Indeed, with Omika's involvement, the eighteen marchers were finally freed, and the matter seemed to be settled completely. Now, in the eyes of these marchers, what happened today is not a matter at all, especially the young man with gold-rimmed glasses.

The police on Xinghua Island finally released them all, although they inexplicably asked them to sign a guarantee, but in his eyes, this guarantee was nothing at all. In the eyes of this young man, the Xinghua Island Police Department was finally forced by the diplomatic pressure of the American foreign envoy and had to release them, and the price was only a little money, but money has always been the most indispensable thing for them. The United States of America is a big country, and a small place like Xinghua Island certainly does not dare to offend them.

That's why when they followed Omika out of the Xinghua Island Police Station, they were so carried away. The young man with golden glasses even made a mockery of the Xinghua Island police, and he actually thought of the childish behavior of taking out a guarantee and asking them to sign it.

It's just that this young man is still young and vigorous after all, and he has never thought about what the real intention of this guarantee is, and what it will mean if they refuse to sign it.

At this moment, perhaps only Omika, who took these people out of the Xinghua Island Police Station, was sane and sober. Seeing the arrogance of these young people, in fact, for a moment, Omika couldn't help but come up with the idea that in fact, should he simply ignore these ignorant citizens who cause trouble, that might save him a lot of trouble.

But in the end, Omica still forced down this inappropriate thought of herself. As the ambassador of the United States, this kind of thing is an unshirkable responsibility for him.

At this moment, Wu Chen was carefully flipping through the eleven pieces of paper in his hand, which were the information of the eleven people who were unwilling to sign the guarantee.

The first document. It was the information of the young man with the gold-rimmed glasses. It turned out that the young man in the gold wire glasses was named Alex, whose father was a wealthy businessman in the American capital, and more importantly, he was also a core figure of a certain party in the United States. It can be said that there is power and wealth.

It's just that no matter how powerful Alex's father is in the United States, and how he can call the wind and rain in the United States, Wu Chen doesn't care about these at all. Because Alex really violated the laws of Xinghua Island on Xinghua Island, based on this alone, even if he really wants to make trouble in the United States, no matter how powerful his father is, I am afraid he will not be able to protect the calf.

After Wu Chen finished reading the information in his hand. Summoned the two police officers around him, first threw Alex's information on the table in front of him, and at the same time ordered: "I ask him to leave Xinghua Island within an hour." ”

The two police officers did not dare to slack off, and immediately picked up Alex's information and took turns to look at it to confirm the key targets.

Wu Chen then continued: "Also, the eighteen people who participated in this illegal procession, the two of you have to personally send them on the boat. Make sure they all leave. ”

The two police officers immediately responded and quickly left to carry out Wu Chen's order.

How Liu Yiyi and Wu Chen dealt with these marchers. Then they all reported to Yi Xingchen. After Yi Xingchen found out, he didn't have any opinion on how to deal with them.

In fact, Yi Xingchen only gave Liu Yiyi one suggestion for this matter - no matter how this matter is handled, it must be built on the basis of maintaining the dignity of Xinghua Island.

Because, although Xinghua Island is a small emerging country of Blue Mercury. But more importantly, it is also the gateway of the Xinghua Empire to Blue Mercury, and the two are truly one. To maintain the dignity of Xinghua Island is to maintain the dignity of the empire. So, the two coped. The division is reasonable and appropriate.

This is just a small turmoil for Yi Xingchen, and the development of Xinghua Island is not something that these troublesome tourists can influence, since this is the case, Yi Xingchen doesn't think that he still needs to pay more attention to this matter.

Moreover, Yi Xingchen was more concerned about when the arms from Huaguo would arrive, and when the mercenaries contacted by James would be in place. Because these two problems are related to a problem that urgently needs Yi Xingchen to get a solution -- the development of the space channel key has encountered a blockage.

To solve this problem, the first thing is to send troops to the farther Western Regions to carry out an expedition and snatch the formation master. But for the Xinghua Empire, it was not so smooth.

As we all know, the Xinghua Empire had just been established, and the expedition to the land of the Hundred Barbarians alone caused the Xinghua Empire to mobilize the newly attached people and recruit troops in the newly occupied areas. However, these recruits recruited from the newly occupied areas obviously had limited loyalty to the Xinghua Empire, and secondly, it would take some time for the new army to reach the military level of being able to go on expeditions, and they would have to undergo special training before they could be sent into battle.

