Chapter 1393: Stationing Troops and Collecting Taxes

(I feel better today. I took ibuprofen and wrote a chapter)

The Rockefeller Manor was still brightly lit even though it was late at night.

Old Rockefeller, who usually lived a very regular life, did not sleep. He stood by the window in the study and prayed in his heart.

He hoped that it was just a misunderstanding and that good news would come soon. Rockefeller Jr.'s plane had landed safely. The previous loss of contact was just due to some technical failures.

But as time went by, this possibility became lower and lower.

At this moment, there was a light knock on the door outside.

Old Rockefeller, who was a little absent-minded, was startled and slowly closed his eyes.

If it was good news, it would definitely not be this kind of knock on the door, and he might even break in without knocking.

But now... it must be a bad omen.

Old Rockefeller forced himself to be energetic and said "Come in".

It was his old butler who opened the door and walked in with a heavy face and said, "I'm very sorry, my master..."

Although Old Rockefeller was mentally prepared, he still held a glimmer of hope, but it was completely gone at this time.

But he was not an ordinary person after all. He quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice: "What happened?"

The old butler repeated the news he had just received, and finally said: "According to the current situation, there should be a mechanical failure in the plane..."

Old Rockefeller stood by the window, his face gloomier than the night outside the window.

"Mechanical failure?" Old Rockefeller repeated, but he didn't believe it at all. He said in a deep voice: "Let our people investigate and don't miss any clues. Rockefeller can't die in confusion."

"Yes~" The old butler bowed and promised.

Old Rockefeller waved his hand and signaled the butler to go out.

He needs to stay alone for a while to think about this matter.

If it is a simple air crash, Old Rockefeller will never believe it. Why didn't it happen earlier or later, but happened at this time?

The moment he confirmed the death of Rockefeller Jr., the first person he thought of was Nico.

With Nico's strength and self-willedness, he can indeed do such a thing.

But that also depends on who the target is~ Don't forget that Nico will step down in two years, and by then Nico's power and resources will be greatly reduced.

Doesn't he think about his own way out?

Now he is the commander-in-chief, and he can certainly suppress Lockefield, but what about two years later~

So old Lockefield felt strange again, as long as he was rational, he would not do such a thing.

Then Du Fei flashed in his mind again, but he immediately dismissed it.

Killing little Lockefield would not benefit Du Fei at all, not to mention that the two sides had just reached a settlement.

More importantly, the arrogance deep in the heart of old Lockefield made him think that Du Fei did not have the ability at all, let alone the courage to do such a thing in America.

After thinking about it, Nico was still more suspicious.

Thinking of this, old Lockefield's face was as gloomy as water, and a cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

No matter who it is, this account must be settled.

But at this time, old Lockefeile, who was usually in good health, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. After all, he was over 70 years old. Coupled with the recent pressure and fatigue, and suddenly heard the bad news, his heart finally couldn't bear it.

He frowned, pressed the call bell on the table, and was admitted to the hospital after a period of confusion.

On the other side, Jiao Zhibushi was also shocked to hear the news. He subconsciously thought that it might be Niko who did it.

Lockefeile's backstab did anger Niko. Although he finally got through the danger, it didn't mean that the matter was over. Niko was not made of clay. He could sit in the position of the commander-in-chief, and during his tenure, he was very strong and had the final say. He might not do anything out of line when he was angry.

Jiao Zhibushi and his wife looked at each other and realized the situation.

Lockefeile lost an important family member, and the biggest suspect turned out to be the commander-in-chief.

If this matter cannot be properly handled, it is not certain what the future will develop into.

Similarly, in Wanshengtun, Niko also learned about the situation.

He even confirmed a few minutes earlier than the old Rockefeller that the young Rockefeller had crashed and all the people on board had died.

Nico was extremely perceptive and realized the seriousness of the situation with a frown on his face.

No matter how others suspected, he knew that it was not him. Although he hated Rockefeller's backstab, he was not crazy enough to use such means.

What's more, he would step down in more than two years. His power had a shelf life, while Rockefeller's wealth did not.

By then, he would only be a former commander and would not be able to compete with Rockefeller at all.

