"When our businessman Li Jinde was caught by the vicious Western pirates, he slept on firewood and tasted gall, collected intelligence in the pirate's nest, found out the deployment in the city, and sent people to secretly contact our fleet to jointly eliminate the scourge that harmed one side... Our fleet, the Fourth Fleet, has more than 100 large ships and 5,000 artillery doors. When we arrived at the pirate's nest, we saw a general landing to give the pirates the last ultimatum: 'Remember you have eighty high halls and three-year-old children, if you can hand over the robbed property, you will be spared from now on, and you will no longer harm passers-by.'

"Unexpectedly, those pirates have always been used to being fierce and do not listen to good advice. Our fleet had to use 5,000 artillery pieces to bombard the pirates' nests. The solid shells were as big as a hill, and they made the pirates run away with their heads in their arms!"

The storyteller in the teahouse was spitting everywhere, and when he talked about the thrilling place, everyone applauded.

Li Jinde was portrayed as a sailing hero when he returned from Europe a few years ago. The legendary story of him traveling through the stormy waves and seeing the Western Kings in the capital has long been known.

Now the story of Li Jinde in the Mediterranean has been hyped up by the Jiuzhou newspaper, and its popularity has soared.

The storytellers even divided the story into several scenes, such as the Mediterranean in danger, the battle of pirates in the Atlantic, the battle of Tunisia, and the expedition to Egypt, which made the capital city tired of listening to several storytellings and operas.

In their opinion, these stories are more vivid than the stories made up by some scholars from scratch, because this is a legendary story based on facts. In addition, Li Jinde has really returned to the capital, which makes many ordinary people believe it!

"My husband, you are more famous now. Even when I went shopping for groceries, there were a group of people asking you about things, such as how you deceived the pirates and the eyes and ears to provide information for our fleet." Salina sat in the teahouse box and said to Li Jinde almost with a smile.

Because of the existence of the private room, Li Jinde has helped to block many troubles.

As they became more and more famous, Li Jinde and Salina had to cover their faces when they went out, otherwise they would be surrounded by a group of fanatical "fans" who had heard of storytelling in the capital to ask this and that.

Li Jinde was very helpless about this. To be honest, he gained a lot of benefits from his trip to the West. The shares of Western companies he had were even more valuable. He was able to get a lot of dividends from the company every year. He was also a well-known figure in the business circle.

But he did not want to be so famous among the citizens. This would affect his daily life and even forced him to ask two guards to stand at the gate to expel the good people who tried to break into his mansion.

Traveling outside also becomes troublesome.

But he had to become such a hero because he needed a heroic image to inspire businessmen and sailors to advance towards the West. Moreover, Chu Yun asked him personally for this matter, and he could not refuse.

"The people in the newspaper office are getting more and more excessive. They have repeatedly exaggerated the facts. I have always been a coolie in Algiers, where can I get the opportunity to collect information? There are also the fourth fleet's full plans and the supply ships are only more than 10 ships, so where can there be more than 100 ships? The more exaggerated the storytelling thing, the more the audience likes it. If they say it according to the facts, I'm afraid they won't be happy." Li Jinde said as if he was ridiculed.

"My husband, it's already amazing that you can endure it and survive. Living is the most important thing." Salina said, holding Li Jinde's hand.

"Hahaha, what you said is, if it weren't for this photo, I'm afraid I've been dead several times because of hunger and cold." Li Jinde took out the wrinkled black and white photo, which was a photo of Li Jinde and his family. "I need to find someone to frame this photo as our heirloom, and then we'll take a new photo..."

When Li Jinde was speaking, he found that Salina was already in tears and quickly said, "Don't cry, I'm here now, I'm not allowed to cry anymore, and Ying Er is here too."

Salina wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes: "Don't you really leave here again in the past three to five years?"

"Actually, the military commander has given me a new task recently..." Li Jinde scratched his head in embarrassment.

"Didn't you say you'd stay for three or five years?" Salina seemed frightened and glared at Li Jinde, tears couldn't help but shed.

"No, you misunderstood. I will only go to Tianjin Wei in a few days. I only need to inspect a factory in the local area, no more than ten days at most!" Li Jinde found that he had misunderstood again.

"real?"

"really!"

"Then why do you say so misunderstood? You must be trying to make bad things!"

"How dare I! I just have no intention of making fun of you." Li Jinde extended his finger and sweared, "I plan to settle down after I come back from the West this time and start a business again."

"Huh?" Salina showed a puzzled expression. Did her husband have any new ideas?

"This time I went to Tianjin Wei to inspect the factory, a soda ash factory and other chemical plants. I don't understand the principles, so I went to the Chemical College of Jingshi University to visit the lecturers there, which benefited a lot. I think if everything is composed of elements, then I can combine different elements to synthesize new products. The chemical industry will be a very promising industry. If I go to Tianjin Wei in a few days to inspect the local chemical plants, if it matches my imagination and has a bright future, then I plan to devote myself to the chemical industry while taking into account Western company affairs." Li Jinde said.

Salina looked at her husband in disbelief. She did not misunderstand that person. This person was not just an ordinary businessman, but also had great ideas.

Perhaps it was because of this imagination that Li Jinde had a sudden idea to go to Europe and had the previous encounter between the two.

"No matter what you do, I will support you." Salina, who also has her own career, unconditionally supported Li Jinde because she understood the importance of career to a person with a deeper understanding of the importance of career.

"Of course, in order to understand this industry better, I may apply to the Chemistry Academy to attend the trial. In the future, I may open a chemical company myself." Li Jinde expressed his detailed plans.

Maybe Chu Yun did not expect that Li Jinde, who obtained the accumulation of original capital from Western companies, later established the first private chemical company and later became the famous Imperial Chemical Group.

Of course, this is a later story.
Chapter completed!