C255 Mediterranean Enclosure (1/2)
Xiao Letian's trip to Europe could be said to be very safe. A political rising star in East Asia, the powerful Prime Minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, was enough to receive courtesy from any country in the West.
English and French would give Xiao Letian a lot of face, but he would definitely monitor every single movement of Xiao Letian's. They didn't mind disrupting the friendly agreement between him and any other country, especially the rising Prussian Germany.
There was no true friendship between countries. The royal families of Europe were basically relatives left behind by the Habsburg, they were all very close to each other.
First, let's ignore the British Isles, let's talk about Prussia's neighboring France. If they were to find out that Xiao Letian had come to Europe, then all of the intelligence officer on the Mediterranean coast would probably move out.
They would do everything they could to invite Xiao Letian to Paris so that all sorts of parties and balls could slow him down and slowly reveal his purpose for coming here. You want to cross to Prussia? No, no, no, France will have ten thousand reasons to hold you back.
Of course, Xiao Letian could also choose to cross Gibraltar and travel through the Strait of Dover to the hamburger, but that would probably delay him for another month. If something were to happen to the Poo War s along the way, he wouldn't be able to reach Germany either.
”Time, ah, what we urgently need now is time. It's the beginning of April, if there is no major change in history, in two months, Prussian Army will head south, and the little States who supports the Austria will soon start a war with Prussia. In seven weeks, the Austria will be declared defeated, and the Prague Pact will enter into force …”
”Enough, I will snatch away this one month. I need to see Bismark before the battle begins, and I, Xiao Letian, need to get involved.” Didn't Qing Liu scold me as Great Qing's sh * t stick? Today I'll be another Europa shit stick! ”Stop messing around, the more chaotic the political situation is, the better it is for China...”
Xiao Letian understood that ever since the First Opium War, when the Qing Dynasty was forced to open up its territory, there had been countless opportunities for them to rise in power that had been missed for nothing.
Just when Xiao Letian was standing on the deck and carefully analyzing the situation, he didn't know that a small security chaos was happening in the port that they had just left in famous Egypt.
Inside a typical Egyptian flat-roofed stucco house, a middle-aged man with Nordic features was pushing two bags of silver coins to a Arabian merchant, who bowed in gratitude.
”This escort mission is confidential. You must swear to God that you will never leak a single word of it... ”Of course, if you dare to leak it, I will personally send you to hell even without God's punishment …”
The Arabian Merchant quickly stood up and pointed to the roof, chattering. It seemed like she was swearing an oath.
At the very last moment of the oath, the wooden door of the house was suddenly kicked open with a bang, and the big leather boots and the Gun bayonet rushed in.
”Catch him, lone wolf of the Middle East, looks like you have made a big deal, can you tell me?” The one who spoke was a French Army captain. Under his command, more than ten guns surrounded the two people in the room.
The fearless merchant was the first to raise his hands and shout in Arabian. Before he could even interrogate his, he had already confessed all the causes and consequences of this meeting.
The Prussian spy who was nicknamed lone wolf laughed bitterly. It seemed that this mission was a complete failure, the sense of smell of this group of French dogs was truly sensitive.
The French captain was fluent in the Arabian language. That day, when he heard that a group of mysterious Chinese had left the port in a boat under the protection of the German intelligence agencies, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
”lone wolf, I think you know the methods of my torture methods. We are all gentlemen of a civilized world, I hope you don't let me use force. It would be beneficial for both sides for us to cooperate a little … Now tell me, what do the Chinese do? Why is it worth the protection of the Prussian Intelligence? ”
lone wolf did not say anything, he only extended his hand to grab the cup of black tea in front of him. Before his finger could even touch the cup, there was the sound of a gunshot.
”Would you like some tea? ”It's best to be honest. You must remember that we have the most French Fleet in the Mediterranean, and our firepower is also the strongest, so the time that you delay is of no use at all …”
lone wolf rolled his eyes at him, as if he did not care at all, ”You want my information? ”Then it's best to be polite. My mouth is very dry and needs the nourishment of the black tea …” He reached for the cup of black tea.
This time, the captain didn't stop him. lone wolf finally drank that cup of warm tea. ”That's great, but it's Indian black tea. It would be even better if we had a cup of Chinese black tea.”
He waved his hand at the captain. ”Come here, I'll tell you the secrets of the Orientals …” Just as the captain's ear was close to lone wolf's mouth, lone wolf sneered.
”That is a grand character that you all couldn't even imagine, a mysterious and unfathomable person … ”Pfft!” Before he could finish his sentence, he spat out a mouthful of blood. Half of the captain's body had been dyed red.
lone wolf grabbed the captain with his trembling hands, and a strange smile appeared on his face. Go with questions... ”Let's go to hell …” With a tilt of his head, the lone wolf died from poison.
”AHH!” ”Ahh!” The Arabian Merchant laid on the wall with her hands on her cheeks, shouting frantically, ”He wants to kill me with poison, he's not here to give me silver coins, he's here to silence me …”