Chapter 1698: Mistakenly Hitting the Mark

"This is not a small number," Li He said, staring at him.

Delu was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and explained, "The ships are new and haven't been sailed before, so I don't know what problems might arise on the road; I just arranged a few more maintenance workers and rescue personnel."

"The number of people naturally increased."

Li He nodded; he did not show any emotional fluctuation in response to this answer.

"Then, General Li, I shall take my leave first."

Li He gave an "oh" sound, taking it as a tacit agreement.

Upon receiving Li He's response, Delu climbed into the Horse Carriage steadily and left. Once he could no longer see Li He's shadow, he immediately ordered the Coachman to hurry.

Li He stared at Delu's back as it quickly disappeared, wondering what he was thinking.

His subordinates, watching Delu leave, looked very displeased and said coldly, "Are we just letting him go like this?"

"Isn't this letting him off too easily? Three Merchant Ships equipped with one thousand people—there is definitely a problem!"

"General, we should have stopped them to inspect them at the time!"

Li He looked at this member of the Longyan Navy and said indifferently, "No rush. Don't forget our status; without absolute evidence, the cost of investigating Delu is too high."

"Even if we really found something, it might not be of any use."

"We must secure evidence of Delu's crimes so that Xie Fang cannot refute them; we absolutely cannot leave them any handle to use against us!"

Hearing these words, the Longyan Navy member nodded.

Li He gazed in the direction Delu had left, his eyes full of vigilance, and ordered, "Pass on my word: send two teams to monitor Delu's Factory and his home twenty-four hours a day without interruption. Do not let any suspicious person go."

"But remember, you must not expose your identities."

"Yes!"

Li He had no fondness for Delu, this French man, even though the economy on Tasmania was supported by Delu.

However, his Textile Machine Factory had caused extremely serious harm; not a single resident on the island who worked for him lived to be fifty years old.

The pollution they caused had seriously affected the lives of these local residents.

Moreover, in Li He's investigation, he also discovered that this fellow had used military lease contracts to do many things detrimental to Australia.

It was just that Li He had no evidence in his hands, and on top of that, Xie Fang could be bought with money; every time Delu was about to get into trouble, he would bring out money to smooth things over.

This left Li He completely helpless against him.

But this time, Li He was determined to catch this hateful French merchant, Delu!

At this time, in America.

Qin Zhangfeng received the order from Qingyang Shuo and immediately set off for Longyan City.

When he left, he settled these Indians from the French Colonial Zone.

At the same time, he also inspected the recent training results of the French Army; they were not bad, at least they had a certain combat capability when facing the French.

But the gap was that the current number of Indian Troops was not large; those capable of fighting numbered less than thirty thousand.

Added to the Longyan military strength in America, there were only one hundred and fifty thousand.

Such military strength, placed in America, was already very scarce.

Fortunately, the current situation was still calm; France and Britain were currently fighting and had not yet extricated themselves from the quagmire of war.

Longyan City risked being drawn into the war, but Yun City, located at the southernmost tip of North America, had no such concerns.

The only greatest enemy for Yun City here was Spain.

But Spain had completely declined; although they occupied large swaths of American land, they were not developed after the Industrial Revolution, and their technological level lagged too far behind.

Furthermore, Britain and France had once joined forces to attack Spain.

As an old-fashioned imperialist country, one could only say Spain still had

some foundation, but not much; it could only bully those backward Indian tribes in America.

To want to cross swords with the Longyan army was still a bit lacking.

It did not take long for Qin Zhangfeng to arrive at Longyan City.

Longyan City was still quite peaceful now, although France and Britain had clashed in the Ohio River Basin.

But at least for now, Longyan City had not been affected.

Qingyang Shuo calling him back this time was actually to take precautions, so as to avoid being affected by the conflict erupting between France and Britain.

After all, the Geography of Longyan City was very special.

"A small country remains neutral, following the path of balance..." Qingyang Shuo was reading a book.

Just at this moment, Qin Zhangfeng walked in, dusty from his travels, and looking at Qingyang Shuo, he bowed respectfully and said, "Sir."

Hearing this familiar voice, Qingyang Shuo was startled. He hurriedly put down the book in his hand, turned his wheelchair to look at Qin Zhangfeng, a glimmer of joy flowing in his cloudy eyes, and his face, full of the vicissitudes of life, blossomed into a smile.

"General Qin."

Qin Zhangfeng also revealed a smile. After the two exchanged pleasantries, he said, "Sir, according to my time in the French Colonial Area, I had a very interesting harvest."

"At the time, in order to train the troops, I disguised the Indians as robbers and robbed the French Bank and Zhian-suo. The harvest was bountiful, but it also attracted the high attention of the French police chief."

"However, the French police chief launched a carpet-style search. We originally thought we would have to hide for a while to avoid the limelight, but unexpectedly, it didn't take long before the police chief found someone to take the blame, and this matter just passed."

"It wasn't until later, from the mouth of a French person we saved, that we knew what was actually going on."

"He was a detective entrusted by the police chief to investigate who had robbed the Zhian-suo and the Bank. From his investigation, he learned that it was very likely the Indians who had done this."

"To repay a debt of gratitude, he concealed this matter and found a few well-known robbers to replace us."

"Only then did our storm come to an end."

After listening, Qingyang Shuo became even more curious: "There is such a thing? What is that detective's name?"

Qin Zhangfeng recalled for a moment and said, "His name is Deng En; it is said he is the head of some Armis Agency."

Upon hearing Armis Agency, Qingyang Shuo's expression changed.

Armis Agency is an intelligence organization specifically established by their Dragon Flame in Europe, and it now covers every country in Europe.

However, it is still in the development stage, so very few people know that Armis Agency is a Dragon Flame intelligence agency.

Even some of the creators of Armis Agency do not know about this matter.

Although Qin Zhangfeng is trustworthy enough, Liu Zheng did not tell Qin Zhangfeng about this matter back then, only telling Qingyang Shuo.

As a result, unexpectedly, Qin Zhangfeng actually stumbled upon an unofficial member of Dragon Flame.

This is truly interesting.

"General Qin, you must treat this person well; he is, after all, a benefactor to you," Qingyang Shuo teased.

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