Far East, 1870.
"Mr. Richard!"
"What is it, Wang?"
"It's only been a few months. Why have you changed the signboard again?"
"Hahaha, to tell you the truth, I will no longer be serving here in the future." Richard spoke with a smug grin.
"Ah! Mr. Richard, are you returning to Europe?" Wang Enke asked with some concern. Richard had always been easy to talk to; would his successor be difficult to deal with?
"Not at all, not at all. In your Far East terms, it is called a promotion."
"Then congratulations to you." Wang Enke cupped his hands in salute.
"Same to you, same to you!"
"May I ask where you will be taking up your new post?"
"This time, I will represent the Kingdom of East Africa in establishing diplomatic relations with your country. From now on, I will serve in your capital as the Kingdom of East Africa's ambassador to the Far East."
"The Kingdom of East Africa? Then would you not be the same as Great Britain and France?"
More or less, more or less." Richard answered with a trace of guilt.
That was simply elevating East Africa far too highly, comparing it to the world's maritime hegemon and the world's second-strongest power.
"Mr. Li Fus, there is someone outside claiming to represent the German Prussian Principality of Hechingen and asking to see you."
"Hechingen? I'll take a look!"
Li Fus, Prussia's minister to the Far East, walked out into the courtyard and saw Richard, who had come from Jiaozhou.
"May I ask who you are?"
"Mr. Li Fus, I am Richard, formerly the head of Hechingen's Far East Commercial Liaison Office."
"Oh, I do know of that. May I ask what purpose you have in seeking me out?"
"I have a personal letter from