In this kind of situation, both sides must not be in a state of hostility, and Joseph Henry lets the other two fiddling with pistols on the side, which means that the two sides should be friends of mutual trust.

There is no reason?

Didn’t Joseph Henry doubt everyone and trust everyone?

When Joseph Henry saw Colonel William walking from afar, he quickly stood up to greet him, shouting as he walked, "Col. William, my friend, I am so happy to see you!"

Colonel William put the doubts in his heart aside, saluted Joseph Henry first, and then hugged friends. When embracing, William felt Joseph Henry's sincerity, and he couldn't help but have another question in his heart, which nerve cramped Joseph Henry?

Colonel William’s military base in San Diego and Vincent Island ruled by Joseph Henry are facing the Caribbean Sea. The United States and Britain regularly organize maritime military exercises to combat pirates. Therefore, several years ago, when Joseph Henry took over Vincent Island, Colonel William met him, but at that time, Lieutenant Colonel William was still Lieutenant Colonel William.

After Anne Brasen's incident, Colonel William contacted Joseph Henry privately, but Joseph Henry took the attitude of not doing business and doing private matters, and ignored Colonel William's private contact. Including when he sent Luo Lie to the island three days ago, Joseph Henry's response to Colonel William was also a stiff sentence: Businessmen welcomed the island, soldiers were welcome to the island, no talk!

Just three days later, Joseph Henry's attitude made a big turn of 180 degrees. How could Colonel William not have any questions? God knows what medicine Joseph Henry took wrong?

Joseph Henry stood up to greet him, and Rolei naturally followed closely. After Colonel William and Joseph Henry hugged, Rolei stepped forward and shook hands with Colonel William: "I told Henry not to be troubled like this, but Henry refused to accept it and insisted on giving you a surprise."

Joseph Henry laughed and said, "Nori, you are not a friend enough, and you expose my trump card as soon as you open your mouth." Instead, he said to Colonel William, "Before this, I was very negligent about you and General Harris. Although there was a reason for the matter, in the end, I still had something wrong with me. So, I kept Noriqiang just to say sorry to you and hope you can stay for dinner."

Joseph Henry's sincere attitude dispelled most of Colonel William's doubts. At this moment, he had only one confusion left in his heart. How did Luo Lie do it?

It was obviously presumptuous to ask questions in front of both parties. Colonel William could only suppress the confusion in his heart and accepted Joseph Henry's invitation with a smile.

The soldiers of the British Empire were the most arrogant, and among them, the navy of the British Empire was the most arrogant. Although a regiment formed by Joseph Henry belonged to the army, it was included in the navy's combat sequence in the Caribbean. Therefore, the arrogance of this guy is a top player.

Before this, Colonel William had a lot of experience.

But this time, Joseph Henry seemed to have changed his personalities and was very attentive to Colonel William. The result of attentiveness must not come from Colonel William's military uniform, so the root of it must be that boy Luo Lie.

The only remaining question once again appeared in Colonel William's mind. How did that boy Luo Lie do it?

With this question, Colonel William finished the sumptuous dinner arranged by Joseph Henry. Still with this question, Colonel William, accompanied by Joseph Henry, led Luo Lie and his party to his ship.

Night navigation is not as safe as daytime, nor is it as fast as daytime, but there is one advantage at night, that is, you can rest and wake up and arrive in San Diego.

Everyone boarded the boat, and Joseph Henry went to untie the cables himself. The boat successfully anchored and left the dock. Joseph Henry was still waving frequently on the shore.

Colonel William could no longer hold it back, and grabbed Luo Lie and asked, "Nuoli, how did you do it?"

Luo Lie looked confused and asked back, "How did you do it?"

Colonel William explained: "I'm asking, how did you gain Joseph Henry's trust?"

Luo Lie shrugged his shoulders and replied, "I scared him and said, if he doesn't cooperate with me, I will ask General Harris to send warships to destroy them all. Joseph Henry was afraid, so that's it!"

