Chapter 1025: Extortion

The clean and bright factory building has basically been built according to the requirements of these two weapon experts from the federation. To be honest, it cost a lot of money.

This project is led by the President, followed by the Ministry of National Defense and the military, and a state-owned enterprise participated. It can be said to be "gathering stars," a heavyweight project.

Its purpose is to solve the problem that standard bullets cannot be imported from the federation. Once these two bullet production lines are completed, the Republic of Jede can achieve "bullet freedom."

They can not only use them themselves but also sell them to surrounding countries.

Just like they are unwilling to easily replace equipment, the entire Xiang Yalan region countries are also unwilling to replace equipment.

Because replacement means a large outflow of foreign exchange. The foreign exchange in their hands is extremely limited. Federal people do not recognize their national currency, so they can only use foreign exchange to buy.

If the foreign exchange is not enough, some federal officials and capitalists will show their greedy faces and ask them for things of greater value.

As long as these two production lines can be built successfully, all problems will be solved, and the status and authority of the Republic of Jede in the Xiang Yalan Alliance will go up another level.

The secretary beside the President followed the two experts throughout the whole process. "Mr. Shi Misi, we have already transformed the entire factory area according to the second version of the design drawing you gave us. Do you see if it has met your requirements?"

Actually, the factory has been built for a period of time, and then they found the two excitedly, saying that they hoped they would transport some production lines through their own channels as soon as possible to install and organize production.

But Shi Misi, the engineer, said that the factory building here does not meet the standards of federal production line production.

He found many reasons, such as the ground is not flat enough, and said that the inclination angle of the inclined ground is not enough, and said the volume problem of the space. Anyway, they always have all kinds of reasons.

After a good transformation, another month was wasted, and finally they thought it met the requirements after this transformation.

Coming here today is to invite them to see if the basic conditions for placing the production line are met here.

After Shi Misi the engineer turned around twice and couldn't find any faults, he nodded slightly arrogantly. "It can barely be used."

The disdain in the tone, and the attitude that made people angry, made the surrounding ministers, gentlemen, and masters all show faint anger on their faces.

At first, they respected these two experts very much. After all, they represent an attempt and an effort of the Republic of Jede to get rid of federal control in military logistics!

This time it may just be solving the problem of ammunition supply, no longer relying on the federation.

But what about next time?

Maybe they can also not buy shells from the federation, all produced by themselves.

Whether these industrial improvements can bring about the rapid development of the overall industry, allowing more things to get rid of dependence on the federation?

Very likely, there is no problem at all!

So they attach great importance to this factory construction plan, and even took the initiative to allocate 20 million federal Sol to build a military factory that "meets the industrial production standards of federal military factories."

They don't know what this standard refers to, anyway, it is very expensive, and many building materials are imported from the federation at high prices.

Buying their special-numbered concrete in the federation may only cost a few hundred dollars a ton, but if they want to buy it, it costs thousands.

Other things are also like this, sold to them at several times the price.

The foreign trade office within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Jede, as well as the diplomatic departments of the Xiang Yalan Alliance, have talked to the federation about this matter. They don't say how much discount they get, at least they can't sell it to them at several times the price.

However, the federation refused to negotiate, the reason is that these materials belong to high-tech products, love it or not!

Finally, they had to endure all kinds of discomfort, forcibly ate this shit sent by the federation, and even chewed it.

Then it came to now. The first construction, dismantled, rebuilt once. The 20 million funds allocated by the President should logically be enough for the part of buying the production line.

But now only a factory was built, and most of it was used up, which made them have to suspect whether they need to pay more foreign exchange if they want to buy the production line.

Fortunately, now this Shi Misi the engineer finally nodded, which is a long-term progress.

Although everyone is very impatient with this guy and feels that he is a bit overly... arrogant, but in the end, this matter has officially taken a step forward.

"Then... Mr. Shi Misi, when can we buy the production line for producing bullets?"

They have actually investigated the kind of bullet production line Shi Misi the engineer said. Although it is not the most advanced bullet production line in the federation, the production speed of about 22,000 bullets per hour still makes manual production feel desperate.

And these machines can produce 24 hours a day without interruption, which is 528,000 bullets a day.

They will buy two production lines from the federation, and they can produce one million bullets a day, which is 30 million bullets a month.

If they can buy more production lines, they will be based on this number of 528,000 bullets per day, constantly doubling.

This is an amazing number!

It only takes three months for them to produce 100 million bullets, which is enough for them to use for a long time and output to the outside.

