As soon as the door opened, Fang Lang could smell the smell of cigar smoke wafting from inside, and it was obvious that a cigar tasting was indeed being held inside.

Different from the smoky environment imagined by Fang Lang, although there was a strong smell of cigar smoke inside, there was not much smoke in the air, indicating that the ventilation environment inside was very good.

Although the lighting is not as bright as on the first floor, the environment can definitely be called comfortable, and the light looks very soft, and English gentlemen in suits and leather shoes are gathering in groups to chat.

Most of them have cigars in their hands and wine glasses, looking very casual.

As the door opened, everyone's eyes were drawn to see Lenhardt walk in with a young Asian, and everyone's eyes were staring.

As the host, Fit Henderson got up directly and walked to Fang Lang's side, and after saying hello to Fang Lang with a smile, he turned to face the people in the room, clapped his hands, and after attracting everyone's attention, he said alive:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is our distinguished guest today, Rear Admiral Fang Lang from Brazil, please applaud and welcome."

Everyone in the room smiled and applauded very politely when they heard this, because there were no acquaintances, and Fang Lang didn't know the identities of these people, so he could only nod politely.

Then Fett Henderson took Fang Lang back to the sofa area where he was just now, and several people who had been chatting with Mr. Henderson before saw the two coming, and they all got up to greet them.

And Enhardt saw the opportunity to go with his fiancée.

Fit Henderson very enthusiastically introduced Fang Lang to several friends here, including officials of the British Royal Navy Commission and senior officials of the British government.

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One of the things that caught Fang Lang's attention the most was the chief of the London Police, who was Lynnhardt's future father-in-law, a middle-aged white man who looked a little vicious. It was really difficult for Fang Lang to associate the other party with Christina downstairs.

In addition, there was another official of the British Colonial Affairs Management Committee, although this old man seemed very enthusiastic, Fang Lang always felt that the other party seemed to have a haggard feeling in his heart.

There was also a middle-aged man with a ruddy complexion who looked very wealthy, and he seemed to be a nobleman who had just returned to England from the colonies.

After everyone got to know each other, everyone found their own places to sit down, Fang Lang picked up a cigar on the table, put it under his nose and sniffed it lightly, and began to taste this cigar by himself, and did not rush to join the chat of everyone.

The conversation was unexpectedly casual, not about national affairs, but mostly about their families, and now they were talking about the upcoming wedding of two young men, Ryenhardt and Christina.

Fang Lang thought to himself, no wonder Lenhardt would leave directly, probably because he had expected this! However, Fang Lang also understood that this was mostly related to the presence of an outsider like himself.

Just as Fang Lang was listening to everyone chatting and lighting a cigar, a middle-aged man with a very rich appearance and a ruddy face gestured to Fang Lang with the whiskey in his hand, and Fang Lang glanced at the other party with some surprise.

politely picked up the wine glass and touched it lightly with the other party.

"Hello General Fang! My name is Suleiman Brom, and it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Out of politeness, Fang Lang also smiled and took a sip of whiskey, then nodded to the other party.

"Hello Mr. Blom! Nice to meet you! ”

The other party came to Fang Lang's side very naturally, and whispered to Fang Lang:

"I heard Mr. Henderson say that your family's business is very big, and I don't know if there is an opportunity to cooperate."

Hearing this, Fang Lang glanced at each other up and down with some surprise, he thought that the people in this room were all officials from both military and political circles, but he didn't expect that this nobleman who said that he had returned from the colony turned out to be a businessman.

"Oh! I wonder how Mr. Brom wants to work together? ”

Suleiman Brom turned his head, leaned over to Fang Lang and said:

"I have heard that your global shipping company is strong, and my family owns a large number of plantations in India with a large backlog of cotton and grain. You also know that India is about to become independent, and I don't want to leave our family's wealth to the lazy guys. ”

It seems that this Mr. Suleiman Brom must have been forced to return to the former Indian colonial aristocracy of Britain because of India's independence, and now that India is about to become independent, his plantations may have to be taken back, or he may not feel safe anymore.

