Expedition to Europe

When meeting Colonel Bruno Abel Garcia, surprisingly, Qin Zhiyuan also met Bastien whom he had not seen for a long time. See, what is called "a day without seeing each other feels like a long time apart". Qin Zhiyuan and Bastien have not seen each other for only a week, but it feels like half a lifetime.

Bastien still has a bandage on his chest, but he can't wait to come to work, and his rank has been promoted from major to colonel. It seems that the batch of gold has benefited many people.

Bastien was very happy to see Qin Zhiyuan. Not only did he personally make a cup of coffee for Qin Zhiyuan, but he also held Qin Zhiyuan's arm and talked happily.

Qin Zhiyuan was also very happy to see Bastien. There were too many people in the office and the chat was not enough. Qin Zhiyuan saw that it was almost noon, so he invited Bastien and Bruno to have dinner. Everyone ate and talked, so as to deepen their feelings.

"Summer Midnight" restaurant is a high-end restaurant located in the center of Amiens. It was once included in the "Michelin Red Guide". If Michelin starts to use stars to indicate the excellence of restaurants in ten years, it can at least be rated as a second-level restaurant.

In a corner of the restaurant, Qin Zhiyuan, Bastien and Bruno were chatting and laughing, and there was a violin quartet next to them to accompany them. The environment was elegant and the atmosphere was good.

"Bati, you don't know, the British guy was standing in front of me at the time, and then he said to me arrogantly, 'It seems that you don't need our help', uh... My God, I almost punched him in the face and made him cry for his mother." Qin Zhiyuan described the British lieutenant colonel with an exaggerated expression. This is the tradition of the French, eating delicious food, scolding the British, and beating the Germans.

"Hahaha... I wasn't there. If I were there, I would definitely give him a taste of color." Strictly speaking, Qin Zhiyuan saved Bastien's life. Bastien would cooperate with Qin Zhiyuan's jokes, even if they were not so funny.

"Haha... the British, they are really not likable." Bruno is a man of few words. He is very cautious and does not easily express his opinions.

This made Qin Zhiyuan a little regretful. He should have brought Ge Lifu with him. These two taciturn people might have a common language together. Unfortunately, Qin Zhiyuan brought Gao Hongshi and Huang Fugui. These two tasteless people are now asking the restaurant waiter for chopsticks.

Poor thing, before the workers arrived in France, there were no Chinese settled in France, nor Chinese tourists. Looking for chopsticks in a restaurant in Amiens, Gao Hongshi and Huang Fugui were destined to be unable to get what they wanted.

This was not difficult for Gao Hongshi and Huang Fugui. The two found a piece of decorative bamboo and cut it into two pairs of chopsticks with the sabers they carried with them. But then they were dumbfounded by the steak served by the waiter. How could this thing be eaten? There was even blood in it. No wonder the foreign devils smelled so bad, eating raw meat and drinking blood! Then the two of them went to the waiter to discuss whether they could replace the grilled steak with stewed steak...

"Is this your habit?" Bastian used two fingers to indicate the meaning of chopsticks.

"Yes, when you were still at the stage of using knives and forks, we left the knives and forks in the kitchen." Whenever there was a chance, Qin Zhiyuan was willing to show off his superiority.

"Haha, you saw it too, you can't eat steak with two sticks." Bastian didn't mind this superiority, everyone has their own way.

"When we cook, we cut the steak into small pieces in the kitchen, then fry it, stir-fry it, and then stew it. In that case, we don't have to use a knife on the table." Qin Zhiyuan was not very proficient in cooking, and he described the method of making braised spareribs.

"Uh...it sounds delicious." Bastian is also a foodie, and he also understands the principle that the more times you toss the ingredients, the better it tastes. Just listening to it makes his eyes go straight.

"I'll cook it for you if I have a chance. It tastes really good and is full of the warmth of an oriental family." Qin Zhiyuan was right. Compared with western families, oriental families are indeed more humane.

"Oriental characteristics." Bruno ate very quickly. While Qin Zhiyuan and Bastien were still chatting, he had already put down his tableware. "So, Qin, you also have special requirements for your clothes."

"A little bit." Qin Zhiyuan put down his tableware, wiped his mouth with a napkin, and waved to Gao Hongshi. Gao Hongshi immediately trotted over and handed over his briefcase.

Qin Zhiyuan took out a few pieces of paper with patterns drawn on them and handed them to Bruno. While Bruno was flipping through them, he explained: "A jacket-style top, overalls-style pants, easy-to-put-on-and-off shoes, and a detachable backpack that can carry various tools. That's basically it."

"The drawing is very good." Bruno looked up at Qin Zhiyuan and praised.

Qin Zhiyuan smiled and waited for Bruno to continue his evaluation. As an agent, drawing a map is a basic skill. Bruno has not seen the military map drawn by Qin Zhiyuan. If he has seen it, he will definitely think that the Sixth Regiment has a senior military staff.

"The style of the clothing is very good. It looks very capable and must be very energetic when worn. I want to order a set. Jacket style? This style is really strange. I think I still prefer the current traditional hunting style. Are there any requirements for the fabric? If it is cotton, there are a lot of stocks now, and it is not difficult to produce. If you work overtime, it will be completed in about three days. The backpack is a bit troublesome. Aren’t the military backpacks distributed now difficult to use? That is the latest model just distributed last year. There is no button style. I thought you wanted to engrave the pattern of your regiment on the buttons." Bruno flipped through it from beginning to end and kept putting forward his opinions.

"Buttons? Why use buttons? I want to use zippers, which are simpler and more convenient." Qin Zhiyuan has been fed up with buttoning clothes these days. Although copper buttons look beautiful, they are really inconvenient.

"Zipper? Why use that? It's expensive and inconvenient." Bruno didn't quite understand Qin Zhiyuan's request to use a zipper.

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"No way? Is it expensive?" Qin Zhiyuan really didn't know the history of zippers. Unless you are preparing to travel through time, no one will pay attention to the history of common items such as zippers.

"It's not expensive, the key is that it's not easy to use. I remember that the logistics department had several samples sent by Americans for trial use. I read the trial report and the conclusion was that it was inconvenient to open and close, the teeth were not firmly bitten, and they often burst during use." As a civilian officer, Bruno did have many opportunities to come into contact with such reports.

"This thing should be patented." Qin Zhiyuan was a little happy to hear Bruno's evaluation of the zipper.

The popularity of zippers in another time and space is enough to illustrate the practicality and promotion value of zippers. People don't think highly of them now because the design of the product itself is not perfect enough. Because the market acceptance is not high, the demand is not large, so industrial production has not started, so the price is high.

Thinking of the popularity of zippers, Qin Zhiyuan keenly realized that there is a lot of profit to be made.