"Major Trefali, Lieutenant Seth, you may go out."

Governor's Palace, inside Paulie's study.

As Poly politely expressed his condolences to the three officers and promised commendations, the four people present also understood that the next time should be reserved for Lawrence and Pauly.

Bang.

The wooden door of the study was casually closed by Major Trefali, and there was a dull sound.

Paulie's expression gradually cooled from Fang Cai's hypocritical smile, and his eyes kept looking Lawrence up and down.

The light of the oil lights in the room was not bright, and both of them could not see each other's expressions clearly, only the large shadows above their faces.

There are only two people here, and Poly has no intention of pretending to do it again, and the two sides have reached the point of almost breaking up, only to tear their faces at the end.

Despite this, the two still tacitly did not pierce this last film.

"Lawrence, I'm curious to know how you managed to win the Battle of Bonifacio."

Poly seemed to say casually, and his tone was very flat, as if he was just chatting with strangers about tomorrow's weather.

Lawrence was in no hurry to reply, and with what he knew about Paulie, it was just the calm before the storm.

"To be honest, I don't know."

Lawrence shrugged helplessly, tilted his head to the side and said:

"You know, the last time I commanded a troop was two years ago."

Paulie's eyes were fixed on Lawrence, as if to see through the shadow that hung over his face, and then he sneered and said:

"Lawrence, I don't know what means you have, but if you hit my bottom line, I'll let you know what means I have."

This night, as in the auditorium, there was still a constant noise of insects, but it also filled the gap between the two of them.

After a long time, Lawrence suddenly sighed and said:

"There are some things I've wanted to tell you for a long time, and I may not be suitable for them."

Poly couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and even the sneer on his face couldn't help but disperse, and he asked with some doubts about his auditory hallucinations:

"Not for these? What are you talking about? ”

Lawrence let out another long sigh, waved his hand and said:

"The military, dealing with people, politics, fighting, I'm tired of it."

Paulie opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say.

This kid, who is regarded as the number one threat by himself, did not fall under the trap he designed several times, but wanted to take the initiative to withdraw from all this incident?

"Lawrence, what the hell are you trying to say?"

Paulie forced himself to calm down and asked Lawrence in a deep voice.

But in Poly's tone, a little excitement and trembling could be clearly heard.

Lawrence glanced at Paulie quietly, and continued to sigh and say:

"I was very shocked by what I saw and heard on the battlefield in the past few days, and I found that it was His Excellency Pete's invitation that made me even more excited, after all, who doesn't want to live a leisurely life with a title annuity, I've had enough of this."

"Have you decided to say yes to Pitt?"

Paulie leaned forward suddenly, and although there was still a bit of distrust in his eyes, the hostility in his words suddenly subsided a lot.

Lawrence nodded solemnly and said:

"And please tell Your Excellency Pitt on my behalf, that I have decided to return to London with him."

Paulie stood up and circled the table in a nonsensical way, as if thinking about something, and occasionally looked up at Lawrence in surprise.

In the end, Poly nodded to himself and said in a deep voice to Lawrence:

"Very well, very well, I know that you are a young man of general knowledge, and His Excellency Pete will not treat you badly. I'll let him know tomorrow morning. ”

"Oh yes..."

Lawrence abruptly interrupted Paulie and said:

"I have one more request."

"Request? You say. Paulie frowned and motioned for Lawrence to continue.

"You know, I'm from Florence, and I have a lot of relatives there."

Lawrence's eyes darkened a little, and he said with a very worried look:

"I wish I could take them all with me on this trip to London, and of course, His Excellency Pete has given permission."

"Loved ones? Well, it has to be, but why are you telling me this? Paulie asked, puzzled.

Lawrence sighed again, shook his head in annoyance, and said:

"I have to say that they are a group of old stubborns, and if they had written they would not have agreed to leave Florence, so I need to go back and persuade them myself."

"You're leaving Ajaccio?!"

Paulie blurted out in surprise, he was just thinking about how to transfer Lawrence out of Ajaccio again before the treaty was signed, but he didn't expect Lawrence to take the initiative to ask to leave.

For Paulie, as long as Lawrence himself is not there, there are too many opportunities to suppress Lawrence's faction.

Although Lawrence had just returned from a big victory, it was impossible for Pauly to go too far, but there was still enough time for Paulie to weaken Lawrence's influence.

In Pauly's eyes, Lawrence offered to leave Ajaccio for a period of time, which was a naked show of weakness, and made Pauly fully believe in Lawrence's words.

"Of course, no problem, it's a citizen's freedom to come and go in Corsica."

There was already a faint smile on the corner of Poly's mouth, he didn't expect such a good thing to happen tonight.

The thorn in the side that he regarded as a major problem actually withdrew from the struggle, and this alone could make Paulie happily drink three glasses of whiskey.

Not to mention that he also took the limelight from Lawrence in the afternoon, and took most of this triumphant glory on himself.

When Lawrence left the Governor's Palace, Paulie even personally accompanied Lawrence out of the study, and only waved to Lawrence when he was at the gate:

"Goodbye, young man, maybe we'll meet again in London."

"I hope so, Governor Poly."

Lawrence smiled and waved to Paulie, then walked forward without looking back.

......

In Dongcheng District, Carlo was carefully reading a biographical novel in the living room of his home, when he suddenly heard a knock on the door, and asked the butler to open the door with some displeasure.

When the butler brought the visitor into the living room, Carlo was surprised to find that the visitor was his brother Lawrence, and could not help but say:

"Dear Lawrence, is there anything urgent at this late hour?"

Lawrence, who had just left the Doge's Palace, went directly to Carlo's house, and after seeing Carlo, he said straight to the point:

"Brother, I heard that you have a friend worth making, and I would love to get acquainted with him."

Carlo closed the book with some confusion and asked:

"Friends? Which one are you talking about? ”

"Count Marbeouf of France."

"Marbof? He's really an outstanding talent. Carlo was stunned for a moment, frowned and said:

"Huh? How do you know I know him? ”

Historically, after the French occupation of Corsica, the Count of Marbeouf became the governor of Corsica, and Carlo's family was taken care of because of their relationship with Marbeauf.

This is also the reason why Carlo was able to live a nourishing life in Corsica after the defeat of the French with Pauli in history.

Lawrence also deduced the friendship between the two of them based on this history, and in the face of Carlo's question, Lawrence only said casually:

"I've heard it happen every once in a while."

"I see."

Carlo nodded suddenly, of course he didn't have any doubts about his own brother, so he got up directly and found a pen and paper, and said while writing:

"I'm going to write you a letter of recommendation, are you going to see him in the near future?"

"Maybe, it's hard to say." Lawrence said vaguely.

"Well, then, I'm still thinking that you should bring a proper gift when you go to visit an earl like him."

Carlo picked up the letter of recommendation, blew off the ink, handed it to Lawrence, and said in passing:

"Maybe I should pick a gift for you?"

Lawrence took the letter of recommendation and gently folded it into his purse, shook his head and said:

"Thank you for your kindness, brother, but no, I've got the best gift for him."