Chapter 592 War Compensation

"Because the war caused by the Kenyan political axe has brought unimaginable disasters to Somalia, our political axe has decided that the Kenyan political axe should not only make a public apology, but also compensate for a series of losses caused by the war..."

President Mvay returned to the presidential palace to start work with illness. After listening to Ansetus's conveying the terms of peace talks proposed by the Somali political axe, he looked at the so-called compensation list in his hand.

"In the early morning of the 8th, X-numbered troops of the Kenyan army destroyed a Somali civilian house, injuring two people and killing six goats..."

"In the early morning X time on the 8th, a bomb of the Kenyan Air Force destroyed the XX section of the H9 road. The repair cost of Somalia's political axe is expected to be 27,850 US dollars..."

"..."

On the compensation list of more than a dozen pages, there was a dense 'evidence' recorded. Mwai was dizzy, and the anger in his eyes could not be suppressed. He has never heard that the value of several livestock is also calculated in the war compensation. This is no longer a relationship of dozens and hundreds of dollars, but an insult to Kenya's political axe.

Yes, in Mwai's eyes, this is Somalia's contempt for Kenya's nakedness. Aren't you going to talk about peace? Let's talk about these compensation first. What is recorded on this list is true. Somali political axes will not be blackmailed!

Mvay's eyes are finally fixed on the total number of this list: 10.28 billion US dollars. Behind this number, there was also a row of small words. President Mwai looked closer, and his face was even more angry.

Because of the relationship between Soken and the impact of the war on President Mwai's body. The Somali political axe decided to remove the fraction and make up a whole number.

"Bullying is too strong!" Mwai gritted his teeth and tore up the list and threw it on the table fiercely.

For a country like Kenya with a GDP of only $15 billion, $1 billion in war compensation is definitely an astronomical figure. If Kenya's political axe really repays the war compensation, it will definitely be no less than the outbreak of an economic crisis for the weak economic growth rate of Kenya's political axe.

Somalia is really crazy about money, and Mwai feels incredible. You should know that Somalia's GDP was only a billion US dollars a few years ago. Although the economy has recovered a lot, it is only billions of dollars. Whether this war is right or wrong, Somalia has absolutely no such a big loss.

In this list, Mwai sees that 500 million of the war reparations of up to 1 billion are indirect losses, and half of the so-called direct economic losses are 'mental losses' to compensate the Somali people.

"President..." Ansetus shouted carefully. He also read this list and argued with Hussein at that time, because in his eyes, the list was simply a big joke. Mwaj proposed peace talks at this time, 90% of the reason was that the war would cause him to step down directly. In order to save the bad impact on him caused by the failure of the war, Mwai sent Ansetus to Somalia to propose peace talks. As long as the problems caused by the war with Somalia are solved, those noisy guys in the country will have no excuses to attack and will naturally calm down.

But if you really compensate for the losses in Somalia according to this compensation list, Mvay's end will not be much better than step down. Because once the real compensation is made, Kenya's political axe will have to tighten its belt for at least a few years. Such an act is equivalent to smashing the jobs of many Kenyan officials and the army. Maybe a radical general Mwai will emerge at any time.

"Huh?" It took a long time for Mvay to hear Anssetus' words and answered softly.

Ansetus hesitated for a moment and decided to say another thing.

"President, before leaving Somalia, Mr. Li of Star Company privately proposed a solution..."

"Mr. Li of Star Company? You mean the Chinese Li Mo? Mwai suddenly turned his head and stared into Ansetus' eyes and asked. Li Mo, a Chinese, is a legend in Africa and even the world. A 20-year-old Chinese, without any background, came to Africa alone with several of his men. In just two or three years, he controlled a country. Most of this kind of experience is not to mention that I have never heard of it. Many people feel like reading a YY novel when they hear Li Mo's deeds for the first time.

However, there is no doubt about the fact that Li Mo is now the actual controller of the Republic of Somalia. Although he did not hold any military and political positions, he could order tens of thousands of Somali defense forces to fight for it. What is such a young man who is not the actual controller? There is a regime in the barrel of a gun, and everyone understands this truth.

Many people say that economic power is even more powerful than force, but that is presupposed. First of all, we have to ensure the stability of the room, that is, there is no military participation. Or there is a strong enough military force behind this economic force as a guarantee, otherwise what's the use of a strong economic force when the war is in chaos? Especially in the kind of world war that can affect the whole world, economic strength must be ranked behind military strength.

