After a long sailing, the fleet where Li Jinde was located crossed half of the earth. When they arrived at the Thames, it was already cold winter and heavy snow.

The city of London in Britain was empty, and the arrival of a fleet from the mysterious East caused a huge sensation in this cold winter. The dock of the Thames River could not even accommodate more than 60 large sailboats that suddenly arrived.

The good London citizens gathered at the dock to stop and look around. Two or three years ago, a Chinese merchant ship was accidentally hit by Britain. This time, it was a large fleet of more than fifty large sailing ships! The dragon flag was roaring over the Thames River!

"Is this Britain? It's really a big city." The merchants who followed Li Jinde put on their coats and curiously looked at the Western buildings of different styles. The City of London seemed so strange to them who were just coming to the city.

"I didn't expect to visit again one day." Li Jinde found that although the city of London could not be compared with the capital, the population of hundreds of thousands is undoubtedly a big city.

He had no idea about the West before, but he hired a few British sailors and came to the legendary West with passion. At that time, he could not distinguish between Britain, Portugal, Spain and other Western countries, and thought that it was the West here. He was already familiar with the second time and was not unfamiliar with the City of London.

Since the two sides had already agreed on tariff issues in the trade treaty, the customs declaration of the Western company fleet to London City was soon completed.

The ships of the Fourth Fleet, including Sun Xu, Ruan Youjin, Ruan Youyi, etc., sailed directly into the Thames River, which did not cause panic among the local people and the royal family. The people were notified by King Charles I and the Royal Party that this was an allies' ship, and Charles I and the Royal Party nobles deeply understood that this fleet would not be stupid enough to attack the city of London...

The Fourth Fleet only had more than a dozen sailing warships built on the local level. Charles I believed that the temporary convening of the Royal Navy could still defeat the Fourth Fleet. Moreover, this is Britain, tens of thousands of miles away from China, and the technical level of this era could not achieve a great expedition of tens of thousands of miles. The main fleets of various countries were usually held in the English Channel or the Mediterranean. Organizing the siege of the West Indies could be regarded as an expedition. The conflicts in the further distance were generally the struggle between armed merchant ships, privateers, and treasure ships of various countries.

"City of London!" The Navy officers of the Fourth Fleet also arrived in London for the first time and truly began to contact Western civilization.

Ruan Youjin hit Ruan Youyi with his elbow: "I didn't expect that the Westerners who were active in our Annan Kingdom came from these places at that time."

The Fourth Fleet Navy Team in Navy uniforms came ashore and lined up in an orderly manner, which attracted a lot of attention. Any country longed to have a unified system and an army that paid attention to order.

"Earl of Compton, is the matter entrusted by His Majesty the King to you?" A British nobleman dressed in a fur coat came over with several ministers and took the lead in finding Earl of Compton.

"Fortunately, I'm not disgraced." said the Earl of Compton, "I don't know where His Majesty the King is?"

"His Majesty the King just knew you were coming, so he asked me to come to greet you. It seems that the Eastern fleet you brought this time seemed to be too large." Earl Strats looked over Compton and looked at the fleet of the Western Company docked on the banks of the Thames, and couldn't help but be a little shocked.

The last time Li Jinde came here was just his private merchant ship, but this time he brought more than fifty ships, which seemed a bit exaggerated.

"It is estimated that only the merchant ships of the Netherlands can compare to them. The Netherlands can send hundreds of merchant ships into the Pacific Ocean at a time." said Earl of Compton.

"The Netherlands have become a new threat. Now there is one more navy that is stronger than ours. His Majesty the King wishes to reorganize the Royal Navy immediately. He issues ship tax to obtain the navy's funds when you leave Britain, which arouses a lot of conflicts... Let's not mention this matter for now. Let's first receive the arrival of Chinese merchants. Their arrival may provide the king with funds to revitalize the navy." After saying that, Earl Stratana took several ministers to entertain Li Jinde and others.

"I am the captain of the Fourth Fleet of the Navy of the Kyushu Army. I was ordered to lead the Fourth Fleet to garrison in Britain, assisting you in the British Navy to deal with threats from the Spanish and the Netherlands, and even helping you with the Scottish Navy." Sun Xu introduced to the Earl of Stratage.

"I am Count Stratford, the most loyal servant of His Majesty the King, welcome you. You may need to move the port of Portsmouth to expand the influence of our allies in the English Channel. Now the Spaniards and the Netherlands are unscrupulous in the English Channel, and their ships can easily enter and exit the English Channel and go to the Atlantic Ocean, without taking us seriously at all." Count Stratford said.

"You have provided the port for you. We will pay for the maintenance and supply of our ships in the port," said Sun Xu.

An important part of the trade treaty between the two sides is to provide military ports and trade ports to the Jiuzhou Army and Chinese merchants. The cost of garrison is borne by the Jiuzhou Army Navy itself. As the cost of providing military ports, when there is a military conflict between Britain and other European countries, the warships stationed in Britain have an obligation to form a joint fleet with the Royal British Navy.

"Earl Stratford, we meet again. This time I will stay in London for a long time. Please take care of you." Li Jinde greeted Earl Stratford, "I am now the head of the Western Trading Company."

"It turned out to be you! It seems that you have been valued by your Eastern rulers because of your arrival in our city of London." Earl of Stratford met Li Jinde again. At this time, Li Jinde no longer came to London as a private businessman, but as a governor of the East India Company, as a person similar to the governor of the East India Company.

The arrival of the Western trading company led by Li Jinde will also contribute a considerable tariff to the royal family every year.

"It's a long story at this time. I will definitely talk to you in detail if I have time." Li Jinde said to Earl Strafford.

"Okay, His Majesty the King is preparing a grand banquet to entertain you, and we will prepare temporary accommodation for you. The number of crew members you have come may be a little larger than we expect. Please give us some time to prepare." Earl of Straffor said.
Chapter completed!