Chapter 116: The Awkward Suzerain
The sanctions imposed by the United States on many companies on Hawker Island still have a great impact, especially in terms of high-end chips, due to the export controls of the United States, including Sansong, Taipower and other enterprises affected by the United States, all of which are restricted from providing high-end chips to enterprises on Hawker Island, and the production has been hit hard for a while, and it is even likely to face order default.
The Mars Project Technology Company, because of the pressure on other countries, has lost some commercial orders that could have been obtained.
However, the spirit of the people of Hawk Island is very high, and Niko's grandfather Vader is one of them.
He said very proudly: "What is this little difficulty, think back then, when your great-grandfather beat Fusang, he hid in the rainforest for several months, his clothes were rotten and full of mold, and he did not surrender to Fusang, and finally gave Fusang a heavy blow!" ”
There is a reason for his pride, as an island with an area of 36 square kilometers and a population of only 37 million, Hawk Island is nameless and has no sense of existence except for a highlight moment in the Second Blue Star War.
But in the last few years, they have achieved rapid development, they miraculously have a large rocket, built a space station, have an atomic bomb and a hydrogen bomb, achieved a manned landing on the moon, and even established the first permanent moon base of Blue Star, and by the way, sent the Mars rover to Mars, and developed the world's most advanced fully realistic game "Blue Star Ascension".
Coupled with the increase in the employment rate, the substantial increase in income, and the prosperity of the whole society, the national pride of the islanders of Hawker Island has long exploded.
If you encounter a little difficulty for the time being, it is nothing at all.
Especially on the moon just now, he ruthlessly educated a handful of rice and its lackeys, which made all the islanders enthusiastic.
Back then, the bipolar hegemony was contested, and the United States had never eaten this deflated ......
But to be honest, He Xiao originally didn't plan to be tough with the United States, completely because in the previous dialogue and negotiations, the United States may have been used to acting as a prestige and treating Hawk Island as a country like Fusang Nanbang.
The conditions they put forward were too harsh, even if He Xiao agreed, the negotiators on Hawk Island would not agree, although these people were created by He Xiao, but they also have backbone, and they don't just do what they want them to do......
According to the current mood of the islanders of Hawk Island, if anyone dares to compromise with the United States, he will be an island thief.
In front of the statue of the old Duke of Hawke in Hawke's Civic Square, islanders gather every day......
Even Niko's seventy-year-old grandfather ran over to join in the fun.
The reason why rice has a strong appeal in the world is because of its strength, developed economy, leading science and technology, and everything else is virtual.
And because of the existence of the old Duke Hawke, the islanders of Hawke Island have always been more proud, and they do not have the tradition of servile kneeling and licking the rice country.
Now with hydrogen bombs and ICBMs with nuclear warheads, who is afraid of whom!
At most, at most, that is, eat a few pieces of meat less.
Hawk Island because of the relatively small area, and the rainforest area is larger, so the animal husbandry is not very developed, most of the livestock products are from the United States and its younger brother Kangaroo country, in order to counter sanctions, the Hawk Island Administration Department recently announced that the two countries of beef and other livestock products are not qualified for quarantine, stop importing.
This move has caused a lot of losses to the two countries, but it has also indirectly increased the price of beef and other livestock products on Hawk Island.
But the islanders praised it and shouted that the administration hall had done a good job.
Material conditions are important, but spiritual needs must also be satisfied, so it can be considered as a donation to the Gundam at the moon base!
In this case, a piece of good news came suddenly.
On December 3, Hawker Island Oil & Gas announced a major discovery in the offshore area of the eastern part of Hawker Island: according to the company's year-long survey, it was determined that a super oil field with reserves of up to 120 billion barrels (about 16.5 billion tons) has been discovered here!
And that's just the proven reserves, which the company estimates are to be more than 500 billion barrels in the region!
Together with other offshore oil fields sporadically discovered in recent years, Hawk Island's oil reserves have reached 170 billion barrels! Ranked in the top 15 in the world! It's almost the same as the oil reserves in the eastern country!
Considering that Hawk Island has a population of only 37.5 million, this reserve is enough for Hawk Island to become a major oil exporter on the Blue Star and fully qualified for the OPEC organization......
This day, which happens to be the day before the 100th anniversary of the birth of the old Duke Hawke, can be regarded as the best tribute to this heroic figure who dedicated himself to the development of Hawke Island!
On December 4th, 1.3 million people gathered at the Hawk Island Civic Square to celebrate wildly, and even all the Hawk Island servers of the Blue Star Ascension Game, which earned hundreds of millions of dollars every day, were closed for a day!
First of all, he reviewed the life of the old Duke Hawke's hero, especially his life for the development of Hawk Island and the improvement of the living standards of the islanders of Hawke Island, and now the discovery of the super oil field may be God's best reward for him, so He Xiao decided to name the oil field Mills Oilfield, and at the same time, December 4 was set as the "big day" of Hawk Island!
Originally, he wanted to name the oil field Daqing Oilfield, but it seemed as if it might be renamed......
Originally, the tulip queen Christina II and the prime minister of the suzerainty were ready to participate in this celebration, but it seems that the plan was canceled because of the United States.
However, the islanders of Hawk Island don't care at all, all along, due to the high morality of the old Duke Hawke, the islanders of Hawk Island are actually not interested in the suzerain, if it weren't for the old Duke Hawke being a pragmatist, out of his own practical interests, Hawk Island may have become independent long ago......
In recent years, the relationship between Hawk Island and the suzerainty has also been very delicate, and the suzerainty has actually been very embarrassed, this nominal overseas territory, even if it is not under its own control and does not pay taxes, it is still faintly going to surpass itself......
In particular, the islanders of Hawk Island are becoming more and more "arrogant", and even look down on the mainland......
In fact, the rise of Hawk Island has also infringed on a lot of the interests of the suzerain, and the game of Blue Star Ascension alone has already earned tens of billions from the suzerain, and this amount will definitely increase significantly next year.
Coupled with the import of oil, iron ore and other resources, the suzerainty has a serious deficit......
Many chaebol giants who feel the threat of Hawk Island are demanding to follow in the footsteps of the United States and sanction Hawk Island.
But other countries can sanction Hawk Island, but they can't, so how can there be any reason to sanction "their own family......
This is probably the reason why Hawk Island has been reluctant to declare independence......
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There's another chapter in the waiting.,Yesterday I worked overnight.,I'm sorry.,National Day plus more.。