This was obviously a joke, and Colonel William would definitely not believe it. But seeing Luo Lie's strange smile, Colonel William understood that he would definitely not get the exact answer from his mouth, so he could only target Zhao Daming.

Zhao Daming replied more simply: "After we landed, we visited Governor Henry as a buyer and stayed in his Governor's Mansion. When we woke up in the afternoon, Noli and Henry had become friends of mutual trust."

This is also nonsense!

William turned his gaze to Robut again.

Robut shrugged his shoulders, pointed at Zhao Daming, and said, "Do you need me to repeat it again?"

Even Robut is like this, so Colonel William naturally cannot have hope for Qin Gang and Little Gu Ting. Fortunately, there is also Anne Braisson.

"Annie, although you don't know me, I knew you more than ten years ago." Colonel William used his military advantage and used a roundabout way of encirclement against Annie Brasen. He first got close to Annie Brasen, waited for Annie to relax, and then pulled out Annie's truth little by little.

As soon as Anne Braisson came up, she said that she was not much alert and said happily: "I have seen you. In my father's study, there is a photo of my father, Uncle Harris and you. My father said, when I was young, you hugged me!"

The atmosphere at the beginning was good. Colonel William had confidence, but he was still not in a hurry. He continued to touch Anne Braisson: "Is your father's health okay? In short, I haven't seen him in almost ten years."

Anne Braisson nodded and said, "He's very good, Uncle William, I know you want to ask me how Nuelli rescued me and became friends with Governor Henry, right?"

Colonel William said anxiously: "Do you know? Tell Uncle William if you know."

Anne Braisson shook his head and said, "I can't explain clearly. When I was released, Noli and Governor Henry had become friends. Uncle William, do you know that Noli is very good..."

At dawn, the transport ship arrived at the harbour of the San Diego military base in the United States of America.

Seeing that Luo Lie and his party were still sleeping soundly, Colonel William went ashore alone and drove to General Harris' residence at the base headquarters. Rescuing Anne Braisen was a private job. William, who was calm and cautious in his work, was unwilling to report to General Harris with the radio telegraph on the ship. He could only report the good news to General Harris as soon as possible in this stupidest but safest way.

When he arrived at Harris' residence, it was already bright. General Harris, who had developed the habit of going to bed early and getting up early, had just gotten up. When he heard the news of William's return, Harris didn't bother to wash up first and met William in the bedroom. After hearing William's return, Harris seemed very happy and urged William to go back and take Luo Lie and his party to the base headquarters, saying that he would thank Luo Lie in person.

William was ordered to drive back.

When we returned to the boat, everyone had already woken up, and had just washed up and was about to wait for breakfast.

"Don't eat on the boat. Come back to the base headquarters with me. The general is still waiting for breakfast with you!" William greeted everyone enthusiastically.

There was indeed nothing delicious on the boat, so after listening to William's arrangement, everyone felt a little hungry in their stomachs, but they happily accepted William's arrangement.

Everyone took two cars and drove towards the base headquarters.

On the way, William asked Luo Lie again about his confusion: "Nuoli, it's the question from last night. Tell me the answer, I'm begging you!"

Luo Lie subconsciously turned his head and looked at the back seat. He thought that it seemed that Robut and he were in the same car, but after seeing it, he realized that the two sitting in the back seats were Zhao Daming and Annie Bresen.

"It's not complicated to say." Luo Lie originally wanted Robut to answer this question, but Robut was not there, and Luo Lie could not use Zhao Daming, so he could only answer in person: "The conflict between Joseph Henry and the farmer is nothing more than a conflict of interests. Henry is too dark and the farmer can't stand it, so he started a war."

William nodded and replied, "I know this, but I think it's an irreconcilable contradiction. I really don't know how you did it to make them shake hands and talk about peace."

Luo Lie smiled and said, "The Robut I brought with me was just trying to use him to recharge my store, but I didn't expect it to come in handy!"

