Become a super arms dealer with the workshop system

Chapter 19
Colonel Duart walked towards the woman next to the long table with the dinner plate, and after making sure that there was no one else nearby, he whispered in French: "Ms. Deriveau, I have some bad news to tell you."

Although Belgium is a small country, it has three official languages, French, German and Dutch. The female counselor named Derivau is obviously from the German-speaking area, and the colonel is used to speaking French.

After Han Feng was reborn, he found that his five senses were much sharper than before, so that the system's judgment of his perception reached 15 points, so even if he stood far away, he could vaguely hear the conversation between the two.

"bad news?"

The face of the woman called Derivo really turned from sunny to cloudy. According to the plan, she only needs to stay here for four months to half a year before returning to China, and because of this "war zone" experience, she was promoted exceptionally, so she doesn't want any surprises occur.

"Because of the weather, many nearby roads have been washed away, and it may take a long time to recover." The colonel said in as serious a tone as possible.

This sentence made Han Feng slightly frowned—it was true that there were many heavy rains in a row some time ago, but he did not hear such news. You must know that CAF is a landlocked country, and almost all imports and exports have to pass through roads. If there is such a thing, it should have had a significant impact long ago.

The female counselor turned her body slightly and glanced at the colonel beside her: "So, wasn't everything normal a few days ago?"

Clearly, the diplomat lacked knowledge of where she was.

"That's right, Ms. Counselor." Colonel Duart explained: "Our main equipment, those Iveco LMV armored vehicles, are designed to operate under European road conditions. You must have experienced the environment here in CAF, wet , rainy and hot, and the road conditions are very poor, so these vehicles have had a lot of problems in the past week."

Although he was talking about his own army's problems, Han Feng didn't seem to feel the nervousness or anxiety in Colonel Duart's tone, but he seemed very relaxed and...happy?
Derivo apparently failed to notice these details because her father had promised that there would be no real war here, but her mission was to replace the French in the southwest of the CAF and bring Belgian influence back to Central Africa, This undoubtedly requires a face-saving army.

"So, Colonel, do you mean that we should ask for help at home? Replace with new equipment?"

Judging from the woman's furrowed brow, she didn't want to do that.

"Well... this is not a good way, ma'am." The colonel shook his head, denying Derivo's statement: "With all due respect, if we ask for help from the country in the first month, it will be difficult for you and your father Prestige may not be a good thing.”

Duarte’s answer directly hit Derivo’s pain point. It was her father who tried to send a battalion-level contingent to CAF. The accident happened, and her path to extraordinary promotion will be indefinitely.

"So Colonel, what is your solution? Can you repair those armored vehicles, or switch to patrolling on foot?" Derivo entered the government department after graduating from school. He knew nothing about the military, so he could only ask Duart for his opinion. .

Han Feng has been eating and listening by the side. Although he doesn't know the situation in Belgium, and he doesn't know the role of Derivo's father, but combined with the conversation between the colonel and himself just now, Duart's wave is really serious. The purpose of the fake dialogue is very clear, which is to get Derivo to agree to purchase vehicle parts locally at CAF.

Considering that the two parties met for the first time today, Duart had no reason to help Han Feng solicit business. His reason for doing so could only be that he wanted to make a fortune from it.

No wonder it was so fun just now.

After grasping Duart's needs, Han Feng basically had a calculation in his mind. This Derivo obviously didn't understand the business at all. At that time, he only needed to quote a little more when quoting Duart, and then put the extra Part of it is "returned" to the colonel himself, so there is no need to worry about the failure of business negotiations.

Since these parts are all produced by workshops, the actual cost is astonishingly low, and Han Feng himself can get a lot of profit from them.

Win-win, win numb.

As expected, Duart, after pretentiously contemplating for a while, replied with a look of embarrassment on his face: "We don't have much time this time, and we have to get a firm foothold before the French solve the threat from the north. It’s just that I have controlled the transportation hub of Boda, so my soldiers may not be able to patrol on foot. As for maintenance... it’s too slow to purchase parts from Italy. You know the efficiency of those southern European guys. "

Obviously, Duart was not going to give the answer directly, but wanted to let Derivo decide to go to Han Feng through careful and patient guidance.

