After receiving the ideal answer, Farah didn't ask any further.

Mohammadi and Farah didn't stay here for long, got into the SUV and left.

After returning to his office, Mohammadi wandered for a long time, closed the door, and then made up his mind to ask Farah, who was beside him: "Mr. Farah, do you have any concerns in your heart?" ”

"Both of us are the same, you have it and I naturally have it." Farah's heart naturally brightened, and he replied.

"The more contact I have with him, the more I can appreciate his ability and great plans." Mohammadi first sighed, and then changed his voice and said: "However, I will not regret my choice, because this is a once-in-a-century opportunity in Somalia, and all my worries are humble and insignificant compared to my own motherland." ”

"That's why I chose to work with him, but if this situation continues, our cooperation will only be temporary." Farah took a deep breath and said.

"Why?" Muhammadi wondered.

"At present, I need my help for the development of this place, but once this place is formed in the future, my strength will lose my qualification to cooperate with him, and I will have to face a new choice at that time." Thinking of Li Lan's pride when he first talked about the formation of two armored brigades in a year, Farah already realized the insignificance of his own strength.

"Mr. Farah, you can rest assured that he is not a shallow person, otherwise he would not have chosen me in the first place." Mohammadi said with confidence.

"Yes! But priorities have to be taken care of. You know, the army is his. Farah seemed to point.

"I don't think anyone can shake his position among the soldiers, whether it's the old soldiers, or the new ones who are always suddenly increasing, they all treat him as a god." Muhammadi, who had been in the territory for several months, was not a fool, and he could naturally see it.

"Magical Chinese, I really don't know what means he used to make these people so desperate for him, and their religious beliefs are not so powerful."

"Huh!" Muhammadi smiled slightly and said, "I have been with him for a long time, and I have the feeling that I want to worship him, and I can feel it very seriously, this is not an illusion." ”

"Oh!" Hearing Mohammadi's words, Farah was a little surprised.

"It's not just me, my villagers have already done this, and after the service, many people will take the time to pray for him." Muhammadi's face was serious and solemn, "He seems to have magical powers, attracting everyone. ”

"In that case, it looks like I'm going to get a good feel for it." Farah did not seem to take Muhammadi's words seriously.

Muhammadi was about to explain something further when there was a knock at the door.

"Two chiefs, the commander is invited."

Hearing Li Lan's invitation, the two did not dare to slack off, rested their instruments, and walked into Li Lan's base car together.

And Li Lan had already made tea and waited for the two of them, and Ahmed and Hofmander were also in the living room.

"Farah, my friend, have had a good journey, sit down quickly." Li Lan got up and beckoned the two to sit down.

Although it is not the first time to walk into the base, every time I enter this living room, I can feel the whole body is comfortable, exceptionally cool and fresh. It is as if there is a cage between heaven and earth, completely separating the air inside from the outside world, and the scorching sun outside is in two different worlds.

However, the people who can come in here are not ordinary people after all, and although they are curious, they do not ask any questions, all thanks to the air conditioning.

"My friend, is there something wrong with this time?" After pouring a cup of tea for Farah and Mohammadi, Li Lan asked.

"Something is true." Farah nodded and spoke: "The government army has begun to make some small moves these days. ”

"Oh!" Li Lan's heart moved, and said, "What action?" ”

"Government forces are also vigorously buying grain!"

Farah's seemingly simple answer revealed a lot of information. In recent days, government forces have taken advantage of the convenience of the port and the people of Farah to compete for food for merchant ships docked in Bossaso.

In the name of the competition, but in fact, it was a troublemaker, they deliberately let go of the talk to buy grain, taking the opportunity to raise the price of grain, and in just a few days, Bossaso's grain rose steadily.

And every time the price went up, the government army stopped buying grain, and when the price of food slowed down, they repeated the same trick, with the simple purpose of making Farah pay a greater price for it.