William was responsible for intelligence work in the base and knew a lot about all walks of life. In addition, this person was very smart. Luo Lie said this only, and William suddenly realized, "Did you change the sugarcane garden and banana garden on Vincent Island tobacco leaves?"

Luo Lie curled his lips and said, "I just said it's very simple!"

William sighed: "It's not complicated to say now, but it's not easy to think of this method. Nuoli, if you were not a Chinese, I would have tried to advise the general to recruit you under my command."

Luo Lie said: "Don't be proud of me. If you can come up with this plan, it is because of the situation that you are forced to do anything!"

Zhao Daming, who was in the back seat, interrupted: "After we landed on the island, we successfully deceived Governor Henry that afternoon, but when we visited the manor the next day, we just left the first one and were discovered by Smith. At that time, there were nearly twenty guns aimed at us. Fortunately, Nuoli was alert and confused Smith and found an opportunity to fight back."

William sighed: "I can imagine how critical it would be at that time."

Luo Lie laughed and said, "What! Even if twenty guns are pointed at us, there is no danger, because Smith dares not shoot at all. Even if I didn't find a chance to counterattack at that time, it doesn't matter much, because the opportunity will come to us sooner or later, it depends on who is more patient."

Zhao Daming said: "If Smith was not confused by you and did not come into the living room, where would we get the opportunity?"

Luo Lie smiled and said, "He always has to deal with us, right?"

Zhao Daming was stunned for a moment and said, "You mean he will be tied up sooner or later, right?"

Luo Lie nodded and said, "He dared not shoot, but brought it up. This only shows that Smith is really inexperienced. When I saw his eyes wandering again, I knew that he must be very conflicted, so there was no need to find the most suitable opportunity. As long as we fight back, we will definitely succeed." Luo Lie was really arrogant when talking about the hindsight, but in fact, what he said just now was just a summary afterwards.

William drove the car and said, "In that case, you can still be so calm, Nuoli, I admire you very much."

Luo Lie was only concerned about bragging, but unexpectedly, the braids were causing trouble for herself, because there was still Anne Braisson sitting in the back seat. Although Anne Braisson developed the bad temper of a young lady, this girl was extremely smart. After talking to Luo Lie for a few words, she knew that Luo Lie liked to be obedient girls. Therefore, as long as she was in front of Luo Lie, Anne Braisson always acted very well-behaved. She sat quietly behind, but it did not prevent her from looking at Luo Lie's back and listening to Luo Lie's braid, her admiration and admiration for Luo Lie in her heart unconsciously rose to another level.

The car drove to the base headquarters. General Harris was already waiting at the entrance of the building. When he saw Luo Lie getting out of the car, he took two steps forward and spread his arms at Luo Lie. However, except for General Harris, only Anne Braisen, the others were just shaking hands with General Harris.

As the chief officer of the Santiago military base, General Harris is the most powerful person on the land of Cuba. Just a breakfast was more abundant than Joseph Henry's grand supper.

After eating and drinking, General Harris ordered William to settle everyone and instructed William to wait for everyone to rest, and then take everyone to have a good time to visit various attractions in San Diego. After Harris took Anne Braisson's hand to call Adam Braisson and left, Luo Lie reminded William: "William, don't forget your promise?"

William subconsciously glanced at Robut and replied, "You are talking about Havana Customs? I'll send the official letter."

Luo Lie shook his head and said, "Don't worry about that, just get it before we go back."

William suspected: "It's not about Havana Customs? What's that?"

Luo Lie smiled and said, "You are so noble that you have forgotten so much. I will remind you one word, warship!"

William slapped his forehead and said, "Look at my brain! But..." William smiled faintly and continued, "Fortunately, I have asked the general for instructions. You can choose a warship to go out to sea at any time."

Luo Lie immediately became excited and shouted, "Then what are we waiting for? Why don't we go there quickly and enjoy it!"

Any man can never withstand the temptation of guns, cannons and warships. Not only Luo Lie became excited, but Zhao Daming, Qin Gang and Gu Ting and Luo But also became excited.

