Chapter 1687: Leaving Britain

Stephenson looked at the item in Mo Cheng's hand, not knowing how to express his gratitude.

"No, no, no, this is too valuable; I cannot accept it," Stephenson hurriedly refused.

Mo Cheng, however, said, "Do you intend to sleep on the streets in Longyan?"

Stephenson thought for a moment about what would happen if he went and ended up sleeping on the streets in Longyan.

Coupled with the fact that he was not a Longyan person and did not understand the Longyan language well, in such a situation—

If he had no money, his life in Longyan would basically be ruined. Thinking of this, Stephenson still accepted Mo Cheng's money.

"Mo Cheng, you are truly the most generous gentleman I have ever met. May the Lord bless you," Stephenson said sincerely.

"It is nothing; just consider it an investment in you."

Stephenson was stunned, then burst into loud laughter.

They all understood Mo Cheng. Stephenson put on his hat and lowered the brim; the sky outside was pitch black, and he said, "I am leaving now."

Newton also followed Stephenson out and said in a low voice, "I will see him off."

Mo Cheng and Hu Xi'er nodded, and under their gaze, the carriage carrying Newton and Stephenson moved away from there.

After watching them leave, Mo Cheng and Hu Xi'er returned inside.

At this moment, a British spy lurking near Newton's house saw this scene and recorded it.

……

At this time, in America.

Fojilisi.

Not long after the last banquet, George's sister-in-law, Lady Danni, invited George to accompany her to a dinner party.

This made George miss his former military life, not because that military life had been so wonderful.

But because life at home was far too plain and simple.

It was either a banquet or on the way to a banquet.

This had even caused George to put on some weight.

However, it was impossible for George to refuse his sister-in-law's request; although he did not want to go, he still dressed formally to attend that evening.

In the carriage, George's sister-in-law, Lady Danni.

Kept chattering about how they were attending Earl Ryan's banquet this time.

He was the greatest Earl in Fojilisi, bar none; even Count William paled in comparison to him.

Although both were Earls, their statuses were different; Count William was a newly appointed Earl in the British Colonial District, requested by Kelinxi to be ennobled by the British royal family.

But Earl Ryan was not; Earl Ryan was a proper, authentic British Noble.

The Ryan family had held the title of Earl for a very long time, hereditary for many generations.

Yet, such a Noble ultimately chose to immigrate to America, not because they could no longer survive in Britain and needed to emigrate to preserve their family's power.

That was not the case.

There was only one reason Earl Ryan chose to come to America: he owned vast plantations in America, and he had factories for manufacturing Textile Machines and production.

During the Industrial Revolution that swept through all the old-line Nobles in Britain, Earl Ryan did not suffer much of an impact.

Instead, he accepted converting his land into plantations and even purchased Textile Machines to assemble production lines.

Therefore, he gained immense wealth, which also gave this old-line Noble a great deal of influence.

Although he was in Fojilisi, no one could shake his position.

And yet, having reached the pinnacle of both status and wealth, he still had one very painful matter.

That was his apple of his eye, Qin, who still had no partner.

She was already twenty-eight, and even though Earl Ryan was a Noble who had reached the pinnacle of wealth and status, he still felt this matter was very embarrassing.

Along the way, sister-in-law Danni chattered incessantly about Earl Ryan's identity, as well as the identity of that lady, his apple of his eye named Qin,

and their hobbies, and so on.

George's ears were almost calloused from listening, yet she still would not stop.

George looked at his sister-in-law and said very helplessly, "Sister-in-law, I am only accompanying you to the dinner party."

"I am not interested in Earl Ryan's daughter; please do not continue talking about this."

Danni looked at George's impatient expression and finally quieted down for a few minutes.

But before long, Danni said again, "George, you should get to know this Earl Ryan's daughter well tonight; I hear she admires you very much."

George completely collapsed, sitting in the carriage and continuing to listen to his sister-in-law's nagging.

From Fonnong Shanzhuang to Earl Ryan's manor, George swore that this stretch of road was absolutely the longest and most painful road he had ever traveled.

George was nearly at his breaking point.

However, fortunately, just as he was about to collapse, the carriage stopped.

The Coachman's voice came from outside: "My Lady, Young Master, we have arrived."

Hearing these words, George felt as if he had received a pardon and hurriedly leaped from the carriage; he could no longer endure his sister-in-law's incessant chatter.

The carriage was half a person high; George had been a soldier, so jumping down from the carriage would not be a problem.

But George's sister-in-law, Lady Danni, could not do this.

Her Coachman brought the wooden stool down, and she stepped down from the carriage step by step.

Yet, in just this short while, Lady Danni lost sight of George.

When she saw George again, she discovered that George was having a dispute with someone.

"This lady, please show some respect."

The woman arguing with George snorted coldly, staring at George's handsome but icy face.

"What, you're not convinced? Although I wasn't paying attention just now and it was an accident, you shouldn't have dodged!"

Qiaozhi felt utterly speechless at such an answer; just a moment ago, after he stepped off the Horse Carriage and walked to the entrance, he wasn't paying attention and a woman in a rush came straight toward him.

However, Qiaozhi was someone who had spent some time in the Britain military, so he subconsciously dodged out of the way.

That woman was not so lucky; she tripped over her own feet and was about to fall face-first onto the ground.

At this moment, the entrance to the estate of Earl Ryan was filled with prominent figures from all walks of life in Fojilisi, and if this incident had really happened,

it would have had an impact on her reputation.

However, Qiaozhi reacted in time; although he had dodged, he hurriedly supported the lady and saved her from embarrassment, but it was unavoidable that her gown suffered some damage.

This lady did not feel the slightest bit of gratitude, but instead pointed at Qiaozhi's nose and cursed: "You shouldn't have moved aside just now, otherwise I wouldn't be in such a sorry state."

"..." Qiaozhi did not answer.

Regarding a woman like this, he did not want to say a single word more to her.

Qiaozhi turned to leave, not wanting to tangle with her any further, but this woman refused to let Qiaozhi go, this fellow who had made her lose face.

"Stop right there, you bastard! After committing such an ungentlemanly act, you still want to leave?"

Qiaozhi could not help but turn his head to look at her: "Respected lady, what exactly do you want?"

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