Those grain merchants consciously cooperated with the government army and raised the price. As a result, the price of food in Bossaso has risen again and again.

In the past, the price of a shipload of 10,000,000 tons of grain was nearly $10 million, but at this stage, the price has risen to $20 million, which is twice as expensive.

Food is about the development of the territory, and without food, everything will be empty talk.

At present, there is no cultivation land in the territory, and food is not self-sufficient at all, and if the population of the territory is further expanded, food will become more and more important.

"The government army is not a lose-lose situation, why does he have the financial resources to maintain the army?" Li Lan asked puzzled.

"Someone is supporting him." Farah said very directly.

"The United States? Or Italy? Or is it France? Li Lan said.

"It's not clear, but it can't do without the United States and Italy. The odds are slim for France, and so are the odds for other countries. Farah also doesn't know exactly who is supporting Bossaso's government forces, and each of these three countries is possible, but it is not excluded that countries outside of these three countries are not excluded.

Italy occupied Somalia in World War II, and Italian troops only completely withdrew from Somalia in the sixties of the last century, where Italy still has a lot of influence. At present, Italians are the largest number of foreigners entering Somalia.

The United States has always been obsessed with Somalia, and there are many people who are active in Somalia. And France also agreed to covet Somalia, and Djibouti became independent from Somalia with the support of France, and even now, Djibouti relies on the support of France. Even Japan has a naval base in Djibouti.

"Looks like everybody's eyeing this too." Li Lan had been mentally prepared for this for a long time, but when the matter came, he realized that the problem was thorny, and no matter who led the black hand behind the government army, this move had already shown that there was no kindness to him.

"If the food problem is not alleviated, we will be in a difficult situation, so I hope that your country will be able to lend a helping hand in this regard." Farah said seriously.

Hearing Farah's words, Li Lan was big for a while. Of course, he understands that if his country can support him, then everything will be solved, but how can he get help from his own country. Moreover, he did not even know the attitude of his motherland towards him, and how he could get help.

Moreover, even if the motherland acquiesces in its own behavior, it is not clear whether it will support itself according to the national policy, after all, safe development at the present stage is the main development policy of the motherland. The possibility of letting oneself alone is very high.

Farah and the others did not know the troubles in Li Lan's heart, and in their eyes, as long as Li Lan proposed it to China, it would inevitably be resolved. There is no doubt about this, even tanks and armored vehicles are given, is there still a little bit of food?

"How much more food can I buy now?" Li Lan thought for a moment and asked.

"At the current price of grain, our funds can still buy almost 20,000 tons of grain." Farah Road.

20,000 tons is completely insufficient, Li Lan knows this very well, these are only enough for one's needs.

"Are international arms dealers interested in our arms?" Li Lan asked.

"There is interest, there are frequent wars in Africa, and the sales of arms have always been very good." Farah Road.

"The government army makes this kind of move, if the people behind it strongly support, we will not be able to compete with it in terms of funds, and we can't interrupt a single piece of food, this time you go back, contact the arms dealers, and then I will give you a list, except for tanks, we can sell everything else." Li Lan does not have a very good way at present, and what he can do at present is to speed up the pace of the arms trade and raise more funds to purchase grain.

Before Farah could reply, a report came from the gate of the base car: "Report." ”

"Come in."

"Report to the commander, there is a team claiming to be an international humanitarian relief organization, they have brought a large number of medical equipment, more than 30 people, to come to the refugee camp outside the city to help the victims, this team is currently intercepted outside the security alert area of the territory."

"Who are they? There are no armed men accompanying them. Li Lan's heart moved and asked.

"There were nearly half of the Chinese, as well as journalists, and there were no armed men with them, and the group did not carry weapons."

"Let them come." After Li Lan finished giving the order, he turned back to Ahmet and ordered: "Send a platoon of soldiers and follow them." ”

PS: Unsurprisingly, this is the last public chapter of the book. This book will be on the shelves soon, and I hope that new and old book friends will support it a lot.