In the restaurant, the guards brought by Pan Yunsheng were bright and asked the waiter to invite someone.

Youguo seemed to want to listen to Pan Yunsheng's "story" too much, and in desperation, Pan Yunsheng could only be patient, and walked around the table with Ji Youguo on the breakfast food, and took a few pastries and a glass of milk.

"Eat something first." After sitting down, Ji Youguo spread the napkin on his lap, "Look at your look, you didn't sleep last night, right?" Fill your stomach first, and say what you have slowly. ”

Pan Yunsheng shook his head with a smile, and found that over the years, Ji Youguo had changed a lot.

In addition, Ji Youguo is obviously much more "Sven" than before. I guess I don't need to deal with state affairs, and my temperament has become gentler.

After hastily eating some east, Pan Yunsheng took out a cigarette.

"You do it yourself, I'll quit." Ji Youguo smiled and said, "You don't know, when I went to Huashan the year before last, I couldn't even breathe halfway through the climb." After quitting smoking, my health has improved much in the past two years. ”

Pan Yunsheng lit it, lit incense, and said, "I also want to quit smoking, but I have to wait until I retire." ”

"It's better to quit early, but with your condition, I'm afraid you really have to wait until after retirement."

"I'm looking for you today, but it's actually ......"

Ji Youguo pressed his hand. Look around.

Pan Sheng immediately understood. Have the guard bring an audio jammer.

"Yesterday night. There was a military coup d'état in the old country. ”

"Coup d'état?" Ji Youguo frowned slightly. "Why?"

"It's a long story." Pan Yunsheng smoked two puffs in a row. Said. "Early last year. ' An exploration team of Sanjian Group has made a major discovery in the Laochuan Plateau. ”

Ji Youguodi's expression was obviously nervous.

"It's not like the Great Rift Valley." Pan Yunsheng smiled faintly and said, "It is a rare mineral deposit with extremely rich reserves, mainly rare earth ores, and other kinds of rare metal ores, and the preliminary estimate is that the total reserves are five to ten times that of Baiyun Obo in China, and the prospective reserves are likely to be between 20 and 50 times that of Baiyun Obo." ”

"God's Gift!" Ji Youguo sighed, "Make good use of it, Lao can not only get rid of poverty, but also enter the ranks of developed countries." ”

"Indeed, the total mining value of mineral deposits has reached hundreds of billions of yuan."

Ji Youguo nodded and said, "+ Yanbo will not miss such a good opportunity, he will definitely take action immediately." ”

"The negotiations have just ended, yesterday afternoon, + Yanbo signed a 20-year, total value of 75 billion yuan investment agreement with the old government, by the 'Sanjian Group' exclusive mining, in exchange, 'Sanjian Group' will establish a mineral screening and refining plant in Laos, and in the future will also establish a primary processing and production base in Laos."

"This is the direct cause of the coup?"

"So to speak." Pan Yunsheng hesitated for a moment and said, "The key issue is not the contract signed between the 'Sanjian Group' and the Lao government, but the mineral deposit itself." ”

Ji Youguo frowned slightly, and motioned for Pan Yunsheng to continue.

"In November last year, the United States developed a product with performance comparable to that of a Class 2 composite battery."

"So fast?"

Pan Yunsheng nodded. "Not too fast, not too slow, exactly what you expected. Earlier this year, Ford and Chrysler developed an all-electric vehicle with full intellectual property rights based on this. The Military Intelligence Agency managed to obtain a sample from the United States, and the results of the analysis showed that the elemental composition was very close to that of our composite battery, but the arrangement of the atoms was different from the proportion of each element. ”

Hearing this, Ji Youguo also understood.

Composite batteries contain dozens of trace elements, most of which are related to rare earths. The United States has mastered the technology of producing "composite batteries" and must know that the composite batteries of the Republic also contain a large amount of rare earth elements, so they will control the world's rare earth deposits at all costs.

Thinking of this, Ji Youguo couldn't help but sigh.

The Republic was originally the world's largest rare earth reserves, with 80% of the world's rare earth mines, but because of quick success, there was no effective protection and utilization, and by the time Ji Youguo made great efforts to remediate, more than two-thirds of the rare earth mines had been sold to Western countries at the "price of cabbage". When the composite battery was put into production, because the domestic production of rare earth ores could not meet the demand, it had to spend a high price to import rare earth ores from abroad.

If there are really so many rare earth mines in the Sichuan Plateau, Laos will become the "richest" country in the world.

0 times that of Baiyun Obo, which is equivalent to 90% of the world's proven rare earth mines. Not to mention that the United States has developed a "composite battery", even if it has not been developed, as long as it knows that the republic's composite battery needs rare earth elements, it will desperately control Laos, so that the Republic can not use Laos's rare earth resources as it wants.

"How's it going?" Ji Youguo's mood was obviously much heavier.

"The coup d'état has been suppressed, but I don't think it's over yet. Vietnam has deployed more than 100,000 troops in the western border area of Nghe An province on the border, and it is feared that it will send troops to Laos. ”

Ji Youguo immediately frowned. "What does it have to do with Vietnam?"

