After inspecting Martina's troops and persuading Martina, Cheng Yuan continued to take a multi-purpose transport, taking Vivian and Louis to Marchena Island in the Colon Islands.

Marchena Island is an uninhabited island in the Colón archipelago in Ecuador, with an area of 130 square kilometers, although it is close to the equator, but because of the influence of the Peruvian cold snap, the perennial temperature here is about 25 degrees, the temperature is moderate, the rainfall is not large, the vegetation is rich, the scenery is beautiful, and there are many natural pollution-free coral reefs, which are very suitable for human habitation.

The Colón Islands were originally a province of Ecuador, that is, the Galapagos Province, which is an enclave in the Pacific Ocean, very far away from the American continent, and close to the Mariana Trench, that is, the hiding place of the Ina, so it is a good place to develop an energy supply base.

Although the Ina is in the Mariana Trench, it is said that it would be better to get a piece of land in the Mariana Islands, and it is the closest, but after all, it is the territory of the United States, and there are many military bases, so it is not very convenient to do things, so Cheng Yuan finally chose the Coron Islands.

The Colón archipelago is an enclave of Ecuador, isolated in the Pacific Ocean, quite far from the Ecuadorian mainland, although the Colón archipelago is a province of Ecuador, but with Vivian, everything is easy to say.

Also after influencing the president of Ecuador, not long ago, the Ecuadorian political axe used the financial crisis as an excuse to package and lease the Colón Islands, that is, to make Ecuador an autonomous province, and then sold the governor's official position to Vivian for one billion euros.

Under the new policy, Vivien will become an honorary citizen of Ecuador and governor of the autonomous province of Colón Islands for 30 years after spending one billion euros on Ecuador.

During his 30-year term as governor, in addition to continuing to pay a part of the high taxes every year, Vivian can be made the de facto supreme head of the entire archipelago on the premise of ensuring that he does not leave Ecuador, abiding by the Ecuadorian constitution, and protecting the original ecological environment, and has great autonomy in the entire autonomous province of the Colón Islands. For example, the new autonomous province can have administrative power, military power, and limited diplomatic power, etc., in short, it is recognized that Vivien can be a lord or warlord with great autonomy in this place.

As soon as this policy came out, it was naturally in an uproar all over the world, but Ecuador recently came out with right-wing opposition forces of the National Boiling Front, which occupied many cities in the north, and the political axe of Ecuador was very hot, and the political axe is currently increasing its strength to eliminate the threat of these opposition forces, and it is in urgent need of funds, so it is understandable that this policy has been introduced, and it has not caused much turmoil. Moreover, according to the new policy, the Colón Islands are still a province of Ecuador, but they have delegated a lot of autonomy and sold the official position of the supreme leader, which is not to sell land abroad, nor to be leased by other countries as a military base.

And, on the surface, in addition to spending a billion euros to buy a provincial governorship, Vivian also has to pay taxes every year, which is much larger than the total annual tax revenue of the Colón Islands in the past, so from an economic point of view, Ecuador does not suffer.

Not to mention the administrative power, this place is far away from Ecuador, the population is not large, and the local administrative expenses themselves are a big burden, and now let the new governor take care of himself, and the national political axe does not need to spend a penny to go in, which is equivalent to just collecting money and not investing money, how good it is.

The only sensitive issue is military power, but the policy also stipulates that in the new Galapagos Autonomous Province, the so-called autonomous military power means that mercenaries can be formed in the name of the governor himself.

This mercenary army does not belong to the national defense force, but is only a local auxiliary force in the autonomous province, which is equivalent to temporary workers in the army, and the size is controlled within a division, and the main duties in peacetime are to maintain law and order, protect the islands, combat smuggling, and serve as a guard of honor, and when necessary, it must also obey the dispatch of the Ecuadorian Ministry of Defense, which is equivalent to the armed forces of an additional local garrison division, but does not require the state to spend a penny, which also saves Ecuador a military expenditure.

As for the limited diplomatic rights, in fact, it is a good one, the big foreign policy is the final say of the country, and the limited diplomatic rights mainly mean that you can apply for your own visas here, and you can more freely attract residents from all over the world to live here, to put it bluntly, this is also for the development of the local economy.

As for the other jurisdictions, they must be governed by the Ecuadorian Constitution, and at most some local laws may be enacted, but only if they do not conflict with the Constitution.

In short, the new policy of the autonomous province was very tight, and the country did not suffer no matter how it was seen, and with the strong support of the president, it was quickly implemented, and an agreement with Vivian was quickly signed.

Of course, discerning people know that those benefits are all false, and the most important thing is that as soon as this policy comes out, it is equivalent to selling the autonomy of the Colón Islands, from the original state-led, to private-led, even if this private person has the identity of an Ecuadorian citizen on his head, the surname is not the same at all.

