The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

At that time, 30 billion was roughly equivalent to three years of domestic fiscal revenue.

Unfortunately, the person who offered such heartfelt and free support turned out to be an ingrate who then turned around and attacked their benefactor.

A classic case of the farmer and the snake, or the dog biting Lü Dongbin.

Why would you support someone like that for free?

You must charge a fee, and it must be a high fee.

We absolutely cannot not support it, otherwise the bald eagles in the south will have another forward military base right on our doorstep.

China already has one base in South Korea and another in South Korea. If China adds another military base in the south, China definitely won't be able to handle it.

The South China Sea might just become a bathtub for the bald eagle.

Support is absolutely necessary.

But it can't be free.

If you don't have money to give, you can repay with resources.

Yang Dalin was unaware that Vietnam had one of the world's best anthracite coal mines and the world's second-largest rare earth mine.

Although many people don't know what rare earth minerals are.

But they also have one of the world's top three bauxite deposits.

The requirements are not high; all I need is a 30-year free mining right.

Or we could ask for a 50-year joint mining right.

We can just share a small portion of the profits with them, otherwise they'll be too envious.

This way, technology and the market can be more closely integrated.

It can also bind them for longer.

Otherwise, as long as they return the minerals, they might take advantage of the Russians to default on their debts.

An agreement must be signed in black and white for Dragon Country to develop the area.

Director Hou was unaware of these abundant resources.

I doubt even the monkeys in North Vietnam knew that.

Yang Dalin then said, "Director Hou, think about North Korea, isn't it very similar to the current Yue Kingdom?"

If South Vietnam is no match for North Vietnam, will the United States, like before, directly intervene in the war?

So if they join the war, does that mean North Vietnam will be unable to win and will need our strong support?

Are we going to have to send millions of people to fight again?

Think about how many lovely soldiers we sacrificed and how much we paid in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

Okay, even if we don't send people directly, but we're going to support them in fighting the Bald Eagle for free, you have to think about how much we'll have to pay.

Food, weapons and ammunition, air defense, transportation, and logistics all need to be supported, right?

How much will these cost us?

What if they can't win in a short time, and it takes another ten or eight years?

Can we stand it if it's always free?

Even if we can't stand it, we still have to provide support. As long as we provide support, North Vietnam will definitely be able to unify North and South.

What if they unify later and improve relations with the Russians, then turn against us?

Director Hou was shocked. "That can't be!"

Yang Dalin said with certainty, "That's very possible, Director Hou. Look at North Korea now, isn't that the case? Isn't it completely leaning towards the Russians?"

Is it also a little different at the border?

Once they've established themselves, will they start to disown their parents?

This is an inherent weakness of small countries like theirs.

It's because we're not that strong yet.

Even if their pro-China faction is unwilling, the Russians will support their pro-Soviet faction to come to power and then create friction with us, turning their guns against us.

In addition, throughout history, the Xiaoyue Kingdom has repeatedly invaded and occupied our country's territory from the north.

They're used to this kind of thing; we need to take precautions in advance.

You should quickly raise this issue with your superiors.

Please don't repeat the same mistake of simply providing free support.

If a major war breaks out later, an agreement must be signed.

If you can't repay with money, you can exchange resources for it.

"We just need fifty years' worth of mining rights to all their major mines nationwide."

Director Hou was terrified when he heard that.

"Fifty years, isn't that too long?"

Yang Dalin left room for negotiation by opening his mouth.

He then tried to entice Director Hou, saying, "Director, we don't need much. Our technology isn't good enough. How much can we harvest in fifty years?"

Besides, their country is so small, how many mineral resources could they possibly have?

"Who knows, we might even lose money?"

Upon hearing this, Director Hou said, "That's true. Our technology is really not very good. We can't harvest much even in fifty years."

But isn't this taking a bit too long?

Yang Dalin chuckled: "It won't be long. By then, they'll all be facing the calamity of national annihilation. At worst, we can just give them some shares."

Their country is small, with a small population, so give them a free share of 5% or 10%.

That's enough for them.

We will conduct joint mining operations.

Furthermore, we can employ a large number of local people as grassroots workers, which would create many jobs for them.

Fifty years from now, we can leave them all the mining machinery, infrastructure, and assets as a form of poverty alleviation.

They can use the infrastructure and equipment we've built to continue mining.

Director Hou could never have imagined the rapid development we would experience in the next few decades.

You should know that in the last ten years, the amount of minerals we mined may be equivalent to what they mined for decades or even centuries.

I estimate that when they leave, they'll probably have to dig everything out of the place.

What a load of rubbish!

Foreign policy was completely different back then.

It would be strange if they didn't hollow it out for you.

Rare earth mines are not being valued yet, and Yang Dalin plans to have his company mine the more than 2000 million tons of rare earth mines there.

In the future, we will establish a complete rare earth ore refining industry chain in the country.

I have to set the global prices.

We will absolutely not allow domestic raw ore to be exported at rock-bottom prices.

It only exports finished rare metal products.

It must also be exported at an absolutely high price.

Yang Dalin suggested that once the agreement was signed, we should wait until they were fully unified and the country was safe and stable before we could start calculating.

Otherwise, how would we mine during wartime?

How much can be harvested?

Director Hou also agreed that this was acceptable.

Yang Dalin brought this up in the hope of avoiding a ten-year war as much as possible. Even if it couldn't be avoided, he could defeat them before implementing the plan.

In fact, the later it is implemented, the greater the benefits will be for the country.

Because from the 1990s onwards, China's economy took off, and its technology and capabilities grew stronger.

Then we'll have an even bigger advantage.

After listening to all of Yang Dalin's suggestions, Director Hou agreed that he would report to his superiors shortly.

Director Hou said, "In that case, your plan to go to North Korea during the May Day holiday will be brought forward. I will arrange for you to meet with your Uncle Chu's comrades-in-arms in Beijing in the next few days to learn about the most authentic situation at that time."

And you should also consider making a trip to North Korea beforehand to find out which route they ultimately took.

Then he came back, came to see me, and then went to Guangxi Province to meet up with the three first batch of volunteer soldiers.

With you personally leading the team, traveling directly from North Vietnam by road, and then secretly guiding them to infiltrate the port in South Vietnam and establish a secure transportation route, is there any problem?

"No problem, I guarantee I'll complete the task."

"Okay, then you go back first. I'll report to my superiors. Tomorrow, Gao Xiaohu will take you to see your uncle's comrades-in-arms from Beijing."

"Yes."