1679 Private Goods

New week.

As soon as he got to work, the top official of the Department of International Affairs sent a report to the Presidential Palace and delivered it to Mr. Trueman.

He opened the report and looked at it. It recorded the results of the consultations between the Ministry of International Affairs and the eldest prince of the Pengeo Empire during this period.

Both sides have stated that the war will not end just because they sit down to negotiate, but this does not mean that they cannot cooperate in other areas.

Sometimes it is difficult for you to comment on the relationship between two countries and the relationship between two countries and societies.

They may be hostile, but they are not absolutely hostile. This is a very complicated relationship!

After Mr. Trueman turned the page, the first article he saw was about the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Chemical Gas Bombs.

The eldest prince of the Pengeo Empire traveled to several places during this period, including coastal cities in the south of the Federation and industrial towns in the north.

His attention was not entirely focused on the negotiation of this international convention. Instead, he was very interested in the federal social system.

He doesn't look like he's here to negotiate at all, but more like he's here to inspect federal society.

However, seeing that he was willing to actively cooperate and facilitate the conclusion of the contract, he tried his best to satisfy the eldest prince's curiosity and exploration of federal society without involving federal industrial secrets.

In addition, the two parties also signed some other agreements.

For example, captured soldiers on both sides will receive preferential treatment. On the basis of ensuring that captured prisoners have clothes to wear, food to eat, and will not be subjected to corporal punishment or torture, a certain degree of basic medical care will be provided.

In addition, both sides will promise that after the war breaks out and ends, they will not engage in retaliatory abuse, massacres and other bad behaviors against local civilians.

It seems that this is a very sincere contract with compromises in more areas, but both parties seem to have cleverly avoided some more direct issues.

For example, when attacking each other's industrial cities, ports, and military targets where civilians may be present, whether civilians will be avoided.

The Federation has bombed three cities along the coast of Pengeo. Logically speaking, they should first ask whether the bombing of non-war areas is reasonable.

But they avoided this issue, and naturally the federal people would not take the initiative to bring it up.

Judging from the current situation, most areas in the Eastern Ocean are still firmly in the hands of the federal people.

Their bombers can directly bomb the mainland of the Pengeo Empire from the federal mainland via the planned island chain of Midway Island.

Of course, this was a good idea at first, but now the situation is slightly different.

The Pengeo Empire has strengthened its air defense forces in coastal areas, and has stationed some fighter groups to respond to federal bomber attacks at any time.

It is difficult for federal fighter jets to cooperate with bombers in bombing Pengeo's mainland before returning to the airports on the island chain. Therefore, until technology improves again, or there are new breakthroughs in aircraft or power systems, the bombing of Pengeo's homeland will basically be limited. Won't happen again!

Although this opportunity to sneak attack Pengeo's homeland from the rear is already difficult to realize, there is still the risk of being bombed on the front line and behind the firing line.

Now both sides are silent about this matter. In the final analysis, they still plan to do some work in this area.

There is no faster way to end a war than saturation bombing!

In the words of the top executive of the Department of International Affairs, a middle-aged man known as the "Eagle of the Federation," they negotiated a lot of "hypocritical benevolence, justice, and morality."

Both parties want to present themselves in a favorable light during the negotiation, but there is never any discussion of what they really want to do.

When he said these words, he did not avoid that the federal government was actually one of the parties involved. Maybe this is his style!

"Beyond that, we're talking about transportation."

Mr. Trueman looked up in surprise at this guy who was only slightly younger than him. He should have had a very smooth life if his father, the president, had not been impeached.

But it's hard to say whether he gained or lost something.

If his father had not been impeached, he might not have to work as hard to stand out from the crowd of politicians as he does now, and hope to change people's incorrect views in the past through his own efforts.

But he will also lose the motivation and direction to work hard. With a father who was successfully re-elected as president, even if he does nothing, he still has a social status that is enough for him to fully enjoy wealth!

Seeing Mr. Trueman's attention focused on him, he continued to explain to the President.

"Our current cost of transporting supplies to Nagaril is very high. This not only requires warships to escort the entire journey, but also requires the use of anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft throughout the journey."

"In addition, many small trade and transportation are not qualified to call for warship escort. In fact, many people have made demands for us to solve these problems."