"You don't know?" Pan Yun took a mouth

In the past two years, there has been no paper news? ”

Youguo smiled and shook his head. "I have time to do other things, and I don't care much about the outside world."

"Vietnam has been cooperating with the United States." Pan Yunsheng extinguished the cigarette butt and took out another one, "Soon after you left office, the United States sent a large number of second-hand arms, including four 'Paley' class frigates and two landing ships, to Vietnam in the form of 'free assistance'. At the beginning of last year, the United States provided Vietnam with a large number of second-hand weapons and equipment, including 24 F-16C/DD fighters and six E-2C early warning aircraft. At the end of the year, the United States also provided Vietnam with a large number of heavy weapons and equipment, including 300 M11A11 main battle tanks, 360 M2/3 series combat vehicles, and 240 M1096s, in the same way as disposing of second-hand weapons. At the beginning of the month, we received news that the United States plans to provide Vietnam with the second batch of second-hand fighter jets and hundreds of second-hand helicopters this year. ”

"Hair call Hanako?" Ji Youguo smiled coldly.

"That's what it means. The US military has a large number of second-hand weapons to be disposed of and donated to other countries free of charge, which can not only expand the influence of the United States, but also save a large amount of money in the cost of destroying or sealing second-hand weapons. ”

"So, the bottom is going to the United States?"

"It's not just about the United States." Pan Sheng took two puffs of his cigarette and said, "After the financial crisis broke out, the investment flow to Vietnam plummeted by more than 60%. Instead of growing, Vietnam's economy shrank by about 4 percent last year and is expected to shrink by 7 percent this year. In the next three to five years, Vietnam's economy will hardly improve. In this context, Vietnam has been on a frenzied exploitation of resources in the South China Sea, signing eight contracts with U.S. and European energy development companies last year alone, allowing Western companies to exploit oil and gas resources in the South China Sea, earning about $2 to $3 billion in additional revenue. Vietnam is also developing tourism resources on the occupied islands, and can generate between 100 million and 200 million US dollars in tourism revenue every year. ”

"It's a bandit!" Ji Youguo gritted his teeth and looked very angry.

"There are a lot of domestic problems, so we have been exercising restraint on the South China Sea issue." Pan Yunsheng sighed, "Actually, the Philippines and other neighboring countries are also doing the same thing, and now is not the time to solve the South China Sea issue, we can only put aside the dispute for the time being." Compared to other countries, Vietnam has gone even further. ”

"What's excessive?" Ji Youguo rubbed his hands and looked at the cigarette on the table, obviously a little irritable.

"Although the Vietnamese government has not come forward, Vietnam is covertly supporting state piracy."

Ji Guo's eyebrows jumped a few times and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"In the past year, Vietnam has unjustifiably detained at least 12 of our fishing boats, and although the fishermen have been released, the economic and indirect losses caused to us are very huge. In addition, some Vietnamese soldiers plundered passing merchant ships in the South China Sea, especially our merchant ships. ”

"It's lawless!" Ji Youguo slapped the table, "If you can't bear it, you don't need to endure it anymore, you must use thunderous means against a rogue country like Vietnam!" ”

"The problem is that Lao Zhao is very hesitant on this issue."

"Hesitation?" Ji Youguo's brows jumped a few times, "No, it's not hesitation. You have to believe in Lao Zhao's courage, I won't be wrong.

If I'm not mistaken, Lao Zhao has been waiting for an opportunity. As you said at the beginning, there are a lot of domestic problems, and we have to face the global Great Depression, and our own problems are very serious, and if we start a war, the consequences will be unimaginable. Lao Zhao definitely wants to do a good job in domestic infrastructure construction first, and then use troops abroad. ”

"I know, I think so too, but ......"

"Plans can never catch up with change." Ji Youguo sighed, "I told Lao Zhao at the beginning that in the short term, we should concentrate on solving the problem of 'population aging' and lay a more solid foundation for the country and the nation, so as to achieve more remarkable achievements in future development." Perhaps, I was too optimistic at the beginning, believing that after the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War and the East China Sea War, the situation around us would be greatly improved. Perhaps, I did not think carefully enough to make an accurate judgment about the negative impact of the global economic crisis. ”

"Old Ji, you ......"

Ji Youguo pressed his hand and said: "The key is not whether to fight or not, but what is good for our development if we fight, and what is good for our development if we don't fight." As the leader of the country, Lao Zhao has enough ability to weigh the priorities and make the right decisions. Don't worry, if I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid Lao Zhao is already making military deployments. ”

Pan Yunsheng frowned slightly, and then nodded.

He didn't fully believe that Zhao Rundong could make decisions so quickly, but he trusted Ji Youguo's vision and judgment. For decades, Ji Youguo has not made a mistake in this regard.

"However, whether to fight or not, we must not only look at the immediate interests, but also look at the long-term."

Hearing Ji Youguo's words, Pan Yunsheng immediately concentrated. In terms of strategic vision and strategic judgment ability, let alone in the Republic, I am afraid that no one in the world can surpass Ji Youguo. (To be continued, know what will happen next, please log in**, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )

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