Chapter 1899: Special Location

The geographical location of Iceland is somewhat special.

It is an island located in the Atlantic Ocean, with a very large area; according to Jiang Xuelan's description, it is nearly twenty times the size of the current main urban area of Liangzhou.

It is nearly one hundred thousand square kilometers, which can be said to be a very large island to be situated in the sea.

According to Jiang Xuelan's description, the island is sparsely populated and possesses vast tracts of arable land suitable for planting cotton.

It is said that another European power, Denmark, once occupied this island as their Colonial Area, but Denmark itself seems to have forgotten about this matter.

In short, the current island is at a very backward stage; the society on the island is still in the agricultural era, and what they worship are gods that emerged from who knows where.

A pirate who understood nothing acted as a Messenger of the gods on that island, and by this means, occupied the island.

Jiang Xuelan established a cooperative relationship with him, built a trade center on the island, and even owns a large plantation there.

After Li Hongtian heard this, he immediately understood the crux of the matter: Denmark is a European power, and it rules that stretch of sea in union with Norway.

Jiang Xuelan told him these things because she wanted to use the power of Longyan to protect this island, preferably to have it become independent.

Only then could her business continue to be conducted on the island.

In fact, dismantling the colonial system is something Longyan is very willing to do.

The reason these European powers are strong is that they developed superior warships during the Great Age of Discovery.

Relying on these Battleships, they invaded other continents everywhere, engaged in colonization, seized their resources, and strengthened themselves.

If the European colonies could be dismantled, then the strength of the various large and small countries in this region would be greatly discounted.

Li Hongtian nodded: "I will find a Method to handle this matter, but we cannot be in a rush."

Jiang Xuelan nodded; she knew how thorny this matter was. Although she was doing business on Iceland, she had not received any harassment from Denmark.

But if Denmark were to come to its senses and discover that she was doing such things in their colony,

as a merchant, her fate at that time would definitely not be very good.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuelan sought help from Li Hongtian, taking advantage of the fact that she still had some favor in Li Hongtian's eyes.

"In this way, you first mark the location of Iceland on the map."

Jiang Xuelan had been sailing for years, and sea charts are a type of map; she pointed to a spot on the coast located in the Atlantic Ocean, near the territory of Tsarist Russia.

She marked the approximate location of Iceland.

Seeing the location of Iceland, Li Hongtian was slightly stunned. Others might not know how important Iceland's geographical location is, but Longyan, having traded blows with Tsarist Russia, was very clear about it.

Whether it is Tsarist Russia, France, or Prussia, anyone wanting to go to America needs to pass through here.

This is a bit interesting.

Its geopolitical position is relatively important, and it possesses vast tracts of arable land; its independence is of great value to Longyan.

After some deliberation, Li Hongtian finally made the final decision to send people to negotiate with Denmark—no, to notify them to abandon the colony of Iceland and open a chapter of dismantling colonial regimes.

However, this matter still needs to be planned slowly.

The Empire of Denmark was originally the Kalmar Union composed of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

But now the Kalmar Union exists in name only; the empire formed by the merger of Denmark and Norway and the annexation of surrounding territories has strong national power.

However, due to climate reasons, the land suitable for human habitation is not much; most of the time, their land is surrounded by ice and snow.

To go and talk to the powerful Denmark about dismantling colonies now is somewhat of a pipe dream; Longyan must wait for an opportunity.

Wait for a suitable opportunity.

……

And at this time, in France.

In the palace in Paris, Louis XV had long ignored state affairs, directly letting the Prime Minister manage all matters on his behalf.

This allowed religious authority to gain great development.

And the Bishop who served as Prime Minister had been in the position for a very long time; with his advancing age and the current continuous military and political affairs of France,

various war reports arrived one after another.

He could no longer hold on and passed away this morning.

His departure, coupled with the inaction of Louis XV, directly led to a chaotic situation within the country.

And the death of the Bishop made Louis XV decide to emulate a rule without a Prime Minister.

France becoming his personal dynasty is definitely not good news.

Ever since the war began, the decisions made by Louis XV have been suffocating.

Especially after expanding the battlefield on the European continent, he was still thinking about the current overseas colonies.

Doing this will only aggravate the situation at home, but Louis XV is like a willful child, shouting with the power in his hands: "I want it all."

But now, France's mainland cannot spare the strength to attack the troops of Prussia, and their overseas colonies have already fallen into a three-way melee.

Africa, as France's current main resource export region, is now seeing fighting in Egypt, and there is also fighting in South America.

And it is against the other two powers that possess strong strength at sea: Longyan and Britain.

This is undoubtedly foolish.

France's warships have already fallen too far behind theirs.

And at this time, France has also opened two battlefields in America.

And it is still fighting against Longyan and Britain.

There is also Australia; France attempted to annex the Xie Fang regime in Australia, wanting to obtain technical support from Longyan in Australia, but now it seems this is also a pipe dream.

After France took Tasmania, the progress of the war in Australia has been very slow.

Facing such a situation, France must send more troops.

But doing so means Africa and America will not receive support from French troops, and they might even lose vast colonies.

But Louis XV seems to have gone mad and has not given up on the struggle for Australia.

He believes the value of the Longyan Factory on the Australian continent is far higher than the value of those colonies.

However, everyone knows that while Australia is a continent, the resources upon it are extremely scarce.

Many resources need to be imported from America and Africa.

The reason Australia is important is purely because of his geography.

The massive throughput of Australia's ports is what made him wealthy, and the current ruler of Australia is Xie Fang, a deposed Longyan Crown Prince.

Although such a Longyan Crown Prince established a regime in Australia, he did receive aid from Longyan.

But are Longyan's true core technologies on the island of Australia?

After this period of combat, voices of Bitter Remonstrance have already been raised domestically; they believe that Australia does not possess Longyan's most advanced technology.

Although the Yinzhou ships they use are also powerful, they are still far from reaching the level of the Longyan Supply Ship.

The crowd already holds an opposing attitude toward attacking Australia.

But Louis XV is the Emperor of France, and without the constraints of a Prime Minister, no one can oppose his words.

The helmsman of this ship called France, the monarch under a Monarchy, is steering this giant vessel named France toward an iceberg; this is something they have foreseen.

No one on the ship has a Method to make him stop; they can only try their best to maintain his Operation, even if he is on the verge of collapse.