Chapter 403 - 378: Hoping for Cooperation from the Xuanfeng Alliance?

Chapter 403: Chapter 378: Hoping for Cooperation from the Xuanfeng Alliance?

Xuanfeng Alliance.

Wind Manor.

Lu Feng tiptoed into the bedroom. Not many people would be up to... certain activities in broad daylight.

But when the mood strikes, it strikes, doesn’t it?

And as luck would have it, Yang Qingxue was off today. She was currently looking over a document.

Compared to when she first arrived at the Xuanfeng Alliance, she had certainly matured. After all, she had been through a lot, and her position was much higher now.

Any ordinary woman would mature after going through what she had.

"Don’t look at that. If you’re resting, you should rest properly," Lu Feng said with a smile, hugging Yang Qingxue from behind. His hands were already starting to wander.

Yang Qingxue naturally knew what her boyfriend was up to.

What happened next is somewhat... indescribable.

A while later, the two of them freshened up. Just as Lu Feng was wondering whether they should engage in some more... activities... now that they were clean, his phone rang.

It was a call from Baguda.

He answered, and Baguda’s voice came through. "His Excellency the Governor, something big has happened. I must report to you immediately."

"Where are you?"

"I’m already in the hall of your manor."

Lu Feng hung up, left the room, and went down to the hall. Baguda had sounded rather urgent.

Just then, Xiaozhi’s voice sounded: "Master, it’s likely about Myanmar. There’s been a lot of movement over there."

Just as Xiaozhi had said, the moment Baguda saw him, he rushed to report, "His Excellency the Governor, it seems Myanmar has suddenly had a realization. They’ve sent a formal letter demanding we repatriate the Myanmar citizens who previously fled to the Xuanfeng Alliance."

Lu Feng glanced at the letter Baguda handed him and laughed with contempt. "Are they dreaming? Repatriate them? They can wish all they want, but that is absolutely never going to happen."

Baguda frowned. "His Excellency the Governor, their army appears to be mobilizing. If our stance is too firm, I’m afraid they will take action."

"Reports from Dalat Town confirm sightings of Myanmar soldiers."

Lu Feng’s brow furrowed at the news.

’If they’re really that determined, this could be troublesome,’ he thought. ’After all, now is not a good time for the Xuanfeng Alliance to have friction with them.’

’Besides, even if a conflict were to happen, we’d need to be fully prepared. That means buying ourselves some time to react.’

’They’re the ones who are prepared right now, not us.’

Lu Feng ordered Baguda, "In that case, send a reply. Tell them that if they want us to repatriate their people, that’s fine."

"However, we have no intention of forcing our populace to do anything. If they want their people back, they can come and persuade them themselves. They can ask them personally if they’re willing to go back."

"If their people agree to return, then we’ll have nothing more to say."

He said this with great confidence.

He was confident because he knew they would never go back. Not unless Myanmar could offer them wages that were just as high.

But how could a chaotic place like Myanmar possibly offer such wages? Their merchants would never agree to it, would they?

After all, many of the people in their centers of power are backed by merchants.

Hearing Lu Feng’s orders, Baguda nodded and went out to handle it. It was true; the Xuanfeng Alliance was already making a very clear statement.

’If you still can’t get your people back after we’ve done this much, then that’s just a sign of your own incompetence. In that case, what right do you have to keep complaining?’

Just as Baguda was leaving, Xiaozhi’s voice spoke up again. "Master, I’ve found a very interesting video. It seems that Duodoli, the man in power in Myanmar, massacred his own civilians. He opened fire and eliminated more than 30 people in one go."

Lu Feng’s brow furrowed. ’More than 30 people, gunned down in a single burst. The man really is cold-blooded.’

’Or maybe you could call his methods iron-fisted. A man like that, with that kind of power, really might resort to force, even if it means mutual destruction.’

"How did you find this?" Lu Feng asked Xiaozhi.

Xiaozhi immediately explained, "I was just scanning Myanmar’s entire network to see if there was anything we could use. I didn’t expect to actually find this video."

