"Haha, gentlemen, it's a pleasure to meet you," Zhou Bing said, cupping his hands in greeting.
"You wouldn't dare, Your Excellency," the three said modestly.
“Hehe, you gentlemen are the backbone of our Great Qing Navy, unlike me who can only do design and such,” Zhou Bing said.
“The Earl is the pillar of our Great Qing Dynasty. If it weren’t for the Earl joining forces with Lord Zhang and Lord Li to submit this memorial, our navy wouldn’t have been able to secure these funds,” Liu Buchan said.
"Hehe, the credit belongs to Lord Zhang and Lord Li. I was just offering some suggestions," Zhou Bing said.
"Before we left, Lord Li told us that without the Earl's help, we would never have been able to secure the naval funding this time. It was all thanks to the Earl that we were able to get
