Expedition to Europe

It sounds incredible that the car the president rides in can break down, but it is actually normal.

The current Republic of China has a very poor industrial base, even worse than the Qing Empire. It cannot even be self-sufficient in weapons and ammunition, let alone cars, which are "high-end" and full of high-tech content.

In the past history, it was not until 1931 that the Republic of China produced its first car.

It is not accurate to say that it was produced, it should be said that it was assembled.

At that time, the car was called "Minsheng" brand, all the parts were imported, and it was just assembled in the Republic of China.

Well, it is worth mentioning that the car was built under the auspices of Zhang Hanqing.

In 1920, not to mention making cars in the Republic of China, not many people had seen cars.

Speaking of cars, Qin Zhiyuan seemed to have some impression: "I remember that President Xu's car was given by our Lan Fang. It's so unusable?"

Qin Zhiyuan felt a little strange.

The car Xu Shichang was riding in was indeed donated by Lan Fang. Qin Zhiyuan remembered that he seemed to have read a report submitted by Tang Xinzhi, which seemed to say that two cars were donated to the Presidential Palace for the use of the President and the Prime Minister.

If this is the case, then it shouldn't be. If Lan Fang wants to donate cars to the Republic of China government, it must be good. Although the cars produced by Lan Fang are not perfect, they will not break down easily. As long as the driver maintains them carefully, Lan Fang's cars are still very useful.

"This... is indeed donated by us, but Tang Xinzhi cheated and kept the two Wuzhui we sent for use in the embassy, ​​and then gave the car used by the embassy to the Presidential Palace." Gao Hongshi said hesitantly. This kind of thing really can't be said.

"Nonsense! We just need those two cars? Where is Tang Xinzhi? Let him come." Although Xu Shichang was not in front of him, Qin Zhiyuan still felt embarrassed. Since it was a car given to the President and Prime Minister, he gave him two broken ones. It's really embarrassing for this person.

"Your Majesty, I am innocent..." Tang Xinzhi cried and cried.

King Qin Zhiyuan came to visit, and Tang Xinzhi, as the Lanfang ambassador to the Republic of China, must go to the dock to greet him, and he must be with Qin Zhiyuan, ready to help Qin Zhiyuan solve his problems at any time.

"You still have the face to cry? You have lost all the face of our Lanfang." Qin Zhiyuan was really angry. If it weren't in front of so many people, he would really turn into a hair dryer.

"Your Majesty, the car was not given by us. They borrowed it and didn't return it. They just refused to return it." Tang Xinzhi still cried and cried, and the reason he said was a bit absurd.

"Refused?" Qin Zhiyuan felt unbelievable.

Tang Xinzhi naturally didn't dare to hide it, and told the whole story.

I still remember that when Tang Xinzhi came to the Republic of China, he brought more than a dozen vehicles of all sizes, which really opened the eyes of the Kanye men under the feet of the emperor in Beijing, and then the reputation of the "rich" Lanfang Embassy spread like wildfire.

After Tang Xinzhi settled down in the capital, troubles of all sizes came one after another, and the first one to be affected was borrowing a car.

It sounds a bit funny, doesn't it? In fact, it is like this. Remember last year after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, those young people in the Republic of China who were arrested by the police and put in prison had no cars to get out of prison, so the chief of police could not mediate in person. In the end, they had to borrow a few cars from the Lanfang Embassy to send those "big guys" away.

Then these cars became meat buns for beating dogs, and they were gone forever.

Tang Xinzhi spent a lot of time and effort on this, but he didn't get the car back after all. In the end, Tang Xinzhi was forced to give the car to the government of the Republic of China, and then applied for two official cars.

This is how the two "black horses" came about.

After listening to Tang Xinzhi's explanation, Qin Zhiyuan was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry, and at the same time, he couldn't help feeling sad.

Before Qin Zhiyuan could find a way to remedy the situation, the convoy restarted, and it seemed that the broken-down car had been repaired.

Then continue on the road.

"It seems that the life of the president of the Republic of China is not easy." In the car, Julie was still confused.

Even a smart person like Julie could not understand why a president would be so miserable.

"It's not that it's not easy, it's very hard." Qin Zhiyuan said it like a tongue twister, and Julie's expression became even more confused.

"The politics of the Republic of China is more complicated than that of France. President Xu can ascend to the position of president. This is the product of compromise between various power groups, not because President Xu is very capable..." Qin Zhiyuan explained casually, but immediately found something wrong, so he went deeper: "As of now, President Xu is still qualified as a president, but it's a pity that President Xu has no power in his hands. He is just a puppet pushed to the front by all parties. This is also the sadness of President Xu."

The Chinese are indeed talented. Anyone can do a good job as president. Perhaps it is because there are too many smart people that there are so many disputes.

