As we all know, since the Opium War in 1840, the modern history of the past two hundred years has been a history of humiliation for the Yan Kingdom.

In the course of these two hundred years, the people of Yan State have endured unimaginable sufferings, and among them, the great power that has done the most damage to Yan State's territory and plundered the most profits is the former Tsarist Russian Empire.

Going further back, as far back as the Western Han Dynasty, General Huo Qubing's troops were pointed directly at Lake Baikal. Thousands of Han troops came here, which has been the territory of the Yan Kingdom since ancient times.

During the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Kangxi signed the "Treaty of Nerchinsk" with Tsarist Russia, directly ceding nearly 100,000 square kilometers of Lake Baikal to Tsarist Russia.

To put it more closely, it is a history of blood and tears.

After 1840, the Qing Dynasty completely declined.

In 1858, Tsarist Russia forced the Qing Dynasty to sign the "Aihun Treaty", which not only forced the Qing Dynasty to cede more than 600,000 square kilometers of land in the Northeast, but also included the "Tumen River Estuary" that originally belonged to the Northeast into the scope of Tsarist Russia.

At this point, Northeastern Heilongjiang and Kyrgyzstan provinces completely lost their access to the sea and the opportunity to directly enter the "Sea of ​​Japan", and became inland provinces.

In the past, when the economy and trade were underdeveloped, the impact of not having access to the sea was not significant. However, with the beginning of global trade, access to the sea has directly affected the economic lifeline of Heilongjiang and Kyrgyzstan!

It is no exaggeration to say that the slow development of Northeast China in recent years is closely related to the loss of its access to the sea!

Hu Lai knew this period of history relatively well, and when he heard Director Wang suddenly mention this, he was shocked.

According to Director Wang, could it be that the higher-ups have some ideas?!

but……

Before he could recover, Director Wang changed the topic and showed a wry smile on his face.

"But if you want to accomplish this, the difficulty behind it is really too great!"

"The historical factors, social factors, etc. involved will make this matter very complicated. It will never be a 'manned moon landing' that can make them make up their mind."

Director Wang's words completely extinguished the excitement that Hu Lai had just ignited.

If you think about it carefully, it is true.

Not to mention historical factors and social factors, the pressure of domestic public opinion alone is enough to make it difficult for any decision-maker to make such a decision!

Return the land or cede the land and pay compensation?

Such a thing will be nailed to the pillar of historical shame!

Thinking of this, Hu Lai sighed slightly, picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said with a slight disappointment:

"Yes, territorial issues are very sensitive issues in any country... Once fermented, public opinion will be unimaginable!"

After a pause, he looked at Director Wang again and sighed:

"It seems like this matter is almost unsolvable..."

After the words fell, the office fell into silence.

Unexpectedly, a few seconds later, Director Wang's voice suddenly sounded.

"Actually...it's not like there's no chance at all."

Um?

Director Wang continued to explain:

"In fact, today's Mao Zedong is in a very dangerous situation, both in terms of the international environment and its own economic development. They have completely lost the initiative strategically!"

"To be precise, they have now entered their most declining and weakest period in decades. Of course, this is an excellent strategic opportunity for us."

"Especially after they got stuck in the quagmire of Europe, their control and management of the Far East region declined significantly, and their population in the Far East was getting smaller and smaller..."

Having said this, Director Wang paused, and a glint flashed in his eyes.

"If...if this time we can let them open up a hole in the name of economic cooperation and joint development, so that we can enter the land that originally belonged to us to live, do business, and trade..."

"In the future, we may not have no opportunities!"

Hu Laideng was stunned for a few seconds and then said:

“Far Eastern Economic Zone?!”

"Assimilation? Infiltrate in the name of economic zone and increase our influence in the Far East?!"

Director Wang nodded solemnly.

…

An hour later, the two sides held a meeting.

Yanguo's side is still led by Factory Director Zhang and Director Wang, plus several comrades from the Ministry of Commerce to form the Yanguo delegation.

Hu Lai originally didn't care much about this matter, but after talking to Director Wang, his interest was aroused.

but.

