Conquering the world from the Kaiser's driver

With mixed feelings, he got into the driver's seat and drove back to the apartment.

After parking the car, he carried Letitia out again, carried her upstairs, carried her into the room, carried her into her room and put her on her bed.

Letitia was still saying intermittently that she liked him. Lin Shangzhou stood by the bed and looked at Letitia, who was a little disheveled, and felt itchy in his heart.

Lying on the bed, Letitia exuded a strong smell of alcohol. Her clothes revealed part of her skin because of some movements. Letitia, who was dazed and talking nonsense, was more adorable than ever. If someone wanted to do something to her, Letitia would not be able to resist at all.

Lin Shangzhou was glad that he didn't drink, otherwise he wouldn't be so indifferent now.

He walked to Letitia's feet and helped her take off her shoes and socks. Then he looked at the girl's delicate feet and gently tickled her soles with his hands. The itchiness of her soles made Letitia grumble a few times and quickly pulled her feet back.

Seeing this, Lin Shangzhou stood up with a smile, walked out of Letitia's room and gently closed the door.

He went to the living room and poured himself a glass of water, feeling very grateful.

(Luckily I didn’t drink, otherwise who knows what I would have done)

After drinking a large glass of water, Lin Shangzhou returned to his room and started typing. His second book has been published, and he is planning his third book.

Money had to be made, and his books were selling well, earning him tens of thousands of marks so far.

After typing a few words, he took a break.

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Chapter 98 Awkward Morning

The next morning, with a hangover headache, Letitia opened her eyes. She rubbed her swollen head and sat up from the bed. She looked around her room in a daze. After her eyes were fully focused and she saw the scene around her clearly, she hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Am I home?"

Then Letitia began to think back to what happened last night, and as her head began to ache, her memory gradually became clearer.

She remembered that she followed Lin Shangzhou to the place where the group of Chinese students lived. There she learned how to make mooncakes from those Chinese girls and had dinner with them in the evening. During the meal, at the instigation of those girls, she accidentally drank a little more beer and then got drunk.

Letitia couldn't remember clearly what happened after she got drunk, but she could still recall some fragments of memory.

She threw herself on Lin Shangzhou and hugged him tightly, and said "I like him" after he put her in the back seat of the car and put her on the bed.

After thinking about this, Letitia's face immediately turned red to her ears. She covered her cheeks with her hands and twisted around on the bed in shame.

“Ahhhhh…what on earth did I say…”

Thinking that she and Lin Shangzhou would end up alone in a room, Letitia was so embarrassed that she covered her head with the quilt and rolled around on the bed, and she almost rolled off the bed.

She put one foot on the floor, and the cool floor made her much more sober. Only then did Letitia notice that she was wearing clothes.

She put on the slippers that were placed beside the bed and stood on the floor examining her body.

There was nothing unusual except that her clothes were a little messy, which indicated that Lin Shangzhou did not do anything to her last night.

Thinking of this, Letitia felt a little lost inexplicably, but she was more at a loss. After drinking yesterday, she confessed to Lin Shangzhou, and she didn't know how to face him today.

Letitia looked at the door in front of her, hesitating whether to open it and go out. She sat back on the bed, covered her face with her hands, and shook her calves in distress.

Although she was very hesitant, she stood up after a few minutes and walked to the door to open it. It was not because she had thought it through but because she wanted to go to the bathroom.

After opening the door and walking out of the room, Letitia went to the bathroom. When she passed the living room, she saw Lin Shangzhou sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper, so she hurriedly quickened her pace. Naturally, Lin Shangzhou heard her footsteps.

He turned to Letitia, who was quickening her pace to leave, and said, "You're awake. How are you? Are you feeling well?"

Letitia froze in place. She shook her head mechanically and then walked quickly to the toilet.

Lin Shangzhou sighed slightly and turned his head to continue reading his newspaper.

A few minutes later, Letitia came out of the bathroom. She came to the living room and stood two meters away from the sofa, hesitating whether to move forward. While she was hesitating, Lin Shangzhou looked up at the clock on the wall, then stood up and turned to her and said, "Since you fainted like that last night, I will grant you a day of paid leave today. You should have a good rest at home. I will come back to cook for you at noon, or you can go out to eat by yourself."

After he finished speaking, he crossed his arms and chuckled, saying, "Letitia, you hugged me last night and told me that you loved me. Was that drunken nonsense, or was it your true feelings?"

Being teased by Lin Shangzhou, Letitia's face turned red again, and she stammered: "That... um... Fritz... you..."

