Chapter 561: Somali Pirates
After lunch, Henry and Villete went for a swim in the hotel's outdoor pool, and then slept on a deck chair with sunglasses on them. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Willett, let the people in charge of Zimbabwe move quickly! Strive to develop Zimbabwe as quickly as possible, so that 'others' can see the benefits of joining the 'Weiyuan' system!" Henry said without opening his eyes, but when he said the word "others", his tone couldn't help but be a little heavier, clearly referring to Mozambique.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
So saying, Villelet took a cashew nut from the fruit bowl and fed it to Henry.
Seventy-six percent of Mozambique's population is engaged in agriculture, and Mozambique is known as the "Land of Cashew Nuts" because of its abundance of cashew nuts. Cashew nuts have rich nutritional value, can be stir-fried, can also be used for medicinal purposes, and are one of the world's four famous dried fruits. The Mozambicans are poor, but cashew nuts give them considerable wealth!
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At this moment, great changes are taking place in Zimbabwe, many banks have suddenly changed their signboards and become "standard banks", and the signboards are also printed with the "Williams" logo, and at the door of the bank, hundreds of "billionaires" come to the bank with a sack of money to line up to exchange Wei Yuan!
"The depreciation of Jinyuan is too great, hurry up and replace it with Weiyuan, this will maintain its value!"
"Yes, it's just that there are too many people in line, I don't know how long it will take!"
An ordinary black woman in line couldn't help but shake her head and sigh as she looked at the group of people who were pressed by the black. But she was very happy in her heart. Zimbabwe, with the help of the Williams Empire, has changed the country's economic environment in an instant, and there are many projects in the pipeline, which the government says will require the recruitment of a large number of workers and solve the employment problem. In other words, I will be able to find a job in the future.
There was a sparkle in the eyes of a black woman, a light of hope and hope for the future!
The pomp and circumstance of Zimbabweans exchanging Wei Yuan soon spread to Mozambique, causing shock and envy. A large part of the Mozambican people have called for Mozambique to also use the Weiyuan and also get investment from the Williams Empire to improve the country's economic level! However, the Mozambican government wants to maintain the independence of its national currency and reap more benefits from the Williams Empire, so the negotiations have been deadlocked.
Although the negotiations did not go well, Henry was not in a hurry. In Mozambique these days, the right is tourism.
But at this time, a piece of news came from China, which made Henry furious.
"Your Majesty, three of our merchant ships were hijacked by Somali pirates at about 10:30 this morning!" said Villerett, "These three merchant ships are transporting diamonds, gold, and a large amount of grain and iron ore, with a total value of about $2.25 billion! In addition, there are 144 crew members on the three merchant ships, but so far we do not know if there are any casualties!"
Henry suddenly "soared", stood up from the chair, with a cold face, and said coldly: "It's really daring, you dare to hijack the merchant ships of the Williams Empire?!!"
"Welllet, prepare immediately, let's go home!"
"Yes!"
At this moment, the news of the hijacking of the merchant ship has made the headlines of the Williams Imperial Media Newspaper, causing an uproar, and many people are outraged!
"This Somali piracy is really rampant, I have heard that the average caravan has to pay tolls to pass through Somalia, ranging from a few thousand dollars to a few million dollars!"
"Somalia is geographically unique in that it is the shortest part of Europe's maritime route to Asia, Oceania and Africa via the Suez Canal. Therefore, the fleet of ships coming and going is very large, which naturally provides the conditions for being a pirate. Somalia is too poor and unemployment is high, and many Somalis have dreamed of growing up to be pirates. And piracy has become almost synonymous with Somalia!"
"Damn, Japan's A~V is strange enough, I can't imagine that Somali pirates are even more awesome! Obviously, with such a good geographical advantage, if a port city is established and becomes a trade center between the two sides, it will be completely profitable! The European fleet will go to Asia to trade, and the Asian fleet will go to Europe to trade, but if both sides are trading in Somalia, it will save half of the distance and time for both sides, and how much money will be saved! And Somalia can also make huge profits from it! Obviously, you can rely on the 'geographical advantage' to eat, but you have to rely on it. Raiding houses and robbing houses to make money, Lao Tzu is also drunk!"
"Hehe, the idea upstairs is good, but what kind of place is Somalia, not only poor, but also the country's civil war, can you build the port trade center you are talking about?"
"Well, too...... However, this time the Somali pirates dared to hijack the caravan of our Williams Empire, and simply sent troops to destroy them and occupy Somalia, with the financial resources of our King and His Majesty, not to mention a port and trade center, the whole of Somalia can also develop. Don't you think our Williams empire is developing now?"
"Well, strongly support the extermination of pirates and the occupation of Somalia !!"
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At 3 o'clock in the afternoon of April 10, 2004, Henry returned to Diego and immediately held a meeting!
Henry's face was composed, he glanced at everyone, and then his gaze stopped on a slightly thin white man in his thirties, his name was George Eleanor, and he was the director of the Williams Imperial Bureau of Investigation.
"George Elinor, have you found out which Somali pirate hijacked our fleet?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. This group of pirates is called the Alva Pirate Regiment, named after their leader Alva Constance, and there are at least 500 pirates! However, according to our investigation, Alva Constance is very close to the Somali Harrison rebels, and I suspect that the Alva Pirates are actually a tool for the Harrison rebels to collect money!!
Henry frowned and asked, "Tell me about the situation of Harrison's rebels!"
George Elinor nodded and said: "The Harrison rebels are one of the five major warlords in Somalia, with seven or eight thousand armed men, armed with tanks, rockets and other heavy weapons, occupying the southeastern region of Somalia, and the leader is named Harrison Benedict, who is very brutal and kills people like hemp! According to our investigation, the Harrison rebels also smuggled arms and drugs~ and controlled more than 20 mines!"
Speaking of this, George Elinor suddenly paused in his tone, and then hesitated: "Your Majesty, the Harrison rebels dare not even provoke the American army, I am afraid that they will not return the fleet and property......"
(To be continued.) )