The Great Franco-American Alliance!

London.

At the easternmost end of Downing Street, inside an upscale café run by French people.

Segur waved forcefully and said to Tristan with anger in his voice:

"The United Kingdom is destroying the order of North America and the Caribbean Sea!"

He had originally come to lodge a diplomatic protest with the United Kingdom. Unexpectedly, he happened to encounter the United States Envoy, so he invited the latter to an informal meeting.

The United States Envoy appeared rather restrained.

"Count Segur, I believe this may merely be the personal act of United Kingdom abolitionists."

As a senior diplomat, he knew that the Duke of Leeds had recently conveyed to the United States government the United Kingdom's desire to strengthen diplomatic relations between the two countries.

To that end, the United Kingdom would support the United States' territorial claims over indian settlement areas—effectively abandoning its support for indians—and expand trade between the two nations, opening more United Kingdom markets to the United States.

Logically speaking, they should not turn around and stab the United States in the back.

Segur sneered. "The whole world can see what the United Kingdom is trying to do. Your country's cotton output is rapidly rising, which will severely drive down the price of United Kingdom cotton in its Far East colonies. So they chose to use black slave mobs to destroy your plantations."

Tristan could not help frowning slightly. He had to admit that the French Envoy's words were not without reason. That meant the Duke of Leeds' earlier visit to Philadelphia had merely been meant to lull the United States government into complacency.

He secretly decided that, after returning, he would submit a report to Parliament warning of the risks posed by the United Kingdom.

Segur said in a somewhat oppressive tone, "So, how