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Zhong Yi's office is a suite, with an inner office and an outer living room.

At this moment, Richmore and Commodus were sitting in the outer parlor and talking quietly.

Commodus said: "What is said to have happened in Yinjiang has reached London? ”

Richmore shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "No way, it's not a hundred years ago, a hundred years ago, human communication still relied on letters, and it took at least a few months or even half a year to travel from the Far East to London, but now, it only takes a few seconds for radio waves to travel from the Far East to London." ”

Commodus said: "Public opinion in London is very bad for you? ”

Public opinion in London was not only unfavorable to Richmore, but was almost about to impeach him.

Some members of the House of Commons have already appealed that he has no common sense as a diplomat and has taken the initiative to use the Royal Marines to invade the territory of a sovereign country, losing royal face!

A man like him is not worthy of being a diplomat! Not worthy of representing the image of the British Empire!

"No way." Richmore shrugged his shoulders again and said, "Those fools in the House of Commons have completely lost their judgment of the world situation, they only know how to blindly curry favor with the electorate and cater to the stupid peaceful hedonism, but they do not know that the whole of Europe and even the whole world has long become a boiling oil pot!" ”

Commodus spread his hands and said, "So now, what are you going to do?" ”

Richmore was stunned when he heard this, and asked Commodus: "What to do?" ”

Commodus said: "According to my speculation, Zhong Yi will most likely not obey Chongqing's orders and unconditionally release the ninety-seven Royal Marines in custody, so I am afraid that public opinion in London will continue to ferment, and once public opinion is allowed to hold Downing Street's will hostage, then you will be in trouble." ”

"Can't you?" Li Qimo said, "Zhong Yi dares to disobey Chongqing's orders? ”

"I'm afraid you'll have to be prepared." Commodus shrugged, "As far as I know, this Zhong Yi was a commander before he entered politics, and he often refused to carry out the orders of the Supreme Command of the National Army. ”

"Oh Tfak?" Ridgmore was dumbfounded, "What can I do about this?" ”

While the two were talking, footsteps suddenly sounded in the corridor outside, and the two of them shut up at the moment.

After a while, Zhong Yi's tall and straight figure walked in from the door of the office.

"Minister Richmore, Minister Commodus." Zhong Yi smiled, "I'm very sorry to keep you waiting. ”

Richmore and Commodore quickly stood up and shook hands with Zhong Yi, seeing Zhong Yi's smile on his face, Richmore's hanging heart relaxed a little, and it seemed that the situation was not too bad.

Zhong Yi looked at his watch and said with a smile: "The two ministers came here so late, there must be something important, right?" ”

Richmore said sincerely: "Your Excellency Mayor, we have come here this time to apologize to you!" ”

In order to continue to stay in the post of minister stationed in Yinjiang, in order to keep the family property that he has saved in Yinjiang for many years, Li Qimo can only choose to bow his head and admit his cowardice.

Zhong Yi said: "I am deeply pleased that Mr. Minister can have such an attitude. ”

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "This is the attitude that a diplomatic envoy of a responsible major country should have!" ”

"Fake, Fake, Fake!" Li Qimo greeted Zhong Yi's mother fiercely in his heart, but said with a smile on his face, "If Your Excellency the Mayor needs it, I can publish a letter of apology in the Yinjiang Daily tomorrow." ”

"It doesn't have to be." Zhong Yi waved his hand lightly, and his mouth was not interesting.

"Then ......," said Richmore, who looked at Commodus, "now that the matter has passed, should the officers and men of the British Royal Marines who have been detained by you also be released?" ”

"That's what you said." Zhong Yi showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and said, "I'm afraid this matter is not easy to do." ”

Richmore's face immediately darkened, and he really let Commodus say that this person was simply bold, and he really planned to refuse to carry out the instructions of the Chongqing side.

At that moment, Li Qimo said cautiously: "As far as I know, it seems that Chongqing has agreed to release people?" ”

"That's right, Chongqing agreed to release people." Zhong Yi did not deny it, and then changed his words and said, "But when and how to release them, Chongqing does not have clear instructions." ”

Li Qimo was dumbfounded when he heard this, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Zhong Yi's prevarication kung fu was really perfect.

However, people are swordsmen and I am fish and meat, no matter how dissatisfied I am, I can only endure it, and then Richmore said: "Your Excellency, Mayor, can I know what difficulties you have?" ”

"Of course." Zhong Yi said bluntly, "The main thing is this cost. ”

"Fees?" Richmore didn't understand for a moment, and said blankly, "What cost?" ”

"Actually, it's nothing." Zhong Yi said, "The main thing is the expenses incurred during the detention of your marines, such as transportation, food and accommodation, etc., and secondly, in order to detain your marines, we have no choice but to dispatch armed personnel, and the dispatch of these armed personnel also requires hard work, right?" ”

"What should I be, this is it." Richmore said, "Your Excellency, tell me directly, how much?" ”

In Richmore's mind, how many people can pay for the transportation and food expenses of the 97th Marines? In order to disarm and detain these 97 marines, Yinjiang dispatched a lot of personnel, but even if you add the hard work of these people, how much money can you add up? Richmore personally gave this expense!

"Mr. Minister is refreshing!" Zhong Yi clapped his hands, pulled an abacus that had been prepared long ago from the table, and said while making a crackling call, "Then I'll calculate it first." ”

"That's it, there are ninety-seven marines in your country."

"In order to make it easier to calculate, let's erase zero, and count it as a hundred."

Hearing this, Li Qimo's face darkened, and he only heard that he had wiped it down, but he had never heard of it erasing it up, but there was only a difference of three people, so Li Qimo endured it.

After a pause, Zhong Yi said again: "These 100 marines have been detained in Zhejiang No. 2 Prison for a total of two days!" ”

Commodus couldn't help but retort: "Your Excellency, the 100 Marines were detained by you this afternoon, so it was only half a day. ”

Zhong Yi said: "Minister Commodity, it seems that you have a misunderstanding of the calculation of the time limit of detention, our Chinese detention time limit is not like you in the United States, calculated according to the hour, but calculated according to the number of days, our detained 100 British Marines yesterday, and now the time is the early morning of October 21, so it is calculated according to two days. ”