I want to transfer the wealth somewhere, but to be honest, India has been fighting for independence for so long, if you don't prepare early, at this time others are about to become independent, and then you think about it, will it be too late.

Besides, as far as Fang Lang knows, Indian independence seems to have only taken over government assets, and did not forcibly confiscate British private property, that is to say, their family's plantations and other assets in India should actually not be affected by Indian independence.

So why did he say he didn't want to leave his family wealth to Indians?

However, Fang Lang didn't have a good impression of India, so he didn't care if there was anything greasy in it, if the other party just wanted to let the shipping company of his group help him transport materials, it would be really not difficult for him.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to say:

"If you need my shipping company to help you get your goods back to the UK, I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I can ask the head of the British branch of Globe Shipping to go to you and discuss this matter."

Who knew that this Suleiman Brom actually shook his head and said:

"No, no, I'm not going to ship them back to the UK, to be honest, these materials may not be digested by the UK for a while, and the factories in the UK have suffered huge losses due to the war, and there are still many factories that have not been operating normally.

If it were to be shipped to the UK, it would only be a backlog of these supplies from one place to another, and there would be no point in doing so. ”

At this time, the waves didn't understand the other party's intentions, and frowned and looked at the other party and said:

"What does Brom mean?"

The ruddy-faced Suleiman Brom smiled shyly and said:

"The only country that can absorb this batch of supplies now is the United States. However, the United States itself is a major producer of cotton and grain, and this year's local cotton and grain harvest has been bumper.

Coupled with the local tariff protection policy, our products can't be sold at all, and even if they do, there will be no profit at all, so ........"

This guy was talking nonsense all the time, Fang Lang didn't know what the other party wanted to express, but he didn't take the initiative to speak, just looked at the other party quietly, wanting to see what he wanted to do!

Suleiman Brom was also a little embarrassed when he saw Fang Lang's expression, and after thinking about it again, he gritted his teeth and said:

"I want to know if General Fang's company is interested in taking over my batch of supplies. Don't worry, with my relationship with the Henderson family, I will never cheat you, as long as you want, I can sell it to you at the lowest price. ”

Fang Lang looked at this guy with some puzzlement, he really didn't understand what the other party meant, after all, materials like cotton and grain, no matter what time it was, were definitely in demand.

At present, when the world is in chaos, there is a lot of talk about independence, and there are more places where there are wars than places of peace.

Why would this guy think of selling it to him at the lowest price.

To say that the other party really can't find a transportation company, Fang Lang absolutely doesn't believe it, after all, although the British are in decline, with the identity of the other party, it is impossible not to even have the ability to mobilize civilian cargo ships.

There must be something hidden in this that Fang Lang doesn't know.

Therefore, at this time, it was impossible for Fang Lang to agree to this seemingly beneficial to the door.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Brom, but I have no interest in such a business."

Seeing Fang Lang shaking his head resolutely, without any room for negotiation, Suleiman Brom also understood the other party's scruples, and looked at the surrounding situation, some things were obviously not suitable to be said directly here.

I could only lower my voice again:

"General Fang, please don't be in a hurry to refuse, listen to me and you first.

There was absolutely nothing wrong with this shipment, they were indeed mine. But now I'm being targeted by those greedy guys, who don't want me to take these shipments away, but want to buy them outright at a lower price.

I have spoken to General Henderson about this, and the present situation in India is not suitable for the direct intervention of the British, so he recommended you to me.

It is said that the Whip of God military contracting company that is now serving the Americans in Greece and Turkey is your industry, right?

If this company can come forward and send professional armed personnel into India to escort this batch of supplies. Those greedy guys would never dare to do anything to stop them.

So, now it's almost exclusively you who can do it, you know what I mean? ”

At this time, Fang Lang finally understood the other party's intentions, obviously, this is because the forces in India are not willing to let this guy transport these goods out, and want to directly eat the huge batch of materials in the other party's hands.

