Snow Leopard: Building the Strongest Elite Group through Robbery

Chapter 1162 I feel uneasy seeing you like this

Josephine took out her pipe from the table.

After packing some tobacco, he lit it, took a puff, and raised his hand to ask, "What do you think we should do?"

When Vedyev approached him, he couldn't fathom Josephine's thoughts, but seeing that she was asking seriously, he thought for a moment and said, "If we can't be sure that the US has joined their camp, there's no need for us to worsen our relations with the Yamashiro side."

If the United States joins the Japanese side, it is inevitable that the Empire will send troops to control the northwest and north of the mountain city, since the Empire needs more buffer zones.

But if the US doesn't join, then there will be a problem.

Yamashiro might very well be forced by the Empire to turn around and join the Japanese army.

“Zhou Weiguo, the fact that he said something like ‘Let’s see if you’re faster or we are faster’ means that it wasn’t his intention, but rather the intention of Shancheng.”

When faced with threats from multiple sides, the best course of action is to find a powerful patron. This patron doesn't need to be extremely powerful, but they must inevitably find themselves in a precarious situation. And only the Japanese army could be in such a predicament.

Josephine stood up and went to the window. The snow outside had not melted, and after another snowfall last night, there was even more snow on the streets.

In the gloomy sky, it seemed as if snowflakes were falling again. The distant horizon was indistinct; it was unclear whether it was day or night.

Suddenly, the pipe in his mouth produced more smoke, and sparks billowed out.

Vedyev glanced at the sparking pipe and stood quietly to the side, waiting for Josephine's decision.

"Yamashiro won't agree, Hideyoshi won't agree, and we actually won't agree either. It's going to be very difficult for Tamei to join Tokyo's camp."

He didn't say anything more, leaving room for interpretation, a fact that Vedyev was well aware of.

He also knew what to do next.

“Nevsky has a good relationship with the mountain town. He did not participate in the negotiations this time, which was also to give the empire a way out. I think we can let Nevsky handle this matter in full and immediately recall Varyev and his party.”

Josephine took off her pipe, tapped and nodded along the window; "Alright, but Walev, they shouldn't come back. Let them go to Victory City."

Go to Victory City.

This is what it means to banish them.

"I didn't expect that this time, your Prime Minister would actually turn against them. It really surprises me."

In a restaurant not far from the Jialing River in the mountain city, Zhou Weiguo took a sip of baijiu and then placed his hand next to the charcoal fire.

Nevsky tightened his trench coat; he felt a chill. Turning his head, he saw a crack in the window, went over and closed it, saying, "Even if we live, we can only live for a while."

"How so?" Zhou Weiguo took out a cigarette, lit it with the help of the glowing charcoal fire, and asked.

Nevsky turned around and sat down next to Zhou Weiguo. He stretched out his hand, stared at the red-hot coals, and laughed. "We can't kill them now. If we do, it would mean we're acknowledging our mistake. He won't do that. However, it's a fact that Varyev failed to complete his mission. So, next, he'll find a reason to get rid of these people."

At this point, he looked up at Zhou Weiguo and said, "Compared to their plight, what I want to know now is whether you have thought about what you need."

Seeing that Zhou Weiguo was thinking, he didn't say anything, but just waited quietly.

However, this thought process went on for far too long, and Zhou Weiguo didn't speak even after finishing a cigarette.

The cigarette butts, discarded on the edge of the charcoal brazier, emitted a pungent smell. Nevsky picked up a pair of worn-out, dark tongs, removed the cigarette butt, and stomped on it with his foot. "Old Zhou," he said, "my personal advice is not to go too far. The Empire's actions, in another sense, are already a sign of submission. We can't take advantage of this situation, because doing so now will hinder your future actions."

"I'm just thinking about how much oil is needed."

He had already discussed with General Zhang and Fatty Kong what the mountain city needed last night.

They all believed that now was a turbulent time, not the simple situation of the past where they could go all out to deal with the Northern Soviet Union. Now, Shancheng had too many things to consider. Moreover, although the Northern Soviet Union was using Shancheng, Shancheng was also using the Northern Soviet Union to strengthen its power.

Regarding military weapons, they advised against pursuing any more; if they did, it would be oil.

With Berlin's help, the mountain town has discovered coal, iron, and other minerals, but oil has not yet been discovered.

Where is the oil? The oil is in North China and Northeast China, in the mountainous areas controlled by the city. There is none there now, and even if there were, we cannot find it for the time being.

The mountain city has huge oil reserves. Once these reserves are discovered, they will be highly coveted in today's dog-eat-dog world.

It's fine to bury it underground and bring it out when the mountain city is truly in charge.

"How many do you think we need?"

Zhou Weiguo countered with a question to Nevsky.

Nevsky looked at Zhou Weiguo with a surprised expression.

Zhou Weiguo, puzzled by the look in her eyes, asked, "Why are you staring at me like that?"

Nevsky clicked his tongue several times and then shook his head, saying, "This is the first time I've seen someone who isn't greedy."

“I’ve never been greedy. I was greedy in the past because we had very little. When we were fighting the Japanese army, we mostly used broadswords, or even no broadswords at all, and we were all bare-handed. At that time, I would naturally take as much as I could. But now…”

It's different now.

The mountain city doesn't have a lot of weapons, but it's enough. As for oil, the mountain city has actually accumulated quite a bit over the years, and since acquiring the technology, it has made a lot of purchases. After the British ceded the area north of Mandalay to the mountain city, there was also a considerable amount of oil in those warehouses.

"Have you become wealthy?" Nevsky asked.

"Wealthy? I wouldn't call it that," Zhou Weiguo said, leaning back slightly. "Not really, but we can survive. And you're right, since you've already given us a way out, it wouldn't be right for us to press our advantage."

Strange.

Nevsky couldn't understand it at all. He looked at Asaka Shurei, who was sitting next to him eating without saying a word, and then he looked at the sky outside. The sky was very warm today.

"You...you're plotting something?" Nevsky asked uncertainly. It's not that he was overthinking it, but Zhou Weiguo used to be the kind of person who would grab a handful of dirt with his hands when he walked. Now, he's suddenly changed, and he doesn't even pick up money that's fallen on the ground.

This... makes me very uneasy.