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Chapter 373 To the Frenchman's Dismissal (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
The navy can afford the tuition, not because the navy is rich, but because of...well, the friendly sponsorship from Argentina.

That sponsorship was not much, just over [-] million silver pesos.But it is also the real money contributed by the Argentines with sincerity.

When the two of them met for the first time that day, the reason why Li Xuelin was so happy was because of this huge sum of money.

Although this huge sum of money still exists at the bottom of the river, navy divers have already started salvage work.But in just two days, millions of silver pesos have been salvaged.

Those silver pesos in the box are all white silver!Besides, there are a lot of gold coins!Soon the money will be deposited into South China Bank, and then 40% of it will go into the special account for naval construction.

The money itself was used to build the navy and expand maritime armaments.The wealthy navy not only has money to build warships, but also has money to pay for tuition.

Thanks Argentina!
Without Argentina, there would be no future for the South China Navy.

However, the Nanhua Navy has no chance to say thank you at all. After all, as a country, Argentina no longer exists.

Argentina may have perished, but its aftermath has not disappeared. As Nanhua's most important ally in this war, the French Empire performed extremely competently. They not only invented the name "South China's war against Argentina Offensive is not an invasion, it is the inability of civilized people to sit idly by barbarism, what did the Argentines do? They massacred soldiers who surrendered, they raped women, they killed children, and no one with an ounce of conscience would tolerate such atrocities... Nanhua's expedition is in the name of justice, in the name of God!"

It doesn't matter whether the Nanhua people believe in God or not. The important thing is that France, a big country, stands on Nanhua's side so directly, which is of great benefit to Nanhua.

Especially after the fall of the Argentine capital, France also immediately expressed support for any adjustment plan made by Nanhua to the territory of Buenos Aires Province. In other words, France supports Nanhua's occupation of Argentina. In the official French context, Argentina has disappeared, and there are only provinces left, each of which is waiting for Nanhua to occupy and annex them, that's all.

Regarding all this, the UK unexpectedly remained semi-silent. They just routinely answered the reporter's questions-we call for peace!I call on all parties to exercise restraint. Argentina exists as a country for its historical reasons...the last of these is one sentence-Argentina was abandoned by the United Kingdom.

Why did the imperialist powers unexpectedly maintain such unity? To put it bluntly, they have their own intentions.

"French army and navy tour group arrives in Nanhua!"

At the end of 1869, the iron-clad ship "Saint Joan of Arc" of the French Navy sailed into Nanhua Port. Although her arrival was not to stand in line for Nanhua, the newspapers in Nanhua still reported them as soon as they arrived. The news spread widely.

The reason why they want to tell the whole world with such fanfare is that on the one hand, it is to tell other countries that France is on the side of Nanhua, and on the other hand, it is to tell the relevant countries that the French are coming.

Why do the French come here?
I know everything!

They're here to ask for a paycheck!In the midst of the war, France has always supported Nanhua to come to ask for payment.

On the same day, amidst the music of the military band, the visiting group composed of more than a dozen army and navy officers felt an unprecedented impact the moment they set foot on Nanhua.

In front of a long car without horses, Major Wang Yunxin, a naval officer who just graduated from a French naval academy last year, made an invitation gesture to the open door.

"Sirs, please get in the car!"

"what car is this?"

Major Courbet of the navy looked at the green car in surprise,

"Major Courbet, watch your manners!"

General Michel, who was the head of the visiting regiment and was a cavalryman, reprimanded him,

"Yes, sir, I was just curious."

Major Courbet's answer made Michel slightly nodded. This time the army and navy tour group came to Nanhua was led by the army. As for the navy, in his opinion, it was just accompanying them.

Facing the dominance of the army, Major Courbet had no choice but to compromise. He was just a small major, and he was already the highest-ranking naval officer in the visiting group.

But he will definitely become a general one day. In another world, his other name is familiar to Chinese people—Gu Ba, um, it is the commander of the French Far East Navy who wiped out the Nanyang Navy in the Mawei naval battle, and later died in The one from Taiwan.

