On the border of King George County, Maryland, USA, stands a two-story building with a single courtyard.

Usually these buildings, isolated from towns and cities, are mostly the estates of large farmers, and there must be plenty of farms, fruit groves or vineyards around them.

But there is only a large cherry grove near the building, and it does not appear that the cherry grove is being managed as a cash crop growing area, and all the cherry trees are growing naturally in an unmanaged condition.

Under the cherry tree closest to the house, a woman is sitting on the ground in what Yingzhou people call "sitting", closing her eyes and resting her mind.

At this time, the sound of a car engine approached.

As if stimulated by the sound of a car's engine, the woman, who had been just kneeling on the ground, suddenly got up and swung her knife as she stepped forward.

After the flash of the knife, the thick wooden stake with the thick mouth of the bowl inserted a few meters in front of the woman snapped.

The fractured incision was so neat that the stake was plunged into the ground by gravity, as if it had been stuck in the earth in the first place.

At this time, the car also drove in front of him, and as soon as the door of the back seat opened, Charlotte Roosevelt stepped out of the car.

"Your sword skills look sharper than they used to be."

"That's because I have had almost nothing to do for so long, and I can only hone my sword skills." Tachibana stood up, sheathed the knife again, and then turned her gaze to Charlotte, "At this time, I have left my official duties and come to visit me in person, which means it's time for me to show my loyalty to America, right?" ”

"I'm not happy if you say that, Washington is only a few miles away, and even if there is nothing to do, I can easily visit you without affecting my official duties. In the future, we plan to build a large air base here for American dignitaries. ”

"Here?"

"Yes, right here, this cherry grove is expected to be cut down by then. The relevant land acquisition has almost been completed, but now that the war is tight, it is estimated that the project money will not be available for the time being. Charlotte said in a homely tone.

"It's a pity," Tachibana looked up at the nearest cherry tree, "I quite like the view of the cherry blossoms here, it reminds me of the cherry blossoms in Yingzhou." ”

"After this mission, I will buy you a manor, and you can plant as many cherry trees as you want." Charlotte said in an understated tone, as if buying a farm was just a "drizzle" for her.

Tachibana Qin Li smiled, and then asked, "You want to send me to the Ming Kingdom itself?" ”

"No, isn't your desire to see more of the world, so I fulfill your wish and send you to Europe this time."

"Europe?" Tachibana's eyes widened, "You want me to go from Siberia......"

"No, it's the Mediterranean. You've been under house arrest in this place, so you don't know, the Germans have made a big move in Cyprus in the Mediterranean, so we have to send more troops to the Mediterranean, Turkey has joined the Alliance for Human Reform, so we have to send the goddess to the Mediterranean to support the British, they are already struggling to confront the French, and there is no way to face the Turkish and Romanian goddess. ”

"Understood." Tachibana nodded slightly.

"Don't be surprised by what kind of man attracts your best friend and defect to Germany." Charlotte admonished, "The limited autonomy I promised in Yingzhou will not be fulfilled, do you understand? At that time, I will not only stop the parliament from passing the bill to remove the Yingzhou, but will also work hard to promote the passage of this bill, and then we will completely eradicate the Yingzhou culture on the Yingzhou Islands, including banning Yingzhou people from speaking Yingzhou dialect and Chinese. ”

Tachibana bit her lip, then replied softly, "I understand." ”

"Understand, you can hurry up and prepare, our invasion of North Africa will begin in a month and a half, and before that you must arrive on the British mainland to make relevant preparations."

"It's going to start in a month and a half......," Tachibana looked up at the cherry trees that hadn't bloomed yet, and her expression looked quite regretful, "It seems that you won't be able to enjoy the cherry blossoms this year." ”

"Not only this year," Charlotte said, "by the time we return from Europe, this cherry grove will probably have been turned into an airstrip." ”

Charlotte's words made Tachibana's expression even more solemn.