Dreaming back to the Qing Dynasty: Die Luo Chuchen

Chapter 1087 Ross is a Mixed Race

I laughed and said, "How did you manage to iron your clothes so flat?"

"It's very simple. Put the red-hot charcoal in a flat-bottomed iron spoon, and then walk it on the clothes a few times. Our clothes are ironed like this."

I laughed secretly, it was as expected as I guessed.I put down the knife and wiped my mouth with a napkin, "Thank you for your hospitality today. Fortunately, I met you, otherwise I would be unlucky."

"Indeed, I'm afraid I'm going to be taken advantage of too." Rose laughed.I stood up and took the clothes from the housekeeper, "Can I ask you a favor? Find someone to deliver a letter for me, I'm afraid my family will worry."

Ross said no problem, and quickly called a servant. I gave the address to the servant, and then wrote a letter, telling Tinglu where I was now, and that I was safe to reassure him.The servant took the letter and turned to go out.

I went upstairs to change my clothes, and Ross was waiting downstairs in the living room to take me home himself.On the way home in the carriage, we chatted. Rose asked me where I learned English. I pretended that I learned it from a missionary. I didn’t learn much, and I just dealt with simple daily conversations.He told me that he is of mixed race, his mother is Dutch, his father is British, and he studied in the Royal School since he was a child.Because his father was a celebrity in front of the King of England, and he was good at studying, he was sent here not long ago as an envoy to the Qing Dynasty.

I asked curiously: "How long does it take to get here from the UK? By boat?"

"Yes, it takes five or six months to travel from England to here by sea."

"It's been so long?" I thought carefully about the world map, and guessed, "Which sea route did you take, did you go around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa and cross the Indian Ocean, or did you cross the Pacific Ocean from Central America?"

Ross looked at me in surprise, unexpectedly I knew this, "Yes, we started from Lisbon and came around the Cape of Good Hope. Take the sea route to the port of Beijing and Tianjin."

"It seems that your physique is good, and you can withstand a few months of rough seas. If I were replaced by me, I would have fainted." I laughed.

(End of this chapter)