Opening game, American Tycoon

Chapter 1206 The Poisonous Snake of the Empire (Second Update, please subscribe)
As usual, dawn broke in the east and a new day dawned in London.The sun's rays stick to the horizon from the east, pass through the gray morning fog, and begin to illuminate the earth.Another eventful day.

That night, Lawrence didn't sleep well. When he didn't sleep well, he always tossed and turned all night.

Lawrence, as usual, was gloomyly scanning the morning paper while eating the breakfast that Dahome had prepared for him.He's looking for what Hamlet calls "a passion," something that will stir his passion.

After returning to England from Jerusalem, Lawrence found himself in some kind of predicament. What was this predicament?

Is not excited about anything.He hoped to find something to get him out of this state of mind.

He once suggested funding the tribes in the Tianfang Desert to help them resist the rule of France and Ming Dynasty. He hoped to participate in it, but was rejected.

Since "Jerusalem", he has been left out in the cold. It seems that everyone has forgotten him. If he can't receive a lieutenant colonel's salary every month, he even feels that he has been forgotten by the British Empire up.

He once did an earth-shattering event!

And now?

He is an insignificant little man in London, and only he can understand this feeling.

"The Amazon Expedition Team of the Nanhua University of the Ming Empire has sailed into the Amazon River, and they will..."

Looking at the news in the newspaper, this is old news before yesterday. Such news will not arouse many people's interest in London. At most, it will only make some people in the Royal Geographical Society think about it based on the self-esteem of the empire The idea of ​​going to the Amazon and conducting expeditions to compete with the Ming Empire.

What else?

However, looking at the news, Lawrence frowned slightly and said to himself.

"Amazon, Ming Empire..."

Once again, Lawrence thought of Daming, and thought of this country that had already seized Africa. Because of Africa, there was an unhappiness between Britain and Daming, but it was just unhappiness. After all, diplomacy cannot solve the problem.London did not condemn Daming's act of seizing Africa, nor did a pre-emptive attack occur, nor did there be fierce rhetoric, nor did they insult each other.It seems that there was no protest in London against what the Ming Empire was doing in Africa.

"Africa, America... If you don't cut off their claws, sooner or later, Daming will reach out to the whole world, and finally threaten the entire British Empire!"

Thinking deeply, Lawrence saw another news article in the newspaper "The No. 3 Tunnel of the Daming Ecuador International Railway has been completed..."

"International Railway, International Railway..."

After chanting this word, Lawrence suddenly made up his mind and said.

"I need to find Sir Manson, and I must make it clear to him."

After Colonel Weinberg retired, Sir Manson became Lawrence's immediate superior. Of course, what Lawrence never knew was that it was Sir Manson who saved his life.

"The British Empire needs to keep this guy, it needs this snake!"

"Sir, do I need to call you a taxi?"

Dahom, the servant standing by the side, said in a timely manner,
Looking up at Dahome, a gleam of tenderness flashed in Lawrence's eyes. When he was brought back to London from Jerusalem, Dahome was only 14 years old. On the surface, Dahome was his manservant, but in fact he was is his lover.

"Um,"

Lawrence nodded.

"Ask for a taxi!"

Ten minutes later, when the taxi arrived and was about to leave, Lawrence looked at Dahome and said.

"Dahome, believe me, one day, I will definitely give you that gift."

What gift?
Of course it is the freedom of heaven.

……

"Pan American International Railroad,"

In Sir Manson's study, Lawrence begins his narrative,

"About ten years ago, the Ming Empire Railway Company proposed the construction of the "Pan-American International Railway", that is, the plan to connect the countries of South America through railways. This plan was first proposed by the emperor himself. This plan appears to be The above is the railway, but in fact it penetrates and controls South American countries through the railway. In the past many years, because of the opposition of the Peru-Bolivia Federation, this plan has been stranded until now. Now, with the demise of the Peru-Bolivia Federation, The last obstacle has disappeared, and in the face of the powerful and tyrannical Ming Empire, South America is powerless to stop their ambitions. As early as last year, countries including Ecuador signed the agreement..."

Sir Manson gestured impatiently.

"Lieutenant Colonel, you need to talk about some substantive matters."

"Substantial question? What if..."

Lawrence said.

"Sir Manson, if we don't stop them now, then, soon we will have to see an Ecuador completely controlled by Ming, and they will infiltrate and eventually control the country through the railway."

"It's no secret!"

Sir Manson's hidden angry eyes are a signal worth pondering, he doesn't show it, he just shows a little displeasure-his time is precious!

"Yes, it's a well-known thing."

Lawrence sat across the desk without saying a word. From Sir Manson, he could appreciate the approach of an old-school imperial elite, who had always only had the interests of the empire in their eyes.

"The only question is how do we stop them!"

"Stop them?"

There was an aggressive tone in Sir Manson's casual question.

"What will stop them? Fleet? War? Can Ecuador stop them?"

"Can't stop it! Ecuador can't stop it, Colombia, Venezuela, they can't stop it!"

Shaking his head, Lawrence said directly.

"But if we don't think of a way, we can only watch Ming Dynasty finally occupy the entire America! This is definitely not in the interests of the British Empire, so we must think of some way, besides sending out the fleet!"

Sir Manson, the person in charge of the secret operations of the British Empire, pondered as he looked at Lawrence.

This guy is a poisonous snake!
A viper loyal to the British Empire!Over the past few years, Lawrence has proved his loyalty with his silence.

The British Empire needed the snake, which is why he was spared in the first place.

Just as he said, the British Empire cannot just watch them use railways to connect the Americas into a whole, and then use the railways to master those backward South American countries.

"What will stop them, Lieutenant Colonel."

asked Sir Manson.

"Sir Manson, I have a plan! If we take this action, maybe we can't prevent Ecuador from stopping it, but at least we can make all countries, including Colombia and Venezuela, choose to refuse! At least they will desperately refuse!"

In the middle of coming, Lawrence had already considered several action steps and how to act.He took out a notebook and handed it to Sir Manson, saying:

"This is my plan. The cost of this plan is very low. It only needs a few hundred pounds, and we don't even need our people to come forward to implement it."

While taking the notebook, when Sir Manson picked up the notebook with interest, his secretary walked into the office with a cup of coffee, put it on the table, and asked:

"Colonel, can I have coffee?"

Lawrence smiled at her:

"Coffee, that's just what I need, thank you, Miss Lucy."

"It's ok."

Miss Lucy turned and left the room.

Sir Manson was still flipping through Lawrence's plan. He was thinking while looking at it, as if he was considering the feasibility of the plan. Finally, when he closed the notebook, his gaze changed when he looked at Lawrence. The corners of the lips fluttered lightly.

"Lieutenant Colonel, you did not disappoint me! By the way, are you interested in participating in another project?"

(End of this chapter)