care."

(Ether communicator? What is ether?)

Wang Shunyu's words greatly aroused Lin Shangzhou's curiosity. He thought of the magic troop. Then, would the ether be related to the magic power of the magic troop?

"Shun Yu, do you know what ether is?"

Lin Shangzhou asked, and Wang Shunyu shook his head.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin, I don't really understand what ether is. If you want to know, you can ask Mr. Qiao Ji. He will definitely understand."

Lin Shangzhou nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, you said he lives in the apartment, right? Which floor does he live on? I'll go visit him now."

"Um, Mr. Lin, Mr. Qiao Ji should be out now. He won't be back until the evening."

"Okay, let's talk about it tonight."

After sitting in the kitchen for a while, Lin Shangzhou got up and went outside. He walked to Letitia to see how she was doing with her studies.

When he got closer, he saw a few imperfect finished products. He guessed that they were made by Letitia.

"Letitia, how are you doing?"

"It was a little difficult, but it's better now. I know what to do."

Letitia said to Lin Shangzhou while making mooncakes.

"You can learn slowly. There is still a lot of time."

Lin Shangzhou moved a stool from the kitchen and sat next to the girls to watch them make mooncakes.

During the chat, Letitia also learned the meaning of the Mid-Autumn Festival and mooncakes. When mentioning the meaning of the festival, Lin Shangzhou thought of his uncle in Berlin.

(I wonder if uncle knows that today is Mid-Autumn Festival?)

This should have been a holiday for family reunion, but he was separated from his only relative, and he couldn't help feeling sad.

After that, he and Letitia spent the whole afternoon in the international students' apartment. In the evening, everyone else came back one after another, including Lin Wenhua. He was very surprised to see Lin Shangzhou, who knew that he would also come to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with them.

Lin Shangzhou knew most of the students, except for a few who had always been attending the school, and he also got to know them today.

Among the thirty-one students, except Lin Wenhua, the other thirty all called him "Mr. Lin", which made him not know whether he should be happy or sad.

In the evening, the international students set up five tables of food. Letitia sat with the girls, while Lin Shangzhou, Lin Wenhua and other boys sat together.

During the meal, I don't know which generous student started it, but the group of male students toasted Lin Shangzhou one after another, each with a large glass. If he hadn't had to drive and replaced the wine with tea, Lin Shangzhou would probably have passed out from drinking.

Of course they all drank beer.

When dinner was almost over, Lin Shangzhou noticed that someone opened the door and walked in the corridor. He thought it should be Havot Jogi. He stood up and wanted to go find the down-and-out scientist, but as soon as he stood up, he was hugged by the drunk Letitia.

"Fritts....hehehe..."

After hugging Lin Shangzhou, Letitia let out a silly laugh, and then her body went limp as if she had lost consciousness. Seeing this, Lin Shangzhou hurriedly hugged her to prevent her from slipping off him and falling to the ground.

He lowered his head to look at Letitia, whose face was flushed in his arms, and frowned as he looked towards the girls' table. He saw that none of the girls were drunk, only Letitia was passed out.

Lin Shangzhou didn't know for the time being whether Letitia drank too much, or she just couldn't hold her alcohol, or those girls were causing trouble. Letitia was so dizzy, the most important thing now was to take her home.

As for the down-and-out scientist, I can only visit him again later.

After saying goodbye to the international students, Lin Shangzhou picked up Letitia like a princess, which made the girls very envious.

He carried Letitia out of the apartment and came to the car. He opened the back seat and put Letitia in, letting her lie on the back seat, but Letitia hugged Lin Shangzhou's neck with both hands so that she could not get up.

She put Lin Shangzhou's head, which she was holding tightly, into her arms and mouth and said like a drunkard: "Don't go... Fritz... I like you~hiccup~"

These words made Lin Shangzhou's heart tremble. He slowly took away Letitia's hands, stood up and stood outside the car door, looking at Letitia inside.