"General. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xie Pard walked to Qin Lang's side, "Feng. Admiral Tomman has asked to see you. ”

The term "General" is used by the Major, but this title is only used by mercenary commanders and soldiers when people outside the company are present. Qin Lang looked behind Shepard, and about twenty yards away, a middle-aged man in an Austrian Navy uniform was swinging his body impatiently.

Feng. Admiral Tomman. Qin Lang waved to a few photographers next to him who were busy fiddling with their professional equipment—these were taking news photos and documentaries of his command of mercenaries into the city of Beijing—and waved them away, then turned back to look at the Major.

"Who is he?" Qin Lang asked.

"Commander of the Austrian embassy guard." Shepard turned his face to look at the Colonel, "It is said that Morrison has some personal conflicts with him. ”

"Personal conflicts?" In fact, this is not Qin Lang's concern. However, if the Major knew some jokes and was willing to share them with him, he didn't mind showing a little interest.

"That's right," Shepard said with a smile, "and before the Chinese army officially attacked, Feng . . . Admiral Tomman had already fled to the French embassy with all his men because of a burst of gunfire coming from nowhere, abandoning their posts. But Mr. Morrison's house was next door to the Austrian Embassy, and because the Colonel and his troops had withdrawn without permission, our great correspondent had to move into the British Embassy, and Mrs. MacDonald found him a place behind the minister's quarters, but his house and some of the treasured books that had not yet had time to be removed were burned down by the boxers. ”

"I must say that I still can't guess how the big, cautious reporter would have vilified Austrians in his feature." Finally, the Major commented.

Qin Lang laughed, but it wasn't because of Morrixun and Feng. A minor dispute with Admiral Tomman, but because of the bad impression that the Times reporter made on Shepard...... Of course, not only Shepard, in fact, among the mercenaries, there is no one who still has a crush on him.

In just one day, Morrison offended all the mercenaries he encountered, once, or even twice, with his British arrogance and the vitriolity shared by famous journalists.

And his American counterpart.

Morrison called the act of American journalists filming news photos and documentaries of mercenaries entering cities and fighting scenes a "monkey trick" because it was a show after the last bit of resistance had also been cleared, on the advice of Umbrella's public relations advisers; He then began to criticize the reporters for the poses that the mercenaries had set up, while ridiculing them for not being professional enough, even if he himself did not make any good suggestions; In the end, he simply declared that the photographs had no merit at all for publication in a leading newspaper.

He offended everyone completely, and quite thoroughly.

Of course, Morrison was not the kind of fool who was so blind that he did not openly mock someone - in fact, he carefully avoided the whites and blacks in the mercenaries and all the American journalists in every mockery - but unfortunately he apparently did not know that the Chinese in the mercenaries were fluent in two foreign languages, and did not take measures to avoid them, and thus made himself a public enemy.

Qin Lang sympathized with him, but he also hated him, because it took Mo Lixun almost ten minutes to laugh at his idea: let the mercenaries reappear in the Chengtianmen Tower...... To be precise, imitate the historic moment when the Soviet Red Army planted the red flag on the Reichstag in Berlin, as famous as the flag planting on Iwo Jima, and photograph it for publication in the newspapers, as if it had been done on San Juan Hill.

Qin Lang likes to do this kind of thing. Of course, Morrison didn't know that it was his idea, nor did he know that it was an extremely famous scene, so he laughed at it unscrupulously. Theoretically, "those who don't know are not to blame", but it is obvious that Qin Lang does not have such a broad mind.

When the time comes, he will make the famous Times journalist pay. But for now, he still needs to be patient...... But it's also a good idea to have a cordial conversation with one of Morrison's "enemies", if he doesn't have any special requests.

He looked back at Feng. Colonel Tomman. "What is the purpose of the Admiral?"

"He didn't say." Shepard lowered his voice, "But I personally believe that the purpose of the Colonel has to do with what we are doing. ”

The smile on Qin Lang's face became more obvious. What mercenaries are doing, taking photographs, armed patrols, maintaining social order, searching for militants, clearing weapons...... Neither more, nor too much, but none of these things would attract an Austrian naval colonel.

