Chapter 1654: Emergency Recall

No matter who is commanding the war for France right now, Qingyang Shuo must ensure they do not pose a threat to Longyan City.

This matter must be investigated, and this person must be investigated.

Better safe than sorry!

Regardless of France's current attitude, this matter must be investigated.

This is something Qingyang Shuo must accomplish.

Just at this moment, someone very familiar to Qingyang Shuo walked over.

Qingyang Shuo looked at him without speaking.

He bowed slightly and took the initiative to say, "Sir, the battle between Britain and France has now broken out; our Longyan City must make a decision."

"Hmm, not bad." Qingyang Shuo nodded.

He looked at the person who had spoken—it was Wan Shang—and Qingyang Shuo said in a deep voice, "You are right; a decision must be made now."

"What is Richard's attitude?"

"He had me come to check on Longyan City's stance; he does not wish for Longyan City to participate in the war and hopes that Longyan City can continue to remain neutral."

Hearing this, Qingyang Shuo chuckled.

"That scoundrel Richard has wild ambitions. If he truly thought this way, that would be fine, but if not, our situation will be extremely dangerous."

Wan Shang nodded; it was indeed so.

"Now that Qin Zhangfeng has launched the Indian Uprising in France, although the war has ended, this matter is not over; one could even say it has just begun."

"A large portion of France's territory is occupied by Indians, and now that such a big piece of news has broken, Richard is busy with the aftermath."

"Added to that is the offensive from Britain."

"These two things alone are enough to keep Richard too busy to spare a hand."

"Of course he wants to steady us; it is merely a delaying tactic."

"As soon as one of these two matters reaches a conclusion, just wait and see, Richard will inevitably aim his spear at our Longyan City."

Qingyang Shuo said coldly.

The conflict between France and Longyan City is also very deep, especially in America.

Previously, Longyan had publicly stated that it would absolutely not support France, and even cut off France's shipping routes, making France a trapped beast in America.

Supplies could not be shipped out, and they could not contact the European mainland, which greatly affected France's struggle for maritime hegemony with Britain.

After that, Longyan City had various open transactions of Weaponry and Equipment with Britain.

This directly affected the battle between Britain and France.

Originally, France had already occupied the gold mines, but with the support of Longyan's Weaponry and Equipment.

Britain gained a great advantage in the struggle for the gold mines; these two things alone were enough for France to hold a grudge.

Not to mention other matters.

Although there is a saying that there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests.

This saying is true, but there are no interest exchanges between Longyan City and France; one could even say the other's existence is an obstacle to one's own interests.

It is absolutely impossible for France to shake hands and make peace with Longyan City now.

Whether it is fearing Wan Shang coming to pry for information, or taking the initiative to send an Envoy to express goodwill.

These are nothing more than so-called delaying tactics; as soon as the other side frees up their hands.

Then what awaits Longyan City is an offensive from France.

Longyan City absolutely cannot sit and wait for death, but it will not take the initiative to provoke a war either.

At least for now, Longyan City must project a neutral status.

Qingyang Shuo sighed: "As for Richard, you must steady him; you can tell him that our Weaponry and Equipment are all up for negotiation."

Wan Shang understood why Qingyang Shuo wanted to do this.

It was also a delaying tactic.

He and Fang Dalong had been doing Weaponry and Equipment business with France, only it was done in secret.

Now.

They were putting this matter out in the open.

It was actually telling Britain and France that they were maintaining absolute neutrality.

This might cause dissatisfaction from Britain, but as long as Longyan City does not admit it, Britain cannot get any handle on them.

"There is no time to lose; you must set off now to steady Richard first, and let him believe that Longyan City poses no threat for now."

"Good!" Wan Shang nodded and set off immediately.

Before the war with the Indians broke out, Wan Shang had come to Longyan City to scout for intelligence.

Enough time had passed; he should hurry back now.

Delay breeds change; Richard must absolutely not be allowed to free up his hands and threaten Longyan.

Wan Shang departed immediately.

Qingyang Shuo did not see Wan Shang off, watching silently as Wan Shang left the city.

He did not entrust the task of investigating the general to Wan Shang; this was not out of distrust for Wan Shang.

It was out of consideration for their safety; their current identity was that of Longyan merchants who had defected to France, because they had helped Richard with intelligence.

That was why they had become favorites by Richard's side; that was their identity.

With such an identity, if they were to investigate the French border general.

Investigating this French military genius was simply courting death!

This would increase the possibility of their identities being exposed.

If their identities were exposed, the chain reaction that would follow would be the most terrifying.

It was not that Qingyang Shuo did not trust the loyalty of Wan Shang and Fang Dalong.

It was just that, when there were clearly better choices, why choose the most difficult path?

Therefore, Qingyang Shuo sent out other people to scout for information.

Matters regarding the French Colonial Zone would be put aside for now; what needed to be done next was the defense of Longyan City and the retreat routes.

These matters all required the help of another person.

The help of Qin Zhangfeng!

However, ever since the Indian Uprising, after Qin Zhangfeng led the Indians to break out of the French Colonial Zone, there had been no news of Qin Zhangfeng until now.

This made Qingyang Shuo somewhat worried.

After all, the force Qin Zhangfeng led was one that had been established not long ago.

Its organizational structure, troop strength, and management system were not yet that perfect.

It was merely a force with a certain level of combat capability, even if Qin Zhangfeng had once trained and commanded countless soldiers.

Such a force was also a very great challenge.

At the very least, Qingyang Shuo had never heard of any general who had commanded such a force without encountering problems.

But just at this moment, Qingyang Shuo received a letter from Yun City.

Seeing this letter, he looked at the signature on it.

Sent by Qin Zhangfeng.

Qingyang Shuo was stunned for a moment; just a moment ago he was still thinking about how Qin Zhangfeng was faring and why he hadn't contacted him yet, never expecting that he would receive a letter from Qin Zhangfeng so soon.

Qingyang Shuo tore open the envelope and took out the letter inside.

Looking at the content on it, he was even more startled.

He had not expected that Qin Zhangfeng could actually bring such a force back to Yun City; this was simply a miracle.

Seeing Qin Zhangfeng's letter, Qingyang Shuo set his mind at ease.

In the letter, Qin Zhangfeng said that he would temporarily rest and reorganize in Yun City, and once he had settled these Indians, he would return to Longyan City.

Qingyang Shuo closed the envelope; he was afraid there was not that much time now to let Qin Zhangfeng rest and reorganize in Yun City.

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