Chapter 149: The Unpredictable Situation in the Soviet Union!

After Jia Lei and the others unloaded the grain on the ship, they let the mammoth be loaded onto another high-speed freighter and transported to country M on the other side of the ocean.

"Sasa, let's discuss how to do the business below!" Jia Lei said.

"What's there to discuss? Anyway, there is a shortage of food everywhere, even if we can sell it at the port. Sasa said.

"Smack!" Ushaman slapped him hard.

"Is it so blatant to sell grain at such a high price, waiting to be arrested by the government?" Mr. Usaman said.

"That's right, that's what I mean, it's too eye-catching to sell grain in a big city. It is very easy to be caught and confiscated by people in the Soviet Union or the Russian government! I mean that we sell grain to nomads like you, or tribes living in remote mountains, and it is not easy to be detected and will not arouse the disgust of the Soviet government. Jia Lei said.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Soviet government has not yet collapsed? How can it be possible for people to raise the price of grain?

"But a small tribe like ours doesn't have any money at all, so what do you want them to buy food from you?" asked Ushaman.

"I don't want money! The ruble is worthless when it is devalued like this, I only want gold, precious stones, and ivory antiques, which may not be available anywhere else, but there should be no shortage of nomadic tribes in Siberia, right? Jia Lei said.

"Our ancestors used to graze cattle on the Siberian plains all year round, and they traveled a lot of places, which is why they accumulated these gems. The other tribes I know are in a similar situation to ours and should be able to meet your requirements. Ushaman thought for a moment and said.

"Then what are you hesitating about, let's go. Jia Lei hurriedly said.

"If that's the case, I suggest you bring out another hundred tons of grain?" said Ushaman.

"Why?" asked Jia Lei puzzled.

"It's used to pay for tolls? When we came, the car was empty, so no one cared about it, and now we have to pull so much food back and still have to set up a good checkpoint on the road." Ushaman said.

"But didn't you get your mayor's documents, nominally this batch of grain was purchased by your municipal government. I spent $50,000 on this document?" Jia Lei said distressedly.

"What if you have a mayor's paper? Creeps on the road, but no matter what big man's convoy you are, if you don't give benefits, you'll get in trouble. Ushaman said

"We have a saying in Huaxia that describes this situation, the king of Hades is better than a little ghost!" Jia Lei complained.

"Then what will we get in return for helping you sell grain?" asked Ushaman.

"I'll give you 10% of the income from selling grain!" Jia Lei stretched out a finger and said.

"We don't want money, we just food!" said Ushaman.

"Yes!" Jia Lei nodded.

"Deal!" said Ushaman

"Then you can transport this batch of grain back by yourself, and I will temporarily put the rest in the dock first, and then come to pick it up when you sell out the grain!" Jia Lei said.

"No! everything is done by our tribesmen, and we need at least twenty percent!" said Sasa suddenly.

"Twenty percent will definitely not work! I have so much grain, and I have 1,000 tons of two achievements, and besides, I don't do nothing! I still have to get a legal identity for so much grain, otherwise we will not be confiscated by the Russian government when we go out to sell grain!" Jia Lei said.

"How are you going to get a legal identity for such a large sum of food?" asked Ushaman, puzzled.

Although the political situation in the Soviet Union is chaotic now, both the Soviet and Russian governments have severely cracked down on the behavior of raising food prices.

In other words, most of Siberia is too remote, and this year it has been too busy with political struggles to pay much attention here.

The two governments of Soviet Russia turned a blind eye to the Usman's behavior of buying grain privately because of the shortage of railway capacity, the shortage of grain stocks, and the inability to provide enough food to all the people in this vast region of Siberia.

But the premise is that they buy grain for their own use, instead of selling grain at a high price to raise the price of grain!

"I'm going to go and mix up with the dragon's merits first, get familiar with your president's face, and make one or two contributions at the critical moment! When the time comes, with them as my backers, I can sell grain boldly and with confidence. Jia Lei said.

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Is Jia Lei's idea naïve?

Not at all!

Jia Lei is timid, if there are other coups, he may not dare to interfere, but the famous 8.19 incident that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union Jia Lei dared to intervene.

