After the executive meeting, Vivien found Canglong, of course, she didn't ask a thunderous question, but said very calmly: "You got the money?" ”

Canglong's answer was yes, so Vivien asked again, "How much?" ”

"Enough to sustain us in a year's war with Iran." Canglong drank tea and said calmly, "In addition, I am ready to improve the treatment of the troops at the same time." ”

"Give it to me." Vivien didn't hesitate to say, "Give it to me, and I can make a good system of income and expenditure for you, and expand this time to two years in line with Basra's financial revenue." ”

This is the first time that Vivian has proposed to take care of the money, although she is the Minister of Administration, and she is also the Minister of Finance, in charge of the logistics of the entire Basra, it stands to reason that it is okay for Canglong to give her the money, but Canglong asked the question: "Even if I give you the money, can you sell the oil while Iran blocks the coastline?" Also, how do you maintain the port trade? Without port trade, Basra's economy would be greatly restricted. ”

In the development of science and technology to the point where it is today, port trade is still the mainstream of the world, especially intercontinental trade, the transportation of ships is much more affordable than the price of aircraft transportation, so if you want to open up the current situation in Basra, you have to open up the port, the reason why the inland countries are generally underdeveloped is that there is no port trade, can not be linked to the world's mainstream trade, how can it be developed?

Canglong's question was a test for Vivian, but she didn't panic, but walked to the map of the conference room, pointed to neighboring Kuwait and said: "We can transport oil through Kuwait's ports, and at the same time we can strengthen trade cooperation with Kuwait." ”

Canglong was stunned for a moment, and asked calmly: "How to solve the political problem, Kuwait is a staunch pro-American regime, and using their port to transport is not a meat bun to beat a dog?" ”

"There are only eternal interests, no eternal friends, and with the present economic base of Basra, if Kuwait is willing to cooperate with us, it will boost their economy, and militarily, we can conclude a non-aggression pact with them." Vivian confidently said, "I have already sent an inspection mission to Kuwait, which is a win-win situation, not to mention that we are not Saddam Hussein, and the pro-American regime in Kuwait is not monolithic." ”

Canglong thought about it, Basra Province is the only province in the whole of Iraq with a coastline, and this only outlet to the sea is only more than 20 kilometers, a total of two ports, and almost all of Iraq's oil depends on these two ports to leave the country.

The main reason why the central government is so desperate to eliminate the Baath Party and march into Basra is because Basra occupies the only outlet to the sea in the whole of Iraq, but with the presence of the Americans, the oil of the northern regime can be transported out through the Saudi Arabian transportation line, although it has come full circle, but at least for now it can maintain the central government's fiscal revenue.

But Basra, unlike Iran, a war with Iran would mean a complete closure of port trade, and all previous efforts would be in vain, with neighboring Kuwait supposed to be the best partner, but unfortunately the pro-American regime, which would occasionally send their navy to trouble the Basra fishermen.

If you really want to cooperate with them, Canglong thinks that this is a meat bun beating a dog, but Vivian is right, there are only eternal interests, no eternal friends.

Basra occupies more than eighty percent of Iraq's oil, and Kuwait, although its territory is small, is a real oil power, and it is also a real maritime power, almost half of the territory has a coastline, and the port throughput is also high in the Middle East.

If we join forces, it will be a strong cooperation, but the Americans will not be cheap Basra, thinking about it, Canglong vetoed Vivian's strategy: "I can give you money, but cooperation with Kuwait is not good, once we borrow Kuwait's port, we will be constrained by Kuwait, resulting in great dependence, if the Americans exert pressure, then it will completely put Basra into a desperate situation." ”

"I've thought about this question, Kuwait will listen to the Americans because the Americans have given them enough benefits, what if the benefits we bring to them are above the Americans?" Vivien said, "Having said that, there is no other way to open an outlet to the sea than this way. ”

Vivien's meaning is simple, if you don't use my way, then you can give me a clue.

"There's no hurry, the war hasn't started yet." Canglong said with a smile, "Go to a meeting with me in the afternoon, I asked Su Su to make an appointment with the Russians, as long as you get them, you don't have to worry about other aspects." ”

Although she didn't know what Canglong's idea was, Vivien didn't ask about it, because she got the right to manage the accounts, and she was still in charge of Canglong's private money, which she was particularly proud of.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, in the Basra International Hotel, Canglong booked a conference room and invited the Russian military envoy Nikolav to come over.

