Chapter 1299: Continuing to Deteriorate

The weapons and ammunition Lanse provided to the First Mobile Brigade were not free; they had to be paid for, but these were all at cost price.

As a "middleman," Lanse would neither make money from them nor lose money by giving them things.

For armed groups of small, backward countries like the First Mobile Brigade, even if they have money and are willing to spend it, it is actually very difficult to buy advanced standard weapons. This is a channel problem.

For the federal military-industrial groups, their huge size does not look up to those retail businesses, and selling in large quantities to such private armed groups also poses some problems.

For example, the most likely to be triggered is "moral risk."

Morality is a kind of magical positioning in the Federation. Every federal person is pursuing the perfection of others' morality, whether it is an individual, a company, or even the federal government.

Even if they do things privately that are a hundred times worse than things without morality, on the surface, they will maintain their high moral standards.

Even in judicial issues, morality is also an important standard for trial and sentencing.

Once there was a priest murder case. The jury believed that the priest was a highly moral person with good social relations, so the court gave the lightest result.

If it weren't for the fact that the murder case was indeed established, perhaps the judge would have acquitted the priest in court.

Of course, there are also similar negative cases. Because the person standing in the defendant's seat had a moral deficit, the court and even society believed that a heavy lesson must be given to this guy so that he could realize his mistake, resulting in a sentence far higher than the actual sentence.

There are many such things. Even those old men in the upper class who look bright and beautiful are not like what people imagine, but at least they have to pretend.

If the military-industrial group sells these weapons directly to private armed groups in other countries, this will cause a negative moral impact, at least so.

The company's stock price will plummet, and people will feel insecure—

Today they can sell weapons to private armed groups in other countries, tomorrow they can sell weapons to gangs in the Federation to harm federal citizens, and the day after tomorrow they can sell weapons to the Federation's enemies to kill federal soldiers!

So even if these people have money, they actually cannot buy these things. There is no channel, and large companies are also very difficult to truly trade with them.

If it needs to go through many procedures, for example, transporting weapons to other countries first, and then sending them to these people through several transshipments, plus their profits.

By the time these weapons reach the hands of these private armed groups, the price is something these people cannot bear.

This is a—problem that cannot be balanced, unless there are federal government-level people to facilitate it, such as the Socialist Party, such as Lanse.

The military-industrial group will not care whether these weapons were sold to Lapa or Ruli, at least when facing the questioning of the media and the public, they have materials that can be taken out and can prove their innocence.

As for how these weapons finally entered the hands of the Ruli armed organizations, that has nothing to do with them.

This is also another feature of the federal public. They actually really believe the explanations of those old men!

This entire plan requires at least tens of millions of funds or more to prepare. The Socialist Party gave Lanse a part of the budget, but it was far from enough to pay for all the expenses.

Mainly it is still unsafe.

They cannot list this in this year's expenditure—used to support the Ruli civilian armed First Mobile Brigade, used to create turmoil to force the Liberal Party to lose the initiative, and spend—for this.

They cannot write it like this.

So part of the expenses is paid by the Socialist Party, and part of the expenses is paid by themselves.

Javier asked people to nail the opened weapon boxes again. Subsequently, a transport team also came from their side, almost the same shape, but the pack horses were not carrying weapon boxes, but old-looking cloth bags.

Some cloth bags still had obvious bloodstains, showing that the First Mobile Brigade had some unpleasant things with its previous owner or those who tried to take it away in order to obtain it.

The leader of the horse team and a little old man walked to the side of these goods and began to check. When they opened the first bag, the moment the sunlight shone into the bag mouth, some colorful light was reflected on the faces of the two people.

They took out some gems from inside and held them in their hands. The little old man put on a portable magnifying glass and began to check these gems in the sun.

He checked very quickly. He would spot-check a part of every bag, and then quickly give a psychological price.

There are several bags of gems here. These gems are in a native state. They look beautiful, but if they want to turn them into money, they need many processes, and they also need to leave profit space for the final enterprise that sells them, so the price of these gems now is not high.

The little old man gave a very fair price, and Javier and the others also expressed acceptance.

Subsequently, there were boxes of gold, some of which still had bloodstains on the surface.

Ruli is the same as other countries in Xiang Yalan. There are rich mineral resources here, gem mines, silver mines, gold mines, they all have them.

The income of the First Mobile Brigade mainly comes from three parts.

First, it is the output of private mines. They have their own mines, and they will also loot gold from other mines.

Of course, other organizations and other mines will sometimes loot them. Obtaining gold here is not just digging mines, but also shooting.

