"Something is wrong with the people in the Development Liaison Department?" Lin Xiao couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard Han Ya's words.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about what the Development Liaison Department does, and anyone can figure it out, to put it bluntly, the combat effectiveness of their department is not strong, and the main thing is to discover and develop new people.

In other words, if something goes wrong with them, then the secret service will really have a big problem with developing new people.

The first is naturally that some of the development targets are not well implemented, and the second is even more terrifying, that is, they send these seeded players elsewhere, or set up another secret service in a different sense.

This is the most terrifying problem, so after thinking about it, Han Shengxian and Zhuge Zheng and I both changed their faces, obviously they both understood and knew the severity of this matter.

"If that's the case, then the situation is really worse......" Zhuge Zheng gasped, and he was also a little irritable at this time.

After all, the formation of this kind of thing cannot be done overnight, but is a long-term process, especially since these things are likely to be completed during his tenure, which makes Zhuge Zheng, who has always been more conceited and intelligent, a little difficult to accept, this is simply a slap in the face.

Although now Zhuge Zheng has left the secret service and served as the military commander of the Northwest Military Region, but the secret service is his original foundation, if there is nothing to do here, Zhuge Zheng's face is very ugly, especially he still has some resentment in his heart, how can he let these young people do these things under his nose?

Lin Xiao rubbed his brow with his hand, and then asked, "In that case, Han Ya, do you have any ideas?" If there is a need to use me, just say it, who is the two of us? However, whether I can participate in this military matter or not depends on the nod of your military bigwigs, otherwise, it will be a bit of an arrogance. ”

"Just pretend!" When Han Shengxian heard Lin Xiao's words, he immediately laughed, pointed at him and said, "This kind of thing, if it can be solved without the help of external forces, of course it is good, but the problem now is that the situation is more complicated, there are enemies in me, and there are enemies in me, so some people inside, we can't move, Lin Xiao, you can get involved in helping, this is the best." ”

Then Han Shengxian asked Zhuge Zheng again, "What do you think, Zhuge ?" ”

In any case, Zhuge Zheng and I are the former head of the Secret Service, so now that Han Ya plans to make drastic repairs to the Secret Service, he must consult Zhuge Zheng and me.

What's more, Han Ya has not been in charge of the secret service for a long time, Zhuge Zheng and I are not only as simple as her predecessor, but also the person who pushed her to this position, and the most important point is that Zhuge Zheng and I are also one of the most important members of Han Shengxian's family.

When it comes to his important position in the military intelligence organization, no one can match Zhuge Zheng's influence, let alone that he once held the power of the Anomalous.

"This matter must be treated with caution." After Zhuge Zheng thought about it for a while, he nodded in agreement, "Letting Lin Xiao join is also to improve the success rate, after all, we really don't know what level the other party's strength has reached." ”

Han Shengxian nodded and said, "Then it's decided, don't announce this matter to the outside world for the time being, you guys carry out your own investigation, don't keep files, everything must be kept secret." ”

"I understand." Han Ya nodded in agreement.

She knows very well that if this matter cannot be resolved, then the entire secret service is under the watchful eye of others, although it is not necessarily that all the secrets have been exposed, but it is difficult to say that the other party will not draw inferences from one case and deduce most of the facts through some signs.

Han Ya still attaches great importance to this kind of nail that infiltrates the inside of the secret service, such a mole must be eliminated in the shortest possible time, otherwise, he will really have to sleep and eat.

After that, everyone did not discuss this matter again, and the main attention was put on drinking wine and eating meat.

A total of ten roast pig's trotters were sent over from the kitchen, and all of them were wiped out, and I have to say that their combat effectiveness is indeed relatively strong.

"It's a bit of a feeling of unfinished." Zhuge Zheng sighed with emotion, "Such a good wine, it is difficult to encounter leisure, if you stay, it is estimated that the auction will be millions, and it is not a big problem." ”

"Well, that's true, it's easy to get a few millions, but it's not easy to get seventy or eighty years old wine." Han Shengxian nodded in agreement, "Lin Xiao, is there anything else, let's have another bottle!" ”

"Another bottle?" When Lin Xiao heard this, he shook his head and said, "This thing is not Master Kong's iced tea, so it can't come." ”

The crowd drank together for more than half an hour, and then they talked about something else.

"I heard that Venezuela is planning to use a small island to pay off its debts, what is the situation?" Lin Xiao suddenly thought of a piece of news he saw on the news, and couldn't help asking.

"There is such a thing." Han Shengxian nodded.