It is worth noting that as long as Canglong meets with the Russians, he will definitely meet with the person in charge of China, but this time the strange thing is that Canglong directly left the Chinese side aside, and if it was a secret meeting, it would have been a public meeting, so people with a heart also guessed some intentions, and the prophet did it for China.

However, the Chinese side did not react much, and Wan Zeliang firmly believed that without the war loan from him, Canglong was powerless to face Iran.

Even Nikolav thinks so, without a Chinese loan, Basra will not be able to buy weapons from Russia, even if it is half price, Basra has no money, not to mention that the Russian military has put forward its own conditions, without its own approval to go to war with Iran, all purchased weapons must be paid in full in order to provide weapons to Basra.

The Russians are not as desperate as Wan Zeliang, I can sell you weapons, but you can't buy them at half price, you must pay them in full, even including the money owed before, and pay them all together, Nikolav believes that under this condition, Canglong will definitely compromise, so that Russia can form a further control over Basra.

However, Nikolav was very wrong, at first he was full of confidence, and until Soryu proposed to fight a protracted war with Iran and convince them, Nikolav's answer was simple: "This war is not in our cooperation plan." ”

Of course, Canglong understood what he meant, smiled and took out a check and handed it to Nikolav: "This is the debt owed by Basra for purchasing weapons from Russia in the early stage, can you see it?" ”

Nikolav took the check strangely, and when he looked at the amount on it, he was stunned: "Five billion dollars!" ”

"According to the statistics of the Basra military, all the arms contracts we signed, in addition to the previous half, we still need to pay the other half, that is, five billion US dollars, that is, after these five billion US dollars enter the Russian military account, we will never owe each other." Canglong said with a smile.

But Nikolai felt very heavy with this fluttering check, and he wondered, where did this prophet get this money? Could it be that the Chinese are secretly cheating and lending money to Basra?

As soon as this idea appeared in Nikolav's mind, he immediately dismissed it, that the strategic relationship between China and Russia far exceeds the strategic relationship with Basra, and to some extent, since there is an agreement to sanction Basra, it will be held until Basra is compromised.

The unilateral termination of the agreement is a violation of the political mutual trust between the two countries, and China is not so stupid to do such a thing that does not outweigh the losses.

But since this reason cannot be explained, where did this prophet get the money? At this time, Nikolav suspected that the check was fake.

But Nikolav seemed to think of something when he saw the words Bank of Dubai, and recently the intelligence services of various countries seemed to have discovered one thing, the gold that Germany deposited in Swiss banks in World War II was taken away.

"Excuse me?" Nikolav watched as the dragon swallowed, he suspected that it was on the dragon's head, although he had no evidence.

Just as his mind was still on the question of where the money would come from, Canglong spoke again: "In view of the sanctions imposed by the Russian military on Basra, I have decided to terminate cooperation with Russia, seek more powerful guarantees, and at the same time lift the technology transfer of the aircraft carrier." ”

Nikolav's face was ugly, this is Canglong's counterattack, aren't you going to sanction me? According to the agreement, this is a unilateral sabotage of the agreement by Russia, since you do not abide by the agreement, then I will simply terminate the agreement and stop playing with you, how do you love it, the world is so big, I still don't believe that I can't find a partner.

"But we have already signed an agreement, which includes the transfer of aircraft carrier technology, and if you unilaterally break this agreement, the Russian military will not let you go like this." Nikolav said coldly, showing the strong and domineering side of the Russians.

In the face of the threat, Canglong didn't care, just looked at Su Su.

Then Su Su took out a document and said: "I did not unilaterally break the agreement, but only fulfilled the rights stipulated in the agreement, first of all, the missile technology you transferred to our side, we have exchanged it with F16C, and the transfer of aircraft carrier technology, which is based on the Russian military's full support for Basra, if you violate the agreement, then we can also terminate the agreement." ”

This time, Nikolav's face was not only ugly, but if the agreement was completely terminated, the Russian military would lose a lot, although they provided Basra with no less than 10 billion dollars in arms, and they got the money, but because of this 10 billion dollars, they offended the Americans to death.

Now Basra wants to terminate the cooperation agreement and seek another partner, which is tantamount to completely fooling the Russians, but Nikolav's threat is powerless, Russia is so far away from Iraq, and the nearest territory is separated by two countries, and Russia is not the United States, once the sanctions can pull a group of younger brothers and encircle them together.

"What do you want?" Nikolai finally compromised, which meant that Russia had compromised.