Secondly, it is smuggling, the trading of some contraband, ghost mushrooms, maple kite grass, these things are not expensive in the local price, but they can sell for a high price in the Federation.

There are also things like special medicines from the Federation, they will also purchase some special medicines from the Federation for local sales, such as painkillers, etc. These things are known as "miracle drugs from the Federation."

It can even be said that the gangs and private armed forces in Xiang Yalan know better how to use the painkillers and special painkillers produced by federal pharmaceutical companies than federal pharmaceutical companies.

They earned quite a bit of money by using people's serious dependence on these painkillers, but only quite a bit, not a lot, because it is still dominated by poor people locally.

Finally, it is exporting prostitutes and population to the Federation to obtain wealth.

All cash is basically deposited by them into federal accounts. The Federation still supports anonymous accounts, which is a good place for leaders of various countries and criminal organizations to save cash.

Safe, reliable, and no need to worry about being discovered, even if it is their family or people they trust, they can easily deposit, withdraw, and control it.

Cash is always the most important thing for these people, so in this transaction, they use hard currencies like gems and gold. It is not that they are not good enough, but they are obviously not as good as the current federal Sol in terms of circulation.

It took a while for the little old man to finish checking this part of the things. Their valuation was slightly higher than the price of the military supplies sent, which was also agreed upon by both sides before.

When Lanse provided them with the first batch of weapons, they not only had to pay for this batch of weapons and the ammunition they would receive next, but also had to pay for the next batch of equipment.

"It looks like there is no problem." Javier stood before other commanders. It was he who contacted Lanse for the first time, so he is now mainly responsible for the communication with these people.

The leader of the horse team nodded. He asked his subordinates to load these things onto their horse team, then walked to Javier's side and shook hands with him, "Just like what we agreed before, then five days later, I will transport the second batch of goods here."

Javier's face was full of happy smiles. He shook hands with the leader of the horse team and shook them twice with force, "Of course, I will be waiting for you here all the time."

He said while turning around and taking a small bag from his subordinate's hand, palm-sized, looking more advanced.

He handed the small bag to the leader of the horse team, "This is a gift I give you personally, I hope you will like it."

The leader of the horse team did not refuse. He opened the bag and looked inside, a gem that looked slightly higher in specification.

For gems, if they are bigger, the price might be a multiple increase.

He put the small bag into his pocket, "I like it very much," then paused for a moment, "Then I look forward to the sound you make."

Javier nodded hard, "We will let Mr. White see our performance!"

Soon the two groups of people separated. Javier took a deep breath, his face with quite a few smiles, and turned to take other commanders away together.

The weapons traded were only a part of their trade, and there were many non-material trades, which were also what they needed to complete.

After returning to the nearest city, Amado had been waiting for them. Seeing them return, he could not help but ask, "Smooth?"

Since he rarely appeared in public as the Commander-in-Chief, he did not show himself to be so "active."

But this trade was very important, and he had to show himself to be urgent.

Javier nodded and told the process of the trade, and subsequently, Amado also went to see those weapons.

"You guys divide the things. The ammunition will arrive tomorrow. We need to let our federal friends see our strength."

Amado's face carried a smile. Pleasing the federal people might make him look—like losing some of the persona he had before, but all this is for a better life and living.

The turmoil in Ruli these past few days did not stop because Little Porter was repatriated to the country, but instead had a feeling of becoming more and more crazy!

The internal contradictions and pressure in Ruli itself had already reached a critical point. Because of the arrival of federal people, a large amount of indigenous capital that had completed primitive accumulation went bankrupt, and they were full of extreme resentment toward federal people.

The situation here is more serious than when it was in Lapa.

At that time, most of Lapa's assets were in the hands of the state, in the hands of these actual rulers within President Diego.

The appearance of federal people indeed brought destruction to their local industry and capital, but what was destroyed were these people in power, and only a small amount of bourgeoisie in the budding stage of capital were impacted.

So people's hatred for federal people, although it existed, was maintained at a relatively low level.

Ruli is different. Basically, the ordinary primary bourgeoisie were impacted. The scope of the impact was wider, the affected population was more, and the current conflict is even more intense.

The entire country seems to have fallen into a state of anarchy. Everywhere there are burning shops, and some federal buildings have also been destroyed, which forced some federal people who came to Ruli to dig for gold to leave or hide temporarily.

And those who obtained wealth through slaughter and looting in this turmoil will not stop because of this, and cannot stop.

In a mine outside the capital, a batch of federal people gathered at this time.

