Chapter 44: A big gift sent in advance

The Victoria Crown Hall on the second floor of the west wing of the main building of the Government House, with Gothic pointed arches and oriental flying eaves mixed, fully highlighting the temperament of Xiangjiang Island.

Lin Ran walked into the banquet hall at the invitation of the Governor, staring at the portrait oil painting on the wall.

The Governor introduced with a smile: "Professor Lin, this is a portrait of the coronation of George VI presented to the Government House by the Prince of Wales in 1911, and the frame is made of Chaozhou gold lacquer wood carving."

The other party's Mandarin is not standard, but the vocabulary is quite complete, Lin Ran thought, but the other party doesn't know how many times he has entertained here, these are just basic vocabulary for him.

"George VI is indeed imposing." Lin Ran complimented.

He doesn't know much history, but he also remembers Louis XVI.

Lin Ran is very afraid that the other party will say, His Royal Highness George VI was beheaded and died, this kind of black humor unique to the old Chinese in the future.

"George VI is the father of the current Queen, who served in the English Air Force."

India Jharkhand special white marble spliced out rose patterns, stepped under their feet, and the seams are embedded with pure tin lines extracted from Malaysian tin mines.

The Victorian late copper-gilt branch chandelier hanging on the ceiling was originally a gas lamp before it was changed to an electric lamp in 1948, and the etching inscription "LancashireGasCo. 1889" can still be seen on the glass lampshade.

The cloisonné Western-style palace lantern standing in the corner was presented by Empress Dowager Cixi to Governor Blake in 1902.

(The above specific details are from "Government House Reception Records")

Even if Lin Ran doesn't know that these materials come from all over the world, it doesn't prevent him from feeling England's huge colonial accumulation in the past.

Turning to think of 2020, America is the same, he feels that not doing something is not smooth inside.

Fortunately, what he is going to do this time is a big thing, a big thing in the true sense.

The big thing he is going to do this time is a big thing in the true sense, which will completely change all patterns in the future.

The entire space-time line will be messed up by him.

In the 2020 space-time, countless science fiction works have told everyone the power of the butterfly effect; your random actions may profoundly change the future timeline.

At the same time, in the online novels of Jianzhong, there is a saying of causality convergence; no matter how much the traverser or reborn person does, it will finally be converged to a reasonable range.

Lin Ran doesn't know which theory is correct, and he can't judge.

However, regardless of whether it will cause a butterfly effect, Lin Ran deeply knows that he cannot do nothing when coming to 1960. Since he has to do something anyway, and has to affect the timeline of this space-time, why not just do it bigger and affect it more violently?

Lin Ran has always held this purpose before coming to Xiangjiang.

The main purpose of establishing contact with Cultural Huaguo is to leave a spark for Cultural Huaguo to contact Western science.

The purpose of coming to this place in Xiangjiang is to bring a gift of the era to the ship merchants of this era in Xiangjiang.

The Xu Aizhou and Dong Haoyun mentioned earlier are the ship kings of this era.

Xu Aizhou's grandson is named Xu Jinheng, who married Li Jiaxin.

Dong Haoyun's son is even more famous, he is the famous Mr. Dong.

The future world ship king Pao Yue-kong is just a small character with a few ships at this time and cannot enter the door of the Government House.

Lin Ran wants to send them a gift in advance that establishes that sea power is greater than land power.

The appearance of this gift will bring about changes in the global pattern.

The Rust Belt will appear at least twenty years in advance, and economic globalization within the American system will officially begin today.

He can increase America's strength at NASA, but the significant reduction in shipping costs will cause the crocodiles on Wall Street to actively hollow out America.

This is the earth-shaking change in the true sense.

"......

Snow stains ten thousand thousand lights, bell sounds shape Buddha niches

This trip to the dust-covered banquet

How can I not see the change of the red face, the brilliance of the past in the cave paintings

But woke up to watch from the sidelines"

After Gu Zhengqiu, who was specially invited, sang a song, the guests present applauded thunderously, and Lin Ran also applauded gently.

"Next, let us invite Sir Robert Black to represent Queen Victoria to award the British Empire Medal to Professor Lin, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of mathematics."

For a time, applause thundered, and guests in suits and shoes and exquisite makeup smiled.

Li Huiling sat next to her father Li Fushu, clapping hard in excitement, making her hands red.

Li Fushu's status is absolutely capable of attending this occasion; he is a three-material member of Xiangjiang's Municipal, Legislative, and Executive Councils, unique in Xiangjiang's history.

He was also applauding slightly, inwardly pondering that the rumors might indeed have some truth.

At Li Fushu's level, he has been able to get some news from London, and his rumors are not the rumors on the street.

He could tell at a glance that Lin Ran was wearing a custom-made suit from the London tailor master Savile Row, the favorite of the Morgan family founder, old Morgan.

In Li Fushu's view, this is evidence that the other party has a deep relationship with the Morgan family; the Bank of East Asia is certainly famous, but compared with Morgan, it is like the gap between Xiangjiang and America.

"You remember to perform well, if you can get Professor Lin's favor, I won't arrange a marriage for you." Li Fushu whispered in his daughter's ear.

After the award ceremony, the banquet officially began, and the host and guest were happy for a time.

"Professor Lin, I am Li Fushu, Chairman of the Bank of East Asia, this is my daughter Li Huiling, she is your fan, she insisted that I bring her to see you."

Among the guests present, Li Fushu can be considered the first batch to see Lin Ran.

Lin Ran looked at the other party and retrieved information about the Bank of East Asia in his mind. The other party can stand firm in Xiangjiang, it is estimated that there is some ability. No matter what, making a good relationship will never be wrong. In addition, Li Huiling also has some beauty.

"Mr. Li, hello, Ms. Li, hello." Lin Ran shook hands with the two respectively.

When shaking hands with Li Huiling, Lin Ran could feel the other party obviously pinching his hand hard.

"Professor Lin, the Governor really values you." Li Guofu said.

Lin Ran took out the British Empire Medal from his pocket and signaled: "Of course."

In order to show his identity as a local snake, Li Guofu explained: "Not just the medal."

He tapped the table lightly:

"The detachable mahogany and mother-of-pearl inlaid long table in the Victoria Crown Hall was custom-made by Jardine Matheson in 1860 and can be assembled into a 36-person U-shape or a 72-person E-shape depending on the number of guests.

But today, to welcome Professor Lin, considering your fondness for traditional Cultural Huaguo culture, it has been arranged into a Taiji Bagua shape for the first time."

Lin Ran rubbed the mahogany long table with his hand, saying: "Thank you, Governor, I have deeply felt the enthusiasm of the Xiangjiang people this time in Xiangjiang.

Xiangjiang is a good place, I hope to come more often in the future."

It's a pity that Lin Ran knows very well that it is estimated that he won't be able to come next year, so he must handle all matters in one go this time. ===== CHAPTER 45 =====