Following Wang Zhengjun's shout, many people from the Wang family gathered around, all of them dissatisfied with the arrangement made by the higher-ups.
"Can you at least let everyone go into the city and rest for a while?"
"Are we ready to fight now? The higher-ups don't treat us as human beings!"
"Fuck! Why can't we enter the city?"
Wang Xiao stood aside, listening to the angry discussions of the crowd, and waved his hand and said, "Alright, stop shouting. The order has been issued, what's the point of arguing about this?"
Everyone then quieted down and their eyes all fell on Wang Xiao.
After thinking about it, Wang Xiao said, "Well, since the war hasn't started yet, the situation isn't that serious. Let's take a voluntary approach and sign up to go into the city. Ask everyone, anyone who is willing to temporarily leave the army and doesn't want to be separated from their families can sign up. The rest of you, stay here with me."
Wang Zhengjun thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, this is the only way."
The Wang family’s people started to get busy. Each company began to organize registration, count the number of people, and prepare to connect with people from the municipal government.
…
Meanwhile, in Bana City.
In the office of the General Manager in Bana City, Bruna also did not rest, but was dealing with a mountain of official business at her desk. She also looked very haggard, her eyes were bloodshot, and she kept drinking coffee to refresh herself.
“Boom boom boom!”
There was a sudden knock on the office door. Bruna was reviewing official documents while shouting without even looking up, "Come in!"
“Squeak—”
The secretary pushed the door open, holding a document in her hand, and gently placed it on Bruna's desk: "Director... I have an expedited document for you..."
"Um?"
Bruna picked up the document and saw a few big words printed on the file bag: "New Alliance Agreement Terms".
Bruna frowned and asked subconsciously: "Who sent it?"
The secretary replied cautiously, "This is the advice given to you by Corps Commander Boang... It was sent to you by the Blackwater Corps General Staff."
Bruna looked a little unhappy, waved her hand and said, "You go out first."
"Yes." The secretary hurriedly left the office.
Bruna took a deep breath, opened the file, and looked through the detailed contents inside.
The new alliance agreement contains dozens of new contracts, most of which are new treaties proposed by Bana City to Longcheng and the Chinese area.
These new terms included an adjustment in the proportion of the canal usage fees. After the adjustment, Panama City would take the lion's share, and the benefits divided among the other allies were reduced by a lot, almost doubled.
At the same time, Bana City will deprive other allies of their garrison rights and will not allow any external military forces to be stationed in the city. It will only allow defense zones to be set up outside the city.
Third, in the field of economy and trade, the Old Triangle region must provide Bana City with an agreed amount of goods and materials every year.
Once these terms were put forward, they almost overturned a series of conditions that had been previously negotiated with the Chinese District and allies such as Longcheng.
To sum it up in one sentence... We need autonomy!
Bruna frowned after reading the terms.
“Swish!”
Soon, he turned to the last page. On this page, what was written was no longer the relevant clauses, but a paragraph written by Boang himself.
"Since I was born, I have been relying on others to live. I know what that feels like. It makes people lose faith, dignity, and the right to be human. This is just like the situation in our hometown. The advice I give you can get these back for us. Of course, the final decision-making power lies in your hands, my Lord General."
Bruna felt a little heavy in her heart. She couldn't help but pick up the document and look through the terms on it again with a complicated look.
After a long time, there was another knock on the office door.
“Boom boom boom.”
Bruna shouted in a hoarse voice: "Come in."
The secretary came in again and reported to Bruna: "General Manager, the call from the mayor's office of Longcheng..."
Bruna put down the documents and said tiredly, "Come closer."
"yes!"
The door closed, Bruna quickly adjusted her mood and picked up the phone on the table: "Hello, hello, respected Mayor Li."
Li Mingsheng's steady voice came out from the microphone: "Director Bruna, I'm sorry to bother you by calling you late at night."
Bruna said quickly: "Mayor Li, you are still so polite. Please tell me what you want to say."
After a brief exchange of politeness, Li Mingsheng got to the point: "It's like this, regarding the issues related to Bana City, we need to communicate further."
Hearing this, Bruna couldn't help but sigh: "We need to communicate well. Mayor Li, I also need to explain to you. Due to the recent tense situation, there are some different voices in our Bana City. Someone suggested that we renegotiate the alliance treaty between us..."
Li Mingsheng's voice remained steady: "Please continue."
Bruna pondered for a moment and said, "Sitting in my seat, I can clearly feel every change in the wind direction in Bana City. There should be quite a few people who think this way. Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Mingsheng was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "I understand what you mean."
Bruna said quickly: "Mayor Li, to show our sincerity, we can discuss this matter as soon as possible. Please believe me, from my personal point of view, I am very willing to maintain our precious friendship forever."
Li Mingsheng said briefly: "Of course, I hope so too."
"Okay, let's communicate in time if there's anything."
"Well, that's it for now."
The two hung up the phone.
Bruna leaned weakly on the chair and fell into silence.
…
Longcheng, Administrative Office.
Li Mingsheng hung up the phone and turned to look at An Zecheng who was sitting on the sofa next to him: "You heard it, they want to renegotiate the price."
An Zecheng rested his chin on his hand, thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense. After all, they are foreigners. It's okay for them to take the opportunity to raise the price. To them, the entire Bana City regime is almost puppet-like. Think about it, they are no different from us. They all want to fight for their own rights and interests."
Li Mingsheng nodded slowly.
An Zecheng paused for a moment, then continued, "If that's the case, it would be easier to resolve. What I'm afraid of is... this is just an excuse for them to delay."
Li Mingsheng pondered for a long time and sighed: "Forget it, I'll fly to Bana City."
An Zecheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately stopped him, saying, "Absolutely not!"
…
At the same time, Longcheng An is a military hospital.
In the ward filled with the smell of disinfectant, a young nurse was leaning against the patient's bed, drowsy.
The instruments in the ward were ticking, and the sound was very hypnotic.
At this moment, a crisp sound suddenly rang out!
“Bang!”
The nurse suddenly opened her eyes and found that the urine bag hanging next to the bed had fallen off and onto the ground.
The nurse frowned and bent down to pick up the urine bag. At this moment, Bai Hongbo's palm, who was lying on the bed, suddenly moved slightly.