my wife is a consul

Chapter 662
The volunteer army in Black Tooth City withdrew from the battlefield after resisting for nearly a month. At this time, the number of Sonia troops entering the Western Region had reached three divisions, and within a month, the Sonia had almost occupied half of the large cities in the Western Region.

A total of seven divisions of the Sonia Western Army entered the Western Regions.

During this period, Lu Ming also celebrated his 957 birthday in 618.

Also in Montenegro, the Principality of Montenegro and Longbei Autonomous Province (Ren Zhonglin), Longbei Democratic Province (Sun Gan), Beining Military Government (Han Renwang), Northern Xinjiang Autonomous Province (Qi Huaide), Anshan Autonomous State (Miao Bai Phoenix) The six parties signed the Montenegro Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.

The Montenegro Treaty Organization is formally established.

According to the treaty, the Allied Forces Command (Northern Military Region Command), Secretariat and other military-political and economic integration institutions were set up in Montenegro.

When Soroston's oil supply agreement was about to expire in June, Tianhai Petroleum, which had obtained the right to operate the Soroston oilfield, signed a new agreement with the Kingdom of Sonia to continue to deliver crude oil to the Luxon Industrial Zone and pay at the market price after five years In this way, it can be regarded as reaching an agreement acceptable to both parties, and both the Sonia and the Montenegrin have their own plans.

On June 6, the Principality of Montenegro and the Hanzhou Autonomous Prefecture, which had been negotiating in secret, reached an agreement. The Hanzhou National Self-Defense Force accepted the leadership of the Northern Military Region Command, and the autonomous prefecture parliament approved the agreement with a narrow majority.

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Penthouse of Hanzhou Times Building.

Lu Ming let out a long breath as he watched the real-time parliamentary vote results on the TV news.

Some congressmen sincerely support the National Self-Defense Forces to accept the leadership of the Prince of Montenegro, and the real political proposition of these congressmen is that Hanzhou should be integrated into the big family of Central Africans, the Principality of Montenegro.

Especially in the current war, Hanzhou was originally the third largest city in the empire, second only to Donghai and the imperial capital, relying on its status as the central hub of the empire.

However, it was most affected by the war, and the various parties segregated, and the separatist forces either cut off economic exchanges with each other, or set up trade barriers, which greatly affected the central hub of Hanzhou.

Moreover, the Kingdom of Sonia, which is expanding to the north, is eyeing it covetously, and may be conquered by the iron hooves of the West at any time.

The members of Hanzhou who support Hanzhou to become part of the Principality of Montenegro, more or less have the idea that the people of Central Continent belong to one family.

However, the number of them is actually very small. Although because of their clear political goals, they are very enthusiastic, have a strong ability to act independently, and are very capable of fighting in the debates of the parliament. One is worth two.

But after all, a dozen members of parliament cannot affect the overall situation of the entire parliament.

On the contrary, the pro-Sonia side has the largest number of MPs.

The Special Work Department relied on coercion, bribery, etc., so that some members of the parliament voted on the Principality's side.

He also united with the pro-Grefenni Kingdom parliamentarian group and persuaded them to vote in favor of this issue.

However, the advantage is extremely weak, and no one knows what the result will be when the day of voting comes.

Now that the result has really come out, Lu Ming is relieved.

This is also because the Sonia people focus on the war in the Western Regions, so the surprise attack was successful.

Several staff members who accompanied "Minister Li" to watch TV stood up and applauded, and raised their glasses to celebrate.

The current status of "Minister Li" is "Minister of the Hanzhou and Southwest Grand Strategy Department", directly under the Privy Council of the Prince.

In Lu Ming's view, the operations from Hanzhou to the city-states in the southwest and western regions are integrated.

Including several Western Autonomous Prefectures between Hanzhou and Xiheishanbao, they are also the target of the Department of Grand Strategy.

Including the operation of Hanzhou to truly merge into the Principality and become part of the Principality, as well as supporting the resistance forces in the Western Regions to carry out guerrilla warfare and so on.