Letitia stuttered and couldn't speak. She awkwardly covered her face with her hands, which was red all the way to her ears because of shyness. After a few seconds of silence, she put her hands down, closed her eyes and said loudly to Lin Shangzhou: "Just think of me as talking nonsense when I was drunk!"

After saying that, she ran towards her room, and because she was so anxious, she even bumped into the door.

Lin Shangzhou stood there looking at the tightly closed door of Letitia's room. He tried hard not to laugh. After suppressing his smile, he walked to the door, changed his shoes and prepared to go out.

After walking out of the apartment and getting into the car, Lin Shangzhou did not go to the office of the Labor and Social Affairs Department. Instead, he went to the apartment for international students.

It doesn't matter whether he goes to work or not, no one will check on him anyway. Today he is going to visit Harvot George, he wants to know what the "ether communicator" invented by this down-and-out scientist is.

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Chapter 99: The Destitute Scientist

Lin Shangzhou drove to the apartment where the international students lived. He got out of the car, walked to the door and knocked. After a while, the door was opened and it was Tang Heping who opened it.

Tang Heping looked at Lin Shangzhou in front of him in surprise. He couldn't understand why Lin Shangzhou came to them so early in the morning, but he also thought of a possibility.

"Mr. Lin, did you forget something here?"

He asked. This was the only possibility Tang Heping could think of.

Lin Shangzhou shook his head slightly and said, "I didn't forget anything. I came here to visit Mr. Harvot Qiaoji who lives here with you."

"Havot Georgie? You mean the scientist?"

"Well, is he here now?"

"Yes, yes, he hasn't left yet."

Tang Heping nodded repeatedly and took a step back to invite Lin Shangzhou into the apartment.

"Mr. Lin, Mr. Qiao Ji lives in a small room on the top floor. Please come with me and I will take you to find him."

"It's troublesome."

Lin Shangzhou followed him up the stairs. The apartment for international students had four floors, just like Wolfgang's apartment, but the rooms on each floor were larger than those in Wolfgang's apartment.

He followed Tang Heping to the small room on the top floor. It was indeed a small room. It seemed that it was an attic before anyone lived there.

Tang Heping walked up and knocked on the door, and it opened after a dozen seconds.

The person who opened the door was a thin young man wearing glasses and looking like a scholar. He had dark circles under his eyes and looked listless. He didn't look like a scientist at all.

(Is he Harvot Jogi?)

Lin Shangzhou stood behind Tang Heping and looked at the young man who opened the door. The down-and-out scientist indeed looked down-and-out. He could understand that a scientist had dark circles under his eyes, but such a listless spirit was totally unlike that of a scientist.

"Is there a problem?"

Harvot spoke weakly to Tang Heping. He looked up at Lin Shangzhou, who was a head taller than Tang Heping. He was stunned when he saw Lin Shangzhou's face.

Tang Heping said proudly to Harvot: "Mr. Qiao Ji, the person behind me is a member of the Strasbourg City Council, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Mr. Lin... uh... Fritz Hipper."

"He came to visit us today specially for you."

Harvot looked at Lin Shangzhou in a daze. He didn't understand why this government official came to visit him, but Harvot knew that now was not the time to dwell on these things. He hurriedly opened the door and invited Lin Shangzhou into his room.

"Mr. Hipper, please come in."

Lin Shangzhou patted Tang Heping on the shoulder to signal him that he could leave, then walked into Havot's small room.

After he walked into the room, he observed the things in it. The room was indeed a converted attic. On one side was a small bed that was just big enough for one person to sleep. Near the window was a blackboard with various words and formulas written on it. Next to the blackboard was a small table with some instruments on it that he didn't know what they were used for.

From this perspective, this Harvot Jogi does have something of a scientist vibe to him.

Harvot brought a stool to Lin Shangzhou and asked him to sit down. Lin Shangzhou thanked him and sat on the stool. At this time, he found that this stool was the only one in the room.

Harvot stood in front of Lin Shangzhou and asked uncomfortably. He made it seem as if he was the guest and Lin Shangzhou was the host.

"Excuse me, is there anything that Councillor Hipper wants to visit me about?"

"I heard from Shunyu that they have a scientist here, so I wanted to visit you."

Lin Shangzhou said to him, then he stood up, walked past Harvot and came to the small table to observe the instruments on it. After observing for a while and unable to make out anything, Lin Shangzhou turned his head to look at the blackboard beside him and walked over. He could understand the words on the blackboard, something about ether and so on, but he could not understand the symbols and formulas.

