Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

"Old Ding, you seem to be having a hard time here. What's so good about Heifei? You haven't been back home for years, and you even brought your family over there to farm." Li Yunlong looked at the dark-skinned Old Ding and felt that the color of this guy was somewhat stained.

"Old Li, you don't understand this, haha." Ding Wei smiled softly, "I have discovered that farming is what Old Ding really wants to do. No matter how upset I am, once I return to the plantation farm, Old Ding can forget everything."

"Speaking of this, I have to thank Brother Ren for his recommendation. If I hadn't stayed in the military camp, I would have been like Lao Li, running around with the troops and doing nothing else. Look at Lao Li, what else can he do in the past 20 years except occasionally going out to enjoy the sea breeze? With Brother Ren here, who in this world dares to mess with us at Dongda?"

"Today, how many people in the world can still remember your name, Lao Li? Our Lao Ding is a serious person who can make headlines every year. In terms of leaving a name in history in the future, he is much better than you, Lao Li. So, Lao Li, you have always been unconvinced by me in the war, do you concede now?"

Ding Wei looked at Lao Li proudly, and in front of Ren Zhong, he showed his composure on his face without any scruples.

Of course, Ding Wei would only look like this when he was with a few old comrades.

Anyway, Ding Wei was not inferior to Li Yunlong in the first half of his life, and in the second half of his life, with the nickname of the King of Heifei Farm, he made Li Yunlong far behind. Compared with the three comrades, he directly crushed Li Yunlong, who had always been unwilling to accept the defeat.

"Tsk tsk," Li Yunlong smacked his lips. He really had nothing to retaliate. He was actually quite jealous of Ding Wei's job!
"Old Ding, you just got lucky at the right time. If it wasn't for Brother Ren who chose you, I, Old Li, would have done a better job than you. Not to mention Heifei, I, Old Li, can also plant in Antarctica!"

"Come on, Lao Li, with your temper, how could you stay in Heifei for more than 20 years?" Kong Jie said with a pout, "Do you know what hundreds of millions of acres of land mean? One-third of the North China Plain! Lao Ding cultivated this thing in Heifei from wasteland and turned it into high-yield fertile land. Lao Ding has been sticking to it for more than 20 years despite the ever-changing situation. To be honest, I, Kong, am convinced. I can't do this job. I am more suitable to be a soldier."

It was very lively watching the three comrades bantering with each other. Over the past so many years, the three comrades were on their own sides. Li Yunlong was mainly in the south, stationed in southern Tibet, intimidating one side. However, there was nothing much to do. After the J9 fighter was developed, Dongda's air superiority was unshakable, and the territory they conquered was as solid as Mount Tai.

Kong Jie didn't have much to do. He basically took over Li Yunlong's role as a tester of new weapons. Although it was fun, he had no place to practice. For Kong Jie, these days were a bit dull.

However, seeing that Dongda is becoming more and more powerful and is now even stronger than during the Han and Tang dynasties, Kong Jie is extremely happy.

A true soldier should be like this, defeating the enemy without fighting. This is the true prosperity of Todai!

However, with the explosion of technology, whether it is the big black fish, aircraft carriers, or large strategic aircraft, they have little to do with Kong Jie and his army, making the army's presence increasingly weak. Kong Jie and his army now only show up once every five to ten years.

There is no breaking point at all.

If it weren't for some armed helicopters and A-9s to the Army to develop Army Aviation, Kong Jie wouldn't know how to maintain his position in the four major services (Army, Navy, Air Force + Strategic Rocket Force).

There is no chance even to conduct exercises.

Other countries’ air forces have airborne combined brigades, their navies have marine brigades, and even the strategic rocket forces have their own rapid support forces!
Fortunately, due to the size of the higher-ups, the peacekeeping mission is now handed over to the army. However, that is the job of the rapid reaction force, and it is still under the jurisdiction of Li Yunlong, so Kong Jie can't get anything out of it.

"Wouldn't it be nice for you to just sit there doing nothing?" Ren Zhong looked at these old friends and said with a smile, "Do you think it would be nice to be chased like a rabbit in the Taihang Mountains all day long?"

"That's impossible! Of course life is better now," Li Yunlong said after eating a large piece of apple. "Don't even mention Taihang Mountain. Even when I was in Ginza, my life was not as good as it is now. Nowadays, everyone eats meat every day. When I was in Ginza, the damn little Ben was so poor that he could only let his brothers eat meat once every three days!"

"You are the one showing off," Kong Jie said after seeing Lao Li's boasting. "When you were enjoying the best food in Ginza, we only had white flour buns in China."

Talking about the past, the three of them seemed to have endless things to say.

However, they were able to see these things in their lifetime. As the three of them talked, they all looked at the old man in his seventies who spoke little but always had a smile on his face, and their hearts were pounding.

Without him, no one dares to imagine what Tokyo University would be like.

But what everyone can be sure of is that the University of Tokyo was never as prosperous as it is now.

"Lao Ding, you have been in Heifei for a long time. Tell me about the current situation in Heifei. How long can John Bull's colonial rule last?" After listening to his brothers' gossip for a while, Ren Zhong turned to business.

The current world situation has entered a delicate era after the rapid development in the 80s. With John Bull entering the European continent, Dongda has saved years of detours and taken off, but John Bull also reaped a lot of dividends and flew along with it, steadily rushing to the third place in the world's economy and becoming the well-deserved locomotive of the European continent.

The European Community, an organization of political and economic integration, was becoming more and more prosperous. Under this circumstance, the colonies that black Africa would have seceded from as early as the 60s also reaped the benefits. The economy was far stronger than that of the modern main world. At least everyone was well fed and well clothed under Ding Wei's huge plantation farm economy.