Even in today's world, the comprehensive strength of various countries is not ranked on the premise of economic strength. Is the economic strength of Xiao Yiben strong? However, due to the lack of military strength, among the world's major powers, Japan's ranking is more than ten. Is Russia's economic strength strong? Russia's economic strength basically ranks 10th in the world, but who dares to say that Russia's strength ranks 10th?

Therefore, Mvay is very interested in Li Mo's proposal in Ansetus's mouth.

"Yes, Mr. President, Mr. Li proposed that as long as China's political axe liberalizes the gold mining restrictions of Makarje, he will help lobby the Somali political axe to reduce the amount of war reparations." Ansetus gritted his teeth and said Li Mo's proposal.

"Gold mine... No... Go to hell!" As soon as Mwai heard Li Mo's proposal, he was like a cat stepping on its tail, and his whole body was covered with thorns.

Who doesn't know that Makarje's gold mine is the largest source of income for Kenya's political axe. Among them, Mwai's own family also has a lot of shares in it, which brings great benefits to his family every year. In addition, Mwai also solicited some political allies through the shares of the gold mine. In the Makarje area, there are two discovered gold mines, one large and one small. The big one belongs to the state mining. The annual income is paid to the treasury, and no one can secretly take it away from it. And the small gold mine is the focus of the dispute between the major forces in the country. Although it is a small gold mine, it can bring an income of 10 to 20 million US dollars every year. For example, the Mwai family accounts for 20% of it, and there is also an annual income of 30 to 4 million US dollars. This is a small amount of money for those big chaebols, but for a president of an African country, this money is not a small amount. When the two presidents of Mhuai are over, the shares of this gold mine can bring tens of millions of dollars to his family, and even he himself can get tens of millions of dollars, which is enough for retirement.

How can Mvay agree to the restrictions on Li Mo's opening of gold mines? Such a gold mine with an annual output of almost one ton is the focus of competition among the major forces in Kenya. They don't have enough people. How can they give extra money to outsiders? If Li Moga is allowed to come in, is it inevitable that there will be fewer others? At this time, Mvay's position is unstable because of the defeat. It is the time when he needs to increase his bargaining chips to attract allies to maintain his position. Whose shares will be taken back and transferred to Li Mo?

War compensation is the country's money, and the shares of the gold mine are related to their own personal interests. Mway doesn't feel that he is a righteous man and doesn't value money. In fact, in Africa, there are many heads of state who value self-interest over national interests.

"President, Mr. Li doesn't mean 'small gold mine'." Ansetus said softly, "He is saying that he wants my national ax to allow his company to explore new gold mines in Makarje. If he finds a new gold mine, he wants a political ax to be tax-free."

Mwayi was stunned when he heard the words, and his feelings were wrong!

"Is that what he really said?" Mwaj feels a little incredible. The area of Makarje is only two or three hundred square kilometers, and the first large gold mine was discovered in the 1960s. Now, decades later, the area has been covered, and only a small deposit was found later. How could Li Mo propose to find a new mine there? Did he find a new deposit there?

"Have any new mines been found in the Makarje area recently?" Mwai felt that something was wrong. If he were a normal person, he would not believe that there was still a gold mine there that had not been found.

Ansetus also felt strange, but there was indeed no news about the new deposit in the Makarje area. There are a lot of people staring there. If there was any wind blowing, it would have been known to the world. It is impossible for him not to get news, because in the small gold mine, Ansetus also has a little stake. Although it is not much, it also has hundreds of thousands of dollars in income every year.

Mwai nodded thoughtfully and suddenly asked, "Does he have any other conditions?"

"Yes!" When Ansetus saw the president's expression, he knew that the president was moved. A gold mine that might be almost non-existent, in exchange for the way to solve the crisis at present, it was a cost-effective deal. Even if Li Mo found a new mine there, he would have nothing to lose.

"In addition to Makarje's gold mining rights, Mr. Li also wants the mining rights of Star Company in other mines in China and the ten-year tax-free policy."

As for the purchase of arms, Li Mo didn't mention it at all. Kenya and Somalia are still enemies. How can Li Mo sell arms to the enemy? Ordinary guns are not needed in Kenya, and the needed Li Mo will not sell them. Ansetus also knew this, and neither side wasted his saliva on an impossible cooperation.

"Go and contact Li Mo. If he can reduce the compensation to an appropriate number, we will agree to his conditions." Mwai thought about it for a while and still thought about it.

(to be continued)