On the flagship of the dock, although it was late at night, Duke Philip did not mean to sleep at all, in addition to General Vogson, there were several other senior officers of the expeditionary force in the room, and heard his subordinates say that it was snowing heavily, General Voguson said faintly: "This year's snow came a little early." ”

Duke Philip smiled and said: "Heavy snow indicates that winter has arrived, and cold winter always reminds people of decay and withering, but on the other hand, winter has arrived, so spring will not be too far away." General Voguson, what do you think about the current situation on Paradise Island? ”

"Lord Qiyu, to be honest, the situation on Paradise Island has far exceeded my expectations, and the current situation in this distant overseas territory of the Empire is indeed very complicated."

"Well, what's the complication?"

"First of all, there is the arsenal, although we blew it up, but we can't deny the fact that it once existed, who built the arsenal? What is the purpose of construction? I had to make people make some associations. ”

"General Voguson, if you have anything to say, just say it, you don't have to dodge."

"Well, I think that arsenal must have something to do with Duke Jackson, and frankly I don't agree with Duke Philip covering it up for him, and I think it should be reported to Her Majesty."

"I didn't hide it for him, the reason why I chose to blow up the arsenal was because I didn't want Jackson to use that arsenal to do anything, and when I returned home, I would definitely let him explain it well."

"The second complication is the Protestants, as far as I can tell you so far, there are quite a few Protestants on Paradise Island, and they are all around a bishop named Bowers, and it is reported that since that Powers came to Paradise Island, the Protestants have acted mysteriously and seem to be preparing to do something shady."

"Protestants? What do you think those Protestants can do? ”

"It's not clear yet, but Lord Duke, there has been a long-standing grudge between the old and new cultists, and they have gathered thousands of miles to Paradise Island, so it's hard to say that they won't have any ideas and plans."

"Well", Duke Philip nodded, "what you said makes sense, but those Protestants don't have much to do with us for the time being, just send someone to supervise it appropriately, and you have to arrange a new commander of the island escort as soon as possible, I hope that on this paradise island, all the old forces related to Jackson will disappear." ”

Duke Philip and Vogtson and others were discussing, and suddenly a soldier came to report, saying that someone asked to see Duke Philip, Duke Philip was a little strange, who wanted to see him so late?

Soon the visitor was led in, Philip was stunned at first when he saw the other party, and then the expression on his face became complicated, and the person who came was also stunned after seeing Duke Philip, but the expression on his face did not change much.

Then General Voguson and the others withdrew, leaving only Duke Philip and the uninvited guest in the room.

Duke Philip looked at the visitor and asked faintly, "Robert, I didn't expect us to meet again so soon." ”

Robert was not polite, found a place to sit down by himself, he crossed Erlang's legs and said unhurriedly: "It's been a while since we were separated last time, I'm still me, but you have become a dignified Duke of the British Empire, Alexander didn't expect you to still have a lot of means." ”

"Why should you be humble? I remember when you were in the escape pod, you swore that you wanted to live a life without fighting, how did you change so quickly? ”

"People will become, besides, if the world is messed up by you, where will I go to live a life without contention?"

"What do you mean by coming to me today?"

"It's very simple, the world is very big, and if you have a share, you must also have mine."

"That's easy to say, but at the moment I'm just a duke, I can't give you anything, if you really want a piece of this world, we can work together."

"No, no, you can give it to me, what I want is very simple, I want Paradise Island to become an independent sovereign state." "Hehe, what do you want? Even if I am the King of the British Empire now, I am afraid that I will not be able to grant your request, right? "You can do it! If the Protestants on the island rise up, Paradise Island falls into a quagmire, after the British Empire agrees to the independence of Paradise Island, the Protestants of the empire all migrate here, and the loss is a painless and inconsequential overseas territory, and the solution is indeed a big religious trouble, and you and your Majesty the Queen work together to help the trouble, the independence of Paradise Island can be achieved. ”

"It turns out that you are the real mastermind behind those Protestants!"

"That's not the point, the point is whether you can grant my request?"

"What's in it for me?"

"I can help you deal with that Duke Jackson!"

The conversation between the two came to an abrupt end, and the room fell silent, and after a long time, Alexander said slowly: "Robert, do you know, even without you, I can still solve Duke Jackson, and I can still make you disappear from this world without you noticing!" ”

Robert shook his head very calmly, "No! I'm sure you won't! As far as I know, that Duke Jackson is a veteran nobleman of the British Empire, who has been working in the military officialdom of the empire for many years, and now he has the help of another veteran nobleman, with your current strength, you can't directly confront him, you need someone to help you solve him! ”

"I can't solve him, you have a way to solve him?"

"Since I dare to say this, I must be so sure, you are the Duke of the British Empire, and you can't do many things, but I can, besides, on this paradise island, people like you and me who have not been affected by the memory modification program are more than one or two, and a smart person can deal with a group of 'stupid people'."

"The manager of that rum distillery is also one of yours?"

"You don't care if it's my person or not, you just need to agree to my conditions."

"Aren't you afraid that I'll agree first and then regret it?"

"Of course not, and I'm sure you won't go back! You want the whole world, and all I want is an island. ”

The next morning, the heavy snow that had been falling all night still did not stop, the thick snow flooded the roads, and the streets of Paradise Island were rarely seen with the shadow of pedestrians.

At dawn, Duke Philip personally came to the Doge's Palace to find Duke Jackson, and Duke Philip pointed out that although the pirates who attacked the Golden Islands were killed, pirates were always a hidden danger to Paradise Island, and he decided to go to the Golden Islands with General Voguson to rid the pirates there.

Duke Jackson was surprised by Duke Philip's decision, and of course he did not agree, Duke Jackson said that the sea situation in the Golden Islands is complicated, and the pirates have been entrenched there for many years, although after a stop in the first two days, there should not be too many pirates left behind in the nest, but everything has a case, and it is still too risky to rush to sweep the Golden Islands.

Duke Philip was unimpressed with Duke Jackson's thoughts, and he said that as long as Duke Jackson stayed on Paradise Island to deal with the affairs of the island, he and General Vogtson would return triumphantly in a short time.

After Duke Philip had left, Duke Thomas suddenly flashed out of the corner of the room, touched his gray beard and said to Duke Jackson, "If you don't do it, the birds will fly away." ”