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The stars are shining brightly, and the wind is gentle. With the sky as the curtain and the earth as the seat, Li Lan sat on the top floor of the main base like this, enjoying the freshness of the summer night, listening to the chirping of insects, and looking at the night sky full of stars.

The sky was not pure black, but a vast deep blue in the black, stretching into the distance, into the distance. After hours, he wanted to penetrate this dark layer countless times, and wanted to find out what was at the end of the sky.

The sky is too vast, and he can't help but feel ashamed of his own insignificance. The universe is endless, and he can't help but sigh at the shortness of life. "The white horse crosses the gap", Li Lan seems to understand the helpless mood of the ancients better.

Looking at the starry sky again, the night sky is still deep, the stars are still bright, and the insects are still singing.

Gaze at the sky full of stars, large and small, flickering and disappearing, the stars dot the night sky and sprinkle their luster onto the earth, whether they are famous stars or nameless stars.

Yes, the universe is infinite and life is limited, but what's the regret about that? Since the development of human history, who can violate this objective law? However, many people in Weishenme are like immortal stars in the sky, and their spirit and great achievements have been passed down to this day, and will even be passed on forever?

The song of birds and insects one after another seemed to congratulate him on the sudden enlightenment of his thoughts.

This afternoon, Li Lan has been working on the development of Jihua in the future, and with the help of his assistant, a decent Jihua is finally freshly baked.

As the saying goes, five-year jihua, ten-year plan, fifteen-year strategy, whether it is jihua or planning or even the strategic layout related to the future, without a detailed jihua, it will not work. Even if Li Lan is still at the beginning of development, he also needs such a jihua very much.

After an afternoon, Li Lan finally built the basic framework of Jihua, and in the future, with the development of time, he still needs to fill in the things within this framework and enrich the framework.

Just as Li Lan was intently admiring the Somali night sky, a row of headlights appeared on the road in the distance. The sound of the car's motor was also clearly heard in my ears, masking the original music of a moment ago.

Calculating the time, Ahmed and the others are almost there. The automatic sentry cannon on the perimeter wall also did not issue a warning, so Li Lan was not worried that it was other shili passing by here.

The tranquility had been broken, and Li Lan did not continue to stay on the roof of the building.

When Li Lan walked out of the base wall, the convoy had already entered the gate of the base's outer wall, and when Li Lan walked to the barracks, the convoy had already stopped in the barracks.

"Report to the sir, the transaction was successfully completed and the goods arrived safely at the base." Seeing Li Lan's figure, Ahmet quickly ran forward.

"Well, how did the transaction go and whether the quantity of goods was sufficient." Li Lan said.

"The deal went well, and the amount of stuff was sufficient, but we still need to go to Bosassola again these days." Ahmed said.

"It's good if it's smooth, there's too much cement, and you can't pull it back all at once, so you can divide it a few times." Li Lan nodded.

"However, the Minister of Armed Forces of Bossaso seemed to be a little unhappy when he saw that the chief did not go, and during the transaction, it was his subordinates who talked to us and did not answer our words. However, when we gave him the list of gifts, we became very enthusiastic again. Ahmed said.

Hearing Ahmed's words, Li Lan suddenly became hahadaxiao. He was completely able to understand the thoughts of the armed forces minister, after all, in his eyes, only Li Lan, who was the leader, was qualified to talk to him, and the deal of 200,000 US dollars was not small, and he would naturally be unhappy to see that Li Lan did not come, and none of Ahmed and the others had enough status to talk to him. In general, it was the Minister of Armed Forces who felt that he was being ignored or looked down upon.

However, after seeing the list of gifts that Li Lan gave him, it was not surprising that his mind changed.

In just two days, Li Lan gave her more than $100,000 in arms, and it was no wonder that he was not happy. You know, these things can be regarded as his personal belongings, whether it is to develop his own Dead Man's Guard, or to sell it, it is a large amount of income, or the kind of income that does not need to be shared with others, and happiness is inevitable.

"Did the minister say anything else?" Li Lan said.

Hearing Li Lan's question, a trace of anger flashed across Ahmed's face and said, "If it weren't for the commander's lack of orders, I would have really wanted to break his head with one shot." He knew that it was us and Rava that the conflict started, and that we were all your personal arms, and after the deal was completed, he shamelessly said that he wanted us to pay taxes and a little money for the stability of the army. The chief gave him a lot of things for two days in a row, and he dared to speak, a bastard who saw money. ”

"Such a person is not to be troubled, and tell me what he has said." To be honest, Li Lan was really a little angry, and he didn't expect that he couldn't be satisfied with nearly 100,000 US dollars in arms.

"He said this, because after the conflict between us and Rawa, in order to stabilize the stability in the city of Bossaso, he had to send thousands of troops to maintain law and order, resulting in dozens of soldiers being killed and hundreds injured, because we caused the trouble, and he was dealing with the rest of the trouble for us, so he had to ask us for the money for the soldiers, the settling-in allowance for the dead soldiers, and the medical expenses of the wounded soldiers.

As for taxes, he said it was the rule here, that every foreigner who develops his or her armed forces in Somalia must pay taxes to the government forces when he formally establishes his own organizational territory and armed shili. According to the calculation of heads, 100 soldiers need to pay 100,000 US dollars in taxes every month. If the land occupied exceeds one square kilometer, the tax is doubled, and for each additional square kilometer, the basic tax is paid by 50 per cent. ”

"How much tax does he want us to pay? When will it be delivered? Li Lan thought for a while and said.

The bastard didn't say, but said that starting today, he would send someone to investigate in a month, and then decide on the amount of taxes according to the actual situation. And when I was a fool, I said that it was for the sake of the superior's generosity, and gave us lenient time. Ahmad said angrily.

"A big hand is a good calculation." Li Lan shook his head, according to the method of collecting taxes, this seemingly experienced armed minister just wanted to maximize the amount of taxes. He has reason to believe that during this time, I am afraid that people here will start to pay attention. Perhaps, when Ahmed and the others returned, the Minister of Armed Forces' men were already far behind.

For a month, the other party is basically using the time to make himself good to develop, and then slaughter it fiercely. If he shrinks his territory or dismisses the soldiers, I am afraid that the armed forces minister will come here immediately and collect taxes.

Another point, according to the amount of food and fuel you need, I am afraid that the other party has already estimated the approximate number of people.

Seriously, before settling the food, Li Lan really didn't want to clash with the government army, because it was an extremely unwise choice. Moreover, Li Lan still lacks sufficient offensive troops, and his defense is okay, but he can only protect his own one-third of an acre, and he is not able to counterattack at all.

Once the other party fences off the base, the food will run out by then, and I am afraid that it will lose even more by then.

But Li Lan is not a submissive lord, his temper is not very good, and he can't bear such blackmail.

If he had a thousand soldiers now, plus a certain amount of food reserves, he would have dared to fight against the other party, but now he still has small arms and legs, and he lacks the capital to do it.

You must know that there are tens of thousands of government troops in Bossaso, and there are also a lot of heavy weapons. Although these heavy weapons are all old guys, they are not something that Li Lan can shake now.

But can Li Lan agree?