Qin Zhiyuan was right. Perhaps in the eyes of old Renault, French politics is a hodgepodge, which has reached the extreme. But in Qin Zhiyuan's view, French politics is not bad, at least there is still a thread to follow, while the politics of the Republic of China is a pot of mushy noodles, which is already a mess.

"It's terrible, we Lan Fang can't be like this." Julie thought about France changing four prime ministers in a year, and she felt the same way.

Four prime ministers in one year happened in 1917, the second year after Qin Zhiyuan arrived in Europe. The four were Aristide Briand, Alexandre Ribeau, Paul Painlevé, and the last "tiger" Georges Clemenceau.

"It's not much better. Our Lanfang has been established for less than two years, and we already have two prime ministers..." Qin Zhiyuan was shocked to realize that the world is full of crows.

"Puff, you are such a failure as a king." Julie took Qin De's fat paw and wanted to embarrass him.

Indeed, with one prime minister a year, Qin Zhiyuan is not a very good king.

A journey of more than 100 kilometers, it takes only two hours at full speed.

The Beiyang government still attaches great importance to Qin Zhiyuan's visit. It seems that the roads along the way have been renovated, otherwise it would take longer.

There are no highways or expressways in those days. The road connecting Tianjinwei and the capital is still a dirt road, which is the kind of "mud on rainy days and dirt on sunny days".

However, from Qin Zhiyuan's observation, it was not as bad as the rumors said. At least the convoy did not cause a lot of dust when it drove past.

The original text can be found in the Six # 9 @Books/Bar!

At a little after eleven o'clock, Qin Zhiyuan finally saw the legendary Beijing City Wall. Qin Zhiyuan had read countless descriptions of how majestic, spectacular, and full of cultural landscapes the Beijing City Wall was.

But now seeing it with his own eyes, he was really disappointed.

To put it nicely, it is a city wall, and to put it bluntly, it is just a big earthen enclosure. Looking around, many places have collapsed. The bricks were probably taken away by people near the city wall to build houses. The rammed earth inside the city wall was exposed. You can even see small trees growing in the cracks of the bricks, full of the smell of decay and oldness.

No wonder the PLA had to be demolished later. If it was in Lan Fang, it would also have to be demolished.

Qin Zhiyuan couldn't help but complain.

Only when passing by the Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower did Qin Zhiyuan feel a sense of historical vicissitudes. In fact, the feeling was not very strong. The Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower was burned down during the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. The current one was newly built later. Three years ago, in order to improve the traffic between the inner and outer cities, the Beiyang government commissioned the German Rothkegel to rebuild the Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower, added some buildings, and then demolished some buildings, making it a bit out of place. Qin Zhiyuan saw it and felt that it was similar to visiting a film and television city in later generations.

Of course, this is just Qin Zhiyuan's feeling. For Julie, everything in the capital is new.

"Oh my God, this is the capital? Such a high city wall! Why build a house on the city wall? To save land? Oh, the people here are so cute, I recognize this, this is called a sugar man..." Ever since entering the capital, Julie's mouth has never stopped, blah blah blah, talking to herself, throwing Qin De to Qin Zhiyuan.

Qin Zhiyuan didn't feel much novelty about "coming to a noble place for the first time". He hugged Qin De and interacted intimately, and didn't care much about the scenery outside the car window.

"Oh, is this the Forbidden City? Can we go in and take a look? Look, there are still people on the city wall. Their clothes are so strange. They seem to be looking at us..." Julie made another new discovery.

Forbidden City.

Qin Zhiyuan subconsciously raised his head, and in front of him was indeed the former Forbidden City.

It was still different from the Forbidden City in the 21st century. The biggest difference was that there was no familiar head behind the Jinshui River, no familiar slogans on both sides, and no Monument to the People's Heroes on the square in front of the Forbidden City. There were only messy trees and military police on duty.

Well, the biggest difference between the current Tiananmen Square and the 21st century is that there are not so many people, and there are no flower beds everywhere. There are many tall trees, but it doesn't look "high-end" at all, just like the community square where a group of old ladies dance in the 21st century.

Qin Zhiyuan just glanced and stopped paying attention to Tiananmen Square, but focused on the Forbidden City.

No, now it is not called the Forbidden City, but the "Forbidden City".

If Qin Zhiyuan remembered correctly, the last emperor still lived in the Forbidden City, not only enjoying the special allowance provided by the Beiyang government, but also dreaming of restoring the "Kangxi and Qianlong prosperity", and at the same time trying to smuggle the national treasures in the Forbidden City and turn them into his own private property.

Worm?

This word is not enough to express Qin Zhiyuan's disgust.

"Tomorrow, if there is nothing to do tomorrow, let's take a look. Maybe you can see a certain emperor and take a photo with him. That is a real emperor, although it is a former emperor." Qin Zhiyuan did not respect the emperor. From the tone, it felt like going to a zoo.

Well, in Qin Zhiyuan's mind, there is a zoo.