Chapter 887: Arriving in Lapa

On a clean white sheet of paper, there is a red color, then this red color is an alien, and will be eliminated.

But if the red color covers the whole sheet of paper, and only a very few places are not stained by the red color, then white is the alien.

Color is an attitude, is an emotion, will be contagious, will spread.

A ruling group that an ambitious person cannot overturn, the people can, this is the power of the people!

Senator Cleveland was "chewing" the word "awakening" in his mouth. The focus in his eyes was lost for a short time, but soon became clear again.

"You found a good vocabulary to describe your plan. So you are going to... are you going to Xiang Yalan yourself?"

He asked a relatively key question, and this question looked like a question, but in fact, it was asking about another thing.

The whole plan was proposed by Lans, including the annexation of the Xiang Yalan region. He possessed a more complete processing idea than others, and it was also more advanced.

If Lans didn't do it himself, he instilled his ideas into others, letting others do it. Could these people do the things he wanted to express?

Senator Cleveland thought it was very difficult. This is like the technique of guiding. Some people like to press together with several fingers, increasing a continuous sense of oppression.

But some people like to separate their fingers a little, forming an oppressive force with rhythmic changes in strength and weakness.

Everyone has their own habits and techniques. What you are good at, practical, might not be easy to use on others' side, unless you do it yourself.

But this kind of thing is really not a simple thing. Any country overturning another country through some means is confidential.

The political arena of the Federation is very seriously infiltrated by capital. "Congress has no secrets" is already telling people this truth. The political arena, which has been corroded by capital into big holes and small holes, has already been accustomed to using the value of capital to weigh a person, or a thing.

The more people who know, the greater the risk of leaking secrets.

Senator Cleveland is an ambitious politician. He is not only satisfied that he, and his friends, are a relatively powerful political group in Congress. He wants to obtain more!

This plan of Lans might become the key for him to take another step forward. So he needs to figure out whether this matter is done by Lans himself, or he just provides a plan.

Lans is also considering. The receiver is quiet, with only light breathing sounds.

After about ten seconds, he said, "I will go there myself."

The situation in the country is too stable for him now.

The soil for gangs to breed and expand is even more chaotic, but the current situation is too stable, and everything has to give way to war.

For example, the contradiction between him and the Perez family. If it weren't for the war that made Congress mediate, then in the gang war, he could actually obtain more things than now.

Prestige, wealth, status, power, and broader territory and influence!

But in order to make way for the war, the war hadn't broken out yet, and it was called off.

If he did nothing and just holed up in the country, he could only continue to sell his wine.

The opening on the side of Denuo State was indeed opened, but this opening was not so easy to tear open. Once the crossfire between gangs broke through the limit of the tolerance of the local government and the Federation government, the government would soon intervene to mediate again.

In the end, it still fell into sticking to selling wine in a certain area.

When a person is very poor and his social status is not high, wealth is his value.

If an ordinary person possesses one million, then his social value is embodied as one million.

But when a person possesses one hundred million, and he continues to make money, possessing several hundred million, ten hundred million, ten-plus hundred million, his social value is not much different from when he possessed one hundred million.

On the contrary, it is possible that because he possesses too much money, it will reduce his social value, because there is a risk of harvesting.

Only the growth of wealth is not a good thing. Only when wealth increases together with everything else is it a good thing.

Even if a wooden bucket has a board that can touch the clouds, it can only hold the water that the shortest board can accommodate.

So, he also needs to evolve, needs to grow.

Solving the Xiang Yalan problem will bring him huge growth in all aspects. He will become the solver of troubles in the eyes of Senator Cleveland, and at the same time, his personal power will expand again.

This expansion is the real expansion!

So, he is willing.

It is to go, not anything else.

The Senator's tone immediately revealed relief. "I will help you pay attention to the things in the country. You know, I have talked to you before, these are actually small things."

"If it weren't for some reasons we all know, I actually hope you can come to work by my side, or I will arrange another job for you."

Lans still politely declined. "Don't all Federation people pursue the spirit of freedom?"

"Not going to work is the freedom I pursue!"

Senator Cleveland didn't get angry because of Lans's refusal again. Excellent people always possess more privileges than mediocre people. "Alright, I hope you can find the freedom and everything you want."

"Is there anything I need to cooperate with?"

Lans also lit a cigarette. "We should deepen understanding and strengthen exchanges with the Xiang Yalan region..."

At the end of July, early August, after two rounds of talks, the Xiang Yalan National United Alliance was formally established in the Republic of Jiede, which currently has the strongest comprehensive strength in the Xiang Yalan region. The Republic of Jiede has a population of 41 million. Of course, this was the official statistic ten years ago.

Now how many there are, no one knows clearly. After all, there is no government here that likes to count this, and many families will also privately conceal the number of the population.