As a result, the voices of flattery in these colonies have always overwhelmed the voices of independence.

"It's hard to say what the current situation is. There have always been two voices intertwined within these colonies, but the strength of these two voices varies in different parts of Black Africa." Ding Wei said after a long pause, "In Nigeria, because food planting has been more thoroughly developed, the local natives are more enthusiastic about accepting our Dongda hybrid technology, which has enabled their agricultural resources to be fully developed. In terms of transportation, we have also helped them build a trunk railway network throughout the colonies, and there have been many achievements in industry, including our assistance in starting primary industrial systems such as the steel industry and the primary machinery industry. In terms of overall economic conditions, Nigeria has basically reached the initial state of a modern country, and it has a certain ability to survive if it becomes independent."

"So in this country, their voices discussing independence are stronger. Although the market for the sale of minerals, industrial products and grain is wider now thanks to the John Bull system, considering that the main buyers of minerals come from Dongda and the sales market for grain and industrial products is in the Black Africa, they rely more on John Bull for capital. Their financial system is still in its infancy and is basically dependent on the John Bull financial system. If they are independent, it is hard to say whether it is good or bad for these local indigenous people."

"As for places like Rhodesia, their development is far worse than that of Nigeria, which has access to the sea. The indigenous people in the interior are even less civilized. If we take away our plantations and farms, they won't even have enough to eat. There is almost no industry because there is neither geographical advantage nor labor advantage in these places. It is very difficult to develop primary industry. Naturally, no one can go there to open a factory. Except for the cement and fertilizer plants we have opened here, which sell a small amount of industrial products locally, they basically have no industrial products for export. For example, copper mines are not suitable for smelting in the local area except for direct export because the local energy conditions are much worse than Nigeria, which has coal mines and water resources."

"So in places like this, John Bull has to receive blood transfusions every year and take out a portion of the mineral product income to provide certain subsidies so that they can make ends meet. The local indigenous people are definitely unwilling to give up these benefits."

Ren Zhong's understanding of these situations is certainly not as good as Ding Wei's, who has been running around all the time. After listening to Ding Wei's words, Ren Zhong pondered for a while, "If we push it secretly, will the independence process in Nigeria become a reality in a few years?"

Ding Wei was shocked.

He didn't know why Ren Zhong had this idea now. According to Ding Wei's thinking, Ren Zhong's choice of John Bull as a partner to enter the European market was a perfect move. Why did he want to undermine John Bull today?

"If we are willing to help, of course it will be much faster. For the separatist forces in Nigeria, that is a huge boost. What they are most eager to do now is to get the recognition of several major powers. The Rogue Eagle has been instigating them, and the Big Bear is the same. Although the Gallic Roosters are standing with John Bull on the surface, they have actually wanted to replace him for a long time. It's just that they missed the first wave of opportunities to cooperate with us. John Bull has taken the majority of the dividend opportunities in aviation, agriculture, and mining. In terms of economy, they are not even half of John Bull now. But if we are willing to help, they should follow up without hesitation."

Ren Zhong was of course clear about this general trend, after all, Chief of Staff Ye had been reporting on it.

Matters in science and technology gradually transitioned to the independent development of the three major technological systems in the world of Liangjian. After seeing that there were no problems, Ren Zhong also shifted his focus to focus on the strategic aspect.

Although John Bull was the one who facilitated the cooperation, Ren Zhong always defined the relationship between the two parties as partners with interests.

Now that John Bull has recovered financially, he is a little bit arrogant, especially in the aviation sector. After mastering the three-rotor technology, Rolls-Royce started research on internal engines. As for Airbus' production tasks, it began to be dissatisfied with the 50% profit sharing model.

Ren Zhong had anticipated such a development, but he did not indulge the other party. Now he took advantage of the delicate situation where Gaul and Prussia were waiting for substitutes to take over to put pressure on Luo Luo. If Luo Luo didn't want to do it anymore, Donghui would kick them out and cooperate with Gaul and Prussia instead, because the combined power of these two in Europe is still stronger than John Bull's family.

Although Rolls-Royce managed to complete the three-rotor business without any damage with the help of Dongda, and also developed by reaping the benefits of Airbus, Dongda is now the largest shareholder of Airbus, and owns key technical thresholds such as avionics, carbon fiber and aircraft engine patents. Once Airbus changes, it will be John Bull, not Dongda, who will be kicked out!
Even if Rolls-Royce has the strength to start a new BAE Aerospace company, it will be of no use. Their market competitiveness is definitely not as good as the current three major series of Airbus pillar models: A30X and A32X/A33X.

But this was a sign that John Bull was not going to behave himself, so Ren Zhong prepared to perform a small surgical operation on them, cutting a piece off his body as a small warning.

Nigeria is of course the best target.

Others may not be able to do this, but in Heifei, Ding Wei, the king of farms, can do it better than the official! Because Ding Wei now holds the jobs of many people in Heifei, it can be said that if this gentleman's hand is slightly biased, the food market in a certain country in Heifei will be shaken.

This in turn affects the livelihoods of millions of people.

Ding Wei is so awesome now!
Of course, this does not mean that Ren Zhong and Ding Wei can decide this matter alone. The actual implementation still has to be decided by Chief of Staff Ye and others. Ren Zhong and Ding Wei are the ones who make suggestions or implement them, so the decision-making power is still above them.

However, if Ren Zhong brought up this kind of thing, the higher-ups would consider it very carefully.

As we all know, Ren Zhong has never missed the big picture. For this reason alone, no one dares to ignore Ren Zhong's advice. (End of this chapter)