This time, Rockefeller's plan could fail. There was no need to become a mortal enemy with Rockefeller. This was an extremely irrational approach.

But the question was, if he said it was not, would Rockefeller believe it?

The answer was obvious. It was not just Rockefeller, but those powerful families were all of the same character. They only needed "I think it was you".

No matter how good he said, he would never believe him in his heart. This was like yellow mud falling into the crotch.

Although there is no problem at the moment, it will be time for Lockefilo to take revenge after two years when he steps down as the commander-in-chief.

Nico rubbed his temples and racked his brains to think of a way to break the situation.

But it was useless to think about it.

Because this is not just a question of whether Rockfield believes him, but also a question of whether he believes Rockfield.

If he takes the initiative to communicate with Rockfield, saying that he did not do this and deeply regrets it.

Rockfield also said, "Your Excellency the Great Commander, I believe you..."

Then the question is, can Nico believe Rockfield?

Obviously impossible.

Therefore, the only thing he can do now is to try to build a strong enough firewall to ensure his safety after leaving office during the remaining term.

Thinking of this, Nico felt even more headache.

…

As the initiator of this incident, Du Fei was no longer in Nanyang when he learned the result of the incident.

He took the K-8 plane and flew directly back to Beijing from Kuching.

As usual, Du Fei went to report the situation to Zhu Dad as soon as he got off the plane.

At the same time, he learned an amazing news from Zhu Dad that Zhu Dad was about to lead a team to visit America.

The reason why Du Fei was called back in a hurry was because Zhu Dad planned to take him with him this time as a representative of industry and commerce.

It should be said that with the development of the past few years, Du Fei's fire equipment company is the most representative of the Huaguo economy.

Of course, this is just one way of saying it. The real purpose of Zhu's father to take Du Fei there is to promote his son-in-law and let him see the real America.

After Zhu's father came out, Du Fei went home without stopping. It was another long-lost reunion.

The next day, he went to the unit again, and as usual, he had a lot of work on hand.

The first is the big plane in Shanghai. After several test flights, it began to test long distances, flying from Shanghai to Beijing in one breath, and is currently parked at the Beijing Aircraft Manufacturing Plant.

Then Du Fei must go to take a look.

This big plane is of great strategic significance. Compared with the Yun-8, which has limited space and load capacity, this large transport aircraft with four engines has a load capacity of more than 60 tons, which can fully carry a heavily armored tank with full ammunition.

Another unexpected development is that Angang has produced a batch of gun steel with excellent various indicators and parameters!

Originally, domestic artillery steel needed a few more years to make a breakthrough. Now it seems that some things are not set in stone. Now that Du Fei has appeared, the context of many things has changed, and it is not surprising that some changes have occurred.

There is nothing major about the rest. All factories are producing step by step.

Then there is the Fire Technology University. After the Spring Festival, the weather began to warm up, and the new campus has begun large-scale construction.

Currently, classes are still taught in the original technical school, but the brand and seal have been changed. In addition, the experts and professors invited by Du Fei from all over the world teach courses that are very different from the original ones.

The original one thousand people in the school are considered to have picked up a great bargain. According to the current regulations, the school system will be extended by two years, and university diplomas will be issued when they graduate.

And in the future, if you want to come in again, you can only pass the formal college entrance examination.

...

Until this day, Du Fei had almost finished the work at hand. The next step is to wait a few days to go to America with Zhu's father.

Another thing is to keep an eye on the aircraft manufacturing plant and transform a K-8 passenger plane.

How could Du Fei give up this opportunity to promote his products? This time, when Zhu's father went to America, he would definitely take the K-8 passenger plane.

However, the maximum range of the K-8 is only 8,000 kilometers, and it cannot fly all the way there in one go. It is necessary to add fuel tanks to increase the range of the aircraft.

Fortunately, there is no technical difficulty.

And after the transformation, Du Fei found an opportunity to put the aircraft in the carry-on space for inspection to ensure that there are no problems.

However, when it was only a few days before leaving, something happened at this time.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, Du Fei received a call from Zhu's father asking him to go over, but he didn't say what happened.

Du Fei didn't dare to neglect it and drove over immediately, but Zhu's father was not there. He waited for more than ten minutes before coming back from outside.