The Republic of Jiede has the largest population, and at the same time, the long coastline and countless golden beaches, as well as the hot girls, have also made it a famous tourist resort.

It is actually about the same as other countries in Xiang Yalan here, except that the ruling group here is relatively united, so the integrity of the national regime is relatively high.

They have non-warlord armies with established formations, and also a complete social system that can operate normally, except that the exploitation of ordinary people is slightly heavier, and there are no other too big shortcomings.

The President of the Republic of Jiede serves as the first chairman of the Xiang Yalan Alliance, also rotating every four years, must rotate.

It looks like it is very fair, but in fact, it is not fair at all, because there are eleven countries. Even if each country only rotates once, then the rotation of the eleventh country will have to wait until forty years later.

But small countries are like this, they have no right to speak anywhere, and they can't talk about fairness and justice.

After the Xiang Yalan Alliance was established, the Federation expressed its "curiosity" about the Xiang Yalan Alliance, and the Xiang Yalan Alliance also arranged a luxurious delegation to visit the Federation for the first time.

They knew very well why the Xiang Yalan Alliance was established, and also knew that if they didn't keep in step with the Federation on some issues after the Xiang Yalan Alliance was established, they would inevitably be regarded as a provocation to the Federation and would very likely face war.

There are not all fools in the ruling group, because they are wealthy and have high status, many members of the ruling group have received higher education, and some will go to the Federation or other countries for study abroad.

In some aspects, they actually won't show too much gap with mainstream society.

This is actually a big thing. The Federation government also gave due attention to the visit of the Xiang Yalan Alliance, and the Secretary of State led the team to welcome the delegation.

The two sides launched negotiations in New Jincheng around a series of issues, and newspapers reported some changes and progress of events every day.

The chairman of the Xiang Yalan Alliance stated that the establishment of the Xiang Yalan National United Alliance was not to compete with the Federation in military, economic, or other various possible aspects.

The appearance of the Xiang Yalan Alliance represents the progress and efforts made by the entire Xiang Yalan map to integrate into the international community as soon as possible, allowing Xiang Yalan to form a united, unified political whole and obtain more attention on the international political stage.

They hope to develop more friendly exchanges with the Federation, not for the purpose of harm.

The Secretary of State also gave a positive response. In the Secretary of State's speech, he called the Federation to respect the decisions of other countries in Xiang Yalan, and also congratulated the establishment of the Xiang Yalan Alliance, and sincerely blessed the Xiang Yalan Alliance to embark on the fast track of development from now on.

The Federation is not a country full of ambition. They respect the sovereignty of other countries and will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.

Both sides can develop more exchanges under completely equal circumstances.

Economic, cultural, and various folk exchanges, in order to achieve the purpose of mutual understanding.

The entire visit lasted for a week, and some cooperation projects were negotiated.

The purpose of their trip this time is actually very simple to say. On the one hand, they want to show their unity to the Federation government. Now they are not eleven separate countries, but a whole.

Taking action against any one of them, the other ten countries will increase their personnel, making invasion and annexation become heavy and difficult.

On the other hand, they also expressed that they would not engage in military competition, armed conflicts, and these things, but were willing to make compromises within a certain range. For example, in communication, they promised to open the market to the Federation and allow individuals and enterprises of the Federation to enter the Xiang Yalan region for investment and business.

The Xiang Yalan Alliance also took the initiative to mention that it was willing to sell Xiang Yalan's ores and metal ingots to the Federation at a price slightly lower than the international spot delivery price.

They gave so many benefits, and their purpose was only one—

"Tactfully" refuse the Federation's request to station troops.

It seems that the Federation also received this signal and never talked about stationing troops again. It seems that everything reached a consensus in laughter.

When the news spread back to Xiang Yalan, many Xiang Yalan people thought they used their wisdom and courage to refuse the invasion of the invaders, and even some people thought that the Federation was actually nothing great.

"Victory" is like this, it always makes people blindly arrogant.

During this period of time, Gomez's days couldn't be said to be too good, but it was definitely not as good as before.

Lapa was also affected in this "change." In the past, foreign goods in Lapa belonged to "monopoly."

That is to say, all imported goods were controlled in the hands of the Lapa Chamber of Commerce, and then shops in each region that wanted to obtain these goods for sale had to have indicators.

But now with the end of the Xiang Yalan Alliance negotiations, the eleven countries of the Xiang Yalan Alliance will open the market to the Federation, and imported goods will no longer be in short supply, so the Lapa Chamber of Commerce will lose its role.

In the past, in order to obtain more goods from Gomez, people would try every means to curry favor with Gomez, give him money, or provide him with women.

These scarce imported goods were not just for making money. For the privileged class at the middle and lower levels, it more represented a kind of "ability."

You gave a middle-level privileged class one thousand dollars, he didn't necessarily think you were how great.

But if you could give him a washing machine produced by the Federation worth five hundred dollars, then he would think you must be a capable person.

