Chapter 671 Foreign Aid

I nodded. "You're not lying to me, are you?"

"No, I... I wouldn't dare lie to you."

I smiled and said, "I am very satisfied with your answer. After I have asked everyone, if there are no problems, I will give you food."

"Thanks."

"Of course, if your answer is wrong, not only will you not get any food, but I'll also make you wish you were dead," I said, staring at him with a smile.

The guy shivered, clearly terrified of me. His eyes remained fixed on the food, but unlike the previous guy, he didn't go crazy; he remained quite calm.

Next, I questioned everyone. Some people naturally told the truth, since I had recorded what they said, and the result could be found by comparison. But some people were just causing trouble. Some couldn't speak, while others were talking nonsense and gave dozens of names. I guess they gave the names of everyone they knew.

I kicked that kind of person out immediately.

There was absolutely no way I could get a meal. I looked at the list of names in my hand, which included Su Yuanqing's name. I didn't know if Su Yuanqing was considered one of Chu Fei's people, but he did have a relationship with Chu Fei before.

The mission was over, and I got what I wanted. As for the five portions of food I brought, I gave them to the five people who told the truth. As for the others, they didn't get anything to eat.

I took the list back to Wu Shuang's office, placed it in front of her, and said, "This is the list they gave us. Take a look and see if there are any problems."

There are about twenty names on the list, none of whom I recognize, so I can only rely on Wu Shuang.

Wu Shuang glanced at the names on the list and said, "These people... really surprised me."

Wu Shuang's statement shows that she did not expect this outcome.

"Su Yuanqing, why is his name on it too?"

I shook my head and said, "I don't know, but quite a few people have mentioned his name. They don't seem to be lying, so I wrote them down. But I think you can ask him and see what's really going on."

Wu Shuang said, "Well, let's leave it at that for now. I'll call these people in for interrogation later. By the way, there's something else that's been bothering me."

I asked, "What is it?"

Wu Shuang said, "It's about those people who are related to Li Sanyang."

"Li Sanyang's men? What happened to them?"

Wu Shuang said, "When we came back before, Longhu had been attacked by them and suffered heavy losses. Now I have received intelligence that my people have discovered that they are preparing for a second attack. The specifics are unknown, but from the information I have received, it seems that they have found a new ally and want to take action against Longhu, or even want to destroy Longhu."

Hearing this, I wasn't surprised at all.

Li Sanyang's forces seemed scattered, but we were in control at the time, which is why they were helpless against us and we were able to escape safely from the research institute. However, if we were to confront them head-on, Longhu would definitely not be a match for them. Dealing with them would not be an easy task.

Moreover, if Longfor wants to continue developing, it must first resolve this problem; otherwise, Longfor will not be able to develop at all. If they deliberately obstruct it, it is simply a pipe dream for Longfor to develop.

For Wu Shuang, Longhu is not just a place to live, but her home, and she must now do everything she can to protect it.

"Xiaonan, do you have any ideas about what to do with them?"

I thought about it carefully and said, "The only way is to find a way to eliminate them, otherwise there is no way to resolve this matter. Have your people investigated who they are in contact with?"

Wu Shuang said, "They seem to be a newly emerging force. We don't know exactly who they are, but according to my people, we haven't seen them in Hangzhou before. They seem to have come from outside Hangzhou."

"From outside Hangzhou?" I was a little surprised. Could it be like me?

Wu Shuang continued, "Yes, I've already told them to continue observing. The specific situation should be reported over in a short time. The most troublesome thing now is whether we can get rid of them."

I said, "It depends on how many people they have. If they have a lot of people, we can't force them. Longhu may seem to have a lot of people now, but we both know their true strength. Li Sanyang's men alone can make Longhu panic. If we add others now, who knows what kind of trouble will arise."

Wu Shuang said, "So we can only take it slowly?"

"Yes, we can only take it slowly. In addition, we need to strengthen the training of the people in Longhu. Nothing can be accomplished overnight. If you want to unify the entire Jiajiang, you need a qualified army."

“A qualified army…” Wu Shuang seemed to be deep in thought.

A qualified army is not easy to train. After all, the quality of soldiers is difficult to acquire through training alone, especially in the current situation where people cannot even fully guarantee their livelihood, let alone train an army.

Of the more than 300 people, half were women and children, and it was already a blessing if half of the remaining half were willing to participate in the training.

It's simply impossible to conduct full-scale training.

I know what Wu Shuang is thinking, and I guess she understands the difficulty of this matter.

Wu Shuang said, "Xiao Nan, you told me before that you have people in Jiajiang, and they are all very capable. Could you go to Jiajiang and bring some of them over to help me?"

I asked in surprise, "You want me to go to Jiajiang and bring people to help you resolve things here?"

Wu Shuang nodded and said, "Yes, this is the only way I can think of. If we want to get rid of those people in a short time, we can only rely on external forces."

I gave a wry smile, feeling completely lost and having no idea how to answer.

I can find people in Jiajiang and the central town, but there's one problem.

I said, "Of course I can find someone, but if I find someone and solve the problem for you, how will I get credit?"

Wu Shuang was taken aback.

“The people of Jiajiang are not fools. Besides, I am not the actual controller of Jiajiang. If the people of Jiajiang really solve the trouble here, I'm afraid Jiajiang will covet the Longhu area.”

Wu Shuang's expression turned serious; this was indeed a problem.

However, without external help, Longfor would only face certain death if it relied solely on itself. In that case, not only would Longfor be gone, but everything would be gone!

Wu Shuang said, "No, it's okay, Xiaonan. As long as you can get them here, and they can win, I can handle all the follow-up problems!"

I stared at Wu Shuang, completely bewildered, having no idea what she was thinking.

(End of this chapter)