As the truth came to light, Osman knew that the whole matter had been broken.
Their important design drawings were lost due to such circumstances.
Although this matter has come to light, they dare not continue to declare it online. It is too embarrassing for this matter to spread.
But those three guys were arrested for espionage.
…
At this time, on the other side of Europe.
Jiang Xuelan is going to Saxony in order to rescue Hu Xier.
She had no other way to rescue Hu Xi'er from Britain, and could only seek help from Long Yan's officials in Saxony.
Along the way, Jiang Xuelan was on tenterhooks. She was not afraid of crossing the British Channel, but reaching French territorial waters made her feel fearful.
Fortunately, although the journey on the sea was occasionally stormy, it was considered safe.
I don’t know why, but during this period of time, there were very few battleships patrolling the French territorial waters. Longyan ships like her could not appear in the French territorial waters at all.
It passed without any hindrance.
Soon, Jiang Xuelan's ship arrived at the port of Hamburg.
This place has been occupied by the Swedes. Although Sweden and Long Yan are hostile countries, Sweden's relationship with Long Yan is somewhat ambiguous.
Although the two sides were hostile, they were not with countries such as France and Tsarist Russia, but directly cut off contact with Long Yan.
Sweden is one of the few countries that is hostile to Long Yan but cooperates with Long Yan's businessmen.
Jiang Xuelan couldn't understand this question, so she didn't think about it.
Her ship docked in Hamburg.
It is true that Hamburg is now ruled by the Swedes, but to the south of Hamburg, Hanover is the territory of Prussia and is currently guarded by the Longyan Army.
According to Jiang Xuelan's understanding, it was this unit that fought against the Holy Crusaders formed by the church not long ago and defeated them.
Jiang Xuelan secretly thought that maybe these Longyan Army could give her some help.
After all, the journey from here to Saxony is still very long. Although the sailors she brought are equipped with muskets, their combat effectiveness is definitely not as good as the regular Longyan Army.
If there is protection from the Long Yan Army on the road, then this journey will be much safer.
Although the war has stopped, there are still small frictions between various regions.
Moreover, wars have spawned too many bandits and pirates.
When the government collapses and there is no one to maintain order, the refugees who cannot survive will become bandits.
There is also the possibility of becoming a pirate.
For businessmen like Jiang Xuelan, bandits on land are more difficult to deal with.
Therefore, after arriving in Hamburg, Jiang Xuelan hired a carriage and headed to Hanover.
I hope I can get the protection of Longyan Army.
But in Hanover at this moment, all the huge wealth that Ling Chen had stolen from him had become the military expenditure of the Long Yan Army.
He garrisoned troops in Hanover just to guard the frontier for Frederick II. Naturally, the money would not be used to build the country for Prussia.
It is precisely because of the huge expansion of military expenditures that Long Yanjun is living a pretty good life now.
This area of Hanover is also managed well by Ling Chen.
Without those Holy Crusaders, the situation in Hanover has stabilized.
Now is the spring harvest again, and the presence of Long Yanjun has ensured the harvest of Hanover residents. The farmers' lives have improved, and there are fewer evildoers.
The most intuitive expression is that Jiang Xuelan met many bandits who were robbing them in Hamburg, but when they saw Jiang Xuelan having a musket in his hand, they were all scared away.
But after arriving in Hanover, there were obviously fewer robbers.
Even homeless people on the streets are rare.
Jiang Xuelan secretly smacked her tongue at this. She found out the location of Long Yan's garrison on the road.
Because the road was peaceful, it didn't take much time for Jiang Xuelan to find Long Yan's garrison.
"Trouble, please inform me that we have something to see the general." With that said, Jiang Xuelan took out two silver coins and handed them over.
Long Yanjun glanced at it but didn't answer. He looked at Jiang Xuelan's Longyan face and said lightly: "Wait a moment."
Longyan people who are abroad can directly seek help from the Longyan garrison.
This is the rule set by Liu Zheng.
Jiang Xuelan was stunned and wisely took the silver coin back.
It didn't take long for Jiang Xuelan to receive a message from this Long Yan soldier.
"Go in, the general is waiting for you inside."
Jiang Xuelan bowed slightly to express her gratitude, and walked in behind the Long Yan soldiers.
Jiang Xuelan was a little confused when she looked at the military camp where they were stationed. This was not a war, so why did she still have to live in the military camp.
Arriving at a tent that seemed to be slightly larger, Soldier Long Yan said, "Go in, the general is inside."
Jiang Xuelan bent down again to express her gratitude.
She walked in and looked at the man in the tent. He was aloof and handsome, with a cold and courageous temperament revealed between his brows. Jiang Xuelan bent deeply and said softly: "Merchant Jiang Xuelan, pay your respects to General Long Yan."
Ling Chen raised his head and glanced at Jiang Xuelan, and said calmly: "No need to be polite, what kind of trouble did you encounter when you came to Europe to do business?"
"Encountered bandits? Pirates?"
Jiang Xuelan shook her head: "No, I came to the general to ask for something."
Jiang Xuelan told Ling Chen exactly what Hu Xier had entrusted to him.
After hearing this, Ling Chen closed the book he was reading and then looked at Jiang Xuelan seriously.
He knew both Hu Xier and Mo Cheng. One was the daughter of Mr. Qing Yangshuo, and the other was a great physicist.
The two of them were actually trapped in London and put under house arrest by the British!
Ling Chen stared at her and said coldly: "Is everything you said true?"
After Jiang Xuelan heard this, for some reason her hair stood on end, as if she was being stared at by a ferocious beast, and her heart trembled.
Jiang Xuelan said seriously: "It's absolutely true. I have Miss Hu Xier's token as proof."
Ling Chen watched her take out a piece of jade pendant. He took it, looked at the lines on the jade pendant, withdrew his fearful gaze and nodded.
"Well, yes, this is Hu Xier's jade pendant."
He thought for a while and then said: "I am currently guarding Hanover and do not have control of the fleet. I am afraid it will be difficult to escape to rescue the two of them."
Ling Chen sighed, Britain actually dared to put their Long Yan citizens under house arrest so openly.
You are simply looking for death!
But now that Ling Chen had a mission, he couldn't go to rescue Hu Xi'er in a hurry.
Jiang Xuelan said: "No, there is no need for the general to make the trip in person. I am here to borrow a team of dragon flame soldiers to escort me to Saxony."
"I heard that Saxony has surrendered to Longyan now. Where should our Longyan civil servants be? They may have a way."
Ling Chen glanced at Jiang Xuelan and had to say that this woman was much more thoughtful than him.
The way he thought of was to directly block the gate of Britain with the Dragon Flame Fleet and ask them whether they would hand over the people or not.
If you don't hand it over, let's start fighting!
"Okay, I will send someone to you now. You take my token and go to Mr. Li Hongtian who is stationed in Saxony. He will handle this matter for you."