Now Courbet is just a major, and a few colleagues look very different among a group of army officers wearing red trousers.

Touching his mustache and looking at this strange-looking horseless cart, General Michel asked curiously.

"Major, what kind of car is this?"

"General, this is a car! Please get in the car!"

Major Wang Yunxin's tone seemed a little smug. This bus was transformed from a Jiefang truck. There are only two in Nanhua. In fact, there are only eleven cars in the world, all of which are from Nanyuan Locomotive Company. manufacture.

And this passenger car modified with the chassis of Jiefang A-type truck has five rows of seats and can carry 15 passengers. personal.

In fact, this bus was designed and modified under Zhu Xianhai's behest, mainly to increase the diversity of vehicle types.

Transforming cars with trucks is nothing new at all. In another world, for decades, all the cars and buses in Huaxia had only one model—the old Jiefang truck.

Now the reason for using this unique bus in the world to meet this group of French people.

Zhu Xianhai has his own considerations.To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than wanting to leave an extremely deep impression on the French. In fact, to put it bluntly, the so-called impression is a blow.

In order for the French to realize how backward they are, it's a slap in the face!

These French people came to Nanhua. Although they wanted to buy airships from Nanhua, they, like all Europeans, had the arrogance and pride unique to Europeans in this era.

Why are they so proud?It is simply because they think they are a civilized country, and they have just completed the industrial revolution, relying on their strong national strength, they always face other countries with arrogance.

Now, what Nam Hwa needs is to wipe out their mentality from the very beginning.

What is a car?

In curiosity, everyone forgot the narrowness of the carriage. After they entered the carriage one by one, the French sitting on the seats all looked at the carriage curiously. .

The hard seat is not comfortable to sit on at all.There was even an indescribable smell in the car, and the roar of something like a machine in the car was louder.

In terms of riding environment, it is definitely not as good as a carriage, let alone a high-end carriage.

"What's this smell? It smells worse than horse stink..."

General Michel couldn't help nagging in his heart.He even felt that he was being slighted by Nan Hua.

That is, when he was unhappy, the driver asked.

"Sir, are we ready to go?"

"lets go!"

As soon as Wang Yunxin finished speaking, the driver stepped on the clutch, shifted into first gear, and the car drove away!
"Where are the horses? No horses!"

General Michel's eyes widened immediately. Standing up abruptly, he turned his head and looked in front of the car. Through the window, he could clearly see that there were no horses in front of the car.

"Yes, is it a steam engine?"

Major Kuber stood up, as did the others.

"Certainly not, I didn't see the chimney!"

There is no chimney, no boiler, no scorching heat waves, but without these, there is no steam engine, but if there is no steam engine, how does this car move?

How does it move?
From the general to the major, these elites of the French Empire were stunned, they looked at the moving scene outside the car window without knowing why.

Their expressions were full of doubts, and they all looked left and right trying to find the steam engine.Because they heard the roar of the machine.

It must be some kind of robot car!
Whether it is an army officer or a naval officer, they all regard them as highly educated French elites. Naturally, it is very clear that this car must be driven by some kind of machine, but what kind of machine will it be?

As the driver shifted to the second gear and began to accelerate, those Frenchmen who were curiously looking for the machine turned their eyes to the outside of the car.

After driving out of the port, the car was speeding in the midday sun, passing by patches of tree shadows and fields, and the motionless sky receding rapidly.

How does this car move?
They didn't know the answer, but what surprised them was how fast the car was.

"It doesn't look as slow as a train!"

"It seems to be faster than the train. It wasn't long before we got on the train. In such a short time, the train can't reach the current speed!"

Seeing the astonished expressions of those Frenchmen, Wang Yunxin felt extremely proud. When he was in France, he had witnessed the arrogance of the French more than once, but what about now?

There was no trace of arrogance on their faces.All that was left was a stunned look full of doubts.Now these people are stunned by this unheard of and unseen car.

"Major, major, what propels this car?"

Facing the questions of these French people, Wang Yunxin did not give an answer in the first time, being curious, let them continue to be curious first.

Otherwise, how can it be said that it is a sham power?
(End of this chapter)