He did not attend the meeting in person, but followed the meeting remotely via online video.

On the other side, Yurilev and several officials who came with the Maoist delegation attended the meeting.

After members of both parties entered the conference room and exchanged simple polite greetings, the meeting got into the main theme.

The first person to speak was Yurilev.

"Manager Zhang, Director Wang, thank you very much for providing us with the opportunity to communicate individually."

"Let me explain, we did not speak at the meeting yesterday because there were too many people participating in yesterday's meeting..."

"We still prefer to have detailed discussions with your company alone."

Director Zhang and Director Wang looked at each other and smiled, understanding each other tacitly.

After a while, Director Zhang said with a smile:

"Mr. Yurilev, it's okay."

"Given the friendship between our two countries, it would be good to hear your opinions alone."

Yurilev suddenly showed a smile on his face and said:

"Thank you for your understanding, Manager Zhang."

"You can also rest assured that we come with sincerity this time. We are willing to sign the agreement and join the "Moon Common Development Plan" led by your country. We also hope to cooperate with your company on the "Manned Moon Landing" project."

After hearing this, Director Zhang and Director Wang nodded frequently.

As the two of them continued to listen, Yurilev changed the topic and said:

"but……"

"To be honest, Manager Zhang, although we are not worried about your company's successful "manned moon landing", we still want to know to what extent your company's "manned moon landing" technical verification has been achieved?"

“In other words, we want to know for sure how many years will your company be able to achieve a true ‘manned moon landing’? Three years, five years? Or shorter?!”

"Only when we know the specific time can we determine how much cost we will pay."

Hearing Yurilev's question, Director Zhang smiled friendly, then shook his head and said:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Yurilev, the extent of our technical verification is our commercial secret, and we cannot disclose it to you now."

"But I believe that you have visited our Phoenix Group's aerospace department these days and observed our 'Chang'e series' launches at close range. Based on your professionalism, you should already have your own answer in your mind."

"But I can tell you the time of the 'manned moon landing', and this is what we will announce to the world next."

"If nothing goes wrong, we will realize Yanguo's first manned moon landing within two years and send two astronauts to the moon."

Within two years.

After hearing what Director Zhang said, Yurilev's expression did not change much.

Not only him, but several of the people accompanying him were also very calm. It was obvious that the answer within two years was within their expectations.

The expressions of several people fell into Director Zhang’s eyes. After a moment, he coughed lightly and said:

"Mr. Yurilev, I have told you the question you want to know, so now let's get back to the topic of today."

“Since you said you hope to cooperate with our Phoenix Group on ‘manned moon landing’, you also saw what happened yesterday. The UAE Space Agency paid US$6 billion to purchase ‘tickets’ for the second round of moon landing.”

"Although Adelaide Space Agency did not give us so much money, it also provided us with many good reciprocal policies."

"so……"

"In what way do you want to cooperate with us? Considering the friendly friendship between our two countries, under the same conditions, we can give priority to cooperation with you!"

Yurilev felt reassured after receiving the personal answer from Director Zhang that manned landing on the moon could be achieved within two years.

This time point is similar to the moon landing time they calculated based on various "manned moon landing" projects completed by the Phoenix Group and various aerospace data released.

Pretty reliable.

After thinking about this clearly, he looked up at Director Zhang for two seconds, and then said:

"Of course, we are prepared with sufficient sincerity."

"The first is cooperation with your company. We are willing to increase the purchase of chips, cars, computers and other products from your company."

"Secondly, we can increase the export supply of crude oil, natural gas, grain and other commodities to your country..."

"In addition, for your company's 'Manned Moon Landing' project, we can provide support from technical personnel, such as scientific researchers in the field of aerospace engines and aviation materials."

"Finally, as long as we can cooperate to land on the moon, we can transfer some technologies to your country...such as high-thrust rocket engines, nuclear aero engines and even nuclear submarine technology...We all have quite advanced scientific and technological achievements in these technologies, and they are also expensive.
To be continued...