After hearing ’Ling’s’ words, Tang Kai and Wangsa finally understood.
As ’Ling’ had ntioned.
It was indeed impossible for these resources to be supplied in vast quantities from any other direction in this territory. The only stable country in Wangsa’s direction was Thailand, and with Wangsa himself as a well-connected middleman, a stable trade channel could be ford without having to cross through any unstable areas. There would be no worries about being robbed, having goods intercepted, or a sudden change in the political winds in Thailand.
Plus, Tang Kai and Wangsa already had a certain rapport, which ford the basis for trust.
Upon calculating all these factors.
Tang Kai turned out to be the ideal partnership candidate.
The combination of Tang Kai and Wangsa was the most suitable choice in this chain of interests.
The two of them quickly figured this out.
Tang Kai felt a touch of fortune.
A fortune to have been granted the exclusive trading rights to this large mining area.
It was as if a pie had fallen from the sky.
"Leader Ling, thank you for your trust, I hope we can continue with a happy cooperation." Tang Kai, with his emotions under control, expressed his gratitude. Money, to him, had essentially beco nothing more than a number. But as a businessman, the pursuit of money was instinctual. It wasn’t solely about the money but also the sense of accomplishnt it brought, as well as providing for his brothers.
"Boss Tang, happy cooperation. From now on, we will entrust all our jade, jewelry, gold, and silver to you. The more money you make, the more we can buy from Governor Wangsa, right, Governor Wangsa?" Ling chuckled, glancing at Wangsa after he finished speaking.
Upon hearing this.
Wangsa quickly responded, "Rest assured, Leader Ling. Boss Tang will definitely make a lot of money in our country. Whoever hinders Boss Tang from making money will beco my enemy."
The last part of Ling’s statent clearly required him to ensure the safety of Tang Kai’s businesses. Even without Ling’s request, he would do so. Not only is Tang Kai the moneybag for them, but he is also the moneybag for his family. Most of the money that Tang Kai makes will eventually flow into his own pockets.
Thus, under any circumstances, they will not allow anyone to target the industry related to the jewelry sector under Tang Kai’s control.
Anyone who dares to target them will be dealt with.
In Thailand, while his family can’t control everything, there are hardly a few who dare to disobey them.
And the few who remain still give them face.
With a response from Wangsa, ’Ling’ smiled. Having Wangsa as a protector was also an idea from Tang Qing. If they had had this backer before, Ba Song wouldn’t have dared to target his second uncle. This was the main purpose of inviting Tang Kai and the others today - enhancing the stability of their chain of interests.
"Good, in that case, it’s still early, let show you around. I will give you two a special pass. You can co here to play anyti." Ling said.
"Really? That’s great." Wangsa was excited. This ant more progress.
Hearing Wangsa’s assurance, Tang Kai also understood that as long as he doesn’t ss things up, he can essentially do whatever he pleases in Thailand. He just can’t be too arrogant, but he never had an intention to be.
"Of course, it’s true. This place isn’t classified, restrictions on entry and exit were just for population registration and weapon seizures, but even though it won’t be as strict in the future, entry and exit inspections are still required." Ling laughed.
"No problem," Wangsa assured.
Following that.
Ling led the two out of the ’Xin’an Town Comprehensive Service Center’.
As they walked, Ling continued to introduce things around.
"Currently we have only finished constructing the small commodity market. This will be the small commodity trading market of Xin’an town in the future. Aside from recruiting a lot of workers, we also lifted restrictions on business sector because not everyone likes farming or construction. They can purchase goods from your side and pay a tax of ten percent of the cost price of the goods. This tax is only collected once. After entering the territory, no tax will be levied on the circulation of goods.
We have to thank Governor Wangsa for this. Your boldness really surprised us." ’Ling’ said, glancing at Wangsa. They were astounded by the guts of Wangsa’s clan to sell these resources in such large volus. Even Tang Qing was surprised at the audacity of Wangsa’s family. This was clearly bending the rules, doing it in private, and the amount of goods was excessive.
Wangsa humbly responded, "Far from it, these are not contraband items. It doesn’t matter who we sell to, and we are not robbing the factories. Besides, you are our friends; it’s mutually beneficial."
"Yes, we are friends. I hope we can maintain this relationship in the future." ’Ling’ said.
"Of course, no problem." Wangsa assured. There is no conflict of interest between the two parties, so there is no need to break this relationship.
"Alright, and thank you for the production equipnt. My deputy ntioned that it was delivered to our people in advance." Ling suddenly said.
Wangsa was taken aback, but he quickly understood that the equipnt he had ordered the day before had arrived at their outpost. "That’s what we agreed upon. It was originally scheduled for delivery day after tomorrow, but since it’s all ready ahead of ti, we thought we’d give it to you in advance. We hope it won’t disrupt your deploynt plan."
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"Haha, not at all, thank you. In the future, we will still need a large amount of industrial equipnt and raw materials, especially the production equipnt for the steel and cent factories. As you can see, our plans are grand and nurous – roads, bridges, towns all require a lot of rebar and cent. Your supply speed is a little slow." ’Ling’, while looking at the huge construction site, said.
