Chapter 339: Formal Replacement
On the 22nd, Ji Feng, who had been resting comfortably for more than a month, received a call from Kim Shanli, inviting him to participate in the opening ceremony of the round-the-island railway held in Jeju Island at the end of the month.
When I took over Jeju Island, the first phase of the investment was basically implemented, but the construction period of the round-the-island railway project was delayed again and again due to the long construction period and the delay of the wireless transformation of the trains.
Jeju Island Hotel was originally a seven-star hotel wholly owned by Ji Feng, the main body was completed last year and entered the interior decoration, everything is in accordance with the design and construction drawings, and the final completion will definitely be beautiful, giving people extreme luxury and enjoyment, but after the acquisition of Lotte, Ji Feng has transferred this piece to Lotte to operate, and at the same time from the Lotte Group to separate the hotel, and the original hotel restaurant group merged to form a new Jeju hotel restaurant group.
On the 23rd, should King Maha of Thailand? At the invitation of Vajiralongkorn, Ji Feng and Xu Xian arrived in Bangkok by special plane, and the king in his sixties and the princess went to the airport to greet him personally.
As soon as they met, the two warmly shook each other's hands and politely greeted them under the witness of the media at the scene. Vajiralongkorn sincerely hoped that Ji Feng would abandon the agreement, but it was obviously impossible, and since the decision had been made, it was necessary to complete all this as soon as possible, so that Thailand could devote more energy to negotiate with the bus.
After not being able to obtain the warships of the East China Sea Fleet for a short period of time, and temporarily unable to obtain army equipment with excellent performance from Ji Feng. Malaysia seems to have temporarily accepted the fact that more than two states have been invaded by Thailand, but the opposition in Malaysia is still very strong, which has brought many hidden dangers to the peace talks between the two sides.
Malaysia and Thailand have been fighting for more than a year. More than 30,000 soldiers have been killed or wounded, and the number of refugees caused is in the millions, and many of the former Malaysian citizens in the two states occupied by the Thai army have fled to the south, which has also brought huge problems to the Malaysian government. Their finances are also poor.
After a brief meeting at the airport, Ji Feng inspected Thailand's guard of honor before taking a special flight to the king's residence. Participated in the state banquet of Thailand at noon on the same day.
After the state banquet, Ji Feng and Maha? King Vajiralongkorn entered a separate meeting in a separate room, and Ji Feng accompanied Maha? Vajiralongkorn after taking a seat. After a simple polite two sentences. took out a pack of cigarettes and lit one for himself, but he complained a little in his heart: In the land of a country, it is rude that the guests come and don't even know how to let them go.
When the king saw Ji Feng magically take out cigarettes and lighters from his pockets, he was a little stunned, as if he never thought that Ji Feng, who was wearing simple casual trousers and a short-sleeved shirt, would still have this thing on his body, and he had been with Ji Feng for several hours. But from beginning to end, he didn't see that Ji Feng had anything else on his body.
"Would you like one, Mr. King? This is a special offering of the Celestial Empire, and Premier Qin is quite easy to talk to. This stuff is enough. Ji Feng lit a cigarette, and when he saw that the land looked at him in surprise, he thought that the other party also wanted to smoke, so he took the initiative to let go.
The king shook his head with a smile and said, "Mr. Xiexie Ji, I don't smoke, Mr. Ji, what do you think of our war with Malaysia?" ”
Ji Feng took a hard puff of his cigarette, and shook his head with a smile while swallowing the clouds and spitting out the fog comfortably: "Mr. King, as you know, I don't have any interest in the internal affairs of other countries, this is a matter between you and Malaysia, and it is not convenient for me, an outsider, to express any opinions." ”
"It was originally our Thai territory, which was occupied by the British during World War II, and was not returned to us when Malaysia became independent, and we have been ...... for decades for this matter."
Ji Feng listened to the chatter of the land with a smile, after all, he was an old man in his sixties, Ji Feng still respected him very much, until he finished speaking, he shrugged his shoulders and smiled: "Sir, I personally understand your feelings, history has always caused some things that are difficult for us to accept, such as the purchase agreement in Phuket." Although I do not know how my great-grandfather acquired the island from your country, this does not change the authenticity of the purchase agreement. ”
The king looked at Ji Feng with a somewhat dim gaze and said, "Does Mr. Ji think that we shouldn't recover the lost land?" ”
Ji Feng shook his head again with a smile and said: "Sir, I have no right to intervene in the affairs of your country and Malaysia, I only care about whether my own interests are guaranteed, as long as the agreement between us is successfully implemented, I can assure you that before the two of you sign an armistice agreement, I will not sell even a single bullet to Malaysia." ”
Malaysia's supply mainly comes from the United States and the United Kingdom, although both countries hope that both sides will calm down, but the United States wishes that the war between the two countries will never stop, of course, it must be within the controllable range, the United States has a military base in Malaysia, which is why Thailand's navy is slow to go south, once it goes south, it will inevitably offend the United States, although they also know that secretly the United States has exported billions of dollars of equipment and supplies to Malaysia, but they have no choice.