But this guy was obviously unwilling, so he took the initiative to come to Henderson, the chief of staff of the Navy, to find a way, but now that Britain has agreed to recognize India's independence, it doesn't want to be reborn at this time, so it recommended itself to the other party.

So can you do this business yourself? Answer: Of course, the Whip of God company in his hand is originally a company engaged in this business, plus his own shipping company.

It's not too simple to take over this business, as for the current chaos in India, whether it will become more serious because of his own intervention, Fang Lang doesn't care at all.

But he still felt that there seemed to be some problems here, and things didn't seem to be as simple as the other party said.

"In that case, I can arrange for someone from the Whip of God Company to dock with you, and you can directly hire them to help you escort the goods out, I believe that your loss should be smaller.

What do you think? ”

Suleiman Brom obviously didn't expect Fang Lang to make such a suggestion, which obviously meant that he only earned his own part, and did not want to intervene in the local disputes in India.

He didn't understand why there was such a person who didn't want to be beneficial, but since the other party had already said so, he didn't know what to say for a while.

I could only laugh dryly and say:

"I have only found buyers for some of my goods, most of the rest have not yet found a market, and if I hire them to ship them, I don't know where to ship them.

Therefore, I don't know if General Fang is interested in eating this part of the goods. ”

When Fang Lang heard this, he felt more and more strange, there were still people who couldn't sell cotton and grain, which was really out of the ordinary. The more the other party wanted to give himself benefits like this, the more Fang Lang felt that there was a problem here.

But for a while, Fang Lang didn't understand what the problem was, and when he looked at the Mr. Suleiman Brom in front of him, he became more and more vigilant.

Although the conversation between the two was deliberately low, Fang Lang was originally a guest who came over for the first time today, and many people would unconsciously pay attention to him.

Everyone felt that Henderson, the dignified chief of naval staff, could not deliberately befriend an ordinary Brazilian rear admiral. Therefore, they are all speculating about what Fang Lang is so good at.

After seeing Suleiman Brom, the guy who took the initiative to get to the other party's side, everyone felt that the other party's identity was not simple.

You must know that Suleiman Brom's family, although it is mainly active in the British colonies, his family's power in the British colonies is very strong, whether it is India, Australia, Canada, or South Africa, their families have huge plantations and mines.

His grandfather was the Viceroy of India and made a lot of money for his family in India.

This time, their family strongly opposed India's independence, but unfortunately their arms could not twist their thighs, and in the end their opposition could only be over.

The independence of India apparently also brought great losses to their family, and Suleiman Brom had to return to England because of India's independence.

But even so, the wealth of this guy's family has made everyone who has been living in the British Isles jealous.

Such a guy actually took the initiative to post this young guest of the Chief of Staff of the Navy, and if anyone still thinks that this young man is simple, then he is not qualified to sit here.

Therefore, everyone's eyes are silently paying attention to the communication between the two.

Although it is impossible to confirm the content of the chat between the two, based on the expressions of the two, everyone can roughly judge that the communication between the two does not seem to be going well.

Fitt Henderson, who was sitting next to the two, as the host, was of course also paying attention to the interaction between the two, and after finding that the two seemed to be at an impasse, he naturally wanted to intervene to break the deadlock.

"Fang, did the London Police give you a satisfactory answer to last night's incident! If you are not satisfied, the Commissioner of the London Police, Mr. WanGeorge Sisi, is here, and you should ask him in person. ”

Fang Lang, who was thinking about how to get out, heard Fit Henderson's words, and hurriedly took the opportunity to turn around, nodded at Suleiman Brom, and turned to Fit Henderson and said:

"Thank you Uncle Henderson for your concern, last night the London Police Department sent a chief inspector and gave me a satisfactory answer in person, the matter has been perfectly resolved, and I don't plan to continue the investigation."