"He couldn't just die inexplicably without taking the docks, ports, and these key places into our hands."
"Moreover, this person is highly trusted by Xie Fang."
"If we want to kill him, we can only kill him openly, never secretly."
General Horn nodded after listening: "You are right, then have you come up with any good ideas?"
Horn smiled evilly: "General, please don't worry, leave this matter to me, Li He will definitely die!"
…
Li He returned to his mansion, and the other Long Yanjun brothers saw Li He sulking and walked in to ask.
"What's wrong, brother?"
"Is that boy Drew causing trouble? How about we attack them again now and let them know how powerful we are!"
Li He looked at the brothers who cared about him and scolded him coldly: "How can you talk!"
"We are not what we used to be. We are now the Dragon Flame Army and we need to act according to the rules!"
“Everything must be done with evidence!”
After hearing Li He's scolding, everyone lowered their heads.
Li He sighed, sat on the chair and took a sip of the stewed tea. It was still cold, and he suddenly became furious: "Drew's bullying is too much!"
Everyone looked at Li He, and someone asked: "Brother, what kind of situation is this? Is the information provided by Yang Zi inaccurate?"
The man named Yang Zi said anxiously: "Brother, I really saw a lot of suspicious people entering Drew's wasteland at that time, and they also had muskets!"
Li He waved his hand, telling Yang Zi not to continue talking.
"What you saw is true, but when I went there today, I only saw the servants working, and I didn't see any muskets."
"Ah, this must have been hidden by them. I tipped off my brother when I saw it. They must not have hidden it very deeply!"
Li He shook his head: "I searched everywhere, but there was no musket at all."
Li He glanced at Yang Zi, who was suddenly lost, and said: "Drew is a businessman, and cunning is his nature. It is normal for such things to happen."
"We didn't pay too much attention."
"We will step up surveillance on Drew today, we need evidence to catch him!"
"Now let's summarize the latest information."
"Has Drew done anything unusual lately?"
Everyone thought for a while and said: "Drew has been visiting the British noble Earl Howard recently, and the relationship seems to be a little too close."
"Other than that, Drew really hasn't done anything too unusual recently."
Li He nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Earl Howard is on the Australian continent. Let's first investigate the trade cooperation between him and Drew to see if we can find any breakthrough."
"yes!"
…
At this time, Egypt.
Cairo.
Dick really couldn't figure out the power of these two ports. One of the two ports was destroyed and is now being repaired, but when it was about to be repaired, it was destroyed by the French.
In another port, it was even more of a headache.
The various forces in that port are intertwined, although there is internal competition.
But Dick had no way to take advantage of the contradictions between their forces and disintegrate them one by one.
Because with the overt and covert support of Long Yan, the competition between this force is all about how to oppose the British.
So after so much time, Dick was unable to recover these two ports.
But now according to the news coming from Britain.
The prototype of the British-made Dreadnought-class battleship has been developed, and the latest battleship will soon be produced.
They needed a British port on the Mediterranean to threaten those on the European continent.
In this regard, the British side gave Dick a death order.
But Dick couldn't handle those two ports at all.
With no choice but to do so, Dick came up with a solution that was not a solution.
Negotiate with Jiang Xuan.
Dick rushed to Cairo.
Jiang Xuan waited for Dick for three days before meeting him.
Of course, Dick had no choice but to accept Jiang Xuan's cold attitude.
"Oh, dear Mr. Dick, what brings you to come to me?" Jiang Xuan asked knowingly.
Facing Jiang Xuan's humiliation, Dick was holding back his anger, but now he could only swallow his anger and said: "Your Excellency Jiang Xuan, I am here on behalf of Britain to discuss some cooperation with you."
Jiang Xuan laughed. He looked at Dick and said calmly: "What kind of cooperation requires you to come and do it in person?"
"Can't you just send someone here to solve this kind of thing?"
Dick shook his head: "This cooperation is very important and I must talk about it personally."
Jiang Xuan sat down and looked at Dick and said calmly: "Let's talk about it."
"It's related to our Egyptian port. I decided to let Long Yan participate in these two."
"Mr. Jiang Xuan, you should know the value of shipping now. How can these two port cities help Long Yan make profits..."
Before Dick could finish his words, he was interrupted by Jiang Xuan who raised his hand. After looking at Dick, he said calmly: "Are you kidding me?"
"Sir Dick, these two ports were originally sold to France. How could I, Long Yan, take them back?"
"Furthermore, as far as the value of those two ports is concerned, it makes no difference to us, Long Yan, whether they have them or not. We, Long Yan, now control the Suez Canal."
"Sir Dick, you understand what I mean."
Dick smiled and said: "No, no, no, Mr. Jiang Xuan, you misunderstood me."
"It's not about asking Long Yan to take back these two ports."
"But let Long Yan get the benefits of these two ports."
Jiang Xuan snorted, looked at Dick with a smile on his face, and asked, "Then what do we, Long Yan, need to pay for?"
Dick shook his head hurriedly and said: "Long Yan doesn't have to pay anything, he just needs to sit back and wait for the benefits."
After Jiang Xuan heard this, he laughed.
"We, Long Yan, don't have to worry about anything. We can just close our eyes and get the money. Is that what you mean?"
Dick nodded: "Yes, that's what it means."
Jiang Xuan laughed, looked at Dick, and said lightly: "Dick, I wonder if you have ever heard of such a sentence?"
Dick frowned and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Jiang Xuan looked at Dick very seriously and said calmly: "There is no free lunch in the world, and the free lunch is the most expensive."
After saying this, Jiang Xuan didn't want to continue talking to Dick, so he stood up and left.
When they first discussed the business with Dick, they had paid so much for Long Yan, but now they only got back a mine.
As simple as that, Dick wanted Long Yan to help him rebuild the two ports.
This is simply nonsense.
Dick looked at Jiang Xuan's leaving figure, and the anger he had suppressed for a long time finally burst out uncontrollably!
But there was nothing he could do. If he wanted to really control these two port cities, he needed Long Yan's support.
