Chapter 240: Buy a Kingdom

The Kingdom of Lanfang, located at the end of the East China Sea of the Eastern Republic, is bordered by the Wild Boar Empire in the east, and is on the edge of the communication channel from the Eastern Sea to the Pacific Ocean.

The Lanfang Kingdom is an archipelago, the total area of a hundred years ago was only more than 30,000 square kilometers, and in the past hundred years, the Lanfang Kingdom has carried out large-scale land reclamation, and the current land area is close to 50,000 square kilometers.

With a population of nearly 10 million, it is one of the few countries in the world that is still dominated by fishing, and most of its food is imported, and its main export product is canned fishery.

The Kingdom of Lanfang has always been a country dominated by oriental humans, and it has never been a powerful country, and during the colonial period, it was a hundred years to become a colony of the Wild Boar Empire.

At the end of the era of colonial rule, the Boar Empire was defeated by the Eastern Empire and the Brown Bear Empire in World War II, and became a defeated country, and all colonial powers were able to become independent.

In recent years, due to the lack of fishery resources, the Lanfang Kingdom had to take out loans to improve the tourism industry in order to restructure the economy, but the tourism transformation has not been completed, and the economy of the Lanfang Kingdom collapsed because of a disaster for the royal family.

As a result, the Lanfang Kingdom owes a huge debt of up to 80 billion international credit coins.

The total financial income of the Lanfang Kingdom in the previous year was only less than 10 billion international credit coins, science and technology were completely backward, the economic market was completely uncompetitive, a large amount of food needed to be imported, electricity and energy were not sufficient, and the country was already on the verge of collapse.

All of this is mainly because of the only royal family in the Lanfang Kingdom, when they went abroad for a state visit, the plane had an accident and crashed directly into the Pacific Ocean, and no one survived.

As a result, the last heir of the Lanfang Kingdom was left who was less than five years old, and the Lanfang country was collapsing day by day, and the Lanfang National Council of Elders, through the national election, finally agreed to put the kingdom up for sale.

The Lanfang Kingdom is listed for sale with 50 billion credit coins, and the buyer will directly own the throne of the Lanfang Kingdom, have all the sovereignty of the Lanfang Kingdom, and be the supreme leader of the Lanfang Citizens.

However, the purchaser not only has to bear the purchase cost of 50 billion credit coins, but also has to repay the huge international debt of 80 billion owed by the Lanfang Kingdom.

In addition, it is also necessary to ensure the construction of people's livelihood in the Lanfang Kingdom.

In other words, after paying 130 billion credit coins, at least a huge amount of money needs to be spent to complete the economic construction of the Lanfang Kingdom, and the investment in this is not a little.

There are not many people in the world who can afford to buy this country, and the main thing is that it is a very weak country.

And once the employment problem of the kingdom cannot be solved, even the king will be overthrown by the rebellious Lanfang people.

The Lanfang Kingdom, which does not have much military strength at all, only has a dozen or so small patrol ships, and the weapons and equipment on them can only deter small pirates and protect the safety of fishermen.

The domestic army has less than 50,000 people, and the weapons and equipment are very old, only with outdated guns, not even a few laser guns and electromagnetic guns.

The army of the Lanfang Kingdom, whose weapons and equipment are still at the level of firearms, can only barely protect the country from the invasion of pirates, and it belongs to a country with a very low military level in the world.

Even some well-armed pirates were able to fight a big battle with the army of the Lanfang Kingdom.

Therefore, for many people, the kingdom of Lanfang is a huge burden and a drag on the oil bottle.

At the moment, only the Brown Bear Empire, the Eastern Republic, and the Wild Boar Empire have shown interest in buying.

Because on the edge of the Lanfang Kingdom, only these three countries have the ability to buy, and other nearby maritime countries simply do not have such a huge amount of money to buy this country.

However, this kind of country deal, which involves geopolitical interests and territorial strategic security interests, is often difficult to achieve.

The Brown Bear Empire has a large garrison in the Wild Boar Empire, and with the help of the victory in World War II, it also pulled the Wild Boar Empire against the Eastern Republic.

And the area where the Lanfang Kingdom is located is just the throat of the East China Sea into and out of the Pacific Ocean, if it weren't for the Eastern Republic, the Lanfang Kingdom would have been invaded and annexed by the Wild Boar Empire or the Brown Bear Empire.

