Joseph. Berkan nodded, not speaking.

persuaded Aham. Ludley, Joseph. After the two of Berkan.

And in fact, Asesi. Budi has basically agreed in his heart, otherwise, today's secret meeting would not have begun.

In the afternoon of the same day.

Zheng Qin made a detailed report to Chen Rui through a special phone line.

November 7.

The Tortuga side was headed by Zheng Qin and Asesi. The Budi government and government held secret negotiations.

The negotiations took place over three days.

During the negotiation table, after fierce confrontations, quarrels, deliberations, continuous concessions, and compromises, a preliminary negotiation program was finally reached.

There are 27 articles in the programme.

Some of the most important ones.

Article 1, the People's Republic of Hi sells the North-West Province to the Kingdom of Tortuga Island, including sovereignty over the territory, territorial seas, airspace of the North-West Province, and sovereignty over the exclusive coastal economic zone.

Second, Tortuga is required to pay a total of $6.257 billion for the purchase of the territory by the People's Republic of China. The $6,257 million was to be paid in two instalments, with the first quarter of the first installment of $1,564.25 million and the second installment to be paid after the first agreement was reached, totaling $4,692.75 million.

Article 3, after the signing of the secret treaty, the Kingdom of Tortuga is required to provide 1.472 billion US dollars worth of grain, oil, cloth, cotton and other materials to the People's Republic and the main republic as part of the cost of purchasing the territory.

Fourth, the island of Tortuga has the obligation to assist the people of Hi and the Republic of Hi in the fight against Rafal. Hurd government, government.

Regarding, Article 4 has detailed provisions, for example, the Kingdom of Tortuga needs to send an army of at least 12,000 men! The troops of the island of Tortuga form a joint operational command together with the troops of the People's Republic of China and the main republic. and other detailed provisions.

Fifth, the island of Tortuga provides equipment for the 12 castrated versions of the Mechanics of the People's Republic of China.

The so-called castrated version of the equipment of the American mechanic division, that is, these weapons that can equip 12 divisions come from the arsenal of the United States, and the standard of ordinary weapons is similar to that of the American army, but the advanced electronic equipment of the American army. Heavy weapons, helicopters, tanks and whatever, castrated.

Article 6 The cost of purchasing the territory of the North-Western Province includes the purchase of government and government assets, such as roads, docks, infrastructure. The cost of government and government office buildings, as well as land owned by the government and government, but does not include, the assets belonging to the people personally, the People's Republic of Hi is obliged to assist the Kingdom of Tortuga in taking over the North-West Province, relocating out, and resettling the population of the North-West Province. The Kingdom of Tortuga needs to pay a part of the relocation and resettlement costs.

Article 7,.

The most important of these six agreements is the secret agreement.

Furthermore. There is also the demarcation of the bilateral border, the number of troops stationed on the border between the two sides, and some commercial, governmental, and governmental supplementary agreements.

There are 27 articles in total.

November 11th.

The negotiating platform culminated in a secret document.

Since the negotiation location of the two parties is in the corner of Hi.

This Secret Covenant is known as the "Hi Horn Secret Treaty", together with the "Peace Port Secret Treaty", the "Hi Horn Treaty" and the Ancillary Commercial Supplement. There is a difference.

Nov. 12, morning.

Assesi. Budi, on behalf of the people, the people, the government of the main republic, and the government of Hi, signed his name in the lower right corner of the text of the "Hi Horn Secret Covenant".

In the afternoon of the same day.

On behalf of the Kingdom of Tortuga, Chen Rui signed his name on the text of the "Hi Horn Secret Covenant" and pressed the seal.

"Hi Horn Secret Covenant" is officially in effect.

The text of the Hi Horn Secret Testament is in duplicate.

One copy for each party.

November 13th.

The Government of the Kingdom of Tortuga paid the People's Republic of Hi the People's Republic of $1,564.25 million for the purchase of the territory of the North-Western Province.

November 14th.

As part of the conditions of the U.S. government to support the island of Tortuga, the Kingdom of Tortuga released a large number of orders and hundreds of thousands of tons of grain to major American companies. More than 100,000 tons of various oilseeds, tens of thousands of tons of meat, various metals, steel, cloth, cotton and other materials, as well as 12 castrated equipment of American mechanics, the price of these materials and weapons exceeded 4 billion US dollars.

These supplies were transported directly from various ports on the east coast of the United States to the port of Pinghe by the large cargo ships of the National Shipping Company of Tortuga and delivered to the people, the government and government of the main republic.

Due to the fact that all kinds of materials on Tortuga Island are small to daily necessities, various electrical appliances, all kinds of kitchen utensils, and as large as various ships and vehicles on Tortuga Island, as well as grain, steel, timber and other bulk goods, which are heavily dependent on imports from other countries, as the national shipping company of Tortuga Island that transports such a large number of imported goods, it has developed into a huge shipping company in a few years, and the total tonnage of cargo ships belonging to the shipping company can rank among the top five in the world.

Article 4 of the Secret Covenant, the Kingdom of Tortuga has the obligation to assist the people of Hi and the main republic to fight Rafal together. Hurd government, government.

This is not an empty phrase.

This must be strictly enforced.

There are detailed provisions, including one that Tortuga needs to send at least 12,000 troops under the command of the two countries' joint operational command.

The royal army of the Kingdom of Tortuga has only 2,200 people, plus the navy and air force, there are about 3,000 people.

It's not far from the minimum of 12,000 people in the terms of the secret covenant.

Moreover, the royal army was also tasked with guarding the territory of Tortuga.

At most, only more than 1,000 people can be dispatched.

The Kingdom of Tortuga was ready to hire mercenaries and recruit foreign legions.

There is a difference between mercenaries and foreign legions.

Mercenaries are hired by their employers to help their employers fight, it is a form of being hired, they take money to do things, there is no concept of the state, there is no bottom line, as long as they have money, they can be employed by the government and government to fight against the army and the army, and they can also be hired by the resistance army to fight the government and the government.

The Foreign Legion was recruited as a supplement to the lack of troops on the island of Tortuga.

The Foreign Legion was integrated, trained, managed, and commanded by the Tortuga Island Defense Committee.

The salaries of the Kingdom of Tortuga received by the members of the Foreign Legion were considered to be a supernumerary army outside the royal army.

The Foreign Legion, the most famous of which is the French Foreign Legion. With a total of about 8,000 members from 136 countries and regions, the French Foreign Legion is a very elite army with very strict selection of members, well-trained and experienced in combat. (To be continued......)