Mercenary I am the king

Chapter 146 Ambition
When he met Yusuf again this time, the latter was even more enthusiastic than before. Without Song Heping's instructions, he immediately summoned the brothers from various departments of Bakda who were under the defense protection of the "Musician" and organized a barbecue party in his backyard.

When meeting, the same etiquette still applies.

This time, Song Heping brought school bags for the children. He had chosen them for Yusuf's children in the Green Zone. They were all imported goods.

Although schoolbags are very common in other countries, good schoolbags are rare in Yiligo.

The children of Yiligo who are still able to go to school and carry schoolbags all have extraordinary family backgrounds.

For children from ordinary families, it is already good enough if they can make a living, let alone go to school.

Some smart kids would run to the trash cans outside the green zone every day to pick out the garbage, or wait for the garbage truck to slow down and run over to pull some garbage off the truck to see if there was anything they could sell, use, or eat.

Those who were a little bolder would run to the coalition military camp to sell things, such as color CDs to the American troops.

The current Iligo is very magical.

You say it is backward, it is a mess of demons, with all kinds of pornography.

You say it's open and advanced, but people here have trouble even getting enough to eat.

Song Heping had seen this kind of thing before, and was stunned when he saw it for the first time.

After a long time, I gradually became numb.

As for the women in Yusuf's family, I gave them perfume.

Although women here cover their heads and act conservatively when they go out, they are not shy about these things when serving their husbands at home and can be as charming as they want.

Give electrical appliances to the elderly.

A frying pan and a small oven, the favorites of elderly women who manage the household.

Yusuf's deepest feeling about dealing with Song Heping can be summed up in four words: like a spring breeze.

After all, Song Heping was the boss of a defense company and a foreigner. He treated him with no airs at all and always called him "brother" and "buddy".

Compared with Song Heping, those American soldiers were completely different. They didn't take him seriously, spoke in an imperative tone, shouted at him, and spitted in his face, which greatly insulted his dignity.

Because of this, he would definitely give his all to whatever Song Heping asked him to do, and he would feel like he was failing to report if he couldn't get it done properly.

Just like the special clearance procedures for the chef's goods this time, one-third of them were exported openly under the name of "collections".

This approach is certainly bold enough.

One-third of the ammunition is enough to equip two infantry battalions.

Calling this a "collection" is just bullying the customs officials who are blind.

But these are not the point.

The focus is on the remaining two-thirds.

Yusuf opened up the sky and earth line, and the whole journey from Bakda to Basra Port and then to loading was green light. The whole process from the dock to loading was handled by the minor officials among the "brothers" in Bakda.

As the saying goes, county officials are not as good as current officials.

Although the official positions of these more than 70 people are not high, they are all small officials responsible for specific affairs in various aspects, and they are the ones who do the specific work.

No matter what procedures you need or who you want to arrange, it can be done with just a call and a stack of green tickets.

Nowadays, in the country of Irigo, is there any pass more reliable than a green ticket?
Before the others arrived, Song Heping and Yusuf discussed the matter in the yard. His biggest concern was safety.

"rest assured."

Speaking of arms smuggling, Yusuf guaranteed, "Absolutely no problem. We provide one-stop service, and we're all our own people. You can rest assured."

"Brother, there's something I don't know whether I should tell you or ask you." Song Heping said, "It's not my place to be, but you and I are good brothers. Besides making money, I also have to consider your safety."

Yusuf said bluntly, "What can't be said between you and me? You treat me as a brother. Your business is my business, and my business is your business."

Song Heping smiled and said, "I know that the chef gave you $10 as a commission for running errands when he sold the arms this time. I don't think there's anything wrong with the price, but I want to ask, did you share the $ with the brothers who handled this matter?"

"Of course!" Yusuf said quickly. "I won't hide it from you. I spent all $3 of it. My friends at the customs gave me $1, I bribed the Interim Administration Committee office for $, and the ICDC troops responsible for port security gave me $. There were also people from border inspection, the terminal management office, and the ship's loaders..."

He began to count the cost for Song Heping on his fingers.

Song Heping interrupted him, "I don't want to know your costs. I'm happy with whatever you earn. You earn money based on your ability. I still say that this business is a long-term business, not a one-time success. You have to be generous and share the money. If everyone gets the money, it means you're safe. Otherwise, if you keep it to yourself, this business won't be sustainable for long. Do you believe it?"

"Yes," Yusuf said. "It's safest to divide the spoils together."

Song Heping added, "Brother Yusuf, if you are willing in the future, I can provide you with more funds so that you can lobby for higher-ups. If you can bring down the bigwigs of the UN Security Council, our weaponry will be even more diverse..."

Yusuf's mind moved: "Are you talking about those American weapons and equipment?"

Currently, the local troops in Irigaray have two sources of weapons and equipment. One is the weapons left behind by the previous government, most of which are relatively backward and outdated, and the other is mainly weapons provided by the Americans.

The Americans also provided a considerable amount of arms.

Song Heping had heard of this and even seen it.

For example, the ISF special forces are equipped with all American weapons, from Humvee armored vehicles to individual weapons, all of which are purchased from the military-industrial complex with funds allocated by the US Congress and then shipped here.

In fact, the American weapons sold in Harvey's weapon shop are also obtained through this method.

