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Chapter 1348 The Female Knight Falls in Love with Me
Li Jinde was taken to a tavern in Valletta by Hannah.

Although it was raining heavily and cold outside, the tavern with a fireplace was very warm, and there were many businessmen from various countries who temporarily stayed on the island of Malta because of the heavy rain.It was very noisy inside, with various complicated languages.Some drunken sailors clapped the table loudly here, talking about their adventures or trivia in life.

"Miss Hannah, is the person next to you an oriental who came to help our Knights deal with heretics? When will he propose marriage to the Grand Master?" The owner of the tavern saw Hannah and asked jokingly.

The younger sister of the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller, no one on the small island of Malta may not know her. Many older knights and islanders even watched her grow up.

"Nothing. We want a pint of ale." Hannah blushed and waved.

Li Jinde is completely unable to understand the local language they use.

He is more interested in the people in the tavern.

Because the island of Malta is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, many merchant ships trading to and from the Mediterranean Sea will resupply here, and also feed the Knights of the Hospital and the islanders.

The people in the tavern noticed Hannah and Li Jinde coming, and looked at the two people curiously.

"This is a famous tavern in the Mediterranean Sea. The sheltered place of our hospital knights can protect from the attacks of the Ottoman Empire and Barbary pirates. Many merchant ships will be willing to come here for supplies. Especially in the cold winter, you can have a drink in a warm tavern. Malt wine is undoubtedly something to enjoy. You can read and hear many interesting stories here, for example, when a merchant delivered goods, he was snatched by the other party's people contacting pirates." Hannah found a seat and sat down .

"It's really a good place, but it's a pity that if I don't understand their language, I can't understand their stories." Li Jinde said helplessly.

According to the head of the group, Castella, Hannah knows the languages ​​of the six countries and can understand most of the people here, so she should find it interesting.

"I've forgotten about this." Hannah held her breath slightly, "But here is a kind of grilled fish with olive oil, white wine and spices, which tastes very delicious, and the price is of course expensive...but it's okay, today I I can treat you to eat."

"Hannah, actually I..."

"I want to continue listening to you about your Eastern Train, that big carriage that looks like a black dragon, it can run on two iron bars, what is the specific principle?" Hannah stared at Li Jinde's face with great interest.

"The principle of the train is a bit complicated. Its core is a steam engine machine. As for the steam engine, the craftsman who specially designed this machine may be able to know the operation of this machine..." Li Jinde had no choice but to explain.

His knowledge is also limited, and he can only describe the results brought about by the new technology. As for the principle, he really can't explain it well.

But even so, it didn't affect him bragging about everything in the East in front of a woman who had never been to China, which stunned Hannah for a moment.

As a businessman, a good eloquence is what Li Jinde possesses. In addition, Li Jinde is not bad at first, and he is also a big businessman in China. Hannah thinks that he is from a powerful country, which makes Hannah a little obsessed.

"Our country is facing a huge ocean, which is bigger than the Mediterranean Sea, so we need to build bigger and more ships. Our fleet here is only a small part of it. We have at least five A thousand ships..."

Li Jinde spared no effort to brag that although there should be 5000 merchant ships, fishing boats, and passenger ships in the inland river and along the coast, but to Hannah's ears, it has become 5000 ocean-going galleons, and he is surprised from ear to ear.

Li Jinde played harder and harder, and was drunk a lot of wine without knowing it, and Hannah's cheeks were flushed because of drinking a lot of malt wine.At this time, neither tea nor coffee was popular, and voyagers tended to regard relatively weak ale as a drink.

"Li Jinde, I, I might like..." Hannah found a remote place, and while she was drunk, she rubbed her wine glass with both hands and stared straight at Li Jinde.

"Yes, we have a new technology in Huaxia, which can instantly depict the people and scenes at that time, just like the works that the most brilliant painters can draw. This is a photo of my wife and daughter..." Li Jinde took Out of the portable photos.

"Your wife and daughter?!" Hannah seemed to wake up in an instant, and her face was a little pale. She took the black-and-white photo and should have been surprised by the magic of the black-and-white photo, but she is not in the mood now, even malt wine All feel dull.

Selina in the black and white photos is obviously not inferior to her beauty, and she also has a daughter.

"Your wife and daughter are really cute." Hannah held the crumpled black-and-white photo with a bitter tone.

This black-and-white photo looks very old, in fact, it was not long before it was taken, but Li Jinde was working as a coolie in Algiers during this period, and he was often soaked by seawater or rain when he was on the sea.

"I have been away from my hometown for a long time, and I just want to return to our capital after the war in the Mediterranean is over. It is the largest and most prosperous city in the world, and almost all new technologies are first applied there." Li Jinde Retrieving the photo, he said with attachment in his eyes, "I used to smuggle ships to Yizhou and Manila to run goods. Where, after all, the hometown is better."

"You're right... If it's possible, I still want to go to the east with you to see the prosperity there." Hannah hesitated for a moment, but said.

Li Jinde boasted a lot with Hannah again, and then returned to the residence with Hannah's support.

"You're doing well outside, and you're getting together with the young lady of the Knights Hospitaller so quickly." Sir Greenville said with a straight face when he saw Hannah sent Li Jinde back and left.

Going out alone with other women than his daughter in front of his father-in-law, Lord Greenville was on the point of breaking out.

Seeing that Hannah was not there, Li Jinde immediately regained his composure, without any previous drunkenness.

"I've already shown her this picture, she should quit in spite of the difficulties." Li Jinde poured a cup of tea.

The malt wine here is not much like drinking plain water to Li Jinde, he just pretends to be a little drunk because he doesn't want to tell Hannah that it makes her feel too uncomfortable.

At present, the Fourth Fleet obviously wants to use the island of Malta as its naval base in the Mediterranean Sea. Li Jinde does not want to affect the current good relationship between the Fourth Fleet and the Knights Hospital because of Hannah's relationship.

Of course, if the officers of the Fourth Fleet knew about this, they might encourage Li Jinde to capture Hannah, so that the Fourth Fleet could legitimately occupy the island of Malta.

(End of this chapter)