Wind Rises in Dragon City - Chapter 1296
, Wind from Dragon City
The next morning around half past seven.
The Dragon City delegation had already woken up early, washed up, and followed the diplomats who came to pick them up to the administrative building in front.
Everyone came all the way to the venue for the negotiation, and saw a simple banner hanging inside, saying welcome to the Dragon City delegation.
Inside and outside the venue were the guards of the Blackwater Legion, all armed with live ammunition, looking at the members of these delegations with stern eyes.
The whole welcome ceremony looked very depressed and solemn.
Bruna was wearing a chief executive’s coat and stood in the center of the crowd. Beside her are some core leaders of the Pana City administrative faction.
Boang was sitting in a wheelchair and also appeared at the venue, surrounded by military representatives of the Blackwater Legion.
After the two representatives met, Fei Pingsheng held out his hand with a smile as usual, “Long time no see, Chief Bruna.”
Bruna also smiled and was about to shake hands with Fei Pingsheng.
“Wait a moment.”
At this moment, an officer in full uniform walked up to Bo Ang, stepped forward to stop Fei Pingsheng, and at the same time reminded him very seriously: “Mr. Fei, in front of you is the Chief Executive of our Bana City, Bruce Your Excellency Na Bernardo! Your actions do not conform to our diplomatic etiquette in Pana City.”
As he spoke, the officer put one arm in front of his chest, leaned forward and bowed slightly, and made a very standard Pana City etiquette template: “You should do this, Mr. Fei.”
Fei Pingsheng was stunned for a moment, but quickly nodded and said, “Okay, okay, I was the one to be abrupt.”
After speaking, Fei Pingsheng saluted Bruna in the way of Pana City.
Bruna frowned, but didn’t say anything, and returned the gift gently.
Immediately afterwards, the officer solemnly introduced Bo Ang beside him: “This one is our highest military general in Pana City, His Excellency Bo Ang Bernardo! You should salute him, Mr. Fei.”
Hearing this, Jin Maohui frowned and was about to step forward. Fei Pingsheng reached out his hand to stop him, and then said to Bo Ang with a tone of voice: “Respected Chief of the Blackwater Legion, the supreme military commander of Pana City, His Excellency Bo Ang Bernardo, on behalf of Longcheng, I would like to extend my sincere respect to you. Highest respect!”
After speaking, Fei Pingsheng made a very standard Bana City salute.
Bo Ang glanced at him, nodded slightly, and did not speak.
Bruna watched coldly from the sidelines, her eyes were stern, and she didn’t say anything.
After Fei Pingsheng saluted twice, a group of people entered the conference room.
Jin Maohui didn’t say a word, a trace of unhappiness flashed across his brows, and his mood was very complicated.
Just a few months ago, when Bo Ang saw him, he always said you. As a result, in the blink of an eye, the other party was condescending and ignored him.
The shift came too fast, proving once again that politics is devoid of any emotion.
Jin Maohui tried his best to adjust his emotions, but didn’t say a word.
Everyone came to the table, took their seats one after another, and started the negotiation of the day.
At the try{mad1(\’gad2\’);}catch(ex){} meeting, the Pana City side proposed a large number of new alliance terms, and Fei Pingsheng and the others laid them out one by one.
During the whole process, Bruna hardly spoke. It was her chief executives and Bo Ang and other military representatives who were negotiating with the Dragon City delegation.
These listed terms are similar to the report that Bruna saw last time.
The most important of these concerns the distribution of benefits from the Pana City Canal. According to the new terms, Dragon City’s profit was almost slashed, almost two-thirds less than the previous share.
At the same time, Longcheng’s right to garrison troops in Bana City was also deprived. All the troops can only be stationed in some less important towns outside the city. At the same time, the number and armaments are strictly limited, and it is almost impossible to form an effective force.
In addition, the scale of the Chinese Association in Bana City has also been restricted. Not only that, the association’s personnel, scope of activities, and activity schedule must be reported to the Pana City Administration Office.
In terms of economy and trade, there are clear quantitative regulations on the amount of goods and military supplies that the Old Triangle region will transport to Bana City every year, and all of them will increase.
Among these clauses, the one that Jin Maohui was most concerned about was that Pana City proposed that the quota of all foreign officials would be reduced by 80%.
At the very beginning, when Lao Li’s team, Anxi and Hua District helped the Bernardo family to stabilize the regime, they talked about the number of foreign officials. The main official seats should be 40% to 50% to the Chinese.