But the Eastern Republic is also unable to buy the Lower Lanfang Kingdom, this is not because of the funds, but the Wild Boar Empire and the Brown Bear Empire will definitely not allow such a thing to happen, and once the purchase is successful, it will inevitably lead to war.

Under such circumstances, the current position of the Lanfang Kingdom is also very embarrassing.

Rich people will not buy such a country with oil bottles, and countries with ideas cannot buy it, and countries that can buy it if they want to, do not have such huge funds.

In the end, more than a month has passed since the Lanfang Kingdom was put up for sale, and no one cared about it.

In fact, the geographical advantage of the Lanfang Kingdom is very important, after all, it is the throat of the sea communication line.

And the development of tourism, there is indeed a huge profit prospect, and Lanfang people are relatively indisputable, the country is very peaceful, there are few crimes, if it is not too much deficit, it has already caused a scramble, and even can be sold by auction, not until now, still no one cares.

After more than a month of listing, there was finally movement, and the dean of the Elders' House of the Lanfang Kingdom, who was also the oldest prince of the Lanfang Kingdom, was waiting for an important buyer at the port of Lanfang City, the capital of the Lanfang Kingdom.

In order to give a better impression to the buyers, the whole kingdom of Lanfang took action, the streets were spotless, the guard of honor was ready, and the king's car also drove to the port, waiting for the arrival of buyers.

Everyone knows that the first interested buyer may just come over to take a look, and may not really buy, but Lan Fang is very eager to end the huge debt as soon as possible, otherwise it will further lead to the deterioration of the domestic economy.

A month ago, the Lanfang Kingdom smashed the pot and sold iron, and the country worked together to repay the interest on the international debt, and the next month may not be able to repay the interest, once the interest is not paid, the Lanfang Kingdom is very likely to be forced to change hands to repay the debt.

Because the kingdom of Lanfang, which got this international loan, used the entire country as collateral.

If the debt is not repaid, the creditor will naturally confiscate the collateral, and once it is forced to collect from the state, it will be a disaster for Lan Fang.

At present, in the Kingdom of Lanfang, the economy has collapsed, and the debt of 80 billion yuan is divided equally among everyone, that is, 80,000 international credit coins.

The per capita annual income of the Lanfang Kingdom is not even 10,000 credit coins, and the Lanfang Kingdom, which has not issued its own currency, also uses international credit currency, and there is no means to save the domestic economy at all.

In the midst of nervous waiting, the port of the capital Lanfang City finally ushered in the long-awaited buyer.

The command ship docked steadily in Lanfang's port, and Fan Yize, who stepped off the command ship, was warmly welcomed by everyone.

The welcome guard of honor lined up neatly, the band played a welcome movement, Fan Yize, who had just disembarked, carried many people behind him, and the city in front of him made him feel very strange.

A large number of buildings were almost finished, but all of them stopped, and many of the high-rise buildings in the city were still equipped with construction equipment.

Although the city has also been comprehensively planned, the architectural pattern of the city is completely inferior to that of ordinary cities in developed countries.

It can only be said that this is a rather backward country, although it has worked hard to change the image of the country, unfortunately, it seems that it has not succeeded, at least all the current construction projects have long been stopped.

The pace of change just stopped and was bound to be a disaster for anyone in the country.

Reform requires courage and courage, and the most fearful thing is that reform is halfway through, because reform that is abandoned halfway will inevitably bring disastrous consequences.

Fan was not distracted by the welcome enthusiasm, and this time he brought a large number of evaluators and statisticians as well as top accountants.

These are all high-ranking talents of the Red Police Corps, forming a purchasing team to comprehensively assess the overall structure of the Lanfang Kingdom, from the social form to the international situation, but also the domestic and foreign economic forms.

When he came to this kingdom, Fan Yize had no intention of leaving, the Lanfang Kingdom was the most suitable country for him to buy, and he could accept the price of 50 billion and the debt of 80 billion.

During the welcoming ceremony, Fan Yize also got to know several of the current ministers of the Lanfang Kingdom, as well as some of the Kingdom elders of the Elders' House.

However, Fan Yize didn't come here to chat at home, and as soon as the band for the welcome ceremony stopped playing, Fan Yize made a request: "I want to see the whole kingdom." ”

Qin Fen, the head of the Lanfang Kingdom's House of Elders, immediately nodded and arranged for the personnel to go to the airport.

Soon, an electric plane took to the air and began to patrol the territory and territorial waters of the entire Lanfang Kingdom.

