"Col. Rechagov, toast for friendship!"

"Cheers, Lu, my new friend." Rechagov was also very excited today. In fact, he had few friends in the French Concession. He was a soldier and did not like to interact with those politicians.

In addition, he is a little straightforward, so many times he is not liked by some people.

Of course, he could only turn a blind eye to his subordinates involved in some smuggling transactions. If he had to worry, he would be afraid that he would roll the bed and roll it back to France.

Director Carl hated corruption and upright people so much that he had to compromise on the status quo. Since he was unable to change some things, he would close his eyes and be clean of his eyes.

Colonel Rechagov admired Lu Xiyan's strong promotion of smoking ban, otherwise he would not have agreed to go to Tang Jin's dinner tonight.

"Col. If Colonel Rechagov wants to isolate smoke from the French Concession, he can only start from the source. Of course, this is difficult, but if some people who monopolize the opium transaction can be eliminated, the situation will be much better." Lu Xiyan said.

"Lu, do you mean Zhang Xiaolin?"

"And Huang Jinrong."

Rechagov pondered slightly. The risk was too great. If it were just Zhang Xiaolin, he might be able to help, but if Huang Jinrong counted, he had to consider it. If it might be done well, it would cause chaos in the French Concession.

"Col. Lao Lu means to start with the seal and then the yellow, instead of getting rid of the two of them together." Tang Jin hurriedly explained.

"Oh..." Rechagov nodded. He understood that this was a strategy or wisdom of the Chinese.

If it is targeting two people, it will inevitably arouse the two people to join forces, and it will be difficult to deal with, and now it will only deal with one of them.

The other one may not necessarily help.

"Yes, Inspector General Tang is right. Our strategy is called "grasping the big and letting go of the small." Lu Xiyan nodded.

"Catch the big and let go of the small, Lu, are you very wise?" Rechagov's eyes lit up.

"At this stage, we only smuggled opium from Zhang. As for his regular business, we will not interfere." Lu Xiyan explained.

"I understand, but Zhang is very powerful, and many of my subordinates have a good relationship with him. In addition, he will give me some money every month. The accumulated money will be enough for me to return to Toulouse to buy a winery after retirement and live a good life." Rechagov said.

This is the one who can be the colonel commander without seeing a rabbit or a hawk. None of them is a fool.

"I am frank, Europe is now just like a powder keg, and it may explode at any time. Germany, I, the bearded head of Germany, never forget everything France did to Germany in the last European war. Once Germany decides to take action, France will be the first to bear the brunt of it." Lu Xiyan smiled slightly.

Rechagov narrowed his eyes slightly. As a senior officer, he is also one of the top leaders in the French Concession. He knows some of the situation in Europe and is very dangerous, but he is still optimistic, believing that although Germany has strong ambitions for aggression now, it is still difficult to invade France.

As a French soldier, he has his own pride.

"Lu, you underestimate the soldiers of our French Republic too much. If the Germans dare to invade, we will definitely kick them back hard." Rechagov said.

"Col. Rechagov, I know you won't believe my judgment, but I think it won't take long before this powder barrel will explode. Let's predict which target will be after Germany annexes the Czech Republic?" Lu Xiyan smiled slightly and asked back.

"Old Lu, can you make such a joke?"

"It's okay, I'll make a bet with Colonel Rechagov, and it won't hurt you." Lu Xiyan shook his hand slightly and said.

“What is the bet?”

"I won. Colonel Rechagov will form an alliance with us in the future. In the future, everyone will fight together if they have difficulties and make money together." Lu Xiyan said.

"What if you lose?" Colonel Rechagov said.

"I lost. How about giving you a winery in Toulouse, plus a thousand acres of vineyards?" Lu Xiyan smiled.

Rechagov's eyes lit up. A winery plus a thousand acres of vineyards could take at least 200,000 francs to get it. He might not be able to earn such a huge fortune in his life. After all, his own limited wealth, plus his real estate and stocks in France, was only about 20,000 francs.

It’s not that it’s hard for him to make money. In fact, even if he doesn’t work, someone will give him money, but his expenses are also huge.

In addition to his wife and children in France, he has at least a fixed partner here, and he also goes out to play from time to time. The consumption in Shanghai is not low.

This money is easy to come and spend. He has been in the position of commander of the 16th Infantry Regiment for less than two years. According to the French army's regulations, he will have to rotate in more than a year. At that time, he will have to live with a not-so-rich salary. If he still stays in Shanghai, he will really not be able to live.

Unless he has the opportunity to achieve results and can be promoted to brigade general, it will be different.

He was only in his early forties and had the opportunity to be promoted to general. Every soldier had a dream of a general, and Rechagov also had it.

