Two days later, around six in the evening.
Six luxury business cars stopped at the Island Holiday Hotel. A dozen security guards in suits stood on both sides of the hotel entrance.
These are the security team of the Bana Chief of Military and Political Affairs, serving exclusively for members of the Bernardo family.
Not long after, Jiangzhou came out with Su Tianyu and others, and nodded to the leading member of Bernardo's butler group.
"Sir, please!" The butlers personally opened the car door for everyone.
"Thank you." Su Tianyu and Jiangzhou sat in the middle car, while Hou Guoyu, Dabai and others sat in the back.
Soon the convoy set off and headed for the Governor's residence on the Bana Peninsula.
In the car, Su Tianyu arranged his clothes and said softly to Jiangzhou, "Whether it works or not depends on this one tonight."
"Relax." Jiang Zhou put his cheek close to Su Tianyu's ear and said in a relaxed tone: "Don't think of him as a general manager or governor! Just think of him as a mayor or district chief of a small place that manages more than 70,000 square kilometers."
Su Tianyu grinned: "Okay?"
"What's wrong with that? It's more than 70,000 square kilometers, and that's based on the total land area." Jiang Zhou covered his mouth with his hand and said, "Excluding the mountains, grasslands, and so on, the urban area is at most 30,000 square kilometers. To put it bluntly, it may not even be as big as a living area in our Hua District. If you think about it this way, isn't it much better?"
Su Tianyu nodded: "It's indeed much better."
"Our offer is not low." Jiangzhou said, crossing his legs, "and we have a lot of experience in construction assistance. The old triangle is the best example. When they cooperate with us, they know what our strength is."
"Um!"
During these two days, Su Tianyu and Jiangzhou did almost nothing but work out the quotation in the hotel.
The general idea of cooperation is that Panama opens the canal channel to the Old Triangle and signs a strategic cooperation agreement, while the Old Triangle guarantees the annual export volume of goods, which will contribute at least 3 billion yuan to Panama's finances just in customs fees.
Of course, this customs fee certainly does not only include the arms business, it also covers other coastal trades, from medical drugs to daily necessities, building materials, scarce resources, etc., which will incur canal management fees. To put it bluntly, as long as the ship passes through, it has to pay.
If you look at it from a regional perspective, this amount of money is definitely not much, but! Although Bana is a sovereign and independent area to be planned, its land size and population base are far from comparable to those of a regional administrative area! Just like Jiangzhou said, if you think of it as a city, then this amount of money is not small.
This is 3 billion in the new era, which is far from comparable to the economic currency with continuous inflation before the era.
In addition, the Old Triangle will also sign certain commercial investment agreements with Bana City on behalf of the Chinese district. To put it bluntly, it is to provide infrastructure assistance and attract investment.
The price was not low, and Jiangzhou's willingness to come over in person to discuss the matter was obviously not only to open up new shipping channels for the arms business, but also to raise the level of dialogue between the two sides to a regional cooperation.
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The convoy moved forward slowly and soon entered the Bana Peninsula area. Su Tianyu turned his head to look at the beautiful scenery outside the car and suddenly noticed that there were many soldiers wearing black combat uniforms along the road. The weapons and equipment they carried were different from those of regular troops. They looked a bit like special forces or people from the police special warfare department.
Simply put, these soldiers are armed to the teeth, and each of them covers their face with a scarf or hood, making them look very much like the character models in CS.
Su Tianyu was a little curious: "Is this the special forces of Bana City?"
Jiang Zhou grinned: "You graduated from the Army University, don't you recognize this suit?"
Su Tianyu shook his head: "I don't know him!"
"Haha, you call yourself a top student with your level?" Jiang Zhou whispered back, "They are... ordinary soldiers of the Blackwater Corps, not special forces. Didn't your courseware mention this unit?"
"Oh, they are from the Blackwater Army?" Su Tianyu heard this and carefully looked at the soldiers along the way: "It's in our courseware! But at that time, their uniforms were not pure black, but yellow and green."
"Yes, they changed into new uniforms." Jiang Zhou also remembered: "This multi-ethnic mixed army is incredible! It consumes 15% of Bana City's fiscal revenue every year! Although the number of people is small, they are indeed the elite among the elite."
"I know about the unification war of Bana City. The Blackwater Army had 18,000 soldiers, sweeping away the warlords here, and fought many battles with fewer soldiers than the larger ones." Su Tianyu said softly, "The most classic one was the city attack and defense war. They rushed around the mountain for fourteen hours, and four hundred people blew up the mountain defense line, and all died! The main assault force went in diagonally, and took control of the administrative office with a blitzkrieg, ending the war!"
"I haven't read such detailed information." Jiang Zhou asked with a smile: "Could it be bragging?"
"No, no, there are audio and video materials." Su Tianyu waved his hand: "It's really awesome! The Bernardo family can firmly control the political power here, which has a lot to do with owning this army! Their thinking is very clear. This place is small and there are few people. The army must take the elite route! To put it bluntly, if you really encounter a large region that is playing rogue with them, it will be useless even if you have an army of hundreds of thousands. You can't win, so you have to rely on diplomacy. And when it comes to those warlords and guerrillas, elite troops are enough to stabilize the situation."
"That's right!" Jiangzhou nodded.
"Alas, actually Longcheng should do the same." Su Tianyu looked at the Blackwater Army outside the car with a little envy: "We should also take the elite route."
"When you become the commander-in-chief of the three armies, you will make the decisions." Jiangzhou praised him secretly.
"Haha, I don't know if there will be such an opportunity." Su Tianyu also laughed.
As the two were chatting, the convoy stopped in front of the Bernardo Manor, a super manor standing on the peninsula. It is said that there are dozens of butlers and servants here!
What is a gate valve
That's it!
Everyone pushed the door and got out of the car. Jiang Zhou looked up and saw Bruna. He walked over with a smile on his face and pouted: "You are so beautiful tonight!!"
At the back, Dabai had already unconsciously stood in front of Su Tianyu, ready to line up for a cheek kiss! !
So obscene and shameless!
Just as everyone met, a row of military vehicles slowly approached the manor. A sturdy man in the car said with a gloomy look: "Bruna, that idiot! Has she already had contact with the Orientals?!"
"Yes, look, they are here!" said the adjutant, pointing to the gate.