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Chapter 483 What kind of compensation is this? It's obviously protection money
This shows that they are still willing to be friendly and sincere enough.

"Mr. Gilto, I have to say that you understand sincerity. This matter is settled."

"When are you willing to sign the agreement? We are not in a hurry, and it is okay to wait a few more days."

Zhou Qinglei said calmly, not feeling that there was anything wrong with signing the agreement later, as the initiative was in their own hands anyway.

Upon hearing this, Gilto immediately became anxious: "No, no, Commander Zhou, I will arrange for someone to draft an agreement right away!"

To be honest, paying out 40 billion U.S. dollars is still very painful for the Filipino tribes.

Without this money, their naval reconstruction plan will have to be postponed for a while.

Not long after, the transport ship slowly approached Ship 123, a 052D missile destroyer.

As the distance between the two ships got closer and closer, Gilto and others were able to observe Ship 123 up close. The oppressive feeling brought by the huge ship's body, like a mountain pressing down on their heads, brought them a severe psychological shock.

They were all extremely shocked. This was too big and too damn shocking.

Gilto thought to himself: Damn, I must buy such an advanced warship in the future! I absolutely cannot fall behind!

Of course, they are just thinking about it now.

Not long after, Gilto and his crew boarded Ship 123.

Under the chairmanship of Zhou Qinglei, the two parties revised the content of the agreement to at least ensure that it looked better on the surface.

"The Philippine Tribe deeply regrets that the Zifilu Tribe's navy entered the Longxia Tribe's waters! Hereby, we will compensate the Longxia Tribe with 40 billion US dollars to express our apology..."

After carefully reading the above content, Zhou Qinglei was still very satisfied.

Every word is full of the apology and sincerity of the Filipino tribe, which is very good.

Zhou Qinglei and Gilto signed and stamped the document respectively, and the agreement was finalized.

There were two completely different expressions on both sides, one smiling, the other with a sad face, and the smile was uglier than the cry.

"thanks for your cooperation."

Zhou Qinglei smiled and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Gilto.

"You're welcome."

Gilto forced a smile, but it was a very ugly one.

I don't want to cooperate, but you guys are so strong that you've brought your fleet to my doorstep. What can I do? Don't cooperate, and wait to die?

There is no choice at all, okay?

The agreement was made in two copies. After Zhou Qinglei received his own copy, the process was finalized.

"Woo!"

After Gilto returned to his transport ship, Ship 123 sounded the whistle, very loudly!

"See you soon!"

"goodbye!"

Gilto almost vomited blood. What a chance to see you again. But he didn't dare to complain. He could only bite his back teeth and squeeze out the two words from between his teeth.

For the Filipino tribes, this was a huge price to pay, and they truly lost both the wife and the army.

"We have received $40 billion all at once, which will increase our navy's military budget a lot."

"In the future, I have to be the captain of a 10,000-ton destroyer. Otherwise, I won't do this job."

Zhou Qinglei smiled with satisfaction, then happily picked up the microphone and gave orders into the fleet communication channel.

"Brothers, next stop is the Niying Tribe."

"set off!"

At the command, sixteen warships sounded their whistles in unison, turned around and rushed towards the Niying tribe in a mighty force.

Gilto and others standing on the deck looked at the Longxia naval fleet that was gradually moving away. They were angry but dared not say a word, and their faces were full of sorrow.

They all knew that the Philippine tribe suffered a huge loss this time!

"Okay, don't be depressed, let's just consider it as a loss to avoid disaster. We have finally sent away the shameless power of the Longxia tribe, and we can live a stable life from now on."

"Next, we need to make money and develop vigorously. We must not continue to be sluggish."

"That's right. We must boost the strength of our navy, army, and air force. We must develop them all at once. We really need to learn from the Longxia tribe in this regard."

"Now we have to focus on development. I hope we can make a big difference in a few years and improve our overall strength!"

After everyone looked at each other, they understood what he meant, and Gilto also gave the order to return.

Not long after, the Philippine Tribal Foreign Affairs Department issued a new announcement.

"This exchange between us and the Longxia Navy was very pleasant! I believe we can definitely contribute to the peace and stability in the Dongzhou waters!"

