Roque really didn't know that Ida and Arthur were actually on this cruise.

In fact, it is not surprising that the cruise from London to Cape Town only departs once every three days, and it is normal to take the same cruise.

I'm afraid Phyllis doesn't believe it's a coincidence.

In fact, Phyllis has already discovered the problem, British black-haired children are still quite rare, Arthur's photo once appeared in the newspaper, Phyllis knew Arthur's existence, the two sides were linked, and Phyllis immediately became suspicious.

Only then did Phyllis realize that Ida was standing at the door of the restaurant with a helpless face, and De Gaulle behind her was holding a plate of fruit and ice cream.

"Look at the good things you've done—" Phyllis smiled politely, but her words squeezed out of her teeth with compassion.

Fortunately, Phyllis is far away from Roque, otherwise it is estimated that Roque's arm will suffer again.

"I'm sorry Lady Nyasaland, I didn't notice—" Ida came over and glared at Arthur before apologizing to Phyllis.

Arthur grinned and didn't speak, and Gavin sat in the baby chair and giggled, he was probably in a happy mood at this time, and finally tasted the taste of apples.

Roque's mood was more uncomfortable, Ada didn't even look at Roque when he came over, although Roque could understand, but he still felt uncomfortable.

"Come Arthur, and I'll go back to my room and stand for two hours." Ida came to take Arthur away.

Arthur was still holding Gavin's hand, saying that he didn't want to part with anything.

Phyllis finally relented, raised her hand and pulled away the chair beside her: "Sit down for a while-"

Ida was overjoyed, Roque was in disbelief, and Arthur had sat down obediently, only Gavin was clapping his hands and laughing.

"I'm sorry Phyllis, I didn't mean to bother you." Ida is very smart at this time, don't look at the arrogance in front of Roque in private, and when she saw Phyllis's face, she was cautious about being like a concubine.

"His name is Arthur, isn't he?" Phyllis didn't answer, but looked at Arthur carefully, trying to find the part that coincided with Gavin's appearance from Arthur's appearance.

In fact, the degree of overlap is quite high, both children are black hair, which is the most obvious feature, the average white child, the freckles on the face are very obvious, Arthur and Gavin have almost no freckles on their faces, and the faces of the two little guys are also very similar to Roque, those who don't know must think that these are brothers.

Take Andrew Harold, for example.

Andrew Harold didn't know about Roque's past with Ida and Phyllis, of course, Andrew Harold was not stupid, seeing the situation in front of him, Andrew Harold was very wise not to speak.

Roark let out a long sigh and went into the dining room with Andrew Harold to eat, whatever Phyllis and Ida tossed.

At night, Roque slept in the study as he wished.

When Roque went to the restaurant the next day, he found that Phyllis and Ida had actually taken Arthur and Gavin to eat affectionately, and the two women were chatting quite enthusiastically.

Roque didn't even show his face, and directly asked Zach to bring breakfast to the study.

In the evening, Roque habitually prepares to go to the study, but is stopped by Phyllis.

"Where do I sleep today?" Roark didn't understand what Phyllis meant.

"Where else can I sleep? Go to your banker? Phyllis immediately turned into a tigress.

That's right, Roque is also strong now, and if he sleeps in the study for a long time, he will inevitably have endocrine disorders.

The space on the ship is relatively closed, and Ada lives in first class, which is on the same floor as Roque and Phyllis, which is really cheap for Ada if Phyllis doesn't pay attention.

"How could it be—" Roque was really short of breath and didn't dare to argue at all.

Then the night was fierce, and in Phyllis's words, it was to squeeze Roque dry, lest Roque go out and steal food.

It turns out that Phyllis didn't seem to succeed.

"Am I going too far?" It seems that the harmony of yin and yang can mediate emotions, and at this time Phyllis is very gentle.

"Why, you've done a great job, I'm grateful." Roque has infinite love for Phyllis, and it is indeed not easy for a woman to do this.

But think about it carefully, there is no such thing as "women's rights" in this era, and the high-ranking officials and nobles of the Qing Kingdom can still marry concubines if they marry their wives, and the situation in Africa is even more excessive, and the scumbags don't know how many people are there.

Even the people around Phyllis have many examples, such as Owen, as far as Phyllis knows, Owen has a lot of confidantes in London, and Lacey doesn't care about Henry, as long as Henry remembers to go home at night.

In this way, Roque has only two women, Phyllis and Ada, and he is already clean.

After another day, Roque was finally able to sit at the same table with Phyllis and Ada.

"Now is the time when the price of oriental cultural relics is the lowest, I bought nearly a thousand cultural relics in London during this time, it is said that they all flow from the imperial palace of the Qing Kingdom, or the royal gardens, after returning to Johannesburg, I am going to open a museum about the cultural relics of the Qing Kingdom, these gems are from the Qing Kingdom, they call this gemstone 'jadeite', it is said that the Queen Mother of the Qing Kingdom likes it very much-" Ida has more than a dozen pieces of jadeite of different colors in hand, each of which is the best.

