Who can resist the temptation of money?

Politicians and governments are worse at this than ordinary people, who may be firm in their beliefs for some reason and thus reject the temptation of money, while governments and politicians have no bottom line at all, they simply have nothing to hold onto, they simply cannot resist the temptation of money, perhaps from anything else.

George Eddy was resolutely practicing this, his eyes widening, his neck shrunching, his shoulders shrugged, his fingers spread across his chest, shaking violently, and all his body language suggesting that they had no choice: "Without the help of Grand Bahama Island, we simply cannot eliminate the threat of pirates with our own strength, in fact, you know, if this group of pirates continues, the distrust of the merchants towards the Doge's Palace will continue to grow, and sooner or later, they will either succumb to the pirates or seek other help, Either of these two options is undoubtedly bad news for us, and for your prejudice against Riem and the Stallion Group... Yes, don't be in a hurry to deny it, I think that's prejudice, that's stupid, self-indulgent, crazy with no regard for the facts, in fact you know very well that we have no choice, we don't have much time left, and the Viscount would never want to see this continue..."

George Eddie has no prejudice against Li Mu and the Horse Group, as a tax collector, his work efficiency is obviously easier to quantify, easier to reflect on paper, if the Governor's Palace's income is not satisfactory to the Viscount in Swarform, then George Eddy will be the first to be unlucky, so George Eddie hates pirates far more than Quentin Nick.

To be honest, George Eddie's words did make Quentin Nick feel a little frightened, Quentin Nick, who had a relatively privileged family since childhood, couldn't understand the importance that the shepherd's son attached to this job, which made Quentin Nick reconsider the possibility of cooperating with Li Mu.

Three days later, as the representative of Grand Bahama Island, Li Fei came to the Governor's Mansion again.

It is said that the last time Li Fei came to the Governor's Palace, it was when Redbeard was in turmoil, and this time he revisited the old place, which really made Li Fei feel different.

is willing to contact Grand Bahama Island, which means that Quentin Nick has made a decision deep in his heart, but on the surface, Quentin Nick is not willing to give someone a handle, so the meeting with Li Fei was deliberately low-key, there was no red carpet, no flowers, and Li Fei's carriage entered the Governor's Palace from the side gate of the Governor's Palace, and no one noticed it at all.

"Lee, nice to meet you." Quentin Nick received Li Fei in the office, and there was no one else on the scene except Quentin Nick and Li Fei.

Although Li Fei is Chinese, he has already become a Cuban citizen, and even Li Fei has not yet left the Cuban military and is a serious Cuban soldier.

Meeting with the Chinese, if this matter spreads, it may have some impact on Quentin Nick, but there is no need to worry about meeting with the Cubans, and even in recent years, the British will seize every opportunity to win over the real power figures in Cuba, Li Fei, as one of the representatives of the Junma Group in Cuba, himself also has the qualifications to be co-opted by the British.

"Mr. Nick, it's a pleasure to meet you..." Li Fei greeted him not in Chinese, nor in English, but in Spanish, which is related to the fact that Cuba was a colony of Spain, in fact, Spanish is the recognized official language of Cuba, even after Cuba's independence, Spanish also occupies an important position, and English is listed as the official language of Cuba.

Of course, if you are in Santiago, Guantanamo or other southern cities, the Chinese language is also important, and in many cases, it is no less important than Spanish and English, and many Cubans are now trying to learn Chinese, and some even see it as a necessary means of earning a living in the future.

"The construction you're doing on Grand Bahama is breathtaking, it's hard to believe that in just a few years, a brand new city has been erected, it's an absolute miracle, I'm sorry now, I shouldn't have sold so many islands to you..."

The reason why the Governor's Office sold the islands of the Bahamas to the Horse Group was basically determined that those islands had no development prospects, and at the same time, the Governor's Office did not have the capital to develop those islands, so it was better to sell them to the Horse Group and let the well-funded Horse Group develop them.

"It does seem to be a bit of a success now, but it's completely invested in money, and there is still a lot of work to be done by the time we continue to accomplish, and I think it won't be until at least five years before Taoyuan City can have the scale of Nassau." Li Fei's heart is also big, and when he came up, he pointed directly at Nassau, without any cover-up.

Before the development of Grand Bahama Island by the Horse Group, Nassau should be the political, economic, and cultural center of the entire Bahamas region, and the governor's palace was also here.

"Lee, you know about the recent appearance of a group of pirates in the Turks and Caicos Islands, right?" Quentin Nick doesn't care about Li Fei's rudeness, anyway, with the rise of Taoyuan City, the income of the Bahamas will also increase, which is also a good thing for Quentin Nick.

Although Grand Bahama is now nominally Reem's private property, in reality Grand Bahama is still part of the Bahamas, and the Horse Group is still subject to due taxes in accordance with the rules of the Governor's Office for its commercial activities on Grand Bahama.

"Of course you know, last month we had two merchant ships hijacked by pirates on Turks Island, so the damage caused was about 100,000 US dollars, I am here to make our voice heard on behalf of all the citizens of Taoyuan City, the Governor's Palace should take action against this group of pirates, we can't let them continue to run rampant, they are like a swarm of moths, if we turn a blind eye, then sooner or later they will bite our deck." Li Fei knew what Quentin Nick wanted to say, and first expressed his hatred, and unconsciously established a certain degree of common hatred with Quentin Nick.

"Yes, we absolutely cannot tolerate the existence of pirates, in fact, I have sent an application to Portsmouth, asking the Royal Navy to crack down on this group of pirates, I believe that good news will come soon..."