There are some investors in the mine itself, and some are federal people who gathered from around to take refuge.

Now the mine has completely stopped work, because there is protection from the mine protection team and the federal army, so it is temporarily very safe here.

Federal people around the area who are threatened are gathering here, which is also the Porter government's solution to their current bad situation.

Protect their own safety first, and then go to solve other problems.

In order to avoid the mining area being destroyed from the inside, the miners were temporarily disbanded. There are only federal people, their mine protection team, and part of the army in the entire mine.

"I don't know when they can solve this problem now!"

Every day, these people will gather in the restaurant to chat and kill boring time. It is not that they don't want to do anything, but they can't do anything.

It is basically impossible for these federal people to dig mines. There are no other entertainment facilities here, and they don't have the mood for entertainment. The only thing they can do every day is to pay attention to the situation in Ruli now and reduce anxiety.

The person speaking is a federal person who looks like an elite class. He is a manager of a trading company and was also affected by this turmoil.

At the beginning of the turmoil, he listened to the federal government's suggestion and came here.

Thinking that the warehouse in the city must be finished, he was a bit anxious. He didn't know how the head office would treat him.

He spent several years climbing to this position. If he lost his job because of this turmoil, not only would he waste several years, but he might also lose many things because of this.

After all, the middle class is the most vulnerable group in the Federation. As long as there is no income for three months, they will fall into a desperate situation. 【12

Another federal citizen in a similar situation couldn't help but complain, "Our government is always a step behind in solving these problems. This doesn't look at all like when the Socialist Party was in power; they might have had many problems, corruption, or whatever else."

"But at least their speed in resolving these matters was satisfactory!"

The complaints from these two people were like lighting a powder keg; soon, people began to shift their target from this riot to the Porter government and President Porter.

"If it weren't for young Porter killing that man here, things wouldn't have escalated to this point so quickly!"

"We should file a claim against the Porter government and make them compensate us for our losses!"

"Right, once I get back to the Federation, I'll have my lawyer sue the Porter government—"

People complained loudly, venting the anxiety in their hearts, as if doing so could make them feel a little better.

The people at the mine were not that uneasy; they didn't have any major losses. The ore was buried underground, and no one could take it away.

Moreover, the stones dug out still needed to be refined to become metal ingots. Even if those miners wanted to take some with them when they left, they couldn't carry much.

A person could carry at most twenty or thirty pounds of ore, and that ore might not even be worth a dollar.

However, they were not without losses. The biggest loss now was the work stoppage. For every day they stopped, they lost a day's income, which was something the capital groups investing behind the scenes were also unwilling to see.

Everyone was venting their emotions when suddenly the large loudspeakers in the mining area blared an alarm. Then, someone spoke over the broadcast in a very fast tone, "Everyone, return to your rooms as quickly as possible, lock your doors, someone is approaching."

"Repeat, everyone return to your rooms and lock your doors. Do not leave your rooms without notice—"

The people who had just been discussing how to make President Porter bow his head scattered in a panic after a brief moment of shock, each of their faces filled with unbelievable terror!

At the entrance to the mining area, the mine security team and a company sent by the military were already prepared to repel the enemy. A small leader of the security team looked at the endless stream of vehicles arriving, and his scalp felt slightly numb.

There was no communication between the two sides. When the first gunshot rang out across the valley, the fierce firefight began.

The firepower of the First Detachment was more intense than imagined, and the company commander on the military side also had a look of shock on his face.

He could even tell from the sound of their gunfire that they were using the standard-issue automatic rifles used by the Allied Forces (Slade Allied Forces)!

This was damn well a weapon produced by the Federation, and now it was actually being used by these people against federal citizens?

What was worse was that they actually had grenades and mortars. This didn't look at all like the equipment a group of criminals focused on crime should have; they were more like an armed force.

Less than half an hour into the firefight, the company commander realized they couldn't hold this mining area. After negotiations failed, he took the initiative to withdraw from here.

The people at the mine had no choice but to start gathering and withdraw together with the military and the mine security team.

About fifty minutes after the firefight, the people from the First Detachment directly occupied the mining area. They burned, blew up, and dismantled a large amount of equipment, collapsed the mine shafts, and even planted the flag of the First Detachment on the tallest building in the mining area!

They laid out the bodies of the federal citizens killed in the firefight together and even took photos.

In the photos, these people wearing masks, dressed in First Detachment attire, or carrying identifying marks appeared in the frame in an oppressive manner. Behind them was the mining area burning with raging flames, which further set off the flag fluttering in the air—