Such intricate affairs and the management of such a vast territory in all directions require one person to take overall responsibility.

Lu Ming decided to come by himself, so as to get twice the result with half the effort.

Several staff members include Lu Sanjin (Ms. Sanjin), who is currently the director of the Minister's Office of the Grand Strategy Department and liaison officer; Zhao Xiaochang, the head of the Hanzhou Branch; Chang Lei, the head of the Special Work Department; Dennis McCann, Xinghan Investment Company Executive director; Zheng Kunlun, representative of the Principality in Hanzhou Autonomous Prefecture, etc.

In addition, there is also Major General Bao Dalong of the Principality Army. After the Hanzhou State Council approves that the National Self-Defense Forces enter the sequence of the northern military region, Bao Dalong will be appointed as the political training commissioner of the Hanzhou National Self-Defense Force Command.

They have all worked with Lu Ming, of course, they are different identities from Lu Ming.

For example, Chang Lei, the head of the special work department, once served as the captain of the "Governor Zhang" for a long time.

Dennis McCann was once an excellent trader on Wutong Street in the East China Sea, one of the investment managers of the Golden Arch Fund, and later entered the field of industrial investment.

Bao Dalong was the leader of the firepower platoon of the company where Lu Ming participated in the big competition when the Black Mountain Brigade was first established, and lived and ate with Lu Ming for a long time.

When "Representative Li" suppressed the bandits in Baihai, Bao Dalong had already been promoted to the commander of the Miaozhou Frontier Defense Brigade.

At this time, everyone toasted, Lu Ming smiled and said to Bao Dalong: "It will be up to you in the future."

The National Self-Defense Force of Hanzhou Autonomous Prefecture was originally a professional soldier similar to that of Donghai, with only a few hundred people. After the civil strife in the empire, the reserve army was recruited into the army. Today it has four brigades with a strength of more than [-].

Commander-in-Chief Liu Hansheng is an extremely tough conservative and royalist, loyal to the empire, and the current situation makes him very sad.

Between the first prince William V and the second prince Henry II, he probably also had conflicts about who he should support.

However, his son and daughter's in-law, Chen Yonghe, is a firm supporter of the Henry II faction, and he is also the leader of the Sonia faction among the Hanzhou parliamentarians.

Bao Dalong, it would be better if he could unite with Liu Hansheng, if not, then he would have to fight Liu Hansheng for military power in Hanzhou.

"The dust has settled here, I'll go to Xiheishan Fort tomorrow!" Lu Ming walked to the window and looked at the city view outside.

This penthouse apartment in the Times Building was bought when Xiao Meizhen came to Hanzhou to fight a lawsuit when Xiao Meizhen was there.

It offers a magnificent view of downtown Hanju and Central Park. The two-story apartment has nearly a thousand square meters. The outdoor terrace is extremely open and gorgeously decorated. There are swimming pools, hot tubs, saunas and gardens, etc., and even a pool table. and bar.

The interior is bright and white, with hardwood and marble floors and a beautiful marble spiral staircase.

Xiao Meizhen has lived here for more than two years, but she is now working in Donghai, but she hasn't seen her for a long time.

From Hanzhou to Xiheishanbao, the flight distance is [-] kilometers, and the new special plane can fly almost two round trips without refueling.

Nowadays, because the Sonia army has occupied more than half of the big cities in the Western Regions, its morale is booming, there are not a few city-state lords in the Western Regions who have surrendered, and the resistance movement is at a low ebb, so the focus of my attention is still in the Western Regions.

He patted the shoulder of Zheng Kunlun, the representative of the principality stationed in Hanzhou beside him, "I leave it to you!"

"Understood!" Zheng Kunlun felt that there was a heavy burden on his shoulders. There was a long way to go and a long way to go to make friends with powerful figures in Hanzhou, many parliamentarians, and to promote the idea of ​​the Principality among the people of Hanzhou.

(End of this chapter)