Africa, Niamey, capital of the Republic of Niger, Presidential Palace.

A short-haired beauty of British descent sits at the negotiating table and signs an important document with President Hammadou - the "Bilma Desert Lend-Lease Contract".

The Republic of Niger is located in central Africa, with a land area of 1.267 million square kilometers, and is a small and poor and backward African country.

Although it is a small country, it has a large land area, for example, Japan's land area is only more than 370,000 square kilometers, and Niger's land area is nearly four times that of Japan.

However, although the Republic of Niger is not small, there is a large desert of 455,000 square kilometers in the Birma Desert, which of course has nothing but sand, which is not suitable for building materials and is purely a wasteland.

With a population of 16.3 million and a per capita GDP of only US$420, Niger ranks first in the world in the comprehensive human development index...... Countdown, how backward this country is, and give another chestnut to illustrate - Niger has no domestic railways.

The people of this country are almost unable to wear the pants of the poor, and it is still a landlocked country with inconvenient transportation, and it is impossible to develop tourism to sell primitive and backward customs, so that Western tourists can not come to find a sense of superiority.

Not to mention the country's poverty, the resources are not very rich, the most valuable resource is uranium ore, uranium ore reserves rank fifth in the world, but although uranium ore is worth a little money, it cannot be sold casually, and it is stared at by the former suzerain, France, and the world's police hope country.

Normally, President Hamaddou would wake up laughing when he could sign a $10 million humanitarian aid contract, but today he is signing a huge loan contract worth a billion dollars, so much so that Mr. President's hand holding a pen is trembling slightly.

A charity called the "Konoha Foundation", I don't know what the wind is, actually leased the Bierma Desert to carry out a desert greening project for scientific research and environmental protection purposes, with a lease period of 70 years, with a rent of 100 million US dollars a year, paid every ten years.

President Hamadou once thought that these cunning and greedy Westerners must have other plans, and that there might be good things such as oil, gold, copper, and coal buried under the Bilma Desert, but exploration reports show that there are really no valuable mineral resources in the Bilma Desert except for worthless salt mines.

The contract also states that the Konoha Foundation leases the desert only for planting trees, and if the resources are explored in the desert in the future, the foundation does not have the right to exploit them, and voluntarily relinquishes the area where the resources are located and returns them to the Republic of Niger for its own development or subcontracting.

Although the desert covers a vast area, it lacks resources, has a harsh environment, does not have any development value, and is still spreading at a certain rate every year, eroding the surrounding arable land.

If President Hammadou does not sign the contract, President Hamadou will not sign the contract if he is willing to spend a billion dollars at once and give away $100 million in kickbacks.

On the surface, leasing one-third of the country's territory seems to be a traitorous act, which will greatly dampen the national pride of the Nigerien people, but they are already ranked first in the world, and they can't find any opponents in the world.

President Hamadou was even worried about the failure of the desert greening project of this scientific research institution in ten years, so he refused to continue to lease the desert, and competed with the British beauty president with slightly darker skin on the liquidated damages clause, demanding that in the future, regardless of whether the tree species is planted or not, the desert must be renewed, and the rent must be renewed.

The president of the short-haired beauty agreed to his request, but also put forward the condition, that is, during the lease period of the Birma Desert, the Republic of Niger must transfer all rights within the area to the foundation, and the foundation will send mercenaries to take over the desert, which is equivalent to the establishment of a state within a state, even Nigerien citizens are not allowed to enter the desert without permission, otherwise they will be expelled, arrested and even shot by mercenaries.

Due to the extremely poor level of medical care, the average life expectancy of Niger citizens is only 44 years, and the infant death rate is as high as 16 percent.

After all, people are poor and short-sighted, the country is rotten like this, it is not a focus area, the media in developed countries disdain to report it, many people who hope that the country will never hear the name of this country for the rest of their lives, and superheroes and supervillains have never come here to do things and fight......

This is a forgotten country, and if Hamadou does not seize this opportunity to make a profit, no one will pay attention to them in the future, and it will be too late to regret it!

The Lend-Lease Agreement was officially signed and officially entered into force on the date of signing, and the Birma Desert of the Republic of Niger was ceded to the "venerable Central African Company" to which the Konoha Foundation belonged, and it became a semi-capitalist and semi-colonial country as if it had picked up a bargain.

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At the same time that Julia Pennywatts signed her contract, Damian Jr. was in a small country in Eastern Europe called "Markov" with the head of security.

It was late at night, and they were lurking in the dense forest outside a village, where a house was on fire and the villagers were clamoring and in a commotion.

The riot was not because the village was on fire, in fact the house was set on fire by the mob themselves, who were chasing a slender blonde girl about thirteen or fourteen years old.

"Burn that witch!"

"She was the one who caused the earthquake and killed our loved ones!"

"Stinky bitch, stop me, you have to pay for your sins!"

The villagers shouted slogans and gathered around from all sides with sickles, pitchforks and sticks in their hands.

The blonde girl was so frightened that she even ran out of the village, completely unaware of why she was hunted as a witch, she obviously didn't do anything bad!

"This is the little girl you took a fancy to and recommended to me?"

The black-haired boy teased rather jokingly: "Mr. Deathbell, I have to say that your personal taste is a bit beyond my expectations, so you are so good." No wonder you always get into trouble with teenagers, is it because of a special fetish? ”

As he spoke, Damian seemed to think of something, and said sharply in a tone of voice: "By the way, you stay away from my orphanage, don't force me to give you chemical castration!" ”

The old man of Deathknell blushed, and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, I am a decent gentleman, and I secretly pay attention to her because of her unique talents!" Talent! Talent! ”

"Okay, I'll believe it...... black-haired boy shrugged: "You mentioned that she has the ability to manipulate earth and rock, which is indeed a very valuable talent, which can save me a lot of construction costs, especially when the remote desert is engaged in civil engineering and repairs secret bases, and large construction machinery cannot be transported in." ”