On the plane, Fan Yize looked at the blue coastline below without saying a word, Qin Fen on the side was a little nervous, and he hoped that Fan Yize could really buy the entire Lanfang Kingdom, because Lanfang could no longer wait.

As for Fan Yize's purchasing power, Qin Fen already knew that as one of the top ten richest people in the world, Fan Yize had the huge financial resources to buy the entire Lanfang Kingdom, repay the debts, and quickly build the Lanfang Kingdom.

The most perfect thing is that Fan Yize is a human being, or belongs to the same race as the Eastern Republic, and there is no more suitable buyer for the Lanfang Kingdom than Fan Yize.

For this reason, even if the price is lowered a little, Qin Fen is willing to sell the entire Lanfang Kingdom to such a perfect buyer.

It's just that he wants to sell, but the buyer doesn't necessarily want to buy, Qin Fen doesn't know if the Lanfang Kingdom can impress this young rich man, and he keeps praying in his heart that Fan Yize must buy it.

After watching it for half an hour, Fan Yize was quite satisfied, and like the information he saw on the Internet, Lanfang Kingdom was very sincere in selling.

"Elder Qin, are you the supreme principal?" Fan Yize suddenly asked.

"Yes, I can completely call the shots in the Lanfang Kingdom at the moment." Qin Fen nodded, and asked with some expectation: "I don't know if the Lanfang Kingdom can satisfy Mr. Fan?" ”

"The price of 50 billion credit coins is not cheap, converted into brown bear coins of the Brown Bear Empire, there are also 500 billion brown bear coins, which can already build ten aerospace aircraft carriers, not to mention that there are 80 billion debts." Fan Yize said.

When Qin Fen heard this, he immediately said: "Although the price is not cheap, Lan Fang does have this value, and the debt of 80 billion yuan is all used for investment and construction, and only needs to invest about 20 billion yuan in the final payment, all the projects can be successfully completed, once the tourism industry rises, the economy will immediately recover at a faster speed." ”

"That being said, I have to invest at least 150 billion credits, does it mean for you to automatically make this money?" Fan Yize said.

"I understand, but believe me, as long as you can buy the Lanfang Kingdom, you will definitely become the absolute leader of the tens of millions of people in Lanfang, and everyone will be loyal to you." Qin Fen said firmly.

"Why?" Fan Yize asked.

"To be honest, the purchase price of 50 billion international credit coins does not belong to the Lanfang Kingdom, nor to the royal family, let alone the government and the Elders' House, this money belongs to every citizen of the Lanfang Kingdom, once someone buys the Lanfang Kingdom, this money will be equally distributed to every citizen, at that time, you will be the hero of everyone in the Lanfang Kingdom." Qin Fen explained.

"It's kind of interesting, doesn't the royal family need this money?" Fan Yize asked curiously.

According to his understanding, the kingdom of the Lanfang Kingdom has the sovereignty of this country, and this money should belong to the royal family, not to the people.

However, the result was greatly unexpected by him, and it was a bit strange that the royal family did not want this money.

"It's no secret, the royal family has long been wiped out, and the Lanfang Kingdom has long since left no royal members." Qin Fen said unprecedentedly.

"Didn't you say there's a five-year-old heir?" Fan Yize asked.

"That's just the news we released to stabilize at home and abroad, in fact, the royal family no longer exists." Qin Fen said helplessly.

"Aren't you a prince, then? Isn't it a side branch of the royal family? Fan Yize asked again.

Qin Fen shook his head very dryly, and said: "I am, but Mr. Fan doesn't know that the royal family of the Lanfang Kingdom is a royal family with a withered population, and it is very difficult to pass on the lineage, my father is the only king of the Lanfang Kingdom who has given birth to two sons in the past hundred years, and my eldest brother inherited the throne because he has a son, and I have no descendants so far." ”

"Then I see." Fan Yize nodded, and understood the old man in front of him, the only heir to the kingdom was gone, and the royal family would no longer exist.

It seems that the Lanfang Kingdom has really interpreted what is called the Nine Generations Single Transmission, which is really not easy.

Fan Yize didn't have any interest in the history of the Lanfang Kingdom, and after learning about the situation, he didn't have any other concerns, and said: "I bought the Lanfang Kingdom, and my team will negotiate with you on the detailed terms." ”

Qin Fen got up excitedly, bowed and thanked: "Mr. Fan, on behalf of the tens of millions of people in Lanfang, I sincerely thank you. ”