"Xiao Fei, here you are~" Zhu's father walked into the office.

Du Fei followed behind and asked, "Dad, what happened?"

Dad Zhu picked up a piece of paper from the table and handed it over: "Just received the news."

Du Fei took it and quickly glanced at it, and said in surprise: "Is Portugal changing?"

This incident did not surprise Du Fei too much, but the time of this incident was a little different. In his impression, it seemed to be a month later.

For some reason, the time was brought forward.

Dad Zhu said: "They proposed to give up all overseas colonies, including Australia. What do you think?"

Many people have exaggerated Portugal's abandonment of overseas colonies as a model of self-determination, but in Du Fei's view, it is just a helpless move.

With the current national strength and situation of Portugal, it is impossible to defend these colonies. As long as there is a glimmer of hope to defend them, they will not give them up voluntarily.

But it should be said that this matter is a good thing for us.

Unlike Hong Kong, Australia signed a 40-year lease with the Qing Dynasty in 1887. After the expiration of the treaty, Australia was permanently managed by Portugal.

If Portugal had not voluntarily given up all its colonies this time, it would be very likely to argue about Australia in the future.

However, there are many technical difficulties in taking back the Aomen now.

First of all, it is the attitude. Without a war or even asking for it, they took the initiative to return it, so we should always keep some dignity.

But if we don’t take drastic measures, some problems can’t be solved at all.

For example, there are institutional issues, and then there are the Portuguese people in Austria and their government staff. How to deal with and retain these people? It doesn’t seem appropriate, get rid of it? Not very appropriate either.

All in all, they are all problems.

The most important thing is that this incident was completely sudden, without any warning in advance, which caught people off guard.

Even Zhu's father had no idea for a while, so he called Du Fei to ask for advice.

Based on past experience, Du Fei often has unexpected insights when encountering such situations.

Facing Dad Zhu's inquiry, Du Fei was not busy talking, and his mind was thinking quickly.

Dad Zhu was not busy and waited patiently.

It wasn't until Du Fei drank two cups of tea that he finally calmed down and said, "Dad, I think this is a good opportunity! Based on the existing conditions and historical reasons, we basically don't have to think about Uliasu. There are only...these three places.”

Dad Zhu listened carefully. Originally he just wanted to discuss the matter, but he didn't expect Du Fei to raise his tone so high with just one opening his mouth.

Du Fei continued: "The death knell of colonialism sounded long ago when Britain and France were forced to return the Suez Canal. Returning colonies is a general trend and no one can stop it..."

Dad Zhu nodded. He knew this better than Du Fei. Even though his relationship with America was good now, it was all about taking advantage of the situation and each side got what they needed. Fundamentally, it was impossible for America to give up on Yizhou. trump card.

Du Fei added: "But taking it back is not the end but the beginning. Once those two places are back in our hands, some people will pick up a magnifying glass to compare..."

This is exactly the crux of the matter.

Austria's industrial structure is deformed. After the return, most of the current pillar industries will be cut off, and economic regression is almost certain.

Dad Zhu sighed, if it really happened like that, the negative impact would be even greater.

At present, after the discussion above, most comrades initially think that we should be cautious.

Du Fei paused: "Dad, I think we don't need to be too strict about this matter..."

Dad Zhu raised his eyebrows: "How do you say that?"

Du Fei said: "Since we know that there may be a pit here, the safest way is definitely not to continue the fight, but in that case we will miss a golden opportunity. I would say that we can follow the example of the autonomous region and have a certain degree of sovereignty and governance. Separation... we take back our sovereignty, station troops, and collect taxes. For other things, we can let them continue as usual. As long as we don't participate, it will be difficult to make a fuss about this and attack our system. "

Dad Zhu's eyes narrowed slightly, knowing that the situation told by the Autonomous Region and Du Fei was not comparable.

Du Fei also knew it in his heart, but by confusing the two, it was not difficult to have one and the other, which would reduce a lot of resistance.

Dad Zhu pondered slightly: "This... is not a bad idea."

Du Fei said: "If there are no big problems in Austria, we can definitely apply it to Xiangjiang in the future."