Chapter 1404: Bird's-Eye View

"Now that the first step of the Canal is nearly complete, the subsequent steps will take too long. I need you to make a trip to our new Longyan territory in America to subdue the Indians there."

Qin Zhangfeng's eyes lit up as he looked at Qingyang Shuo.

"Sir, when did we Longyan people acquire another piece of territory in America?"

Qingyang Shuo chuckled and said, "How is it that you are allowed to subdue Indian tribes, but I am not allowed to expand our borders?"

Qin Zhangfeng and Qingyang Shuo exchanged a glance, and Qin Zhangfeng bowed with cupped hands: "Sir has great talent, expanding our borders in America and adding a new piece of territory for our Longyan."

Qingyang Shuo indicated that was incorrect, shook his head, and held up two fingers.

Qin Zhangfeng was full of confusion and also held up two fingers, meaning, "What does this mean?"

"It is two pieces of territory."

Qin Zhangfeng was stunned, staring in astonishment at Qingyang Shuo's two fingers; so that was what it meant.

Wait!

Two pieces of territory!

Qin Zhangfeng paused, his face full of shock; how long had he been away from Longyan City, and Qingyang Xiansheng had already seized two pieces of territory.

Alas, Qin Zhangfeng was uncultured, so he used a single curse to express everything!

"Sir is a heavenly being!" Qin Zhangfeng said, bowing in submission.

Qingyang Shuo shook his feather fan, a faint smile on his face, and said calmly: "A mere trifle."

"One piece of territory is not too far from our Longyan City; the land is fertile, flat, and suitable for anyone to live in."

"But there is one point: it is full of Indians, and they may hate outsiders even more than those Indians in the south."

Upon hearing this news, Qin Zhangfeng's eyes lit up even more; right now, the construction project was lacking manpower.

"Perfect, I am currently short of manpower over there. If we can subdue those Indians, our progress on the Canal can be increased by a lot more."

Qingyang Shuo nodded. He only had one worry about this place: it was British territory.

They, Longyan, had exchanged for this territory from the British, and now they were going there in the capacity of rulers.

Those Indians might not necessarily listen to them.

Moreover, that place had long been under the brutal rule of the British, so the people must be living in misery, and the local administrative institutions must have already collapsed.

It is estimated that only British soldiers were maintaining the interests of the British there.

It is quite tricky.

"General Qin, take more troops this time; there are still British troops there."

Qin Zhangfeng nodded, then asked: "If those British troops bully the Indians in our territory, what should we do?"

Qingyang Shuo glanced at Qin Zhangfeng and said indifferently: "Under the vast heaven, all is the King's land; to the shores of the earth, all are the King's subjects. If they dare to bully our people..."

"Those who offend our Longyan, even if they are far away, must be punished!"

Qin Zhangfeng felt a chill in his heart; he sensed immense killing intent from this sentence. He glanced at Qingyang Shuo.

He cupped his hands and bowed.

"I understand, Sir. Rest assured, Sir, I will not fail your expectations!" Qin Zhangfeng said solemnly.

"This place is entrusted to you."

Qin Zhangfeng quickly led a troop of men, swiftly left the city, and headed toward the piece of land won from the British.

At this moment, in the British Colonial Area of America, Kelinxi had already received the cannons from Longyan at the front line, along with fifty Cannonballs.

Kelinxi frowned as he looked at these Longyan cannons.

Two Longyan Cannons had been intercepted by the French, and Captain Gelin had negotiated a trade with Longyan to exchange back these five lower-grade cannons.

Captain Gelin introduced the advantages of these cannons to Kelinxi.

"Although these are Longyan's first-grade Longyan Cannons, their power is not weak. I have seen Longyan use them to launch fireworks."

"The range is extremely wide; it's a pity they are a bit cumbersome, but they are enough to deal with jungle warfare."

Kelinxi looked at these five cannons and sighed: "Damn French, we suffered a huge loss this time!"

Kelinxi looked at these five Cannons and sighed: "Damn the French, we have suffered a bloody loss this time!"

Exchanging two pieces of territory for two cannons was already a huge loss, but fortunately, those territories were useless anyway.

Trading two territories for two Cannons was already a bloody loss, but fortunately those territories were useless to keep anyway.

But he did not expect that a French Army would emerge during the transaction and plunder those two cannons as well.

The most urgent matter right now was not to ponder whether these five cannons were worth it.

It was the subsequent actions of these French people after they had intercepted the artifact for jungle warfare from Longyan!

"Since you cannot return to Longyan now, Captain Gelin, take these five cannons to the front line and use their high-range specialty to conduct precision bombardment!"

"Since you cannot return to Longyan now, Captain Gelin, take these five Cannons to the front line and use their special high-range capability to conduct precision bombardment!"

He acted immediately; every second counted now!

If that group of French people used the artifact manufactured by Longyan before them,

If those French people were to use the divine artifacts manufactured by Longyan one step ahead of them.

Then the army hiding in the jungle led by Captain Qiaozhi would be in an extremely dangerous situation.

It was even possible that the French would annihilate their British troops.

By then, they, the British, would have to give up the struggle for this gold mine.

Before long, Captain Gelin transported these Longyan cannons into the jungle.

Now the British troops only dared to scurry about in the jungle, occasionally firing potshots and ambushing the French, making it impossible for them to mine the veins in peace.

But the French were no pushovers either.

But the French were no pushovers either.

Although the equipment of the French is not as excellent as the equipment of Britain, the French still have the help of the Indians.

Although they have experienced one Indian uprising.

There are still many Indians serving the French, and these Indians even consider themselves superior.

They open up new territories for the French.

Although it is unknown how the French hoodwinked these Indians, there is indeed such a group of Indians helping the French.

Captain Gelin has already arrived at the British position in the jungle and sees his colleague, Captain Qiaozhi.

Upon seeing Qiaozhi, Captain Gelin cannot help but sigh.

He is a captain just like Qiaozhi, but the biggest difference lies in the fact that Qiaozhi has received a conferment from the British mainland.

He has military merits, so his status is a little higher than his.

Moreover, he has the latest type of British weapon in his hands, a firearm for ultra-long-range shooting.

"Dear Captain Gelin, I am very happy to see you once again." Captain Qiaozhi reveals a smile after seeing Captain Gelin and puts down the work at hand.

He walks over and gives Captain Gelin a hug.

Captain Gelin responds with a smile.

"Captain Qiaozhi, have you used your leather boots to kick those Frenchmen's asses hard recently?"

Qiaozhi lets out a laugh: "Those Frenchmen are now scared stiff the moment they hear the sound of our British leather boots."

After some mutual flattery, the two formally enter the topic; Captain Gelin sees that Qiaozhi is drawing a bird's-eye view of the gold mine area and cannot help but become interested.

"I didn't expect, Captain Qiaozhi, that you have such a skill; I have never seen you display it before."