It is precisely because the new soldiers are not enough for the empire to use, therefore, the army of the Xinghua Empire still has to stay in various places to garrison, suppress, and maintain the rule. What's more, in order to strengthen the rule of the Xinghua Empire, the policy of cultural unification is also being carried out closely, and these also require the cooperation of the empire's army, so for a while, the empire's army cannot easily leave the major cities.

Under the trade-off, Blue Mercury's mercenaries are an extremely critical choice for Yi Xingchen.

Yi Xingchen hopes to find a private mercenary army without the support of any national government, only in this way can he be free from any pressure and be able to protect the secrets of the Xinghua Empire in another world. In addition, hiring such a private army, because they are not familiar with the place in the other world, will naturally be weakened to a certain extent, and can be used by the Xinghua Empire more down-to-earth, and in the other world, they also have to rely on the military supplies of the Xinghua Empire, so to a certain extent, it will allow the Xinghua Empire to reduce the risk of being counterattacked by mercenaries.

If James successfully completes the task, it will indeed be a tiger with wings for Yi Xingchen. Blue Mercury's mercenaries, although their combat effectiveness is not as good as that of a well-trained national army, their combat effectiveness is also particularly strong and cannot be ignored, and more importantly, because of the particularity of the nature of their troops, they can not be bound by the military law and military discipline of the general regular army, and in the process of fighting, they can do as they please. As long as the end can be achieved, there is not much control over the means and methods.

Therefore, as long as the mercenaries are given sufficient benefits, the Xinghua Empire does not need to rely solely on strengthening the training of new soldiers, and is eager to form an army that is enough to be sent to the battlefield in a short period of time.

Of course, Yi Xingchen would not say that he had not considered the risk of hiring private mercenaries at all. Therefore, even if he sent mercenaries, he only planned from beginning to end that he would let the mercenaries cooperate with the army of the Xinghua Empire, and would not let them take the lead. For example, mercenaries are mainly stationed in Nanban City, and for example, their mission is to hunt down the giant dragons, rather than directly participating in the battles between nations. Or any war that will have a significant impact, and therefore, will not have a major impact on the overall situation of the Xinghua Empire.

For now, everything can only wait for James's latest report to determine a further plan of action.

Another world, Xinghua Empire, looking at the mountains east of Dongcheng.

A caravan is slowly moving towards Snow Lotus Pass, a pass in the eastern part of the Xinghua Empire. Snow Lotus Pass. Formerly known as Snow Wolf Pass, after the establishment of the Xinghua Empire. Only then did he re-take the name of "Snow Lotus Pass".

Snow Lotus Pass, condescending, overlooking the western checkpoint of Yunzhou in the Xia Kingdom. Between the two, the distance is less than 500 miles, but the climate is very different.

The temperature difference between Snow Lotus Pass is very large, and the high mountains are snow-capped mountains. Even in summer, the minimum temperature at night is still extremely low. This is not the case in Yunguan in the Xia Kingdom, where the climate is warmer most of the time, except for winter.

Snow Lotus Pass is the only pass from the Xinghua Empire to the Xia Kingdom. The rest of the place, most of which are rugged snow-capped mountains, cannot be passed by manpower.

"We still have an hour to reach the Snow Lotus Pass, and when the time comes, we will be at the Snow Lotus Pass to rest for a while. A figure dressed in merchant clothes shouted to the caravan.

"Shopkeeper Qi, do you think we can really pass the customs?" asked a small vendor in the caravan.

"Of course, our caravan dredged the generals guarding the Xia Kingdom early in the morning. We only need to pay 10% of the goods and we can enter the customs. As for Snow Lotus Pass, then there is no need to worry. The empire decreed that industry and commerce were encouraged, and all taxes and customs clearance were paid except for prohibited items. The shopkeeper replied.

"Great! It's good not to fight!"

"Too many people died in battle!"

"I've had enough of the war!"

"However, can Xinghua and Xia really negotiate peace?"

"The enmity with Xia is Dongli Country, not Xinghua State. ”

"It's hard to say, I'm still a little worried. ”

"I can't care so much, as long as I have money to make!"

This is a long-distance caravan, and everyone always has to say something, otherwise it will be boring, so the merchants in the caravan have expressed their opinions.

Shopkeeper Qi didn't follow everyone's words and continued to chat, but looked at the surrounding caravan guards.

Shopkeeper Qi knew that this time the business was an extremely risky trading activity. Because this time, the caravan escort is not the guard of the dart bureau, but the elite troops of Wangdong City of the Xinghua Empire. Their caravan, in fact, is a bait, specifically to lure the remnants of the East Departure Country.