"There’s no problem with that. I’ll add them to the next purchase order and have them shipped to you imdiately. However, do you have listone and iron mines here? If we’re transporting iron ore and listone in, the scale might be too large," Wangsa voiced his concerns.
His family had bought significant amounts of steel and cent from the steel factories, causing a slight increase in dostic prices. Even though in the past he thought it was sufficient, seeing such an extensive town construction plan, he felt it was inadequate. However, he could not solve this problem at the mont. Increasing the amount of purchased materials was not impossible, but the operation would be very troubleso. The current supply volu was already at its limit.
"Rest assured, Chief Wangsa. We have iron and listone mines here that can support our own production. What we lack now is production equipnt. Large mine machinery can’t be brought in, so we’re looking to buy so small mining equipnt," Ling said.
Hearing about the mines, Wangsa was not surprised. It would have been more surprising if such a large area didn’t have any. He knew about several unmined deposits. In the past, Wei Jun and Naidan had never considered mining iron, such low-value minerals.
"There’s no problem. I agree," Wangsa imdiately agreed. After all, it had nothing to do with him. It was a win-win situation. They would still buy his steel and cent, their purchasing volu wouldn’t decrease. Moreover, even after establishing a factory, it would be hard to generate significant production volu in a short ti. At least half of the materials would still have to be bought from him.
The group walked down the street.
People passed by.
Seeing ’Ling’ and the six ard soldiers behind him, people made a detour, a bit frightened yet awe-inspired.
The fear ca from Ling’s reputation of having killed Naidan and several of his clan leaders. The awe was because instead of trying to cause destruction, Ling started focusing on agriculture and construction. He engaged in large-scale construction of roads, bridges, and now towns, providing plenty of money-making opportunities.
Although they had surrendered their firearms, they felt a lot safer walking on the street.
Seeing that people’s clothes were new, Wangsa nodded in satisfaction. He had sold most of these clothes which he wholesale bought in large quantities from the Huaxia coast then directly shipped here to sell to the local rchants, making a profit of over twice the cost.
It was a satisfying thought.
Just then, a uniford, spirited patrol squad of twelve walked past them from the front. Seeing Ling, they imdiately stopped and saluted.
"Hello, Chief," the leader of the squad shouted loudly.
"Hmm, continue your patrol," Ling returned the salute and casually said.
These patrol soldiers were not fighters, but security forces. After consolidating Naidan’s forces, and eliminating the unsuitable candidates, the streamlined force was around 1500 people. They went through rigorous training and now had ford a formidable combat power. They all were kitted out with new uniforms and equipnt.
To increase influence and fighting capabilities, an additional 2000 people were recruited. After training and elimination, 1500 beca part of the conventional force, and 500 beca part of the security force.
The captains and other positions of authority within the regular force were mostly held by fighters, while a few excellent normal individuals also hosted these ranks.
As for the security force, just like the current squad, they were in charge of public security and law enforcent. They undertook the tasks of both police and city managent. Apart from eight main squad managers, all the other squad leaders were handpicked from within.
This ant that there were 3500 ard personnel within the entire territory currently, around the size of a division, though they were mostly infantry.
Nothing could be done about it.
Vehicle equipnt wasn’t for sale in the Mall, so they settled for what they could get for now.
"Yes."
After speaking, the squad of soldiers never stopped to dawdle, and continued on their journey. Having been eliminated to this point, they felt a bit embarrassed and decided to make sure they pass the quarterly assessnt and progress into the regular force.
Tang Kai didn’t seem to have any feelings about it, but Wangsa was in awe.
Looking at the brand new M16s in the hands of the soldiers, along with pistols and police batons at their waists, and daggers on their legs, he felt that his own conventional military was not as sleek.
"Chief Ling, did you get your firearms from Naidan?" Wangsa couldn’t help but ask.
"No, we bought new ones. We aren’t used to using AKs," Ling replied.
The corner of Wangsa’s mouth twitched.
Talking about not being used to AKs.
Isn’t this one of the most widely produced and reliable firearms in the world?
He didn’t know that it wasn’t the fighters who were not accustod to the AKs, but Tang Qing. The militias portrayed on TV all used AKs, as did most of Naidan’s subordinates. It always gave him the impression of being small and insignificant. So, with a wild idea and considering the fact that these firearms were also very cheap in the Mall - only a thousand RMB each - even ten thousand pieces would only total a few coins. Eventually, all the AKs were discarded for training purposes for new recruits and if they were worn out, they were discarded. All the old soldiers were ard with Arican M16s.
At least that looked more high class.
Wangsa complained to himself. He didn’t ask where the firearms were bought from. There was no need to ask. Arms traffickers did exist in Myanmar, and there were quite a few. There was nothing surprising about that. He just felt a bit heartbroken. How great it would be if this money was spent buying goods from him.
However, he was only a bit heartbroken. They couldn’t sell weapons to others and also not allow others to buy from elsewhere.
There’s no such logic in this world.
PS: The second Chapter, and another one to co, probably around 7 or 8 o’clock.
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