Out of his favor for Lu Xiyan and his familiar French, Rechagov did not despise him. After all, he had personally experienced the Great War in Shanghai more than a year ago. The courage and perseverance of Chinese soldiers left a profound influence on him. The Chinese were not as cowardly as he imagined.

Although they are poorly equipped and their tactics are not very advanced, their willpower is still very tenacious, and he doesn't like the Japanese even more. They are short and black, and very arrogant and rude. On the contrary, the Chinese are much more humble.

He actually paid very little for this bet, but Lu Xiyan formed an alliance, and this covenant was just verbal and limited binding power.

But if he wins, he can win a lot of wealth. Why do he make this bet? He also knows the relationship between Lu Xiyan and Thor.

I also know that Lu Xiyan is a wealthy man with a great wealth and can afford the money.

"Poland."

"Haha, the heroes have similar views, but this is nothing. As long as you understand the quota agreement signed by Britain and France in Munich on September 29 last year, you can make a judgment. Germany will not move west for the time being. If it does not move west, then it will only go east. Germany and Poland are feuds. Therefore, Germany's next target must be Poland. At the end of March this year, Germany and Lithuania signed loan terms, annexed the Maimer area, and basically completed the military siege of Poland. Now it is an arrow on the string and has to be fired." Lu Xiyan analyzed.

"I didn't expect that Dr. Lu was not only good at medicine, but also had research on military and politics?" Rechagov said in surprise.

"I don't have any hobbies in my daily life. I don't like smoking, gambling, and drinking so much. I like reading books and newspapers. Inspector General Tang knows this." Lu Xiyan smiled. "Especially, I have studied in France for five years and have been to many places in Europe. I like the humanities and environment there, so I pay more attention to the situation there."

"Since both of us predicted Poland, how do we calculate this bet?"

"We might as well predict the time when Germany attacks Poland. This should not be the same. Whoever is closer to the real time will win, what if he wins?" Lu Xiyan said.

Not to mention that he was not sure about this, even Rechagov frowned slightly after hearing this. It was entirely up to guess.

"In order not to interfere with the other party's judgment, let's write it down on paper and leave it to Inspector General Tang and Captain Qasim. What about them?" Lu Xiyan suggested.

"Okay." Rechagov nodded and agreed.

Because no matter who speaks for a time first, the other party will inevitably receive a little interference when he hears it. In that case, the bet will be fair.

Now, neither of them knows when the other party will predict this method, and it will be clearer after writing it down.

Get paper and pen!

Lu Xiyan focused on his mind and wrote for a while on the paper.

Leichagov watched Lu Xiyan write a number quickly on the paper. He also turned his head, picked up the pen, and quickly wrote a number.

Lu Xiyan handed the note to Captain Qasim, while Colonel Rechagov handed the note to Tang Jin and exchanged it, so that no one would cheat.

"Okay, please announce the time for both of you."

"Dr. Lu wrote, September." Captain Qasim spread out the notes and read them out.

"Col. Rechagov wrote that in January 1940." Tang Jin also read out the time that Col. Rechagov predicted.

The two predicted the time difference is four months, which is actually very close. After all, this war is foreseeable unless someone intervenes in the middle.

For Germany, once the pace of expansion is taken forward, it will not stop because it will not be diverted by human will.

"It seems that we have to wait for at least two more months to decide the outcome." Lu Xiyan smiled and said, "Come on, let's have a drink first, cheers!"

"cheers."

"Col. Rechagov, next, hope we can have a happy cooperation."

"Dr. Lu, I am willing to do my part for the prosperity and stability of the French Concession." Rechagov said, "Captain Qasim will cooperate with you."

"I understand, Captain Qasim is a very upright person." Lu Xiyan nodded. With the support of the French garrison, it would be much easier to cut off the passage of opium into the French Concession.

...

"Master, they all talk in French, and we can't understand a word?" Li Mi's forehead was covered with sweat, and she was nervous.

Zhang Xiaolin's mouth was full of blisters, and his eyes were as big as a copper bell, which was very scary.

"Damn, you didn't find a French-speaking person to listen to it?"

"Those who can speak French, no one can do this brother." Li Mi was crying. The brothers in this group were okay to fight and kill. If you want to talk about foreigners, there would be no such thing as this. If you deal with foreigners, you have to find a translation.

"That's just that I don't know what they said?"

"I just watched it and had a very happy chat. It seemed that I had also asked for paper and pen. Maybe I had reached an agreement, but I don't know what it was?"

"What about the remaining paper?"

"It's all taken back, and it's not time to analyze it yet." Li Mi said.

“Analyze it now!”

...

"9,1940.1, what do these two numbers mean?" Zhang Xiaolin asked with his head raised.

"This should be time, Dashuai. This 9 should be September, 1940.1 is better understood. It is January next year. What are these two people talking about?" Li Mi said.
Chapter completed!