Chapter 575 - 558
Lu Jiaxin said, "You don’t believe the Forty-nine City will be destroyed by Western bandits, and neither will anyone else in our country. So now, I’m giving you a task."
When Li Qing heard this, he remembered her instructing him to learn Russian. "Boss, have you been planning this all along, which is why you made me learn Russian?"
This task must be related to the Forty-nine City; that’s why he was asked to learn Russian. He had a talent for languages, had mastered the little English he knew, and now, at Lu Jiaxin’s request, had become fluent in Russian as well.
Lu Jiaxin nodded, "A talent like you is wasted as my bodyguard. It just so happens that I need to gather some information, and you are the best choice for this."
For someone as lively as Li Qing to work as a bodyguard was to suppress his talent; venturing into business or, as now, gathering information was best suited for him.
"Boss, what kind of information do you want me to gather? Like the stuff we just looked at?"
Lu Jiaxin didn’t answer the question but instead asked, "If the Forty-nine City really gets destroyed by the West within five years and we are completely unprepared, what do you think will happen?"
Li Qing shook his head to indicate he didn’t know.
Lu Jiaxin said, "The Forty-nine City is one of the top industrial powers in the world. Think about it; once they are brought down by Western bandits, what do you think the outcome will be?"
Without waiting for an answer, Lu Jiaxin said, "Just like when the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked the Forbidden City, looted all the treasures, and then went after our wallets. Similarly, they will aim to seize the Forty-nine City’s money and treasures, as well as their technology and top talents."