Chapter 1423: Australia's Problem

Seeing this, Kelinxi's brows knitted into a "chuan" character; although he had not seen the power of the Longyan Cannon with his own eyes.

He had, however, read the military reports submitted by Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi.

In their letters, they boasted endlessly about the Longyan Cannon.

Claiming that with it, taking the gold mine would be no problem at all.

But looking at it now, apart from being lighter and easier to move than their own top-tier Britain cannons, this Longyan Cannon...

Its power was no different from their Britain cannons.

Without needing to think much, it was certainly the Longyan who were up to no good.

The problem was definitely with those Cannonballs.

Kelinxi's eyes gazed deeply in the direction of Longyan City; it seemed the Longyan did not want to sell them the real weapons.

"Captain Gelin, this matter still requires you to resolve it; go to Longyan City as soon as possible."

Captain Gelin nodded and said: "Very well, but Mr. Kelinxi, what if the Longyan side refuses to resolve it?"

Hearing this question, Kelinxi was taken aback.

He hadn't yet thought through how to resolve it, as they had already given up two colonies to trade for the Longyan cannons.

If Britain had to pay more, Kelinxi felt his heart ache.

Captain Qiaozhi glanced at Kelinxi and said gloomily: "There are still two camps on the French side; we don't have a numerical advantage."

"The French use Indians; they are too skilled at hunting in the jungle. We will be at a great disadvantage without a camp."

"The gold mine..."

Kelinxi waved his hand to interrupt Qiaozhi, hardened his heart, and gritted his teeth: "You two go this time; no matter what, you must make things clear with Longyan."

"Either they give us the design drawings for the Cannonballs, or they supply us with the Cannonballs!"

"Yes!" Captain Gelin and Captain Qiaozhi cupped their hands and left.

At this moment, Australia.

Although Xie Fang had been depressed ever since returning from Longyan last time.

In the past few days, this former Crown Prince of Longyan had finally regained some spirit and returned to court to handle affairs.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, during the time you were away, all of Australia was quite peaceful; it's just that a few immigrant leaders in the districts were a bit restless, but that has already been resolved."

Australia under Xie Fang's rule was already a Heaven for immigrants.

Moreover, Xie Fang was now acting as a local emperor in Australia, having already founded a nation.

The purpose was to provide a sanctuary for these immigrants who couldn't make it elsewhere, so that Xie Fang could rake in money from them.

Xie Fang nodded; trouble in the immigrant districts was truly normal.

Such things happened from time to time. There were too many immigrants, and they came from all different countries. They didn't share a language or culture, and sometimes they would start fighting just because of a word they didn't understand.

Xie Fang asked: "Besides this, are there any other matters?"

A minister hesitated for a moment, stepped forward, and said: "This subject has a petition to submit!"

Xie Fang glanced at this minister and said listlessly: "What is it? Speak quickly."

Thump!

The minister knelt down. This kneeling ritual was a bad habit of Longyan that had long since been abolished.

In Australia, Xie Fang had also abolished this bad habit. Xie Fang stared at the minister without speaking.

Just looking at him.

The minister said in a deep voice: "This subject implores Your Majesty to reclaim the military power in the hands of those immigrants and implement Longyan culture in Australia."

"Unify the tracks of carriages, unify the writing of characters!"

"Solve the greatest drawback of our dynasty: too many immigrants, too complex!"

Hearing this deafening voice, the ministers in the court looked unkindly at this old official who had followed from Longyan, with gloating smiles appearing on their faces.

This minister probably didn't know that if it weren't for those immigrants, Australia's finances would have been in deficit long ago.

Xie Fang least wanted to hear about this matter.

Xie Fang looked at the minister, his face turned cold, and he said: "We shall discuss this matter another day. Court dismissed!"

After saying this, Xie Fang stood up and left.

Seeing that Xie Fang was about to leave, the minister hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, do not neglect state affairs! Your subject has been observing the immigrants from France these days and discovered that they seem to be transmitting some information to the outside."

"If we don't strengthen the management of these immigrants, I fear a great disaster will arise!"

Xie Fang's footsteps paused slightly, and he turned his head to look at the minister still kneeling on the ground.

He snorted coldly.

Australia's current finances were basically relying on these immigrants to operate; the local natives of Australia had no way to manage the finances at all.

If he were to strengthen control over these immigrants now, and they were unwilling to stay in Australia...

Wouldn't his Australian finances collapse?

Xie Fang stared at him, and the other ministers also looked at him.

The other ministers laughed and mocked: "You are creating panic."

"Those immigrants neither disturb the court order nor rebel; on what grounds do you say these immigrants are a hidden danger?"

"I think you are senile."

Xie Fang looked at this minister with disdain, ignored him further, and walked out.

Regarding the issue of these immigrants, Qingyang had warned him before leaving, but now was definitely not the time to drive away or restrict the immigrants.

If he really did that, everything Australia had just established...

Would vanish into thin air; the local natives of Australia were truly incapable of shouldering heavy responsibilities.

Xie Fang thought for a moment and stopped pondering this question.

Anyway, as long as the Dragon Flame Army was nominally in his hands, he believed these immigrants could not cause any major trouble.

Once he thought of this, Xie Fang felt much more at ease.

Now all he had to do was focus on developing scientific research and strive to surpass Dragon Flame as soon as possible.

Xie Fang thought to himself, but what he did not know was that on the other side of Australia, in the French immigrant zone.

In this port city, a ship that did not belong to Australia quietly came ashore.

Those who came down from it were all French people.

"How are the preparations?" asked the French person who came down from the ship.

"Everything is ready, just waiting for you to arrive."

"My dear brother, Bill."

"How is the situation back home?" Karl asked.

He was a French immigrant, an immigrant sent to Australia by the French Prime Minister, Bruce.

This time, he was responsible for receiving the army from France.

Karl looked at the approaching French fleet; the number and scale were not very large.

Bill thought for a moment and said, "It's not bad."

Karl looked at the French soldiers coming off the ship one after another, his brows slightly furrowed; the number of French soldiers coming off the ship was not many.

One could even say it was a bit few.

Karl frowned: "Why are there so few people? Although Xie Fang has leased out more of the Dragon Flame Army, he can recall them at any time."

"If we want to accomplish something in Australia with just this many people, I'm afraid it's not enough."

Bill shook his head and said to him, "My mission this time is not to launch a coup on our own, but to unite with other Australian immigrants."

"The Prime Minister said that with our current capabilities, France cannot hold onto this place called Australia, so he sent me to lead the vanguard."

Karl understood his brother's meaning; the Prime Minister actually wanted to incite a rebellion.

Karl lowered his head and pondered for a moment: "I understand. If that's the case, I have a candidate in mind."