However, since it is a South American country, it is possible that any strange policies may appear, and everyone is not surprised, and this matter will be in the news for a few days at most, and then it will be quickly washed away by new news.

The reason why it is so troublesome to do these is also a point for Cheng Yuan to slowly advance the plan.

In Cheng Yuan's original plan, he wanted to focus on these enclaves with little secular interference, and then extend those sites similar to Tumaco, and gradually spread his influence.

In the future, this close to the equator, and the vast and sparsely populated Coron Islands will be the focus of Cheng Yuan's blueprint, new technology manufacturing companies, energy companies, and aerospace industries will be carried out here, because there are few people here, the environment is primitive, that is, there is little surveillance, so it is very convenient to act in secret.

Also, it's close to Colombia and close to the Autonomous Region of Tumaco, where Martina is going to start, so you can have a good interaction.

Cheng Yuan even has a medium- and long-term plan, that is, to rebuild the country of Gran Colombia and unify several regions in northern South America to facilitate future development.

Grabbing a handful of sand from the ground, and slowly letting the sand slip between his fingers, Cheng Yuan clapped his hands and said to Louis: "How is it, Louis, this place is good, right?" ”

"Hmm." Luis nodded, "Marchena is an uninhabited island, and Vivien has become the governor of this autonomous province, so it is indeed convenient to start a new technology company here, at least for a long time, and it will not be disturbed by the outside world." ”

"That's it." Vivien interfaced, "We are now economic, political, and technological, and we have taken into account the right time, place, and people, and if we don't, it really doesn't make sense." ”

"Huh." Cheng Yuan smiled and looked at the endless blue sea in the distance, "Although the scenery here is beautiful, it is an enclave, and if it is developed in accordance with the normal way, the cost will naturally increase greatly." However, we are taking the usual road, and these disadvantages of inconvenient transportation are our advantages. ”

"Hmm." Louis looked around, "President, as long as I am given a week, I can build a material factory with a monthly output of 10,000 tons of high-end carbon fiber and 5,000 tons of graphene according to the procedure you gave me, and give me a month, I can build all the nanomaterial factories you envisioned!" ”

"Of course I believe that." Cheng Yuan shook his head, "However, there is no need to be in such a hurry, after all, your speed is too scary, and it will arouse suspicion." ”

"So, Vivien." Cheng Yuan looked at Vivian, "Next, we will continue to play the style that you can make money and lose money, and continue to spend money here, such as transporting a few boats of building materials or something, and building a few villas, factories, or something, so as to hide people's eyes." Oh, by the way, there are still a few new policies, especially the immigration policy, so that we can accept some skilled immigrants, so that it is also convenient to take over those disciples of Louis. ”

"Understood, I'll do it when I go back." Vivien nodded, "Then brother, in the future, we will use this place as the main base for long-term development?" ”

"Sort of." Cheng Yuan nodded, "However, at present, the main thing is that you stay here and develop slowly, and I have to go back to China first, after all, some things have to be done slowly, especially in the early stage, and it is not too cautious." ”

"Oh." Vivien blinked, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Actually, this is just one of the main fulcrums of my plan." Cheng Yuan smiled, "There are many similar fulcrums, you see Martina's Tumako Special Zone is a fulcrum, in addition, I just bid for the right to use a small island in Huaxia, which will also be a fulcrum in the future, and there will be more and more such fulcrums in the future, for example, in Africa, I have also thought of a few fulcrums." ”

"Do you need to be so troublesome?" Vivien frowned, "It doesn't seem good to be so scattered, why don't you concentrate and develop?" Wouldn't it be faster to concentrate on development? ”

"In investment, there is a saying that [***] eggs can't all be put in one basket." Cheng Yuan smiled and shook his head, "Concentrated development is indeed faster, but it is also easier to attract the attention of the world, and it is easy to cause trouble, so find a few more fulcrums and develop different industries in different fulcrums, so that it will distract everyone's attention and win time for us to develop." When each of them has developed, then it will be time for us to regroup our forces and have a showdown with the major forces. ”

"Oh?" Hearing Cheng Yuan's words, Vivien's eyes lit up, "Is this to dominate the world?" Is it finally the beginning of the road to domination of the earth? ”

"Hahaha, you're thinking too much!" Cheng Yuan flicked Vivian's forehead with his finger, "What dominates the world, when the time comes, I just want everyone to face us up to us and give us more room for development." As for the unification of the world? That kind of thankless thing that is tired and hard-working, whoever likes to do it, I won't do it anyway! You, learn more about the United States, and read less brain-dead comics! ”