The Vietnamese people have been so determined that no matter which developed country protests, they turn a deaf ear. The morning after the fighting ceased for a while, an Italian merchant ship, the Ruby, sailed through the waters off the Red Island, was condensed in the abdomen by a warship's shell, and sank into the deep sea an hour later. The Vietnamese immediately declared that the shelling had nothing to do with their side, but the Italians refused to accept such empty rhetoric and sent a naval formation out of the Apennine Peninsula and headed straight for Vietnamese waters.

Many countries can't sit still, the Vietnamese are not kind, and you Italy are not playing scientifically, so if you make such a fuss, isn't it going to start a full-scale war? At a time when the global economy is already fragile, and countries are worried about fiscal deficits, who wants to see you really make a pot of porridge. The United States immediately intervened in the mediation, and the Vietnamese, fearing that they would suffer a big loss, hurriedly agreed, but the Italian lion opened his mouth and opened his mouth to demand 150 million euros in compensation from the Vietnamese to compensate for the loss of the "Ruby."

The Vietnamese representative immediately slapped the table and scolded the Italians for deceiving people too much, and that the "Ruby" was transporting rubber, and even if it was fully loaded, it would be worth 20 million euros at best. The Italians cheekily said that the transport of rubber was only a superficial act, but in fact there was a lot of diamonds in the hold. The Vietnamese said that you did not report to us when you crossed the border, this is a smuggling act, and of course we will not compensate you. The Italians said that if you don't compensate, I will beat you, anyway, the warship has already reached the Indian Ocean.

The Vietnamese are not even afraid of Lao Mei, they are still afraid of you Italy, and they directly pick on the son and say see you on the battlefield. The Italians panicked, they originally wanted to fish in troubled waters, and they sent warships to appease the anger of the people at home, how dare they really start a full-scale war with the Vietnamese. Seeing that the Vietnamese retreated in a hurry, Italy, which had nothing to do, immediately dragged Greece into the water, saying Haven't you also suffered a serious economic crisis, go, and blackmail with your buddies.

Greece, which was overwhelmed by the EU's demand for debt, immediately lit up when it heard this, and sent several warships from the seventies. However, their military strength was weak and their luck was not good, and they were robbed by a group of pirates as soon as they reached the depths of the sea. Funnily enough, the Greek navy couldn't even do it with pirates in speedboats with * in their hands, and a round of bullets came over, and the pirates hung up the white flag and surrendered without firing a shot.

The pirates are not fuel-efficient lamps, all the important parts on the warship have been dismantled, all the military materials such as shells have been transported, and the military commanders have been kidnapped one by one, offering five million euros per person, limited to one week, otherwise they will tear up the ticket live.

The Greek government was so angry that it hurriedly went to the Italians to discuss countermeasures. The Italians said you were really pig teammates and were counting on you to help, but something went wrong on the way. Greece said don't talk about it yet, we have to get our officers back, you instigated me to send troops in the first place, and you have to pay half of this ransom. The Italians haven't seen a penny yet, so how can they take this stubble, saying that your regular navy can't even do a pirate, why should such an officer redeem it, give it to other pirates to do it.

In this way, the two alliances did not build an inch, and they first made trouble with themselves. The international community was even more shocked when they heard about this, but no one wanted to deal with the two governments, and only some media outlets, which have always been known for their gossip, sent people over to see if there were any interesting things that could continue to break the news.

The Vietnamese side made a tough gesture while taking advantage of the late night to throw an olive branch to the Red Island. They sent a telegram using an encrypted radio station, but fifteen minutes later sent the deciphered code to Liu Weiguo. After Liu Weiguo found someone to decipher it, he said to Cheng Liping with a smile: "They don't want to fight, but they don't want to admit it, so they want to send someone to talk to us." ”

Cheng Liping smiled: "Then let's talk about it." ”

Early the next morning, before dawn, a small fishing boat sailed from the Jihai side to the edge of the Red Island. The passengers on the ship wore old-fashioned tunics and gold-rimmed glasses, and looked polite. Listening to his self-introduction, he said that he was the deputy director of the government office of Ji Hai City, Vietnam, named Cui Shiyun. The man who drove the boat was indeed young and looked eccentric, he quietly gave Liu Weiguo a look, and suddenly shouted in Vietnamese: "Oh, sir, I have a stomachache, can you find a convenient place?" ”

Liu Weiguo smiled secretly in his heart, this Cai Yashi is really a ghost, and he doesn't know how he recruited the Vietnamese negotiators to his ship. Seeing that he was deliberately acting, he nodded and cooperated: "Go ahead." After speaking, he was afraid that the Vietnamese would be suspicious, so he said to the soldiers behind him: "Keep an eye on it, don't let him run around." ”

The two soldiers took Cai Yashi to another place, but Cui Shiyun said with a smile: "This chief, what do you call it?" ”

Liu Weiguo ignored it and said, "This gentleman, what level?" ”

Cui Shiyun was stunned for a moment and said, "Level? ”

Liu Weiguo said: "Not bad. I think that in this kind of crucial negotiation, Vietnam will not have much sincerity in sending you, the deputy director of a small county, over. But now that you're here, let's take a look at your work. ”

Cui Shiyun's expression froze, his level is not high, but he is not the so-called deputy director of a small county. However, he came with an important mission, and he didn't want to face Liu Weiguo hard, so he could only nod with a wry smile and said, "I'm tired." ”

