In the sixties of the last century, that is, exactly half a century ago, the southern part of Somalia was still under the jurisdiction of Italy, so even if there is no longer fascism in Italy now, there is still a special affection for Somalia.

The next day, Doyle did not go to work, at home with Xiao Yang, at this time in Rome, affected by the Mediterranean monsoon, the weather is very comfortable, and the ultraviolet rays are not strong, after breakfast in the morning, the two of them walked to the garden.

Knowing that they had something to talk about, and that no one else had any intention of bothering them, Lucy brought them two cups of coffee and left immediately.

bluntly told Doyle his intentions, and Doyle was shocked.

In his opinion, Xiao Yang's move is really not something that ordinary people can do.

However, his position is destined to be more aware of many things than most people in this world, and after a short shock, he said to Xiao Yang: "Xiao, you are really getting better and better." Speaking of which, I'll tell you a piece of news that should be of some use to you, Dante Rossi, a former NATO foreign minister, an Italian, who used to work on this matter as much as you do, but he didn't succeed in the end. ”

Xiao Yang immediately became interested, there are too many NATO organizations, there are too many institutions, he knows what the foreign minister is doing, but he is not ignorant of what he does, this Dante Rossi, he doesn't seem to have heard of it, and hurriedly asked him about the details.

"......," Doyle explained to him in detail about Dante Rossi's resume, "Speaking of which, he still has some relationship with me, and is considered a distant cousin of mine, who took good care of me back then, and if you are interested, I can introduce you." ”

Such a person, I must meet him, Xiao Yang nodded, "Okay, help me arrange it." But I'm a little curious, why didn't he succeed in the first place? ”

In fact, when he asked this question, he didn't expect to get an answer from Doyle, but what he didn't expect was that Doyle still knew, "It seems to be your China's reason, but I've also heard that it's not necessarily true." ”

At their level, the news they can hear is generally groundless, and Xiao Yang was not surprised to get this answer.

As one of the permanent members of the UN Security Council, China has a large number of votes among the member states, and Italy will definitely have to communicate with China for such a thing.

Between countries, there are originally interests that follow closely, and there is nothing surprising about this matter at all.

Listening to the last sentence that seemed to be explained, he wanted to laugh a little, and said, "I'm an American now." ”

Doyle knew what he meant, although he and Xiao Yang had known each other for a short time, but with the relationship between the two, he could naturally see something, and he just smiled and said nothing.

With Xiao Yang's consent, Doyle contacted his distant cousin on the same day, and when the cousin learned that a person who was in the same direction as him wanted to visit him, he immediately extended a warm invitation.

Since the other party lived in Rome after retirement, and was not far from Doyle's house, Xiao Yang didn't take anyone with him the next day, and drove the car with Doyle.

Although Xiao Yang didn't know if there was a Rossi family in Italy, when he arrived at the former foreign minister's house, he knew that this person would definitely not be simple, because the place where he lived was bigger than Doyle's family.

The old man is not young, but he is in good spirits and his body is also very tough, with Doyle introducing him as a partner, personal friend, and Luki's life-saving benefactor, Xiao Yang and him have no rustiness and scruples when they meet for the first time, and when it comes to Somaliland, both of them are very frank.

Knowing that although several years have passed since the events of that year, those relationships are still there, Xiao Yang bluntly asked him what price he needed to get him to restart the matter.

The old man was a little uncomfortable with Xiao Yang's directness, but he showed an expression of appreciation on his face.

After some words covered by the clouds, Xiao Yang finally figured out that the old man's actions back then were not for NATO at all, but purely for Italy.

Italy is responsible for lobbying NATO countries, while Somaliland pays the price of giving Italian companies the right to explore and develop minerals such as oil, iron, and lead.

Of course, once the bilateral trade agreement is signed, Italy will give Somaliland more than 5 million euros a year in aid in the fields of education and health care.

Since when he was in China, after Li Zhiwei's reminder, Xiao Yang asked Mi Qilin to collect some information about minerals in Somaliland, although no country here has carried out systematic exploration, but from the scattered information, it can be determined that the mineral deposits here are relatively rich, oil, coal, iron, including building materials: clay, limestone, etc.

Italy is a country with poor natural resources, so it's no surprise that it's eyeing it.

Since it is the corresponding power, not the uniqueness, Xiao Yang naturally has no concerns, and agreed to the new president on the spot, and the conditions can remain the same, but it is only normal power, excluding privileges.

