Chapter 960: The Beginning of the Craze for Studying in the Federation

The Minister of Industry was just about to say something when his son walked in. "Uncle Minister Labul, and Father, dinner is ready."

The Minister of Industry turned to look at Minister Labul. After the two looked at each other for a while, they stood up almost at the same time. "Let's fill our stomachs first."

"We'll talk after dinner."

Minister Labul didn't refuse. The two gave way to each other simply and walked into the dining room together.

The dinner was very rich, but this was not a family banquet, so there were only two men at the dining table.

The two sat at the two ends of the dining table, and there were at least twenty dishes on the dining table between them.

Makan's cooking is the same as the cooking in most countries in the world, mainly fried, boiled, and roasted, so multiple dishes can be cooked at the same time, as long as the order is arranged, plus the help of some chef apprentices.

Looking at these delicious foods, Minister Labul was also a bit hungry.

Eating and enjoying food is one of the most primitive desires of human beings, and to a certain extent, it is even crazier than sex!

After all, sex is something you can solve yourself, or even not solve.

In the long river of human civilization, there have been some people who almost pervertedly restrained their desires. They can discard everything, including sex.

But they can't help but eat.

The terrible thing about hunger is the desire to eat, which can be strong enough to destroy reason!

So even if it is a person with ideals and ambitions, when he feels hungry, he must sit down and eat something.

And these things are not too hard to eat.

Two chefs began to introduce the food tonight for them. Accompanied by their introduction, the food they made was also clipped into the plates of the two ministers respectively.

Each one is very exquisite, like a kind of artwork. It is hard to imagine that in such a poor and backward Xiang Yalan region, there can be chefs of this level.

This also just reflects that whether in a developed country or a backward country, the pursuit of enjoyment by the masters is tireless.

Makan's chefs had a gradual process from relatively stimulating food to obviously stimulating food, so it was acceptable to eat.

If you eat those very stimulating foods at the beginning, it is difficult for people to accept.

A very rich and exotic dinner. Most of the twenty-odd dishes were not finished. They didn't have such a big stomach to eat these.

After they left the dining table, the butler would take the maids to pour these foods into the trash can and mix them with other garbage.

As for waste?

This bit of food, for the Minister of Industry, doesn't count as waste or not.

Back in the study, the two sat down again and poured a cup of fragrant black tea each.

After eating some greasy things, having a cup of black tea is indeed a kind of enjoyment.

Neither of them spoke at first, but sat facing each other. They seemed to be savoring the food just now, and it is also possible that they were savoring the tail left in the conversation before dinner.

After two or three minutes, the Minister of Industry continued the previous topic. "Jiede invested a lot of resources this time, and also sent consultants and military officers. I believe these will not be free."

"There will be no truly free lunch in this world. If it doesn't want money, then you need to pay for other things."

"I don't know how Diego talked to them, but it is clear that he always has to pay some to get these."

"We all know Diego. He is not a generous person. He cannot take out this money himself, but he didn't propose that we share this money together."

"Plus his attitude towards us recently, so I have reason to suspect that he is considering taking a path that we don't want to see."

The Minister of Industry sighed. He took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and lit one. "Although federal cigarettes are outstanding in technology, I still like this kind of simple and direct cigarette."

The rich tobacco smell filled the whole room with his first puff.

The smell produced by raw tobacco is much larger than that of flue-cured tobacco, and various chemical components are richer, taste, nicotine.

There is no filter tip in this period, it is a cigarette open at both ends, plus it is raw tobacco, that taste is simply amazing!

Minister Labul smiled and didn't speak.

After the Minister of Industry took a puff of smoke and waited for a while, he continued. "Unification..."

This concept of unification actually existed for a period of time earlier. When Diego's father was in power, they talked about this matter.

The Lapa government looks like a whole, but it is actually fragmented.

Everyone has their own interest demands, and it is impossible to be a real whole, so Diego's father mentioned this concept at that time.

Everyone truly forms a whole, which can ensure that the Lapa regime is more stable, and can have a little resistance when facing the international society where scientific technology is constantly developing.

Diego's father, the previous president, although not a particularly powerful guy, at least not a stupid person, he saw these problems.

The rise of the Republic of Jiede, and the ambition hidden by the father-son president he considered his opponent.

He saw the Federation constantly developing, and the shock and fear brought by those huge cargo ships from time to time—

If those cargo ships were used to transport soldiers, how many could they transport at one time?

So he thought of this problem, let the fragmented Lapa truly realize unification, and everyone is closely united together.

