Expedition to Europe

Randy's case is not an isolated one. In the past month, Paris has seen several vicious incidents, and almost all of the victims were former anti-Lan Fang fighters.

Throughout November, Wayne Gold, a member of Congress who proposed to end the alliance between France and Lan Fang in Congress, had a car accident in front of the Parliament Building. In front of dozens of members of Congress, Wayne Gold died on the spot. Next was Simon Tuttle, a senior executive of the Dutch Banking Consortium. He was poisoned by gas while taking a bath at home. It was already the third day when he was found. Then there was Angus Obadiah, the commercial counselor of the British Embassy in France. Strictly speaking, Obadiah was not dead but missing. He accidentally fell into the Mediterranean Sea while taking a yacht out to sea, and then disappeared without a trace -

Some people once linked these vicious incidents to Lan Fang, but the whimsical guy hanged himself at home the next day.

So no one dared to say anything.

In fact, these things were not done by Qin Zhiyuan. If it was really the Lanfang National Security Bureau that led these things, the French Ministry of the Interior would not react so calmly. Someone else did it.

That person is Old Renault.

If Lanfang and France terminated their alliance, Old Renault actually suffered the most losses. In the current situation, although France no longer has support from Lanfang, because the Americans have taken over, although the strength is not as strong as before, the French can still accept it. Lanfang has not suffered any losses. In fact, because it has abandoned those bad investments in France, Lanfang can transfer orders and opportunities back to Lanfang, which is a good thing for Lanfang.

But for Old Renault, the current situation is not so wonderful.

Old Renault has transformed from an industrialist into a resource tycoon. From the beginning of this year to the end of October, the industrial raw materials imported into France through Old Renault's company are worth billions of francs. A large part of these companies are registered in Lanfang, which is actually imports for France.

When France and Lanfang maintained an alliance, Renault's company could enjoy "national" treatment or "super-national treatment". The French government imposed very low taxes on goods from Lanfang, which made Renault invincible and could seize the French market as much as possible at a lower price.

After France terminated its "alliance" with Lanfang, if calculated based on this year's export scale, Renault's company would have to pay more than 300 million francs in taxes each year, which Renault could not accept anyway.

Tycoons like Renault even have more power than the current president Millerand in Paris. When Renault is angry, those congressmen are really silent.

After all, Qin Zhiyuan still has a bottom line in doing things. If things between countries are too extreme, they will turn into wars. So even if Qin Zhiyuan knows that there are a group of people in the French Congress who are not so friendly to Lanfang, Qin Zhiyuan will not do too much. Old Renault is different. He is a businessman. When a businessman's economic interests are damaged, he will only instinctively look for the reasons and solve the problems. It is impossible to expect a businessman to take the overall situation into consideration. Once a tycoon like Old Renault gets angry, his anger can dry up the Seine.

For congressmen, Millerand's threat is limited to when he is on the stage. Once Millerand steps down, Millerand will be like other ordinary French people, with the halo of "former president" on his head at most; but Old Renault is different. Old Renault's energy comes from his own capital, and Old Renault's money is his own. There is no time limit. Unless Old Renault's capital empire is destroyed, Old Renault will lose its threat.

But the problem is that now Renault Group has a close relationship with the Lanfang government, and Old Renault himself has a good personal relationship with Qin Zhiyuan. It is not an easy task to deal with Renault Group.

How powerful the capital forces like Renault Group are can be seen from the current Madagascar.

After the "atrocities" in Madagascar were exposed by the media, Pierre, as the Governor of Madagascar, was criticized. But in fact, the real perpetrators of the atrocities were Renault Aluminum Company and other capital forces with strong backing. Unlike the focus of public opinion on Pierre, these actual murderers were not affected at all. When reporting the "atrocities" in Madagascar, the media would deliberately ignore these real murderers.

So the media is fair?

Go to hell!

At the end of November, a plane carrying tax officials sent by the French government to Corsica had an accident when landing at the Thunder City Airport. The transport plane overturned and exploded, and all 21 people on board died.

This immediately became the most serious "accident" incident of the year. The French Congress immediately held a meeting to discuss how to deal with this matter. But in the parliamentary hall, looking at the empty Corsican parliamentary seat, Speaker Cameron Carpenter was immediately furious.

"These damn guys want to split France. We must send out troops and suppress Corsica's disloyalty with a firm attitude, and let them understand the consequences of angering France--" Inside the presidential palace, Cameron Carpenter's roar resounded throughout the presidential office.