But now the market is open. It is said that soon there will be Federation merchants coming with goods, and these indicators, these goods in his hands, will soon become popular.

He knows Federation merchants very well. As long as there is money to be made, even if it is not much, they can accept it.

But Gomez can't quite accept this.

"If their goods appear in our market at will, we will have a hard time making money."

"Our monopoly, indicators, will become worthless."

Diego the President sat on a wide chair. He was wearing a military uniform. This was his habit.

He is not only the President of Lapa, but also the Supreme Marshal of Lapa!

He doesn't like others calling him "President" very much. He prefers people to call him "Marshal" or "General." This habit is relatively common in dictators.

He needs to let people clearly realize that his rule here is absolutely not because of politics, but because of the military power in his hands.

Diego the President is a bit fat, over two hundred pounds. His life is simple and unadorned, that is, enjoying everything that can be enjoyed.

Although they were in the room at this time and there was no strong sunlight, Diego the President still wore a pair of glasses, tea-colored glasses.

The eyeballs behind the glasses turned a little, and the gaze finally fell on Gomez.

His voice sounded a bit sharp, possibly because of obesity. "So, are you and the Chamber of Commerce useless?"

When hearing this sentence, Gomez's scalp felt slightly numb. He hurriedly explained, "We also have some goods that need to be exported, exported to the Federation. This is also my responsibility."

I don't know if it was an illusion. After saying this sentence, Gomez felt that something that made him uneasy disappeared in the small eyes behind Diego the President's tea-colored sunglasses.

"You are still a bit useful!", Diego the President laughed twice.

Just laughing, it made the fat all over his body fluctuate in layers like gentle sea waves.

After laughing twice, he stopped. "Useful is good, useful means there are things to do. I hate people who are idle and don't move the most."

"I know what you want to tell me, Gomez. This matter is not something I can decide, but is said by those people in the Republic of Jiede and the chairman of the Xiang Yalan Alliance."

"They said they want to open the market, we must open the market. If someone doesn't open the market, that is offending the entire Xiang Yalan Alliance."

"So this matter, you don't have to consider it."

"Anyway, aren't you still able to sell some goods to the Federation?"

"Just do these things well. Be careful now. Now is not the past."

When saying these words, Diego's face also showed thick dissatisfaction, but he had no way at all.

Not to mention that Lapa was not the strongest country in the Xiang Yalan region originally.

Even if it were, it couldn't confront the other ten countries, at the same time.

The pressure brought by the Federation people was too great. Now whoever dares to destroy the situation that was hard-won by negotiation is the sinner of the entire Xiang Yalan region and will be besieged by everyone.

As a hereditary President, he also had a part of the same things as the Senator masters in the Federation Congress.

They were all seeking stability and not causing trouble.

The wealth he and his family plundered here was enough for them to squander for a lifetime.

After coming out of the Presidential Palace, Gomez's face was very gloomy. He actually didn't tell the truth completely just now. The full opening of the market means that Federation people can also obtain cheap goods from the hands of the lowly people, and then sell them to the Federation.

The only thing he can do now is to barely maintain the Lapa Chamber of Commerce. After all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Using his current title, he has to think carefully about how to profit from it.

He sat in the car and returned to his villa, sat on the sofa and drank two glasses of iced freshly squeezed orange juice, but didn't think of any good countermeasures.

This matter was like a stone pressing on his chest, making him unable to breathe.

Diego is a moody person. If he lets him know that he has no value.

Even if there is a sister, he also has great danger. After all, he came into contact with too many things about the ruling group.

For example, helping them transfer money abroad.

Gomez acquired an art trading company in the Federation. He would flow funds into the Federation legally and compliantly by purchasing art, and then store them in different accounts according to their requirements.

It can be said that now, the only person who knows more about how many accounts they have and roughly how much money they have than the ruling group themselves is Gomez.

Once he really has no value to use, his end can be imagined.

This is also one of the reasons why he tried every means to become a national traitor. Compared to others, he actually has no retreat.

Others might be slightly poorer, but at least they can live to old age.

And him, he doesn't know when he will go to see God.

People here in Lapa also believe in God and these things. It is said that when early Federation missionaries crossed the sea to Xiang Yalan to preach, they ignited the seeds of faith.

They are the same as Federation people. Although they all believe in God and will ask God for help when they encounter trouble, if they are really let go to see God, they are also not happy.

Just when Gomez was racking his brains thinking about how to continue his power and wealth, and how to let himself go further, the telephone bell suddenly rang.

Gomez answered the phone very carefully, his tone was very gentle, and his pronunciation was also very clear. "I am Gomez."

He knew that because someone spoke loudly and startled Diego, Diego killed this person and his family.

The voice coming from the receiver made him slowly open his mouth wide, and then his face was full of surprise and smiles!

"I am Lans, just arrived in Lapa. How should I find you?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 888 =====