From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 856

"Gold mine? I've been here for more than 20 years, how come I haven't found any gold mine?"

Luca sat at the conference table and said slowly: "The 60-member exploration team was caught by you like a chicken, so easily, do you really think Zhou Yuan is a fool?"

"If there is a gold mine, he will protect it more tightly than anyone else, even if he has to send out battleships, he must protect the exploration team. After all, the military budget of Dajin is very tight now."

"These people came too easily, I'm afraid they have other intentions."

Another person said: "Sir Lucas, please don't always treat others as fools. In fact, we have also seen the problem, so we keep an eye on the exploration team. We hope to catch bigger and more critical fish with them."

Lucas frowned and said, "I don't agree with this approach. If this is Zhou Yuan's plan, then he must have thought of the situation the exploration team will encounter after landing on the island. Using the gold mine as bait to delay time and accomplish something that we can't figure out at all is very much like his style."

"Following his route, we will always take some unexpected risks."

"So my suggestion is, regardless of the reason, regardless of the gold mine, regardless of all temptations, kill all these sixty people."

As soon as these words came out, two people stood up and glared at him.

"Enough! Captain Lucas, we don't want to hear such words again."

"What if the gold mine is real... Damn, we will make a fortune!"

"What's the benefit of killing them? If Mr. Lucas likes to kill people, you can go and kill other people, sixty or six hundred, it all depends on your mood."

"But I must remind you that only lower animals think killing is a pleasant thing. We are businessmen and we just want to make money."

Lucas said coldly: "It is precisely because we know that you will think so that Zhou Yuan dares to send people to the island unscrupulously to complete some secret operations."

"We can't guess those actions, and we can't guess his plan, but the best way is to kill them all and completely cut off his thoughts!"

"To fight against a wise man, you often need to use the simplest and most direct method."

A young man stood up and said calmly: "I ask everyone to calm down and listen to me."

"First of all, since we have come to the conclusion that this exploration team intends to land on the island, then it must be We must be on guard against it. "

"Secondly, I think Mr. Lucas's opinion is important, but too arbitrary. We can't completely ignore the charm of the gold mine, and we are not afraid of Zhou Yuan to that extent. The entire exploration team is under our surveillance. They don't have any weapons and are not a threat to us."

"Finally, we can't let them delay indefinitely. We will give them a time limit, which is best within five to ten days."

"On the one hand, it gives us the opportunity to fish, and on the other hand, it gives us the opportunity to obtain the gold mine. At the same time... we won't fall into a passive position because of some strategy of the other party."

He looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "You all know that there has been no uprising here for more than five years, and this uprising is large-scale and sudden."

"Afterwards, there must be someone who instigated and organized it. We must dig out this organizer. This is the fundamental reason why we want to fish."

Hearing this, Lucas was silent.

It is indeed a headache to have an undercover on the island and an unknown organizer.

He couldn't help but frowned and asked, "Has anyone been active recently? Especially along the route taken by the exploration team?"

"Yes!"

The young man said solemnly, "The natives of Xingang Society are carrying out missionary activities, which happens to be the route taken by the exploration team."

"But everyone in Xingang Society has been baptized and is a Christian, so the possibility of rebellion is not very high."

"We prefer to call this a coincidence."

Lucas said coldly, "How can there be so many coincidences? Arrest them all and let them go first."

"It is better to kill the wrong person than to let him go."

The young man frowned and said, "Lucas Sir, please calm down. Why do you seem to have lost your mind when it comes to Zhou Yuan? Xingang Society is a fully baptized community tribe. These women are preaching. If we catch them, it will greatly affect the progress of preaching and even affect the believers who have just joined the church. "

Lucas said: "Why do you get nervous when it comes to Zhou Yuan? Ha! Because I know he is not easy to deal with."

"Everyone, don't give the enemy any chance. This is the real way to win."

Someone stood up and said in a deep voice: "In my opinion, Sir Lucas is too cautious. Is it possible that as you get older, your courage has decreased?Is it getting smaller? "

The young man waved his hand and said, "Please don't quarrel in vain. We will send someone to notify the believers of Xingang Society to stop preaching temporarily."

"If they don't obey, they are fish."

Lucas said immediately, "Wrong! Real fish are very cautious. If you remind them, they will obey no matter what."

"Don't give orders, observe secretly, dig a good pit, and wait for them to jump."

...

On the morning of the tenth day of August, the exploration team began to move forward again.

This time Zhou Yuan did not take a detour, but went directly to Jilong Mountain.

He was very patient. This time the game had just begun, and the contradictions had just begun to accumulate. It was far from the time of explosion.

Chu Feifan was very listless. While rubbing his eyes, he said, "I have slept late every day in the past two years. Since you came, I have started to suffer."

"I thought about it all night last night and found a loophole."

Zhou Yuan said, "What loophole? "

Chu Feifan said: "Ye Qingying will be suspected no matter how legitimate her reasons are if she follows our route."

"Even if the Dutch don't have direct evidence and won't shoot directly, they will at least keep an eye on her."

"She may not have the chance to meet you. Not only will we not gain anything from this operation, but we may even have a hard time saving our lives."

Zhou Yuan looked at Chu Feifan in surprise and couldn't help saying: "Okay, Dharma King, now you know how to analyze the situation and think from the perspective of others."

Chu Feifan sneered: "Don't think you are the only smart one."

Zhou Yuan said: "There are many smart people in the world, and my second sister must be one of them. When she notices the Dutch's unusual movements, she will find a way to solve it."

Chu Feifan said: "She can only hide at most, how else can she solve it?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "The small seclusion is in the mountains, and the big seclusion is in the city."

"The former is to hide yourself, and the latter is... to blend in with others. "

"Someone wants to fish. She, the fish, will naturally find something that looks more like a fish. If other fish bite the hook, won't it be safe?"

Chu Feifan was stunned for a moment, wondering: "There is such a method..."

Zhou Yuan sighed and said: "What I am really afraid of is not that something happens to my second sister, but... I am afraid that the Dutch are too perceptive and guess that I came in person, so I sent Lucas to verify it."

Chu Feifan said: "Then why didn't you ask the Virgin Mary to prepare a mask for you!"

Zhou Yuan rolled his eyes at him and said: "In this hot summer, how long can a pig skin mask last? When I recovered the Central Plains, I changed it at least every two days."

"Here, it can't be brought in at all."

Chu Feifan said: "What if... the other party really guessed that you were in the exploration team? Cai Husheng is not an honest man, he will report it."

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and said: "It depends on... Guan Lu and my tacit understanding!"