The tribes that had been following the progress closely and just watching the fun were completely stunned.

what's the situation?
The Longxia tribe is making a lot of noise but doing little, is it just a simple deterrent?
No other unnecessary actions?

The tribes really couldn't figure it out, so they simply sent people to the Philippine tribe to seek answers. However, the Philippine tribe did not reveal a single word, and refused to talk about the matter at all, saying that everything would be based on the announcement.

On the other hand, it didn’t take long for the Niying tribe’s military command to learn that the Longxia fleet had arrived in their waters, and everyone was terrified.

"Oh my god, how did the Longxia Navy get here so quickly?"

"Has the Philippine tribe been dealt with like this?"

"Fuck, I thought the Philippine tribe would be tough for a few days to buy us some time, but I didn't expect both sides to solve the problem so happily. What a coward, a tribe of kneeling people!"

"Damn bastards, I'm so pissed off, how can they be so useless?"

Suddenly, someone asked, "What should we do next?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

After two minutes, someone finally spoke up: "Send someone to contact the Philippine tribe to see how they went through the 'friendly visit' process and whether the Longxia tribe has other purposes."

"We should also prepare ourselves mentally."

This proposal was immediately agreed by everyone.

It didn't take long for them to get in touch with the Feilu tribe.

"Brother Fei, can you tell me what the Longxia Navy Fleet does?"

After asking this question, the Philippine tribe responded with only two words: "Travel."

"What? Travel? You didn't lie to me?"

The high-level representative of the Niying tribe was dumbfounded and hurriedly asked, "Brother Fei, our relationship is so good, can't you reveal some useful information?"

"If you tell me about it, I can be mentally prepared."

The Philippine tribal leader said unhappily, "Cede the land and pay 100 billion US dollars in compensation. Are you satisfied now?"

After saying that, the Philippine tribe directly hung up the phone, ending the call between the two parties.

The high-ranking leaders of the Niying tribe were completely deceived. Isn't this too perfunctory? If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. Why bother to prevaricate?
After a long while, someone finally spoke up: "No way, in my impression, the Longxia tribe wouldn't be so despicable and shameless, they shouldn't be."

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads, feeling uneasy.

In about half an hour, 16 warships appeared in everyone's sight.

Seeing the 16 huge warships coming in a mighty force, the leaders of the Niying tribe still felt the overwhelming power sweeping over them.

That feeling of oppression was so clear that even though they were nearly 20 kilometers apart, they still felt suffocated.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Qinglei took the initiative to initiate a conversation.

Just like dealing with the Filipino tribes, after going through the whole process, naturally there was no mention of compensation, but every word revealed sincerity.

Sincerity?

The top leaders of the Niying tribe were stumped for a moment, but they were not stupid and knew the specific situation.

After some bargaining, the Niying tribe finally took out 20 billion US dollars to express their "sincerity".

Now that we've talked about money, the next step is very simple.

The two sides had a pleasant exchange and finally signed an agreement in a friendly manner.

After everything was finalized, Zhou Qinglei led the visiting fleet straight to the next destination, the Thousand Buddha Tribe.

Watching the Longxia naval fleet finally disappear in the waters related to the Niying tribe, a group of angry Niying high-ranking officials began to curse.

"Damn Longxia Navy, damn Longxia tribe, they are here to rob us, but they are pretending to be victims. The real victims are us, okay?"

"Asshole, so shameless, Longxia is a superpower, it is hegemony!"

"I'm so mad, they are just a bunch of robbers!"

Even though they kept cursing, the speed of updating the announcements was not slow at all.

"We had a very friendly exchange with the Longxia Navy this time, and we benefited a lot! We believe that we can work together..."

Those tribes who were watching the fun came over to take a look, and were instantly confused!
The whole article is full of formalities and official language, and not a single word of what is truly important is mentioned.

They couldn't help but wonder what the Longxia tribe was doing. Could it be that they were just paying a friendly visit and not doing anything else?

Why don't they believe it?

But whether it was the Philippine tribe or the Niying tribe, everyone kept their mouths shut and they could not get any information from them.

They had no choice but to continue waiting. It would depend on the Thousand Buddha Tribe what happens next.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon of that day, the Longxia visiting fleet slowly sailed out from the waters of the Thousand Buddha Tribe and headed towards its next target.