Both Jin Maohui and Fei Pingsheng knew in their hearts that this adjustment of the number of foreign officials was only the first move made by Bana City.
It won’t be long before they continue to cut until there are no more foreign officials in Pana City.
Facing these conditions, these terms are undoubtedly oppressive from an objective and fair point of view.
After all, given the precarious political situation in Pana City at that time, Bruna and Boang were able to secure the political power. Among them, Lao Li’s team, Anxi, and Hua District all made a lot of effort and paid a huge price.
The Blackwater Legion, which had been broken, could only be re-established with the help of the three parties.
As a result, in less than three years, Pana City wanted to be completely independent, which was equivalent to tearing up the original treaty, with a hint of betrayal in it.
But from the perspective of regional ethnicity, it is understandable for Ba Na City to do so. After all, no nation or regime likes to be a colonial government.
During this period, Bruna looked guilty, but Boang looked calm.
However, what surprised both of them was that the negotiations in Bana City were so aggressive, but the negotiations went very smoothly, and there was no sense of gunpowder they had expected.
During the whole negotiation, Jin Maohui and Fei Pingsheng showed very kind attitudes.
Especially the old Fei, who is simply an old fritter. When faced with these oppressive clauses, almost no objections or rebuttals were raised, but the most they said was: “I agree.”
try{mad1(\’gad2\’);}catch(ex){} Even, Fei Ping passed cigarettes to Bo Ang several times in the middle of his life, but was rejected by the latter.
In this somewhat strange atmosphere, the negotiations ended surprisingly smoothly.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, the meeting ended, and Pana City began to prepare for the dinner.
Bo Ang controlled the wheelchair and walked out. His chief of staff was walking beside him, and couldn’t help asking in a low voice, “Your Excellency Bo Ang…how do I feel that the negotiation went so smoothly this time?”
Bo Ang said with a blank face: “There is an old saying in the East, which is called the strategy of slowing down the army, do you understand?”
The chief of staff nodded thoughtfully.
…
At six o’clock in the evening, the dinner officially began.
The delegations from both Dragon City and Bana City attended the dinner, and all kinds of local exquisite seafood were put on the banquet for the guests to taste.
It seems that because of the smooth negotiation, the atmosphere of the dinner was quite harmonious.
Fei Pingsheng, in particular, was extremely active at the dinner party. After drinking for three rounds, he even took off his military uniform, blushed and put his arms around Bo Ang and said: “Your Excellency Bo Ang, to be honest, as a soldier, I admire you very much! You have created the Blackwater Legion at a young age.” Such a fearsome and mighty teacher is simply a role model for my generation! I want to learn from you!”
Lao Fei’s words were a little disgusting, and Bruna, who was sitting by the side, frowned continuously, holding her forehead~www.mtlnovel.com~ and was speechless.
Jin Maohui pretended not to see the right, and let Lao Fei play freely.
Bo Ang felt the most uncomfortable. Facing such a big brother in society, he was a little at a loss. The quack spirit of the other party made him very uncomfortable.
In the end, they could only perfunctorily drink two glasses of wine with Fei Pingsheng and chat casually.
When everyone was about to eat, Fei Pingsheng suddenly cleared his throat, walked to the stage of the venue, picked up the microphone and said, “Everyone, look up to me!”
Everyone stopped talking and looked at him in unison. Holding his wine glass, Fei Pingsheng said with a smile: “It is a great thing that our negotiation went so smoothly this time. It has promoted the friendship between our Dragon City, Hua District, and Bana City. At such a beautiful moment, I must announce an even more wonderful good thing and bring you an unexpected surprise!”
Everyone was a little stunned, not knowing what kind of medicine Fei Pingsheng sold in the gourd.
Fei Pingsheng paused for a moment, glanced at everyone present, and said loudly: “Next, I have a surprise debut!”
“Snapped!”
The door of the venue was suddenly pushed open, and a guard in Dragon City uniform walked into the hall with somewhat frivolous steps.
Under the gaze of everyone, the guard reached out and took off the mask on his face, revealing a somewhat pale face—it was Bai Hongbo.
“boom!”
Bruna knocked the chair away and stood up abruptly, staring fixedly at Bai Hongbo, the circles of her eyes turned red instantly.
On the side, Bo Ang showed a trace of astonishment between his brows, looking at this man who suddenly appeared in a daze.