Bald took his team around the city twice and found no clear black material.

In the end, I could only take a picture of the workers doing the work, the construction waste piled up on the corners of the streets under demolition and repair, and the discarded furniture that the residents had moved and discarded waiting to be disposed of.

Then I went to the nearby countryside to find a dirty and messy place to shoot.

Saratoga and other high-level ship representatives are mainly concerned about the development status and market environment.

In the following period of time, the group went to other cities one after another, including the old imperial capital Crescent City, Tingfeng Island, Xuelang Bay, Anping Port, and Jiangnan Port to visit and investigate.

Everywhere there is a busy scene, everywhere there is construction, everywhere there is reform.

In communication with management and local people, Saratoga and his party slowly figured out what had happened in the Bilunar Islands in recent times, and also understood why this was the case.

A few months ago, it was a completely different scene, until the headquarters led by Mu Feng appeared, clearing all the Admiral's Mansions like an autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and unifying the entire archipelago.

However, Mu Feng and his party were not regarded as conquerors, but relatives who returned to their hometowns in fine clothes.

The practice of the headquarters in the back also does show that the headquarters regards this place as its own territory.

Saratoga and his party were quite regretful, quite envious, and quite annoyed.

If the USN's fleet had come a year earlier, it would have been a vast colony no smaller than the mainland, with very dense resources and a huge market of 30 million people.

While developers have a large amount of land, USN will definitely be able to develop further.

But it's too late to say anything.

Of course, they also all understand that if the USN side comes over a year early, then a real war will almost inevitably break out between the USN and Mufeng's headquarters.

Mu Feng obviously regards this place as his home, if this is the colonization of the USN, he will definitely lead the Orientals here to start the war of independence.

However, it is too late to say anything.

In addition to observing the development of the area, Saratoga and his party also did business market research.

They soon discovered that, like Newport, there were no arms trading companies here.

There are no civilian arms enterprises here.

It's a very large market!

In addition, the temporary trade agreement signed between the two sides stipulates that both sides can open arms trading companies in each other's headquarters, which are temporarily zero tariffs and enjoy the treatment of local enterprises.

The delegation arranged for the temporary registration of an arms trading company in Xincheng, the capital of Wanling Island, and bought a shop to put out all the spare equipment carried by the transport ship.

At the same time, it also advertised on local radio and television stations to seek business cooperation.

After opening the store, at the beginning, some local ship girls were curious and came into the store to find out.

But no one placed an order to buy anything.

There was no group at all to discuss cooperation.

A few days later, the curious ship lady was gone, and the store was full of people.

The person in charge of the store felt that the situation was wrong, so he took the trouble to chat with those shipgirls, inquired about the local shipwives passing by, and slowly realized that he was completely busy in vain.

Because of the ship's equipment, all of which are obtained through the official command department, there is no need to buy it from others at all, and if you want to buy it, you can also purchase it within the headquarters.

Only a very small number of shipwives will occasionally exchange some second-hand equipment.

At the same time, there is no civilian ship girl organization here, all ship girls are members of the fleet directly managed by the headquarters, and all equipment needs are solved internally.

The person in charge of the store understands that even in such an environment, if he is well equipped enough, there will still be shipwives who buy equipment for their own use.

But the problem is that the performance of the equipment they put out is not as good as what they use now, not as good as the ones issued by their headquarters, and not as good as those that can be exchanged for meritorious service.

In such a situation, after an initial curiosity, the store quickly became unpopular.

After comparing the market environment of the two sides, Saratoga and his party understood that they were really cheated this time.

Now the trade between the two sides is the unilateral dumping of Mufeng's side.

According to the information obtained so far, the amount of contracts signed at the USN air show has exceeded 10 million.

After the opening of NORINCO's stores, the individual, organizational, and distribution trade also continued.

Although the USN side is aggrieved, it also has to be convinced, and the performance of the other party's equipment is really good.

When the situation in the Northern Islands was transmitted back to the top management of the USN, Essex and others were also worried about the arms trade in the USN.

Their own local enterprises are rubbed on the ground by North Industries, and others sell more expensive than themselves, but their sales are better than their own.

These military-industrial enterprises have just consumed a lot of savings in the replacement of jet fighters, and now they urgently need to sell equipment to regain their blood.

But the equipment is not sold.

The next generation of their own more advanced products is still under research and development, which takes time and resources.

Before the next generation of products is put into production, it is impossible to compete with NORINCO.

Everyone understands that this trade has completely pitted themselves.

At that time, if this was the case, the other party would never be allowed to participate in private trade here.

But after the words are said and the water that is spilled out, after they have been promised, they can't be changed just as they say.

Let's not say that the other party's force is not weaker than its own in the slightest, and it is not possible to directly play tricks.

What's more, the other party has already collected a large amount of deposit.

From the officials of their own headquarters, to governments at all levels, to large and small organizations and traders, as well as a considerable number of ordinary commanders and ship wives, they have signed tens of millions of orders with NORINCO.

These orders have been paid at least 30% of the deposit, and some of them have been delivered, but there are still a large number of waiting to be delivered.

If you regret it now and ban the other party's trade, not to mention whether there will be a conflict, the deposit will definitely not come back.

But you can't just sit idly by.

After a period of discussion, the heads of the high-level leaders of the USN Command gradually unified their opinions, organized manpower again, and began negotiations with the people from Liaoning and Shenzhen.

Formal trade agreements are required.

At that time, the agreement was signed, and the provisional agreement was naturally stopped, and it was not a breach of contract.

Restrict equipment imports through formal trade agreements, impose the highest possible tariffs, and establish trade barriers to protect local businesses.

For the requirements of the USN side, Mu Feng's meaning is very simple, the current rule is to make a lot of money by himself.

However, this is in the case of information asymmetry, obtaining the optimal conditions for a short time, and it is impossible for them to earn so much forever, and they will eventually enter a normal trade state.

However, it is possible to delay as much as possible, and to use delay to obtain the most favorable terms possible.

Thus, a protracted negotiation began.