The Thousand Buddha Tribe was very straightforward and reached an agreement without any delay, signing a $30 billion agreement.

After the Longxia Navy had gone far away, General Srilava, the highest-ranking officer of the Thousand Buddha Tribe Navy, was so angry that he vomited blood.

"Despicable and shameless, bullying the weak. The Longxia Navy is a hegemonic act, so shameless!"

The aircraft carrier fleet was destroyed, and the USS Gabbert was put on the auction block and sold directly, allowing Long Xia to earn a full 40 billion US dollars. It was truly a huge profit, which made them even more uncomfortable.

That's fine, it was a defeat, they have to admit it!
Now another $30 billion is being asked for.

All in all, the Longxia tribe took away nearly 70 billion US dollars from them, which was a huge loss.

After they calmed down, they still needed to save face, so they quickly issued a foreign affairs announcement.

"This time, we had an in-depth exchange with the Longxia Navy on many controversial topics, and finally both sides reached a consensus very happily! We are willing to contribute to the future prosperity and stability of the Dongzhou Sea area..."

The tribes were dumbfounded once again, their jaws almost dropping to the ground in shock.

Each of the three tribes is more cunning than the other.

The whole article is just full of fucking foreign affairs rhetoric, without any substantive content, it's all bullshit!
As a result, they became even more curious and felt that there must be something going on, but they were all kept in the dark.

In the control room of the 123 ship owner, another tribe was captured, and Zhou Qinglei seemed very happy.

After just this one trip, the three tribes earned a total of 90 billion US dollars!
Calculated based on the current exchange rate of 8.72, it is equivalent to 784.8 billion RMB.

With this money, plus the $40 billion earned from the auction of the USS Gabbert, the Navy has earned more than billion RMB so far.

It’s more than 1,100 RMB.

Just thinking about it was very exciting. Zhou Qinglei was so happy that he didn't display it this time.

With such a huge amount of military expenditure, he couldn't imagine how the navy would develop in the future.

At least in the next six months, there is no need to worry about the production of 052D and -ton destroyers.

"Signalman, report the situation to headquarters!"

"Yes!"

The signalman took the order and left.

"Let's go, next stop is the White Elephant Tribe!"

When Zhou Qinglei went to the White Elephant Tribe, his mission was naturally not to get compensation.

After all, the other party didn't really take action, so asking for "sincerity" is morally untenable.

Therefore, the purpose of this friendly visit is not to seek compensation, but to allow the remains of the martyrs of that year to return home!

This point was originally proposed by Su Dingping. Compared with making too many enemies by asking for compensation without reason, it would be better to be gentler to the other party. Therefore, Liu Huaming and others made the decision on the spot without any hesitation.

Moreover, these were the martyrs who defended their country and died in a foreign land. Of course, it is time for them to return home.

Just as the fleet was setting off, news reached the capital, the naval headquarters base.

"Report to the commander, Captain Zhou sent a secret message."

Liu Huaming glanced at Zhang Zhaoxin and said immediately, "Read it."

"Our fleet's 'friendly visit' went very smoothly this time! The three tribes showed great sincerity. The Feilu tribe put out $40 billion, the Niying tribe put out $20 billion, and the Qianfo tribe put out $30 billion."

"Three payments totaling $90 billion, to be paid in three months!"

After a slight pause, Zhang Zhaoxin spoke again.

"Currently, the fleet is heading towards the Thousand Buddha Tribe to carry out the next mission."

After listening to this, Liu Huaming and others showed satisfied smiles on their faces.

Several leaders including Xu Dongguo were also very satisfied.

"Hahaha, it seems the three tribes are quite sensible. 90 billion US dollars, plus the 40 billion US dollars we earned before, plus some of the money we saved before, our military expenditure in the second half of the year will be at least to billion."

"One hundred and fifty or sixty billion, we couldn't even think about it before. This is the total military expenditure for the past three years, no, at least four years. With this money, we don't have to worry about military expenditure in the short term."

"That's good. We don't have to worry about so much military expenditure. Dingping can do his job freely."

From the beginning to the end, what they were most worried about was not being able to guarantee Su Dingping sufficient scientific research funds.

(End of this chapter)