William's military vehicle is larger than that of a civilian vehicle. Although the six people were a little crowded in the same car, it was barely enough. Of course, William was still the one who drove, while Qin Gang, the largest, was driven to the passenger seat. In the back seat, Zhao Daming and Robut sat on both sides, and Luo Lie hugged Xiao Gu Ting in the middle.

The warships of the United States of America are not the most advanced, and are far behind those of the British Empire. Even compared with the outdated Spanish Empire or the tepid French Empire, the warships of the United States of America do not have any advantage.

However, in the eyes of Luo Lie and others, the warships docked in the military port were god-like existences.

Luo Lie did not rush to go out to sea, but boarded the ship one after another to visit. The officers and soldiers on the warship were very surprised when they saw a group of Chinese people, but when they saw Colonel William accompanying each other, they could only treat each other politely.

"Brother Ming, do you think if our Qing Dynasty had such advanced warships, would he be bullied?" Luo Lie sighed while visiting.

Zhao Daming snorted and responded: "It's not without Qing Dynasty. Twenty years ago, the Qing Dynasty formed the Beiyang Navy and bought the most advanced warships from the British Empire and the German Empire. But what happened? Thirteen or fourteen years ago, a naval battle was completely defeated."

What Zhao Daming said about losing a brilliant naval battle was a naval ship battle between the Qing Dynasty and Japan during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. In that battle, the Beiyang Navy fought very bravely. Although it suffered heavy losses, it also damaged five Japanese warships. However, Luo Lie was still young at that time and was not aware of these things. Later, the Qing Dynasty rulers were ashamed to speak out and avoided talking about this battle. The Chinese could only hearsay.

Luo Lie sighed: "What I bought from someone is not as good as the ones made by him. Look at William, when introducing these warships, although he repeatedly stated that these warships were not as good as the warships of the British Empire, all the officers and soldiers on the ships, especially William, were full of pride, just because they used warships made by their own country."

Zhao Daming sighed: "That's right! You said, we Chinese are not stupider than foreigners, so why can't we build our own warships? Let's not talk about those warships, even ordinary guns and cannons, that's not enough! Alas, this Qing Dynasty is really hopeless!"

Of course, the two brothers spoke in Chinese. Although William couldn't understand it, he could see Luo Lie's emotional depression. So he asked with concern: "Nuoli, what's wrong? Are you tired? It doesn't matter. We can go back and rest first. When our physical strength recovers, it's not too late to board the ship and go to sea."

Luo Lie waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I'll be exempted from going to sea. William, don't be afraid of you to joke. Sitting on the warships of other countries to show off their power. In our Chinese words, it is called "fox-fake-tik power", which is a very embarrassing thing!"

The most anticipated amusement project suddenly lost interest, which made Luo Lie feel less about other games. If General Harris had not had an explanation and said that he would welcome them to the evening, Luo Lie agreed immediately. When he came back from the military port, Luo Lie would have asked William to say goodbye.

Anne Braisson was rescued, and Harris took down a big idea. After calling his old friend and in-law Adam Braisson, Harris naturally had to ask Anne Braisson about his well-being.

The character and habits of foreigners are very different from those of Chinese. If this kind of thing is put on a noble official in the Qing Dynasty, the girl will be abolished. There is only one reason why our family cannot afford to lose this person. Even if the boys at home make such a mistake and cannot tell the truth about being innocent, they will be severely punished. But foreigners are different. First, they don’t care much about the innocent girl’s innocence, and second, they do not like to punish their children. As long as the children know that they are wrong, parents are more concerned about the concern.

Anne Braisson didn't think there was anything wrong with pursuing love, but she was extremely disappointed with Del Smith, and therefore verbally said something similar to regretting admitting her mistake.

This is enough for Adam Breson and Harris.

On the phone, Anne Braisson was not convenient to make any requests to his father, but when he put down the phone, facing Uncle Harris's concern, Anne Braisson made a request to Uncle Harris in time.
To be continued...