Chapter 668 Problems caused by a sheep

At the port of Kismayo, a cargo ship with the Panamanian flag is docked on the shore.

After the headquarters of Star Company was located in the city of Kismayo, the port of Kismayo gradually returned to prosperity. Nearly half of the ships are for the Star Company. The raw materials produced by factories in Badada Town Industrial Park, whether transported from the north or abroad at home, are mostly by sea, because Somalia does not have a railway, even roads, and there are only a few high-grade roads.

This cargo ship belonging to Panama is inconspicuous in the port. Even if it is full of the eyeliners of domestic and foreign intelligence organizations, it can be looked at at most. Because it is well known that in addition to one of its own small shipping companies, Star Company has a close relationship with an ocean-going transportation company in Panama. Transportation on many international routes cooperates with this Panamanian company.

But such an inconspicuous cargo ship has an important mission. That is to take some valuable goods to Hong Kong for unloading.

At the dock of Star Company in the port, a container truck was stopping backwards, and several dock workers immediately used lifting equipment to move the container to the ship.

In a small building not far away, Li Mo and several guests were watching the workers work through the window.

"Mr. Li, the goods are about to be loaded. You can always breathe a sigh of relief, right? Li Mo looked at several nervous people around him with a smile and joked.

The person who was called 'Mr. Li" by Li Mo was Li Guoqing, Vice President of Huaxia Nonferrous Metals Group and Minister of Overseas Development. During this period, the Chinese secret delegation has been negotiating with experts until two days ago that an agreement was finally reached on cooperation on silicon uranium alloys.

The container outside is the first batch of 5 tons of silicon uranium alloys, and Huaxia Nonferrous Metals Group will pay 700 million US dollars for this. At first, Li Mo's quotation was 20 million US dollars per ton. Later, after a series of negotiations, Li Mo finally let go and provided 5 tons of alloy to Huaxia with 14 million per ton.

Although this contract has been reached and even the money has been transferred to the account of Xingchen Company, both Huaxia and Li Mo feel that they have lost money.

However, Li Mo is in urgent need of money now. Huaxia continues to use this batch of new alloys to solve some problems in military manufacturing that are difficult to meet the standards.

The two sides finally signed the contract with a smile, and even the goods were loaded on the ship.

"Haha, the task is completed. Finally, it lives up to the expectations of the superiors. But brother, I think we need to strengthen our cooperation. Li Guoqing also smiled. He runs errands, but he also has a credit for completing this task, and his superiors will not forget it. However, what Li Guoqing values most is the relationship with Li Mo.

In Somalia, the 'resource development virgin land', Li Guoqing understands that as long as he has a good relationship with Li Mo, the company will naturally have a lot of money, which is only an economic interest. State-owned enterprises like them attach more importance to the gains and losses of political interests.

From the perspective of a corporate executive, it is too beneficial to have a good relationship between foreign and national high-level officials. Especially in countries like Africa, where power is basically concentrated in the hands of senior military and political officials. With some black or gray means, it is easy to get benefits that are difficult to obtain in other regions.

A mineral worth 100 million yuan, if you sell the political axe to foreign enterprises at a 50% discount, the result will be tragic. But in most African countries, not to mention 50% off, sometimes it is not difficult to get it at 10% of the total value of minerals. Don't worry about the negative impact.

Therefore, 'backward' Africa is becoming more and more important in the world. Many conglomerates with vision and background have extended their tentacles to this 'virgin land'.

But Li Guoqing understands that his identity is not a pure businessman. He himself is better, at least in both administration and technology, and the position he holds is not a layman. But once political issues are involved, everything is no longer simple.

Li Mo laughed when he heard the words. He was very clear about Li Guoqing's idea, that is, to obtain more mineral development rights. But Li Mo does not intend to make Huaxia's enterprise dominant in Somalia. This will do more harm than good for the Somali political axe, which is in a vulnerable position.

However, now that the relationship with Huaxia has returned to normal, we must give each other some benefits, so that Li Mo can get the necessary benefits from Huaxia.

Cooperation is not absolutely impossible, but to fully estimate the benefits and risks.

When the goods were loaded on the dock outside, Li Guoqing and others left. In addition to some of them staying in Somalia, some of them will change their way back to China. Naturally, Huaxia had already prepared for the goods on the freighter. Li Mo knew that some soldiers in casual clothes suspected to be Chinese special forces had boarded the freighter, and their identities were now sailors. This matter was not found by Li Mo himself, but the other party took the initiative, because Li Mo also provided a batch of light weapons for this purpose.

At present, in Somali waters, pirate gangs of all sizes dare not arbitrarily hijack ships. Especially when Abdi's national wanted notice was issued, Somali pirates suddenly became much more honest. Li Mo doesn't care about this. As long as the pirates don't make trouble in the Western Indian Ocean, Li Mo won't care about it. As for the Latin Bay, isn't there an escort fleet now? Li Mo doesn't have the energy to take care of it.