Although the shopkeeper Qi was once a subject of Dongli Country, he did not have any kindness to Dongli Country. Because not long ago, the remnants of the East left the country robbed his caravan twice, causing the Qi Shopkeeper Chamber of Commerce to go bankrupt. This time, the Xinghua Imperial Government gave the shopkeeper Qi a chance to provide a batch of goods without interest and turn him over. The only requirement of the government for the shopkeeper of Qi is to cooperate and exterminate the pseudo-Dongli prince.

Li Ke rode on his horse and looked around warily.

As he got closer and closer to Snow Lotus Pass, Li Ke became more and more nervous.

This is a large-scale caravan, which was formed with the support of the Xinghua Chamber of Commerce, and most of the goods in it are the goods of the Xinghua Chamber of Commerce, which is extremely rich. If the armed forces of the puppet prince want to fight against the Xinghua Empire, they must be interested in this batch of goods. They want to rebuild the country without money, and they can't do it.

The closer you get to Snow Lotus Pass, the more likely you are to be attacked by the other side.

Li Ke didn't want to fail, he was an officer of the Wangdong Army of the Xinghua Empire, and he had participated in the empire's attack on Wangdong City and the annihilation of the Xia army's battles.

This time, the Imperial Cabinet ordered the Xinghua Empire's legions stationed in Wangdong City to wait for an opportunity to eliminate the remnants of Dongli.

However, these remnants of the East Departure hid everywhere and fought guerrilla warfare. The garrison of Wangdong City, on the one hand, had to maintain order, and on the other hand, the number of people was limited, and it was impossible to besiege and kill these remnants. Faced with such a predicament, it was difficult for the garrison in Wangdong City to submit a perfect report to the cabinet. Li Ke was one of the military directors in Wangdong City, and for this reason, he came up with such a plan to lure the snake out of the hole.

Li Ke was fortunate that this plan was approved by the cabinet. Once successful, Li Ke will make a great contribution, and it is expected that he will be promoted to the knighthood. So, Li Ke definitely didn't want the plan to fail.

This time, Li Ke personally selected 200 elite Xinghua soldiers, and in addition to rifles, he also applied for more than 50 submachine guns and thousands of grenades, just to destroy the enemy in one fell swoop.

Moreover, the Xinghua defenders of Snow Lotus Pass will also cooperate. There is a Xinghua intelligence station in Xuelian Pass, and there is wireless telegraph equipment. Li Ke's troops, too, carried a portable telegraph device that could be used to contact the Xinghua defenders at Snow Lotus Pass at any time.

Click...... In the distance, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves.

"There's a situation!" said Li Ke.

Shopkeeper Qi also heard the sound of horses' hooves and shouted, "Everyone be careful, the caravan is in a circle." ”

Suddenly, the merchants in the caravan were a little confused. However, with the presence of Shopkeeper Qi and Li Ke, these businessmen will not lose their minds. Under the arrangement of the guards, the horses and wagons of the caravan quickly formed a large circle, and everyone hid in the circle.

Li Ke ordered 200 Xinghua soldiers to take out their guns and be on guard at all times.

Not far away, in the grassland, a group of horse thieves rushed over.

"Is it the remnants of Dongli?" asked Li Ke.

"Not sure!" replied the subordinate.

"Make sure it's the remnants of Dongli who shoot again, so as not to scare them away. Li Ke said.

"Yes!" replied the subordinate.

Shopkeeper Qi saw that Li Ke and the others didn't move, and walked over with some worry.

"Shopkeeper Qi, are you okay?" Li Ke asked when he saw this.

"Didn't the robbers come? Why didn't you move? Shopkeeper Qi said a little excitedly. He was mainly worried that the robbers would come in and cause his goods to be damaged.

"We Xinghua Army do things, naturally we have our charter, don't interfere. Li Ke said politely.

When the shopkeeper Qi heard this, he was shocked, he had forgotten the identity of Li Ke and their Xinghua Army just now. Then, Shopkeeper Qi didn't dare to say more, and flashed to the side to appease the rest of the businessmen.

Li Ke saw that the shopkeeper Qi was interested, and helped him to appease the merchants in the caravan to avoid chaos in the team, and cast an approving look at him.

Seeing this, Shopkeeper Qi breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned his head to look at the horse thief robber. He couldn't help but wonder if these horse thieves were the remnants of the East Departure? )