Although he was a little disappointed that he didn't win over Ji Feng to deal with Malaysia together, he still let Maha hear Ji Feng's own assurance? Vajiralongkorn was somewhat satisfied, after all, Ji Feng's military strength was among the best in Southeast Asia, which had been confirmed by the defeat of Malaysia and the Philippines.
Next, the king turned the topic to the economy and trade, especially the handover of the Kra Isthmus, originally he still thought about waiting for a while, it is best to hand over next year, but Ji Feng was unwilling to live or die, after signing the formal replacement agreement, Thailand has a three-month period for evacuees, and the Ministry of Government will send people to settle in next month, and before the end of June, the border will be clear with Thailand, and in the second half of the year, Ji Feng will build a barbed wire fence on the demarcation line to prevent the Thai people from entering and leaving their territory at will.
As for the road and railway issues that the Thai side is concerned about, Ji Feng also gave guarantees. The current railway can continue to be used. In the future, a road bridge and a railway bridge will be built on the canal to ensure normal traffic between the north and south parts of Thailand, but outside of these two roads. When planning a new road in Thailand, it is best to avoid your own territory.
And whether it is a road or a railway, it will be closed, Ji Feng is only responsible for investing in the construction, which can be regarded as compensating for part of the loss of Thailand, but Ji Feng will not care about the maintenance in the future, such as the environmental cleaning of roads and railways, road maintenance or something.
At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of its private territory, Thailand must ensure that all vehicles passing through it are not allowed to carry any dangerous goods. And it is not allowed to throw dangerous and poisonous substances outside, if there are military police in Thailand who need to pass here, they must also get Ji Feng's consent first. Otherwise, Ji Feng will be regarded as an invasion of Thailand's own private territory, and Ji Feng has the right to expell, detain, or even kill military and police officers who enter the area without permission.
Also in order to ensure security, Ji Feng will set up a regiment in this area, and set up a naval base on the east and west sides. Civilian vessels owned by both sides are free to pass freely. If a military vessel wants to enter the waters of the other side, it must notify the other side in advance and obtain permission before entering. And the permission does not need to be approved by the defense departments of the two sides, after all, it is too cumbersome, as long as the local military director agrees.
For King Bixia's proposal that Thailand wants to invest some funds and occupy the shares of the canal, Ji Feng rejected the local government, this canal will be his own sole proprietorship and is not close to any country and consortium to apply for shares, he is not short of money, and there is no pressure on funds at all. After completion, it will also be treated equally. Civilian ships of all countries can go, as long as they pay a fee.
As a city within Ji Feng's territory. Although Ranong has a population of only a few tens of thousands, it is famous for its waterfall and hot springs, just across the river from Myanmar, and Ji Feng will invest in expanding the city of Ranong and building a new large international airport here, as well as the main administrative office of the private domain.
Although Thailand evacuated most of its citizens, Ji Feng allowed it to retain no more than 50,000 islanders in the territory, mainly from the city of Ranong. In the future, Ranong will allow Thai citizens to enter and exit the city at any time with a valid ID, and even a passport is not required as long as a Thai ID card, of course, if you want to transfer from here or take a boat to other countries and territories, you must have a valid passport, although visa-free but passport is still required.
At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, witnessed by hundreds of media, Ji Feng personally communicated with Maha? King Vajiralongkorn signed the replacement agreement.
According to the agreement, Ji Feng obtained 50 kilometers of land and sea area in the north and south of the Kra Isthmus, and at the same time, Gedao Island and Gezhan Island were all owned by Ji Feng. Although this area is a little smaller than Ji Feng's original plan, this is the largest area that Thailand can give up, and the land area in the middle alone is more than 6,000 square kilometers, more than ten times larger than Phuket, if it were not for the sparsely populated here, the population of less than 300,000 people, the Thai government would not agree to replace it.
As the two officially signed the agreement, Island Network and Jeju TV reported this major news as soon as possible, which made the country that had been paying attention to Ji Feng's sudden trip to Thailand stunned, but he didn't expect Ji Feng to really take that piece of land, and it seems that the connection between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean will undergo major changes in the future.
In the evening of the same day, the Celestial Empire, South Korea, and Japan sent a congratulatory telegram to Ji Feng, in addition to congratulating Ji Feng on executing another purchase agreement and recovering a piece of private territory, it was to test Ji Feng's matter of digging a canal in the Kra Isthmus, but Ji Feng's reply to them made them a little depressed, and the investment was exempted, and the canal could be dug well in two years at most, and civilian ships from all countries were welcome to pass at that time.
Although Phuket has beautiful scenery, it is not bad to carve out this place by itself, but a large number of tropical rainforests have not yet been developed, coupled with waterfalls and hot springs, especially the future passage of canals, Ji Feng can imagine that this place will also create huge profits for himself in the future, but it is far from being comparable to Phuket, not to mention that there are still a large number of mineral deposits under the ground here that have not yet been mined. (To be continued......)