September 27th.

Deutsche.

Berlin.

Bismarck.

"This was just reported from the Baltic Patrol." A man with horse-faced glasses handed over a document very solemnly.

The old man from the Mediterranean behind the desk, after taking the document, opened the first page, his forehead was bruised, and his identity trembled slightly.

Secretary-General Williams looked at the old man in the Mediterranean with some concern, for fear that the other party would be too emotional, and one of them would accidentally have a cerebral hemorrhage or heart attack.

Syllable! The old man of the Mediterranean slammed the document on the desk, and his face was furious: "It's too much to deceive people! Pirate! Bastard! Rogue! ”

The Secretary-General and the intelligence officer who reported the information bowed their heads as if they had not heard.

"Harley, has the damage been assessed?"

Intelligence Officer Harley looked bitter: "It has been assessed, even if it is repaired now, it is still unknown whether the pipeline can be repaired before the end of the year, especially since there is a shadow of a black ship behind this incident......"

"Damn the New World nouveau riche, a bunch of pirates......" The old man of the Mediterranean cursed again, and he cursed for a few minutes, and he could not get rid of the hatred in his heart.

It's just that he quickly got tired too, sat back in his seat, rubbed his temples, and relieved the pressure and headache.

After resting for a while, the old man of the Mediterranean still resisted his anger and madness, and called several cabinet ministers to come to his office.

Less than an hour.

In the office, a few core cabinet ministers arrived.

Orlando, the Minister of Economy in charge of the economy, said with a panicked face: "Just now, the price of the natural gas futures market soared by 84%......"

"Expected." Industry Secretary William was expressionless.

"Now we can only buy natural gas from North America to replenish our stocks, and the price of natural gas in North America has climbed to $250 million a ship." Economic Secretary Orlando already felt that something was wrong at this time, and he continued in a very anxious manner:

"The economic crisis, the North American stock market crash has spread to the whole world, and now our stock market has also plummeted, and even worse."

Minister of Industry William's face was only blank and helpless: "The major chemical, metal smelting, and glass manufacturing companies have complained to us that the cost of electricity and fuel is rising sharply, and they can't afford it." ”

The old man from the Mediterranean looked at the situation in front of him, and his head was about to explode.

The war in Kyiv, soaring gas costs, a global stock market crash, and the loss of the Southeast Asian market, while facing global competition from Homo sapiens, the financial harvest of America.

None of this chain of events has been positive.

He couldn't help but lament in his heart: Why did it happen to me when it was my turn, why was I so unlucky, I really wanted to leave......

But he still had at least a little sense in his heart, so he could only force himself to calm down and continue to discuss with the other cabinet members.

It is very necessary to rescue the market and stabilize the industry.

If it is not saved, the consequence is that Germany will be forced to deindustrialize, and once Germany is an industrial country, once it loses its industry, it is no different from a broken leg.

It's just that the old man in the Mediterranean also knows very well that Americaka's military base is in Germany, and the space he can operate in is too small.

Difficult!

It's so hard!

At this time, the old man of the Mediterranean suddenly envied the location of West Asia again.

If Germany was located in Western Asia at this time, then America would never dare to harvest like this, because Homo sapiens was next to it.

With Homo sapiens and America pulling each other, the West Asian parties can only be left and right now, and America is afraid that the West Asian parties will be forced to take advantage of the situation.

And Germany is too far from the stronghold of Homo sapiens, which has no interests in Europe at all.

……

Lucia, whose weather has cooled.

Heating has already begun inside the palace.

Caesar, who was roasting the fire, listened to the report of the head of the Cossacks and looked through several documents with a blank face.

After listening to the report, he waved his hand: "Let them go!" When winter comes, they will naturally know how important we are. ”

"Do you want to keep an eye on the situation in the Baltic?"

Caesar thought for a moment: "Keep watching. ”

The head of the Cossack nodded: "Obey." ”

He put down the document in his hand about the gas pipeline in the Far East, had signed his name, and Caesar looked at the oil painting on the wall, which was a portrait of Catherintera the Great.

Rubbing his temples, he was also a little tired, although the war in Kyiv was mired, but this did not make Caesar feel insolvent.

He braces his cheeks and squints at the world map on his left.

A large area of Southeast Asia has been modified to lilac.

"Homo sapiens...... The timing of your appearance is so good! ”

Looking at the Homo sapiens company in Southeast Asia, the more Caesar looked at it, the happier he became, if it were not for the appearance of the Homo sapiens company, then Lucia's current situation would definitely be even more difficult.

Caesar picked up another document on the approval of the application of Homo sapiens to open a branch in the Far East.

Although he was afraid of the infiltration power of Homo sapiens and the demagogic high benefits, Caesar understood that there were pros and cons to everything.

Since it has been decided to open the Far East to the Khitans, it is natural that he can open it to the Homo sapiens.

This is also Caesar's helpless choice, he tries to find a balance in the openness, and he introduces the power of Homo sapiens to make the three parties just in a balance.

Of course, Caesar was also wary of Homo sapiens, and did not allow Homo sapiens to recruit employees in the Far East on its own, and all employees recruited in the Far East must be approved and reviewed by Lucia.

In addition, Homo sapiens is restricted from operating supermarkets and schools.

Currently, only Homo sapiens is allowed to invest in farms, forests, hospitals, mining, transportation, warehousing, and finance.

These industries are also the result of Caesar's discussion with a group of staff members, weighing the pros and cons.

Lucia now needs Homo sapiens so much that she has to open up so many industries.

Whether it is Homo sapiens' medicine, daily necessities, electronics, or automobiles, these have effectively filled the demand gap in Lucia.

Lucia also obtained a lot of gold dollars by exporting a large number of refined crude ores, oil and natural gas.

Except for the overlapping industries in the grain sector, there is basically no overlap in other directions.

This, of course, was Caesar's own wishful thinking.

Homo sapiens now imports a large number of ores and oil and gas, not because it does not have them, but because they deliberately do not exploit their own resources in order to maintain the trade balance and protect their own resources.

Otherwise, with Homo sapiens' biomineral enrichment technology, ultra-deep mining technology, and bacterial lysis technology, the minerals and oil and gas in the territory can be completely self-sufficient.

At present, the onshore and submarine oil and gas fields near Borneo, Java, Sumatra and Timor are basically in a state of protective exploitation.

Deep ore veins in various places are also in a state of protective mining.

And with the increasing exploration efforts of Homo sapiens, the reserves of various mineral resources are also increasing.

Therefore, Caesar's belief that Lucia and Homo sapiens industries complement each other is actually an illusion deliberately created by Homo sapiens.

Once it really tears its face, Homo sapiens rubs Lucia's oil and gas and mineral extraction industries on the ground in minutes.

For Caesar's self-feeling, Homo sapiens did not poke the other party.

Now is a good time to cultivate path dependence, and once the economy is infiltrated by Homo sapiens, then Lucia will not want to get rid of Homo sapiens.

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