It's really that this coup d'état is full of child's play and dramatic twists from beginning to end, Jia Lei wrote a military book about this matter back then, and he almost didn't laugh when he checked the information documents, and then ......

Then Jia Lei's book in his previous life collapsed, a war with a serious theme, Jia Lei can't be serious anyway!

(The following information comes from the Internet, the author is not a history or political major, and the authenticity is not guaranteed!

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How hilarious is this coup?

In fact, months before the coup, all parties involved in the events of August 19, including former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who was under house arrest, knew that a coup d'état was about to take place against him.

As early as July 21, 1991, then-Secretary of State Baker reported to the White House an extremely important piece of information that a coup d'état was being brewed among the conservatives in Moscow.

The funny thing is that the source turned out to be the Soviets themselves!

On July 20, 1991, the then mayor of Moscow, Gavril **v, met with Ambassador Matlock and informed him that there was a coup d'état against President Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union.

Shocked to hear this, Matlock then expressed his desire to know who was involved in the planning.

So the husband wrote on a piece of paper: Pavlov (finance minister), Kryuchkov (chairman of the KGB), Yazov (defense minister) Lukyanov (speaker of parliament) and others, and after Matlock read it, the husband asked for the note back and destroyed it.

Everyone should sigh when they see this...... At that time, the Soviets had a lot of child's play about this coup, and they didn't even mean to keep it secret, and they even specially notified country M a month before the coup!

So even if Jia Lei knew about the Soviet coup, he never thought that he would rely on revealing the news of the coup d'état to sell it to the upper echelons of the Soviet Union.

Of course, this matter is not over, how can the people of M country not react at all when they know such a big thing?

So Matlock, the ambassador of country M who was on duty in the Soviet Union, immediately reported the matter to Washington in secret, but he could only report it to Eagleberg, the agent of Secretary of State Baker.

Because Baker was visiting Berlin at the time, the news was first relayed by Eagleberg to Baker, and then Secretary of State Baker reported to Bush Sr.

The elder Bush demanded that the news be passed on to Gorbachev immediately, because Gorbachev had a pro-American and pro-Western stance!

The CIA of country M, on the other hand, objected to direct contact with Gorbachev on the grounds that the secret channels were all controlled by the KGB once the Soviet Union arrived.

So the matter had to go back to square one, and Ambassador Matlock of country M urgently asked Gorbacho to tell him about the coup d'état directly and urgently in the name of the president.

And when Gorbachev learned about it, he didn't care and said that "everything is under control." "And thank the President of country M for his kind reminder.

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In other words, why did Gorbachev ignore the good intentions of country M?

Because in February, the KGB people also handed over a three-page secret report that someone was committing treason!

The leaders of country M and some of the union republics are working on the collapse of the USSR!

Gorbachev believed that this showed that the list of defectors mentioned by country M was not credible, and the KGB was still loyal to him.

Gorbachev's arrogance and dictatorship inflated him, and he thought that the staunch CPSU would not do anything to him.

****

"Let me see what time it is!" Jia Lei sat in an apartment in Moscow, flipping through his calendar, while Kerr was working outside.

Jia Lei is now living in Kerr's house, a small apartment of more than 40 square meters in the city of Moscow, Kerr's parents are teachers, and the family includes Kerr's grandparents and Kerr's brother, a family of 3 are squeezed into this small house, plus Jia Lei is 9 people.

"Oops! It's the 15th today, and I'm going to be squeezed into a pie if I wait a few more days. Jia Lei happily looked at the calendar and said, and then he shouted at Kerr who was working outside.

"Kerr, why don't you go down to get the newspapers, remember that I have to read all the newspapers, and you have to buy everything you can buy. Jia Lei said.

Kerr put down his work, smiled helplessly at his parents, and went downstairs to pick up the newspaper.

"Mother Kerr, I'll help you set the table, you go and cut this ham and add a dish to everyone." Jia Lei took out a ham from the house and handed it over, which immediately attracted the cheers of the children.

"What's so embarrassing, since you came to my house, you've often bought us things and given gifts. Mother Kerr said.

"It's okay, don't you care! I'll let Kerr work for me every day anyway. Jia Lei said.

"Then we shouldn't have taken anything from you! If you hadn't given Kerr a job so that he could earn money to support the family, our family would probably not even be able to afford to eat. Kerr dad said.