100 million bullets can bring about 1.7 or 1.8 million in profits to the Republic of Jede, so they are not very resistant to investment.

Not only can they get rid of federal government control over them, but they can also make money and meet their own bullet needs. Why not do it?

The President's secretary stared at Shi Misi the engineer, and others, those ministers, gentlemen, and masters, also stared at Shi Misi the engineer.

They are afraid that this arrogant and stupid guy will make some absurd reasons again to postpone this matter.

During this period of time, he has done some things, such as he was unacclimatized, but he said it was diarrhea caused by eating zero-snacks on the roadside of the Republic of Jede, which pushed it back for more than a week.

There was another time he slept with a noble girl at a high level. An officer of the Ministry of National Defense sent his daughter to the bed of Shi Misi the engineer who was inquiring everywhere about where there were relatively high-level prostitutes.

Then he said that the daughter of this high official had a dirty disease, which made him very itchy. He needed treatment, and then ran back to the country and treated for two weeks before coming back.

In short, he has all kinds of reasons, always constantly pushing the time back. If they hadn't investigated and confirmed that these two people are indeed designers and engineers of military industrial enterprises.

Perhaps they would have disappeared now, or lived a very miserable life.

Being able to hear these words from the mouth of Shi Misi the engineer, everyone showed an incredible expression for the first time. They didn't expect everything to come so fast and so easily!

Soon the President's secretary reacted. "Then shall we talk about this problem now?"

Shi Misi the engineer nodded and said, "No problem, I actually want to talk to you properly."

"Then... let's go back to the Presidential Palace first, I will report to the President personally, he will definitely be very happy!"

Shi Misi the engineer had an indifferent expression. "This has nothing to do with me, suit yourself."

Soon the motorcade took them back to the Presidential Palace. Interestingly, the Presidential Palace of the Republic of Jede is much more imposing and spectacular than the Federal Presidential Palace.

It looks like a small palace, magnificent. After all, this is the "private property" of the President's family.

Yes.

A country's Presidential Palace is actually the private property of the ruling family. If one day someone in their family doesn't want to be president, the newly appointed president is not qualified to work in the Presidential Palace, because this is private property.

However, it is unlikely that they will give up the continuous inheritance of the presidency. This has no benefits for them.

When the President learned that this matter could finally move to the next step, he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Recently, the fighting in the Republic of Lapa has been very fierce. Diego has re-pulled up an army of about 400,000 people with the help of the federation, and is constantly recruiting soldiers.

It is said that Diego has begun to consider using indicator-based conscription to get more soldiers.

As long as there are two or more males in each household, recruit one out of two, two out of three, three out of five.

For example, if there are seven males in a family, then recruit three soldiers according to the standard of three out of five, and then recruit one soldier according to the standard of one out of two, which is seven soldiers.

When recruiting soldiers next time, one soldier will be drawn according to the standard of two out of three.

As for whether all males will be drawn away in the end, or even let women go to the battlefield, actually Diego himself doesn't know. What he knows is that he is already crazy.

Some things that happened in Lapa also made some member countries in the Xiang Yalan Alliance seem to have some changes. He knew that the diplomatic ambassadors of these countries in the federation were very close to the federation.

Now they are waiting, waiting for an opportunity.

As long as Lapa completes the "subversion" here, exits the Xiang Yalan Alliance first and joins the federation, then these countries will do the same immediately.

The reason why they don't dare to do so now is that they are afraid that the Republic of Jede will launch an attack on them, but if someone does it first, then they will do it again, and things will become simpler.

Everything needs the Republic of Jede to increase more "deterrence" within the Xiang Yalan Alliance, and being able to produce weapons and ammunition by itself is one of them.

This means that in this part of the place, the Xiang Yalan region, their combat potential is something that everyone cannot reach.

"As long as his request is not excessive...", the President looked at his secretary, he put the fountain pen in his hand back on the desktop, and his hands were clasped, supporting his chin, "... then satisfy him."

With the President's instruction, his secretary immediately returned to the negotiating table.

It is said to be a negotiating table, it is definitely not as formal as a real negotiating table.

"Engineer Shi Misi, you have already accepted the factory building you asked us to build, so when will we buy the production line you said from the federation?"

"Our time is very tight, Engineer Shi Misi, we have invested a lot of funds, and promised you a share far higher than the profit we can get, just hoping that you can feel our sincerity and promote the entire project as soon as possible."

Shi Misi the engineer smiled. "You are very anxious!"

The President's secretary pursed his lips. He wanted to say something, but finally held back.

