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Wen Desi was the first to jump out of the boat and into the water, followed by Vane, and then the others jumped out of the dinghy and rushed to land. They acted with a palpable sense of caution.

Once on land, the mercenaries split into squads of three, each with two men covering the other's advance. In this formation, they began to spread on the beach.

On the pier not far from the landing site, Li Yunrui watched their actions inexplicably. He didn't understand what the American soldiers were trying to do, the dock was here, and they were running to the beach next to it, and they were holding their guns and pretending to be cautious.

What are they doing? Li Yunrui wanted to know, but now was not the right time to think.

"Li Gongzi." Someone stabbed him gently. Li Yunrui turned his head and saw that the master of the county order was giving him a look. "Li Gongzi, it's time for you to play."

He sighed reluctantly. The Americans sent only a few small soldiers...... Of course, the little people, the minister and his entourage will not appear, and the county lord and his master, they will certainly not be willing to put down their identity to deal with a few Western soldiers, and they do not understand English.

Therefore, he could only come forward alone to communicate with the Americans.

"Hope everything goes well." Secretly making a brief prayer to every god he knew, Li Yunrui walked towards the mercenaries with two servants, and Thomas also walked over with Wen Deji and a few mercenaries.

They soon met.

"You ......" Li Yunrui saw Wen Desi at first sight - of course, the two officials also saw it. After all, among several whites and blacks, a yellow man stood out quite prominently, and Wen Deji was still standing in the first row. At that moment, Li Yunrui thought he was Chinese, but he soon discovered that he did not have braids, so this inference became less accurate again.

So he asked an unnecessary and completely wrong question. "You're Japanese?"

Wen Desi's face immediately became ugly. Japanese, Li Yunrui's question successfully reminded him of the Japanese ronin who was killed by him, and the shadow once again shrouded his heart.

Thomas and a few mercenaries immediately noticed this unusual change in him, so the next second, their weapons were already aimed at Li Yunrui and the two servants—although no one knew what Li Yunrui was talking about, the change in Wen Desi's expression made them feel that it was by no means pleasant.

Li Yunrui and the two officials were frightened by the mercenaries' actions. They don't know at all what they're doing wrong or wrong, and they don't know what the Americans want to do...... But in any case, being aimed at by a few rifles is certainly not a pleasant situation.

The two officials began to tremble slightly, and Li Yunrui, although he could speak a little English, could not say anything at such a time, so he had to turn his attention to Wen Desi for help.

At this moment, whether he is Japanese or Chinese, Li Yunrui can only rely on him.

"Put the gun away," Mr. Moon-tsui said, "and he just asked me if I was Japanese." ”

"Why?" Thomas asked curiously, motioning for the mercenaries to lay down their weapons.

"I don't have braids, sir." Wen Desi explained, and then turned to Li Yunrui. "I'm Wen Desi, Chinese." He first answered his questions, and then began to recite the lines that Mahan and Yi Shui had prepared in advance in the most formal tone. "We are the advance unit of the U.S. Marine Corps' Wheat Chip Brad Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and this is Commander Harry•Mr. Thomas." He introduced Thomas and finally asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Traitor." Li Yunrui said in his heart that this was the only conclusion he had drawn from Wen Desi's self-introduction. Of course, he didn't show his thoughts on his face. After smiling politely, Li Yunrui replied: "I am Li Yunrui, a translator hired by the county magistrate of Suixi County. ”

Maybe it's because he has an opinion about Wen Desi, or maybe it's because he feels that as a translator, it is too embarrassing for him to have others translate his speech, Li Yunrui speaks English.

Despite being lame, Thomas understood. "You're just a translator?"

"And you're just a stinky soldier, and you're a small soldier." Li Yunrui secretly commented, with obvious contempt, but he still maintained a modest smile on his face, "Yes, I am a translator. ”

And it's a temporary translator, and it's not paid, and someone will poke it in the back. Li Yunrui suddenly erupted into a wave of strong dissatisfaction with the imperial court and the Suixi County government, but it still didn't mean anything—he was already here, and he was negotiating with the Americans.

"Where are your officials?" Thomas asked.

