Chapter 1632: Smuggling diplomacy

Dallas, Texas.
Ever since Houston suffered a ‘Dongfeng Express’ from the Aurora Corps, ‘Inkley’ has experienced anarchy for a long time. Several mountain forces within it emerged one after another, and began a game of power again.
The new 'Increte' government was initially re-established in Austin, but later felt too close to the Aurora Corps and moved to Dallas. The heads of government were reluctant to stay in the city anymore, and all went to the suburbs to decentralize their offices.
'Inkley''s new interior ministry is set up in a high-end villa group outside Dallas. Minister Biden is standing at the window and watching a telegram in hand.
The content is very simple. A guy named Rick dared to go to the Aurora Army to smuggle. After this guy was arrested, he lied that he was an Enclave official and could get oil. It happened that this guy really knew the people in the Enclave's Ministry of the Interior, and in a hurry he sent a contact telegram.
"Our destiny turned out to come from a liar." Minister Biden sighed. He dropped the telegraph in his hand and turned to the secretary behind him. "Give this Rick an identity and send someone to talk to the Aurora Army as a smuggler Contact and talk about the business. "
The secretary saw that the minister's face was dull and without fluctuations, and he couldn't figure out what his boss thought. But letting a liar become an official, and letting the official become a smuggler, is only possible under the current strange diplomatic environment.
It was as if no one thought that 'Incred' would attack the Aurora Corps with a nuclear bomb, and 'Incree' itself did not expect that the government system would be destroyed by a nuclear bomb. As a result, when all this really happened ... Zhou Qingfeng evacuated Havana's personnel and institutions in advance, but Houston did not.
The current situation inside the "Inkley" is very wonderful. "Dongfeng Express" destroyed its brain in one fell swoop, but failed to cause much damage to its strong torso. As a result, when his new head grew, he found that the central authority had been severely attacked because he had a bit of ineffective command on the trunk.
"We need to improve the economy, to improve the economy in order to regain authority." Seeing the secretary in a daze, Minister Biden whispered, "Our economy is really too bad. And the oil industry can be a breakthrough. The key is to be big enough Market. "
The petroleum industry can create high income and a large number of employment opportunities, and after its development, it is a very strong industrial chain that can easily bring many industries together.
Although the action of the Aurora Corps was strange this time, Minister Biden didn't mind trying it. It would cost no cost to send a few people to negotiate anyway. Of course, this is in the name of a smuggler, and there is no political burden if it messes up.
The secretary also reminded: "We need to refer this to the cabinet for discussion, let the president know?"
Minister Biden glanced over at once, his eyes fierce. The secretary immediately bowed his head, realizing that he had made a mistake and that there was not much loss. In the event of something that could bring huge profits, it was too late to keep it secret, how could it be made public?
Soon a small negotiating group flew to Veracruz, Mexico, as a smuggler. They acknowledged Rick Steen's official identity and called for further negotiations. Minister Biden, who was waiting for news in the rear, saw that he had just taken a leisurely move, but he had been paying attention.
Both sides have highly complementary needs, and negotiations are progressing quickly. Minister Biden received negotiating telegrams from the front almost every hour, and the news made him more and more excited that the Aurora Corps really intended to import oil, no matter who it was, it would be bought as soon as it arrived in Mexico.
"Ah ..., that Hugo Army Chief is a weird man. He is a typical pragmatist, and can talk about anything as long as he has an interest." Facing the pleasing negotiation situation, Minister Biden continued to issue instructions on oil prices. , Delivery, volume, these are easy to say.
"Bartering goods?" A list of merchandise trade from the Aurora Corps appeared in the hands of Minister Biden. "Building materials, mechanical and electrical, consumer, medical equipment, these are all things we urgently need."
As soon as Minister Biden saw this long list of bargains, he immediately started a ideological struggle in his mind. He also knows that these things are urgently needed by Enclave, but if the opening up of imports is a big blow to the local manufacturing industry.
But if you can sell these things with oil and sell them, the wealth you earn will be staggering. His Excellency the Minister felt that if he wanted to go further, he still needed a lot of money to support him.
"This condition is acceptable."
'Petroleum for commodities', the biggest obstacle in this cooperation agreement has been removed. The most important thing is that such transactions are carried out in the name of 'smuggling' without tariff barriers. Soon, Minister Biden harvested the first order of 10 million barrels of oil from the Aurora Corps.
"10 million barrels?" Seeing that the Aurora Corps had requested 10 million barrels of light, low-sulfur, high-quality oil on the telegram, Minister Biden couldn't help but feel dizzy. "This is probably the volume of five very large tankers, which is the average daily oil production in the United States."
It seems that the appetite of the Aurora Corps is not small!
Victor. What does Hugo want so much oil for?
Regardless of him, regardless of him, just sell oil quickly.
The negotiating team ahead has reported that the person they are currently talking to is the Minister of Mines of the Aurora Corps and has official official status.
This is to give Minister Biden some confidence in this 'smuggling' transaction. This is oil diplomacy. As long as the business is down, the tension between the two forces can be greatly eased. This is also a political plus.
"Come here, let's see what we can get from the Aurora Corps?" With the Aurora Corps' demand order, Minister Biden went back and looked at the list of "Barter to Goods" products that he had received before.
"Building materials? Most of our houses are made of wood, but urban buildings and roads are still inseparable from reinforced concrete. These things can come a bit."
"Medicines and medical equipment, this is even more needed. Getting these things can boost my political reputation, but also can be used to calm the mood of the people and win allies. Buy more of these things."
"Consumer goods? There are a lot of these kinds ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Paper products? Yes. Home appliances? Yes. There are too many things to look at, so put them first."
"Chemical supplies, this is very much needed. The oil refinery has insufficient capacity right now. We don't even need gasoline, let alone other chemicals. Now it is difficult to change a tire."
"Ah ... the Aurora Corps actually provides complete oil refinery equipment? Are they crazy? We are short of this thing."
"There are also oil extraction equipment, which are also complete sets. Hiss ... Where did they get these things? Could it really be Victor. Hugo's home has already restored industrial production capacity? This is too terrible."
As Minister Biden drew circles on the list, he was amazed that the goods that the Aurora Corps could provide had enriched all aspects of the national economy without them. And all have sufficient supplies and large quantities favorably.
After a while, the Minister suddenly exclaimed: "There are too many things to ask for, and 10 million barrels of oil cannot be paid at all. Hell, you must export more oil or sell them something else."
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