The next moment, the screen in the hall lit up and a video began to play.

The footage showed a wooded area. A man dodged a frantic spray of bullets from a guard next to him. The person filming secretly turned, and the camera panned to the other side. As gunshots rang out, one could see sprays of red bloom on figures as they collapsed to the ground.

The scene was truly gruesome.

Watching this, he smiled. ’So Duodoli wants to snatch back the meat I’ve already put in my mouth? It’s time I taught his teeth a lesson.’

’If you don’t have the teeth for it, you shouldn’t open your mouth. I’ll just have to knock them all out for him.’

Lu Feng immediately took out his phone and called Yang Ming, then Red Lizard, telling them both to get to the manor as fast as possible.

What do those in power fear most? Scandals have to be one of their biggest fears.

This Duodoli preached about benefiting the people while simultaneously slaughtering them. Once this gets out, his reputation will be in tatters.

At that point, someone will have to be the one to expose it all, right?

The soldier who filmed it would be perfect. He couldn’t stand by and watch, so he decided to expose Duodoli.

That will really hold Duodoli’s feet to the fire.

And that will stir up new chaos.

And once this new chaos emerges, it would be perfectly normal for someone to want to assassinate Duodoli, wouldn’t it?

And then, it would also be perfectly normal for Duodoli to be assassinated, right?

After all, what’s Myanmar compared to the Beautiful Country? Even the person in the highest position in the Beautiful Country can be shot and killed.

By then, it’ll be game over for Duodoli, and they might even be able to absorb more of Myanmar’s people.

"Xiaozhi, you can find the soldier who posted the video, right?" Lu Feng asked.

’This soldier is the key.’

Xiaozhi replied instantly, "I can. I have already locked onto his location and can report it at any time."

Lu Feng nodded. "Excellent. Keep a tight lock on him."

Soon, Yang Ming and Red Lizard arrived. They exchanged a look, knowing something important must have come up.

"His Excellency the Governor, what are your orders?" Red Lizard asked immediately.

Lu Feng gave his orders directly. "The two of you will coordinate on a mission. Send a team to secure a soldier from Myanmar. Someone will send you the soldier’s real-time location."

"I don’t care how you do it. Just get him under your control."

Yang Ming and Red Lizard nodded in succession, then left together, discussing the plan as they walked.

「Meanwhile, at the Myanmar Center Building.」

Duodoli had also received the reply from the Xuanfeng Alliance. He immediately summoned all his high-level officials to hold another meeting.

As soon as the meeting began, people started asking questions.

"Mr. Duodoli, what was the Xuanfeng Alliance’s attitude?"

"Yes, did they agree to repatriate the people?"

"..."

Duodoli smiled. "The pressure we applied clearly worked. While the Xuanfeng Alliance didn’t agree to repatriate them directly, they did agree not to stand in our way if we can persuade our people to return. Therefore, we must send specialists into the Xuanfeng Alliance to go among our former citizens and convince them to come back."

His words brought looks of delight to everyone in the meeting.

With the affection their refugee citizens held for their homeland, they thought, how hard could it be to call them back?

It seemed the Xuanfeng Alliance was nothing special after all. They had applied just a little bit of pressure, and the Alliance had gotten scared and been forced to compromise.

Then again, what was the Xuanfeng Alliance even made of?

It was a coalition of couldn’t-be-smaller factions like Dalat Town, Cambodia, and Boya.

It was nowhere near their scale.

Thinking of this, an idea sparked in Duodoli’s mind. He had been investigating the Xuanfeng Alliance during this time and knew they had many profitable products.

The popularity of those products was enough to fuel the economic growth of a small country.

He had to admit, it was both surprising and amazing that the Xuanfeng Alliance was capable of creating such things.

With that, Duodoli turned to his secretary. "Send a reply. Tell them we will be sending personnel to recall our citizens and that we hope for the Xuanfeng Alliance’s full cooperation."

"Also, mention that I would like to discuss a potential product partnership with the Xuanfeng Alliance. Express my hope that they will agree."