William nodded calmly and answered sincerely.
"Thank you for saving me and allowing me to escape the persecution of those heretics.
I promise you that I will try my best to meet any request of the big man you turn to, without causing any trouble to you."
Christina nodded with satisfaction and turned back to Lilu.
"You see, there are good people in England too."
Lilu glanced at William.
"Not an Englishman?"
Christina shrugged and said.
"At this time, you can call me British."
Lilu glanced at the weak white-haired William, then glanced at Christina's red hair, smoothed the blond hair scattered on her forehead, and said.
"Hypocritical Christina."
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When Kondo Isamu and the three returned to the Shinsengumi meeting hall, Yoshihiro was asking Takada Harano and Imai Munehisa about the specific affairs of Sakai Port.
Seeing Isamu Kondo return, Yoshigami smiled.
"high speed."
Isamu Kondo kowtowed to the ground and said.
"The Lord's power is so great that the Three Good Passes do not dare to slack off."
Yoshigan said to Takada Harano next to him.
"I declined Miyoshi Yoshitsugu's request for a meeting. It is not convenient for me to contact Miyoshi Yasunaga. But this man understands the importance of dignity and I admire him very much."
Takata Yono bowed.
"Your Majesty understands."
Leaving this favor to Takada Harano, Yoshigan was so excited that he let the Nanman in, wondering how he could find an excuse to have a good time.
After all, she is a foreign girl, you can only meet her but you can't find her.
However, when Yiyin saw William coming with Lilu and Christina, he couldn't help being stunned for a long time.
White hair? No, it's platinum blonde, and it looks faintly like white hair.
Looking at her appearance, Yiyin's eyes lit up. She was like a classical beauty coming out of an oil painting, a red rose from Europe, elegant, gentle and intellectual.
She has regular facial features, big eyes, and double eyelids. Her face is not a long British face, but a round face with some baby fat. She looks harmless.
Yiyin's eyes were fixed on her, and he even forgot about the blonde Yuanqi Niang and the cold red-haired girl beside her.
Sure enough, white hair is the best.
The three of them imitated the etiquette of Ji Ji and waited for a reply, but there was no movement for a long time. The Ji Ji Ji who accompanied the banquet also wondered why the Lord looked at these three southern barbarians and did not speak for a long time.
Time passed while everyone was confused, and finally Yiyin spoke.
"Your situation doesn't look good. Are you being treated unfairly in prison?
As the leader of this country, I am very sorry for the unpleasant experience you have suffered in this country, you bastard."
William looked at Yiyin in confusion. She didn't know Japanese. Apart from the coquettish voice, she didn't understand a word Yiyin said.
Yiyin looked at Lilu and said.
"I don't know much English."
Lilu came to her senses and turned around to translate Yiyin's words to William.
William glanced at Yiyin and wondered why this handsome nobleman from the island country was so polite to him.
Are he really from the same place as those Ji warriors who boarded the ship so viciously, stole his nutmeg, and imprisoned him in a dungeon?
After thinking for a while, William said.
"Thank you, noble lord, for saving me from the hands of the Roman heretics.
I am willing to pay the price for my freedom, please state your request."
After listening to Lilu's translation, Yiyin frowned and looked at Lilu and Christina.
Lilu smiled flatteringly.
"Your Excellency, the great and heroic High Lord, I have successfully rescued Christina's compatriots and completed moral assistance.
As for the cost of saving her, William hopes that she will bear it herself."
Yiyin curled his lips and said.
"So, you two want to leave just like that?"
Lilu looked at him with his eyebrows furrowed in displeasure, he looked so handsome even when he was angry.
Christina saw that she was about to act like a nymphomaniac again, so she secretly pinched her waist with her nails and twisted it.
Lilu's face suddenly turned pale, but she did not dare to cry out. Her face was wrinkled into orange peel, and she looked resentfully at Christina, who had hit her hard.
Christina ignored her and just bowed and said to Yiyin.
"Your Highness, we are only extending a helping hand to my compatriots out of a humanitarian spirit.
Now that she has been rescued by you, the merciful one, we can retire with success. We sincerely ask for your permission."
Yiyin glanced at her but said nothing.
I am not a chivalrous knight who draws his sword to help when there is an injustice on the road. I am just motivated by sex! Retreat? Where do you want to retreat?
Before he could think of an excuse to keep them, Takada Harano stood out and bowed.
"My lord, since you have forgiven Lilu and the others for their transgression, let them go.
As for your request, I will find ways to seek cooperation in future trade with them."
Takada Yoshino always felt that something was wrong with Yoshiyuki today and seemed to dislike her. Although she didn't know the reason, she decided to take the initiative to share the Lord's worries and gain favor with him.
Since the lord hoped to rely on hiring Southern Barbarians to obtain military assistance in the collapse of the country, he added this condition to the Southern Barbarian trade with Lilu.
Lilu made a lot of money through Nanman trade, and she was reluctant to leave this route and return to her motherland for a while.
Takada Yono was going to sign a contract with her to hire the Nanman people on her ship to serve the Shiba family during each trade period when they stayed in Japan.
The Lord has said to add insurance to the war. Then Takada Haruno will negotiate an agreement and get the insurance to make the Lord happy.
Takada Yono took care of everything, thinking that the Lord would be pleased with his initiative to share the worries.
But at this moment, Yiyin felt that this little girl was really troublesome. Who asked you to come out? You still want to help them escape, right? You are a bad girl who eats everything!
But Yiyin couldn't find any reason to keep the Nanman people. You can't say that I want to sleep with them, right?
After going around in circles for a long time, and finding a lame excuse like the collapse of the country, Yiyin found that even to the end, he still couldn't have sex with the Nanban girl, and he couldn't help but feel a little angry.
The so-called high position and power are of no use!
Takada Harano's cleverness hit Yoshigami's gun, but she didn't know it and continued talking.
"Let Lilu take this Southern Barbarian who doesn't understand our language away. I will ask for the reward for saving her in the subsequent trade negotiations."
Takada Haruno's words made Lilu look bitter behind her. In the end, she had to pay the price herself?
But Takada Harano has her own opinion on this matter. Keeping William, who doesn't understand Japanese, is a waste of food. What use does the Shiba family have for her?
It is better to put the blame on Lilu and add a heavy bargaining chip in the negotiation requiring her to serve the Sibo family.
After all, Lilu is just a pure shipping merchant. She is not a missionary of the Nanman Sect who actively intervenes in the affairs of the island country. It is not easy to persuade her to lead the country to fight for the Sibo family.
Takada Haruno thought he had a trick, but he didn't expect his master to suddenly become angry. Yoshigami stared at Takada Haruno and said coldly.
"Takada Haruno, when will it be your turn to help me make decisions?"
Yoshigami called Takada Harano by his first name, no longer the Harano whom he was so close to before, which made all the ladies present look at him with suspicion.
Takata Yono was sweating profusely, and he kowtowed to the ground.
"I don't dare!"
To be continued...