For them, the first opportunity is a privilege, legitimate competition, which is what the following enterprises should have, as long as there is an admission ticket for others, others naturally don't need to care, so the two quickly reached an agreement.

Among the NATO countries, the United States is included, but Xiao Yang did not stop there, but left for the United States again after Italy and Lina were tired of it for two days.

The United States is now supporting the transitional government in Somalia, and it is not for nothing that the previous government has confirmed from Hammis that it is not groundless that the previous government wanted to switch to support the Somaliland government.

On the recommendation of Hamis, on the fifth day after arriving in the United States, he met with the president's staff who worked at the Pentagon.

Needless to say, he knew that this staff gentleman must have some kind of relationship with Jonathan, otherwise even in the identity of General Hamis, it was unlikely that he would be able to help him be successfully introduced.

When it was suggested that Somaliland was willing to engage in military exchanges with the United States to a certain extent, Mr. Staff told Xiao Yang directly that he would tell the president about the matter, but it would take a little time, so let him wait in the United States for a few days first, and then he would give him a preliminary answer.

It's not the first time Xiao Yang has heard such official words.

For him, as long as he didn't refuse immediately, the matter was half the battle, promising to wait for news in the United States and then leave.

……

There was no rush to Hartford, and Xiao Yang was able to return to New York on the same day.

I was concerned about Somaliland before, and I didn't ask Hamys how Carter's affairs were, but now that I'm idle, no matter what, I still want to show my concern.

Perhaps it was the performance in the Carter affair, but this time Hames had a different attitude towards Shaw Yang and invited Shaw Young to his home for the first time.

In this regard, Xiao Yang felt a little flattered.

Yankee, the general public is more casual, or unrestrained, generally see once or twice, may invite you to his house, but this guy Hammis is different from the average American, of course, it may be because of identity, in short, he is not regarded as a real friend, or a trusted person, will never invite you to his house.

He had been to the United States so many times that he had never heard of Hammis mean anything about it.

Suddenly seeing him invite him to his house for dinner, Xiao Yang was really surprised.

felt that he was quite sincere this time, Xiao Yang agreed, determined the address, and said that he would go back to the hotel first to clean up and then go over, and let him go first.

Speaking of tidying up, in fact, there is nothing to tidy up, he is mainly for the habit of the Yankees, when he visits people's homes, he must prepare some small gifts.

Although this gift is not precious, it is too shabby to take it, right? Besides, Hamis is also a general, and it would be too unseemly for you to buy some dessert or something on the side of the road.

Calling the personal assistant of the American Express and asking her to find someone to bring a pair of red wines, it was less than an hour away from the agreed time, but fortunately, Hamis's home was not too far from here, so the hotel arranged a car, and finally arrived on time.

Hamis has two children, a boy and a girl, but they are all adults and do not live with him, his ex-wife has died of illness for several years, and he found another one three years ago, who is twenty years younger than he estimated, and the two of them stand together, completely like two father and daughter.

The woman is a typical white woman, with a thin waist and big hips, convex and backward, watching her take the wine she handed and walk in front, Xiao Yang looked at Hamis next to him, and couldn't help but maliciously think that this old guy didn't know if he could satisfy this beautiful young woman in his prime.

I don't know if Hammis has already explained, or if this woman named Ruth is so knowledgeable, after a rich American Western meal, after she served coffee to the two, she said that she had made an appointment to go to the supermarket to buy something and went out.

There were only two people left, and Xiao Yang naturally had no scruples when he spoke, and asked directly about Carter.

Hamis shook his head, "Temporarily living in one place, I didn't get any useful clues from his mouth. ”

Yankee's torture technique, Xiao Yang never doubted, a little surprised, "He doesn't speak?" ”

Unexpectedly, Haemis shook his head again, "I spoke, but what he knows is of little use to us at all, he used this identity seven years ago, and the person who handled it back then was the previous head of the Lebanese CIA who had died in a car accident, and he took over the task from the headquarters, but after our investigation, there is no relevant record in the system at all, and now we confirm that only the CIA must have been infiltrated, as for the rest, it is still under investigation......"

"That's right."

There is a high-level ghost in the CIA, and Xiao Yang immediately thought that he must be careful when dealing with the CIA in the future, maybe he will be sold by accident and he doesn't know.