"Don't worry, as long as Kerr follows me! You will never be unable to afford to eat, you must know that I gave Kerr a dollar not a ruble, and it will not depreciate. Jia Lei said

"The difficulties of the Soviet Union are only temporary! Maybe it will get better after a while, and we must have confidence in the party. Kerr's retired grandfather said unhappily that as a supporter of the CPSU, he couldn't get used to Jia Lei's spending dollars everywhere.

"Okay, just say a few words, since Jia Lei came, our life has been much better, and the children can often eat meat and candy. Grandma Kerr gave him a blank look and said.

"Hey...... I don't understand with you women. Grandpa Kerr muttered and went back to watching the news on TV.

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"Why did this kid go downstairs to buy a newspaper for so long?" said Kerr's mother worriedly, and Kerr had been out for almost 15 minutes.

"Or I'll look for it!" said Kerr's brother, rising from the table.

"Go, everybody is still waiting for him to eat." Father Kerr nodded, and then he poured himself a glass of vodka and took a sip.

"Huh, why are you here? Why haven't you been in until you've arrived at the door?" asked Kerr's brother as soon as he opened the door and saw Kerr standing in the doorway like a log.

Kerr was silent, and his brother had to drag him into the room.

"Kerr, what's wrong with you?" asked Kerr's mother worriedly.

"Oh! I'm fine, I'm just thinking about things. At this point, Kerr subconsciously put the newspaper behind him.

"What are you doing with the newspaper behind you?" asked Father Kerr's sharp eyes.

"That's right, we'll all wait to see what you look like now...... It can't be some bad news in the newspaper, right?" Jia Lei asked knowingly.

"I didn't ...... There's no bad news, just some unreliable gossip. Kerr said.

"Now that you've read it, tell me about it, you know that I'm not fluent in Russian, and I can only have everyday conversations! Jia Lei said.

"I speak Chinese very well. Kerr said.

"It didn't matter we could use English. Jia Lei raised his eyebrows and said.

For a former agent of Kerr to be so shocked, there must be some big news in the newspaper, and the atmosphere in the room immediately became solemn.

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In 1991, the Soviet Union began to democratically elect presidents, and Russia, as the largest member state of the Soviet Union, also had a president, and the citizens of countless fighting nations voted for their first democratic vote in history to a person Jia Lei knew - Yeltsin.

If Gorbachev's famous 500-day plan brought economic reform to the Soviet people, then the major news published in today's newspapers belongs to Gorbachev's political reforms!

It was this news that raised the Soviet question from a social question to a national question, and then to a question of the division of the Soviet Union.

Because of the tough attitude of the new Russian President Boris Yeltsin, in order to prevent the split of the democratic countries and solve the problem of the independence of the member states, Gorbachev decided to sign a document on August 20, 1991 to expand the political authority of the member states of the Soviet Union!

Popularly known as the New Union Treaty

But Gorbachev did not tell the CPSU about the contents of such a major document, but directly said on television: "The signing of this agreement will greatly improve the lives of the people."

On August 15, a newspaper revealed that the name of the Soviet state would be changed to "Union of Sovereign Soviet States".

The word "social" will disappear from the name of the country. Moreover, the Soviet Union was to delegate legislative and executive powers to all member states. Once this treaty is signed, it means that the member states will gain de facto independence.

Anyone who knew even a modicum of politics knew that the Soviet Union could split into more than 150 countries if this so-called New Union Treaty was signed.

In addition to the remaining 12 member states of the Soviet Union (the three Baltic states have become independent), the ethnic autonomous oblasts and ethnic jurisdictions under these member states will also become independent.

For example, Chechnya and Tatars, who are making a fuss about independence!

And Russia, which Jia Lei became familiar with later, is likely to be divided into small countries with more than 70 countries. Then the superpower, which originally straddled Europe and Asia, will collapse in an instant!

And the Soviet Union's powerful military forces, strategic nuclear weapons will also be dispersed to these countries, seriously threatening world security.

And once this treaty is really signed, country M will win an absolute victory in the 30-year Cold War, and the Marxist-Leninist spiritual pillar that cannot be defeated militarily will be torn apart by country M politically and economically! I want to talk about "Rebirth 1990: The Invisible Rich" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find a confidant~