Liu Weiguo took him to visit, but instead of going to the depths of Red Island and Shadow Island, he walked around the defensive position by the sea. Looking at one shell crater after another and the scorched sand, Cui Shiyun sighed with a strange expression and said, "Sir, our Vietnamese government just doesn't want to see similar tragedies happen again, so we sent me here to contact you for detailed talks. ”

Liu Weiguo shook his head and said, "Watch it first, and then talk after reading it." ”

After a few more minutes of walking, a clearing was carved out of a burnt black forest. In the clearing, one corpse after another was stacked on top of each other, and at a cursory glance, there were about two hundred. A group of old and weak women and children were crying out heart-rending around the pile of corpses, while the young men standing around them, all armed with rifles, had sad and unruly expressions on their faces. There is also a Caucasian woman, while squatting to take pictures, while silently wiping tears from her face, needless to say, this must be the journalist Hatherine of the US government who has repeatedly asked the Vietnamese to guarantee her safety.

Standing there for a few minutes, Liu Weiguo said expressionlessly: "These are all gifts from the government of your country, Mr. Cui, may I ask, how should we negotiate the terms of our peace talks?" ”

Cui Shiyun is very depressed, you have a lot of casualties, are we Vietnamese people better? Several warships were destroyed, and more than a hundred soldiers were killed and wounded on troop carriers. Coupled with the losses caused by Cheng Hongbin's gang causing trouble behind Vietnam's back, their tragic situation is several times more serious than that on Red Island. But people are barefoot, and they are not afraid of wearing shoes on their side, and Cui Shiyun has nothing to say, so he can only say perfunctorily: "No one wants to see this result, they are also my Vietnamese nationals, and we ourselves are equally sad." ”

The subtext of these words has already told Liu Weiguo, you are outsiders, and the Red Island belongs to me in Vietnam, and no one can take it away or occupy it. Liu Weiguo naturally understood what he meant, but he had no intention of fighting with Cui Shiyun, so he only said lightly: "Peace talks are okay, the key is that we must see the sincerity of your government." Mr. Cui, the Supreme Commander of Hongdao has already explained that the bottom line of the Hongdao negotiations is to be a free territory and not accept interference from any country or regime. If your country is stubborn on this issue, we have nothing to talk about. ”

Cui Shiyun was full of anger and had nowhere to vent. What kind of free territory, is this not clear about independence? A small isolated island, with a total population of only three or four thousand, lack of food and clothing, not to mention no industrial facilities, except for the mysterious underground island, there is no place in depth, why dare to be ashamed to make an independent noise. Moreover, Hong Dao is only half an hour's flight from the coastline of the Vietnamese, and how can an independent regime be allowed to exist on the side of the couch?

Liu Weiguo smiled: "Mr. Cui, you can't say that. You have a border with China, a border with Cambodia, and that's right next to each other, and there's no spatial distance at all. ”

Cui Shiyun said: "Red Island is an island, and the situation is naturally different. ”

Liu Weiguo said: "It's all the same for us. The Red Island is isolated and weak, and it will never pose any threat to the Vietnamese government. And in order to seek development, we will vigorously develop the financial and ocean shipping industries, and Vietnam will also benefit greatly from it, so why not? ”

Cui Shiyun secretly scolded the Chinese for being cunning, and his words were good, but he did not give any room for maneuver. "I'm sorry, sir," Cui Shiyun said deciding to procrastinate, "and the Vietnamese government can accept the condition that we will give you a certain degree of financial compensation for your evacuation of Hong Dao. If you agree, you will be satisfied with this amount. ”

Liu Weiguo smiled and said, "Yes." ”

Cui Shiyun's eyes lit up and said, "Really? ”

Liu Weiguo said: "We ask for 200 billion US dollars in compensation. ”

Cui Shiyun's excitement had just risen, and he immediately fell into his stomach again. 200 billion US dollars, you are not afraid of dying, our annual GDP of the whole of Vietnam is 220 billion US dollars.

"Sir, are you kidding?" Cui Shiyun held back his anger and confirmed it again.

Liu Weiguo said word by word: "I am very serious, Mr. Cui." ”

Cui Shiyun didn't pretend to smile anymore, shook his hand and turned his head to leave. From Liu Weiguo's words, he knew that the Hongdao group of people had no sincerity in the peace talks at all, because they must have the support of other governments or consortia behind them. Otherwise, they will never have the confidence to compete with a country.

"Boatman, boatman!" Cui Shiyun shouted loudly. The ghostly Cai Yashi ran over and said with a smile: "Sir, are you going back?" ”

Cui Shiyun nodded and said, "Let's go." ”

Cai Yashi grinned and said, "Sir, I still need 50,000 dong for the return trip." ”

Cui Shi glared at Cai Yashi with a straight face, and said, "I will pay you on the other side." ”

Cai Yashi shook his head in embarrassment and said, "Sir, no, I went ashore and was in a hurry to buy rice with money." ”

Cui Shiyun had no choice but to take out his wallet, draw a banknote and hand it to Cai Yashi. Cai Yashi jumped to the coast, pushed his boat over, and when Cui Shiyun got on the boat, he glanced at Liu Weiguo again, and shook the oars and went away.