But this idea was just an idea in the end. It had no basis for realization.

Every family has its own family's interest demands, and some interest demands between families are irreconcilable and conflicting.

So until he died, this matter could not be promoted.

But now, the Minister of Industry saw the possibility of realization from Diego's eyes.

But for those of them who are not Diego's loyalists, this is not a good thing.

"If it were before, I wouldn't consider it like this, but now the situation is changing too fast!"

"International, internal to Xiang Yalan, and internal to ourselves."

"This civil war is indeed a terrible catastrophe, but for him, for us, and even for those anti-government armed forces, isn't it also an opportunity?"

He doesn't understand what "the breaking of class barriers" is, but he understands this truth. When people start talking with weapons, then in the face of bullets and death, they can achieve true equality for everyone.

A lowly person dies with one shot, and a master also dies with one shot.

The master's identity, status, wealth, power, and everything else that can reflect his nobility, material and non-material wealth, at this moment, cannot stop the bullet from taking his life.

Just like a lowly person!

So in the face of death, they finally achieved equality for everyone.

After equality for everyone, some people will be eliminated, and then those who survive, those who have influence and ruling status, will formulate new rules and restart a cycle.

The broken class will quickly re-condense, become hard, and finally become unbreakable and close every upward channel, entering the next cycle.

The Minister of Industry doesn't want himself to be the batch of people eliminated in this era. He hopes to stand on this land for a longer time and guard the wealth, power, and everything inherited by his family.

Minister Labul listened to what he said and kept nodding. "You said a very realistic situation. We don't know where Diego will go." "What you said really made me realize that he is becoming more and more dangerous. If we don't consider countermeasures, it is possible that he will become our trouble."

"But!", Minister Labul's tone suddenly increased, and a "but" made the context take a big turn. He also restrained a lot of the heavy and serious expressions on his face. "Whether he can win those anti-government armed forces is still an unknown number."

Minister Labul also needs allies, and this Minister of Industry has very clearly expressed his thoughts and opinions, so he doesn't hide it.

However, he didn't say it too directly, but used a confident smile and such a sentence to answer the Minister of Industry.

After the Minister of Industry finished listening, he frowned slightly. "You mean, he will fail in the civil war?"

After saying that, he started to shake his head actively. "This is impossible!"

"With the participation of military officers and consultants from the Republic of Jiede, the army in his hands will not look like the Lapa army. The anti-government armed forces cannot defeat him, unless..."

He subconsciously said this "unless." His thinking was doing inertial deduction, but he didn't say the latter part, and his brain reacted.

Then he looked at Minister Labul with deep meaning. "Unless the Federation supports those anti-government armed forces behind the scenes."

Minister Labul smiled ambiguously. Of course, it doesn't mean that there is any special feeling between him and the Minister of Industry. His ambiguity refers to his attitude towards the Minister of Industry's words.

Neither admitting nor denying, leaving a lot of room for imagination.

The Minister of Industry was not surprised or even frightened because of Minister Labul's "stance." Smiles gradually emerged on his face. Isn't this exactly the answer he wanted most?

"The Federation people now have several different teams here."

"The Federation Ambassador to Lapa, some civilian exchange teams, the Empire Chamber of Commerce and Lanse White, as well as the Federation's official visiting group, the International Economic Cooperation Agency, and those experts."

"Who do you think is best to contact?", he suddenly changed a question.

Minister Labul raised his eyebrows. He crossed his legs, and his posture was very relaxed. "I don't understand this question of yours, but let me choose, I will definitely choose Lanse White."

"The level of the Federation Ambassador is too high. Your conversation with him will be very official and formal. You may not be able to say what you want to express, and you may not necessarily harvest what you want from him."

"That International Economic Cooperation Agency doesn't carry out some problem docking with our official side. They mainly focus their attention on the people. If you go to them, you may not be able to talk about anything."

"Lanse White is a good choice. I heard that he has very powerful relationships and connections in the Federation, and he is also a powerful character himself. If you go to him, you will definitely have some harvest."

Hearing him say this, the Minister of Industry breathed a sigh of relief. "I will visit him in these two days."

The two looked at each other and saw some things from each other's eyes, but at this time, they were still separated by a layer of something.

The Minister of Industry is a person with execution ability. The next morning, he went to find Lanse. The reason is also very simple.

After Minister Labul left, he found the reason—

Lapa needs to develop basic industry, but it happens to have no supporting facilities and technology for all basic industries, so he wants to communicate with the Empire Chamber of Commerce to see if he can introduce some relatively basic industrial facilities.

