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Chapter 1250 Dispute
"Sir Greenville, are you relieved to hear that your wife arrived in the East with the returning fleet of the Easterners a year ago?"

"The east is extremely prosperous, and life is much better than ours in London. The only thing I am worried about is the storms and diseases encountered on the ocean voyage. If she has successfully arrived at their imperial capital at this time, then I Even if you are completely relieved."

"Is it really that prosperous over there? How does it compare to Paris, Vienna, and Constantinople?"

"Incomparable, incomparable, there are lamps that can be illuminated without flames, and there are large carriages that are [-] meters long and can run without horses. Their streets are wide and clean, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, and are hospitable..."

Sir Greenville was drinking tea in a teahouse in the city of London, bragging to a few young nobles about what he had learned during his mission to China, and stunned the young nobles for a while.

Because the Western companies and the Fourth Fleet led by Li Jinde arrived in the city of London, tea shops and tea houses were opened in the city of London, and Chinese businessmen were recruiting handicraftsmen in the factories here, so the "Oriental fever" inevitably began to appear in the city of London. The aristocrats and common people in China are very curious about the things in the East and take it as fashion.

And people like Sir Greenville, who are squires and nobles in Britain, and who went to the East with Princess Sophia as an envoy, have become China hands among the nobles in London. Many nobles who are interested in the East will invite Sir Greenville When I came to the teahouse to listen to his bragging, I often felt that what Sir Greenville said was very correct, and I couldn't help nodding in agreement.

Sir Greenville was talking about things in the East, and even some nobles who were talking about other things moved around and listened with wooden chairs. When talking about certain details, they couldn't help arguing loudly, such as how the [-]-meter carriage without horses moved. , How can the eastern government rule such a large piece of land without causing division.

Just as Sir Greenville and the dozen or so nobles in the teahouse described his experience in the East, an employee of a western company hurried into the teahouse and went straight to the shopkeeper of the teahouse.

"The shopkeeper is not good, Mr. Li Jinde..."

When the shopkeeper of the teahouse heard that Li Jinde was missing, his face turned pale.

Since the Chinese merchants came to Western Oceans to do business, they were originally sympathetic, but now they saw that their companions had an accident, and it was their person in charge in the city of London who had the accident, so they couldn't help worrying.

He saw Sir Greenville in the teahouse, Li Jinde's father-in-law here, and he didn't seem to know what happened.If something happened to Li Jinde, his daughter living in the Eastern capital would become a widow.

"I see." The shopkeeper of the teahouse took a deep breath after hearing that Li Jinde's whereabouts were unknown, and his life and death were uncertain.

He walked to Sir Greenville's seat and whispered something to Sir Greenville.

With a snap, Sir Greenville's hand accidentally bumped into the teacup by the table, and the ceramic teacup fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I just learned something. We'll talk later when we get together." Sir Greenville heard that his proud son-in-law had an accident. The shopkeeper went to the shop set up by the Chinese merchants in the city of London.

The six Huaxia directors stationed in London gathered in the business hall, except Li Jinde was absent.

"Sir Henry has gone to inform King Charles that this matter is not a private matter, but a diplomatic matter. If King Charles does not come forward to solve the problem, we will find a way to put pressure on King Charles."

"What's the use of the British king coming forward? The Ottoman Empire is stronger than the British Kingdom, and its population is several times that of the British Kingdom. It is far away from here. Their emperor will not listen to the European kings and help us find someone."

"Let the Fourth Fleet enter the Mediterranean Sea and force the Ottoman Empire to hand over their people, otherwise the Fourth Fleet will block their port, which is the port city called Halep!"

"The Fourth Fleet previously sent five gunboats to escort our fleet back to the mainland. Now there are less than ten gunboats in the Fourth Fleet staying in the port of Portsmouth. Given the vastness of the Mediterranean Sea, it may be difficult to compete with Ottoman. The empire's naval fleet circles around. Unless the Royal Navy of Britain is allowed to act with us... But Britain seems to be mobilizing troops to quell the Scottish rebellion, and may not join us in launching a war against the Ottoman Empire..."

"Treasurer Li's life or death is uncertain. If we send the Fourth Fleet into the Mediterranean Sea to clash with the Ottoman Navy, and wait for Manager Li to return safe and sound, we will have an oolong. Also, the emperor of the Ottoman Empire may not be able to find Manager Li."

"Could it be that we just wait like this, and then everyone forgets about it? The privateers of the Spanish Empire bombarded our merchant ships, and the Ottoman Empire made our merchants disappear. I think Western countries regard our Chinese merchants as incense. Bobo, you can do whatever you want. We must demonstrate to them and make all foreigners fear us, so that we Chinese merchants can trade safely here!"

"Calm down! Our strength in the West is limited, and we are simply unable to take the initiative to provoke a war. The Fourth Fleet followed us here only to protect our safety, and has no right to intervene in the battle between the empires here!"

The six directors in the shop had already quarreled and were arguing over countermeasures.

They were divided into two factions in the dispute. One faction advocated the use of tough measures and demanded that the Ottoman Empire find Li Jinde and give them an explanation.The other faction believes that just relying on the fact that the Fourth Fleet has less than ten ships in the port of Portsmouth at this time cannot threaten the Ottoman Empire, but will affect their reputation now.

If the Chinese merchants took the initiative to provoke a war with the Ottoman Empire, then I am afraid that the attention of the whole of Europe will be on them, making it hard to believe that they will come to do business peacefully.

"What's wrong with Li Jinde? Do you have any latest news?" Sir Greenville came to the business house, which seemed to be full of disputes like a vegetable market, and found it in a mess.

"There is no other news. Even if the people from the Levant Company find Li Jinde, they will not be able to reach the city of London within a month or two."

"We have sent people to inform our naval officers and soldiers stationed in Portsmouth Port that it will take some time for them to come from Portsmouth."

The Chinese merchants in the business hall are familiar with Sir Greenville, and they all said after seeing him coming.

"I'm going to see His Majesty King Charles and ask him for help." Sir Greenville saw that the Chinese people here were confused because of this incident, so he thought of looking for King Charles.

(End of this chapter)