Chapter 524: Chapter 432 National Bankruptcy (Subscribe!)_1
The next day.
A group of people ready to go.
The location of this transaction was not at the port, but in Xin’an Town within the territory.
In the past, no matter what or how much Ling had, Tang Kai had to buy it all without a choice. But the future mode of cooperation is that Tang Kai will choose what he wants, not just dump everything on Tang Kai, so trading at the border is not suitable anymore.
The remainder picked by his uncle would not be discarded, Tang Qing wasn’t that extravagant, it would be sold on behalf of his uncle. This is part of the upcoming cooperation model to be discussed.
The change in the transaction location was already agreed upon by Tang Kai and Ling yesterday morning.
It’s safe to conduct transactions within the territory.
Frankly, trading gems and jewelry at the border, if some ’kind-hearted’ guy were to take a few photos, well, there may be no issues in the short run, no troubles, but if someone wants to stir up trouble in the future, this would be a headache. The future territory is bound to make many enemies, all kinds of tactics might be encountered, one can never let the guard down, also to avoid implicating his uncle.
During the call yesterday afternoon, Ling also said that he could grant them permission to drive over. This surprised Tang Kai, because they used to travel in cars within the territory. Suddenly playing this way was a bit uncomfortable, because even when the Wei family was still here, they had never done it this way, because subconsciously, these are two countries, driving directly there always felt a bit like crossing the line.
But whatever, sitting in Ling’s jeep was indeed uncomfortable, their own luxury sedan was softer.
Llittle did they know that this was Tang Qing’s idea.
In the training area, Tang Qing had enough sitting in various military vehicles, their operational feel was extremely poor. In reality, he didn’t want to go sit in them anymore, it really wasn’t comfortable. How good is it to drive all the way there.
So.
As the sky was getting bright.
Wangsa’s ’employees’ had not yet started work.
Four vehicles grandly crossed the shallow river. This time Ling did not come to meet them personally, but just sent a car in front to guide the way. There was no inspection of the vehicles, if Wangsa came, he would definitely not be able to escape the inspection, but with Tang Qing there, everything was simplified.
In the car.
Li Kai and Feng Sen also now knew where they were going today.
They were even more nervous.
Dang, Wangsa was the military man from Thailand they met yesterday, and it looked like he was of a high rank. But now, they were actually going to see the warlord on the Burmese side, a ’legendary’ existence.
Darn it.
The things they experienced in the last two days were way too stimulating.
Even sitting in the soft car, the two felt like they were sitting on pins and needles.
"Old Tang, aren’t you scared?" Li Kai asked quietly, rubbing his hands.
Tang Qing smiled and said, "Can’t you stop creating a tense atmosphere? Look how scared Feng Sen is. I told you this was a normal business transaction." He added silently: just a tad illegal.
Li Kai looked at the serious Feng Sen next to him and said with a bitter smile, "How can I not be scared? Those guys on TV are all evil and cruel, cruel and ruthless."
"Don’t worry, it’s not the same here, it’s very safe," Tang Qing reassured.
"How do you know that?"
"If it weren’t safe, would my uncle bring me here? I’m the only heir of our Tang family," Tang Qing said with a bit of helplessness. He knew Li Kai’s persecution complex had acted up.
Li Kai nodded in understanding and said, "That makes sense. But do you think we’ll be arrested by the police when we return to our country?"
"Why?" Tang Qing asked in bewilderment.
"Because this is considered smuggling, right? Illegal border crossing. Oh no, we didn’t smuggle from our country, so do you think Thai police will arrest us?" Li Kai’s imagination was running wild.
"You have quite an imagination..."
"..."
A talkative Li Kai became silent after a while as his nervousness gradually faded away.
Tang Qing rolled down the car window.
He turned his head to look out the window.
An odd feeling arose in his heart.
This was his territory, a territory he fully controlled. All the resources above and below the ground were at his disposal, controlling people’s lives, deaths, wealth, and poverty. This feeling... was good. It’s no wonder so many people crave power. This feeling of looking at ’my kingdom’ was just too good.
What emerged next was responsibility.
Many people were depending on him to make a living. He had to take good care of this ’home’. Tang Qing wasn’t entirely a ’utility maximizer’. Money had gradually become a tool, and he didn’t want to be controlled by this tool.
The villagers who were working at sunrise along the way, seeing this extravagance like never before, all paused their work to stand and watch. But now within the territory, it was still the era of landline phones. Mobile phones had not been connected yet, of course, there were no photo-taking mobile phones.
The civil communication network had not yet been established. Currently, every village has a ’walkie-talkie’, one main one spare, used for communication and meetings with other villages. Next mid-month, when the comm network is established, will they gradually start to sell ’advanced’ products like mobile phones.
Inside the territory, they were most accustomed to seeing various engineering vehicles, cargo trucks, military vehicles, and motorcycles. This was a luxury passenger car. In fact, many people were seeing it for the first time in their lives. It only seemed splendid.
Everyone had an impulse to own one.