There is only one thing that can arouse von. Tomman concerns. The mercenaries took control of the royal palace, the residences of princes and high-ranking bureaucrats, the treasury of the household department, the offices of the various yamen, the commercial banks, and were gathering together valuable things and sending them to a safer place, San Diego.

This is by no means good news for those who want to reap the rewards of this war, enough to drive them crazy with jealousy and excitement.

Three hundred percent profit will make people pay for everything. There is no doubt that these people will take whatever means they can employ, peacefully or by force, to take a part of the treasure from the mercenaries. But it is also obvious that even if the garrison of the embassy district were all engaged in a new battle, they would still have no chance of defeating his troops, and would instead make themselves the laughing stock of the whole world. Therefore, those guys with relatively flexible brains, such as Feng . Tomman would have to come to him in person to fight for his share of interests.

"I really hope this incident didn't hurt the admiral's pride." Qin Lang said in a tone that was not just mocking.

Shepard couldn't see Qin Lang's intentions, and cautiously guessed: "Are you going to see him, General?" ”

"Of course, Major." Qin Lang smiled and said, "And I'm ready to agree to some of his requests." ”

"I don't understand, General. Shouldn't we have all the dividends of war to our own devices? That's exactly what he meant. What could be more satisfying than owning a treasure worth tens of millions? Despite the fact that he was only able to get a small portion of the coin, Shepard had come to see himself as the Umbrella Corporation's vault guard.

No one, even if he was a naval colonel, could not take away the banknotes belonging to the company in his presence, not even a penny.

Qin Lang shook his head secretly. "Don't be too greedy, Major. In fact, we cannot monopolize all the dividends of war, otherwise we will be under siege. Once the rest of the coalition forces unite, they will always find an opportunity to take the treasure from us and completely clear themselves up. ”

For example, in the process of transporting those things to Tianjin. A squad of mercenaries in charge of escorts is vulnerable to attack and annihilation, but if a battalion is sent, he obviously doesn't have that much power at his disposal.

"We have to be cautious." Qin Lang continued, "So, we have to give a part of the dividends to certain people so that they will side with us or remain neutral. ”

"It's going to cost us a lot, General."

"It's better than our troops being attacked by coalition forces, Major. Moreover, the price we need to pay is not high. ”

Qin Lang had his distribution plan: first, except for Baron Clinde, who had already met God, the diplomats would receive a small gift to ensure that they restrained the army at a critical moment; Second, the French, Austrian, and Italian soldiers would all receive their war dividends, which would not have cost much, since the combined number of soldiers from the three countries might be as many as a regimental combat team, but they would be able to overwhelm Russia and Japan in a coalition meeting; Finally, the officers of the British Expeditionary Force, as well as the Russian and Japanese embassy guards, they will also receive a small dividend, again at no cost to them, but to disperse the attacks he will bear.

As for the Germans, since they have not yet rushed to China...... Of course, even if they had arrived in China, he would still not give them a copper plate. If the Germans wanted to get the dividends, they could go all the way west to Taiyuan to extort the Empress Dowager who had taken refuge there, as well as the wealthy merchants of Shanxi.

However, Qin Lang did not consider another question: whether the Germans had a chance to bring back what they had blackmailed. Maybe they could, maybe they would put all their stuff into this expedition, but what did that have to do with him?

He shrugged. "May God bless the Germans."

Shepard thinks he's trying to say the opposite. Obviously, Germany will fall into a trap specially prepared for them. Shepard didn't know why Qin Lang did this, but, as Qin Lang declared, what did it have to do with him?

"I hope so, General."

"Look, you can quickly grasp what I mean, Major." Qin Lang laughed again, and once again set his gaze on Feng, who was still waiting on the side. Admiral Tomman - impatience and anger had become more and more evident on his face. "I think he's waited long enough." Qin Lang said, but obviously didn't care about the Colonel's expression, otherwise he wouldn't have used a nonchalant tone.

Shepard laughed. "Yes, General."

"Well, then, we can go over and negotiate with him." So, Qin Lang walked towards the Austrian Navy Colonel with a general's shelf, that is, the arrogant and condescending posture, to conduct their first meeting. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )