Second update, Lao Ben was defeated by my daughter today. She was sleeping while I was writing. When I finished writing and it was time to take a rest, she regained her energy. It was torture.
——————Masuali and his party left without taking any of Zhou Jiping’s promises, which made them feel a little depressed when they left. Regarding Masuari’s and his party’s intention to “cooperate”, Zhou Jiping expressed that he, as a southerner, The rotating chairman of the Tribal Alliance must reconsider. After all, the Southern Tribal Alliance is not the domain of the Damon tribe. Zhou Jiping needs to balance the interests of all parties.
Zhou Jiping carefully read the document left by Masuari and his party from beginning to end. To be honest, this document was quite tempting, ranging from private trade, farmland development along the Natni River, diamond trade cooperation, and tourism development cooperation. Military cooperation, medical and health cooperation... After seeing it, Zhou Jiping secretly sighed: Are the documents written on paper so touching? But once it comes to reality, the document is just a beautiful painting.
At least Zhou Jiping knew from the information given to him by Petrov that the regional economy under the rule of several generals in the north of Montaya is extremely fragile and backward, with a per capita GDP of less than 2 US dollars. Agriculture is still in a very primitive stage, and the so-called industry Almost zero. The most prosperous industry in several port cities is the sex industry, and the so-called medical and health system only has a few pitiful hospitals, and they only serve the government and foreigners.
If he didn't know the true situation of Montaya, Zhou Jiping would probably really think that the documents left by Masuari would be so good and how sincere the other party was. But after understanding Montaya's current situation, Zhou Jiping Naturally, I know that Masuari just painted a fragrant pie for himself.
But the trouble now is that even if Zhou Jiping knows that this is a big pie, he can't refuse him directly. He doesn't want to offend this guy who can do nothing but support the army and exploit the people just because of his words. The Southern Tribal Alliance adds a powerful enemy. Unless they have other methods, Masuari will not dare to regard themselves as enemies.
"Are you really going to help Masuari cheat in the election?" Seeing Zhou Jiping holding the information and reading it carefully, Lais suddenly asked Zhou Jiping.
Zhou Jiping smiled nonchalantly and said, "Do you believe there will be corruption in this country?"
"Of course I don't believe it," Laisi shrugged and said, "But this time the international community is involved, so it should be fairer."
"Then who do you think the new supreme leader of Muntaya will be? Who will he be selected from?" Zhou Jiping asked
"Of course since now Montaya is in the government," Lais replied blurtly. As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she immediately understood what Zhou Jiping meant.
"Yes, it doesn't matter who comes to power?" Zhou Jiping replied nonchalantly, "Do you know what the current political situation in Montaya is like?"
"Know a little, but not much. You know the news system in this country is terrible," replied Les.
"Is it bad or not? Or is it controlled by the military government?" Zhou Jiping deliberately showed off his "familiarity" with Muntaya's current situation and tried his best to show that he was a real Chinese in Muntaya.
"According to my estimation, the international community's proposal for the general election is a last resort. On the one hand, the international community wants this country to get better quickly, but on the other hand, the political situation in this country is in chaos, and there is not much aid from overseas. The people are always on the line of hunger, and the epidemic of diseases has never been controlled..." When Zhou Jiping said this, he was like a compassionate and kind man.
"What does this have to do with this election?" Lais asked without knowing what was going on.
"Charity requires money!" Zhou Jiping reminded Laisi angrily: "What do you think the United Nations is? Is it a charity that can make money on its own? Country M is the largest creditor of the United Nations. How much does it owe in dues to the United Nations?
Is it? They had no choice but to come up with such a naive method. They thought that the political situation in Muntaya would change and the economy would improve. It was too naive."
After listening to Zhou Jiping's analysis, Laisi had to nod her head and admit that Zhou Jiping was right. She sighed softly and said: "This troubled country is not as good as the colonial government."
Zhou Jiping knew what Lais said. Montaya expelled the colonial government in the 1960s and achieved national independence. However, except for the soldiers in power, this country had no talents who knew how to manage the country. The result of the soldiers taking power was,
Several years of war followed by several years of war, then another war, then another war...
The murders of Lais's family and "his" family happened during the period when national forces within Montaya were in power and hostile to foreigners.
"Then what are you going to do? Reject them?" Lais continued to ask, obviously very concerned about this matter.
"Keep a respectful distance" Zhou Jiping said an idiom, and then he added: "Developing one's own strength is the most important thing, but specifically, I have to communicate with the Bushmen. In addition, I also want to see that.
What would General Makunda do?”
Hearing what Zhou Jiping said, Elder Jiwayo, who had been silent, nodded slightly.
"Or use diamonds in exchange for weapons?" Lais asked with some disappointment. "That general makes sense. Why exchange so many diamonds for weapons? It's really a waste."
Zhou Jiping was amused by Laisi's innocence: "If you were the head of the northern government, I definitely wouldn't have to do that."
"I hate weapons, I hate war," Les said foolishly.
"I hate it too, but without these things, we can't protect our land, life, and family..." Zhou Jiping said calmly
Laisi was the first to react: "I'm sorry, I reminded you of your family."
Only then did Zhou Jiping realize that his words had this meaning. At this moment, he could only think about his relatives in his hometown. Only in this way would his demeanor be consistent with that of a person whose entire family had died.
Taking advantage of the sky, Zhou Jiping dialed Elder Muba's phone number. You have to be extremely careful when making calls during the rainy season. Zhou Jiping didn't want to be picked up by Thunder God. Soon, the call was connected.
After he finished telling everything about Masuari's visit to Soyo, there was a long silence on the other end of the phone.
"Elder Muba, are you listening?" Zhou Jiping waited for a long time and had to remind him.
There was a long sigh on the phone, and then Elder Muba spoke: "What are your plans, Mr. Chairman?"
Zhou Jiping wanted to say the two idioms "take chestnuts out of the fire, empty and willing", but then he thought that these two idioms could not be said in Aboriginal or English, so he had to give up.
"Catch the wind and steer the ship!" Zhou Jiping finally found a word with a similar meaning.