In the next few days, Li Mo finished some of the affairs of the air force, and the second batch of four fighters in Ukraine has been delivered. The Somali Air Force has 10 more advanced fighters, including 4 Su-27S, 4 Su-27SS and 2 Su-27UB. As the fighters arrived in Somalia, there was also a batch of guided bombs that were later purchased. Although Li Mo's modified SU-27SS in Ukraine is an air superior fighter, mainly for air sque power, at some point, it is okay to install bombs to support the ground.

In addition to accepting this batch of fighters and bombs, Li Mo also specially doubled the Air Force Training Base in Dinsor, the only training base for air force pilots. He not only recruited a group of experienced pilot instructors from Ukraine through the relationship, but also purchased a batch of PC-9 trainers through the black market, although They are all second-hand goods, but it is enough for primary flight training for pilots.

Then Li Mo rushed to the Camel Mountain base and inspected the work of the expert group. At present, in the research laboratory of Camel Mountain Base, there are not only expert engineers from Afghanistan, but also members of the Comet Group. Li Mo has also transferred a group of qualified engineers from the Somali Academy of Sciences. As for the loyalty of this group of newly added engineers, Li Mo just asked the intelligence department to check it, and there was no problem. Because once these people enter the Camel Mountain Research Office, it is impossible to contact the outside world for a short time. Unless it is proven to be loyal and reliable, or the research involved is not very important. Otherwise, I'm going to stay here for a few years.

Although Li Mo's approach has aroused the dissatisfaction of some scientific research talents, as long as they are really considering the scientific research talents for Somalia, they are only dissatisfied with Li Mo's 'house arrest'. Soon they were quickly attracted by the advanced scientific research equipment and instruments and some dazzling scientific research. The topic attracted, and the dissatisfaction with Li Mo was left behind in a blink of an eye. And people with impure minds will definitely be found if they continue to make trouble. You can take the opportunity to eliminate the hidden dangers.

However, Li Mo felt that the scientific research team in his hand was still insufficient, so he transferred 100 million US dollars to Wang Ning to set up a special account to find talents who had real talents but had no talent. Li Mo specifically told Wang Ning to focus on Africa and those countries that do not attach much importance to scientific research. In this way, the probability of tapping talents is much greater. In Li Mo's heart, as long as a country taps a real talent, the scientific research strength in hand can be improved a lot.

"Boss, Captain Luo is here!" While reviewing the plan submitted by the General Staff for further training of the National Defense Army in the office, Colonel Anli opened the door and reported.

Li Mo raised his head and asked in surprise, "Is it Luo Xiang? Let him in!"

Although the 'Light of Peace' actual combat exercise was over, the special forces of various countries did not return home and still conducted joint training in the hidden areas of northeastern Somalia. Several countries plan to take this opportunity to learn from the strengths of each country and improve the comprehensive strength of their special forces.

As the head of the Somali special forces, Luo Xiang is also very busy with his work. Because he is not only responsible for the joint training of the five countries, but also complete the tasks assigned by Li Mo. Select 100 qualified soldiers from the National Defense Force to form a 'black hole' special forces.

With the curiosity in his heart, Li Mo soon saw the hot Luo Xiang stride in.

After Luo Xiang's report, Li Mo knew how Luo Xiang came. It turned out that there was a conflict with a local tribe during training. The main reason is that there are many mountainous areas in northern Somalia. There are more tribes in the mountains. And because the local area is not suitable for farming, the tribe is mainly engaged in grazing production. The reason for the conflict was that these special forces were greedy and hunted a sheep in the mountains, which was raised by a nearby tribe.

Originally, it was just a small matter, as long as Luo Xiang and others paid. But the special forces are training in the field, which one still carries money? While waiting for the superior to send money, the two sides had a conflict. In the end, even the weapons were taken out.

Fortunately, in the end, Luo Xiang and others felt that they had paid five times the price of the tribe's sheep to calm the tribe's anger. However, the other party made another request not to allow the five-nation special forces to train locally. The reason is that when special forces are training, they often fire, scaring the livestock.

After listening to Luo Xiang's complaint, Li Mo frowned deeply. This matter is big and small. Li Mo's first consideration is not the training of special forces. Although there are few mountains in Somalia, it is not impossible to find them. In addition to the north, the southwestern part of Somalia is also a mountainous area. Li Mo is considering the problems of these tribes in Somalia.

As we all know, in Africa, except for a few countries, the power of most countries is controlled by tribes. Tribes, large and small, have finished all the power of a country. This is also the case in Somalia, but because Li Mo did not touch the interests of the local tribes, the contradiction is not obvious for the time being.

(to be continued)