There are not many members from Corsica in the Congress, only 15 seats, accounting for 3% of the seats in the Congress. In fact, the lack of 3% of the members during the meeting does not affect the proceedings. The Congress can also reach an absolute majority for any issue it wants to pass, but the key is this attitude. The meaning expressed by this collective absence really makes Cameron Carpenter shudder.

As the Speaker, Cameron Carpenter's power comes entirely from the Congress. If the Congress is so unappreciated, then Cameron Carpenter, the Speaker, is dispensable.

"Send troops? It seems unnecessary. The headquarters of the Foreign Legion is on Corsica Island, and Corsica is still French territory. If it is just because the members are absent from the meeting, this cannot be a reason to send troops." Milleran is still reasonable.

There are 500 to 600 seats in the French Congress. As long as the number of people reaches two-thirds at each meeting, it can be done. Members of the Congress do not have to be present at every meeting. If there are other things, they can ask for leave or something. The Constitution gives members of the Congress this right, so this cannot be a reason to send troops.

Milleran didn't want to deal with this matter with a fierce attitude. Compared with Milleran who was full of vigor and vitality when he met Qin Zhiyuan a few months ago, Milleran is still a little fat, but his hair is obviously a little messy, and his beard is not well-groomed and messy. The eyes hidden behind the lenses are full of bloodshot, and there are even eye mucus in the corners of the eyes. The hand holding the coffee is also shaking slightly.

Milleran, who made the decision to end the alliance with Lan Fang, must have been quite tormented, and his days during this period were not easy.

"Foreign Legion? You still mention the Foreign Legion! Is it Lan Fang's Foreign Legion, or France's Foreign Legion? Bastien almost didn't get a salary from Lan Fang. Will the Foreign Legion obey the orders of the French government now?" Cameron Carpenter was a little out of his mind, and his roar became louder and louder. He didn't notice Milleran's increasingly ugly face, and Bastien, who was standing at the door of the office with a sullen face.

After Bastien stepped down as the Governor-General of French Indochina, he joined the Ministry of War as Deputy Minister and concurrently served as the Commander of the French Foreign Legion. The Ministry of War made this appointment because of the good relationship between Bastien and the Foreign Legion that had continued from the World War to the present, but it unexpectedly became a footnote to Cameron Carpenter's anger.

"What are you talking about, you son of a bitch? Do you want to duel with me?" Bastien walked in angrily, cursing without waiting for Cameron Carpenter to finish, taking off his gloves as he walked.

The original text is available at Liu # 9 @Shu/Bar!

Taking off gloves is generally a precursor to a duel. If Bastien smashes his gloves on Cameron Carpenter's face, it means that Bastien and Cameron Carpenter will never stop fighting.

The Speaker of the National Assembly is actually the national leader of France, but in the eyes of Bastien, a soldier, the Speaker of the National Assembly obviously has little deterrence. The World War was not over for long, and the military still had a high social status. Think about how Haig could call Lloyd George a "son of a bitch" during the World War, it is not difficult to understand why Cameron Carpenter became a "bastard" in Bastien's mouth.

Facing the furious brown bear-like Bastien, Cameron Carpenter's face was livid, but he did not curse back.

It was Milleran who stopped it in time, which resolved the crisis that Cameron Carpenter might face: "Gentlemen, calm down, this is the presidential palace, not a tavern where you go to have a drink after work. If you want to duel, that's great, I can be a witness for you, but now, please calm down!"

Milleran was indeed angry, and the coffee cup in his hand was slammed heavily on the desk in front of him. The steel cup hit the solid teak table, making a dull sound that echoed throughout the office, and the coffee splashed everywhere, and a few drops even splashed on Milleran's face.

Facing the president, the proper respect should be shown. Bastien suppressed the urge to throw the gloves in his hand, and Cameron Carpenter stopped talking nonsense.

"Look at what you have become? One is the speaker of the National Assembly, and the other is the deputy minister of the Army. Are you going to stage a fight in the presidential palace? Do you want France to become an international laughing stock? Terminating the alliance with Lan Fang is not the end of the world. France is still the strong France and will continue to move forward firmly. We must firmly believe in this." Milleran was sonorous and passionate, and was also on the verge of hysteria.

That's right, the reason why all this happened was because of the termination of the alliance with Lan Fang. Milleran knew very well that when he made that decision, Milleran had foreseen the difficulties that would be encountered.

Of course, what Milleran did not foresee was that the difficulties would be so great.