Chapter 1,047 The Power of a Prairie Fire

The representatives sent from the United Unified District were also called over, and the negotiations lasted all afternoon. A "NAC Free Trade Agreement with the Unified Unified District" that made countless businessmen in the Sixth Street ecstatic was finally introduced.

However, although it is said to be free trade, it actually has some restrictions.

First of all, "strategic materials" such as iron, aluminum, titanium, tungsten, molybdenum, and rare earths are all prohibited from sale. Once discovered, they will be immediately prosecuted for smuggling. At this point, no matter how much the representatives from the United Unified District protested, Jiang Chen did not make any concessions.

Needless to say, iron, aluminum and titanium, rare earths are the key to the production of high-tech weapons. From the optical components of laser guns to the acceleration rails of the Type 50 electromagnetic gun, all are inseparable from these things. As for tungsten and molybdenum, one is one of the raw materials for smelting C-shaped steel, and the other can be used to produce neural access devices.

In addition to the ban on the sale of strategic materials, Jiang Chen also imposed an additional 15% tariff on luxury goods in the United Unified District. As long as their products are sold in the market in the Sixth District, they must pay this money. Although the 15% tariff does not seem high in this world, it is already high for the end of the world when supplies are relatively scarce.

be opposed to? It is useless to object.

Products from the Liantong District are not the only choice for NAC. NAC's trade routes extend in all directions, from Yingzhou in the east to India in the west. There are too many trading partners that can serve as substitutes.

However, the United District had no more options. Although they could find a large survivor colony in Fuzhou going south, the aliens and zombies along the way alone could make them feel desperate. The extremely cold weather in the north is not suitable for cultivating mutant fruit trees. The production of nutrient mixture cannot be supported by hunting alone, unless they waste all their limited ammunition on mutants. Not only nutritional mixtures, but also many things that were piled up in warehouses in Wanghai City were in short supply for them.

Opening a trade route along the Yangtze River is their only option, unless they can get a large amount of helium to build airships, but this is obviously impossible. Helium is a scarce resource in the 22nd century, and Jiang Chen is the only one. Can be used to fill "balloons" luxuriously.

Of course, Jiang Chen didn't leave them any way to survive. He still allowed merchants from the United Unified District to come to the NAC to purchase supplies such as small-arms bullets and laser gun batteries. However, in order to prevent them from hoarding ammunition for their own purposes, the amount purchased each time was strictly limited.

With the signing of the trade agreement, the two sides finally lowered their guns aimed at each other. The peace that I don't know how long it will last finally came to the land ruled by the NAC.

At this point, all the matters that Jiang Chen needed to deal with during his temporary return had finally been dealt with, and there just happened to be new news coming from the other side of the world.

Although I am very reluctant to leave,

But Sun Jiao finally let go of the "squeezed" Jiang Chen, left a loving kiss on his lips, watched him disappear into the room, and traveled back to the present world.

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There is new news from Europe.

Since the rebels fired the first shot of the "Battle of Research Institute 7," they have declared war on the Petrie government in the name of justice.

In the few days since Jiang Chen left, the flames of revolution had spread across Germany like a prairie fire.

The most serious state, Bavaria, has even imposed martial law across the state, and Munich has ushered in a curfew after a year and a half. In line with the principle of advancing if they win and running if they cannot win, the rebels used civilian transportation and light weapons to fight mobile warfare with special police and regular troops in the city. When faced with encirclement and suppression, they fled into the mountains on the German-Austrian border and used the terrain to fight guerrillas. .

The reason why these protesters were able to stir up such a big stir was mainly due to the high degree of integration of the European Union.

After several years of "efforts", according to data released after further disarmament in 2012, the entire German Army only retains three divisions, and the number of main battle tanks has increased from more than 2,500 to 230 tanks and 470 infantry fighting vehicles. In addition to the fact that the air force is capable, the size of the army is not even enough to fill a group army of a certain country.

Although Petrie made some adjustments to the defense budget after he came to power, it is impossible for the hundreds of thousands of reservists to carry guns and fight the rebels just because he gave an order. Germany implements a recruitment system, and the soldiers are all paid volunteers. Based on Petrie's current support rate, even if he still maintains a high reputation among the far-right forces in Germany, his vote in favor of the EU integration process is destined to call for him in a televised speech. The Germans taking up arms to resist the "thugs" who call themselves the Resistance Army will only be greeted with boos.

At present, NATO has not sent troops to Germany. When the treaty was originally signed, no country considered the day when it would send troops to member states to maintain stability.

After all, the country is not a private enterprise, and sending troops is not something that can be done just by patting the head. However, this is exactly what Carmen wanted. Arrow Company took advantage of the raging revolution launched by the resistance forces to intervene strongly in the drastic changes taking place in Germany.

After Petrie signed a decree that "if resistance is encountered, rebel elements can be shot on the spot", protests and repression were pushed to a climax. Bloody clashes occurred in every corner of the city, and concrete walls were daubed with The black marks left by incendiary flasks and explosives, bullet marks and cement chips are like scars, just like the indelible contradiction.

It is unimaginable that this scene will happen in developed countries. Although this day has been previewed countless times in games and film and television works, no one has really believed it.

Perhaps this is also one of the cultures brought by those refugees.

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In the early morning of May 21st, the Koro City Airport welcomed a special guest. Under the escort of four bodyguards, the old man with a hooked nose smiled and hurriedly greeted Jiang Chen, opening his arms. gave him a warm hug, shook hands vigorously and said with a smile.

"I had a hunch when I left last time that we would meet again. I didn't expect this day to come so quickly."

"It's not that fast. The last time I saw you, you were at least forty years old." Looking at the old man's white temples, Jiang Chen smiled and teased, "Welcome, Mr. Future Prime Minister."

"It's too early for Prime Minister. Now I'm just a poor person who depends on others." Although he said this in a very humble tone, Jiang Chen could still clearly detect something from the warm smile on his face. The relief of relief.

Bloodshed is not something to be happy about, but it is no small improvement that the Germans finally took up arms against their own elected tyrants. More and more people joined the German People's Liberation Front, went abroad to receive military training and then returned to Germany. The resistance army even achieved fruitful results in Bavaria.

Evelyn had reason to believe that the day was not far off when his status as a government-in-exile would end.

It is precisely because of this that he is qualified to represent the "New Federal Germany" and come to Cologne to talk to Jiang Chen about the future of Germany...

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