"Is there no other way?" Derivo put down the dinner plate, and her tone became visibly anxious. She had never led a department by herself before, and this time she was going to directly manage an army. This kind of thing happened when she settled down, as if the heavens were against her: "Apart from the Italians, is there any other channel?"

Duart had obviously been waiting for this question a long time ago, so he immediately answered: "You know, ma'am, the parts and components of these armored vehicles are different from those of civilian vehicles. As far as I know, apart from Italy, only China is manufacturing them." Mil-spec Iveco parts."

"Huaxia Kingdom..." Derivo frowned tightly: "Colonel, are the things made by those yellow-skinned monkeys really reliable?"

Colonel Duart showed a slightly impatient expression, this woman's focus is always on some strange and useless places.

But Naihe’s decision-making power is not in his own hands, so he can only continue patiently: "Ms. Derivo, like you, I don’t like those... Chinese people, but there is no better way at present, and now I will enter soon. During the rainy season of CAF, the load on the gearbox, engine, and shock absorber linkage will increase, and it will become more difficult for soldiers to operate the remote control weapon station. It can be dealt with by removing parts from other cars, but this is definitely not a long-term solution."

Although somewhat reluctant, Derivo finally compromised. Colonel Duart specially used a series of nouns in the communication, which made the counselor who knew nothing about it dizzy: "Okay, just do as you said, Huaxia ...By the way, that guy called Han just now should run a machinery manufacturing factory, right?"

After going around and around, Derivo finally said Han Feng's name by himself, Duart immediately relaxed, but he still forced himself to show an expression of enlightenment: "Ma'am, you are really smart in this respect, I just didn't think of him."

Hearing such a lame compliment, Han Feng almost couldn't help laughing, but Derivo was obviously very useful, and then Duart continued: "I will talk to him in the next two days, the price... I will try my best Depress it, but it is a military part after all, so... please also make sure to talk to Sir Deriveau, and let him find a way to allocate additional funds."

"Additional funding..."

The female counselor rubbed her swollen forehead, she felt that the situation seemed to be gradually out of her control, but in any case, she had to solve the problem in front of her.

"No one may have told you about this matter. Because of the particularity of our mission, the parliament once specially approved a fund for CAF building and maintaining local relations. The amount is not small. You can request to draw part of it. Solve the immediate urgent need."

Duart obviously planned it for a long time, and I am afraid that he has been eyeing the money for a long time: "Look at the current situation of Boda, it is much better than what we expected in advance, and there is no need for so much money to maintain the relationship. Instead, it’s about the equipment…”

It can be seen that the colonel purposely rambled on endlessly, because the female counselor opposite quickly put on a dazed and helpless expression.

"Okay, okay, after you go back, you will submit a report in my name. I don't care about the details of this matter, but you must ensure that you can maintain a stable existence during the six months, which is also related to your pension. Colonel."

Derivo's last sentence was intended to say that the colonel and she had common interests, but after she said it in a slightly arrogant and domineering tone, it actually carried a slightly threatening meaning.

Unlike the Two-dimensional world, although Derivo's appearance is not bad, but the arrogant and savage young lady is definitely not pleasing in Afrika, especially Colonel Duarte's age seems to be able to be her father.

In Duart's chain of traps, Derivo quickly agreed to all his demands, and for Han Feng, who eavesdropped on the entire conversation, he had already obtained the information he wanted, and it would be a good time for him to communicate with the colonel in the future. Negotiations between them have established a considerable advantage.

In addition, Han Feng also obtained several pieces of information:
First of all, the relationship between Derivo and Duarte is not harmonious. The former is a very standard 21st century Western politician with little professionalism, while the latter is actually a veteran. I am afraid that the two sides look down on each other from the bottom of their hearts. .

Secondly, the Belgians and the French are in a competitive relationship, perhaps because the latter has gradually weakened in Africa in recent years, allowing coveters to see opportunities.

In the end, the Belgians really didn’t consider the threat from the northern Black Flag organization. Perhaps the French concealed some key information from it, or they simply believed that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it is not so easy to be separated by nearly a thousand kilometers. Call here.

"Wait, in that case..."

(End of this chapter)