Chapter 1420: Richard's Solicitation

Upon hearing this, Ausilige nearly fainted dead away.

But when he recalled the expression on his father's face when he gave him the task, he gave a violent shudder and accepted this reality he could not accept.

"Give me the money."

Ausilige endured the pain in his heart and took one hundred Gold Coins from his newly unsealed Jinku.

Hearing the crisp clinking sound of the Gold Coins hitting the pouch from Wan Shang and Fang Dalong.

Ausilige felt as if his heart had shattered.

"Brothers, can you go with me to see my father now?"

Wan Shang and Fang Dalong nodded in satisfaction, made a gesture of invitation, and said, "Lead the way."

Ausilige boarded a Horse Carriage with Wan Shang and Fang Dalong and sped toward the Colonial Area where Richard was located.

Nothing special happened along the way.

Soon they arrived at the Colonial Area where Richard was, right in front of his office.

Because Ausilige was Richard's son, there was no need to announce him; Ausilige could enter directly to see his father.

Wan Shang and Fang Dalong's expressions returned to calm, but their hearts were not calm at all.

The two looked at each other, exchanging glances to express the trepidation in their hearts.

From here on, success or failure would be decided in one stroke.

At this moment, Ausilige knocked on the door and heard Richard's voice from inside.

"Please come in."

Ausilige tightened his clothes and retreated to the back, looking even more nervous than Wan Shang and Fang Dalong.

Ausilige glanced at the two and said, "The two big brothers go first, I will follow behind."

Fang Dalong looked at him and shook his head with a smile.

He had seen many sons afraid of their fathers, but to be this afraid was truly rare.

Pushing open the door to Richard's office, the three walked in, and Wan Shang and Fang Dalong looked at a tall, handsome middle-aged man sitting in front of a wooden desk.

Subconsciously, they used the corner of their eyes to look at the appearance of Richard's son, Ausilige.

A guess suddenly formed in their hearts: this guy couldn't be his biological son, could he?

How could they look nothing alike?

Richard watched the three people enter and stood up to greet them; although Ausilige did not need to be announced, there were still guards who would notify him before Ausilige entered.

So Richard felt no surprise when he saw them, but rather a look of calm.

"Respected Mr. Richard, hello." Wan Shang and Fang Dalong bowed and saluted.

They used French etiquette, and Richard's eyes lit up, a smile appearing on his face.

Although he detested the Longyan, and even frequently kept "damn Longyan" on his lips, the moment he saw Wan Shang and Fang Dalong's performance, he did not know why he could not produce a shred of disgust.

"The two of you must be Ausilige's friends, please sit." Richard smiled.

Wan Shang and Fang Dalong smiled, nodded in acknowledgment, and respectfully sat in their seats.

Ausilige looked up at his biological father, then trotted over to a seat and sat down as well.

But this scene fell into Richard's eyes, and he snorted coldly, very displeased, thinking to himself how he had raised such a thing.

He looked just like a fat rat.

Extremely repulsive!

Hmph!

Upon hearing this cold snort, Ausilige was so frightened that he sprang up from his chair, and Wan Shang and Fang Dalong were quite surprised.

They had never seen Ausilige, who was always lazy and did everything a beat slow, actually spring up from his chair like a spring.

Richard looked at his son and barked coldly, "Sit down at once, you've lost all face for me."

Hearing this, Ausilige sat down as if relieved of a burden, looking at his biological father nervously.

Richard sighed and stopped looking at his

son, instead looking at the two Longyan merchants, a spring-breeze smile reappearing on his face.

He looked very amiable and approachable, not at all like the kind of colonizer who killed without blinking.

"I do not yet know how to address the two honored guests from Longyan."

"Wan Shang."

"Fang Dalong."

Richard nodded; he did not understand the meaning of Longyan names, but he had studied Longyan culture and knew that Longyan people liked to add the word "Brother" after the other person's surname when using honorifics to show closeness.

"Brother Wan, Brother Fang," Richard said.

Wan Shang and Fang Dalong nodded in acknowledgment, then Fang Dalong went straight to the point: "I wonder what business Mr. Richard has for calling us two over."

"After all, the two of us are just ordinary Longyan businessmen."

Richard chuckled, leaned back in his chair, and looked at them: "Brother Fang is joking. My son mentioned you two to me not long ago; he said that you two are rare talents."

"Although you are merchants, you are... to use your Longyan words, 'able to reach the ears of the heavens,' with great ability." Richard said with a smile, but his eyes remained fixed on Wan Shang and Fang Dalong's faces.

However, there was only the normal embarrassed smile of someone whose modesty had been exposed on their faces, with no other emotions revealed.

Richard smiled inwardly; it seemed these two were experts.

Fang Dalong smiled: "These are just empty words. Since Mr. Richard already knows, our two brothers will stop beating around the bush."

Fang Dalong composed his expression and continued: "That's right, we two do indeed know some things, but we have already told them all to Ausilige."

"Sigh, speaking of this matter, it should not be a secret to you; the two of us are hostile toward the British, which is why we leaked the news about the Longyan Cannon."

"But if you ask me for other information now, sir, forgive me for being blunt, I truly have nothing to say." Fang Dalong said righteously.

Richard narrowed his eyes slightly to carefully observe the emotional changes of the two, but he did not discover anything too abnormal.

Richard listened to these words and revealed a smile.

"I know it all; Brother Wan and Brother Fang are doing this so that their own things do not gather dust, which is why you informed us French of these things. Fortunately, we French have not disgraced the expectations of you two gentlemen."

Richard clapped his hands.

Very quickly, two not-particularly-large Longyan Cannons were pushed in just like that.

Richard pointed at these two Longyan Cannons and said, "These are the Longyan Cannons we captured that day; I earnestly request that you two brothers take a look."

After saying this, Richard watched Wan Shang and Fang Dalong without leaving a trace, seeing surprise, astonishment, and excitement on their faces... but there was simply no panic.

Wan Shang and Fang Dalong immediately stepped forward to examine these two Longyan Cannons, and after looking for a long time, they suddenly fell to the ground and wept bitterly.

"Heaven has pity; these two Longyan Cannons have finally not fallen into the hands of the British, those damned British!"

Seeing this scene, Richard raised an eyebrow, was slightly moved, and stepped forward to help Wan Shang and Fang Dalong up.

"Brother Wan and Brother Fang, why go so far? Everything is fine now."