Chapter 1611: The Conspiracy Unfolds

"The French are, after all, colonizers."

Jiang Xuan glanced at the Egyptian architecture outside, which was very distinctive, and remarked with emotion: "You should know how long and how complex the history of Egypt is."

"This is not America, and certainly not some other country in Africa; this is Egypt, and the Egyptian people have a complete system of governance."

"The regime established by the French colonizers in Egypt still relies on the local Egyptians."

"Rather than letting us be attacked and occupied, it is better to let the Egyptians themselves dismantle the French rule from within."

Jiang Xuan said indifferently.

Like Jiang Xuan, Nashadier looked at the scenery outside the window; this land of Egypt had once given birth to a powerful civilization, unlike now, where it was enslaved and carved up by the European powers.

A country with a long history can, to a great extent, change the ideology of its people.

What Jiang Xuan needs to do is to re-stimulate the Egyptians to rekindle their spirit.

Let them resist the French from within and dismantle the French colonial rule.

Jiang Xuan turned his head, looked at Nashadier, and said solemnly: "Nashadier, this mission can only be entrusted to you."

"Once the matter is accomplished, I will memorialize the Chief Councilor to bestow a Giant Steam Engine upon you."

Hearing about the Giant Steam Engine, Nashadier immediately took action; he had been coveting the Giant Steam Engine for a long time.

Nashadier had always wanted to form a naval fleet to strengthen his own power.

Now, he would be getting closer and closer to this goal.

Nashadier immediately stated that he would absolutely be able to complete the mission.

Nashadier understood perfectly why Jiang Xuan would entrust this mission to him; his lover Marina was an Egyptian Noble, and Nashadier himself was a local of this place.

In terms of appearance, he had been completely ruled out by Jiang Xuan and the other Longyan.

Nashadier was born and raised here and had a profound understanding of this land.

He was the most suitable candidate right now, bar none.

And at this time, in Australia.

The exiled French merchant Delu, who was originally from France, immediately began to implement the French landing plan after receiving news from France.

He himself controlled the ports in Australia, but he only had the power to dock Merchant Ships at these ports; the actual control of the ports remained in the hands of the government established by Xie Fang.

Originally, Delu wanted to weaken Australia's military power through Xie Fang's military leasing policy.

But he did not expect that Xie Fang would not give him this opportunity at all.

Delu could only proceed to the second step: to win over other exiled forces in Australia to jointly overthrow the regime established by the Longyan, Xie Fang, in Australia.

The first person Delu chose to negotiate with was none other than someone else.

It was the old-line British Noble, the Howard Family, who had a deep blood feud with the French.

As for why he chose the Howard Family, this old-line British Noble was a choice Delu made after careful consideration.

It is true that the Howard Family is an old-line British Noble.

But they were driven to Australia by the Gentry during the Industrial Revolution that took place in Britain.

The vast lands they once owned in Britain have now been built into Factories, and those money-minting Factories now seem to have nothing to do with them.

The Howard Family, as an old-line Noble, naturally harbored too much unwillingness in their hearts.

Watching others make money on their own land was even more painful than losing money themselves.

Howard's desire to kill his way back to Britain had never ceased.

However, Howard was the first person to take advantage of the military leasing policy introduced by Xie Fang, but Xie Fang had not given Howard the power to act independently.

To let him lead the Longyan army to kill his way back to Britain.

Even so, Howard still utilized the military leasing

policy to obtain significant benefits from it.

For example, his small village in Australia had now turned into a town.

He had established too many industries in Australia, including the largest cotton plantation in Australia.

His industries and gold attracted the covetous eyes of all kinds of bandits and pirates in Australia, but fearing the Longyan army leased by Howard, they dared not be overly arrogant.

And when signing the military lease, Howard had indeed disbanded all his own armed forces.

Now that Xie Fang was going to cancel the military leasing policy, it was simply a disaster for a big tycoon like Howard.

It is imaginable.

What kind of situation a big tycoon like Howard, who was targeted by bandits and pirates, would face without the protection of the Longyan army.

He should be the first to know that the military leasing policy was being cancelled.

He must tell a big tycoon like Howard before Xie Fang announced this policy.

Even if he could not facilitate cooperation with him, he could still shake Howard's resolve.

Delu arrived at Howard's manor.

He still remembered that when Howard first arrived in Australia, he only occupied a small village, and the place he lived in was practically like a homeless person's.

But after just a few short years, Howard had already gained a firm foothold in Australia by relying on the Longyan army.

And possessed his own manor.

After Delu got off the Horse Carriage, he looked at the guard standing at the door and smiled, bowing: "Hello, please help us announce to Earl Howard that his good friend Delu has come to visit him."

The guard sized up Delu and saw that he was very graceful, and even gave a generous tip when saying this.

"Please wait a moment."

The guard smiled and signaled, immediately going inside to report to his master, Earl Howard.

At this time, Earl Howard was in the room admiring a new musical instrument transported from Britain called a Piano.

The sound of this instrument was very beautiful and could perform extremely complex musical pieces.

Howard sipped some wine from his hometown, closed his eyes slightly, and enjoyed the pleasure brought by the music.

Just at this moment, a crisp knocking at the door disturbed all of this.

Earl Howard frowned.

The piano player stopped.

Earl Howard said indifferently, "Please come in."

The guard pushed the door open and walked in, smiling as he greeted Earl Howard: "Respected Earl, there is a person outside who calls himself Delu, claims to be your friend, and wants to meet with you."

Delu?

Howard was naturally no stranger to this name, a French merchant who had not been an immigrant here for long.

Not long after arriving here, he established a Textile Machine Factory and owned his own port.

He was a very annoying fellow.

Although Delu was a major buyer for his plantations, it still did not prevent Earl Howard from disliking him.

This was the innate dislike the British had for the French.

It was a fact that no Method could change; after all, the two countries had a hatred spanning over two hundred years.

Thinking of this, Howard became even more displeased that he had interrupted his appreciation of art.

"Tell him I am very busy right now and have no time to see him."