"This jade is so beautiful—" Phyllis picked up a blue water bracelet casually, and held it up to look at the sun, it was indeed very beautiful, flawless and crystal clear.

In terms of jewelry, the difference between the East and the West is still quite large, such as bracelets in the East, which are rare in the West.

This is related to the type of gemstones, the popular red sapphire and diamond in the West, few are as large as jadeite and jade, and the gemstone the size of a pigeon's egg is already the best, and it can not be made into a bracelet at all, but can only be inlaid in jewelry, made into a variety of necklaces, earrings, or rings or something.

Ida was clearly influenced by Roque and wore an emerald bracelet on her wrist.

"Jade is a kind of jade, and it is believed in traditional Chinese medicine that jade has the functions of removing heat, relieving annoyance, moistening the heart and lungs, helping the voice and throat, nourishing hair, nourishing the five organs, calming the soul, soothing the blood and veins, and brightening the ears and eyes."

"Wait—"

"What are you talking about?"

Phyllis and Ida were immediately opposed, both of them now knew some Chinese, but not enough to understand the jargon.

"What is said in the "Compendium of Materia Medica"-" Luo Ke just wanted to explain, Arthur interjected next to him: "Li Shizhen! ”

Roque happily wanted to hug Arthur and kiss him, but in front of Phyllis, Roque still didn't want to be so obvious.

Phyllis looked at Arthur, who was already able to take care of Gavin, and then looked at Gavin who was grinning and giggling, and she really couldn't get angry if she wanted to.

This kind of thing, it's not good to blame Roque for being eccentric!

"The Compendium of Materia Medica, is that the bark of those grass roots?" Ida was still curious, but she didn't expect that this confirmed that Arthur knew that Li Shizhen and the "Compendium of Materia Medica" were definitely taught by Roque.

Roque forgot when he mentioned the "Compendium of Materia Medica" and Li Shizhen to Arthur, for the traditional Han culture, Roque has always spared no effort to promote: "Those grass roots and bark are very useful, more than 2,000 years ago, the Chinese have taken local materials from their surroundings to fight diseases, Europe until 200 years ago, the main means of doctors to treat diseases is bloodletting, so I planted 20,000 acres of medicinal materials in Johannesburg, and the medical school is also conducting research on Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine is still very promising, if you want to do it, just tell me." ”

It's not that Luo Ke doesn't pay attention to it, but he doesn't have time to pay attention to specific work at all, and many times Luo Ke can only build a general framework, and then let time ferment, and over time, Chinese medicine will naturally grow slowly.

Ida and Phyllis both knew that Roque attached great importance to Chinese medicine, and when they heard Roque's words, the two quickly exchanged glances, and then they had a tacit understanding not to speak.

"It's better to buy antiques, I've had Charles advertise in the newspapers, not just from England and from France, but also from France." Roque is really sad, but he can't change the reality, and now he can only try his best to make up for it.

When the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, Roque was still clearing the Boer guerrillas, and he had no ability to influence the distant Qing State.

According to UNESCO statistics, more than 1.6 million pieces of national treasure-level precious cultural relics have been lost overseas, collected by more than 200 museums around the world, and the number of cultural relics in private collections is 10 times the number of museums, so it is estimated that 16 million pieces of cultural relics have been lost overseas.

Among them, Britain and France snatched the most cultural relics, and when Britain and France ransacked the Old Summer Palace, there were no less than 1.5 million cultural relics in the Old Summer Palace.

As for the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, it sounds very lively, but in fact, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy all went to join in the fun, and Italy sent a total of 85 people, less than 400 in Austria-Hungary, and less than 1,000 in Germany, so the looted cultural relics are still limited, and the majority are still in Britain, France, as well as Russia and Japan.

Russia and Japan are easy to do, these two countries are debtors of the RAND Bank, it is estimated that they will not ask for loans in a short time, Japan can also slow down, on the Russian side, Roque will definitely not delay for too long, in case it drags on until the First World War, the Russian Empire will cease to exist by then, and the RAND Bank will not have to ask for it even if it wants.

So then Roque will inform Konstantin that if the Russian Empire can't afford to pay back, it can use the cultural relics looted from the Qing State to pay off the debt.

Konstantin is now based in Johannesburg and is the consul of the Russian Empire in Johannesburg.

There are also Russians in Johannesburg, and it is normal for the Russian Empire to have a consulate in Johannesburg.

Interestingly, the original intention of the consulate must have been to serve the Russians in Johannesburg and protect the interests of the Russians, but the Russians in Johannesburg fled to Johannesburg because they were persecuted in Russia, and Konstantin would protect them?

Don't be funny.