Portsmouth is home to the headquarters of the British Royal Navy and is also one of the stations of the Royal Navy, and in a way, Portsmouth is synonymous with the Royal Navy.

Of course, this kind of British habit can only be understood by the ancient nobles from Britain, and Quentin Nick didn't expect Li Fei to understand, as long as he expressed an attitude, it was enough.

"With all due respect, I don't think it's the best option. If we are to seek the help of the Royal Navy, then we might as well turn to the closer US Navy, and I believe that General Edmund at Guantanamo must be more than happy. Li Fei really didn't understand, or Li Fei was deliberately pretending to be stupid.

Edmond Stevenson is a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy and currently Commander of the United States Navy in Guantanamo.

In foreign countries, the relationship between the Junma Group and the United States and the military is more intimate, perhaps because of the lack of supervision, the admirals do not mind some form of cooperation with the Junma Group, which is mutually beneficial for everyone, the Junma Group will get orders to win profits, step by step to expand their influence, and the admirals will also get the friendship of the Junma Group, this "friendship" is often expressed by bearer checks from the Bank of America.

Real Megumi!

Obviously, General Edmund Stevenson and Li Fei have a certain degree of personal friendship, and their relationship must be very good, otherwise Li Fei would not have brought this up in front of Quentin Nick.

"No, no, no, Lee, you have to understand that the Bahamas is the territory of the British Empire, even if it is a pirate, it is also a pirate of the British Empire, our own business, I must not allow the Americans to interfere, this is the pride of our British Empire, and no kind of blasphemy is allowed." Quentin Nick is adamant on this point, even to the point of stubbornness.

From Quentin Nick's point of view, it is indeed necessary to insist, maybe in any other country, Quentin Nick's reaction will not be so fierce, but the United States, Quentin Nick will definitely not consider cooperation, this is the real choice of the British aristocracy.

In the past, in the two world wars, although Britain has reached the point of almost exhaustion, but in Britain, many people have always had reservations about American involvement, the British can ship all their gold reserves to the United States at the most dangerous time, but preventing the United States from intervening in European affairs is the bottom line of most Britons.

"Well, if Guantanamo is not taken into account, then does the Governor's Palace have any plans to deal with these pirates?" Li Fei didn't force it, the British were the standard of death to save face and suffer crimes, and Li Fei had already seen through it.

"Yes, we have, in fact we are preparing to build a force that can be used not only to suppress piracy, but also to prevent the recurrence of such incidents." Quentin Nick didn't want to surrender right away, he had to struggle again.

"A brand new unit... When this force has the ability to fight the enemy, let me guess how long, ten months, or a year? It's a pity, I'm afraid that there will be no need for this army to exist at that time. Li Fei is not optimistic about this plan, as a soldier, Li Fei knows very well how troublesome it is to train a group of fishermen and farmers into qualified soldiers, you must know that in this era of low cultural level, many people will even have problems with the understanding of military terms, when the Chinese troops were trained in Cuba, a similar incident occurred, if one day, Li Fei heard that it would take a week just to train a "right-to-right" training, then Li Fei would not be surprised at all.

"It won't be that long, in fact I'm ready to hire veteran officers from the British mainland to train this force, and they will learn the most advanced tactical regulations in the world and become the most disciplined soldiers in the world, and it will only take half a year at most, maybe only three months, and we can do that." Quentin Nick is still full of confidence, in Quentin Nick's opinion, the British Royal Navy is the most powerful navy in the world, so the British Army is the most powerful army in the world.

Do you see anything different?

That's right, the British Army does not have the word "Royal" in front of it, the Army is the Army, not the Royal Army.

You must know that in the United Kingdom, even the police are called royal police, and the army, as a serious army, cannot be crowned with the word royal, which is really a shame.

It is indeed a shame that the British Army is not the Royal Army, it is said that it is because during the bourgeois revolution in England, the Parliamentary Army and Charles I's army fought head-on, and after the victory of the Parliamentary Army, Charles I was even executed, which also led to the refusal to recognize the British Army as the British Royal Army after the restoration of Charles II.

It's just that it is said that this statement has never been confirmed by the royal family, so it can only be "said".

The reason why the royal family did not dare to admit this statement was probably related to the fact that the parliamentary army had executed Charles I, and God knows, if the royal family recognized this statement, the army would not rise up again, in order to avoid this trouble, but it is better not to admit it.

"Well, well, the best army in the world, so do we need to provide the best weapons in the world? We are willing to serve you wholeheartedly..."Li Fei immediately turned into a salesman of the Junma Arms Company and seized every opportunity to collect orders for the Junma Arms Company.

"Our Anfield products perform just as well." Is Quentin Nick really unhappy this time, or is that sentence, Quentin Nick can cooperate with the Horse Group, but this cooperation will definitely not be put on the surface, let alone leave any written records.

Sensing Quentin Nick's displeasure, Li Fei shrugged his shoulders, grimaced, and retracted back into his chair to stop provoking.

"Seriously, do you have any good advice about this group of pirates?" Quentin Nick took a deep breath and finally remembered his true purpose.

"You mean, you're asking me for advice?" When it was time to take advantage, Li Fei was never polite.

"Damn, it's not a leave of absence, I'm just going to hear more advice and find out what works best for us in the Bahamas." Quentin Nick finally couldn't help but explode.

To say that Li Fei is indeed capable, he looks at forcing people to be honest.