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Chapter 880 Agreeing to Interview (Ninth Update)
"Treasurer Li, the military master sent a telegram from the capital, agreeing to meet the royal envoy from the Kingdom of Britain." The officials of the Xiamen Bay Customs Office immediately visited Li Jinde's home after receiving Chu Yun's reply the next day.

"My lord, you just happened to be here. We are eating, can I add a pair of bowls and chopsticks for you?" Li Jinde was active in Xiamen Bay, and he still wanted to make friends with the officials of Xiamen Bay Customs.

"I've already eaten." The customs officer came to Li Jinde's house and found Sarina eating, and quickly said in a low voice to Li Jinde, "Li shopkeeper, how can you take the envoys home for the night without permission? If you have a big belly What should I do, this is a diplomatic issue!"

"It's not what you think, my lord. She just came here to experience the life of ordinary people." Li Jinde said.

"You have a lot of money, so you are not considered an ordinary person? Come on, what good can a man bring a woman home, what good things can happen. Fortunately, the higher-ups only care about the British princess this time, otherwise you will be in big trouble!" Customs said the official.

"I really couldn't wash myself off by jumping into the Yellow River this time..." Li Jinde was a little desperate.

"The military commander said that it is enough for you to lead the British envoys to Tianjin Wei directly by sea. There is no need to be prepared. The Zhili Fleet and the Beiyang Fleet are all in the north. These ships are only from Britain. We are not afraid of them." Customs said the official.

"I see, when should we leave?" Li Jinde asked.

"The capital is not in a hurry. It has given us time to prepare supplies for the fleet. Our customs has initially decided to leave the day after tomorrow." The customs official said.

"I don't know if I have a chance to meet the military leader?" Li Jinde was full of anticipation when he thought that Chu Yun appointed him to lead the envoy to the capital.

The military lord rules one capital and twenty provinces. Seeing the military lord is more bragging than seeing the British king.

"I don't know. It is very likely that the military leader will only meet a few people from the royal envoy. You should know that the military leader does not like to meet too many people at one time, and thinks it is too crowded." The customs official said.

"I've heard about that." Li Jinde nodded.

"I'm here to send the message, you have to remember, don't kill people." The customs official reminded.

"My lord, you can go." Li Jinde said helplessly.

Aunt Li saw Li Jinde blowing away the customs officials inside, and said, "Why did you blow the officials away? We need to build a good relationship between the people and the officials, so that we can handle things in the future."

"Mother, what do you know, this guy is always teasing me." Li Jinde said, "I will take Sarina to the place where their envoys are, at least find an interpreter and tell her that in two or three days I will We are going to take them to Beijing to meet the military master."

"Do you really have a chance to go to Beijing to meet the military leader?" Aunt Li asked.

"They are envoys from the West, and they will definitely be able to meet the military leader. I can't say, maybe they are just leading the way." Li Jinde said.

"Son, you can do whatever you can to help the military lord. The military lord has avenged you for killing your father." Aunt Li said.

"I see." Li Jinde replied.

"Before you leave, let me go to the house of Tian Erniu next door to meet her. After you come back from the capital, you can pay homage to her. Tian Erniu's family made a fortune from fishing, and now they have more than ten fishing boats under their flag." , we can be said to be in the same family as us." Aunt Li said worriedly.

"Mother, please forgive me..." Li Jinde wanted to cry, but his mother really wanted to push himself into the fire pit.

Selina couldn't understand the conversation between Mrs. Li's mother and her son, but immersed herself in cleaning the meals on the table, frying eel, fried oysters, brine shrimp, etc., which made her a real feast.

After a hasty meal, Li Jinde didn't know how to explain to Selina, and he didn't care about the defense between men and women. He grabbed her wrist, escaped from his yard, and took Selina to the royal envoy to settle temporarily. The place.

"You let go..." Selina protested softly, not knowing what Li Jinde wanted to do.

"Sorry, please follow me to the place where the mission is. I must let you know that we are going to the capital the day after tomorrow." Li Jinde let go of her wrist and pointed in the direction of the pier.

"I see." Selina roughly knew where Li Jinde wanted to go.

The two could only rely on temporary tacit understanding to communicate. They went straight to the merchant ship hired by Li Jinde and found a British sailor who could translate. Finally, the two were able to communicate normally.

"Is the master of your empire willing to receive our British royal envoy? That's great! Sure enough, the telegram is very fast!" Selina said happily.

Li Jinde, who was finally able to understand Selina's words, burst into tears: "Well, I will go to the capital with you at that time, and there will really make you feel different."

"No, I already felt the advances here in Xiamen Bay last night. You used a kind of energy called 'electricity', and there are more advanced lenses." Selina said.

Uh... She also knows what a lens is, so she used the jade pendant for a long time last night, it was a waste of emotion...

"Let's go see Her Royal Highness and tell her the good news," Selina said.

"That's exactly what I want to say." Li Jinde felt that communication was difficult.

After Li Jinde and Sarina found Princess Sophia, they explained to Princess Sophia and other members of the mission that Chu Yun agreed to meet the British mission.Princess Sophia, Sir Greenville and others were also overjoyed. If they came all the way and were rejected, it would really be embarrassing.

"After going to the capital, will there still be such delicious dishes?" Princess Sophia was still worried about a major problem.

She found that these few dishes had not been repeated, and many of them were delicious, so she couldn't help worrying that she wouldn't be able to eat such delicious meals when she went to the capital.

"His Royal Highness, our China is so big that each place has a lot of its own special dishes. There is no shortage of delicious food in the north, and the capital has gathered chefs from all over the world. You can eat dishes from all over the empire in the capital." Local dishes." Li Jinde said.

"There are other special features... Well, we will set off the day after tomorrow to go to the capital." Princess Sophia heard that there are more dishes in the capital, and she is full of expectations for going to the capital.

"Daughter, didn't you last night..." Sir Greenville saw that his daughter had changed into a Hanfu, and asked his daughter in private if something happened.

Selina shook her head: "The men in the East are very reserved, and they won't do that kind of thing."

"You have to remember that we are on a mission this time, and when we complete our mission, we will return to Europe," Sir Greenville said.

"I see, Father," Selina replied.

(End of this chapter)