Lin Shangzhou walked to the window and looked at the scenery outside, then turned to Harvotte and said, "Shunyu said you came from the United States, passed through the French Republic, Spain, the French Commune, and finally came to Germany."

"Ah."

Harvotte nodded.

"Then can you tell me why you came all the way from the United States to Germany? Shunyu said you came to promote your invention, and I also hope you can tell me what your invention is."

Seeing that Lin Shangzhou was interested in his invention, Havot's eyes immediately lit up and he became excited.

"Um...that..."

"No hurry, why don't you sit on your bed and talk to me. I have a feeling that we're going to talk for a while."

As Lin Shangzhou spoke, he tilted his head and motioned for Harvot to sit on his bed. Harvot nodded and sat down. Lin Shangzhou walked to the stool he had just sat on, moved the stool with his feet, and then sat on it.

After calming down, Harvot said to Lin Shangzhou: "Mr. Hipper..."

"Just call me Fritz. I respect researchers very much. You don't have to be so respectful."

Lin Shangzhou gave him a kind smile. Harvotte nodded and changed the subject: "Mr. Fritz, I was conducting research on ether elements in the United States..."

(Ether element?)

Hearing this word again, Lin Shangzhou became even more curious about it. He was curious about what the ether element was.

"I made a breakthrough in my research half a year ago. I believe my research can definitely change the world!"

Harvot stood up excitedly, then he realized that he was overly emotional, scratched his head awkwardly, and sat down again.

"Sorry, I was so excited."

"It's okay. I understand. This is very normal for researchers."

Lin Shangzhou said to him with great understanding.

After coughing twice, Harvot continued, "I invented the 'Ether Communicator', which is a product similar to a telephone that uses the ether element for communication."

"But the Ethernet communicator is not restricted by telephone lines, and does not require the trouble of operators to transfer. It can complete the communication only through Ethernet, which is much more convenient than the telephone."

After saying this, Harvot's expression became much worse and his mood became a little depressed.

"But after I made a breakthrough in my research, I ran into trouble because I didn't have enough money to carry out further research. So I decided to go to various countries to promote my invention, hoping to get investment."

"I tried in the United States, but no one wanted to invest in my product. Then I went to the French Republic, but I ran into obstacles there. Then I went to Spain, but no one wanted to invest there. I also went to the French Commune, but no one wanted to invest there either. Finally, I came to Germany, hoping to find investors there."

"But I had very little money after entering Germany. I was even more penniless when I arrived in Strasbourg. I fainted from hunger on the street. It was the Chinese students here who saved my life."

Lin Shangzhou crossed his legs and looked at Havot. He now had a skeptical attitude towards Havot's products. He was indeed a talent as he had run into obstacles in four countries: the United States, illegal, Spain, and the Commune.

Either his invention is a waste of money and a bottomless pit that requires long-term investment to bear fruit, or he is just talking nonsense. Only these two results can explain why he keeps hitting a wall.

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Chapter 100 Ether Element

Lin Shangzhou looked up at Harvot and asked, "Harvot, can you tell me why no one is willing to invest in your invention? Is it too expensive?"

"Um... it's about like this..."

Harvot's enthusiasm suddenly faded a lot, and he nodded disappointedly.

"It's expensive, but the titanium used in the study of ether is strictly controlled by the government and is difficult to obtain. Even if you get some titanium, it's low-purity with a lot of impurities. It's completely industrial waste and has almost no value in use."

"titanium?"

Lin Shangzhou looked at him in confusion. Why did he mention the metal "titanium"? In his impression, shouldn't titanium be used around the 21st century? (ps: Titanium was discovered in the 19th century, and it was not really used on a large scale until after World War II)

How come this metal is available now? It's only 1930.

(Could it be related to the ether element?)

This thought popped up in his mind. After all, this world is very different from OTL. The early use of titanium may be related to the ether element.

"Havot, can you tell me what the ether element is?"

Lin Shangzhou asked. Although he believed that the ether element was not a field of knowledge that ordinary people could access, when he asked this, he felt the same embarrassment as when he asked Cecilia what the magic force was.

Wouldn't it be embarrassing if it was common sense like the magic army...

When Harvot heard that Lin Shangzhou wanted him to teach him about the knowledge related to the ether element, he instantly became energetic and nodded without hesitation.

"of course can."

Seeing Havot like this, Lin Shangzhou felt relieved. It seemed that the ether element was not just common knowledge.