Not long ago, Venezuela's finance minister visited China and privately proposed to transfer Blanquilla, a small island of about 64 square kilometers in the Caribbean Sea Islands, to China in order to pay off the $50 billion they owed to the Chinese government and to borrow another $10 billion loan.

Although these rumors have not been officially confirmed by both countries, there is a precedent for Venezuela to donate islands to foreign countries, and five years ago, a Venezuelan oil company donated an island it owned to the US state of New Jersey.

The island of Blanquilla is an island in the Southern Caribbean Sea in the Leeward Antilles, administratively under the jurisdiction of the Federal Territory of Venezuela, with an area of 64. With 35 square kilometers, it is a famous tourist destination.

"For a long time, Venezuela has been a major recipient of loans from China, accounting for about half of China's total loans to Latin America. For nearly a decade, the country has received a $50 billion oil-backed loan from the Chinese government. "Of course, this loan is not for nothing, and in return for the loan, Venezuela needs to export an average of about 640,000 barrels of oil to China every day." ”

Lin Xiao listened and nodded, he had heard something about this.

After all, Huaxia is an oil importer, and the domestic demand is too great, so it must be raised through various means.

The oil-for-loan financing mechanism between Huaxia and Venezuela was originally created by the late president of Venezuela, under which they repaid the loan by exporting oil and fuel to Huaxia.

However, after the death of the former political strongman of Venezuela as president, Venezuela's economic situation has deteriorated, and the domestic political situation has also been in great chaos, and the continuous decline in oil prices since the beginning of this year has made Venezuela's economic and financial situation even worse.

As a result, Venezuela and China have made some changes to the oil-for-loan agreement signed between the two countries, removing the clause that requires Venezuela to export at least 330,000 barrels of crude oil per day to China, and only exports oil according to the loan due.

But if this continues, Venezuela also feels a lot of pressure, so the idea of repaying the loan on the island is born.

"Now that oil prices have fallen so badly, Venezuela can't hold on, and they owe money to other investors in addition to the money they owe, and the interest rate on these bonds is as high as 18 percent." Han Shengxian explained, "So in order to repay the debt, they came up with this method, which is also impossible to force." ”

"I see." When Lin Xiao heard this, he nodded and said, "It seems that foreigners' territorial concepts are a little different from ours." As long as they give money, the territorial issue is not impossible to discuss. ”

"At the beginning, many of the territories of the United States were purchased from other European countries, such as France and Russia, and they were indeed more flexible in this kind of issue." Han Ya said.

In 1803, the United States and France signed a land purchase clause at a land price of $12 per square kilometer. For $7, Louisiana was sold, the largest land deal ever made in the world, and the United States suddenly more than doubled its territory, using the land to form six full new states, and expanding its jurisdiction in nine states.

Napoleon was very happy when he got the money, but 180 years later, the French are remorseful, and the land, which is equivalent to four Frances, was sold for less than $30 million, and now the port of New Orleans alone is worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

The success of buying Louisiana at a low price aroused the U.S. government's desire to expand its territory, and Florida, which is adjacent to Louisiana, became the next target, as it was an ideal area to develop a plantation economy.

At one point, the U.S. offered to include Florida in Louisiana's purchase, but was sternly rejected by Spain, the owner of Florida.

While the U.S. government was considering whether to use force against Spain, the Spanish mainland was occupied by Napoleon of France, and a large number of Americans moved into Florida, where 90% of the population was loyal to the United States, and Spanish rule in Florida was shaky.

In 1814, the Americans marched into Florida on a large scale, and Spain realized that its domination of the region was no longer enough, and five years later, the United States and Spain signed a treaty in which the United States acquired more than 150,000 square kilometers of Florida for only $5 million.

Of course, the cheapest of these was Alaska, where the Russian Tsar sold the vast and mineral-rich Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million, an average of only 2 cents per acre, creating an unprecedented land deal in history.

It is said that the Russian Tsar ceded it to the United States out of a good opinion of the United States and also out of antipathy to the United Kingdom.

"But now, if Venezuela wants to use the island to pay off its debts, the first ones who will not agree to it should be the Americans, right?" Lin Xiao raised a more acute question.

That's often the way things are, and the people who oppose a thing the most fiercely are often the ones who get the most out of similar things, and Americans have always been like that.

"That's for sure, but it's not easy for them to stop it." Han Shengxian nodded and replied, "After all, opposing this kind of transaction means that they admit that their land acquisition back then was illegal." ”

"That's right, it looks like Americans are having a headache right now." Lin Xiao said with a smile, "However, they have to think carefully about what name to use to oppose the deal between China and Venezuela." ”