"We do need to solve these problems!"

"So I talked to them about the security issue of civilian transportation. If we can reach an agreement on this, then at least they will not openly attack our civilian transportation. This is a very pleasant thing for us!"

The President also heard about it.

Since transportation between the mainland and Nagaril is almost cut off, the prices of many semi-finished materials have skyrocketed, followed by a sharp increase in the market sales prices of various commodities.

This has brought great inconvenience to the people who have already raised profits and taxes and whose hands are not rich.

Small-scale transportation is unsafe, and large-scale armed transportation is an extremely heavy burden for ordinary enterprises.

Now every time we transport materials to Nagaril and pull materials back from there, it is a huge test.

Although something will not happen every time, when something happens, it often means that some companies will go bankrupt!

So after the main work content was completed, the Federation Eagle thought about solving this matter.

Once this clause can be signed into the contract, then he will be liked by more capitalists!

You know, there are not only small companies and small businesses doing business in Nagaril, but also giants like the United Development Company!

If he can get the support of the United Development Corporation, then he has a reliable guarantee of becoming president.

Seeing the excitement that could not be hidden on his face, Mr. Trueman put down the report in his hand very lightly. He shook his head slightly and said, "There is actually no need to talk about this."

"What do you want the Navy to do if they use civilian freighters to transport military equipment?"

One sentence made him stunned.

From a subjective point of view, in fact, everyone is an "omniscient and omnipotent" existence. Any "imagination" initiated by "I", "I" must understand everything!

Just like when he proposed not to attack civilian freighters, he just felt that the other party would not use civilian freighters to transport military equipment and soldiers, or he felt that the Federation would not do so.

Is this a sign of naivety?

Yes, not entirely.

A person who can be called the "Eagle of the Federation" and suppressed representatives of all member states during his tenure as a federal representative on the World Development Council. Would such a person make some mistakes on such an issue due to naivety or negligence?

Obviously, this is unlikely. Sometimes something may seem like a stupid thing, but it doesn't have to be!

Just like the contract he is negotiating, once the negotiation is successful, capital will give him great support and attention.

This will be of great benefit to him in future presidential campaigns.

Even if the Pengeo people continue to attack merchant ships unreasonably, it has nothing to do with him.

Because he did everything he was supposed to do, and it was the Pengjiao people who were dishonest in the first place. We cannot blame him because the Pengjiao people were dishonest!

Whether it was money or face, he got it all.

The top official of the Ministry of International Affairs quickly came to his senses, "Do you think they can't do this?"

Mr. Trueman has "mature" a long time ago. He is no longer as direct as he was in the past when he was in the army or when he first came out to work.

He shook his head, "I'm not afraid that they can't do it, but I'm worried that the navy can't do it."

"Because we cannot ensure that any cargo ship is not transporting weapons and equipment they use to attack us!"

"Because we cannot guarantee that every passenger ship sailing to Nagaril will be filled with ordinary people, not soldiers in civilian clothes!"

"Whether it's us or Gaevra, as long as we have the chance, our maritime blockade will continue to be implemented!"

"This cannot be discussed and cannot be reached, just as we cannot make such a guarantee!"

"On the contrary, now that the anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft developed by Blackstone Aviation commissioned by the Navy has been installed, our control over the Eastern Ocean will be enhanced."

"At that time, merchant ships can make a slight detour and set off from safer waters to Nagaril..."

The so-called anti-submarine aircraft are not very clever, they are just the replacement of some parts. Each anti-submarine aircraft is bound to a 1,200-pound anti-submarine bomb.

At the same time, it has a longer sailing range and can continuously cruise on the sea for a long time.

Although submarine technology is developing rapidly, it has not yet exceeded people's understanding.

With the help of some optical instruments, anti-submarine aircraft have been able to identify a wider range of "suspected targets", thereby discovering possible submarines faster!

Mr. Trueman made his case, and he also mentioned the Navy, which made the Confederate Eagle realize that this time he had failed in playing dumb.

He seemed to have no feeling at all and smiled, "So that's it. I will end the negotiation on this content with them."

"Do you think we need anything more?"

"If not, we can sign all the contracts next week!"