Just when Brin was busy "suppressing bandits", a letter from England was delivered to Xu Jie. After reading the letter in my hand. Xu Jie couldn't help but smile slightly.

"Xu, what's the matter?" Putting down the ruler and pencil in his hand, Vittorio leaned over and asked.

"A letter of invitation from Mr. White and the British Armstrong shipyard inviting us to visit Wèn in England." Xu Jie said quietly.

"William White? That genius battleship designer? It's great to have an invitation from him. With this letter alone, you and I are enough to have a place in the field of European ship design. Vittorio said excitedly.

"The moment our **-class cruiser was put on the slipway, we already had our place in the field of European ship design. However, I am also very happy to have been invited by Mr. White. Xu Jie said with a smile.

"But maybe we'll be stricter when we go out this time." Vittorio muttered.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we have our own ideas, as long as we have mature ideas for completion, any European power can complete the design of a battleship. Xu Jie said indifferently.

Two days later, the same letter from England was placed on Brin's desk. The content of the letter was simple, about the invitation of the Italian side to introduce a 10-inch/40L gun.

"It seems that Anthony Hoskins is still very trustworthy." Brin said, pointing to the letter on the table with a cigarette butt.

"If the artillery problem can be solved, the progress of our X-Fighters will be greatly accelerated." Tycho said excitedly.

"I'm going to let you do it. May I? Youngster. Brin said with a smile.

"It is an honour to contribute to the Italian Navy." Tycho immediately stood up and saluted.

"But there is another thing, White and Armstrong Shipyard also invited Vittorio and Xu Jie. What do you think about this? Brin said with a stern expression.

The meaning of wooing is certainly obvious. But we don't have to worry about it. Tycho was optimistic.

"What do you mean?" Brin was a little confused. In his eyes, as a foreigner, since there is a better Armstrong shipyard to go to, it is natural that he will leave the small pond of Italy.

"You may not know it, but Mr. Xu hates the Japanese very much, and emphasizes in the remarks of the relevant technical materials that he cannot sell them to the Japanese. And the Armstrong shipyard was producing dome cruisers for the Japanese. Tycho said with a smile.

"And then? It is entirely possible that Xu will go to France and Germany. If he goes to Germany, at his level, he can sit in the position of head of the shipbuilding department of the German Navy. Ludendorf Haacke, who switched from bridge to shipbuilding, had absolutely no such skills. Tycho's words didn't ease Brin in the slightest.

"In the Far East, sooner or later there will be a war between Japan and the Qing Dynasty." Tycho digressed.

"Well, who sued you here?" As a veteran naval figure, Brin has already seen the clues from Japan's large-scale ship purchases. But he never believed that young Tycho could see it.

"Miss Julia sued me, and she analyzed that at the moment only Italy could provide Qing with excellent warships. And this point of view has been demonstrated from the side. You think, if it's just to make money, he can sell the design of the X-class armored cruiser to other countries after the success of the **-class dome cruiser. Tycho spared no effort to intercede for Xu Jie.

"Why Italy? The Beiyang naval division of the Qing State did not buy a single shell from Italy. They were all warships purchased from Germany and England. Brin was not satisfied with this analysis.

"France had just fought a war with the Qing State a few years ago, and the Fujian Navy Division was completely annihilated, so it was impossible for Beiyang to buy a large number of warships from France. As for Germany? Mr. Xu is very dissatisfied with the level of German shipbuilding, maybe in the eyes of those bureaucrats in Beiyang, the German ship is good, but in the eyes of Mr. Xu, who is a top designer, the level of German shipbuilding is really average. As for the UK? is helping the Japanese to arm the navy, Mr. Xu naturally will not go to the United Kingdom, so that the only European country with sufficient industrial strength is Italy. And Mr. Xu's vigorous promotion of the X-class armored cruiser is enough to illustrate this. Tycho said all the lines he had prepared.

"Well, for good reason." Brin smiled and nodded. "However, this Mr. Xu's idea is a little too far away, and in the Qing Kingdom, no one may know who Xu Jie was." …,

But to Bulin's surprise, a senior official from the Qing Kingdom was already paying attention to Xu Jie. And this person is Xue Fucheng, the minister of the Qing State to the four European countries! Xue Fucheng, one of the 4 disciples of Zengmen. Unlike other Western-style bureaucrats of that era. He is known as an all-rounder who is proficient in military affairs, political affairs, official affairs, and salary affairs, and has played an extremely important role in the development of industry and commerce and foreign affairs. And has outstanding achievements in diplomacy, taxation, and military affairs. At this time, Xue Fucheng was negotiating with Britain on the border issue between Burma and China as a minister to four countries. And by chance, Xue Fucheng saw the relevant information about Xu Jie and the **-class dome cruiser in the Times, and since then he has specially arranged people to collect information about Xu Jie.

"That Xu Jie is coming to the UK?" Seeing the secret report sent by the housekeeper, Xue Fucheng jumped up from the table in shock.

"That's right. Sir White and Armstrong Shipyard invited Xu Jie to visit Wèn UK to discuss matters related to cooperation. The housekeeper said seriously.

"This person is well versed in maritime affairs, and if he can be recruited, it will be of great benefit to my Beiyang." Xue Fucheng muttered to himself.

"It's a bit difficult. This man is very much used in Italy, and it is said that he received a commission of nearly £5,000 for every one of the **-class dome cruisers he designed, and in less than a year, he has already benefited from nearly £50,000. The butler said.

"£50,000? That's a lot of money. Xue Fucheng couldn't help but gasp. You must know that this 50,000 pounds is equivalent to nearly 300,000 taels of silver. The military expenditure of the Beiyang Naval Division is only 2 million taels a year, and this is only on the books. The only one that can get it is more than 1 million taels.

However, this person is very unkind to the Wa Kingdom. I heard that when signing a contract with any partner, this person asked not to use the relevant technology on warships built for the Japanese state. The butler continued.

"It seems that this person still remembers the word patriotism, but it can be seen that the Japanese country does not have a ghost for my Qing Dynasty, but it can be regarded as knowledgeable." Xue Fucheng nodded. "Pay attention to gathering news about this person, if I can, I would like to meet this junior." After a pause, Xue Fucheng said with a happy face.