Lao Yao's cousin Donald had mentioned this before during a casual chat.

When their junior officers get together, they often curse the congressmen, saying that those congressmen and the like are the representatives of the interests of the arms companies. According to them, it makes sense. If they want to equip the local troops in Irigoe, they can directly use the weapons left by Shadamu. Why should they import large quantities of American weapons?

It is understandable that local special forces like the ISF want better individual equipment, but recently more and more Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles have been shipped here. It is said that they are also to be equipped for the government army formed by the Irigaray Provisional Government. The order is as high as 60 billion US dollars.

This money was allocated to the Irigo Provisional Administration in the form of loans, and will be repaid with oil in the future. It sounds very generous, but in fact, much of this equipment is second-hand.

Americans never do business at a loss, and they are very generous when it comes to making money.

Most of the Abrams tanks were old models pulled directly from the tank graveyard in California, repaired and sold to the Irigo Provisional Government as new ones.

Most armored vehicles come from this source. The only new ones are probably the individual equipment and light weapons for the ISF special forces, which are new.

After the American weapons arrived in Irigoe, they were managed by people in the United Nations Security Council. It was not the turn of small officials like Yusuf to get their hands on these equipment.

However, Song Heping was drooling over those equipments.

If nothing else, getting some to equip your company's mercenary company would directly increase its combat effectiveness by several levels. Especially the Humvee armored vehicles, if you can get a dozen of them, it will definitely be better than buying the B7 armored vehicles.

However, if you buy American equipment through formal channels, the price is too expensive.

Especially on Harvey's side, the price is simply a killer.

If you can get a batch through special channels, don't be too jealous at the price.

"Yes, American equipment."

Song Heping said, "I'm interested in those things. I heard that the Lian'an Association is managing them. Do you have any connections who can get them?"

"that……"

Yusuf looked embarrassed.

American equipment is not something that the local people of Irigo in the Joint Security Council can get. Even the deputy director of the Joint Security Council, the second in command, cannot get it.

Because on the surface the United Nations Security Council is staffed by local people, but in reality it is the Americans who are the emperors.

"If you want those equipment, you have to bribe the commander of the US military in Iraq directly. Don't dream, brother."

"It's so difficult..."

Song Heping touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully.

No one in the UN Security Council can make the decision; it must go directly through the US military commander in Iraq.

Ha ha.

It's really too difficult.

Song Heping still didn't give up, but there was no rush on this matter, so he decided to take it slow for now.

I'll see what I can think of later to get some of those good things out.

The profits of American weapons in the arms market are incomparable to those of Soviet weapons.

We have to do the low-end, but we can’t give up the high-end either, right?

If you want to do it, do it big!

Song Heping already had ambitions at this time.

After discussing the issue of American weapons, Song Heping proposed the idea of ​​purchasing a batch of arms.

"No problem!" Yusuf asked. "How much do you want? We recently discovered some new arsenals in the northwest. They should be enough to keep you going for several years."

Song Heping asked, "Are there so many?"

Yusuf said, "To be honest, this is a very complicated matter."

Song Heping asked curiously, "What water depth?"

Yusuf said, "Do you believe that even if I sell all the weapons in the armories I find, no one will have any objections? As long as I share the profits with the bigwigs in the interim government, they will pretend nothing happened."

Song Heping was secretly surprised.

He was thinking about selling arms.

But he always thought of secretly buying a small portion from the arsenal managed by the Materials Department to make some money, but he never thought of selling out the entire arsenal of the Irigo Temporary Management Committee.

Yusuf doesn't seem to be bragging when he says this.

I am still conservative...

"If we sell them all, what will we use to equip the Provisional Government's troops?"

"Buy it!" Yusuf sneered. "If they sell out, the Interim Management Committee can apply to the Reconstruction Project Committee for funds to purchase more."

"what?"

This time it was Song Heping's turn to be confused.

There is a ready-made one, but I don't need it.

Then sell them all out and apply for US dollars to buy another batch?
What kind of a trick is this?

"Don't you understand?"

Seeing Song Heping's confused look, Yusuf began to teach him.

"You still don't understand us, Irigo. No, to be more precise, you don't understand Irigo today. Let me ask you, if we use the weapons left by the previous government to equip all the troops, it will save money, but how will the bigwigs in the Interim Administration Council and the United Security Council make money? Without trade, there will be no—"

As he spoke, he raised two fingers and made a gesture of counting money.

"If the Interim Governing Council and the Joint Security Council don't apply for funds to purchase new equipment, how will those gentlemen in the Reconstruction Committee make money? If the gentlemen in the Reconstruction Committee don't make money, how will the senior US military officials in Iraq make money? If the senior US military officials can't make money, how will their country's military-industrial complex and arms dealers make money? How will the over 100 billion reconstruction funds be spent? Do you think they came all the way here to bring us warmth? They want to make money..."

"Fuck me!"

After hearing this, Song Heping couldn't help but curse.

It really makes sense!

I am shallow...

With Yusuf's words, the entire logic and interest chain was closed.

It's perfect!

In that case, why am I hesitating?
Sell ​​it well!

Try your best to sell it!

If you don’t take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune with such a business in front of you, you will be struck by lightning!

　Please give me a monthly ticket! Please give me a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)