Even if God came, he would have to nod and admit that this reason is reasonable, so he is not afraid of being known by Diego's people.

Even if known, so what?

Eat him?

Lanse was not surprised by the "rash" visit of the Minister of Industry, because Minister Labul called him last night and told him about this.

So when Lanse heard that he was coming, he invited him to the reception hall.

He also brought some gifts, some local specialties, a few dog-head gold the size of a football.

Dog-head gold is just natural bare gold with not very high purity for gold diggers, but for the rich, this is a kind of alternative collection, and it is very valuable.

"I like the things very much, thank you!", Lanse asked people to take these things to the vault to put them away, and then he looked at the Minister of Industry. "We don't seem to have any friendship before, and I don't know what I can do for you."

After the Minister of Industry saw Lanse put the things away, he became stable in his heart, and a relaxed smile bloomed on his face. "I am very interested in the factories and assembly lines you are investing in!"

"Lapa is a country with backward industry. There is almost no industrial foundation and industrial traces here."

"We only have a small amount of industrial machinery, and it is very backward, and can only produce some equally backward commodities."

"Although I am the Minister of Industry, I am very ashamed that I have not played the role that this position should play."

"I want to inspect your factory. In addition, if possible, I also want to go to the Federation to learn and communicate."

He said as if he remembered something, and hurriedly added, "Just like Minister Labul!"

Lanse didn't agree immediately. He considered for a while. "I welcome you to do this very much, but I heard that President Diego has some misunderstandings about us. If you inspect our factory at this time, or even go to the Federation to communicate and learn, will it cause some unnecessary trouble?"

"Maybe President Diego will think you are betraying Lapa?"

The Minister of Industry suddenly became a bit angry. "He is just a person from the Lavila family. He cannot represent the whole Lapa, and he cannot represent us!"

Saying that, his expression turned soft again. "Mr. White, the Federation is the center of world industrial technology, with the most advanced theories and technologies in the world!"

"I yearn for these very much, and I also yearn to go to the Federation to see, learn, communicate, and understand the Federation and everything there more deeply."

Looking at his somewhat anxious appearance, Lanse didn't continue to go around in circles with him. "I will help you contact, but before that, I still need to remind you, Minister."

"Once you have made a decision, you are not allowed to change it."

"The price of fraud, you cannot bear!"

The Minister of Industry immediately agreed, decisively!

Diego may take action against these people, and the Federation completely manipulated the civil war. These two elements made him completely determined not to change. At this time, he agreed without any hesitation.

That afternoon, the Lapa Minister of Industry led some working staff under his hands to visit and inspect the factories built by the Federation in Zhuolan.

Visited their construction site, and the assembly line that is undergoing assembly production.

After visiting and inspecting, the Minister of Industry marveled at the advancement of the Federation's technical level and believed that the only way to change the current industrial situation in Lapa is to throw away the burden, recognize the reality, and actively learn from the Federation.

The Minister of Industry said that he would organize an industrial inspection team to go to the Federation for an industrial achievement visit and inspection activity for about three weeks.

Also for the development of Lapa industry, conduct some negotiations with cooperative merchants.

This report didn't occupy much space in the newspaper, but in the eyes of some people, it was already very, very amazing!

At this time, when Diego's desire for power was high, suddenly going to the Federation for inspection, what is this for?

In fact, many people in the ruling group can understand, and at the same time, they also understood another thing—

Not long ago, Minister Labul went to the Federation, and now the Minister of Industry is also going to the Federation, so who is the next one?

Why do they want to go to the Federation, and did they reach any agreement with the Federation people in the Federation?

This is very thought-provoking.

After Diego knew about this, he rarely had any stance, just saying "I know." He is now putting all his energy into the civil war!

He believes in one point, as long as he wins this civil war and kills all those anti-government armed elements, then this country will completely become his country!

The "great cause of unification" that his father didn't complete will be completed by him, the son who was not favored by the old president. He will also become the "restoration master" of Lapa like the two presidents of Jiede!

After he finishes cleaning up those anti-government lowly people and mud-dog legs, he will turn around and clean up these fence-sitting factions and opposition rulers.

Lapa doesn't need to have so many voices. Having his own voice is enough!

At the end of July, the battle officially started, and the areas around Zhuolan fell into a state of fierce crossfire.

It is clear that the military officers and consultants of the Republic of Jiede also don't have any advanced technology in street fighting, and they even came with an attitude of learning.

But in the end, the ability of these people is stronger than the ability of Lapa officers. Judging from the results, it is still good.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 961 =====