Perhaps it was because he found that his sentence did not achieve the result he wanted, Shi Misi the engineer then shook his head. "Actually, it is not a complicated thing to build the production line."

"Step one, buy the production line back from the federation."

"Step two, we will assemble it, debug it, and ensure that it can be produced smoothly."

"Step three, then you can start production with full horsepower."

"This production line is theoretically 22,000 bullets per hour, but in fact, if we raise the production speed a bit, there is no problem with 25,000 or even 27,000 bullets per hour."

"Now the most advanced production line in our federation is its improved model, with a theoretical production of 38,000 bullets per hour, and the actual production is about 41,000."

Hearing these data, the President's secretary, as well as the military representatives in the room, and the people from the Ministry of National Defense, all showed surprised expressions on their faces.

The President's secretary asked impatiently, "Then what are we waiting for now?"

Shi Misi the engineer tilted his head slightly, looking at him like a fool. "You, you guys, don't think that as long as you say a sentence 'what are we waiting for,' I can change the production line from my hands, right?"

"You have to spend money, you have to buy it back, and then you can do what I said."

The President's secretary asked, "How much?"

"50 million."

When he said this number, everyone was stunned, including the President's secretary. He said somewhat uncertainly, "You mean... 50 million Lari?"

"Lari" is the legal circulating currency of the Republic of Jede, and its exchange rate with the federal Sol is about 10 to 1, 10 Lari to exchange for 1 federal Sol.

50 million Lari, which means 5 million federal Sol.

Although this price is a bit expensive, it has not exceeded their tolerance range.

However, are these federal people using Lari as the currency unit?

Instead of... using federal Sol?

The President's secretary had a somewhat bad expression on his face. The next second, Shi Misi the engineer shook his head and laughed. "Of course it is federal Sol. You don't think that your country's currency will be needed in the federation, right?"

He even laughed arrogantly, a laugh that made people disgusted. "I don't know why you people in the Xiang Yalan Alliance are always like this, always feeling that you are on the same level as the federation."

"No offense, I'm just telling the truth. If it weren't for the fact that you helped us a lot, I wouldn't even want to come here!"

The President's secretary's expression became a bit ugly. "We have inquired, the price of the bullet production line you said is less than 4 million."

Shi Misi the engineer did not refute, but agreed very much. "Your news is very accurate. More accurately, it is about 3.2 million, and you can buy a whole set of production lines."

He stretched out a finger, which also meant the turning point of his tone. "However, even if you use 50 million, you can't buy this production line in the federation."

"I don't need to guarantee anything to you. I know you think I am extorting you, but you can try it yourself first."

"You arrange your people to try to buy these production lines and see if you can buy them."

"Then let's talk about whether this price is reasonable."

Shi Misi the engineer was not in a hurry at all, but said these words slowly.

The President's secretary's expression changed again and again. "50 million, is it two production lines or..."

"Two!" Shi Misi the engineer still didn't make his mood worse. The average price was almost eight times higher. These damn federal people!

The President's secretary couldn't sit still. "I need to report to the President. I don't have the power to decide on such a large capital flow."

Shi Misi the engineer was still the same. "Please, we have time."

"If you need a longer time, I think I can go back to my residence with my friends, and then contact me after you have discussed it."

He seemed to have determined that the President's secretary would go for a long time. The President's secretary did not answer his request, but excused himself and left quickly.

Not long after, the President looked at his secretary and listened to what he said, and couldn't help but get angry. "This is extortion!"

His secretary nodded repeatedly and said with some grievances, "I have always doubted what these two federal people are here for."

"They don't look like they are here to help us complete the installation and production of the bullet production line. They are also too greedy."

The President nodded. He considered for a while. This 50 million was stuck at a limit that made him very uncomfortable but could be tolerated.

If the other party wanted a little more, he might consider letting the university try to develop its own bullets.

But 50 million... the funds for research are enough, but he doesn't have that much time.

"Let our people go to the federation first to ask if they are willing to sell these production lines, even if we give more money."

"Give them 5 million for one set, if 5 million doesn't work, then 10 million. I don't believe these capitalists can bear this!"

He seems to know the virtues of these capitalists very well, and he keeps adding codes as soon as he opens his mouth.

The secretary did not refuse. "I will contact them immediately. As for Engineer Shi Misi and the others, I will let them go back first, just say we need to consider it, after all, such a large sum of money."

The President was very satisfied with the secretary's reason. "Just tell them that, and contact me as soon as there is a follow-up to this matter." ===== CHAPTER 1026 =====