Tang Qing looked at the longing eyes in the distance, and a shadow of a smile crossed his heart. It’s okay to have a desire. If there’s no desire and no demand, they wouldn’t work even if whipped, let alone being on edge. Once there’s desire, there’s demand, people would find ways to make money.
Contrarily, some Western Countries have such impressively extensive welfare systems, handing out copious amounts of money. Yet, these countries are practically ’done for’, they’re just awaiting their inevitable slaughter, like lambs lined up for the butcher.
Take Greece of the past for example, lazier people you wouldn’t imagine. When they run out of money, they take to the streets to protest, demanding the Greek Government hand out cash. The welfare was great there, but it resulted in the government accruing a massive debt. A debt so sizeable, in the hundreds of billions of Euros, that the Greek Government simply couldn’t repay it. They could barely afford the interest, let alone the principal savings.
In the end, with no way out, the Greek Government had to violate treaties and sell off their primary assets. All the national banks in the country, along with airports, docks, an abundance of Greek state-controlled enterprises, lands, and minerals, all debt to fulfill the debt.
Still, it wasn’t enough. n𝚘vp𝚞𝚋.com
It was just interest after all.
Following this, the EU gave them a new lifeline, a sort of ’poisoned chalice’, restructuring and delaying debts, prolonging their existence. Meanwhile, the Greek Government was dazed, staring at its own debt, which still stands at several hundred billion Euros.
All they could do was wait.
Wait for the next step - when the ’poison takes effect’.
Only for the ’creditors’ to gradually hollow out the core assets of a nation.
Tang Qing had one thing to say about this... keep it up, ha, if possible, I also want to grab a piece of the pie in the future.
Lazy.
Keep being lazy.
Lazy is good.
Lazy is fantastic.
Once you’ve sold all the assets that the Greek Government can trade, and Greece falls into bankruptcy and liquidation, no one will lend money to those people anymore, there won’t be any country that they can build.
Hehe.
Wouldn’t surprise me if the group of ’creditors’ cracks the whip and forces you to work, not a single one of you will get away.
This is the modern ’war’ model.
You’re already invaded economically, you’re unable to resist, because you’ve already been held hostage by international capital. If someone infringes on your territory, you still can resist by fighting, but now when everyone is an employee, what reason do you have left to resist? If you don’t work, how can you justify your actions?
But there’s no rush, take your time, this is high-level play, without several hundred billion Euros of funds, it’s not possible to play this game, without the ’qualification’ and the ’admission ticket’, it’s not feasible. Tang Qing wants to try his luck at this game as well, but it will take quite some time.
All countries with flaws in their legislation are indeed targets.
There are no less than a handful of countries in Western Europe, or countries with such hidden dangers, like Iceland, Cyprus, Sweden, Italy, etc. All these countries have serious debt problems, but for now, it’s just covered up by the ’global’ prosperous economy. When the tide recedes, everything will surface. At that time, if operated properly, it is not impossible to capture the core assets of these countries.
This is the primary method banksters will use to rob national wealth in the future.
Money, just scrap paper.
Real assets are the true target, accept no substitute.
...
In another car...
Wei Jun stared in awe at the sight before him, many familiar places hadn’t changed, but there was now a ’modern’ road. Roads are fundamental markers of development in a place.
He noticed that the roads here were clean; there wasn’t even litter on the roadside.
This was also a territorial mandate here, environment and sanitation are matters of great importance. The territory in itself was not big, very easy for it to fall into chaos, so Tang Qing felt that he couldn’t cause extensive damage. In the future, heavy and other industries that are likely to cause pollution will be shifted to other countries.
That’s also one of the goals for the next Investment Promotion Conference.
It was also stipulated across the territory that litter shouldn’t be indiscriminately thrown, especially in towns. If caught littering, a fine would be imposed. There were garbage cans for waste disposal placed every three hundred meters along these roads and sanitation workers would walk back and forth cleaning it every day.
Because this area had never been peaceful before, and battles of all sizes were frequent, it left many disabled people in the territory, suffering from various severe and minor disabilities. In light of this, the territory would arrange jobs based on individual circumstances. Complete idleness was not an option unless one was genuinely incapable of labour, or if working made ailments worse.
Those who were absolutely incapable of doing anything would not be neglected by the territory. Rather, they would be provided with basic life support. Now, hospitals, various welfare homes, and orphanages were also being constructed, and those who didn’t have family or labour capabilities would be resettled uniformly when the time comes.
Fair labour.
Without discrimination.
This was what the territory could do at present.
Watching some familiar faces flash past him, Wei Jun was relieved. As long as they were doing well, it was okay. They seemed to be doing much better than the time under his own family’s rule.
Everything was good.
That was all that mattered.
At this time, he was full of gratitude to leader Ling.
Avenging his father was one thing.
On the other hand, it was a salvation from numerous guilt feelings. He had initially believed that they would have hard days after being occupied by Naidan, but now things were better. His Wei family would also not be so pin-pricked.
His father should now rest in peace below the Nine Springs.
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