"It's on the docks. Please come ashore as soon as possible...... your Admiral" He still wanted to speak, but his poor English skills made him not know how to express what he wanted to say, so he had to smile awkwardly and turn to Wen Deji for help, "Tell him that the Minister is on the dock to meet your Admiral, but Lord Su doesn't want to wait too long." ”

Wen Desi relayed this sentence word for word.

"The Emperor's envoy?" Thomas was stunned for a moment. He never imagined that there would be an envoy of the Chinese emperor waiting for the arrival of the fleet. The Emperor's Envoy ...... Even if he is the envoy of the Chinese emperor, he is a big man who cannot be taken lightly, and even Mahan cannot snub him.

And Thomas is just a small person at the bottom of American society, and he is a black man who is discriminated against, so even though he is an American, he can't help but get nervous. "Signal to the flagship." He shouted to the naval signalmen who had followed the group ashore, "The envoy of the Emperor of China is on the docks. ”

The signalmen immediately complied.

"An envoy of the Emperor of China?" Mahan saw the signal mantle in his binoculars, and as a veteran naval officer, he certainly knew what that meant. "What do you think about this, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel?" He looked at Yi Shui, expecting his answer.

"At the very least, it means that it's safe on the shore." Yi Shui also understood the meaning of the flag language, although it was a little slower than Mahan, but at that moment, he felt a sense of relief. "Since there is a minister on the docks, there will be no civilians who will risk attacking us."

"Well," Mahan nodded, "then we can dock." He turned to the captain of the "San Francisco", who was on standby, "Approaching the dock." ”

"And inform the troops to change to a dinghy to go ashore, which can save a lot of time." Easy water replenishment to.

As soon as his words fell, the captain walked away and began to carry out his and Mahan's orders.

The cruiser "San Francisco" re-anchored and slowly headed for the pier. On the other side, the marines and mercenaries on board the passenger ship climbed one by one into the lowered dinghy and lifeboat along the rope nets hanging on the side of the ship, and then slowly paddled towards the shore. For them, it was a real landing operation.

Thomas's team watched them from the shore, as did the officials and onlookers on the docks, and they finally got a little more energetic - but not much. After all, it was absolutely impossible for them to cheerfully and warmly welcome a US army that had opened up a concession in Suixi.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Beijing had already signed a treaty with the United States and that a minister was there, it would well have been that these men on the docks were organizing militias to prepare for war with the American forces, which, at least historically, had hampered the French's efforts to open up the Canton Bay concession.

But the United States is not France after all. The U.S. government is very rich, and at Qin Lang's suggestion, Congress has allocated $3 million to buy off the people of Guangzhou Bay.

In the expeditionary fleet, this is a secret that everyone knows - Yi Shui and Mahan deliberately made it public. Because they all know very well that whether they are sailors, marines or mercenaries, no matter what kind of mentality, jealousy, envy, or simply because they find it interesting, they will talk about it with impunity.

Especially in front of the Chinese.

Li Yunrui was staring intently at Wen Desi, trying his best to keep this guy he called a "traitor" firmly in his mind, although he didn't understand the point of doing so.

However, the longer he paid attention to Wen Desi, the more Li Yunrui felt that he was not an ordinary "traitor". An ordinary traitor can neither nor dare to give orders to a group of foreigners, but Wen Desi constantly gives orders to those American soldiers, asking them to do this, let them do that, and those American soldiers, they will also strictly follow his requirements.

It's incredible.

Just when he was surprised, Li Yunrui suddenly heard the conversation between two American soldiers. Although his English was poor, and the two men had low, thick accents, and a lot of slang and swearing, he could hear a few words: Congress, $3 million, Chinese, and bribery.

Li Yunrui blinked, he couldn't connect the words, but he was really interested in them. So he slowly leaned over to the two American soldiers, trying to hear what they were talking about.

But the nasty master pulled him. "Li Gongzi, don't move, the American Admiral has arrived."

Li Yunrui followed his gaze and looked forward. A dinghy had reached the dock - the cruiser could not go directly to the dock - and then a foreigner stepped out of the dinghy and ......

Another Chinese?

Not only Li Yunrui, but others were also stunned.

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